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12 funders with a record of paying for “fabling”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to EDWARD GAUVIN — pierre bettencourt: fables and fabulations
Simon Family FoundationCleveland, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — africa & byzantium, fairy tales and fables: illustration and storytelling in art
Harlem GrownNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FABLE JONES STUDIO — to support a community field day in marcus garvey park
Largest: $9,603 to IMAGINEWE PUBLISHERS — publishing 3 rwandan fables and delivering it to schools in rwanda
Eight Days of HopeTupelo, MSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to VERTICAL CHURCH — colleen fabling
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine ArtsChicago, IL
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Rania Ghosn & El Hadi Jazairy — elephant in the room, and other fables
Largest: $17,000 to CARAVAN TO CLASS — funds to bring education to the fabled timbuktu, mali, village by village, reversing the injustice of illiteracy.
Largest: $5,000 to Fabled Farm Rescue Sanctuary — foundation mission
Largest: $3,682 to SAMANTHA FABLE — college access support
Largest: $2,500 to FABLE RECORDS — public charity
Sandy Family FoundationLongboat Key, FL
1 matching grant · $1,000 · through 2025Largest: $1,000 to FEEL GOOD FABLES FOUNDATION — support for religious practice
Largest: $1,000 to EXCELSION ARTS ACADEMY AND YOUTH THEATER — connecting senior supporters to local students - tickets to aesop fable shows to local senior homes
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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 →