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12 funders with a record of paying for “copper”
Where the money went Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium → Copper River Native Assoc: $2.8M across 2 grants, latest 2023 John & Sue Jackson Charitable Trust No 2 → Maine Community Foundation: $688K across 3 grants, latest 2025 United Way of Southwest Virginia → Copper Hill Childcare: $462K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Foundation for California Community → Copper Mountain Ccd: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Copper Shores Community → Copper Harbor Trails Club: $277K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Copper Mountain College Foundation → Copper Mountain Ccd: $168K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Womenstrong International → Copper Rose Zambia: $160K across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Klungness Family Foundation Inc → Copper Harbor Trails Society Inc: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Research Corporation Dba Research → Arizona State University: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Seattle Foundation → Copper River Watershed Project: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024 James A Ruppe Foundation → Copper Country Angel Mission: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Copper Valley Electric Association Commu → Copper River Watershed Project: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium → Copper River Native Association: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Senior Meals: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation for California Community → Copper Mountain College Foundation: $159K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of Arizona: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Womenstrong International → Copper Rose: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Seattle Foundation → Copper Canyon Press: $43K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Klungness Family Foundation Inc → Copper Country Humane Society: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2023 James A Ruppe Foundation → Copper Shores Community Health: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Copper Valley Electric Association Commu → Copper River Basin Child Advocacy Center: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Angel Mission: $136K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of Rochester: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2024 James A Ruppe Foundation → Copper Country Habitat for Humanity: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Copper Valley Electric Association Commu → Copper River Ems: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Intermediate School: $102K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Habitat for Humanity: $81K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → Franklin & Marshall College: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Humane Society: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Jr Hockey Associat: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Copper Shores Community → Copper Island Academy: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Copper Shores Community → Copper Country Ski Tigers: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 James A Ruppe Foundation → Copper Shores Community: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Copper Valley Electric Association Commu → Copper River Hockey Club: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2025 James A Ruppe Foundation → Copper Country Suzuki Association: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 James A Ruppe Foundation → Copper Country Junior Hockey: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Copper Valley Electric Association Commu → Copper River Native Association: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Alaska Native Tribal Health C… $4.0M Copper Shores Community: $891K on this topic. Open the funder. Copper Shores Community $891K John & Sue Jackson Charitable Trust No 2: $688K on this topic. Open the funder. John & Sue Jackson Charitable… $688K Foundation for California Community: $534K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for California Com… $534K United Way of Southwest Virginia: $462K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Southwest Virgi… $462K Research Corporation Dba Research: $248K on this topic. Open the funder. Research Corporation Dba Rese… $248K Womenstrong International: $211K on this topic. Open the funder. Womenstrong International $211K Copper Mountain College Foundation: $168K on this topic. Open the funder. Copper Mountain College Found… $168K The Klungness Family Foundation Inc: $111K on this topic. Open the funder. The Klungness Family Foundati… $111K Seattle Foundation: $93K on this topic. Open the funder. Seattle Foundation $93K James A Ruppe Foundation: $79K on this topic. Open the funder. James A Ruppe Foundation $79K Copper Valley Electric Association Commu: $32K on this topic. Open the funder. Copper Valley Electric Associ… $32K Copper River Native Assoc: received $2.8M on this topic Copper River Native Assoc $2.8M Copper River Native Association: received $1.2M on this topic Copper River Native Association $1.2M Maine Community Foundation: received $688K on this topic Maine Community Foundation $688K Copper Hill Childcare: received $462K on this topic Copper Hill Childcare $462K Copper Mountain Ccd: received $375K on this topic Copper Mountain Ccd $375K Copper Harbor Trails Club: received $277K on this topic Copper Harbor Trails Club $277K Copper Country Senior Meals: received $225K on this topic Copper Country Senior Meals $225K Copper Mountain Ccd: received $168K on this topic Copper Mountain Ccd $168K Copper Country Angel Mission: received $165K on this topic Copper Country Angel Mission $165K Copper Rose Zambia: received $160K on this topic Copper Rose Zambia $160K Copper Mountain College Foundation: received $159K on this topic Copper Mountain College Foundat… $159K Copper Country Intermediate School: received $102K on this topic Copper Country Intermediate Sch… $102K Copper Country Habitat for Humanity: received $96K on this topic Copper Country Habitat for Huma… $96K Copper Harbor Trails Society Inc: received $70K on this topic Copper Harbor Trails Society Inc $70K Copper Country Humane Society: received $68K on this topic Copper Country Humane Society $68K Arizona State University: received $66K on this topic Arizona State University $66K University of Arizona: received $66K on this topic University of Arizona $66K University of Rochester: received $66K on this topic University of Rochester $66K Copper River Watershed Project: received $59K on this topic Copper River Watershed Project $59K Copper Rose: received $51K on this topic Copper Rose $51K Franklin & Marshall College: received $50K on this topic Franklin & Marshall College $50K Copper Canyon Press: received $43K on this topic Copper Canyon Press $43K Copper Country Jr Hockey Associat: received $24K on this topic Copper Country Jr Hockey Associ… $24K Copper Shores Community Health: received $20K on this topic Copper Shores Community Health $20K Copper Island Academy: received $12K on this topic Copper Island Academy $12K Copper River Basin Child Advocacy Center: received $8K on this topic Copper River Basin Child Advoca… $8K Copper Country Ski Tigers: received $7K on this topic Copper Country Ski Tigers $7K Copper Shores Community: received $6K on this topic Copper Shores Community $6K Copper River Ems: received $6K on this topic Copper River Ems $6K Copper River Hockey Club: received $6K on this topic Copper River Hockey Club $6K Copper Country Suzuki Association: received $5K on this topic Copper Country Suzuki Associati… $5K Copper Country Junior Hockey: received $4K on this topic Copper Country Junior Hockey $4K 12 funders, 32 recipients, grants matching “copper” 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: $9,533 to COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — osher scholarship
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Largest: $132,907 to COPPER HARBOR TRAILS CLUB — recreational support
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Largest: $3,000 to COPPER RIVER EMS — ems training in copper river valley
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Largest: $10,000 to COPPER COUNTRY ANGEL MISSION — clothing/feeding the poor
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Largest: $64,000 to COPPER ROSE ZAMBIA — to provide funding for copper rose zambia for support of women's and adolescent girls' health
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Largest: $20,000 to COPPER CANYON PRESS — to provide general support in honor of a house called tomorrow
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Largest: $132,600 to COPPER HILL CHILDCARE — childcare support
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Largest: $66,000 to University of Arizona — electrocatalyst formation from extracted critical trace elements in copper ores (effect eco)
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Largest: $100,177 to Copper Mountain CCD — institutional program support
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Largest: $1.9M to COPPER RIVER NATIVE ASSOC — biomed, bha, hss, program support
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Largest: $268,000 to MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — jackson copper beach fund
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Largest: $40,000 to COPPER HARBOR TRAILS SOCIETY INC — for the development of the keweenaw point trail
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