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12 funders with a record of paying for “comics”

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Gates Foundation → Comic Relief Inc: $12M across 6 grants, latest 2024Buffett Early Childhood Fund → Comic Relief Inc: $3.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country Inc → Comic Relief - Red Nose Day: $825K across 2 grants, latest 2023Grandison Foundation → Comic Relief for Children's Health: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Evan and Tracy Segal → Comic Relief Inc: $151K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Conrad Prebys Foundation → San Diego Comic Convention: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023Li-Qiu Family Foundation → Boston Comic Arts Foundation Limited: $102K across 4 grants, latest 2025Meier Family Foundation → Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation: $100K across 5 grants, latest 2025The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau → Happy Valley Comic Con LLC: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024Playstudios Impact Fund → Critical Care Comics: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024Random Acts Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Center for Cartoon Studies: $19K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Evan and Tracy Segal → Comic Relief Inc the Red Nose Day Fund: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Grandison Foundation → Comic Relief Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Conrad Prebys Foundation → Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Random Acts Inc → Comicbooks for Kids: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Center for Cartoon Studies: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Book Legal Defense Fd: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → School of Visual Arts: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Minneapolis College-Art: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Cartoon Art Museum: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic Books for Kids: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Comic-Con Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → School of Visual Arts: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Cartonn Art Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc → Cartoon Art Museum: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Gates Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.Gates Foundation$12MBuffett Early Childhood Fund: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Buffett Early Childhood Fund$3.0MBoys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country Inc: $825K on this topic. Open the funder.Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian…$825KGrandison Foundation: $295K on this topic. Open the funder.Grandison Foundation$295KThe Evan and Tracy Segal: $201K on this topic. Open the funder.The Evan and Tracy Segal$201KThe Conrad Prebys Foundation: $160K on this topic. Open the funder.The Conrad Prebys Foundation$160KLi-Qiu Family Foundation: $102K on this topic. Open the funder.Li-Qiu Family Foundation$102KMeier Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Meier Family Foundation$100KWill & Ann Eisner Family Foundation Inc: $51K on this topic. Open the funder.Will & Ann Eisner Family Foun…$51KThe Happy Valley Adventure Bureau: $36K on this topic. Open the funder.The Happy Valley Adventure Bu…$36KPlaystudios Impact Fund: $35K on this topic. Open the funder.Playstudios Impact Fund$35KRandom Acts Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Random Acts Inc$30KComic Relief Inc: received $15M on this topicComic Relief Inc$15MComic Relief - Red Nose Day: received $825K on this topicComic Relief - Red Nose Day$825KComic Relief for Children's Health: received $270K on this topicComic Relief for Children's Hea…$270KSan Diego Comic Convention: received $150K on this topicSan Diego Comic Convention$150KBoston Comic Arts Foundation Limited: received $102K on this topicBoston Comic Arts Foundation Li…$102KExchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation: received $100K on this topicExchange Club of Culver City Ch…$100KComic Relief Inc the Red Nose Day Fund: received $50K on this topicComic Relief Inc the Red Nose D…$50KHappy Valley Comic Con LLC: received $36K on this topicHappy Valley Comic Con LLC$36KCritical Care Comics: received $35K on this topicCritical Care Comics$35KComic Books for Kids: received $21K on this topicComic Books for Kids$21KCenter for Cartoon Studies: received $19K on this topicCenter for Cartoon Studies$19KLittle Fish Comic Book Studio Inc: received $10K on this topicLittle Fish Comic Book Studio I…$10KComicbooks for Kids: received $10K on this topicComicbooks for Kids$10KCenter for Cartoon Studies: received $6K on this topicCenter for Cartoon Studies$6KComic Book Legal Defense Fd: received $6K on this topicComic Book Legal Defense Fd$6KSchool of Visual Arts: received $4K on this topicSchool of Visual Arts$4KComic Books for Kids: received $3K on this topicComic Books for Kids$3KMinneapolis College-Art: received $3K on this topicMinneapolis College-Art$3KCartoon Art Museum: received $2K on this topicCartoon Art Museum$2KComic Book Legal Defense Fund: received $1K on this topicComic Book Legal Defense Fund$1KComic Book Legal Defense Fund: received $1K on this topicComic Book Legal Defense Fund$1KComic Books for Kids: received $1K on this topicComic Books for Kids$1KComic-Con Museum: received $1K on this topicComic-Con Museum$1KSchool of Visual Arts: received $1K on this topicSchool of Visual Arts$1KCartonn Art Museum: received $1K on this topicCartonn Art Museum$1KCartoon Art Museum: received $1K on this topicCartoon Art Museum$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →