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12 funders with a record of paying for “heartland”

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The Chicago Community Trust → Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: $30M across 4 grants, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Family Service: $16M across 21 grants, latest 2025The Ford Foundation → Windward Fund: $5.8M across 5 grants, latest 2024Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Global Entrepreneurship Network Inc: $4.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Northwest Central in Cmtypartnershp: $3.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Windward Fund: $2.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024Walton Family Foundation Inc → Heartland Forward: $2.3M across 9 grants, latest 2024United Way of the Midlands → Heartland Family Service: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Lozier Foundation → Heartland Family Service: $545K across 5 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Heartland Senior Services of Story County: $277K across 4 grants, latest 2023Servant Foundation → Truman Heartland Community Foundation: $223K across 2 grants, latest 2022Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Second Harvest Heartland: $46K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Food Bank for the Heartland: $4.2M across 9 grants, latest 2025Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship Inc: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Heartland Church Inc: $2.5M across 2 grants, latest 2025The Chicago Community Trust → Heartland Health Research Alliance Ltd: $2.4M across 4 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Heartland Forward Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024Walton Family Foundation Inc → Heartland Summit II LLC: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022United Way of the Midlands → Heartland Family Service: $574K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Lozier Foundation → Foodbank for the Heartland: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Heartland Allian for Hum Needs & Hum R: $462K across 4 grants, latest 2023Servant Foundation → Truman Heartland Community Foundation: $193K across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Heartland Assembly of God Church: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2022Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Anti-Defamation League Heartland: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Workers Center: $2.7M across 13 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Heartland Film Inc: $2.0M across 10 grants, latest 2025Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Civic Council of Greater Kansas City Foundation: $1.7M across 8 grants, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → American Red Cross: $890K across 2 grants, latest 2021Walton Family Foundation Inc → Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024United Way of the Midlands → Heartland Hope Mission: $480K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Heartland Hlth Ctrs: $270K across 1 grant, latest 2020The Lozier Foundation → Heartland Workers Center: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023Servant Foundation → Church of God of Prophecy Heartland America Region Inc: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc: $82K across 6 grants, latest 2023Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Foodbank for the Heartland: $32K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Planned Parenthood of the Heartland: $1.9M across 9 grants, latest 2025Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → National Main Street Center Inc: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Black Innovation Alliance: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Be A Hero Education Fund Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Kansas Leadership Center Inc: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2024Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Hatch: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Heartland Forward: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Inclusive Healers of the Heartland: $370K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Workforce Solutions: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Heartland Alliance for Human Needs: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → United States Heartland China Association: $275K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Bike Share (Roam Share): $255K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → The Kelsey: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Caring Across Generations: $240K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Workforce Solution Inc: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2023Walton Family Foundation Inc → International Mountain Bicycling Association: $230K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: $205K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Heartland Community College Foundation: $183K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Basil's Harvest Inc: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2021Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Center On Rural Innovation Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Heartland Institute: $145K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Heartland Alliance Health: $139K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of the Midlands → Food Bank for the Heartland: $136K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Bike Share: $130K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → Heartland Human Care Services Inc: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Sherwood Foundation → Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy: $120K across 5 grants, latest 2025The Chicago Community Trust: $34M on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$34MThe Sherwood Foundation: $26M on this topic. Open the funder.The Sherwood Foundation$26MEwing Marion Kauffman Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundat…$12MThe Ford Foundation: $10M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$10MLilly Endowment Inc: $8.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Lilly Endowment Inc$8.2MWalton Family Foundation Inc: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Walton Family Foundation Inc$4.0MThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert Wood Johnson Found…$3.7MUnited Way of the Midlands: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of the Midlands$2.5MThe Lozier Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Lozier Foundation$1.2MServant Foundation: $525K on this topic. Open the funder.Servant Foundation$525KCommunity Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $449K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Fdn of Greater Des…$449KEnterprise Holdings Foundation: $118K on this topic. Open the funder.Enterprise Holdings Foundation$118KHeartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: received $31M on this topicHeartland Alliance for Human Ne…$31MHeartland Family Service: received $18M on this topicHeartland Family Service$18MWindward Fund: received $8.6M on this topicWindward Fund$8.6MFood Bank for the Heartland: received $4.3M on this topicFood Bank for the Heartland$4.3MGlobal Entrepreneurship Network Inc: received $4.2M on this topicGlobal Entrepreneurship Network…$4.2MNorthwest Central in Cmtypartnershp: received $3.5M on this topicNorthwest Central in Cmtypartne…$3.5MKansas Center for Entrepreneurship Inc: received $3.0M on this topicKansas Center for Entrepreneurs…$3.0MHeartland Workers Center: received $2.9M on this topicHeartland Workers Center$2.9MHeartland Church Inc: received $2.5M on this topicHeartland Church Inc$2.5MHeartland Health Research Alliance Ltd: received $2.4M on this topicHeartland Health Research Allia…$2.4MHeartland Forward: received $2.3M on this topicHeartland Forward$2.3MHeartland Forward Inc: received $2.0M on this topicHeartland Forward Inc$2.0MHeartland Film Inc: received $2.0M on this topicHeartland Film Inc$2.0MPlanned Parenthood of the Heartland: received $1.9M on this topicPlanned Parenthood of the Heart…$1.9MCivic Council of Greater Kansas City Foundation: received $1.7M on this topicCivic Council of Greater Kansas…$1.7MHeartland Summit II LLC: received $1.0M on this topicHeartland Summit II LLC$1.0MAmerican Red Cross: received $890K on this topicAmerican Red Cross$890KNational Main Street Center Inc: received $750K on this topicNational Main Street Center Inc$750KBlack Innovation Alliance: received $750K on this topicBlack Innovation Alliance$750KHeartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights: received $605K on this topicHeartland Alliance for Human Ne…$605KHeartland Family Service: received $574K on this topicHeartland Family Service$574KFoodbank for the Heartland: received $532K on this topicFoodbank for the Heartland$532KAssociation of Programs for Rural Independent Living: received $500K on this topicAssociation of Programs for Rur…$500KRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $500K on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$500KBe A Hero Education Fund Inc: received $500K on this topicBe A Hero Education Fund Inc$500KHeartland Hope Mission: received $480K on this topicHeartland Hope Mission$480KHeartland Allian for Hum Needs & Hum R: received $462K on this topicHeartland Allian for Hum Needs…$462KKansas Leadership Center Inc: received $450K on this topicKansas Leadership Center Inc$450KHatch: received $450K on this topicHatch$450KHeartland Forward: received $400K on this topicHeartland Forward$400KInclusive Healers of the Heartland: received $370K on this topicInclusive Healers of the Heartl…$370KHeartland Workforce Solutions: received $350K on this topicHeartland Workforce Solutions$350KHeartland Alliance for Human Needs: received $300K on this topicHeartland Alliance for Human Ne…$300KHeartland Senior Services of Story County: received $277K on this topicHeartland Senior Services of St…$277KUnited States Heartland China Association: received $275K on this topicUnited States Heartland China A…$275KHeartland Hlth Ctrs: received $270K on this topicHeartland Hlth Ctrs$270KHeartland Bike Share (Roam Share): received $255K on this topicHeartland Bike Share (Roam Shar…$255KThe Kelsey: received $250K on this topicThe Kelsey$250KCaring Across Generations: received $240K on this topicCaring Across Generations$240KHeartland Workforce Solution Inc: received $230K on this topicHeartland Workforce Solution Inc$230KInternational Mountain Bicycling Association: received $230K on this topicInternational Mountain Bicyclin…$230KTruman Heartland Community Foundation: received $223K on this topicTruman Heartland Community Foun…$223KTruman Heartland Community Foundation: received $193K on this topicTruman Heartland Community Foun…$193KHeartland Community College Foundation: received $183K on this topicHeartland Community College Fou…$183KBasil's Harvest Inc: received $180K on this topicBasil's Harvest Inc$180KCenter On Rural Innovation Inc: received $150K on this topicCenter On Rural Innovation Inc$150KHeartland Institute: received $145K on this topicHeartland Institute$145KHeartland Alliance Health: received $139K on this topicHeartland Alliance Health$139KHeartland Bike Share: received $130K on this topicHeartland Bike Share$130KHeartland Human Care Services Inc: received $121K on this topicHeartland Human Care Services I…$121KHeartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy: received $120K on this topicHeartland Equine Therapeutic Ri…$120KChurch of God of Prophecy Heartland America Region Inc: received $110K on this topicChurch of God of Prophecy Heart…$110KHeartland Assembly of God Church: received $90K on this topicHeartland Assembly of God Church$90KPlanned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc: received $82K on this topicPlanned Parenthood of the Heart…$82KSecond Harvest Heartland: received $46K on this topicSecond Harvest Heartland$46KAnti-Defamation League Heartland: received $40K on this topicAnti-Defamation League Heartland$40K
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