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12 funders with a record of paying for “kenya”
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Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
98 matching grants · $57.2M · through 2024Largest: $800,000 to ASSOCIATION OF SISTERHOODS OF KENYA REGISTERED TRUSTEES — to expand the sister-led youth empowerment initiative in kenya and build the capacity of disadvantaged and vulnerable youth aged 15-25 to become self-sufficient
Largest: $550,000 to AKENGO KENYA CO LTD — empower women and girls; inclusive financial systems; research and learning opportunities
Largest: $200,000 to PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL KENYA — core support for seeding a legal and emergency response fund for the protection of human rights defenders/social justice leaders in tanzania, uganda and kenya
Largest: $151,850 to FORUM FOR AFRICAN WOMEN EDUCATIONALISTS KENYA CHAPTER — riseupgirls: tackling educational obstacles in kenya
Largest: $250,000 to AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL KENYA — for strengthening data governance in kenya and east africa
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS-KENYA — to provide protection and enhance the security of human rights defenders and their organizations during the 2022 kenya election cycle
Largest: $100,000 to Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization — enhancing agro-ecological intensification through targeted integration of legume-based interventions in diverse farming systems in western kenya
Largest: $800,000 to DALBERG CATALYST — in support of the africa climate action summit, a convening to articulate and execute on the potential for large-scale, sustainable climate action in africa, to be held in kenya in…
Largest: $750,000 to Kenya Climate Innovation Center — to expand access to productive use of solar energy services while improving the livelihoods of underserved farmers and entrepreneurs in kenya.
Largest: $98,850 to KENYA NATIONAL INNOVATION AGENCY — to (1) bring together nonprofit institutions, educational institutions, and research institutions in kenya that do not have tech transfer offices to pilot the creation of a shared …
Largest: $24,670 to EMMA NGUVI MBUA — mbua, emma (national museums of kenya) "further fieldwork and taphonomic studies at kantis fossil site, a pliocene locality in kenya."
Concordia Lutheran MinistriesfoundationCabot, PACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $32,500 to LCMS Mission Advancement — partial funds to support alliance missionaries - pastors from partner churches who coordinate with the lcms as missionaries or instructors are called alliance missionaries. partial…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →