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12 funders with a record of paying for “defamation”

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Anti-Defamation League Foundation → Anti-Defamation League: $52M across 7 grants, latest 2024Arie and Ida Crown Memorial → Anti-Defamation League: $1.4M across 9 grants, latest 2024Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc → Anti-Defamation League - New England: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Anti-Defamation League: $1.1M across 6 grants, latest 2024Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Anti-Defamation League: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024Bender Foundation Inc → Anti-Defamation League: $825K across 6 grants, latest 2024Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family → Anti-Defamation League: $788K across 12 grants, latest 2024Jewish Federation of Greater → Anti-Defamation League (Adl): $788K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Bank of America Charitable → Anti-Defamation League: $261K across 8 grants, latest 2023Leslie J Raffel Foundation → Anti-Defamation League: $196K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Louis & Harold Price Foundation → Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2024Joseph and Helen Komarek Foundation → Anti-Defamation League: $21K across 6 grants, latest 2025Jewish Federation of Greater → Anti-Defamation League: $580K across 2 grants, latest 2021Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc → Anti-Defamation League: $511K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2022Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Anti-Defamation League: $189K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Louis & Harold Price Foundation → Anti-Defamation League - National: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Bank of America Charitable → Anti-Defamation League - Midwest: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc → Anti-Defamation League New England: $448K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Anti Defamation League: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Louis & Harold Price Foundation → Anti-Defamation League - National: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jewish Federation of Greater → Anti-Defamation League Foundation (Adl): $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc → Anti Defamation League Foundation: $71K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Louis & Harold Price Foundation → Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Anti-Defamation League Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Anti-Defamation League Foundation: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022Anti-Defamation League Foundation: $52M on this topic. Open the funder.Anti-Defamation League Founda…$52MCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Combined Jewish Philanthropie…$2.2MThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe…$1.4MJewish Federation of Greater: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Jewish Federation of Greater$1.4MArie and Ida Crown Memorial: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Arie and Ida Crown Memorial$1.4MJewish Federation of Metropolitan: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Jewish Federation of Metropol…$1.3MBender Foundation Inc: $825K on this topic. Open the funder.Bender Foundation Inc$825KHoward and Geraldine Polinger Family: $788K on this topic. Open the funder.Howard and Geraldine Polinger…$788KThe Louis & Harold Price Foundation: $380K on this topic. Open the funder.The Louis & Harold Price Foun…$380KThe Bank of America Charitable: $263K on this topic. Open the funder.The Bank of America Charitable$263KLeslie J Raffel Foundation: $196K on this topic. Open the funder.Leslie J Raffel Foundation$196KJoseph and Helen Komarek Foundation: $21K on this topic. Open the funder.Joseph and Helen Komarek Foun…$21KAnti-Defamation League: received $58M on this topicAnti-Defamation League$58MAnti-Defamation League - New England: received $1.2M on this topicAnti-Defamation League - New En…$1.2MAnti-Defamation League (Adl): received $788K on this topicAnti-Defamation League (Adl)$788KAnti-Defamation League: received $700K on this topicAnti-Defamation League$700KAnti-Defamation League New England: received $448K on this topicAnti-Defamation League New Engl…$448KAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: received $300K on this topicAnti-Defamation League of B'nai…$300KAnti-Defamation League Los Angeles: received $160K on this topicAnti-Defamation League Los Ange…$160KAnti-Defamation League - National: received $155K on this topicAnti-Defamation League - Nation…$155KAnti Defamation League: received $114K on this topicAnti Defamation League$114KAnti Defamation League Foundation: received $71K on this topicAnti Defamation League Foundati…$71KAnti-Defamation League - National: received $55K on this topicAnti-Defamation League - Nation…$55KAnti-Defamation League Foundation (Adl): received $20K on this topicAnti-Defamation League Foundati…$20KAnti-Defamation League Los Angeles: received $10K on this topicAnti-Defamation League Los Ange…$10KAnti-Defamation League Foundation: received $10K on this topicAnti-Defamation League Foundati…$10KAnti-Defamation League Foundation: received $6K on this topicAnti-Defamation League Foundati…$6KAnti-Defamation League - Midwest: received $2K on this topicAnti-Defamation League - Midwest$2K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →