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12 funders with a record of paying for “mike”

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The Chicago Community Trust → Bradley Impact Fund Inc: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2021Carnegie Corporation of New York → Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024Inasmuch Foundation → Colorado College: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2023Jack A Wilson Charitable Trust → Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts Foundation: $250K across 4 grants, latest 2025Boston Foundation Inc → Mike Harney's Play Ball Inc: $221K across 4 grants, latest 2024David and Karen Bere Foundation → Mike Kruger Ministries Inc: $132K across 4 grants, latest 2025The James J and Sue Femino Foundation → Uscswim With Mike Foundation: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2022Powell Family Foundation Carol P Heller → Friends of the Forum: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025Dill Foundation Inc → Bishop Kelley High School: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025Rosey Grier Giant Step Foundation → Mike Barber Ministries: $73K across 5 grants, latest 2025The Community Foundation of Middle → Oscar Mike Foundation: $66K across 5 grants, latest 20241150 Foundation → Mike Swapp: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Chicago Community Trust → Wellness House: $172K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Community Foundation of Middle → Equal Chance for Education: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Inasmuch Foundation → Colorado Springs School: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023The James J and Sue Femino Foundation → Swim With Mike Foundation: $11K across 2 grants, latest 20241150 Foundation → Mike Ferrin: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Chicago Community Trust → Mike Kruger Ministries Inc: $96K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Community Foundation of Middle → United Way of Greater Nashville: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Inasmuch Foundation → United Way of Central Oklahoma: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024The James J and Sue Femino Foundation → Uscswim With Mike Challenge: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Jericho Project: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Rafiki Foundation Inc: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → The Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Waukegan to College Nfp: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Waukegan to College Nfp: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2021The Chicago Community Trust → Compass to Care the Mike & Sandy Ernsdorff Childhood Cancer Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Community Foundation of Middle → Brighten Up Project: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$2.2MCarnegie Corporation of New York: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.Carnegie Corporation of New Y…$400KInasmuch Foundation: $325K on this topic. Open the funder.Inasmuch Foundation$325KJack A Wilson Charitable Trust: $250K on this topic. Open the funder.Jack A Wilson Charitable Trust$250KBoston Foundation Inc: $221K on this topic. Open the funder.Boston Foundation Inc$221KDavid and Karen Bere Foundation: $132K on this topic. Open the funder.David and Karen Bere Foundati…$132KThe James J and Sue Femino Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder.The James J and Sue Femino Fo…$120KThe Community Foundation of Middle: $116K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of M…$116KPowell Family Foundation Carol P Heller: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Powell Family Foundation Caro…$100KDill Foundation Inc: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Dill Foundation Inc$100KRosey Grier Giant Step Foundation: $73K on this topic. Open the funder.Rosey Grier Giant Step Founda…$73K1150 Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder.1150 Foundation$23KBradley Impact Fund Inc: received $1.8M on this topicBradley Impact Fund Inc$1.8MMaureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation: received $400K on this topicMaureen and Mike Mansfield Foun…$400KColorado College: received $300K on this topicColorado College$300KStiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts Foundation: received $250K on this topicStiefel Theatre for the Perform…$250KMike Harney's Play Ball Inc: received $221K on this topicMike Harney's Play Ball Inc$221KWellness House: received $172K on this topicWellness House$172KMike Kruger Ministries Inc: received $132K on this topicMike Kruger Ministries Inc$132KUscswim With Mike Foundation: received $105K on this topicUscswim With Mike Foundation$105KFriends of the Forum: received $100K on this topicFriends of the Forum$100KBishop Kelley High School: received $100K on this topicBishop Kelley High School$100KMike Kruger Ministries Inc: received $96K on this topicMike Kruger Ministries Inc$96KMike Barber Ministries: received $73K on this topicMike Barber Ministries$73KOscar Mike Foundation: received $66K on this topicOscar Mike Foundation$66KJericho Project: received $60K on this topicJericho Project$60KRafiki Foundation Inc: received $36K on this topicRafiki Foundation Inc$36KThe Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research: received $30K on this topicThe Mike Slive Foundation for P…$30KWaukegan to College Nfp: received $29K on this topicWaukegan to College Nfp$29KEqual Chance for Education: received $25K on this topicEqual Chance for Education$25KMike Swapp: received $20K on this topicMike Swapp$20KUnited Way of Greater Nashville: received $20K on this topicUnited Way of Greater Nashville$20KColorado Springs School: received $15K on this topicColorado Springs School$15KWaukegan to College Nfp: received $13K on this topicWaukegan to College Nfp$13KSwim With Mike Foundation: received $11K on this topicSwim With Mike Foundation$11KUnited Way of Central Oklahoma: received $10K on this topicUnited Way of Central Oklahoma$10KCompass to Care the Mike & Sandy Ernsdorff Childhood Cancer Foundation: received $10K on this topicCompass to Care the Mike & Sand…$10KBrighten Up Project: received $5K on this topicBrighten Up Project$5KUscswim With Mike Challenge: received $4K on this topicUscswim With Mike Challenge$4KMike Ferrin: received $3K on this topicMike Ferrin$3K
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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 →