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12 funders with a record of paying for “howard”
Where the money went John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Howard University: $5.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Scripps Howard Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation: $3.4M across 11 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Howard U: $2.3M across 6 grants, latest 2023 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Howard University: $2.1M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Cal Ripken Sr Foundation: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Caerus Foundation Inc → Howard Area Community Center: $1.1M across 17 grants, latest 2024 Adam R Scripps Foundation → Scripps Howard Foundation: $670K across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Howard County Public School System: $630K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Community Foundation of Howard → Community Action Council of Howard County: $473K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Howard County → Family Service Association of Howard County Inc: $170K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Howard County Arts Council → Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: $136K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Washington Square Health Foundation → Howard Brown Health Center: $48K across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Scripps Howard Foundation → University of Maryland College Park Fdtn: $2.0M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Howard University: $1.7M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Howard County Medical Center: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → John Howard Association: $825K across 8 grants, latest 2023 Adam R Scripps Foundation → Scripps Howard Fund: $361K across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Howard County Sponsoring Committeepeople Acting Together in Howard (Path): $276K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Howard County → Howard County Food Access Alliance: $137K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Howard → Howard Community College Educational Foundation: $126K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard County Arts Council → Maryland Science Center: $82K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Washington Square Health Foundation → Project Seed of Suburban Chicago Inc: $13K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Howard Community College Educational Foundation: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Scripps Howard Foundation → University of Maryland at College Park: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Howard University College of Dentistry: $443K across 2 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → John Howard Association: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Planned Parenthood of Maryland: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Howard County → Howard Co Historical Society Inc: $93K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Howard → Howard County Government: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Howard County Arts Council → Maryland Zoo in Baltimore: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Washington Square Health Foundation → Illini Chabad: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Scripps Howard Foundation → University of Southern Mississippi: $554K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Scripps Howard Foundation → University of Maryland at College Park - Remit-to 4603 Calvert Road: $543K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Howard U: $430K across 3 grants, latest 2020 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Community Foundation of Howard County: $164K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Scripps Howard Foundation → Scripps Howard Fund: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Jenna Warren - Howard U: $93K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Howard County → Community Howard Regional Health System Foundation: $87K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Danielle Hairston - Howard U Col of: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Association of Community Services of Howard County: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Howard County → Embracing Hope of Howard County in: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation of Howard County → United Way of Howard County: $66K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of Howard County → Howard Co Memorial Corp: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Howard County Arts Council → Port Discovery Children's Museum: $63K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Denae Bradley - Howard U: $62K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard County Arts Council → Maryland Zoological Society Inc: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Howard County Arts Council → Howard County Poetry & Lit Society: $59K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Community Action Council of Howard County: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Howard County Arts Council → Baltimore Museum of Industry: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Vision to Learn: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Howard County Arts Council → Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: $47K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Howard → Howard Hospital Foundation: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Ohana of Howard County Inc: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Howard County Chinese School: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → American Red Cross: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Elephant Circle (Fs for Doula Alliance): $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Kahlert Foundation Inc → Village in Howard Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Howard → Hopeworks of Howard County: $38K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Howard → Howard County Conservancy Inc: $37K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Horizon Foundation of Howard County → Howard County Library System: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Community Foundation of Howard → The Arc of Howard County: $33K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of Howard → Howard County Tourism Council: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Community Foundation of Howard → Howard County Chamber of Commerce: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Scripps Howard Foundation: $7.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Scripps Howard Foundation $7.7M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $6.1M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $6.1M The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $5.1M The Kahlert Foundation Inc: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Kahlert Foundation Inc $5.0M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $2.1M The Horizon Foundation of Howard County: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Horizon Foundation of How… $1.2M Caerus Foundation Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Caerus Foundation Inc $1.1M Adam R Scripps Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Adam R Scripps Foundation $1.0M The Community Foundation of Howard: $899K on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of H… $899K Community Foundation of Howard County: $688K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of Howar… $688K Howard County Arts Council: $568K on this topic. Open the funder. Howard County Arts Council $568K Washington Square Health Foundation: $65K on this topic. Open the funder. Washington Square Health Foun… $65K Howard University: received $5.0M on this topic Howard University $5.0M Howard University: received $3.8M on this topic Howard University $3.8M Arizona State University Foundation: received $3.4M on this topic Arizona State University Founda… $3.4M Howard U: received $2.3M on this topic Howard U $2.3M University of Maryland College Park Fdtn: received $2.0M on this topic University of Maryland College… $2.0M Cal Ripken Sr Foundation: received $1.8M on this topic Cal Ripken Sr Foundation $1.8M Howard County Medical Center: received $1.6M on this topic Howard County Medical Center $1.6M Howard Community College Educational Foundation: received $1.3M on this topic Howard Community College Educat… $1.3M Howard Area Community Center: received $1.1M on this topic Howard Area Community Center $1.1M University of Maryland at College Park: received $1.1M on this topic University of Maryland at Colle… $1.1M John Howard Association: received $825K on this topic John Howard Association $825K Scripps Howard Foundation: received $670K on this topic Scripps Howard Foundation $670K Howard County Public School System: received $630K on this topic Howard County Public School Sys… $630K University of Southern Mississippi: received $554K on this topic University of Southern Mississi… $554K University of Maryland at College Park - Remit-to 4603 Calvert Road: received $543K on this topic University of Maryland at Colle… $543K Community Action Council of Howard County: received $531K on this topic Community Action Council of How… $531K Scripps Howard Fund: received $461K on this topic Scripps Howard Fund $461K Howard University College of Dentistry: received $443K on this topic Howard University College of De… $443K Howard U: received $430K on this topic Howard U $430K Howard County Sponsoring Committeepeople Acting Together in Howard (Path): received $276K on this topic Howard County Sponsoring Commit… $276K John Howard Association: received $175K on this topic John Howard Association $175K Family Service Association of Howard County Inc: received $170K on this topic Family Service Association of H… $170K Community Foundation of Howard County: received $164K on this topic Community Foundation of Howard… $164K Howard County Food Access Alliance: received $137K on this topic Howard County Food Access Allia… $137K Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: received $136K on this topic Baltimore Symphony Orchestra $136K Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance: received $125K on this topic Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park B… $125K Planned Parenthood of Maryland: received $100K on this topic Planned Parenthood of Maryland $100K Howard Co Historical Society Inc: received $93K on this topic Howard Co Historical Society Inc $93K Jenna Warren - Howard U: received $93K on this topic Jenna Warren - Howard U $93K Community Howard Regional Health System Foundation: received $87K on this topic Community Howard Regional Healt… $87K Maryland Science Center: received $82K on this topic Maryland Science Center $82K Howard County Government: received $80K on this topic Howard County Government $80K Danielle Hairston - Howard U Col of: received $77K on this topic Danielle Hairston - Howard U Co… $77K Association of Community Services of Howard County: received $75K on this topic Association of Community Servic… $75K Embracing Hope of Howard County in: received $70K on this topic Embracing Hope of Howard County… $70K United Way of Howard County: received $66K on this topic United Way of Howard County $66K Howard Co Memorial Corp: received $65K on this topic Howard Co Memorial Corp $65K Maryland Zoo in Baltimore: received $64K on this topic Maryland Zoo in Baltimore $64K Port Discovery Children's Museum: received $63K on this topic Port Discovery Children's Museum $63K Denae Bradley - Howard U: received $62K on this topic Denae Bradley - Howard U $62K Maryland Zoological Society Inc: received $61K on this topic Maryland Zoological Society Inc $61K Howard County Poetry & Lit Society: received $59K on this topic Howard County Poetry & Lit Soci… $59K Baltimore Museum of Industry: received $56K on this topic Baltimore Museum of Industry $56K Vision to Learn: received $50K on this topic Vision to Learn $50K Howard Brown Health Center: received $48K on this topic Howard Brown Health Center $48K Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: received $47K on this topic Chesapeake Shakespeare Company $47K Howard Hospital Foundation: received $47K on this topic Howard Hospital Foundation $47K Ohana of Howard County Inc: received $45K on this topic Ohana of Howard County Inc $45K Howard County Chinese School: received $45K on this topic Howard County Chinese School $45K American Red Cross: received $40K on this topic American Red Cross $40K Elephant Circle (Fs for Doula Alliance): received $40K on this topic Elephant Circle (Fs for Doula A… $40K Village in Howard Inc: received $40K on this topic Village in Howard Inc $40K Hopeworks of Howard County: received $38K on this topic Hopeworks of Howard County $38K Howard County Conservancy Inc: received $37K on this topic Howard County Conservancy Inc $37K Howard County Library System: received $36K on this topic Howard County Library System $36K The Arc of Howard County: received $33K on this topic The Arc of Howard County $33K Howard County Tourism Council: received $33K on this topic Howard County Tourism Council $33K Howard County Chamber of Commerce: received $33K on this topic Howard County Chamber of Commer… $33K Project Seed of Suburban Chicago Inc: received $13K on this topic Project Seed of Suburban Chicag… $13K Illini Chabad: received $4K on this topic Illini Chabad $4K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “howard” 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: $168,000 to University of Maryland College Park Fdtn — roy w. howard fellowships
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Largest: $410,000 to HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY — 82285 summer health professions education program -- howard university, 2024-2026
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Largest: $34,960 to BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
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Largest: $45,000 to Howard Area Community Center — howard area promise scholarship (psp) cohort 11
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Largest: $204,300 to COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY — human service
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Largest: $10,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY WOMEN'S GIVING CIRCLE OF HOWARD COUN — support the development of a report focusing on the experiences of black women nonprofit leaders in howard county
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Largest: $505,000 to HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER — the promise of women's health at howard county general hospital and sponsorship: heroes in health care
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Largest: $2,500 to Howard Brown Health Center — dr. catherine m. creticos' board of director grant to howard brown health center for clinical research
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Largest: $159,525 to FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
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Largest: $100,000 to Scripps Howard Fund — investigative reporting program
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Largest: $250,000 to HOWARD UNIVERSITY — to support journalism symposia that will be held at howard university and other historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) and to provide grant administrative capacity to…
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Largest: $5,000 to John Howard Association — to the john howard association to support its annual meeting
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