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12 funders with a record of paying for “mekong”
Where the money went
Largest: $45,000 to MEKONG CENTER (FORMERLY ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION FBO MEKONG CENTER) — 2023-24 leadership transition grants
Largest: $2.2M to CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION — conservation of critical freshwater ecosystems in the lower mekong region
Conservation International FoundationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $410,624 · through 2024Largest: $57,450 to INTERNATIONAL RIVERS NETWORK — minimizing ecosystem and community vulnerability in cambodia to lower mekong hydropower; strengthening public participation and biodiversity in mekong hydropower planning and devel…
Largest: $80,000 to Mekong Watch — to support advocacy, collaborative local research, environmental education, and information dissemination in laos and cambodia to strengthen access to and traditional use of natura…
New York Women'S FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $252,500 · through 2024Largest: $67,500 to MEKONG INC (FBO THE CLEMENCY COALITION OF NEW YORK) — the criminal justice fund
Largest: $47,500 to MEKONG NYC — support for clemency coalition of new york, a fiscally sponsored project of the mekong.
Largest: $215,000 to James Madison College Michigan State University — mekong culture well: advancing cultural and interdisciplinary studies of water, ecologies, land, and livelihoods jus
Largest: $300,000 to MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY — cmb postgraduate scholarship program for data science and clinical and health informatics in the mekong region
Asian American FederationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $349,500 · through 2023Largest: $96,000 to Mekong NYC — program expenses
Largest: $1.0M to International Union for Conservation of Nature and — increasing coastal resilience in the mekong delta through mangrove restoration and hybrid nature based solutions
New Venture FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $580,000 · through 2024Largest: $330,000 to MEKONG INC — civil rights, social action, advocacy
Largest: $50,000 to HENRY L STIMSON CENTER — mekong river prog & war legacies
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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 →