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12 funders with a record of paying for “dancers”

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The Ford Foundation → Dancers Group: $1.3M across 6 grants, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Dancers Group: $746K across 9 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → The Cowles Center: $614K across 3 grants, latest 2024Kenneth Rainin Foundation → Dancers Group: $352K across 14 grants, latest 2024Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Nyfa: $327K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Kretzmer Family Charitable → Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Zellerbach Family Foundation → Dancers Group: $188K across 21 grants, latest 2024The Shubert Foundation Inc → Cabd Inc Aka Camille A Brown & Dancers: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2023Phyllis C Wattis Foundation → Dancers' Group: $83K across 6 grants, latest 2024East Bay Community Foundation → Dancers' Group: $72K across 2 grants, latest 2024Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Joel Hall Dancers and Center: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc → Cabdinc (Camille A Brown & Dancers): $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music: $560K across 3 grants, latest 2021The Ford Foundation → School of American Ballet Inc: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Movement Research: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Shubert Foundation Inc → Dancers' Workshop: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Zellerbach Family Foundation → Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Kretzmer Family Charitable → The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School: $34K across 4 grants, latest 2025Kenneth Rainin Foundation → Dancers' Group: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Joel Hall Dancers & Center: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2022East Bay Community Foundation → Afro Urban Society Fs Dancers Group: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc → Dova Inc Dba Doug Varone and Dancers: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2024Phyllis C Wattis Foundation → Dancers' Group: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Tabula Rasa Dance Theater Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Springboard for the Arts: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2021Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Winifred Haun & Dancers: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2022East Bay Community Foundation → Dnaga Fs Dancer's Group: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Zellerbach Family Foundation → Intersection for the Arts: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Shubert Foundation Inc → Dancers Workshop: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Phyllis C Wattis Foundation → Dancers Group: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kenneth Rainin Foundation → Jess Curtis Gravity Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc → Rio Grande Union Inc (Douglas Dunn Dancers): $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Baad: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Counterpulse: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Bronx Academy of Arts Dance: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2022Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Topaz Arts Dance Residency: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021East Bay Community Foundation → Grown Women Dance Collective Fs Dancers Group: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022East Bay Community Foundation → Associated Students of the University of California: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Charismatic Rhythms Community Arts Hub: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023East Bay Community Foundation → Naka Dance Theater Fs Dancers' Group: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022East Bay Community Foundation → Dancers Group: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2021Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Winifred Haun and Dancers: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert Rauschenberg Foundation → Performance Works Northwest: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Zellerbach Family Foundation → Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc → Camille A Brown & Dancers (Cabd): $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc → Dova Inc (Doug Varone and Dancers): $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Ford Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$1.7MThe Mcknight Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcknight Foundation$1.2MThe William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $746K on this topic. Open the funder.The William & Flora Hewlett F…$746KRobert Rauschenberg Foundation: $536K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert Rauschenberg Foundation$536KKenneth Rainin Foundation: $381K on this topic. Open the funder.Kenneth Rainin Foundation$381KThe Kretzmer Family Charitable: $334K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kretzmer Family Charitable$334KThe Zellerbach Family Foundation: $250K on this topic. Open the funder.The Zellerbach Family Foundat…$250KThe Shubert Foundation Inc: $175K on this topic. Open the funder.The Shubert Foundation Inc$175KEast Bay Community Foundation: $170K on this topic. Open the funder.East Bay Community Foundation$170KPhyllis C Wattis Foundation: $99K on this topic. Open the funder.Phyllis C Wattis Foundation$99KGaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley…$70KThe Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.The Harkness Foundation for D…$45KDancers Group: received $2.6M on this topicDancers Group$2.6MThe Cowles Center: received $614K on this topicThe Cowles Center$614KMinnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music: received $560K on this topicMinnesota Shubert Center for Da…$560KSchool of American Ballet Inc: received $350K on this topicSchool of American Ballet Inc$350KNyfa: received $327K on this topicNyfa$327KSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: received $300K on this topicSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc$300KCabd Inc Aka Camille A Brown & Dancers: received $115K on this topicCabd Inc Aka Camille A Brown &…$115KDancers' Group: received $106K on this topicDancers' Group$106KTabula Rasa Dance Theater Inc: received $100K on this topicTabula Rasa Dance Theater Inc$100KDancers' Group: received $83K on this topicDancers' Group$83KMovement Research: received $70K on this topicMovement Research$70KDancers' Workshop: received $45K on this topicDancers' Workshop$45KAnne Bluethenthal and Dancers: received $40K on this topicAnne Bluethenthal and Dancers$40KThe Sarasota Cuban Ballet School: received $34K on this topicThe Sarasota Cuban Ballet School$34KSpringboard for the Arts: received $29K on this topicSpringboard for the Arts$29KBaad: received $25K on this topicBaad$25KCounterpulse: received $25K on this topicCounterpulse$25KBronx Academy of Arts Dance: received $25K on this topicBronx Academy of Arts Dance$25KTopaz Arts Dance Residency: received $25K on this topicTopaz Arts Dance Residency$25KJoel Hall Dancers and Center: received $20K on this topicJoel Hall Dancers and Center$20KJoel Hall Dancers & Center: received $20K on this topicJoel Hall Dancers & Center$20KAfro Urban Society Fs Dancers Group: received $18K on this topicAfro Urban Society Fs Dancers G…$18KWinifred Haun & Dancers: received $18K on this topicWinifred Haun & Dancers$18KDnaga Fs Dancer's Group: received $18K on this topicDnaga Fs Dancer's Group$18KGrown Women Dance Collective Fs Dancers Group: received $18K on this topicGrown Women Dance Collective Fs…$18KCabdinc (Camille A Brown & Dancers): received $18K on this topicCabdinc (Camille A Brown & Danc…$18KAssociated Students of the University of California: received $17K on this topicAssociated Students of the Univ…$17KIntersection for the Arts: received $15K on this topicIntersection for the Arts$15KDancers Workshop: received $15K on this topicDancers Workshop$15KCharismatic Rhythms Community Arts Hub: received $15K on this topicCharismatic Rhythms Community A…$15KNaka Dance Theater Fs Dancers' Group: received $15K on this topicNaka Dance Theater Fs Dancers'…$15KDova Inc Dba Doug Varone and Dancers: received $12K on this topicDova Inc Dba Doug Varone and Da…$12KWinifred Haun and Dancers: received $12K on this topicWinifred Haun and Dancers$12KPerformance Works Northwest: received $10K on this topicPerformance Works Northwest$10KShawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center: received $8K on this topicShawl-Anderson Modern Dance Cen…$8KDancers Group: received $6K on this topicDancers Group$6KJess Curtis Gravity Inc: received $5K on this topicJess Curtis Gravity Inc$5KRio Grande Union Inc (Douglas Dunn Dancers): received $5K on this topicRio Grande Union Inc (Douglas D…$5KCamille A Brown & Dancers (Cabd): received $5K on this topicCamille A Brown & Dancers (Cabd)$5KDova Inc (Doug Varone and Dancers): received $5K on this topicDova Inc (Doug Varone and Dance…$5K
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