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12 funders with a record of paying for “gillis”
Where the money went R B Kahn Charitable Trust → Gillis Home for Children: $72K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc → Gillis Memorial Community Development Corporation: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oppenstein Brothers Foundation → Cornerstones of Care: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Power Forward Inc → Gilly's House: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Gillys House Inc: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mary A Troost Trust → Gillis Center: $11K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Massachusetts Bankers Association → Gilly's House: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cecile Stephens Charitable Foundation → Amanda Gillis Foundation: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Parmelee Foundation Inc → Gillis Home for Children: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Tav Foundation → Brailyn Gillis Coastal Alabama Community College: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Nathan L Anderson Memorial Scholarship Foundation Inc → Elijah Gillies: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation → Gillis Brian: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Tav Foundation → Brailyn Gillis University of Alabama: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation → Gillis Brendan: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 R B Kahn Charitable Trust: $72K on this topic. Open the funder. R B Kahn Charitable Trust $72K Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc: $64K on this topic. Open the funder. Comprehensive Housing Assista… $64K Oppenstein Brothers Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Oppenstein Brothers Foundation $60K Power Forward Inc: $28K on this topic. Open the funder. Power Forward Inc $28K Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $24K Mary A Troost Trust: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Mary A Troost Trust $11K Massachusetts Bankers Association: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Massachusetts Bankers Associa… $10K Tav Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Tav Foundation $8K Cecile Stephens Charitable Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Cecile Stephens Charitable Fo… $8K Josiah Willard Hayden Recreation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Josiah Willard Hayden Recreat… $5K Parmelee Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Parmelee Foundation Inc $4K Nathan L Anderson Memorial Scholarship Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder. Nathan L Anderson Memorial Sc… $3K Gillis Home for Children: received $76K on this topic Gillis Home for Children $76K Gillis Memorial Community Development Corporation: received $64K on this topic Gillis Memorial Community Devel… $64K Cornerstones of Care: received $60K on this topic Cornerstones of Care $60K Gilly's House: received $38K on this topic Gilly's House $38K Gillys House Inc: received $24K on this topic Gillys House Inc $24K Gillis Center: received $11K on this topic Gillis Center $11K Amanda Gillis Foundation: received $8K on this topic Amanda Gillis Foundation $8K Brailyn Gillis Coastal Alabama Community College: received $4K on this topic Brailyn Gillis Coastal Alabama… $4K Brailyn Gillis University of Alabama: received $4K on this topic Brailyn Gillis University of Al… $4K Elijah Gillies: received $3K on this topic Elijah Gillies $3K Gillis Brian: received $3K on this topic Gillis Brian $3K Gillis Brendan: received $2K on this topic Gillis Brendan $2K 12 funders, 12 recipients, grants matching “gillis” 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: $2,000 to BRAILYN GILLIS UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — college tuition scholarship
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Largest: $1,000 to GILLIS HOME FOR CHILDREN — the gillis center
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Largest: $3,167 to GILLIS CENTER — unrestricted general
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Largest: $1,500 to GILLIS BRIAN — scholarships to lexington youths
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Largest: $2,500 to AMANDA GILLIS FOUNDATION — support of a shelter for troubled and endangered youth
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Largest: $68,571 to GILLIS HOME FOR CHILDREN — at the discretion of the
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Largest: $30,000 to CORNERSTONES OF CARE — gillis campus program support over 3 years
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Largest: $14,000 to GILLYS HOUSE INC — community & human services
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Largest: $1,750 to Elijah Gillies — scholarship assistance
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Largest: $5,000 to GILLY'S HOUSE — exempt purpose
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Largest: $28,431 to GILLY'S HOUSE — sober living home scholarship
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Largest: $63,550 to GILLIS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — community development
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