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4 funders with a record of paying for “hefty”

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Messing Family Charitable Foundation → St Luke Lutheran Church: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2024Janet H & C Harry Knowles Foundationinc → Nicole Hefty: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024Virginia Association of → Hefty Wiley & Gore: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023J&a Racing Foundation Inc → Bags Buddies: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025Messing Family Charitable Foundation → University of Wisconsin Foundation: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023Janet H & C Harry Knowles Foundationinc → Hefty Nicole: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022Messing Family Charitable Foundation → University of Colorado Foundation-Denver Campus: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Messing Family Charitable Foundation → University of Colorado Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023Messing Family Charitable Foundation: $46K on this topic. Open the funder.Messing Family Charitable Fou…$46KJanet H & C Harry Knowles Foundationinc: $24K on this topic. Open the funder.Janet H & C Harry Knowles Fou…$24KVirginia Association of: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.Virginia Association of$6KJ&a Racing Foundation Inc: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.J&a Racing Foundation Inc$3KSt Luke Lutheran Church: received $21K on this topicSt Luke Lutheran Church$21KUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: received $15K on this topicUniversity of Wisconsin Foundat…$15KNicole Hefty: received $15K on this topicNicole Hefty$15KHefty Nicole: received $9K on this topicHefty Nicole$9KHefty Wiley & Gore: received $6K on this topicHefty Wiley & Gore$6KUniversity of Colorado Foundation-Denver Campus: received $5K on this topicUniversity of Colorado Foundati…$5KUniversity of Colorado Foundation: received $5K on this topicUniversity of Colorado Foundati…$5KBags Buddies: received $3K on this topicBags Buddies$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →