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12 funders with a record of paying for “contractors”
Where the money went Smacn Industry Fund of the United States → Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assn Inc: $38M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Legal Services Inc → Greater Hartford Legal Aid: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Painters and Allied Trades Labor- → National Steel Painting Contractors Association: $1.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Mckinstry Company LLC: $976K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut State Building Trades → Construction Workforce Initiative 2: $671K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Plumbing & Ac Industry Fund(Pacif) → Plumbing & Ac Contractor Industry: $515K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hawaii Construction Industry → General Contractors Assoc of Hawaii: $468K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Studio Eis Inc: $411K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No 572 → Gipson Mechanical Contractors Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2021 International Fresh Produce Association → Totem LLC: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Pallottine Foundation of Huntington → Keep Your Faith Corporation Inc: $80K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Associated Builders and Contractors: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Connecticut Legal Services Inc → New Haven Legal Assistance Association: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Farrington Air Quality Services LLC: $729K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut State Building Trades → Finishing Trades Institute of Southern New England: $530K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No 572 → F M Sylvan Inc: $194K across 1 grant, latest 2021 International Fresh Produce Association → Alcorn State University: $109K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Hawaii Construction Industry → Hawaii Island Contractors Assoc: $73K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → Catchfire Consulting LLC: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pallottine Foundation of Huntington → Think Kids: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Underground Utility Contractors of: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Connecticut Legal Services Inc → Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $983K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Columbia Sheet Metal Inc of Wa: $654K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut State Building Trades → Iron Workers Local 15: $196K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No 572 → Morsey Constructors LLC: $143K across 1 grant, latest 2021 International Fresh Produce Association → Croptrak: $87K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Communities Foundation of Oklahoma → City of Seminole: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hawaii Construction Industry → Contractors Assoc of Kauai: $66K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Pallottine Foundation of Huntington → Saint Peter's Episcopal Church: $31K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Associated Builders and Contractors Training Acade: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Arctic Sheet Metal Inc: $618K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut Legal Services Inc → Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence: $439K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Sheet Metal Inc: $329K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → General Sheet Metal Works Inc: $304K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Apollo Sheet Metal: $276K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Streimer Sheet Metal Works Inc: $240K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Holaday Parks Inc: $228K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Trusted Comfort: $205K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Harder Mechanical Contractors Inc: $179K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Harvey & Price: $173K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut State Building Trades → International Union of Operating Engineers Atsif: $156K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Krueger Sheet Metal: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Johansen Mechanical Inc: $135K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Eklunta Const & Maint LLC: $132K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Emerald Aire Inc: $129K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut State Building Trades → Northeast Area Apprenticeship Committee: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Sunset Air Inc: $119K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Metal Creek Mechanical: $118K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Ymc Inc Mechanical Contractor: $98K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Olympia Sheet Metal Inc: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Premier Industrial Support LLC: $94K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Ocean Park Mechanical Inc: $92K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Hanset Stainless Inc: $84K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut Legal Services Inc → Center for Children's Advocacy: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Connecticut State Building Trades → Sheet Metal Workers Local 40 Apprentice and Training Fund: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Holmberg Mechanical: $74K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Trimble Mechanical Inc: $68K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Connecticut Legal Services Inc → Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Az Heating & Air LLC: $64K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Premier Industrial Support: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Capital Heating & Cooling: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Mcgowne Iron Works LLC: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Fischer Mechanical: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Northwest Regional Council of Smart → Rmr Heating & Cooling LLC: $59K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Smacn Industry Fund of the United States: $38M on this topic. Open the funder. Smacn Industry Fund of the Un… $38M Northwest Regional Council of Smart: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Northwest Regional Council of… $6.7M Connecticut Legal Services Inc: $5.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Connecticut Legal Services Inc $5.5M Connecticut State Building Trades: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Connecticut State Building Tr… $1.7M Painters and Allied Trades Labor-: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Painters and Allied Trades La… $1.5M Hawaii Construction Industry: $606K on this topic. Open the funder. Hawaii Construction Industry $606K Communities Foundation of Oklahoma: $548K on this topic. Open the funder. Communities Foundation of Okl… $548K Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No 572: $537K on this topic. Open the funder. Plumbers and Pipefitters Loca… $537K Plumbing & Ac Industry Fund(Pacif): $515K on this topic. Open the funder. Plumbing & Ac Industry Fund(P… $515K International Fresh Produce Association: $336K on this topic. Open the funder. International Fresh Produce A… $336K Pallottine Foundation of Huntington: $164K on this topic. Open the funder. Pallottine Foundation of Hunt… $164K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $18K Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assn Inc: received $38M on this topic Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning… $38M Greater Hartford Legal Aid: received $2.1M on this topic Greater Hartford Legal Aid $2.1M New Haven Legal Assistance Association: received $1.8M on this topic New Haven Legal Assistance Asso… $1.8M National Steel Painting Contractors Association: received $1.5M on this topic National Steel Painting Contrac… $1.5M Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence: received $983K on this topic Connecticut Coalition Against D… $983K Mckinstry Company LLC: received $976K on this topic Mckinstry Company LLC $976K Farrington Air Quality Services LLC: received $729K on this topic Farrington Air Quality Services… $729K Construction Workforce Initiative 2: received $671K on this topic Construction Workforce Initiati… $671K Columbia Sheet Metal Inc of Wa: received $654K on this topic Columbia Sheet Metal Inc of Wa $654K Arctic Sheet Metal Inc: received $618K on this topic Arctic Sheet Metal Inc $618K Finishing Trades Institute of Southern New England: received $530K on this topic Finishing Trades Institute of S… $530K Plumbing & Ac Contractor Industry: received $515K on this topic Plumbing & Ac Contractor Indust… $515K General Contractors Assoc of Hawaii: received $468K on this topic General Contractors Assoc of Ha… $468K Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence: received $439K on this topic Connecticut Alliance to End Sex… $439K Studio Eis Inc: received $411K on this topic Studio Eis Inc $411K Sheet Metal Inc: received $329K on this topic Sheet Metal Inc $329K General Sheet Metal Works Inc: received $304K on this topic General Sheet Metal Works Inc $304K Apollo Sheet Metal: received $276K on this topic Apollo Sheet Metal $276K Streimer Sheet Metal Works Inc: received $240K on this topic Streimer Sheet Metal Works Inc $240K Holaday Parks Inc: received $228K on this topic Holaday Parks Inc $228K Trusted Comfort: received $205K on this topic Trusted Comfort $205K Gipson Mechanical Contractors Inc: received $200K on this topic Gipson Mechanical Contractors I… $200K Iron Workers Local 15: received $196K on this topic Iron Workers Local 15 $196K F M Sylvan Inc: received $194K on this topic F M Sylvan Inc $194K Harder Mechanical Contractors Inc: received $179K on this topic Harder Mechanical Contractors I… $179K Harvey & Price: received $173K on this topic Harvey & Price $173K International Union of Operating Engineers Atsif: received $156K on this topic International Union of Operatin… $156K Krueger Sheet Metal: received $150K on this topic Krueger Sheet Metal $150K Morsey Constructors LLC: received $143K on this topic Morsey Constructors LLC $143K Totem LLC: received $140K on this topic Totem LLC $140K Johansen Mechanical Inc: received $135K on this topic Johansen Mechanical Inc $135K Eklunta Const & Maint LLC: received $132K on this topic Eklunta Const & Maint LLC $132K Emerald Aire Inc: received $129K on this topic Emerald Aire Inc $129K Northeast Area Apprenticeship Committee: received $120K on this topic Northeast Area Apprenticeship C… $120K Sunset Air Inc: received $119K on this topic Sunset Air Inc $119K Metal Creek Mechanical: received $118K on this topic Metal Creek Mechanical $118K Alcorn State University: received $109K on this topic Alcorn State University $109K Ymc Inc Mechanical Contractor: received $98K on this topic Ymc Inc Mechanical Contractor $98K Olympia Sheet Metal Inc: received $97K on this topic Olympia Sheet Metal Inc $97K Premier Industrial Support LLC: received $94K on this topic Premier Industrial Support LLC $94K Ocean Park Mechanical Inc: received $92K on this topic Ocean Park Mechanical Inc $92K Croptrak: received $87K on this topic Croptrak $87K Hanset Stainless Inc: received $84K on this topic Hanset Stainless Inc $84K Keep Your Faith Corporation Inc: received $80K on this topic Keep Your Faith Corporation Inc $80K Center for Children's Advocacy: received $75K on this topic Center for Children's Advocacy $75K Sheet Metal Workers Local 40 Apprentice and Training Fund: received $75K on this topic Sheet Metal Workers Local 40 Ap… $75K Holmberg Mechanical: received $74K on this topic Holmberg Mechanical $74K Hawaii Island Contractors Assoc: received $73K on this topic Hawaii Island Contractors Assoc $73K Catchfire Consulting LLC: received $70K on this topic Catchfire Consulting LLC $70K Trimble Mechanical Inc: received $68K on this topic Trimble Mechanical Inc $68K City of Seminole: received $68K on this topic City of Seminole $68K Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc: received $67K on this topic Statewide Legal Services of Con… $67K Contractors Assoc of Kauai: received $66K on this topic Contractors Assoc of Kauai $66K Az Heating & Air LLC: received $64K on this topic Az Heating & Air LLC $64K Premier Industrial Support: received $64K on this topic Premier Industrial Support $64K Capital Heating & Cooling: received $63K on this topic Capital Heating & Cooling $63K Mcgowne Iron Works LLC: received $60K on this topic Mcgowne Iron Works LLC $60K Fischer Mechanical: received $60K on this topic Fischer Mechanical $60K Rmr Heating & Cooling LLC: received $59K on this topic Rmr Heating & Cooling LLC $59K Think Kids: received $54K on this topic Think Kids $54K Saint Peter's Episcopal Church: received $31K on this topic Saint Peter's Episcopal Church $31K Associated Builders and Contractors: received $10K on this topic Associated Builders and Contrac… $10K Underground Utility Contractors of: received $6K on this topic Underground Utility Contractors… $6K Associated Builders and Contractors Training Acade: received $3K on this topic Associated Builders and Contrac… $3K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “contractors” 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: $179,327 to HARDER MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC — contractor equity assistance
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Largest: $591,454 to GREATER HARTFORD LEGAL AID — sub-contractor for the provision of legal services
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Largest: $444,600 to CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE INITIATIVE 2 — contractor fee for service
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Largest: $15,500 to SAINT PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — contract with an outreach organizer for 780 hours. funds will be spent on the contractor's hours. the outreach organizer will oversee and organize volunteers, as well as the naloxo…
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Largest: $123,244 to TOTEM LLC — usda climate grant - contractor
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Largest: $225,917 to GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOC OF HAWAII — const edu & improve
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Largest: $410,650 to STUDIO EIS INC — contractor payment
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Largest: $200,000 to Gipson Mechanical Contractors Inc — contractor grants
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Largest: $10.8M to SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSN INC — to enhance the sheet metal industry
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Largest: $4,000 to ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS — program support
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Largest: $600,000 to NATIONAL STEEL PAINTING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION — new association
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Largest: $150,000 to PLUMBING & AC CONTRACTOR INDUSTRY — same as 990, page 1
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