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12 funders with a record of paying for “estuary”
Where the money went National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program: $2.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William Penn Foundation → Clean Air Council: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Merrymeeting Bay Trust → Kennebec Estuary Land Trust: $855K across 5 grants, latest 2022 Eastern Connecticut Area Agency On → Estuary Council of Seniors: $532K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Builders Vision Foundation → Wild Salmon Center: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Coastal Bend Industry Association → Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Restore America's Estuaries → Morro Bay National Estuary Program: $169K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Middle → Estuary Inc: $165K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Nature Conservancy → Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program Inc: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Bullitt Foundation → Raincoast Conservation Foundation: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cheniere Foundation → Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → Franklins Promise Coalition: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The William Penn Foundation → Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: $714K across 15 grants, latest 2024 Builders Vision Foundation → Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition: $308K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Restore America's Estuaries → Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program Inc: $149K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cheniere Foundation → Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → Northwest Florida State College: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Nature Conservancy → Partnership for the Delaware Bay Estuary Inc: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Eastern Connecticut Area Agency On → Estuary Transit District: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Bullitt Foundation → Ecojustice Canada: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Builders Vision Foundation → Rogue Climate: $270K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Restore America's Estuaries → Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → Troy University: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Bullitt Foundation → University of British Columbia: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Cheniere Foundation → Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Nature Conservancy → Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: $949K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Builders Vision Foundation → Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: $161K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Builders Vision Foundation → Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed Estuary Beach and Sea: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Kennebec Estuary Land Trust: $96K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Builders Vision Foundation → Willamette Partnership: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Town of Nags Head: $61K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Restore America's Estuaries: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium Dba Dauphin Island Sea Lab: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cheniere Foundation → Restore America's Estuaries: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → 1000 Friends of Florida Inc: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Bullitt Foundation → Georgia Strait Alliance: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → Santa Rosa County School District: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Waterfront Alliance: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → Pyc Satori Foundation: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Nature Conservancy → Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2020 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Nature Conservancy → San Francisco Estuary Institute: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cheniere Foundation → Restore America S Estuaries: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → University of Southern Mississippi: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → University of South Alabama: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Nature Conservancy → Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program Inc: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Pensacola and Perdido Bays → The Nature Conservatory: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $6.7M The William Penn Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The William Penn Foundation $2.0M Builders Vision Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Builders Vision Foundation $1.4M Merrymeeting Bay Trust: $855K on this topic. Open the funder. Merrymeeting Bay Trust $855K Eastern Connecticut Area Agency On: $607K on this topic. Open the funder. Eastern Connecticut Area Agen… $607K Pensacola and Perdido Bays: $440K on this topic. Open the funder. Pensacola and Perdido Bays $440K Restore America's Estuaries: $414K on this topic. Open the funder. Restore America's Estuaries $414K Cheniere Foundation: $320K on this topic. Open the funder. Cheniere Foundation $320K The Nature Conservancy: $315K on this topic. Open the funder. The Nature Conservancy $315K The Bullitt Foundation: $240K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bullitt Foundation $240K Coastal Bend Industry Association: $225K on this topic. Open the funder. Coastal Bend Industry Associa… $225K The Community Foundation of Middle: $165K on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of M… $165K Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program: received $2.5M on this topic Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries… $2.5M Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program: received $1.7M on this topic Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries P… $1.7M Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: received $1.7M on this topic Partnership for the Delaware Es… $1.7M Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership: received $1.5M on this topic Lower Columbia Estuary Partners… $1.5M Clean Air Council: received $1.3M on this topic Clean Air Council $1.3M Kennebec Estuary Land Trust: received $855K on this topic Kennebec Estuary Land Trust $855K Estuary Council of Seniors: received $532K on this topic Estuary Council of Seniors $532K Wild Salmon Center: received $500K on this topic Wild Salmon Center $500K Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition: received $308K on this topic Oregon Shores Conservation Coal… $308K Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program Inc: received $285K on this topic Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estu… $285K Rogue Climate: received $270K on this topic Rogue Climate $270K Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: received $211K on this topic Tillamook Estuaries Partnership $211K Morro Bay National Estuary Program: received $169K on this topic Morro Bay National Estuary Prog… $169K Estuary Inc: received $165K on this topic Estuary Inc $165K Tillamook Estuaries Partnership: received $161K on this topic Tillamook Estuaries Partnership $161K Raincoast Conservation Foundation: received $100K on this topic Raincoast Conservation Foundati… $100K Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program: received $100K on this topic Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries… $100K Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program: received $100K on this topic Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries P… $100K Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed Estuary Beach and Sea: received $100K on this topic Friends of Netarts Bay Watershe… $100K Franklins Promise Coalition: received $97K on this topic Franklins Promise Coalition $97K Kennebec Estuary Land Trust: received $96K on this topic Kennebec Estuary Land Trust $96K Northwest Florida State College: received $83K on this topic Northwest Florida State College $83K Partnership for the Delaware Bay Estuary Inc: received $80K on this topic Partnership for the Delaware Ba… $80K Estuary Transit District: received $75K on this topic Estuary Transit District $75K Troy University: received $68K on this topic Troy University $68K Willamette Partnership: received $65K on this topic Willamette Partnership $65K Town of Nags Head: received $61K on this topic Town of Nags Head $61K Restore America's Estuaries: received $59K on this topic Restore America's Estuaries $59K Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium Dba Dauphin Island Sea Lab: received $52K on this topic Marine Environmental Sciences C… $52K Ecojustice Canada: received $50K on this topic Ecojustice Canada $50K University of British Columbia: received $50K on this topic University of British Columbia $50K Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Project: received $50K on this topic Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries P… $50K Restore America's Estuaries: received $50K on this topic Restore America's Estuaries $50K 1000 Friends of Florida Inc: received $43K on this topic 1000 Friends of Florida Inc $43K Georgia Strait Alliance: received $40K on this topic Georgia Strait Alliance $40K Santa Rosa County School District: received $30K on this topic Santa Rosa County School Distri… $30K Waterfront Alliance: received $30K on this topic Waterfront Alliance $30K Pyc Satori Foundation: received $28K on this topic Pyc Satori Foundation $28K Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association: received $26K on this topic Southwest Wetlands Interpretive… $26K San Francisco Estuary Institute: received $25K on this topic San Francisco Estuary Institute $25K Restore America S Estuaries: received $20K on this topic Restore America S Estuaries $20K University of Southern Mississippi: received $19K on this topic University of Southern Mississi… $19K University of South Alabama: received $14K on this topic University of South Alabama $14K Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program Inc: received $14K on this topic Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries… $14K The Nature Conservatory: received $6K on this topic The Nature Conservatory $6K 12 funders, 45 recipients, grants matching “estuary” 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: $64,334 to PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY INC — phase 2+ drwi - partnership for the delaware estuary (schuylkill highlands)
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Largest: $2.3M to COASTAL BEND BAYS AND ESTUARIES PROGRAM — shoreline restoration
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Largest: $250,000 to Wild Salmon Center — to support work to restore estuaries on the oregon coast
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Largest: $96,804 to FRANKLINS PROMISE COALITION — preserving, restoring, improving and maintaining the natural habitat and ecosystem of the bays, estuaries and watersheds of pensacola and perdido bays
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Largest: $135,308 to PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM INC — conservation activities
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Largest: $100,000 to Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program — this is to support g.i.v.e. to host the summer in the park event, hold sessions for hands-on activities
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Largest: $531,924 to ESTUARY COUNCIL OF SENIORS — social services
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Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — to support the fraser estuary research collaborative.
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Largest: $450,000 to Kennebec Estuary Land Trust — stewardship programming
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Largest: $75,000 to COASTAL BEND BAYS AND ESTUARIES PROGRAM — dedicated to protecting the bays and estuaries while supporting continued growth and public use of the bays.
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Largest: $149,345 to PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM INC — community based coastal habitat restoration
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Largest: $50,000 to ESTUARY INC — for general support
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