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8 funders with a record of paying for “distribtuion”

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Sweetwater Foundation Charitable Trust → Rip Medical Debt: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bay Area Community Foundation → Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2025John and Marlene Major Foundation Inc → Charitable Giving Below Reporting T: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2022Eleanor & Herbert Katz → Joint Distribtuion Committee: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024St Louis Community Foundation → Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024Shenandoah Community Foundation → Feeding the Gulf Coast: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Vintage Bmw House → Humboldt Arts Council: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2025Semrod Family Private Foundation → North Carolina Outward Bound School: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Shenandoah Community Foundation → Compassion Cupboard: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Sweetwater Foundation Charitable Trust → Partners in Health: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sweetwater Foundation Charitable Trust → Campaign for Tibet: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Sweetwater Foundation Charitable Trust: $67K on this topic. Open the funder.Sweetwater Foundation Charita…$67KBay Area Community Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder.Bay Area Community Foundation$38KJohn and Marlene Major Foundation Inc: $31K on this topic. Open the funder.John and Marlene Major Founda…$31KEleanor & Herbert Katz: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Eleanor & Herbert Katz$25KShenandoah Community Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.Shenandoah Community Foundati…$25KSt Louis Community Foundation: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.St Louis Community Foundation$16KVintage Bmw House: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Vintage Bmw House$3KSemrod Family Private Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Semrod Family Private Foundat…$3KRip Medical Debt: received $60K on this topicRip Medical Debt$60KBoys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region: received $38K on this topicBoys & Girls Clubs of the Great…$38KCharitable Giving Below Reporting T: received $31K on this topicCharitable Giving Below Reporti…$31KJoint Distribtuion Committee: received $25K on this topicJoint Distribtuion Committee$25KPresbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy: received $16K on this topicPresbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy$16KFeeding the Gulf Coast: received $15K on this topicFeeding the Gulf Coast$15KCompassion Cupboard: received $10K on this topicCompassion Cupboard$10KPartners in Health: received $5K on this topicPartners in Health$5KHumboldt Arts Council: received $3K on this topicHumboldt Arts Council$3KNorth Carolina Outward Bound School: received $3K on this topicNorth Carolina Outward Bound Sc…$3KCampaign for Tibet: received $2K on this topicCampaign for Tibet$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 →