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12 funders with a record of paying for “henson”
Where the money went The Jane Henson Foundation → American Museum of the Moving Image: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief Us → The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation Inc: $452K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Help From the Hart Charity → Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hallowell Fdn Agency-Main → Richard A Henson Family YMCA: $139K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation → Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Spillers Family Foundation → Toni Henson Ministries Inc: $45K across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Primerica Foundation Inc → Boris Henson Foundation: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Keith Campbell Foundation → Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wayne City High School Scholarship → Colt Henson: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Family Foundation → Henson N: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 George H & Marguerite C Luthe Educatio → Judah Henson: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Ruby and Gib Strate Family Foundation Inc → Vincuniviupui Fbo Blake Henson: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jane Henson Foundation → Center for Puppetry Arts: $305K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Hallowell Fdn Agency-Main → Richard A Henson Family YMCA: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Keith Campbell Foundation → Junior Achievement: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wayne City High School Scholarship → Remington Henson: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ruby and Gib Strate Family Foundation Inc → Iupui Fbo Blake Henson: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Jane Henson Foundation → The Jim Henson Foundation: $135K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hallowell Fdn Agency-Main → Family A Henson Family YMCA: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ruby and Gib Strate Family Foundation Inc → Purdue Univ Fbo Samuel Henson: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Jane Henson Foundation → Jim Henson Legacy: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → National Museum of American History: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Museum of Pop Culture (Mopop): $22K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Mead School for Human Development Inc: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Community Foundation of Washington County Inc: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Sesame Workshop: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Academy Foundation: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Northwestern High School: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → The Strong National Museum of Play: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → St Paul the Apostle: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Maryland Center for History and Culture: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jane Henson Foundation → Cornwall Conservation Trust: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jane Henson Foundation → Thirteenwnet New York: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jane Henson Foundation → National Museum of Women in the Arts: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jane Henson Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Jane Henson Foundation $1.9M Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief Us: $452K on this topic. Open the funder. Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Re… $452K Hallowell Fdn Agency-Main: $229K on this topic. Open the funder. Hallowell Fdn Agency-Main $229K Help From the Hart Charity: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Help From the Hart Charity $200K Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. Franklin P and Arthur W Perdu… $80K Spillers Family Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Spillers Family Foundation $45K The Keith Campbell Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. The Keith Campbell Foundation $38K The Primerica Foundation Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The Primerica Foundation Inc $30K Wayne City High School Scholarship: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. Wayne City High School Schola… $17K The Ford Family Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Family Foundation $10K George H & Marguerite C Luthe Educatio: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. George H & Marguerite C Luthe… $9K Ruby and Gib Strate Family Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Ruby and Gib Strate Family Fo… $4K American Museum of the Moving Image: received $1.2M on this topic American Museum of the Moving I… $1.2M The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation Inc: received $452K on this topic The Boris Lawrence Henson Found… $452K Center for Puppetry Arts: received $305K on this topic Center for Puppetry Arts $305K Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation: received $200K on this topic Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation $200K Richard A Henson Family YMCA: received $139K on this topic Richard A Henson Family YMCA $139K The Jim Henson Foundation: received $135K on this topic The Jim Henson Foundation $135K Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore: received $105K on this topic Junior Achievement of the Easte… $105K Richard A Henson Family YMCA: received $70K on this topic Richard A Henson Family YMCA $70K Jim Henson Legacy: received $50K on this topic Jim Henson Legacy $50K Toni Henson Ministries Inc: received $45K on this topic Toni Henson Ministries Inc $45K National Museum of American History: received $40K on this topic National Museum of American His… $40K University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc: received $40K on this topic University of Maryland College… $40K Boris Henson Foundation: received $30K on this topic Boris Henson Foundation $30K Museum of Pop Culture (Mopop): received $22K on this topic Museum of Pop Culture (Mopop) $22K Family A Henson Family YMCA: received $20K on this topic Family A Henson Family YMCA $20K Mead School for Human Development Inc: received $20K on this topic Mead School for Human Developme… $20K Community Foundation of Washington County Inc: received $20K on this topic Community Foundation of Washing… $20K Sesame Workshop: received $20K on this topic Sesame Workshop $20K Academy Foundation: received $20K on this topic Academy Foundation $20K Northwestern High School: received $20K on this topic Northwestern High School $20K Colt Henson: received $14K on this topic Colt Henson $14K The Strong National Museum of Play: received $14K on this topic The Strong National Museum of P… $14K Junior Achievement: received $13K on this topic Junior Achievement $13K St Paul the Apostle: received $12K on this topic St Paul the Apostle $12K Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish: received $12K on this topic Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish $12K Henson N: received $10K on this topic Henson N $10K Maryland Center for History and Culture: received $10K on this topic Maryland Center for History and… $10K Judah Henson: received $9K on this topic Judah Henson $9K Remington Henson: received $3K on this topic Remington Henson $3K Cornwall Conservation Trust: received $3K on this topic Cornwall Conservation Trust $3K Thirteenwnet New York: received $3K on this topic Thirteenwnet New York $3K National Museum of Women in the Arts: received $3K on this topic National Museum of Women in the… $3K Vincuniviupui Fbo Blake Henson: received $2K on this topic Vincuniviupui Fbo Blake Henson $2K Iupui Fbo Blake Henson: received $1K on this topic Iupui Fbo Blake Henson $1K Purdue Univ Fbo Samuel Henson: received $1K on this topic Purdue Univ Fbo Samuel Henson $1K 12 funders, 35 recipients, grants matching “henson” 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: $7,000 to MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE (MOPOP) — to support the legacy of henson through support of jim henson exhibit opportunities and programming
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Largest: $16,200 to TONI HENSON MINISTRIES INC — general & unrestricted
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Largest: $7,013 to COLT HENSON — education scholarship
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Largest: $20,000 to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EASTERN SHORE — perdue henson center campaign
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Largest: $3,350 to JUDAH HENSON — college scholarship
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Largest: $12,500 to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EASTERN SHORE — the perdue henson junior achievement center
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Largest: $10,000 to BORIS HENSON FOUNDATION — mental health support/suicide prevention for black community
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Largest: $242,000 to THE BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION INC — program support
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Largest: $100,000 to BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION — destigmatize mental health within the black community and enhance accessibility.
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Largest: $139,000 to RICHARD A HENSON FAMILY YMCA — general operating
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Largest: $1,600 to VINCUNIVIUPUI FBO BLAKE HENSON — educational scholarship
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Largest: $5,000 to Henson N — educational scholarship
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