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12 funders with a record of paying for “ithaca”

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Residents' Association of Kendal at → Kendal at Ithaca Inc: $600K across 4 grants, latest 2025Community Foundation of Tompkins → Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac): $541K across 4 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → Ithaca College: $430K across 10 grants, latest 2024Ithaca College → Hillel Foundation of Ithaca College: $295K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Baker Foundation → Ithaca College: $218K across 6 grants, latest 2025United Way of Tompkins County Inc → Greater Ithaca Activities Center: $138K across 3 grants, latest 2024Jm Mcdonald Foundation Inc → Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Steven and Marcy Schaeffer Family → Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Peter Browning Family Foundation → State Theatre of Ithaca: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025Gratiot County Community Foundation → Ithaca South Elementary School: $53K across 3 grants, latest 2023Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc → Ithaca Children's Garden: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County → Sciencenter of Ithaca: $31K across 4 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → Historic Ithaca Inc: $425K across 5 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tompkins → First Unitarian Society of Ithaca: $290K across 3 grants, latest 2025Ithaca College → Hillel of Ithaca College: $242K across 2 grants, latest 2022United Way of Tompkins County Inc → Ithaca Health Alliance: $113K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gratiot County Community Foundation → Ithaca North Elementary School: $46K across 3 grants, latest 2023Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc → First Baptist Church of Ithaca: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2022Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County → YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Peter Browning Family Foundation → YMCA of Ithaca: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025Steven and Marcy Schaeffer Family → Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2025Jm Mcdonald Foundation Inc → Center for the Arts at Ithaca Inc: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2025Residents' Association of Kendal at → Ithaca Welcomes Refugees Inc: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County: $319K across 4 grants, latest 2023Community Foundation of Tompkins → Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services: $223K across 1 grant, latest 2022United Way of Tompkins County Inc → Ithaca Community Childcare Center Inc: $104K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ithaca College → Ithaca Area Economic Development: $84K across 4 grants, latest 2024Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc → Ithaca Public Education Initiative Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Peter Browning Family Foundation → Family & Children's Services of Ithaca: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County → Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025Steven and Marcy Schaeffer Family → State Theatre of Ithaca: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gratiot County Community Foundation → Ithaca Public Schools: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2022Jm Mcdonald Foundation Inc → Ithaca Health Alliance Inc: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → Greater Ithaca Activities Center Inc: $311K across 5 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Center for Community Transportation: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Center for Transformative Action: $215K across 5 grants, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Ithaca City School District: $165K across 4 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → The Village at Ithaca: $160K across 4 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Ithaca Health Alliance: $155K across 3 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → The Ithaca Voice Inc: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Ithaca Community Radio Inc: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Town of Ithaca: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Ithaca Children's Garden: $129K across 4 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tompkins → Ithaca Youth Bureau: $127K across 3 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Family and Children's Service of Ithaca: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming: $122K across 1 grant, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Finger Lakes Reuse Inc: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Tompkins → Family & Children's Service of Ithaca: $110K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tompkins → Village at Ithaca: $102K across 3 grants, latest 2025Community Foundation of Tompkins → State Theatre of Ithaca Inc: $97K across 3 grants, latest 2025Community Foundation of Tompkins → Ithaca Health Alliance: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → Friends of the Ithaca Farmers Market Inc: $91K across 3 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Sustainable Finger Lakes: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Southside Community Center: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Center for the Arts at Ithaca Inc: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Essential Information Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Tompkins → Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $73K across 3 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → City of Ithaca: $72K across 3 grants, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Sustainable Markets Foundation: $72K across 1 grant, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc → Cornell University-College of Agriculture & Life Sciences: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Foundation of Tompkins → Ithaca Welcomes Refugees: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2025Park Foundation Inc → Ithaca Community Gardens Inc: $61K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of Tompkins County Inc → The Village at Ithaca Inc: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024Park Foundation Inc → Wskg Public Telecommunications Council: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023Park Foundation Inc: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Park Foundation Inc$4.1MCommunity Foundation of Tompkins: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Tompk…$1.7MIthaca College: $621K on this topic. Open the funder.Ithaca College$621KResidents' Association of Kendal at: $614K on this topic. Open the funder.Residents' Association of Ken…$614KUnited Way of Tompkins County Inc: $415K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Tompkins County…$415KThe Baker Foundation: $218K on this topic. Open the funder.The Baker Foundation$218KJm Mcdonald Foundation Inc: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Jm Mcdonald Foundation Inc$130KGratiot County Community Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder.Gratiot County Community Foun…$120KSteven and Marcy Schaeffer Family: $115K on this topic. Open the funder.Steven and Marcy Schaeffer Fa…$115KThe Peter Browning Family Foundation: $110K on this topic. Open the funder.The Peter Browning Family Fou…$110KTompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc: $96K on this topic. Open the funder.Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund…$96KLegacy Foundation of Tompkins County: $82K on this topic. Open the funder.Legacy Foundation of Tompkins…$82KIthaca College: received $648K on this topicIthaca College$648KKendal at Ithaca Inc: received $600K on this topicKendal at Ithaca Inc$600KGreater Ithaca Activities Center (Giac): received $541K on this topicGreater Ithaca Activities Cente…$541KHistoric Ithaca Inc: received $425K on this topicHistoric Ithaca Inc$425KIthaca Health Alliance: received $362K on this topicIthaca Health Alliance$362KGreater Ithaca Activities Center Inc: received $334K on this topicGreater Ithaca Activities Cente…$334KCornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County: received $319K on this topicCornell Cooperative Extension o…$319KHillel Foundation of Ithaca College: received $295K on this topicHillel Foundation of Ithaca Col…$295KFirst Unitarian Society of Ithaca: received $290K on this topicFirst Unitarian Society of Itha…$290KHillel of Ithaca College: received $242K on this topicHillel of Ithaca College$242KCenter for Community Transportation: received $225K on this topicCenter for Community Transporta…$225KIthaca Neighborhood Housing Services: received $223K on this topicIthaca Neighborhood Housing Ser…$223KCenter for Transformative Action: received $215K on this topicCenter for Transformative Action$215KIthaca Children's Garden: received $169K on this topicIthaca Children's Garden$169KIthaca City School District: received $165K on this topicIthaca City School District$165KThe Village at Ithaca: received $160K on this topicThe Village at Ithaca$160KThe Ithaca Voice Inc: received $150K on this topicThe Ithaca Voice Inc$150KIthaca Community Radio Inc: received $150K on this topicIthaca Community Radio Inc$150KTown of Ithaca: received $140K on this topicTown of Ithaca$140KGreater Ithaca Activities Center: received $138K on this topicGreater Ithaca Activities Center$138KIthaca Youth Bureau: received $127K on this topicIthaca Youth Bureau$127KFamily and Children's Service of Ithaca: received $125K on this topicFamily and Children's Service o…$125KGroundswell Center for Local Food & Farming: received $122K on this topicGroundswell Center for Local Fo…$122KFinger Lakes Reuse Inc: received $120K on this topicFinger Lakes Reuse Inc$120KFamily & Children's Service of Ithaca: received $110K on this topicFamily & Children's Service of…$110KIthaca Community Childcare Center Inc: received $104K on this topicIthaca Community Childcare Cent…$104KVillage at Ithaca: received $102K on this topicVillage at Ithaca$102KCayuga Medical Center at Ithaca: received $100K on this topicCayuga Medical Center at Ithaca$100KIthaca Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: received $98K on this topicIthaca Neighborhood Housing Ser…$98KState Theatre of Ithaca Inc: received $97K on this topicState Theatre of Ithaca Inc$97KFriends of the Ithaca Farmers Market Inc: received $91K on this topicFriends of the Ithaca Farmers M…$91KCenter for the Arts at Ithaca Inc: received $90K on this topicCenter for the Arts at Ithaca I…$90KSustainable Finger Lakes: received $90K on this topicSustainable Finger Lakes$90KIthaca Welcomes Refugees Inc: received $84K on this topicIthaca Welcomes Refugees Inc$84KIthaca Area Economic Development: received $84K on this topicIthaca Area Economic Development$84KState Theatre of Ithaca: received $82K on this topicState Theatre of Ithaca$82KSouthside Community Center: received $80K on this topicSouthside Community Center$80KEssential Information Inc: received $75K on this topicEssential Information Inc$75KCity of Ithaca: received $72K on this topicCity of Ithaca$72KSustainable Markets Foundation: received $72K on this topicSustainable Markets Foundation$72KCornell University-College of Agriculture & Life Sciences: received $65K on this topicCornell University-College of A…$65KIthaca Welcomes Refugees: received $65K on this topicIthaca Welcomes Refugees$65KIthaca Community Gardens Inc: received $61K on this topicIthaca Community Gardens Inc$61KThe Village at Ithaca Inc: received $60K on this topicThe Village at Ithaca Inc$60KWskg Public Telecommunications Council: received $60K on this topicWskg Public Telecommunications…$60KIthaca South Elementary School: received $53K on this topicIthaca South Elementary School$53KIthaca North Elementary School: received $46K on this topicIthaca North Elementary School$46KSciencenter of Ithaca: received $31K on this topicSciencenter of Ithaca$31KFirst Baptist Church of Ithaca: received $31K on this topicFirst Baptist Church of Ithaca$31KYMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County: received $27K on this topicYMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins Cou…$27KYMCA of Ithaca: received $25K on this topicYMCA of Ithaca$25KIthaca Public Education Initiative Inc: received $25K on this topicIthaca Public Education Initiat…$25KFamily & Children's Services of Ithaca: received $25K on this topicFamily & Children's Services of…$25KIthaca Public Schools: received $21K on this topicIthaca Public Schools$21KIthaca Health Alliance Inc: received $15K on this topicIthaca Health Alliance Inc$15K
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