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12 funders with a record of paying for “lore”
Where the money went Tapper Charitable Foundation → City Lore Inc: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Arete Foundation → The American School of Classical Studies at Athens: $912K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → City Lore Inc: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Klingenstein-Martell Foundation → City Lore Inc: $550K across 2 grants, latest 2025 George Jenkins Foundation Inc → City Lore Inc: $421K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Worthington Scholarship Foundation → Thomas College: $374K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Loring Family Foundation → Sean Loring Classic: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Propel Nonprofits → Loring Collective: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Pearson Family Foundation-Tr → City Lore Inc: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → New York Folklore Society: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc → Linda Loring Nature Foundation: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Girls Inc of Worcester: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Sugar Loaf Historical Society: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Salem Community Corporation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc → Linda Loring Foundation: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → North Carolina Folklife Institute: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Bancroft School: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Saratoga County: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → City of Washington: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Carolina Haints Inc: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Germantown History Department: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → The Sand Lake Historical Society: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Lawrence County History and Preservation Society: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Avoyelles Commission of Tourism: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → City of Jacksonville Alabama: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → The Webster County Historical Society Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → West Seneca Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → The Teche Project: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Utah State University: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Music Worcester Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Tuck School of Business-Dartmouth C: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Wachusett Greenways: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Worcester Animal Rescue League Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Worcester County Food Bank: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → First Baptist Church: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Rachel's Table: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Community Harvest Project Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Worcester Polytechnic Institute-Wpi: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stoddard Charitable Trust → Mustard Seed Catholic Worker Commun: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Coosa Riverkeeper: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Waterville Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Little Beaver Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Babylon Town Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Marcus Hook Preservation Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → West Virginia Humanities Council: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Waynesville Area Heritage and Cultural Center Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → West Plains Council On the Arts Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Northwestern State University of Louisiana: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Perquimans County: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Woods Empowerment Foundation: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Mount Kisco Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Beech Mountain Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Bennington Musuem: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Colchester Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Friends of Mexico Point State Park: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Friends of Preble County Park District: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Harmony Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Helping Irondequoit Plan for Progress: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Historical Society of E Rockaway & Lynbrook: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Hudson Valley Railroad Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Logan County Chamber of Commerce: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Lyons Falls Alive: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Meyersdale Public Library: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William G Pomeroy Foundation → Prequimans County: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tapper Charitable Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Tapper Charitable Foundation $1.2M Arete Foundation: $912K on this topic. Open the funder. Arete Foundation $912K The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $700K on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $700K The Klingenstein-Martell Foundation: $550K on this topic. Open the funder. The Klingenstein-Martell Foun… $550K George Jenkins Foundation Inc: $421K on this topic. Open the funder. George Jenkins Foundation Inc $421K Worthington Scholarship Foundation: $374K on this topic. Open the funder. Worthington Scholarship Found… $374K The William G Pomeroy Foundation: $99K on this topic. Open the funder. The William G Pomeroy Foundat… $99K The Loring Family Foundation: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. The Loring Family Foundation $75K Stoddard Charitable Trust: $33K on this topic. Open the funder. Stoddard Charitable Trust $33K Propel Nonprofits: $27K on this topic. Open the funder. Propel Nonprofits $27K Pearson Family Foundation-Tr: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Pearson Family Foundation-Tr $12K Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Ernst & Elfriede Frank Founda… $11K City Lore Inc: received $2.9M on this topic City Lore Inc $2.9M The American School of Classical Studies at Athens: received $912K on this topic The American School of Classica… $912K Thomas College: received $374K on this topic Thomas College $374K Sean Loring Classic: received $75K on this topic Sean Loring Classic $75K Loring Collective: received $27K on this topic Loring Collective $27K New York Folklore Society: received $10K on this topic New York Folklore Society $10K Linda Loring Nature Foundation: received $9K on this topic Linda Loring Nature Foundation $9K Sugar Loaf Historical Society: received $7K on this topic Sugar Loaf Historical Society $7K Girls Inc of Worcester: received $6K on this topic Girls Inc of Worcester $6K North Carolina Folklife Institute: received $5K on this topic North Carolina Folklife Institu… $5K Saratoga County: received $5K on this topic Saratoga County $5K Salem Community Corporation: received $5K on this topic Salem Community Corporation $5K City of Washington: received $5K on this topic City of Washington $5K Carolina Haints Inc: received $4K on this topic Carolina Haints Inc $4K Germantown History Department: received $3K on this topic Germantown History Department $3K The Sand Lake Historical Society: received $3K on this topic The Sand Lake Historical Society $3K Lawrence County History and Preservation Society: received $3K on this topic Lawrence County History and Pre… $3K Avoyelles Commission of Tourism: received $3K on this topic Avoyelles Commission of Tourism $3K City of Jacksonville Alabama: received $2K on this topic City of Jacksonville Alabama $2K The Webster County Historical Society Inc: received $2K on this topic The Webster County Historical S… $2K West Seneca Historical Society: received $2K on this topic West Seneca Historical Society $2K The Teche Project: received $2K on this topic The Teche Project $2K Utah State University: received $2K on this topic Utah State University $2K Linda Loring Foundation: received $2K on this topic Linda Loring Foundation $2K Bancroft School: received $2K on this topic Bancroft School $2K Music Worcester Inc: received $2K on this topic Music Worcester Inc $2K Tuck School of Business-Dartmouth C: received $2K on this topic Tuck School of Business-Dartmou… $2K Wachusett Greenways: received $2K on this topic Wachusett Greenways $2K Worcester Animal Rescue League Inc: received $2K on this topic Worcester Animal Rescue League… $2K Worcester County Food Bank: received $2K on this topic Worcester County Food Bank $2K First Baptist Church: received $2K on this topic First Baptist Church $2K Rachel's Table: received $2K on this topic Rachel's Table $2K Community Harvest Project Inc: received $2K on this topic Community Harvest Project Inc $2K Worcester Polytechnic Institute-Wpi: received $2K on this topic Worcester Polytechnic Institute… $2K Mustard Seed Catholic Worker Commun: received $2K on this topic Mustard Seed Catholic Worker Co… $2K Coosa Riverkeeper: received $2K on this topic Coosa Riverkeeper $2K Waterville Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Waterville Historical Society $2K Little Beaver Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Little Beaver Historical Society $2K Babylon Town Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Babylon Town Historical Society $2K Marcus Hook Preservation Society: received $2K on this topic Marcus Hook Preservation Society $2K West Virginia Humanities Council: received $2K on this topic West Virginia Humanities Council $2K Waynesville Area Heritage and Cultural Center Inc: received $2K on this topic Waynesville Area Heritage and C… $2K West Plains Council On the Arts Inc: received $2K on this topic West Plains Council On the Arts… $2K Northwestern State University of Louisiana: received $2K on this topic Northwestern State University o… $2K Perquimans County: received $2K on this topic Perquimans County $2K Woods Empowerment Foundation: received $2K on this topic Woods Empowerment Foundation $2K Mount Kisco Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Mount Kisco Historical Society $2K Beech Mountain Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Beech Mountain Historical Socie… $2K Bennington Musuem: received $2K on this topic Bennington Musuem $2K Colchester Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Colchester Historical Society $2K Friends of Mexico Point State Park: received $2K on this topic Friends of Mexico Point State P… $2K Friends of Preble County Park District: received $2K on this topic Friends of Preble County Park D… $2K Harmony Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Harmony Historical Society $2K Helping Irondequoit Plan for Progress: received $2K on this topic Helping Irondequoit Plan for Pr… $2K Historical Society of E Rockaway & Lynbrook: received $2K on this topic Historical Society of E Rockawa… $2K Hudson Valley Railroad Society: received $2K on this topic Hudson Valley Railroad Society $2K Logan County Chamber of Commerce: received $2K on this topic Logan County Chamber of Commerce $2K Lyons Falls Alive: received $2K on this topic Lyons Falls Alive $2K Meyersdale Public Library: received $2K on this topic Meyersdale Public Library $2K Prequimans County: received $2K on this topic Prequimans County $2K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “lore” 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: $3,900 to SUGAR LOAF HISTORICAL SOCIETY — two legends & lore markers
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Largest: $5,000 to GIRLS INC OF WORCESTER — 2022 unsolicited grants (v loring)-c
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Largest: $247,350 to Thomas College — scholarships - i adji, b allen, m allen, l bangs, j bartlett, b bates, a berry, n berry, a beyor, z braun, a brawn, e brewer, i campbell, m cates, a chabot, c chambers, l cirard, s…
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Largest: $467,833 to THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS — educationalsupport for gala 2020, fellowship program and loring hall renovation project
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Largest: $400,000 to CITY LORE INC — general operations
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Largest: $5,000 to CITY LORE INC — general operating
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Largest: $50,000 to SEAN LORING CLASSIC — raise fund for heart health research
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Largest: $5,000 to LINDA LORING NATURE FOUNDATION — general charitable
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Largest: $300,000 to CITY LORE INC — toronto godspell film
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Largest: $250,000 to CITY LORE INC — dante alighieri & the divine comedy documentary
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Largest: $550,000 to CITY LORE INC — to support the final stage of the naming the lost memorials project
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Largest: $15,314 to LORING COLLECTIVE — fiscal sponsorship
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