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12 funders with a record of paying for “gulf”
Where the money went Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc → Gulf Coast Community Foundation: $3.1M across 13 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → City of Mobile: $2.2M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Environmental Defense Fund Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mississippi Power Foundation Inc → Mississippi Gulf Coast Comm College Fndn: $343K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast Inc: $314K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → The Water Institute: $291K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Publix Super Markets Charities Inc → Feeding the Gulf Coast: $285K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc → Goodwill Gulf Coast: $178K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Florida Gulf Coast University: $175K across 19 grants, latest 2023 Earthworks → Tribal Images Museum Inc: $52K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Louisiana Public Health Institute → Start Corporation: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → The Longleaf Alliance: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance: $1.1M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc → Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast: $312K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Morehouse Swcd: $269K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Feeding the Gulf Coast: $220K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc → Feeding the Gulf Coast: $177K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Feeding the Gulf Coast: $64K across 7 grants, latest 2023 Publix Super Markets Charities Inc → Boy Scouts-Gulf Stream Council: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mississippi Power Foundation Inc → Gulf Coast Community Foundation: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Earthworks → Society of Native Nations: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Louisiana Public Health Institute → Capitol City Family Health Center Caresouth: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf of Maine Research Institute: $702K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Baton Rouge Area Foundation: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Gulf Coast Partnership Inc: $311K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Mississippi State University: $269K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc → Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services: $133K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Gulf Coast Junior Golf Tour Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc → Gulf Coast Sports Group: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mississippi Power Foundation Inc → Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Region: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Louisiana Public Health Institute → Baton Rouge Primary Care Collaborative: $33K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Publix Super Markets Charities Inc → Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Earthworks → Ground Game Fund: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2025 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: $652K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf County of Board of County Commission: $624K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → City of Gulf Shores Alabama: $480K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks: $340K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf Fishery Research Foundation: $319K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf Fisheries Research Foundation: $296K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → The Wild Neighbors Database Project: $280K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Gulf Coast State College Foundation Inc: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf World Marine Institute: $245K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → The Water Institute of the Gulf: $237K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Walton Family Foundation Inc → The Nature Conservancy: $231K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Lgl Ecological Research Associates: $211K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Big Cat Habitat Gulf Coast Sanctuary Inc: $189K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Galveston Bay Foundation: $159K across 4 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Dolphins Plus Oceanside Marine Mammal Responder Inc: $156K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Mississippi Department of Marine Resources: $144K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → National Audubon Society Inc: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Florida Agriculture & Mechanical Univer: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Hamline University: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation: $123K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Florida Housing Coalition: $123K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc → American Red Cross Alabama Gulf Coast Chapter: $121K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gulf of Mexico Alliance → Texas A&m University - Corpus Christi: $117K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co → Gulf Coast Community Foundation: $112K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gulf County of Board of County Commissioners: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Axiom Data Science LLC: $102K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $8.5M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $8.5M Walton Family Foundation Inc: $4.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Walton Family Foundation Inc $4.2M Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Charles & Margery Barancik Fo… $3.6M Gulf of Mexico Alliance: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Gulf of Mexico Alliance $2.0M Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $1.6M The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of S… $1.5M United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc: $608K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Southwest Alaba… $608K Mississippi Power Foundation Inc: $417K on this topic. Open the funder. Mississippi Power Foundation… $417K Publix Super Markets Charities Inc: $367K on this topic. Open the funder. Publix Super Markets Charitie… $367K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $258K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $258K Earthworks: $108K on this topic. Open the funder. Earthworks $108K Louisiana Public Health Institute: $108K on this topic. Open the funder. Louisiana Public Health Insti… $108K Gulf Coast Community Foundation: received $3.1M on this topic Gulf Coast Community Foundation $3.1M City of Mobile: received $2.2M on this topic City of Mobile $2.2M Environmental Defense Fund Inc: received $2.0M on this topic Environmental Defense Fund Inc $2.0M The Longleaf Alliance: received $1.5M on this topic The Longleaf Alliance $1.5M Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc: received $1.3M on this topic Gulf Coast Community Foundation… $1.3M Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance: received $1.1M on this topic Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareh… $1.1M Feeding the Gulf Coast: received $745K on this topic Feeding the Gulf Coast $745K Gulf of Maine Research Institute: received $702K on this topic Gulf of Maine Research Institute $702K Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: received $652K on this topic Mote Marine Laboratory Inc $652K Gulf County of Board of County Commission: received $624K on this topic Gulf County of Board of County… $624K Baton Rouge Area Foundation: received $600K on this topic Baton Rouge Area Foundation $600K City of Gulf Shores Alabama: received $480K on this topic City of Gulf Shores Alabama $480K Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast: received $400K on this topic Samaritan Counseling Services o… $400K Mississippi Gulf Coast Comm College Fndn: received $343K on this topic Mississippi Gulf Coast Comm Col… $343K Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks: received $340K on this topic Mississippi Department of Wildl… $340K Gulf Fishery Research Foundation: received $319K on this topic Gulf Fishery Research Foundation $319K Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast Inc: received $314K on this topic Samaritan Counseling Services o… $314K Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast: received $312K on this topic Conservation Foundation of the… $312K Gulf Coast Partnership Inc: received $311K on this topic Gulf Coast Partnership Inc $311K Gulf Fisheries Research Foundation: received $296K on this topic Gulf Fisheries Research Foundat… $296K The Water Institute: received $291K on this topic The Water Institute $291K The Wild Neighbors Database Project: received $280K on this topic The Wild Neighbors Database Pro… $280K Gulf Coast State College Foundation Inc: received $270K on this topic Gulf Coast State College Founda… $270K Morehouse Swcd: received $269K on this topic Morehouse Swcd $269K Mississippi State University: received $269K on this topic Mississippi State University $269K Gulf World Marine Institute: received $245K on this topic Gulf World Marine Institute $245K The Water Institute of the Gulf: received $237K on this topic The Water Institute of the Gulf $237K The Nature Conservancy: received $231K on this topic The Nature Conservancy $231K Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance: received $225K on this topic Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareh… $225K Lgl Ecological Research Associates: received $211K on this topic Lgl Ecological Research Associa… $211K Big Cat Habitat Gulf Coast Sanctuary Inc: received $189K on this topic Big Cat Habitat Gulf Coast Sanc… $189K Goodwill Gulf Coast: received $178K on this topic Goodwill Gulf Coast $178K Florida Gulf Coast University: received $175K on this topic Florida Gulf Coast University $175K Galveston Bay Foundation: received $159K on this topic Galveston Bay Foundation $159K Dolphins Plus Oceanside Marine Mammal Responder Inc: received $156K on this topic Dolphins Plus Oceanside Marine… $156K Gulf Coast Community Foundation: received $151K on this topic Gulf Coast Community Foundation $151K Mississippi Department of Marine Resources: received $144K on this topic Mississippi Department of Marin… $144K National Audubon Society Inc: received $135K on this topic National Audubon Society Inc $135K Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services: received $133K on this topic Gulf Regional Early Childhood S… $133K Florida Agriculture & Mechanical Univer: received $130K on this topic Florida Agriculture & Mechanica… $130K Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission: received $130K on this topic Gulf States Marine Fisheries Co… $130K Hamline University: received $125K on this topic Hamline University $125K Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation: received $123K on this topic Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation $123K Florida Housing Coalition: received $123K on this topic Florida Housing Coalition $123K American Red Cross Alabama Gulf Coast Chapter: received $121K on this topic American Red Cross Alabama Gulf… $121K Texas A&m University - Corpus Christi: received $117K on this topic Texas A&m University - Corpus C… $117K Gulf County of Board of County Commissioners: received $111K on this topic Gulf County of Board of County… $111K Axiom Data Science LLC: received $102K on this topic Axiom Data Science LLC $102K Gulf Coast Junior Golf Tour Inc: received $100K on this topic Gulf Coast Junior Golf Tour Inc $100K Gulf Coast Sports Group: received $60K on this topic Gulf Coast Sports Group $60K Boy Scouts-Gulf Stream Council: received $54K on this topic Boy Scouts-Gulf Stream Council $54K Tribal Images Museum Inc: received $52K on this topic Tribal Images Museum Inc $52K Start Corporation: received $41K on this topic Start Corporation $41K Society of Native Nations: received $36K on this topic Society of Native Nations $36K Capitol City Family Health Center Caresouth: received $35K on this topic Capitol City Family Health Cent… $35K Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Region: received $35K on this topic Boys & Girls Club of Southeast… $35K Baton Rouge Primary Care Collaborative: received $33K on this topic Baton Rouge Primary Care Collab… $33K Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services: received $28K on this topic Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Comm… $28K Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana: received $20K on this topic Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast &… $20K Ground Game Fund: received $20K on this topic Ground Game Fund $20K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “gulf” 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: $192,365 to THE WATER INSTITUTE OF THE GULF — to support the ecological and economic health of the gulf of mexico
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Largest: $296,259 to GULF FISHERIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION — ai for gulf fish catch tracking
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Largest: $50,000 to FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY — program support
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Largest: $8,000 to Healthy Gulf — permian gulf coast coalition organizing grant
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Largest: $100,000 to GULF COAST STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — scholarship support
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Largest: $50,000 to Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation — to provide florida gulf coast university with barancik foundation emerging educators scholarships.
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Largest: $30,000 to GULF COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — support the arts/cultural and economic growth of the gulf coast
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Largest: $600,000 to GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — community & human services
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Largest: $150,000 to FEEDING THE GULF COAST — organization's charitable purpose
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Largest: $83,750 to GOODWILL GULF COAST — program operating cost
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Largest: $15,000 to START CORPORATION — to increase fqhcs' capacity to offer colorectal cancer screening services across the gulf coast. to create and deploy a communication protocol and templates for outreach surroundin…
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Largest: $350,000 to Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance — to support work advancing conservation and socio-economic resilience for fishermen and fishing communities of the gulf of mexico.
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