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12 funders with a record of paying for “korea”
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Ploughshares FundSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $895,000 · through 2024Largest: $65,000 to NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NORTH KOREA (FISCAL SPONSOR - MERCY CORPS) — to support the national committee on north korea's (ncnk) outreach to policymakers and the public on north korea-related issues, as well as ncnk's humanitarian advocacy promoting d…
Largest: $550,000 to Henry L Stimson Center — for support of web-based research and analysis on north korea
Largest: $20,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY KOREA — habitat house build for low-income community in korea
Largest: $400,000 to Korea Green Foundation — creating coastal disaster prevention forest
Largest: $95,000 to UNITED KOREA — support missionary of united korea
Largest: $61,630 to KHARIS RALPH — language study at the inter-university center for korean language studies at sungkyunkwan university in seoul, south korea
Dyc FoundationSilver Spring, MD
4 matching grants · $179,000 · through 2025Largest: $66,000 to SOONG SIL SCHOOL — education scholarship to students from soong sil middle/high school of seoul, south korea. the scholarship was used to provide financial assistance for tuition and related expenses…
Largest: $80,000 to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KOREAN STUDIES — to support conference and planning activities for this organization which promotes academic dialogue across northeast asia and particularly in korea
Largest: $20,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY- KOREA — house repair project with kla korea
Largest: $850,000 to MBK — to support mbk scholarship foundation's scholarship making activities to financially needy students in korea.
Largest: $110,000 to Committee for Human Rights in North Korea — for charitable purpose of organization
Largest: $2,400 to Frontiers Korea — ryu joseph joo,hyangki - egypt
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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 →