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12 funders with a record of paying for “mapping”
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Food Export Association of the Midwest USAChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
393 matching grants · $28.2M · through 2024Largest: $905,768 to CARAMELCRISP GARRETT ACH PAYEE — map atp program
Largest: $147,856 to UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — scholar award: mapping gradients in phytoplankton iron contents with single-cell icpms
Largest: $2,250 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — a map summit grant in support of designing a framework for mapping and understanding data quality that will assist mit solve in creating effective programming for their entrepreneu…
National Confectioners Association ofWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $230,099 to BROWN & HALEY — reimbursement for the branded program under the map
Largest: $100,000 to PARTICIPATORY MAPPING NETWORK FOUNDATION — to support the development of the government's one data infrastructure by accelerating the inclusion of participatory mapping of social forestry into the one map data base system
Largest: $339,982 to PRIMATES PERU — in support of the integration of tracking, mapping, and genomic technologies to study the movement ecology of seeds and seed dispersers.
Largest: $993,876 to HARVARD U — 79883 mapping environmental health risks to drive sustainable, local ways to address pollution hotspots, allowing targeted infrastructure investment
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2022Largest: $533,347 to OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — support statewide overdose detection mapping application program
Largest: $800,000 to THE MAP FUND INC — to continue support for map fund core grant and spa program
Multidisciplinary Association forSan Jose, CACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $499,089 to MAPS PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION — scientific research for public benefit
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
14 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to DINAMISMO Y ESTUDIO FRENTE A LA POBREZA AC — to produce data, government budget mapping, and policy recommendations related to opportunity youth and employment in mexico city and disseminate research and best practices from m…
Southwestern Wisconsin Community ActionDodgeville, WICharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $296,741 to NEWCAP INC — sec 5311 map 21 funding
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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 →

