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12 funders with a record of paying for “commemoration”
Where the money went The Duke Endowment → Duke University: $45M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → City of Richmond: $11M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Stanley & Joyce → Holocaust Museum La: $1.0M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Virginia Commemorations Inc: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development: $320K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Holocaust Memorial Study Center Inc → Kids N Camp Fund: $201K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Rauch Foundation Inc → Lehigh University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Doherty Foundation → Commemorative Air Force: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Edwin T & Eleanor L Meyer Charitable Tr → Commemorative Air Force: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → 1814 Commemoration Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati → Concord Museum: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Chapel Hill Foundation Inc → 1814 Commemoration Inc: $9K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Duke Endowment → Furman University: $25M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events: $6.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Corporacion Cultural Cabildo: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Rauch Foundation Inc → Erase Racism: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Holocaust Memorial Study Center Inc → Khal D'brookwood: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Better Housing Coalition: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati → Revolution 250 Coalition: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Duke Endowment → Davidson College: $20M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The City of Asheville: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Art & Antiquities Block Chain Consortium Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Rauch Foundation Inc → Library of American Landscape History Inc: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Holocaust Memorial Study Center Inc → Maalot: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Duke Endowment → Johnson C Smith University: $13M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Denver Parks & Recreation: $2.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Trust for the National Mall: $2.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → City of Boston: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Foot Soldiers Park Inc: $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Nebraskalincoln: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Rhode Island Historical Society: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Rutgers the State University of New Jersey: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Central Park Conservancy Inc: $650K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: $501K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Svcs: $495K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Duke Endowment → Johnson C Smith University Incorporated: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Irvine: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → United States Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Fund for Global Human Rights: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Duke Endowment → North Carolina State University Foundation: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Duke Endowment → Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Baldwin & Co Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → 19th News: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → National Security Archive Fund Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Marcela Rios Tobar: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Central Park Conservancy Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Legal Defence and Assistance Project Ltdgte: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Rauch Foundation Inc → Parentchild Plus: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Dastaan Films Pvt Ltd: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → The University of Pretoria: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Duke Endowment: $104M on this topic. Open the funder. The Duke Endowment $104M The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $34M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $34M The Ford Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $1.3M The Stanley & Joyce: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Stanley & Joyce $1.0M Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation: $525K on this topic. Open the funder. Dominion Energy Charitable Fo… $525K The Rauch Foundation Inc: $271K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rauch Foundation Inc $271K Holocaust Memorial Study Center Inc: $252K on this topic. Open the funder. Holocaust Memorial Study Cent… $252K The Doherty Foundation: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. The Doherty Foundation $75K Edwin T & Eleanor L Meyer Charitable Tr: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Edwin T & Eleanor L Meyer Cha… $50K Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati: $49K on this topic. Open the funder. Massachusetts Society of the… $49K The William G Pomeroy Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The William G Pomeroy Foundat… $30K Chapel Hill Foundation Inc: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Chapel Hill Foundation Inc $9K Duke University: received $45M on this topic Duke University $45M Furman University: received $25M on this topic Furman University $25M Davidson College: received $20M on this topic Davidson College $20M Johnson C Smith University: received $13M on this topic Johnson C Smith University $13M City of Richmond: received $11M on this topic City of Richmond $11M The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events: received $6.8M on this topic The City of Chicago Department… $6.8M The City of Asheville: received $3.0M on this topic The City of Asheville $3.0M Denver Parks & Recreation: received $2.3M on this topic Denver Parks & Recreation $2.3M Trust for the National Mall: received $2.3M on this topic Trust for the National Mall $2.3M City of Boston: received $2.0M on this topic City of Boston $2.0M Foot Soldiers Park Inc: received $1.9M on this topic Foot Soldiers Park Inc $1.9M University of Nebraskalincoln: received $1.6M on this topic University of Nebraskalincoln $1.6M Holocaust Museum La: received $1.0M on this topic Holocaust Museum La $1.0M Rhode Island Historical Society: received $1.0M on this topic Rhode Island Historical Society $1.0M Rutgers the State University of New Jersey: received $750K on this topic Rutgers the State University of… $750K Central Park Conservancy Inc: received $700K on this topic Central Park Conservancy Inc $700K Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: received $501K on this topic Ute Mountain Ute Tribe $501K Virginia Commemorations Inc: received $500K on this topic Virginia Commemorations Inc $500K Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Svcs: received $495K on this topic Arab Community Center for Econo… $495K China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development: received $320K on this topic China Friendship Foundation for… $320K Corporacion Cultural Cabildo: received $225K on this topic Corporacion Cultural Cabildo $225K Kids N Camp Fund: received $201K on this topic Kids N Camp Fund $201K Commemorative Air Force: received $125K on this topic Commemorative Air Force $125K Johnson C Smith University Incorporated: received $125K on this topic Johnson C Smith University Inco… $125K Lehigh University: received $100K on this topic Lehigh University $100K Erase Racism: received $100K on this topic Erase Racism $100K Art & Antiquities Block Chain Consortium Inc: received $100K on this topic Art & Antiquities Block Chain C… $100K The Regents of the University of California Irvine: received $100K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $100K United States Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars: received $100K on this topic United States Foundation for th… $100K Fund for Global Human Rights: received $100K on this topic Fund for Global Human Rights $100K North Carolina State University Foundation: received $75K on this topic North Carolina State University… $75K Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc: received $60K on this topic Coastal Community Foundation of… $60K Baldwin & Co Foundation: received $50K on this topic Baldwin & Co Foundation $50K 19th News: received $50K on this topic 19th News $50K National Security Archive Fund Inc: received $50K on this topic National Security Archive Fund… $50K Marcela Rios Tobar: received $50K on this topic Marcela Rios Tobar $50K Library of American Landscape History Inc: received $41K on this topic Library of American Landscape H… $41K 1814 Commemoration Inc: received $39K on this topic 1814 Commemoration Inc $39K Legal Defence and Assistance Project Ltdgte: received $35K on this topic Legal Defence and Assistance Pr… $35K Parentchild Plus: received $30K on this topic Parentchild Plus $30K Concord Museum: received $27K on this topic Concord Museum $27K Khal D'brookwood: received $26K on this topic Khal D'brookwood $26K Better Housing Coalition: received $25K on this topic Better Housing Coalition $25K Maalot: received $25K on this topic Maalot $25K Dastaan Films Pvt Ltd: received $25K on this topic Dastaan Films Pvt Ltd $25K Revolution 250 Coalition: received $22K on this topic Revolution 250 Coalition $22K The University of Pretoria: received $15K on this topic The University of Pretoria $15K 12 funders, 47 recipients, grants matching “commemoration” 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: $21.5M to DUKE UNIVERSITY — to commemorate the duke endowment's and duke university's shared centennial (endowed).
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Largest: $1.1M to DENVER PARKS & RECREATION — to support research and community engagement focused on denver's civic center commemorative landscape and development of a commemoration of the disability rights movement
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Largest: $100,000 to UNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD WARS — core support for the 369th experience juneteenth commemoration celebration in honor of the 369th infantry regiment
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Largest: $125,000 to KIDS N CAMP FUND — to commemorate the memory of the victims from the holocaust and perpetuate the spiritual and scholastic legacy of eastern europe
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Largest: $250,000 to HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA — to support commemorating those who perished, honor survivors, educate about the holocaust, and inspire a more dignified, humane world.
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Largest: $100,000 to LEHIGH UNIVERSITY — commemorative grants
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Largest: $250,000 to VIRGINIA COMMEMORATIONS INC — virginia american revolution 250 commemoration
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Largest: $2,500 to 1814 COMMEMORATION INC — battle of plattsburg commemoration
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Largest: $30,000 to COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE — general financial aid
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Largest: $10,000 to 1814 COMMEMORATION INC — 2021 commemoration of the september 11, 1814 battle of plattsburgh project
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Largest: $15,000 to CONCORD MUSEUM — patriot day celebration, teacher training and resources tied to the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the american revolution.
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Largest: $20,000 to COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE — commemorative air forces' national aviation education center
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