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12 funders with a record of paying for “dolly”

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Greater Cedar Rapids Community → Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation: $246K across 3 grants, latest 2024Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc → Dollywood Foundation - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: $232K across 4 grants, latest 2024United Way of Cumberland County Inc → Dolly Parton Imagination Library: $225K across 4 grants, latest 2024United Way of Lackawanna → The Dollywood Foundation: $178K across 4 grants, latest 2024United Way of Greater St Louis Inc → Dolly Partons Imagination Library: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2023United Way of Whatcom County → Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: $113K across 2 grants, latest 2024Justamere Foundation → Armstrong County Community Action Agency: $104K across 2 grants, latest 2023Walker Area Community Foundation Inc → Better Basics: $68K across 2 grants, latest 2023International Paper Company Foundation → United Way of Northwest Louisiana: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024American Electric Power Foundation → United Way of Northwest Louisiana: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Coos Bay Public Library Foundation: $47K across 3 grants, latest 2024John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd → Friends of the Marion Public Library: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024United Way of Greater St Louis Inc → Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2022Justamere Foundation → Literacy Council of Norristown Inc: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024United Way of Whatcom County → Dolly Parton Imagination Library: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022Walker Area Community Foundation Inc → Better Basics: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2025American Electric Power Foundation → Dolly Partons Imagination Library of Ohio: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024Greater Cedar Rapids Community → Friends of Marion Carnegie Library Dba the Friends of the Marion Public Lib: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2024International Paper Company Foundation → City of Natchitoches Early Childhood Education: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2024John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd → Clinton Indiana Public Library: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Friends of the Roseburg Public Library: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2023American Electric Power Foundation → Foundation for Appalachian Ohio: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024International Paper Company Foundation → United Way of Southeast Louisiana: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Greater St Louis Inc → Dolly Parton Imagination Library: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Justamere Foundation → Arts Holding Hands and Hearts Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd → Friends of Hiawatha Public Library: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Friends of the Roseburg Public Library: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Eugene Public Library Foundation: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Family Foundation → United Way of Linn Benton & Lincoln Counties: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023American Electric Power Foundation → United Way of the Concho Valley Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024International Paper Company Foundation → Lumber River United Way: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023International Paper Company Foundation → Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023Justamere Foundation → West Philadelphia Alliance for Children: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Family Foundation → Bear Creek Valley Rotary Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022American Electric Power Foundation → Allen County Public Library: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Ford Family Foundation → Friends of the Mildred Whipple Library: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023American Electric Power Foundation → The Friends of the Library of Mcalester Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025International Paper Company Foundation → Arlington Education Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Family Foundation → United Way of Columbia County: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022International Paper Company Foundation → Child Care Action Council of Thurston County: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Greater Cedar Rapids Community: $278K on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Cedar Rapids Community$278KUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $272K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Greater St Loui…$272KBlue Grass Community Foundation Inc: $232K on this topic. Open the funder.Blue Grass Community Foundati…$232KUnited Way of Cumberland County Inc: $225K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Cumberland Coun…$225KJustamere Foundation: $184K on this topic. Open the funder.Justamere Foundation$184KUnited Way of Lackawanna: $178K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Lackawanna$178KUnited Way of Whatcom County: $173K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Whatcom County$173KThe Ford Family Foundation: $147K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Family Foundation$147KAmerican Electric Power Foundation: $118K on this topic. Open the funder.American Electric Power Found…$118KWalker Area Community Foundation Inc: $114K on this topic. Open the funder.Walker Area Community Foundat…$114KInternational Paper Company Foundation: $110K on this topic. Open the funder.International Paper Company F…$110KJohn P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd: $17K on this topic. Open the funder.John P & Lawrence J Giacolett…$17KDolly Parton Imagination Library: received $285K on this topicDolly Parton Imagination Library$285KCedar Rapids Public Library Foundation: received $254K on this topicCedar Rapids Public Library Fou…$254KDollywood Foundation - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: received $232K on this topicDollywood Foundation - Dolly Pa…$232KThe Dollywood Foundation: received $178K on this topicThe Dollywood Foundation$178KDolly Partons Imagination Library: received $155K on this topicDolly Partons Imagination Libra…$155KDolly Parton's Imagination Library: received $113K on this topicDolly Parton's Imagination Libr…$113KDolly Parton's Imagination Library: received $110K on this topicDolly Parton's Imagination Libr…$110KUnited Way of Northwest Louisiana: received $105K on this topicUnited Way of Northwest Louisia…$105KArmstrong County Community Action Agency: received $104K on this topicArmstrong County Community Acti…$104KLiteracy Council of Norristown Inc: received $70K on this topicLiteracy Council of Norristown…$70KBetter Basics: received $68K on this topicBetter Basics$68KCoos Bay Public Library Foundation: received $47K on this topicCoos Bay Public Library Foundat…$47KBetter Basics: received $46K on this topicBetter Basics$46KDolly Partons Imagination Library of Ohio: received $40K on this topicDolly Partons Imagination Libra…$40KSiskiyou Community Resource Collaborative: received $39K on this topicSiskiyou Community Resource Col…$39KFriends of Marion Carnegie Library Dba the Friends of the Marion Public Lib: received $32K on this topicFriends of Marion Carnegie Libr…$32KCity of Natchitoches Early Childhood Education: received $23K on this topicCity of Natchitoches Early Chil…$23KFriends of the Roseburg Public Library: received $17K on this topicFriends of the Roseburg Public…$17KFriends of the Roseburg Public Library: received $12K on this topicFriends of the Roseburg Public…$12KEugene Public Library Foundation: received $11K on this topicEugene Public Library Foundation$11KFriends of the Marion Public Library: received $10K on this topicFriends of the Marion Public Li…$10KFoundation for Appalachian Ohio: received $10K on this topicFoundation for Appalachian Ohio$10KUnited Way of Southeast Louisiana: received $10K on this topicUnited Way of Southeast Louisia…$10KUnited Way of Linn Benton & Lincoln Counties: received $10K on this topicUnited Way of Linn Benton & Lin…$10KUnited Way of the Concho Valley Inc: received $10K on this topicUnited Way of the Concho Valley…$10KLumber River United Way: received $10K on this topicLumber River United Way$10KDolly Parton Imagination Library: received $7K on this topicDolly Parton Imagination Library$7KClinton Indiana Public Library: received $6K on this topicClinton Indiana Public Library$6KArts Holding Hands and Hearts Inc: received $5K on this topicArts Holding Hands and Hearts I…$5KWest Philadelphia Alliance for Children: received $5K on this topicWest Philadelphia Alliance for…$5KBear Creek Valley Rotary Foundation: received $5K on this topicBear Creek Valley Rotary Founda…$5KAllen County Public Library: received $5K on this topicAllen County Public Library$5KFriends of the Mildred Whipple Library: received $4K on this topicFriends of the Mildred Whipple…$4KThe Friends of the Library of Mcalester Inc: received $3K on this topicThe Friends of the Library of M…$3KArlington Education Foundation: received $3K on this topicArlington Education Foundation$3KUnited Way of Columbia County: received $3K on this topicUnited Way of Columbia County$3KChild Care Action Council of Thurston County: received $2K on this topicChild Care Action Council of Th…$2KFriends of Hiawatha Public Library: received $1K on this topicFriends of Hiawatha Public Libr…$1K
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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 →