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12 funders with a record of paying for “fondation”
Where the money went Foundation to Promote Open Society → Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte: $18M across 9 grants, latest 2024 The Cultural Heritage Preservation Fund → Fondation Jerome Seydoux-Pathe: $4.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libete Fokal: $3.5M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The James M and Cathleen D Stone → La Fondation Mondiale Insead: $2.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse Sciences Economiques: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Edmond De Rothschild Foundation → Fondation Maurice Et Noemie De Rothschild: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → The Rebus Foundation La Fondation Rebus: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Scaler Foundation Inc → Fondation De France: $465K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Search Foundation → Fondation De France: $290K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (Behalf Hameenlinnan Radioamatoorit Ry): $98K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Martine and Dan Drackett Family → Friends of Fondation De France: $82K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Fondation Pour L'institut De Hautes Etudes Interna: $2.3M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Fondation Merieux: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Meliore Fondation Dutilite Publique: $850K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Fondation Digicel Haiti Digicel Foundation Haiti: $779K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Edmond De Rothschild Foundation → Fondation Edmond Adolphe De Rothschild: $458K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Scaler Foundation Inc → Fondation Du Protestantisme: $263K across 10 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Fondation Pour L'institut Hei & Developpement: $223K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Search Foundation → Fondation Nationale Des Sciences Politiques: $217K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Librecube): $93K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gates Foundation → Terre Des Hommes Aide A Lenfance Dans Le Monde Fondation: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Fondation Pour Linstitut De Hautes Etudes Internationales Et Du Developpeme: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Meliore Fondation Dutilite Publique: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Fondation Pour Le Leadership Et L Excellence: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Edmond De Rothschild Foundation → Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe De Rothschild: $309K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Search Foundation → Ocean Foundation: $107K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of the Radio Society of Sri Lan: $88K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Scaler Foundation Inc → Fondation Musee Schlumberger: $79K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → La Fondation Apprendre Geneve (the Geneva Learning Foundation): $551K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Fondation Open Collective Europe: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → Fondation Pour L'institut De Hautes Etudes Internationales Et Du Develop: $241K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Fondation Europeenne De La Science: $195K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Fondation Bracing Neighbors Haiti: $190K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Fondation Fifdh: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Fondation Declic: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Fondation Zinsou: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Search Foundation → Fondation Musee Schlumberger: $81K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → Fondation Merieux USA Inc: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Wildfiremesh): $63K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Ford Foundation → Fondation Martin Ennals: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Thanet Radio Infrastructure: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Openmesh Voice Network): $33K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Dimension Parabole F4klo): $22K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Radiokomunikacja Kryzysowa (: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Paredn - Philippine Amateur: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amateur Radio Digital Communications → Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of 39th Colombo Scout Troop of: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Foundation to Promote Open Society: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $21M Gates Foundation: $5.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $5.3M Wk Kellogg Foundation: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Wk Kellogg Foundation $5.0M The Cultural Heritage Preservation Fund: $4.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Cultural Heritage Preserv… $4.4M The Ford Foundation: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $3.3M The James M and Cathleen D Stone: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The James M and Cathleen D St… $2.2M The Edmond De Rothschild Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Edmond De Rothschild Foun… $2.1M The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $1.2M Scaler Foundation Inc: $807K on this topic. Open the funder. Scaler Foundation Inc $807K The Search Foundation: $695K on this topic. Open the funder. The Search Foundation $695K Amateur Radio Digital Communications: $450K on this topic. Open the funder. Amateur Radio Digital Communi… $450K The Martine and Dan Drackett Family: $82K on this topic. Open the funder. The Martine and Dan Drackett… $82K Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte: received $19M on this topic Fondation Connaissance Et Liber… $19M Fondation Jerome Seydoux-Pathe: received $4.4M on this topic Fondation Jerome Seydoux-Pathe $4.4M Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libete Fokal: received $3.5M on this topic Fondation Connaissance Et Liber… $3.5M Fondation Pour L'institut De Hautes Etudes Interna: received $2.3M on this topic Fondation Pour L'institut De Ha… $2.3M La Fondation Mondiale Insead: received $2.2M on this topic La Fondation Mondiale Insead $2.2M Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse Sciences Economiques: received $1.9M on this topic Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont… $1.9M Fondation Maurice Et Noemie De Rothschild: received $1.3M on this topic Fondation Maurice Et Noemie De… $1.3M Meliore Fondation Dutilite Publique: received $1.3M on this topic Meliore Fondation Dutilite Publ… $1.3M Fondation Merieux: received $1.2M on this topic Fondation Merieux $1.2M Terre Des Hommes Aide A Lenfance Dans Le Monde Fondation: received $1.1M on this topic Terre Des Hommes Aide A Lenfanc… $1.1M The Rebus Foundation La Fondation Rebus: received $1.0M on this topic The Rebus Foundation La Fondati… $1.0M Fondation Digicel Haiti Digicel Foundation Haiti: received $779K on this topic Fondation Digicel Haiti Digicel… $779K Fondation De France: received $755K on this topic Fondation De France $755K Fondation Pour Linstitut De Hautes Etudes Internationales Et Du Developpeme: received $700K on this topic Fondation Pour Linstitut De Hau… $700K La Fondation Apprendre Geneve (the Geneva Learning Foundation): received $551K on this topic La Fondation Apprendre Geneve (… $551K Fondation Open Collective Europe: received $500K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europe $500K Fondation Edmond Adolphe De Rothschild: received $458K on this topic Fondation Edmond Adolphe De Rot… $458K Fondation Pour Le Leadership Et L Excellence: received $450K on this topic Fondation Pour Le Leadership Et… $450K Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe De Rothschild: received $309K on this topic Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolp… $309K Fondation Du Protestantisme: received $263K on this topic Fondation Du Protestantisme $263K Fondation Pour L'institut De Hautes Etudes Internationales Et Du Develop: received $241K on this topic Fondation Pour L'institut De Ha… $241K Fondation Pour L'institut Hei & Developpement: received $223K on this topic Fondation Pour L'institut Hei &… $223K Fondation Nationale Des Sciences Politiques: received $217K on this topic Fondation Nationale Des Science… $217K Fondation Europeenne De La Science: received $195K on this topic Fondation Europeenne De La Scie… $195K Fondation Bracing Neighbors Haiti: received $190K on this topic Fondation Bracing Neighbors Hai… $190K Fondation Fifdh: received $175K on this topic Fondation Fifdh $175K Fondation Musee Schlumberger: received $160K on this topic Fondation Musee Schlumberger $160K Fondation Declic: received $120K on this topic Fondation Declic $120K Ocean Foundation: received $107K on this topic Ocean Foundation $107K Fondation Zinsou: received $100K on this topic Fondation Zinsou $100K Fondation Open Collective Europe (Behalf Hameenlinnan Radioamatoorit Ry): received $98K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $98K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Librecube): received $93K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $93K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of the Radio Society of Sri Lan: received $88K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $88K Friends of Fondation De France: received $82K on this topic Friends of Fondation De France $82K Fondation Merieux USA Inc: received $76K on this topic Fondation Merieux USA Inc $76K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Wildfiremesh): received $63K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $63K Fondation Martin Ennals: received $50K on this topic Fondation Martin Ennals $50K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Thanet Radio Infrastructure: received $34K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $34K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Openmesh Voice Network): received $33K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $33K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Dimension Parabole F4klo): received $22K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $22K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Radiokomunikacja Kryzysowa (: received $10K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $10K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of Paredn - Philippine Amateur: received $6K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $6K Fondation Open Collective Europe (On Behalf of 39th Colombo Scout Troop of: received $4K on this topic Fondation Open Collective Europ… $4K 12 funders, 43 recipients, grants matching “fondation” 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: $290,671 to FONDATION POUR L'INSTITUT DE HAUTES ETUDES INTERNA — to create and sustain a network of scholars engaged in collaborative mentorship, research, and pedagogical dialogues extending between the global north & global south
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Largest: $195,000 to FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE — research and learning opportunities
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Largest: $27,029 to FONDATION DU PROTESTANTISME — fondation reforme-reforme travaux
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Largest: $945,208 to FONDATION CONNAISSANCE ET LIBERTE FONDASYON KONESANS AK LIBETE FOKAL — strengthen education in haiti and facilitate access to quality and culturally relevant education by creating an education fund focused on system research, innovation, governance an…
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Largest: $98,229 to FONDATION OPEN COLLECTIVE EUROPE (BEHALF HAMEENLINNAN RADIOAMATOORIT RY) — improve the stability and release quality of hamlib through the development of an automated testing framework, and to expand hamlib to support modern network controlled and softwar…
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Largest: $1.0M to FONDATION CONNAISSANCE ET LIBERTE — core support for the humanitarian assistance program in haiti to support rural communities, farmers associations, and small agro-businesses
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Largest: $120,796 to FONDATION DE FRANCE — search project
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Largest: $450,000 to THE REBUS FOUNDATION LA FONDATION REBUS — for supporting educators and scholars in implementing open and equitable strategies
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Largest: $308,502 to FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD — medical research
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Largest: $1.5M to FONDATION JEROME SEYDOUX-PATHE — general supportgeneral supportgeneral support
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Largest: $1.0M to LA FONDATION MONDIALE INSEAD — chair/development of research/education center
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Largest: $28,000 to FRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE — fondation gautier capucon
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