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12 funders with a record of paying for “cyclone”
Where the money went
Largest: $130,000 to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — isu cyclone club / operating fund
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $54,889 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to CYCLONE REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER INC — grant distribution
Largest: $9,000 to IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY CYCLONE CLUB — educational opportunities
Largest: $200,000 to American National Red Cross — cyclone mocha relief - myanmar
Largest: $85,000 to Cyclone Regional Training Center — student athlete performance center.
Largest: $45,000 to COMMUNITIES RISING INC — toward cyclone fengal relief efforts in the villupuram district, india.
Largest: $36,187 to SWADES FOUNDATION — disaster relief due to cyclone nisarga: repair of damaged toilets in raigad and rural women entrepreneurship
Largest: $250,000 to THE CYCLONE FUND (PORTER GAUD SCHOOL) — charitable donation to a 501(c)(3) entity.
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
2 matching grants · $310,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to MYRIAD USA INC — to support baseflow in restoring safe drinking water access at three internally displaced persons' camps in mulanje district, malawi, in the aftermath of cyclone freddy
Visa FoundationSan Francisco, CA
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS — to support the bangladesh red crescent society's emergency appeal, to deliver assistance and support the recovery of people affected by cyclone remal in bangladesh
Largest: $100,000 to YACHTAID GLOBAL — cyclone disaster relief and recovery
Largest: $100,000 to BISHOP WARD HIGH SCHOOL — creating the student in the urban core- the cyclone center
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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 →