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12 funders with a record of paying for “microfilm”
Where the money went Minnesota Historical Society → Faribault County Historical Society: $152K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation → Moundsville Marshall Co Library: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Vermilion Healthcare Foundation → Danville Library Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rmw Foundation → Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Earl Bane Foundation → Smoky Hill Museum: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2021 John A and Margaret Post Foundation → Bangor Public Library: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Schwemm Family Foundation → Museum of Ventura County: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc → Ottumwa Public Library Friends Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rasmuson Foundation → City of Seward: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Northern New York Library Network → Ticonderoga Historical Society: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Bill B Young Foundation → Council Grove Public Library: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Sterns Charitable Foundation Inc → Aeola H Brenneman Library Foundation: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → Winona County Historical Society: $119K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Minnesota Historical Society → Morrison Cty Historical Society: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → Renville County Historical Soc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → Friends of the History Museum: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Minnesota Historical Society → City of Rochester: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Minnesota Historical Society → Cass County Historical Society: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Minnesota Historical Society → East Central Regional Library: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Minnesota Historical Society → Grant County Historical Society: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Minnesota Historical Society → Murray County Historical Society: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Minnesota Historical Society → Carlton County Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → Sherburne County Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Minnesota Historical Society → Westonka Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Minnesota Historical Society → Cottonwood County Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → City of St Charles: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Minnesota Historical Society → Belle Plaine Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Minnesota Historical Society → Meeker County Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Minnesota Historical Society → Mille Lacs County Historical Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Minnesota Historical Society → Eden Prairie Historical Society: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → City of Grand Rapids: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society → Isanti County Historical Society: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Minnesota Historical Society → Anoka County Library: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Minnesota Historical Society → Todd County Historical Society: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Minnesota Historical Society: $551K on this topic. Open the funder. Minnesota Historical Society $551K Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. Karl and Mildred Niekamp Char… $46K Vermilion Healthcare Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Vermilion Healthcare Foundati… $25K Rmw Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Rmw Foundation $15K Earl Bane Foundation: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. Earl Bane Foundation $13K John A and Margaret Post Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. John A and Margaret Post Foun… $10K Schwemm Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Schwemm Family Foundation $8K Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Ottumwa Regional Legacy Found… $8K Rasmuson Foundation: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Rasmuson Foundation $7K Northern New York Library Network: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Northern New York Library Net… $7K Bill B Young Foundation: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Bill B Young Foundation $7K Sterns Charitable Foundation Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Sterns Charitable Foundation… $7K Faribault County Historical Society: received $152K on this topic Faribault County Historical Soc… $152K Winona County Historical Society: received $119K on this topic Winona County Historical Society $119K Moundsville Marshall Co Library: received $46K on this topic Moundsville Marshall Co Library $46K Morrison Cty Historical Society: received $27K on this topic Morrison Cty Historical Society $27K Danville Library Foundation: received $25K on this topic Danville Library Foundation $25K Renville County Historical Soc: received $20K on this topic Renville County Historical Soc $20K Friends of the History Museum: received $19K on this topic Friends of the History Museum $19K City of Rochester: received $19K on this topic City of Rochester $19K Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society: received $18K on this topic Sleepy Eye Area Historical Soci… $18K Cass County Historical Society: received $17K on this topic Cass County Historical Society $17K East Central Regional Library: received $16K on this topic East Central Regional Library $16K Grant County Historical Society: received $16K on this topic Grant County Historical Society $16K Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: received $15K on this topic Hill Museum & Manuscript Library $15K Smoky Hill Museum: received $13K on this topic Smoky Hill Museum $13K Murray County Historical Society: received $11K on this topic Murray County Historical Society $11K Carlton County Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Carlton County Historical Socie… $10K Sherburne County Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Sherburne County Historical Soc… $10K Westonka Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Westonka Historical Society $10K Cottonwood County Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Cottonwood County Historical So… $10K City of St Charles: received $10K on this topic City of St Charles $10K Belle Plaine Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Belle Plaine Historical Society $10K Meeker County Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Meeker County Historical Society $10K Mille Lacs County Historical Society: received $10K on this topic Mille Lacs County Historical So… $10K Bangor Public Library: received $10K on this topic Bangor Public Library $10K Eden Prairie Historical Society: received $9K on this topic Eden Prairie Historical Society $9K City of Grand Rapids: received $9K on this topic City of Grand Rapids $9K Museum of Ventura County: received $8K on this topic Museum of Ventura County $8K Ottumwa Public Library Friends Inc: received $8K on this topic Ottumwa Public Library Friends… $8K City of Seward: received $7K on this topic City of Seward $7K Isanti County Historical Society: received $7K on this topic Isanti County Historical Society $7K Anoka County Library: received $7K on this topic Anoka County Library $7K Ticonderoga Historical Society: received $7K on this topic Ticonderoga Historical Society $7K Council Grove Public Library: received $7K on this topic Council Grove Public Library $7K Aeola H Brenneman Library Foundation: received $7K on this topic Aeola H Brenneman Library Found… $7K Todd County Historical Society: received $5K on this topic Todd County Historical Society $5K 12 funders, 35 recipients, grants matching “microfilm” 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: $18,304 to Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society — legacy grants for microfilm newspapers and acquire primary resources on microfilm
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Largest: $38,500 to Moundsville Marshall CO Library — microfilm digitization project and computers
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Largest: $4,000 to Council Grove Public Library — microfilm scanner
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Largest: $6,525 to TICONDEROGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — purchase a scanpro2200 scanner/viewer to access the microfilm collection at hancock house museum and research center, managed by the ticonderoga historical society. it would be the…
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Largest: $7,000 to CITY OF SEWARD — library research room microfilm scanner
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Largest: $25,000 to DANVILLE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — microfilm digitization
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Largest: $8,000 to Museum of Ventura County — digitization of slides and negatives, reels, and microfilm of the 1928 st. francis dam disaster.
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Largest: $9,700 to BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY — microfilm machine replacement/upgrade
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Largest: $14,840 to HILL MUSEUM & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY — two digital microfilm readers
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Largest: $7,650 to OTTUMWA PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS INC — ottumwa public library microfilm digitization project
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Largest: $13,000 to SMOKY HILL MUSEUM — proffessional illustrator, microfilm scanner & monitor
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Largest: $6,500 to AEOLA H BRENNEMAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION — digitalizing microfilm
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