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12 funders with a record of paying for “games”

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The Thunderbirds → Thunderbirds Foundation: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → The Milken Institute: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022Dalio Family Fund Inc → Games for Change Inc: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Wyoming Game & Fish Department: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc → Pennsylvania Game Commission: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Tides Foundation → Games for Change Inc: $935K across 4 grants, latest 2024United States Baseball Federation Inc → The American Legion: $220K across 4 grants, latest 2025Kenton Lodge No 428 Loyal Order of Moose → Osma Museum Inc: $185K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Knobloch Family Foundation → Wyoming Game and Fish Department: $177K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Breslow Foundation → The Cedars Home for Children: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Operation Game On: $17K across 7 grants, latest 2023Game Audio Diversity Alliance → Lotus Audio Corporation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Colorado Department of Transportation: $930K across 1 grant, latest 2022Dalio Family Fund Inc → Greenwich Country Day School Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Vassar College: $348K across 2 grants, latest 2021Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc → Wyoming Game & Fish Department: $332K across 3 grants, latest 2024Tides Foundation → Global Game Jam: $220K across 3 grants, latest 2023United States Baseball Federation Inc → Pony Baseball Inc: $210K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Thunderbirds → Junior Golf Assn of Az: $194K across 1 grant, latest 2021Kenton Lodge No 428 Loyal Order of Moose → Angels for the Elderly: $179K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Knobloch Family Foundation → Wyoming Outdoor Council: $140K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Breslow Foundation → Malone Community Center: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Huntsman World Senior Games: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2022Game Audio Diversity Alliance → Lotus Audio: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Arizona Game and Fish Department: $529K across 2 grants, latest 2023Dalio Family Fund Inc → Hack Foundation: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc → Arizona Game and Fish Department: $275K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Giant Steps Illinois Inc: $212K across 2 grants, latest 2021United States Baseball Federation Inc → Ameican Amateur Baseball Congress: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Thunderbirds → First Tee of Phoenix (the): $168K across 1 grant, latest 2021Tides Foundation → International Traditional Games Society: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Knobloch Family Foundation → Wyoming Outdoor Council: $140K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kenton Lodge No 428 Loyal Order of Moose → Safe Haven of Hardin County: $72K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Breslow Foundation → Teammates Mentoring Program: $21K across 3 grants, latest 2024Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Charity Bowl Football Game: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2023Game Audio Diversity Alliance → Dewaylia Young: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc: $461K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: $427K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation Inc: $354K across 1 grant, latest 2022Dalio Family Fund Inc → Southern Windsor County Incubator Inc Dba Black River Innovation Campus (Br: $345K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Nevada Department of Wildlife: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc → South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks: $229K across 2 grants, latest 2024Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc → Idaho Department of Fish & Game: $223K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Wyoming Game and Fish Department: $211K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Pueblo of Sandia: $186K across 2 grants, latest 2023United States Baseball Federation Inc → National Amateur Baseball Federation Inc: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2025National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Co Dept of Natural Resources: $162K across 2 grants, latest 2022Tides Foundation → Change the Game: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2022National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $145K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → Girls in the Game Nfp (Texas Illinois Maryland): $143K across 4 grants, latest 2023Dalio Family Fund Inc → University of the People: $142K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Knobloch Family Foundation → Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Knobloch Family Foundation → Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → Special Olympics Illinois: $111K across 2 grants, latest 2021Tides Foundation → Ground Game Fund: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Baseball Federation Inc → Babe Ruth League Inc: $102K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Knobloch Family Foundation → Alaska Fish and Game Department: $101K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tides Foundation → Girls Make Games Scholarship Fund: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Jefferson Conservation District: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Tides Foundation → Ground Game Texas: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dalio Family Fund Inc → Urban Arts Partnership: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024United States Baseball Federation Inc → Diamond Youth Baseball Inc: $98K across 2 grants, latest 2025National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Jackson Hole Land Trust: $98K across 2 grants, latest 2023United States Baseball Federation Inc → Dixie Boys Baseball Inc: $96K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder.National Fish and Wildlife Fo…$5.0MDalio Family Fund Inc: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Dalio Family Fund Inc$2.7MThe Thunderbirds: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Thunderbirds$2.4MThe Chicago Community Trust: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$2.2MRocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation…$2.1MTides Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.Tides Foundation$1.8MUnited States Baseball Federation Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.United States Baseball Federa…$1.1MThe Knobloch Family Foundation: $809K on this topic. Open the funder.The Knobloch Family Foundation$809KKenton Lodge No 428 Loyal Order of Moose: $436K on this topic. Open the funder.Kenton Lodge No 428 Loyal Ord…$436KThe Breslow Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.The Breslow Foundation$70KEnterprise Holdings Foundation: $34K on this topic. Open the funder.Enterprise Holdings Foundation$34KGame Audio Diversity Alliance: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.Game Audio Diversity Alliance$7KGames for Change Inc: received $2.1M on this topicGames for Change Inc$2.1MThunderbirds Foundation: received $2.0M on this topicThunderbirds Foundation$2.0MWyoming Game & Fish Department: received $1.5M on this topicWyoming Game & Fish Department$1.5MThe Milken Institute: received $1.4M on this topicThe Milken Institute$1.4MPennsylvania Game Commission: received $1.0M on this topicPennsylvania Game Commission$1.0MColorado Department of Transportation: received $930K on this topicColorado Department of Transpor…$930KArizona Game and Fish Department: received $804K on this topicArizona Game and Fish Department$804KGreenwich Country Day School Inc: received $500K on this topicGreenwich Country Day School Inc$500KRanchers Stewardship Alliance Inc: received $461K on this topicRanchers Stewardship Alliance I…$461KNorth Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: received $427K on this topicNorth Carolina Wildlife Resourc…$427KHack Foundation: received $400K on this topicHack Foundation$400KIdaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation Inc: received $354K on this topicIdaho Fish & Wildlife Foundatio…$354KVassar College: received $348K on this topicVassar College$348KSouthern Windsor County Incubator Inc Dba Black River Innovation Campus (Br: received $345K on this topicSouthern Windsor County Incubat…$345KNevada Department of Wildlife: received $250K on this topicNevada Department of Wildlife$250KSouth Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks: received $229K on this topicSouth Dakota Department of Game…$229KIdaho Department of Fish & Game: received $223K on this topicIdaho Department of Fish & Game$223KThe American Legion: received $220K on this topicThe American Legion$220KGlobal Game Jam: received $220K on this topicGlobal Game Jam$220KGiant Steps Illinois Inc: received $212K on this topicGiant Steps Illinois Inc$212KWyoming Game and Fish Department: received $211K on this topicWyoming Game and Fish Department$211KPony Baseball Inc: received $210K on this topicPony Baseball Inc$210KJunior Golf Assn of Az: received $194K on this topicJunior Golf Assn of Az$194KPueblo of Sandia: received $186K on this topicPueblo of Sandia$186KOsma Museum Inc: received $185K on this topicOsma Museum Inc$185KAngels for the Elderly: received $179K on this topicAngels for the Elderly$179KWyoming Game and Fish Department: received $177K on this topicWyoming Game and Fish Department$177KAmeican Amateur Baseball Congress: received $170K on this topicAmeican Amateur Baseball Congre…$170KNational Amateur Baseball Federation Inc: received $170K on this topicNational Amateur Baseball Feder…$170KFirst Tee of Phoenix (the): received $168K on this topicFirst Tee of Phoenix (the)$168KCo Dept of Natural Resources: received $162K on this topicCo Dept of Natural Resources$162KInternational Traditional Games Society: received $150K on this topicInternational Traditional Games…$150KChange the Game: received $150K on this topicChange the Game$150KIdaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation: received $145K on this topicIdaho Fish and Wildlife Foundat…$145KGirls in the Game Nfp (Texas Illinois Maryland): received $143K on this topicGirls in the Game Nfp (Texas Il…$143KUniversity of the People: received $142K on this topicUniversity of the People$142KWyoming Outdoor Council: received $140K on this topicWyoming Outdoor Council$140KWyoming Outdoor Council: received $140K on this topicWyoming Outdoor Council$140KTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: received $125K on this topicTheodore Roosevelt Conservation…$125KTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: received $125K on this topicTheodore Roosevelt Conservation…$125KSpecial Olympics Illinois: received $111K on this topicSpecial Olympics Illinois$111KGround Game Fund: received $110K on this topicGround Game Fund$110KBabe Ruth League Inc: received $102K on this topicBabe Ruth League Inc$102KAlaska Fish and Game Department: received $101K on this topicAlaska Fish and Game Department$101KGirls Make Games Scholarship Fund: received $100K on this topicGirls Make Games Scholarship Fu…$100KJefferson Conservation District: received $100K on this topicJefferson Conservation District$100KGround Game Texas: received $100K on this topicGround Game Texas$100KUrban Arts Partnership: received $100K on this topicUrban Arts Partnership$100KDiamond Youth Baseball Inc: received $98K on this topicDiamond Youth Baseball Inc$98KJackson Hole Land Trust: received $98K on this topicJackson Hole Land Trust$98KDixie Boys Baseball Inc: received $96K on this topicDixie Boys Baseball Inc$96KSafe Haven of Hardin County: received $72K on this topicSafe Haven of Hardin County$72KThe Cedars Home for Children: received $27K on this topicThe Cedars Home for Children$27KMalone Community Center: received $22K on this topicMalone Community Center$22KTeammates Mentoring Program: received $21K on this topicTeammates Mentoring Program$21KOperation Game On: received $17K on this topicOperation Game On$17KHuntsman World Senior Games: received $9K on this topicHuntsman World Senior Games$9KCharity Bowl Football Game: received $8K on this topicCharity Bowl Football Game$8KLotus Audio Corporation: received $3K on this topicLotus Audio Corporation$3KLotus Audio: received $3K on this topicLotus Audio$3KDewaylia Young: received $2K on this topicDewaylia Young$2K
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