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12 funders with a record of paying for “essential”
Where the money went The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: $12M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ford Philanthropy → United Way for Southeastern Michigan: $8.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Path → The Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute Inc: $4.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Goodwill Industries International Inc → Goodwill Ind of Upstate Midlands South Carolina: $3.4M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Permanent Endowment Fund of → New Room Inc: $770K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Montaner Charitable Tr Uw → Taos Land Trust: $182K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Los Angeles Review of Books: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Sunshine Foundation → Urban Pathways: $116K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Dyson Foundation → City of Poughkeepsie: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Alliance of State and → The Next Harm Reduction: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bluescope Foundation North America → Foster Adopt Connect Inc: $68K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hillcrest Foundation → Our Calling Inc: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Center On Budget & Pol Priorities: $4.7M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Path → Hjf Medical Research International Inc: $3.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ford Philanthropy → Feonix - Mobility Rising: $2.2M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Goodwill Industries International Inc → Goodwill Ind of Kentucky Inc: $1.6M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Montaner Charitable Tr Uw → Dream Tree Project Inc: $182K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Permanent Endowment Fund of → Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston: $179K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Utah Film Center: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Sunshine Foundation → Win Inc: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Alliance of State and → Confluence Hrh413: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Dyson Foundation → Regional Economic Community Action Program: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hillcrest Foundation → Mission Oak Cliff - Cliff Temple Baptist Church: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Bluescope Foundation North America → Harvesters Community Food Network: $31K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Path → Walter Reed Army Institute of Research: $2.8M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ford Philanthropy → Gleaners Community Food Bank: $1.7M across 3 grants, latest 2025 Goodwill Industries International Inc → Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Salvation Army: $876K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Montaner Charitable Tr Uw → Millicent Rogers Museum Inc: $182K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Permanent Endowment Fund of → Wesley Community Center Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Rosenthal Family Foundation → Magnum Foundation: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Sunshine Foundation → New York Cares: $68K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Alliance of State and → The Puerto Rico Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Dyson Foundation → United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hillcrest Foundation → Wilkinson Center: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Bluescope Foundation North America → Northwest Harvest Emm: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Path → University of Washington ( Uw ): $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Path → University of Washington (Uw): $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Path → Tulane University: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Goodwill Industries International Inc → Palmetto Goodwill: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Goodwill Industries International Inc → Goodwill Industries of New Mexico: $846K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Path → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $790K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Path → Pharmaron Cpc Inc: $780K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Path → Harvard School of Public Health: $689K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ford Philanthropy → The Salvation Army: $665K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Path → University of Vermont and State Agricultural College: $629K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ford Philanthropy → Ride for Ride Inc: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Essential Hosps Inst: $543K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Path → Children's Hospital Boston: $527K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Essential Hosps Inst: $525K across 4 grants, latest 2020 Path → Cincinnati Children's Hospital: $483K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ford Philanthropy → Pope Francis Center: $475K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Goodwill Industries International Inc → Goodwill Ind of Southern Arizona Inc: $424K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Path → Harvard University: $421K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Economic Security Project: $385K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → New York Pub Radio: $377K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Fannie E Rippel Foundation: $375K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ford Philanthropy → Forgotten Harvest: $335K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Essential Hospitals Institute: $334K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Path → Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic: $310K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Rutgers St U of Nj New Brunswick: $306K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Path → Food and Drug Administration: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ford Philanthropy → Wesley Community Services Organization: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Jackson Med Mall Fdn: $299K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $21M Path: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. Path $21M Ford Philanthropy: $14M on this topic. Open the funder. Ford Philanthropy $14M Goodwill Industries International Inc: $8.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Goodwill Industries Internati… $8.7M Permanent Endowment Fund of: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Permanent Endowment Fund of $1.0M Montaner Charitable Tr Uw: $547K on this topic. Open the funder. Montaner Charitable Tr Uw $547K The Rosenthal Family Foundation: $296K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rosenthal Family Foundati… $296K Sunshine Foundation: $259K on this topic. Open the funder. Sunshine Foundation $259K The Dyson Foundation: $201K on this topic. Open the funder. The Dyson Foundation $201K National Alliance of State and: $188K on this topic. Open the funder. National Alliance of State and $188K Bluescope Foundation North America: $129K on this topic. Open the funder. Bluescope Foundation North Am… $129K Hillcrest Foundation: $125K on this topic. Open the funder. Hillcrest Foundation $125K Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: received $12M on this topic Center On Budget and Policy Pri… $12M United Way for Southeastern Michigan: received $8.0M on this topic United Way for Southeastern Mic… $8.0M Center On Budget & Pol Priorities: received $4.7M on this topic Center On Budget & Pol Prioriti… $4.7M The Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute Inc: received $4.4M on this topic The Albert B Sabin Vaccine Inst… $4.4M Hjf Medical Research International Inc: received $3.4M on this topic Hjf Medical Research Internatio… $3.4M Goodwill Ind of Upstate Midlands South Carolina: received $3.4M on this topic Goodwill Ind of Upstate Midland… $3.4M Walter Reed Army Institute of Research: received $2.8M on this topic Walter Reed Army Institute of R… $2.8M Feonix - Mobility Rising: received $2.2M on this topic Feonix - Mobility Rising $2.2M University of Washington ( Uw ): received $1.9M on this topic University of Washington ( Uw ) $1.9M University of Washington (Uw): received $1.9M on this topic University of Washington (Uw) $1.9M Gleaners Community Food Bank: received $1.7M on this topic Gleaners Community Food Bank $1.7M Goodwill Ind of Kentucky Inc: received $1.6M on this topic Goodwill Ind of Kentucky Inc $1.6M Tulane University: received $1.4M on this topic Tulane University $1.4M Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana: received $1.4M on this topic Goodwill of Central and Souther… $1.4M Palmetto Goodwill: received $1.1M on this topic Palmetto Goodwill $1.1M Salvation Army: received $876K on this topic Salvation Army $876K Goodwill Industries of New Mexico: received $846K on this topic Goodwill Industries of New Mexi… $846K University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $790K on this topic University of North Carolina at… $790K Pharmaron Cpc Inc: received $780K on this topic Pharmaron Cpc Inc $780K New Room Inc: received $770K on this topic New Room Inc $770K Harvard School of Public Health: received $689K on this topic Harvard School of Public Health $689K The Salvation Army: received $665K on this topic The Salvation Army $665K University of Vermont and State Agricultural College: received $629K on this topic University of Vermont and State… $629K Ride for Ride Inc: received $600K on this topic Ride for Ride Inc $600K Essential Hosps Inst: received $543K on this topic Essential Hosps Inst $543K Children's Hospital Boston: received $527K on this topic Children's Hospital Boston $527K Essential Hosps Inst: received $525K on this topic Essential Hosps Inst $525K Cincinnati Children's Hospital: received $483K on this topic Cincinnati Children's Hospital $483K Pope Francis Center: received $475K on this topic Pope Francis Center $475K Goodwill Ind of Southern Arizona Inc: received $424K on this topic Goodwill Ind of Southern Arizon… $424K Harvard University: received $421K on this topic Harvard University $421K Economic Security Project: received $385K on this topic Economic Security Project $385K New York Pub Radio: received $377K on this topic New York Pub Radio $377K Fannie E Rippel Foundation: received $375K on this topic Fannie E Rippel Foundation $375K Forgotten Harvest: received $335K on this topic Forgotten Harvest $335K Essential Hospitals Institute: received $334K on this topic Essential Hospitals Institute $334K Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic: received $310K on this topic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic $310K Rutgers St U of Nj New Brunswick: received $306K on this topic Rutgers St U of Nj New Brunswick $306K Food and Drug Administration: received $300K on this topic Food and Drug Administration $300K Wesley Community Services Organization: received $300K on this topic Wesley Community Services Organ… $300K Jackson Med Mall Fdn: received $299K on this topic Jackson Med Mall Fdn $299K Taos Land Trust: received $182K on this topic Taos Land Trust $182K Dream Tree Project Inc: received $182K on this topic Dream Tree Project Inc $182K Millicent Rogers Museum Inc: received $182K on this topic Millicent Rogers Museum Inc $182K Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston: received $179K on this topic Catholic Charities of the Archd… $179K Los Angeles Review of Books: received $135K on this topic Los Angeles Review of Books $135K Urban Pathways: received $116K on this topic Urban Pathways $116K City of Poughkeepsie: received $100K on this topic City of Poughkeepsie $100K Wesley Community Center Inc: received $100K on this topic Wesley Community Center Inc $100K Utah Film Center: received $81K on this topic Utah Film Center $81K Magnum Foundation: received $80K on this topic Magnum Foundation $80K The Next Harm Reduction: received $75K on this topic The Next Harm Reduction $75K Win Inc: received $75K on this topic Win Inc $75K Foster Adopt Connect Inc: received $68K on this topic Foster Adopt Connect Inc $68K New York Cares: received $68K on this topic New York Cares $68K Confluence Hrh413: received $63K on this topic Confluence Hrh413 $63K Regional Economic Community Action Program: received $60K on this topic Regional Economic Community Act… $60K Our Calling Inc: received $55K on this topic Our Calling Inc $55K The Puerto Rico Project: received $50K on this topic The Puerto Rico Project $50K United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region: received $41K on this topic United Way of the Dutchess-Oran… $41K Mission Oak Cliff - Cliff Temple Baptist Church: received $40K on this topic Mission Oak Cliff - Cliff Templ… $40K Harvesters Community Food Network: received $31K on this topic Harvesters Community Food Netwo… $31K Wilkinson Center: received $30K on this topic Wilkinson Center $30K Northwest Harvest Emm: received $30K on this topic Northwest Harvest Emm $30K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “essential” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $2.0M to UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — essential services
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Largest: $56,000 to FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT INC — community - essential human services
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Largest: $75,269 to LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS — to support thriving arts essential for a healthy democracy
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Largest: $1.6M to GOODWILL IND OF KENTUCKY INC — accenture global accelerating oa 2024, accenture skills to succeed 2024, caterpillar career certificates 2025, google gdca ai essentials 2024, life launch ignite 2.0, operations (n…
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Largest: $3.4M to HJF MEDICAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL INC — essential medicines
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Largest: $30,000 to MISSION OAK CLIFF - CLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH — humanitarian grant to purchase food, clothing and other essential items for the underserved in the dfw area
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Largest: $542,732 to ESSENTIAL HOSPS INST — 79739 supporting the essential hospitals institute in developing and sharing resources to help members act on the drivers of structural racism in healthcare
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Largest: $50,769 to UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC — essential operations
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Largest: $50,000 to URBAN PATHWAYS — essential needs
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Largest: $705,000 to New Room Inc — essential needs
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Largest: $75,000 to THE NEXT HARM REDUCTION — to support the capacity of the infectious disease workforce in partnership with syringe services programs (ssps) to serve as critically essential access points for comprehensive re…
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Largest: $100,000 to CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE — multi-year support for the purchase and distribution of clothing essentials, diapers, and hygiene products for children and youth.
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