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3 funders with a record of paying for “humantrafficking”

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The Robert C & Cornealia H Patton Family Foundation → City of Refuge: $145K across 4 grants, latest 2025Lawyers' Endowment for Accident Prevention → Malouf Foundation: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2023Love Like Lija Foundation → Understanding Works: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lawyers' Endowment for Accident Prevention → Phase Alliance: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Robert C & Cornealia H Patton Family Foundation: $145K on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert C & Cornealia H Pa…$145KLawyers' Endowment for Accident Prevention: $47K on this topic. Open the funder.Lawyers' Endowment for Accide…$47KLove Like Lija Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Love Like Lija Foundation$1KCity of Refuge: received $145K on this topicCity of Refuge$145KMalouf Foundation: received $36K on this topicMalouf Foundation$36KPhase Alliance: received $11K on this topicPhase Alliance$11KUnderstanding Works: received $1K on this topicUnderstanding Works$1K
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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 →