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12 funders with a record of paying for “fallen”
Where the money went The Annenberg Foundation → Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Motorola Solutions Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Chicago Community Trust → Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $926K across 12 grants, latest 2024 Gary Sinise Foundation → Angels of America's Fallen: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Stephenson Foundation → Folds of Honor: $350K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable → Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $200K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc → Honoring Our Fallen: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Police and Fire the Fallen Heroes: $85K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → National Fallen Firefighters: $50K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Duke Goldberg Foundation → Johnson Family Education Trust Ua: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Hare Melissa: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Annenberg Foundation → The National Press Club Journalism Institute Inc: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gary Sinise Foundation → No Greater Sacrifice Foundation: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable → The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Motorola Solutions Foundation → Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation Fondation Canadienne Des Pompiers: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc → Blue Line Bears Inc: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Duke Goldberg Foundation → S Bagwell Trust: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Association: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2022 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Dominick Teresa: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gary Sinise Foundation → The Gratitude Initiative: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Motorola Solutions Foundation → Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Annenberg Foundation → Santa Monica Police Officers Association Charity: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → The 100 Club: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Duke Goldberg Foundation → T Weppler Trust: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc → Janine Paredes: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Felicia Jackson: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gary Sinise Foundation → The Heroes Journey: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gary Sinise Foundation → Children of Fallen Patriots: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gary Sinise Foundation → Wreaths Across America: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gary Sinise Foundation → National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gary Sinise Foundation → Nhl-Nashville Hockey: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Duke Goldberg Foundation → V Forster Utma Acct: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc → Sasha Santana: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Duke Goldberg Foundation → R Baum Fund: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Duke Goldberg Foundation → Shannon Bagwell Trust: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Duke Goldberg Foundation → A A Perrigo Trust: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Chicago Community Trust → Brotherhood for the Fallen: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Duke Goldberg Foundation → Vincent Forster Utma Acct: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Duke Goldberg Foundation → T and K Weppler Trust: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Duke Goldberg Foundation → Trenton Weppler Trust: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Duke Goldberg Foundation → V and F Forster Utma Accounts: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Catherine Eldridge: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Caldwell Pam: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Brown Cesile T Williams: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Cannon Ada Mae: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Boyd Martha Ann: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Bookman Wendy: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Carl Or Rosie Poppell: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Barber Barbara (James): $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Barbara Bates: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Clarence Leon Howard: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Clifton Gallman: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Crawford Tomie: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Allean Glasgow: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Brenda Swittenburg: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Bobby Graham: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Bishop Glendell: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → The Fallen Outdoors: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Bernard Mcmorris: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Caroll D Wicker: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Frances Spotts Memorial Fund → Carol Limehouse: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Annenberg Foundation: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Annenberg Foundation $3.8M Motorola Solutions Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Motorola Solutions Foundation $1.5M Gary Sinise Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Gary Sinise Foundation $1.4M The Chicago Community Trust: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $1.1M The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $926K on this topic. Open the funder. The Goldman Sachs Charitable… $926K Stephenson Foundation: $350K on this topic. Open the funder. Stephenson Foundation $350K Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable: $325K on this topic. Open the funder. Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jr… $325K Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc: $166K on this topic. Open the funder. Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation… $166K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $104K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $104K Duke Goldberg Foundation: $98K on this topic. Open the funder. Duke Goldberg Foundation $98K Frances Spotts Memorial Fund: $68K on this topic. Open the funder. Frances Spotts Memorial Fund $68K Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Burton A Zipser and Sandra D… $50K Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: received $2.6M on this topic Fallen Journalists Memorial Fou… $2.6M National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: received $1.3M on this topic National Fallen Firefighters Fo… $1.3M The National Press Club Journalism Institute Inc: received $1.2M on this topic The National Press Club Journal… $1.2M Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: received $1.1M on this topic Children of Fallen Patriots Fou… $1.1M Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: received $1.0M on this topic Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund $1.0M Angels of America's Fallen: received $750K on this topic Angels of America's Fallen $750K Folds of Honor: received $350K on this topic Folds of Honor $350K No Greater Sacrifice Foundation: received $250K on this topic No Greater Sacrifice Foundation $250K The Gratitude Initiative: received $150K on this topic The Gratitude Initiative $150K The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: received $125K on this topic The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund $125K Honoring Our Fallen: received $105K on this topic Honoring Our Fallen $105K Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation Fondation Canadienne Des Pompiers: received $100K on this topic Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fo… $100K Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation: received $100K on this topic Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fo… $100K Police and Fire the Fallen Heroes: received $85K on this topic Police and Fire the Fallen Hero… $85K The Heroes Journey: received $83K on this topic The Heroes Journey $83K Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: received $65K on this topic Children of Fallen Patriots Fou… $65K National Fallen Firefighters: received $57K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters $57K Children of Fallen Patriots: received $50K on this topic Children of Fallen Patriots $50K Wreaths Across America: received $45K on this topic Wreaths Across America $45K Blue Line Bears Inc: received $41K on this topic Blue Line Bears Inc $41K National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: received $30K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters Fo… $30K Santa Monica Police Officers Association Charity: received $25K on this topic Santa Monica Police Officers As… $25K The 100 Club: received $24K on this topic The 100 Club $24K Johnson Family Education Trust Ua: received $20K on this topic Johnson Family Education Trust… $20K S Bagwell Trust: received $15K on this topic S Bagwell Trust $15K Nhl-Nashville Hockey: received $11K on this topic Nhl-Nashville Hockey $11K T Weppler Trust: received $10K on this topic T Weppler Trust $10K Janine Paredes: received $10K on this topic Janine Paredes $10K V Forster Utma Acct: received $10K on this topic V Forster Utma Acct $10K Sasha Santana: received $10K on this topic Sasha Santana $10K National Fallen Firefighters Association: received $10K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters As… $10K R Baum Fund: received $8K on this topic R Baum Fund $8K Shannon Bagwell Trust: received $8K on this topic Shannon Bagwell Trust $8K A A Perrigo Trust: received $8K on this topic A A Perrigo Trust $8K Brotherhood for the Fallen: received $7K on this topic Brotherhood for the Fallen $7K Vincent Forster Utma Acct: received $5K on this topic Vincent Forster Utma Acct $5K T and K Weppler Trust: received $5K on this topic T and K Weppler Trust $5K Trenton Weppler Trust: received $5K on this topic Trenton Weppler Trust $5K V and F Forster Utma Accounts: received $5K on this topic V and F Forster Utma Accounts $5K Hare Melissa: received $4K on this topic Hare Melissa $4K Dominick Teresa: received $4K on this topic Dominick Teresa $4K Felicia Jackson: received $3K on this topic Felicia Jackson $3K Catherine Eldridge: received $3K on this topic Catherine Eldridge $3K Caldwell Pam: received $3K on this topic Caldwell Pam $3K Brown Cesile T Williams: received $3K on this topic Brown Cesile T Williams $3K Cannon Ada Mae: received $3K on this topic Cannon Ada Mae $3K Boyd Martha Ann: received $3K on this topic Boyd Martha Ann $3K Bookman Wendy: received $3K on this topic Bookman Wendy $3K Carl Or Rosie Poppell: received $3K on this topic Carl Or Rosie Poppell $3K Barber Barbara (James): received $3K on this topic Barber Barbara (James) $3K Barbara Bates: received $3K on this topic Barbara Bates $3K Clarence Leon Howard: received $3K on this topic Clarence Leon Howard $3K Clifton Gallman: received $3K on this topic Clifton Gallman $3K Crawford Tomie: received $3K on this topic Crawford Tomie $3K Allean Glasgow: received $3K on this topic Allean Glasgow $3K Brenda Swittenburg: received $3K on this topic Brenda Swittenburg $3K Bobby Graham: received $3K on this topic Bobby Graham $3K Bishop Glendell: received $3K on this topic Bishop Glendell $3K The Fallen Outdoors: received $3K on this topic The Fallen Outdoors $3K Bernard Mcmorris: received $3K on this topic Bernard Mcmorris $3K Caroll D Wicker: received $3K on this topic Caroll D Wicker $3K Carol Limehouse: received $3K on this topic Carol Limehouse $3K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “fallen” 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: $4,000 to HARE MELISSA — to provide financial support for those fallen on hard times
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Largest: $20,000 to JOHNSON FAMILY EDUCATION TRUST UA — assistance to the children of a fallen officer
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Largest: $207,900 to CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION — scholarships & financial aid
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Largest: $450,000 to ANGELS OF AMERICA'S FALLEN — support childrens of fallen service members
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Largest: $25,000 to POLICE AND FIRE THE FALLEN HEROES — program support
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Largest: $335,000 to National Fallen Firefighters Foundation — general operating support
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Largest: $6,250 to NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS — to support research, performance, preservation, and expansion of audience listening experiences of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of serious and conc…
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Largest: $45,000 to HONORING OUR FALLEN — to honor our fallen military and support those that were left behind
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Largest: $100,000 to FOLDS OF HONOR — to provide educational scholarships to the families of military men and women who have fallen or been disabled while on active duty in the united states armed forces
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Largest: $1.3M to FALLEN JOURNALISTS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — fallen journalists memorial
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Largest: $1.0M to Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
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Largest: $100,000 to CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION — all contributions are for the general support of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
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