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12 funders with a record of paying for “grateful”
Where the money went The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation → The Legacy Midtown Park Inc: $2.8M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Chattanooga Christian Community → Grateful Gobbler: $293K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Allan and Patricia Boscacci Family → Grateful Gatherings: $97K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Grateful Foundation: $95K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Quest Foundation → Grateful Gatherings: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heffernan Family Foundation → Desda's Grate Inc: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Columbus Foundation → Network for Grateful Living Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Blue Dor Foundation → Gratitude Generation: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Bullitt County Public Schools: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Dalio Family Fund Inc → Desdas Grate Inc: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2023 O W Havens Foundation → Grateful Goldens Rescue: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Storey Foundation Inc → Grateful Hearts Ministries: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation → The Legacy Midtown Park Inc: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Paws With Purpose Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Columbus Foundation → A Network for Grateful Living Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation → The Legacy Willow Bend Inc: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Asbury University: $39K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation → The Legacy Willow Bend Inc: $648K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation → The Legacy at Home Inc: $264K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation → The Legacy at Home: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Friends School Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → University of Louisville Foundation Inc - Ufol - Scholarships: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Western Kentucky University Scholarships: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Eastern Kentucky University Eku-Scholarships: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → University of Louisville Foundation Inc Special Education Scholarships: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Trustees of Indiana University: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Bellarmine University-Scholarships - Special Ed: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Kentucky Wesleyan College: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Legacy Senior Communities Foundation: $6.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Legacy Senior Communities… $6.6M Chattanooga Christian Community: $293K on this topic. Open the funder. Chattanooga Christian Communi… $293K The Whas Crusade for Children Inc: $275K on this topic. Open the funder. The Whas Crusade for Children… $275K Allan and Patricia Boscacci Family: $97K on this topic. Open the funder. Allan and Patricia Boscacci F… $97K Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Fdn of Greater Des… $95K Quest Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. Quest Foundation $90K Columbus Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Columbus Foundation $70K The Heffernan Family Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. The Heffernan Family Foundati… $60K Blue Dor Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Blue Dor Foundation $45K Dalio Family Fund Inc: $41K on this topic. Open the funder. Dalio Family Fund Inc $41K O W Havens Foundation: $41K on this topic. Open the funder. O W Havens Foundation $41K Storey Foundation Inc: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. Storey Foundation Inc $16K The Legacy Midtown Park Inc: received $2.8M on this topic The Legacy Midtown Park Inc $2.8M The Legacy Midtown Park Inc: received $1.5M on this topic The Legacy Midtown Park Inc $1.5M The Legacy Willow Bend Inc: received $1.3M on this topic The Legacy Willow Bend Inc $1.3M The Legacy Willow Bend Inc: received $648K on this topic The Legacy Willow Bend Inc $648K Grateful Gobbler: received $293K on this topic Grateful Gobbler $293K The Legacy at Home Inc: received $264K on this topic The Legacy at Home Inc $264K Grateful Gatherings: received $187K on this topic Grateful Gatherings $187K The Legacy at Home: received $111K on this topic The Legacy at Home $111K Grateful Foundation: received $95K on this topic Grateful Foundation $95K Desda's Grate Inc: received $60K on this topic Desda's Grate Inc $60K Network for Grateful Living Inc: received $50K on this topic Network for Grateful Living Inc $50K Gratitude Generation: received $45K on this topic Gratitude Generation $45K Bullitt County Public Schools: received $42K on this topic Bullitt County Public Schools $42K Desdas Grate Inc: received $41K on this topic Desdas Grate Inc $41K Grateful Goldens Rescue: received $41K on this topic Grateful Goldens Rescue $41K Paws With Purpose Inc: received $40K on this topic Paws With Purpose Inc $40K Asbury University: received $39K on this topic Asbury University $39K Friends School Inc: received $35K on this topic Friends School Inc $35K University of Louisville Foundation Inc - Ufol - Scholarships: received $22K on this topic University of Louisville Founda… $22K A Network for Grateful Living Inc: received $20K on this topic A Network for Grateful Living I… $20K Western Kentucky University Scholarships: received $20K on this topic Western Kentucky University Sch… $20K Eastern Kentucky University Eku-Scholarships: received $20K on this topic Eastern Kentucky University Eku… $20K University of Louisville Foundation Inc Special Education Scholarships: received $18K on this topic University of Louisville Founda… $18K Trustees of Indiana University: received $17K on this topic Trustees of Indiana University $17K Grateful Hearts Ministries: received $16K on this topic Grateful Hearts Ministries $16K Bellarmine University-Scholarships - Special Ed: received $16K on this topic Bellarmine University-Scholarsh… $16K Kentucky Wesleyan College: received $7K on this topic Kentucky Wesleyan College $7K 12 funders, 27 recipients, grants matching “grateful” 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: $22,000 to UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOUNDATION INC - UFOL - SCHOLARSHIPS — $22,000.00 for partial tuition scholarships to students seeking special education teaching certification for fy24-25 with a letter of intent for fy25-26 for $22,000.00. preference …
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Largest: $1.6M to The Legacy Midtown Park Inc — grateful hearts resident assistance
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Largest: $50,000 to GRATEFUL FOUNDATION — grant distribution
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Largest: $11,000 to Grateful Goldens Rescue — supplement income
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Largest: $106,000 to GRATEFUL GOBBLER — in furtherance of foundation's purposes
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Largest: $15,000 to DESDAS GRATE INC — restricted to support educational opportunities for shelter and day care program participants
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Largest: $5,000 to GRATEFUL HEARTS MINISTRIES — community support
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Largest: $55,500 to GRATEFUL GATHERINGS — general operating budget support
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Largest: $35,000 to GRATEFUL GATHERINGS — general operating support
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Largest: $35,000 to NETWORK FOR GRATEFUL LIVING INC — social services
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Largest: $15,000 to GRATITUDE GENERATION — to further the mission of the organization to create more grateful, happy, healthy children who will grow into contributing adults and improve the lives of people around them
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Largest: $20,000 to DESDA'S GRATE INC — general operating support
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