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12 funders with a record of paying for “europe”
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Community Foundation of Snohomish CountyEverett, WACharity · may take applications
71 matching grants · $7.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH — rick steves' europe fund
Largest: $250,000 to AL-HAQ HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION EUROPE — to support work on human rights, legal research, and advocacy in europe
Largest: $200,000 to Philanthropy Europe Association — to support a network of philanthropic associations and foundations in europe.
Largest: $329,000 to LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE — to support the department of media and communications on the justice, equity and technology table project on data-driven law enforcement in europe, benefiting the general public an…
Largest: $200,000 to HILTON ALS — for a research projects and exhibition curation centered around james baldwin's pivotal years in europe; and nancy cunard's life journey examined through issues of race and miscege…
Largest: $380,000 to AFRICA-EUROPE FOUNDATION — research and learning opportunities
Largest: $400,000 to REGION EUROPE DE L'INTERNATIONAL LGBTI ASSOCIATION (ILGA-EUROPE) — general operating support
Largest: $180,000 to OPEN COLLECTIVE EUROPE (ON BEHALF OF MULTIMODE DIGITAL VOICE MODEM (MMDVM) — #1578 continue full-time development of its open-source digital voice modem, which supports multiple amateur radio modes.
Largest: $52,500 to PHILANTHROPY EUROPE ASSOCIATION — for advancing the environment for the philanthropic sector in europe
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
9 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $310,000 to STICHTING RELIGIOUS IN EUROPE NETWORKING AGAINST TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATI — to support renates anti-human trafficking efforts, awareness raising, training of survivors, and convenings for catholic sisters from 32 countries in europe
Largest: $691,202 to BRATISLAVA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS — advancing liberal arts education in europe and providing funding for stipends for faculty research
Largest: $400,000 to International Council on Clean Transportation Europe — environment and science
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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 →