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12 funders with a record of paying for “comic”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → Comic Relief Inc: $12M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Buffett Early Childhood Fund → Comic Relief Inc: $3.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country Inc → Comic Relief - Red Nose Day: $825K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Grandison Foundation → Comic Relief for Children's Health: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Evan and Tracy Segal → Comic Relief Inc: $151K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Conrad Prebys Foundation → San Diego Comic Convention: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Li-Qiu Family Foundation → Boston Comic Arts Foundation Limited: $102K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Meier Family Foundation → Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation: $100K across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau → Happy Valley Comic Con LLC: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Playstudios Impact Fund → Critical Care Comics: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Random Acts Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Center for Cartoon Studies: $19K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Evan and Tracy Segal → Comic Relief Inc the Red Nose Day Fund: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Grandison Foundation → Comic Relief Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Conrad Prebys Foundation → Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Random Acts Inc → Comicbooks for Kids: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Center for Cartoon Studies: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Book Legal Defense Fd: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → School of Visual Arts: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Minneapolis College-Art: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Cartoon Art Museum: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic-Con Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → School of Visual Arts: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Cartonn Art Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Cartoon Art Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gates Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $12M Buffett Early Childhood Fund: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Buffett Early Childhood Fund $3.0M Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country Inc: $825K on this topic. Open the funder. Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian… $825K Grandison Foundation: $295K on this topic. Open the funder. Grandison Foundation $295K The Evan and Tracy Segal: $201K on this topic. Open the funder. The Evan and Tracy Segal $201K The Conrad Prebys Foundation: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. The Conrad Prebys Foundation $160K Li-Qiu Family Foundation: $102K on this topic. Open the funder. Li-Qiu Family Foundation $102K Meier Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Meier Family Foundation $100K Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc: $51K on this topic. Open the funder. Will & Ann Eisner Family Foun… $51K The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. The Happy Valley Adventure Bu… $36K Playstudios Impact Fund: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Playstudios Impact Fund $35K Random Acts Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Random Acts Inc $30K Comic Relief Inc: received $15M on this topic Comic Relief Inc $15M Comic Relief - Red Nose Day: received $825K on this topic Comic Relief - Red Nose Day $825K Comic Relief for Children's Health: received $270K on this topic Comic Relief for Children's Hea… $270K San Diego Comic Convention: received $150K on this topic San Diego Comic Convention $150K Boston Comic Arts Foundation Limited: received $102K on this topic Boston Comic Arts Foundation Li… $102K Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation: received $100K on this topic Exchange Club of Culver City Ch… $100K Comic Relief Inc the Red Nose Day Fund: received $50K on this topic Comic Relief Inc the Red Nose D… $50K Happy Valley Comic Con LLC: received $36K on this topic Happy Valley Comic Con LLC $36K Critical Care Comics: received $35K on this topic Critical Care Comics $35K Comic Books for Kids: received $21K on this topic Comic Books for Kids $21K Center for Cartoon Studies: received $19K on this topic Center for Cartoon Studies $19K Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc: received $10K on this topic Little Fish Comic Book Studio I… $10K Comicbooks for Kids: received $10K on this topic Comicbooks for Kids $10K Center for Cartoon Studies: received $6K on this topic Center for Cartoon Studies $6K Comic Book Legal Defense Fd: received $6K on this topic Comic Book Legal Defense Fd $6K School of Visual Arts: received $4K on this topic School of Visual Arts $4K Comic Books for Kids: received $3K on this topic Comic Books for Kids $3K Minneapolis College-Art: received $3K on this topic Minneapolis College-Art $3K Cartoon Art Museum: received $2K on this topic Cartoon Art Museum $2K Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: received $1K on this topic Comic Book Legal Defense Fund $1K Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: received $1K on this topic Comic Book Legal Defense Fund $1K Comic Books for Kids: received $1K on this topic Comic Books for Kids $1K Comic-Con Museum: received $1K on this topic Comic-Con Museum $1K School of Visual Arts: received $1K on this topic School of Visual Arts $1K Cartonn Art Museum: received $1K on this topic Cartonn Art Museum $1K Cartoon Art Museum: received $1K on this topic Cartoon Art Museum $1K 12 funders, 26 recipients, grants matching “comic” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $1,000 to Comic-Con Museum — comics and sequential art education
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Largest: $4.0M to COMIC RELIEF INC — global health and development public awareness and analysis
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Largest: $40,000 to BOSTON COMIC ARTS FOUNDATION LIMITED — 2025 festival season & comics camp
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Largest: $1.3M to COMIC RELIEF INC — red nose day - save the children matching grant
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Largest: $20,000 to EXCHANGE CLUB OF CULVER CITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — support pulpfiction comic book store
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Largest: $155,000 to COMIC RELIEF FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH — general charitable purpose
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Largest: $101,392 to COMIC RELIEF INC — unrestricted contribution to public charity
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Largest: $50,000 to SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION — comic-con museum operating support
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Largest: $10,000 to COMIC BOOKS FOR KIDS — spprt kids in hospit
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Largest: $12,400 to HAPPY VALLEY COMIC CON LLC — tourism promotion
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Largest: $15,000 to CRITICAL CARE COMICS — recovery and support for childhood cancer survivors other
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Largest: $500,000 to COMIC RELIEF - RED NOSE DAY — support native children
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