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12 funders with a record of paying for “mapping”

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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Clark University: $2.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Map Fund Inc: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Caramelcrisp Garrett Ach Payee: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Conference of Religious Women India: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Harvard U: $994K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Institute for Intergovernmental → Georgia Department of Public Health: $894K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Simons Foundation Inc → Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences: $784K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Aka Chatham House): $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action → Cap Services Inc: $618K across 4 grants, latest 2024National Confectioners Association of → Brown & Haley: $556K across 3 grants, latest 2024Multidisciplinary Association for → Maps Public Benefit Corporation: $499K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Morgridge Family Foundation → Big Picture Company Inc: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2023Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Schell and Kempeter Inc: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Harvard University: $894K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Minnesota at Twin Cities: $786K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique: $780K across 1 grant, latest 2024Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Join for Water: $770K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Emory University: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Institute for Intergovernmental → New Jersey Dept of Law & Public Safety: $745K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Institute for Integrated Transitions: $706K across 3 grants, latest 2024Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action → Newcap Inc: $479K across 3 grants, latest 2023Multidisciplinary Association for → Empyrean LLC: $432K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Confectioners Association of → Bazooka Candy Brands: $224K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Morgridge Family Foundation → The Climate Initiative: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Instinct Pet Foods Mi Ach Paye: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Agora Cultural Architects: $700K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Virginia: $675K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $630K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → University of Delaware: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → Ohio Department of Health: $553K across 3 grants, latest 2022Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Liberty Hill Foundation: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2022Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action → Forward Careers: $479K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Allen Institute: $412K across 2 grants, latest 2024Multidisciplinary Association for → Inquiring Systems Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Confectioners Association of → American Licorice: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Morgridge Family Foundation → Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Educa: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2023Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Midwestern Pet Foods Inc: $739K across 3 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Carnivore Meat LLC Ach Payee: $699K across 2 grants, latest 2023Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Color Brands Ach Payee: $632K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Clark University: $630K across 1 grant, latest 2020Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Doumak Inc: $617K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Primates Peru: $613K across 3 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Color Brands: $611K across 1 grant, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Natures One Ach Payee: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Southern Africa Trust: $575K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Johns Hopkins U: $571K across 1 grant, latest 2022Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Blackwood Pet Food Ach Payee: $554K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: $549K across 1 grant, latest 2020Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Global Groceries Sales Inc: $544K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Institute for Intergovernmental → Rhode Island Department of Health: $544K across 3 grants, latest 2022Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Carnivore Meat LLC: $529K across 1 grant, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Woeber Mustard Mfg Ach Payee: $522K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Washington University in St Louis: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Houston - Downtown: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → University of Baltimore: $494K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Institute for Intergovernmental → Connecticut Department of Public Health: $492K across 3 grants, latest 2022Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Organic Valley Family of Farms: $489K across 3 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Export Trade of Amer: $469K across 3 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → Lillies Q Sauces Ach Payee: $467K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Clockshop: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Windward Fund: $443K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → Nevada Office of the Attorney General: $437K across 3 grants, latest 2022Food Export Association of the Midwest USA → American Trading Int Ach Payee: $422K across 2 grants, latest 2023Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action → Central Wisconsin Community Action Council Inc: $415K across 4 grants, latest 2024Food Export Association of the Midwest USA: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.Food Export Association of th…$12MGordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $6.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo…$6.1MThe Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$4.7MThe Institute for Intergovernmental: $4.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Institute for Intergovern…$4.2MThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert Wood Johnson Found…$3.1MThe Ford Foundation: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$2.6MConrad N Hilton Foundation: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Conrad N Hilton Foundation$2.5MSouthwestern Wisconsin Community Action: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Southwestern Wisconsin Commun…$2.0MThe Simons Foundation Inc: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder.The Simons Foundation Inc$1.9MMultidisciplinary Association for: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Multidisciplinary Association…$1.1MNational Confectioners Association of: $960K on this topic. Open the funder.National Confectioners Associ…$960KThe Morgridge Family Foundation: $65K on this topic. Open the funder.The Morgridge Family Foundati…$65KClark University: received $2.4M on this topicClark University$2.4MThe Map Fund Inc: received $1.8M on this topicThe Map Fund Inc$1.8MCaramelcrisp Garrett Ach Payee: received $1.4M on this topicCaramelcrisp Garrett Ach Payee$1.4MSchell and Kempeter Inc: received $1.3M on this topicSchell and Kempeter Inc$1.3MConference of Religious Women India: received $1.2M on this topicConference of Religious Women I…$1.2MInstinct Pet Foods Mi Ach Paye: received $1.1M on this topicInstinct Pet Foods Mi Ach Paye$1.1MHarvard U: received $994K on this topicHarvard U$994KHarvard University: received $894K on this topicHarvard University$894KGeorgia Department of Public Health: received $894K on this topicGeorgia Department of Public He…$894KUniversity of Minnesota at Twin Cities: received $786K on this topicUniversity of Minnesota at Twin…$786KBigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences: received $784K on this topicBigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences$784KInstitut National De La Recherche Scientifique: received $780K on this topicInstitut National De La Recherc…$780KJoin for Water: received $770K on this topicJoin for Water$770KThe Royal Institute of International Affairs (Aka Chatham House): received $750K on this topicThe Royal Institute of Internat…$750KEmory University: received $750K on this topicEmory University$750KNew Jersey Dept of Law & Public Safety: received $745K on this topicNew Jersey Dept of Law & Public…$745KMidwestern Pet Foods Inc: received $739K on this topicMidwestern Pet Foods Inc$739KInstitute for Integrated Transitions: received $706K on this topicInstitute for Integrated Transi…$706KAgora Cultural Architects: received $700K on this topicAgora Cultural Architects$700KCarnivore Meat LLC Ach Payee: received $699K on this topicCarnivore Meat LLC Ach Payee$699KUniversity of Virginia: received $675K on this topicUniversity of Virginia$675KColor Brands Ach Payee: received $632K on this topicColor Brands Ach Payee$632KJohns Hopkins University: received $630K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$630KClark University: received $630K on this topicClark University$630KCap Services Inc: received $618K on this topicCap Services Inc$618KDoumak Inc: received $617K on this topicDoumak Inc$617KPrimates Peru: received $613K on this topicPrimates Peru$613KColor Brands: received $611K on this topicColor Brands$611KUniversity of Delaware: received $600K on this topicUniversity of Delaware$600KNatures One Ach Payee: received $600K on this topicNatures One Ach Payee$600KSouthern Africa Trust: received $575K on this topicSouthern Africa Trust$575KJohns Hopkins U: received $571K on this topicJohns Hopkins U$571KBrown & Haley: received $556K on this topicBrown & Haley$556KBlackwood Pet Food Ach Payee: received $554K on this topicBlackwood Pet Food Ach Payee$554KOhio Department of Health: received $553K on this topicOhio Department of Health$553KLiberty Hill Foundation: received $550K on this topicLiberty Hill Foundation$550KThe Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: received $549K on this topicThe Board of Trustees - Leland…$549KGlobal Groceries Sales Inc: received $544K on this topicGlobal Groceries Sales Inc$544KRhode Island Department of Health: received $544K on this topicRhode Island Department of Heal…$544KCarnivore Meat LLC: received $529K on this topicCarnivore Meat LLC$529KWoeber Mustard Mfg Ach Payee: received $522K on this topicWoeber Mustard Mfg Ach Payee$522KWashington University in St Louis: received $500K on this topicWashington University in St Lou…$500KUniversity of Houston - Downtown: received $500K on this topicUniversity of Houston - Downtown$500KMaps Public Benefit Corporation: received $499K on this topicMaps Public Benefit Corporation$499KUniversity of Baltimore: received $494K on this topicUniversity of Baltimore$494KConnecticut Department of Public Health: received $492K on this topicConnecticut Department of Publi…$492KOrganic Valley Family of Farms: received $489K on this topicOrganic Valley Family of Farms$489KNewcap Inc: received $479K on this topicNewcap Inc$479KForward Careers: received $479K on this topicForward Careers$479KExport Trade of Amer: received $469K on this topicExport Trade of Amer$469KLillies Q Sauces Ach Payee: received $467K on this topicLillies Q Sauces Ach Payee$467KClockshop: received $450K on this topicClockshop$450KWindward Fund: received $443K on this topicWindward Fund$443KNevada Office of the Attorney General: received $437K on this topicNevada Office of the Attorney G…$437KEmpyrean LLC: received $432K on this topicEmpyrean LLC$432KAmerican Trading Int Ach Payee: received $422K on this topicAmerican Trading Int Ach Payee$422KCentral Wisconsin Community Action Council Inc: received $415K on this topicCentral Wisconsin Community Act…$415KAllen Institute: received $412K on this topicAllen Institute$412KBazooka Candy Brands: received $224K on this topicBazooka Candy Brands$224KInquiring Systems Inc: received $200K on this topicInquiring Systems Inc$200KAmerican Licorice: received $180K on this topicAmerican Licorice$180KBig Picture Company Inc: received $22K on this topicBig Picture Company Inc$22KThe Climate Initiative: received $22K on this topicThe Climate Initiative$22KJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Educa: received $21K on this topicJane Goodall Institute for Wild…$21K
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