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Triumph Gulf Coast Inc → Pensacola State College: $11M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute: $7.4M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → New Venture Fund: $3.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023Walton Family Foundation Inc → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Southern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2022The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → King's College London: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Peter G Peterson Foundation → Washington State Health Care Authority: $709K across 2 grants, latest 2024Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc → University of California Los Angeles: $660K across 3 grants, latest 2024Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → North Carolina Justice Center: $623K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Physicians Foundation Inc → Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Auto Club Group Foundation → American Automobile Association: $58K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → University of Wisconsin Population Healt: $7.4M across 1 grant, latest 2023Triumph Gulf Coast Inc → Walton County Sheriff's Office: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2023Walton Family Foundation Inc → Stockholm University: $800K across 3 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Health Care Cost Institute Inc: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Artefact Entertainment (Hong Kong) Limited: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice Inc: $480K across 4 grants, latest 2023Peter G Peterson Foundation → Urban Institute: $397K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Association for Enterprise Opportunity Inc: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2023Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc → Clayton Christensen Institute: $190K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Trustees of Indiana University: $173K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Physicians Foundation Inc → Medical Society of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Auto Club Group Foundation → Refugee Women Rising: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Justice System Partners: $566K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Essential Hosps Inst: $543K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → American Jewish World Service Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Peter G Peterson Foundation → Third Way Institute: $295K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Newcorp Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Physicians Foundation Inc → Inland Empire Health Information Organization: $141K across 1 grant, latest 2024Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice Inc: $102K across 1 grant, latest 2024Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc → University of California San Francisco: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Auto Club Group Foundation → Nashville International Center for Empowerment: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Institute for Exceptional Care: $540K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Drivers Seat Cooperative: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Brookings Institution: $370K across 1 grant, latest 2020The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Gehl: $360K across 2 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → The Sycamore Institute Inc: $299K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Cash Campaign of Md: $263K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → National Acad of Scis Engineering & Med: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2020Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Society for Informal Education and Development Studies: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Project Hope: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Cash Campaign of Maryland: $173K across 1 grant, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $151K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → International Urban Hlt Soc: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Tulane U Sch of Pub Hlt & Tropical Med: $116K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Rutgers St U of Nj Ctr for St Hlt Pol: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → International Commission for Labor Rights: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Beyond Conflict: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Cesar Martin Castro - Massachusetts: $98K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Physicians Foundation Inc → Maine Medical Education Trust: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Physicians Foundation Inc → Center for A Healthy Maryland: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Physicians Foundation Inc → Healthy Rural Ca: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Physicians Foundation Inc → Arizona Medical Association Foundation: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Physicians Foundation Inc → Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022Laura and John Arnold Foundation → New York University: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Western Center On Law and Poverty: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2020The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Health Care Cost Inst: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Minnesota Uber Lyft Drivers Association: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $18M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert Wood Johnson Found…$18MTriumph Gulf Coast Inc: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.Triumph Gulf Coast Inc$12MLaura and John Arnold Foundation: $4.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Laura and John Arnold Foundat…$4.3MThe Kresge Foundation: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Kresge Foundation$3.8MThe Ford Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$3.1MWalton Family Foundation Inc: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Walton Family Foundation Inc$2.2MPeter G Peterson Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Peter G Peterson Foundation$1.4MThe Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Leona M and Harry B Helms…$1.2MAnnie E Casey Foundation Inc: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Annie E Casey Foundation Inc$1.2MDoris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc: $887K on this topic. Open the funder.Doris Duke Charitable Foundat…$887KThe Physicians Foundation Inc: $816K on this topic. Open the funder.The Physicians Foundation Inc$816KThe Auto Club Group Foundation: $127K on this topic. Open the funder.The Auto Club Group Foundation$127KPensacola State College: received $11M on this topicPensacola State College$11MUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute: received $7.4M on this topicUniversity of Wisconsin Populat…$7.4MUniversity of Wisconsin Population Healt: received $7.4M on this topicUniversity of Wisconsin Populat…$7.4MNew Venture Fund: received $3.2M on this topicNew Venture Fund$3.2MPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $1.4M on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$1.4MSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: received $1.2M on this topicSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc$1.2MWalton County Sheriff's Office: received $1.2M on this topicWalton County Sheriff's Office$1.2MKing's College London: received $1.0M on this topicKing's College London$1.0MOrganisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: received $1.0M on this topicOrganisation for Economic Co-Op…$1.0MStockholm University: received $800K on this topicStockholm University$800KHealth Care Cost Institute Inc: received $750K on this topicHealth Care Cost Institute Inc$750KWashington State Health Care Authority: received $709K on this topicWashington State Health Care Au…$709KUniversity of California Los Angeles: received $660K on this topicUniversity of California Los An…$660KNorth Carolina Justice Center: received $623K on this topicNorth Carolina Justice Center$623KJustice System Partners: received $566K on this topicJustice System Partners$566KEssential Hosps Inst: received $543K on this topicEssential Hosps Inst$543KInstitute for Exceptional Care: received $540K on this topicInstitute for Exceptional Care$540KArtefact Entertainment (Hong Kong) Limited: received $500K on this topicArtefact Entertainment (Hong Ko…$500KAmerican Jewish World Service Inc: received $500K on this topicAmerican Jewish World Service I…$500KAlabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice Inc: received $480K on this topicAlabama Appleseed Center for La…$480KDrivers Seat Cooperative: received $450K on this topicDrivers Seat Cooperative$450KUrban Institute: received $397K on this topicUrban Institute$397KBrookings Institution: received $370K on this topicBrookings Institution$370KGehl: received $360K on this topicGehl$360KAssociation for Enterprise Opportunity Inc: received $350K on this topicAssociation for Enterprise Oppo…$350KJohns Hopkins University: received $300K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$300KThe Sycamore Institute Inc: received $299K on this topicThe Sycamore Institute Inc$299KThird Way Institute: received $295K on this topicThird Way Institute$295KCash Campaign of Md: received $263K on this topicCash Campaign of Md$263KNational Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine: received $250K on this topicNational Academies of Sciences…$250KNational Acad of Scis Engineering & Med: received $250K on this topicNational Acad of Scis Engineeri…$250KUnited Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations: received $250K on this topicUnited Nations Educational Scie…$250KNewcorp Inc: received $200K on this topicNewcorp Inc$200KNational Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc: received $200K on this topicNational Center for Law and Eco…$200KProject Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc: received $200K on this topicProject Hope - the People-to-Pe…$200KSociety for Informal Education and Development Studies: received $200K on this topicSociety for Informal Education…$200KClayton Christensen Institute: received $190K on this topicClayton Christensen Institute$190KProject Hope: received $180K on this topicProject Hope$180KCash Campaign of Maryland: received $173K on this topicCash Campaign of Maryland$173KTrustees of Indiana University: received $173K on this topicTrustees of Indiana University$173KRegents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $151K on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$151KKnoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation: received $150K on this topicKnoxville Academy of Medicine F…$150KMedical Society of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance: received $150K on this topicMedical Society of Sedgwick Cou…$150KInland Empire Health Information Organization: received $141K on this topicInland Empire Health Informatio…$141KInternational Urban Hlt Soc: received $135K on this topicInternational Urban Hlt Soc$135KTulane U Sch of Pub Hlt & Tropical Med: received $116K on this topicTulane U Sch of Pub Hlt & Tropi…$116KRutgers St U of Nj Ctr for St Hlt Pol: received $111K on this topicRutgers St U of Nj Ctr for St H…$111KAlabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice Inc: received $102K on this topicAlabama Appleseed Center for La…$102KInternational Commission for Labor Rights: received $100K on this topicInternational Commission for La…$100KBeyond Conflict: received $100K on this topicBeyond Conflict$100KCesar Martin Castro - Massachusetts: received $98K on this topicCesar Martin Castro - Massachus…$98KMaine Medical Education Trust: received $75K on this topicMaine Medical Education Trust$75KCenter for A Healthy Maryland: received $75K on this topicCenter for A Healthy Maryland$75KHealthy Rural Ca: received $75K on this topicHealthy Rural Ca$75KArizona Medical Association Foundation: received $75K on this topicArizona Medical Association Fou…$75KFoundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society: received $75K on this topicFoundation of the Pennsylvania…$75KNew York University: received $65K on this topicNew York University$65KWestern Center On Law and Poverty: received $65K on this topicWestern Center On Law and Pover…$65KHealth Care Cost Inst: received $63K on this topicHealth Care Cost Inst$63KAmerican Automobile Association: received $58K on this topicAmerican Automobile Association$58KRefugee Women Rising: received $38K on this topicRefugee Women Rising$38KMinnesota Uber Lyft Drivers Association: received $38K on this topicMinnesota Uber Lyft Drivers Ass…$38KUniversity of California San Francisco: received $37K on this topicUniversity of California San Fr…$37KNashville International Center for Empowerment: received $30K on this topicNashville International Center…$30K
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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 →