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The Ford Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $22M across 6 grants, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → New Venture Fund: $4.6M across 6 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $2.8M across 4 grants, latest 2022The California Endowment → Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice: $2.5M across 6 grants, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Neighbor Funders Grp: $2.4M across 5 grants, latest 2023Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Global Solidarity Fund: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Neighborhood Funders Group: $1.8M across 7 grants, latest 2023The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Jewish Funders Network: $1.7M across 16 grants, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Climateworks Foundation: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023Winrock International Institute for → Cartwheel Startup Studio: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → New Venture Fund: $1.1M across 6 grants, latest 2023The Mcknight Foundation → Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation: $525K across 4 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Borealis Philanthropy: $5.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → Neighborhood Funders Group Inc: $2.5M across 9 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Third Sector New England: $2.2M across 7 grants, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Neighborhood Funders Group: $2.2M across 6 grants, latest 2024The California Endowment → Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2023Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $1.5M across 6 grants, latest 2024Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc: $1.1M across 5 grants, latest 2023The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → New Venture Fund: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Asset Funders Network: $717K across 8 grants, latest 2023Winrock International Institute for → Tetra Tech Ard: $690K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Mcknight Foundation → Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders: $297K across 11 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Neighborhood Funders Group Inc: $3.5M across 10 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Health Fed of Philadelphia: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023The Kresge Foundation → The Funders Network Inc: $1.5M across 7 grants, latest 2024Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders: $902K across 8 grants, latest 2024Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Neo Philanthropy Inc: $806K across 6 grants, latest 2022The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Pew Charitable Trusts: $800K across 4 grants, latest 2024The California Endowment → Southern California Grantmakers: $700K across 7 grants, latest 2024Winrock International Institute for → Partners of the Americas: $606K across 1 grant, latest 2022Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Bend the Arc-A Jewish Partnership for Justice: $520K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Mcknight Foundation → The Funders Network Inc: $296K across 7 grants, latest 2024The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Maryland Philanthropy Network: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice: $3.3M across 5 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Global Dialogue: $3.1M across 7 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Neo Philanthropy Inc: $2.3M across 6 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Neighborhood Funders Group Inc: $1.8M across 5 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Panorama Global: $1.5M across 6 grants, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Bend the Arc-A Jewish Partnership for Justice: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Avina Americas Inc: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Funders Together to End Homelessness Inc: $950K across 9 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Health Federation of Philadelphia: $900K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: $883K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc: $813K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Groundswell Fund: $810K across 1 grant, latest 2024Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Southern California Grantmakers: $803K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → Highlander Research and Education Center Inc: $800K across 4 grants, latest 2022Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Itad: $785K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Foundation for Louisiana: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2022Wk Kellogg Foundation → Grantmakers in Health: $743K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Funders Netwk: $725K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Kresge Foundation → Asset Funders Network: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2024The California Endowment → The Funders' Network Inc: $663K across 6 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → New Venture Fund: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2024Winrock International Institute for → Lighthouse Advisors LLC: $605K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kresge Foundation → Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders: $603K across 3 grants, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → San Francisco Foundation: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2024The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Panorama Global: $590K across 4 grants, latest 2024Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Edge Funders Alliance: $589K across 6 grants, latest 2023Wk Kellogg Foundation → Asset Funders Network: $565K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → International Funders for Indigenous Peoples: $545K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation: $42M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$42MThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert Wood Johnson Found…$12MThe Kresge Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder.The Kresge Foundation$11MWk Kellogg Foundation: $8.8M on this topic. Open the funder.Wk Kellogg Foundation$8.8MConrad N Hilton Foundation: $7.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Conrad N Hilton Foundation$7.3MThe California Endowment: $5.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The California Endowment$5.7MWellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Wellspring Philanthropic Fund…$5.0MThe William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $4.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The William & Flora Hewlett F…$4.5MWinrock International Institute for: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Winrock International Institu…$3.3MThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe…$2.7MAnnie E Casey Foundation Inc: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Annie E Casey Foundation Inc$2.4MThe Mcknight Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Mcknight Foundation$1.1MRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $26M on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$26MNeighborhood Funders Group Inc: received $7.9M on this topicNeighborhood Funders Group Inc$7.9MNew Venture Fund: received $7.1M on this topicNew Venture Fund$7.1MBend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice: received $5.7M on this topicBend the Arc - A Jewish Partner…$5.7MBorealis Philanthropy: received $5.0M on this topicBorealis Philanthropy$5.0MNeighborhood Funders Group: received $4.0M on this topicNeighborhood Funders Group$4.0MGlobal Dialogue: received $3.1M on this topicGlobal Dialogue$3.1MNeo Philanthropy Inc: received $3.1M on this topicNeo Philanthropy Inc$3.1MNeighbor Funders Grp: received $2.4M on this topicNeighbor Funders Grp$2.4MThird Sector New England: received $2.2M on this topicThird Sector New England$2.2MPanorama Global: received $2.1M on this topicPanorama Global$2.1MGlobal Solidarity Fund: received $2.0M on this topicGlobal Solidarity Fund$2.0MHealth Fed of Philadelphia: received $2.0M on this topicHealth Fed of Philadelphia$2.0MAsset Funders Network: received $2.0M on this topicAsset Funders Network$2.0MFunders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc: received $1.9M on this topicFunders for Lesbian and Gay Iss…$1.9MSierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program: received $1.8M on this topicSierra Health Foundation Center…$1.8MJewish Funders Network: received $1.7M on this topicJewish Funders Network$1.7MBend the Arc-A Jewish Partnership for Justice: received $1.7M on this topicBend the Arc-A Jewish Partnersh…$1.7MSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders: received $1.5M on this topicSustainable Agriculture and Foo…$1.5MSouthern California Grantmakers: received $1.5M on this topicSouthern California Grantmakers$1.5MClimateworks Foundation: received $1.5M on this topicClimateworks Foundation$1.5MThe Funders Network Inc: received $1.5M on this topicThe Funders Network Inc$1.5MCartwheel Startup Studio: received $1.4M on this topicCartwheel Startup Studio$1.4MFoundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities: received $1.3M on this topicFoundations and Donors Interest…$1.3MAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: received $1.0M on this topicAmalgamated Charitable Foundati…$1.0MAvina Americas Inc: received $1.0M on this topicAvina Americas Inc$1.0MFunders Together to End Homelessness Inc: received $950K on this topicFunders Together to End Homeles…$950KHealth Federation of Philadelphia: received $900K on this topicHealth Federation of Philadelph…$900KRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: received $883K on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$883KGroundswell Fund: received $810K on this topicGroundswell Fund$810KPew Charitable Trusts: received $800K on this topicPew Charitable Trusts$800KHighlander Research and Education Center Inc: received $800K on this topicHighlander Research and Educati…$800KItad: received $785K on this topicItad$785KFoundation for Louisiana: received $750K on this topicFoundation for Louisiana$750KGrantmakers in Health: received $743K on this topicGrantmakers in Health$743KFunders Netwk: received $725K on this topicFunders Netwk$725KTetra Tech Ard: received $690K on this topicTetra Tech Ard$690KThe Funders' Network Inc: received $663K on this topicThe Funders' Network Inc$663KPartners of the Americas: received $606K on this topicPartners of the Americas$606KLighthouse Advisors LLC: received $605K on this topicLighthouse Advisors LLC$605KSan Francisco Foundation: received $600K on this topicSan Francisco Foundation$600KEdge Funders Alliance: received $589K on this topicEdge Funders Alliance$589KInternational Funders for Indigenous Peoples: received $545K on this topicInternational Funders for Indig…$545KSaint Paul and Minnesota Foundation: received $525K on this topicSaint Paul and Minnesota Founda…$525KSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders: received $297K on this topicSustainable Agriculture and Foo…$297KThe Funders Network Inc: received $296K on this topicThe Funders Network Inc$296KMaryland Philanthropy Network: received $250K on this topicMaryland Philanthropy Network$250K
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