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The Scripps Howard Foundation → International Center for Journalists Inc: $2.9M across 6 grants, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2023Open Society Institute → Aspiration: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → University of Washington: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Centre for Democracy and Development (Limited By Guarantee): $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2021Foundation to Promote Open Society → Aspiration: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022Open Society Action Fund Inc → Reset Tech Action: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → People's Action Institute: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023Luminate Foundation Inc → University of Massachusetts Amherst: $319K across 2 grants, latest 2023Hillman Family Foundations → Voto Latino Foundation Inc: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2022Friends of the Earth → Media Matters for America: $174K across 2 grants, latest 2024Pen American Center Inc → Factchequeando: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → New Venture Fund: $800K across 1 grant, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Meliore: $750K across 2 grants, latest 2024Foundation to Promote Open Society → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022John S and James L Knight Foundation → Military Veterans in Journalism: $610K across 3 grants, latest 2024Open Society Action Fund Inc → Media Matters Action Network: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Disinformation Index Inc: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024Luminate Foundation Inc → Association for Progressive Communications (Apc): $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024Open Society Institute → Institute for Strategic Dialogue: $295K across 1 grant, latest 2022Hillman Family Foundations → Carnegie Mellon University: $130K across 2 grants, latest 2022Friends of the Earth → Action for the Climate Emergency: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Pen American Center Inc → The Texas Tribune: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024Foundation to Promote Open Society → Mena Media Monitoring Mmm: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Asociacion Centro Latinoamericano De Investigacion Periodistica: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → New Venture Fund: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023Open Society Institute → Watchdoc Media Mandiri: $252K across 1 grant, latest 2022Open Society Action Fund Inc → Ultraviolet Action: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023John S and James L Knight Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation: $222K across 2 grants, latest 2023Luminate Foundation Inc → Global Disinformation Index: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Hillman Family Foundations → University of Pittsburgh: $115K across 2 grants, latest 2022Friends of the Earth → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2023Pen American Center Inc → Conecta Arizona: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024Foundation to Promote Open Society → Instituto Serrapilheira: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2023Foundation to Promote Open Society → Chapel & York Us Foundation Inc: $360K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024Open Society Action Fund Inc → Onyx Impact: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024Foundation to Promote Open Society → Fundacion La Voz Publica Para La Verificacion Del: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Women's March Network: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022Foundation to Promote Open Society → Disinformation Index Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → International Center for Journalists Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Democracy Matters Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024Open Society Institute → The German Marshall Fund of the United States (Gmf: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Universidade De Sao Paulo: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Equis Institute: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Define American: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2024Open Society Institute → Laura Wood: $157K across 2 grants, latest 2023Open Society Institute → Disinformation Index Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022Foundation to Promote Open Society → Factum Media: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Ponteio Comunicacao Informacao E Cultura Ltda: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Media Foundation for West Africa: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022John S and James L Knight Foundation → Meedan Inc: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2023John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Board of Governors of Wayne State University: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Sleeping Giants Brasil: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hillman Family Foundations → Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Open Society Institute → Atlantic Council of the United States Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Foundation to Promote Open Society → Middle East Institute: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Open Society Action Fund Inc → Kairos Action: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2023John S and James L Knight Foundation → Convergence Center for Policy Resolution: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Military Veterans in Journalism Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Foundation to Promote Open Society: $4.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Foundation to Promote Open So…$4.2MJohn S and James L Knight Foundation: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder.John S and James L Knight Fou…$3.3MThe William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $3.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The William & Flora Hewlett F…$3.2MOpen Society Institute: $3.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Open Society Institute$3.2MThe Ford Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$3.1MThe Scripps Howard Foundation: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder.The Scripps Howard Foundation$2.9MJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder.John D and Catherine T Macart…$2.8MOpen Society Action Fund Inc: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Open Society Action Fund Inc$1.7MLuminate Foundation Inc: $819K on this topic. Open the funder.Luminate Foundation Inc$819KHillman Family Foundations: $595K on this topic. Open the funder.Hillman Family Foundations$595KFriends of the Earth: $349K on this topic. Open the funder.Friends of the Earth$349KPen American Center Inc: $106K on this topic. Open the funder.Pen American Center Inc$106KAspiration: received $3.1M on this topicAspiration$3.1MInternational Center for Journalists Inc: received $2.9M on this topicInternational Center for Journa…$2.9MPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $2.9M on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$2.9MUniversity of Washington: received $1.8M on this topicUniversity of Washington$1.8MCentre for Democracy and Development (Limited By Guarantee): received $1.3M on this topicCentre for Democracy and Develo…$1.3MNew Venture Fund: received $800K on this topicNew Venture Fund$800KDisinformation Index Inc: received $800K on this topicDisinformation Index Inc$800KMeliore: received $750K on this topicMeliore$750KReset Tech Action: received $650K on this topicReset Tech Action$650KMilitary Veterans in Journalism: received $610K on this topicMilitary Veterans in Journalism$610KMena Media Monitoring Mmm: received $600K on this topicMena Media Monitoring Mmm$600KInstituto Serrapilheira: received $600K on this topicInstituto Serrapilheira$600KMedia Matters Action Network: received $500K on this topicMedia Matters Action Network$500KPeople's Action Institute: received $400K on this topicPeople's Action Institute$400KUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $400K on this topicUniversity of North Carolina at…$400KAsociacion Centro Latinoamericano De Investigacion Periodistica: received $400K on this topicAsociacion Centro Latinoamerica…$400KChapel & York Us Foundation Inc: received $360K on this topicChapel & York Us Foundation Inc$360KUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst: received $319K on this topicUniversity of Massachusetts Amh…$319KAssociation for Progressive Communications (Apc): received $300K on this topicAssociation for Progressive Com…$300KNew Venture Fund: received $300K on this topicNew Venture Fund$300KLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: received $300K on this topicLawyers' Committee for Civil Ri…$300KInstitute for Strategic Dialogue: received $295K on this topicInstitute for Strategic Dialogue$295KWatchdoc Media Mandiri: received $252K on this topicWatchdoc Media Mandiri$252KVoto Latino Foundation Inc: received $250K on this topicVoto Latino Foundation Inc$250KUltraviolet Action: received $250K on this topicUltraviolet Action$250KOnyx Impact: received $250K on this topicOnyx Impact$250KFundacion La Voz Publica Para La Verificacion Del: received $250K on this topicFundacion La Voz Publica Para L…$250KWomen's March Network: received $250K on this topicWomen's March Network$250KArizona State University Foundation: received $222K on this topicArizona State University Founda…$222KGlobal Disinformation Index: received $200K on this topicGlobal Disinformation Index$200KInternational Center for Journalists Inc: received $200K on this topicInternational Center for Journa…$200KDemocracy Matters Foundation: received $200K on this topicDemocracy Matters Foundation$200KThe German Marshall Fund of the United States (Gmf: received $200K on this topicThe German Marshall Fund of the…$200KUniversidade De Sao Paulo: received $200K on this topicUniversidade De Sao Paulo$200KEquis Institute: received $200K on this topicEquis Institute$200KDefine American: received $200K on this topicDefine American$200KUniversidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro: received $180K on this topicUniversidade Federal Do Rio De…$180KMedia Matters for America: received $174K on this topicMedia Matters for America$174KLaura Wood: received $157K on this topicLaura Wood$157KFactum Media: received $150K on this topicFactum Media$150KPonteio Comunicacao Informacao E Cultura Ltda: received $150K on this topicPonteio Comunicacao Informacao…$150KMedia Foundation for West Africa: received $150K on this topicMedia Foundation for West Africa$150KChancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: received $150K on this topicChancellor Masters and Scholars…$150KMeedan Inc: received $140K on this topicMeedan Inc$140KCarnegie Mellon University: received $130K on this topicCarnegie Mellon University$130KBoard of Governors of Wayne State University: received $130K on this topicBoard of Governors of Wayne Sta…$130KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $115K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$115KArizona State University Foundation for A New American University: received $114K on this topicArizona State University Founda…$114KAction for the Climate Emergency: received $100K on this topicAction for the Climate Emergency$100KSleeping Giants Brasil: received $100K on this topicSleeping Giants Brasil$100KCognitive Immunology Research Collaborative: received $100K on this topicCognitive Immunology Research C…$100KAtlantic Council of the United States Inc: received $100K on this topicAtlantic Council of the United…$100KMiddle East Institute: received $100K on this topicMiddle East Institute$100KKairos Action: received $80K on this topicKairos Action$80KRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $75K on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$75KConvergence Center for Policy Resolution: received $75K on this topicConvergence Center for Policy R…$75KMilitary Veterans in Journalism Inc: received $50K on this topicMilitary Veterans in Journalism…$50KFactchequeando: received $36K on this topicFactchequeando$36KThe Texas Tribune: received $35K on this topicThe Texas Tribune$35KConecta Arizona: received $35K on this topicConecta Arizona$35K
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