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Find who already funds work like yours. Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
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7 funders with a record of paying for “midterm”
Where the money went John S and James L Knight Foundation → Meedan Inc: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 William J Brennan Center for → The German Marshall Fund of the United States: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Hillman Family Foundations → Democracy Works Inc: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2022 East Bay Community Foundation → Voteorg: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Hometown Organizing Project: $39K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heinz Endowments → Apala Pittsburgh: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation for A Just Society → Stichting Mama Cash: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Duke University: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → United Women of Color: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Theaspeninstituteinc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Akeep: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Alabama Justice Initiative: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Naacp Alabama: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → South Alabama Black Women's Roundtable (Fiscal Sponsor the Dubois Institut: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Faith and Works (Fiscal Sponsor Black Belt Community Foundation): $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Transform Alabama: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (Gasp): $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Alabama Black Women's Roundtable (Fiscal Sponsor Friends of West End): $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Rollin to the Polls (Fiscal Sponsor Fortitude Foundation): $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Alabama Poor People's Campaign: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Health and Wellness Education Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Hale County Community Enrichment Society: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Meow Cares: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward → Community Awareness & Prevention Programs: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alabama Forward: $532K on this topic. Open the funder. Alabama Forward $532K John S and James L Knight Foundation: $325K on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $325K William J Brennan Center for: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. William J Brennan Center for $100K Hillman Family Foundations: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Hillman Family Foundations $100K East Bay Community Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. East Bay Community Foundation $60K The Heinz Endowments: $37K on this topic. Open the funder. The Heinz Endowments $37K Foundation for A Just Society: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for A Just Society $8K Meedan Inc: received $225K on this topic Meedan Inc $225K The German Marshall Fund of the United States: received $100K on this topic The German Marshall Fund of the… $100K Democracy Works Inc: received $100K on this topic Democracy Works Inc $100K Duke University: received $75K on this topic Duke University $75K Voteorg: received $60K on this topic Voteorg $60K Hometown Organizing Project: received $39K on this topic Hometown Organizing Project $39K Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama: received $38K on this topic Hispanic Interest Coalition of… $38K United Women of Color: received $38K on this topic United Women of Color $38K Akeep: received $38K on this topic Akeep $38K Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice: received $38K on this topic Alabama Coalition for Immigrant… $38K Alabama Justice Initiative: received $38K on this topic Alabama Justice Initiative $38K Naacp Alabama: received $38K on this topic Naacp Alabama $38K South Alabama Black Women's Roundtable (Fiscal Sponsor the Dubois Institut: received $38K on this topic South Alabama Black Women's Rou… $38K Faith and Works (Fiscal Sponsor Black Belt Community Foundation): received $38K on this topic Faith and Works (Fiscal Sponsor… $38K Apala Pittsburgh: received $37K on this topic Apala Pittsburgh $37K Transform Alabama: received $37K on this topic Transform Alabama $37K Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (Gasp): received $35K on this topic Greater-Birmingham Alliance to… $35K Alabama Black Women's Roundtable (Fiscal Sponsor Friends of West End): received $35K on this topic Alabama Black Women's Roundtabl… $35K Theaspeninstituteinc: received $25K on this topic Theaspeninstituteinc $25K Rollin to the Polls (Fiscal Sponsor Fortitude Foundation): received $20K on this topic Rollin to the Polls (Fiscal Spo… $20K Alabama Poor People's Campaign: received $15K on this topic Alabama Poor People's Campaign $15K Health and Wellness Education Center: received $15K on this topic Health and Wellness Education C… $15K Hale County Community Enrichment Society: received $15K on this topic Hale County Community Enrichmen… $15K Meow Cares: received $12K on this topic Meow Cares $12K Community Awareness & Prevention Programs: received $10K on this topic Community Awareness & Preventio… $10K Stichting Mama Cash: received $8K on this topic Stichting Mama Cash $8K 7 funders, 26 recipients, grants matching “midterm” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour. 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: $38,600 to HOMETOWN ORGANIZING PROJECT — 2022 midterm election voter mobilization effortsstipend to pay for annual subscription for grant funding search engine platformvoter engagement efforts2022 strategic planning stipe…
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Largest: $225,000 to MEEDAN INC — develop tools allowing journalists to combat misinformation on whatsapp, with a focus on spanish-language communities in the u.s. around the 2022 midterm elections in preparation f…
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Largest: $50,000 to DEMOCRACY WORKS INC — democracy works' midterms support
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Largest: $60,000 to VOTEORG — work of vote.org in the upcoming midterms, general support
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Largest: $100,000 to THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES — development of midterm monitor, an interactive tool providing snapshot of social media messages and narratives around voting and election administration, collaboration between bc a…
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Largest: $37,420 to APALA PITTSBURGH — to promote asian, asian american and latinx voter turnout in the 2022 midterm elections
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Largest: $8,000 to STICHTING MAMA CASH — to support the midterm review of feminist strategic partnerships
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