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12 funders with a record of paying for “hormel”
Where the money went The Hormel Foundation → University of Minnesota-the Hormel Institute: $83M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Eagles Fifth District Cancer Telethon → Hormel Cancer Research Institution: $919K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Nexus Foundation - Gerard Family Healing: $262K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Austin Community Growth Ventures → Venn Foundation: $109K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Iowa Corn Grower's Association → University of Illinois Chicago: $105K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation Inc → Hormel Historic Home: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Knowlton Foundation → Hormel Historic Home: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Geo A Hormel Testamentary Trust → Hormel Historic Home Inc: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Dugan-Scallon Foundation → Hormel Historic Home: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable → The Hormel Institute: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Cedar Valley Conservation Club → Hormel Institute: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amg Charitable Gift Foundation → Jay C Hormel Nature Center: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2022 United Way of Mower County Inc → Nexus Foundation - Gerard Academy Fund: $238K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation Inc → Hormel Historic Home Inc: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Iowa Corn Grower's Association → University of Minnesota Foundation: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Knowlton Foundation → The Hormel Institute: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable → Hormel Historic Home: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Amg Charitable Gift Foundation → Hormel Historic Home: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2022 United Way of Mower County Inc → Hormel Historic Home: $221K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation Inc → Friends of the Hormel Nature Center: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable → Swif Hormel Foods Care Program: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Comprehensive Human Services Foundation: $170K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Austin Aspires: $156K across 2 grants, latest 2023 United Way of Mower County Inc → Children's Dental Health Services: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Pacelli Catholic Schools Inc: $148K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Austin Aspires Inc: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Childrens Dental Health Services: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 United Way of Mower County Inc → Channel One Food Bank: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation Inc → Friends of the Jay C Hormel Nature Center: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2025 United Way of Mower County Inc → Mower Council for the Handicapped Inc: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Life Mower County: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Adams Area Ambulance Service: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Way of Mower County Inc → Recovery Is Happening: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Scouting America Twin Valley Council: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Mower County Inc → Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 United Way of Mower County Inc → Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts of America: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Way of Mower County Inc → Girl Scouts River Valleys: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Way of Mower County Inc → Mower County Seniors Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Way of Mower County Inc → Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 United Way of Mower County Inc → Channel One: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Hormel Foundation: $83M on this topic. Open the funder. The Hormel Foundation $83M United Way of Mower County Inc: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Mower County Inc $1.8M Eagles Fifth District Cancer Telethon: $919K on this topic. Open the funder. Eagles Fifth District Cancer… $919K Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation Inc: $245K on this topic. Open the funder. Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundati… $245K Iowa Corn Grower's Association: $175K on this topic. Open the funder. Iowa Corn Grower's Association $175K Austin Community Growth Ventures: $109K on this topic. Open the funder. Austin Community Growth Ventu… $109K The Knowlton Foundation: $51K on this topic. Open the funder. The Knowlton Foundation $51K Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable: $33K on this topic. Open the funder. Hormel Foods Corporation Char… $33K Geo A Hormel Testamentary Trust: $27K on this topic. Open the funder. Geo A Hormel Testamentary Tru… $27K Dugan-Scallon Foundation: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Dugan-Scallon Foundation $26K Cedar Valley Conservation Club: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Cedar Valley Conservation Club $8K Amg Charitable Gift Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Amg Charitable Gift Foundation $6K University of Minnesota-the Hormel Institute: received $83M on this topic University of Minnesota-the Hor… $83M Hormel Cancer Research Institution: received $919K on this topic Hormel Cancer Research Institut… $919K Hormel Historic Home: received $364K on this topic Hormel Historic Home $364K Nexus Foundation - Gerard Family Healing: received $262K on this topic Nexus Foundation - Gerard Famil… $262K Nexus Foundation - Gerard Academy Fund: received $238K on this topic Nexus Foundation - Gerard Acade… $238K Comprehensive Human Services Foundation: received $170K on this topic Comprehensive Human Services Fo… $170K Austin Aspires: received $156K on this topic Austin Aspires $156K Children's Dental Health Services: received $150K on this topic Children's Dental Health Servic… $150K Pacelli Catholic Schools Inc: received $148K on this topic Pacelli Catholic Schools Inc $148K Austin Aspires Inc: received $130K on this topic Austin Aspires Inc $130K Venn Foundation: received $109K on this topic Venn Foundation $109K University of Illinois Chicago: received $105K on this topic University of Illinois Chicago $105K Childrens Dental Health Services: received $75K on this topic Childrens Dental Health Services $75K Hormel Historic Home Inc: received $70K on this topic Hormel Historic Home Inc $70K University of Minnesota Foundation: received $70K on this topic University of Minnesota Foundat… $70K Friends of the Hormel Nature Center: received $70K on this topic Friends of the Hormel Nature Ce… $70K The Hormel Institute: received $39K on this topic The Hormel Institute $39K Channel One Food Bank: received $37K on this topic Channel One Food Bank $37K Friends of the Jay C Hormel Nature Center: received $30K on this topic Friends of the Jay C Hormel Nat… $30K Mower Council for the Handicapped Inc: received $28K on this topic Mower Council for the Handicapp… $28K Hormel Historic Home Inc: received $27K on this topic Hormel Historic Home Inc $27K Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio: received $25K on this topic Comunidades Latinas Unidas En S… $25K Life Mower County: received $23K on this topic Life Mower County $23K Adams Area Ambulance Service: received $19K on this topic Adams Area Ambulance Service $19K Recovery Is Happening: received $16K on this topic Recovery Is Happening $16K Scouting America Twin Valley Council: received $15K on this topic Scouting America Twin Valley Co… $15K Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts: received $15K on this topic Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts $15K Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts of America: received $15K on this topic Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts… $15K Girl Scouts River Valleys: received $13K on this topic Girl Scouts River Valleys $13K Mower County Seniors Inc: received $11K on this topic Mower County Seniors Inc $11K Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc: received $10K on this topic Comunidades Latinas Unidas En S… $10K Channel One: received $8K on this topic Channel One $8K Hormel Institute: received $8K on this topic Hormel Institute $8K Swif Hormel Foods Care Program: received $5K on this topic Swif Hormel Foods Care Program $5K Jay C Hormel Nature Center: received $4K on this topic Jay C Hormel Nature Center $4K 12 funders, 35 recipients, grants matching “hormel” 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: $49,018 to HORMEL HISTORIC HOME — hormel foundation grant - uw passes through grant
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Largest: $50,000 to HORMEL HISTORIC HOME — to preserve the history and values of the george a and lillian hormel family through the preservation of the hormel historic home and serving the community as a meeting place to pu…
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Largest: $22.6M to University of Minnesota-The Hormel Institute — support of operations
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Largest: $341,000 to HORMEL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTION — cancer medical research
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Largest: $60,000 to VENN FOUNDATION — austin community growth ventures (acgv) worked with venn foundation in supporting technology commercialization efforts at the hormel institute (hi). funds went to the venn foundati…
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Largest: $75,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO — research grant - hormel institute
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Largest: $13,000 to THE HORMEL INSTITUTE — community support
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Largest: $12,500 to Hormel Historic Home Inc — op exp and bldg restore
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Largest: $30,000 to HORMEL HISTORIC HOME — community, educational
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Largest: $2,000 to JAY C HORMEL NATURE CENTER — public assistance
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Largest: $8,300 to HORMEL INSTITUTE — cancer research
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Largest: $26,176 to HORMEL HISTORIC HOME — general operating
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