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12 funders with a record of paying for “monument”
Where the money went The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Monument Lab: $9.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc → National Park Foundation: $4.5M across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → National Park Foundation: $4.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Monument Impact: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Museum of Contemporary Art: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The California Endowment → Monument Impact: $428K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Annenberg Foundation → World Monuments Fund Inc: $381K across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Zellerbach Family Foundation → Monument Impact: $275K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Western Colorado Community → Colorado National Monument Association: $130K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Conservation Lands Foundation → Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument: $99K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Andrew J Kuehn Jr Foundation → Foundation for the Aids Monument: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Monument Crisis Center: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events: $6.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Monument Health Inc: $2.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County: $860K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → Us Biennial Inc: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Western Colorado Community → Fruita Monument High School: $78K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Conservation Lands Foundation → Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew J Kuehn Jr Foundation → Los Angeles Leadership Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The California Endowment → The Friendship House Association of American India: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Monument to Women Veterans Inc: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Los Angeles Nomadic Division: $4.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Monument Health Network Inc: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → Monument Lab: $113K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Western Colorado Community → Colorado West Land Trust: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The San Francisco Foundation → Monument Crisis Center: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Conservation Lands Foundation → Friends of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Andrew J Kuehn Jr Foundation → La Leadership: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Monumental Sports & Entertainment: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Pride Live Inc: $4.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Southern California: $3.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → San Francisco Arts Commission: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Kinfolk Tech Foundation: $2.3M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Laxart: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Kentucky: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Us Biennial Inc: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Social and Public Art Resource Center: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Forecast Public Artworks: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Us National Committee of the International Council On Monuments and Sites: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → North Carolina Freedom Monument Project: $800K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Floating Museum Nfp: $778K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Prx Inc: $675K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Movers & Shakers Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Us Nat'l Comm Internat'l Council Monuments & Sites: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Apano Communities United Fund: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Not An Alternative Inc: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → City of Portland: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Friends of Joe W Brown Memorial Park & Louisiana Nature Center: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Queens Library Foundation Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Vision Into Arts Presents Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Monument Health Sturgis Hospital: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Right to Democracy Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Syracuse University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Western Colorado Community → Colorado Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → World Monuments Fund Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Monumental Sports and Entertainment Foundation: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Peachtree Corners Veterans Monument: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $48M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $48M The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $6.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Leona M and Harry B Helms… $6.3M Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc: $4.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Roxanne Quimby Foundation Inc $4.5M The San Francisco Foundation: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $2.3M The Ford Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $1.0M The California Endowment: $448K on this topic. Open the funder. The California Endowment $448K The Annenberg Foundation: $381K on this topic. Open the funder. The Annenberg Foundation $381K Western Colorado Community: $295K on this topic. Open the funder. Western Colorado Community $295K The Zellerbach Family Foundation: $275K on this topic. Open the funder. The Zellerbach Family Foundat… $275K Conservation Lands Foundation: $133K on this topic. Open the funder. Conservation Lands Foundation $133K The Andrew J Kuehn Jr Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew J Kuehn Jr Foundat… $55K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $36K Monument Lab: received $9.1M on this topic Monument Lab $9.1M National Park Foundation: received $8.5M on this topic National Park Foundation $8.5M The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events: received $6.8M on this topic The City of Chicago Department… $6.8M Los Angeles Nomadic Division: received $4.3M on this topic Los Angeles Nomadic Division $4.3M Pride Live Inc: received $4.1M on this topic Pride Live Inc $4.1M University of Southern California: received $3.5M on this topic University of Southern Californ… $3.5M San Francisco Arts Commission: received $3.0M on this topic San Francisco Arts Commission $3.0M Kinfolk Tech Foundation: received $2.3M on this topic Kinfolk Tech Foundation $2.3M Monument Impact: received $2.1M on this topic Monument Impact $2.1M Monument Health Inc: received $2.1M on this topic Monument Health Inc $2.1M Us Biennial Inc: received $2.0M on this topic Us Biennial Inc $2.0M Laxart: received $2.0M on this topic Laxart $2.0M University of Kentucky: received $2.0M on this topic University of Kentucky $2.0M Social and Public Art Resource Center: received $1.5M on this topic Social and Public Art Resource… $1.5M Forecast Public Artworks: received $1.4M on this topic Forecast Public Artworks $1.4M Us National Committee of the International Council On Monuments and Sites: received $1.1M on this topic Us National Committee of the In… $1.1M Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County: received $860K on this topic Spanish Speaking Unity Council… $860K North Carolina Freedom Monument Project: received $800K on this topic North Carolina Freedom Monument… $800K Floating Museum Nfp: received $778K on this topic Floating Museum Nfp $778K Prx Inc: received $675K on this topic Prx Inc $675K Museum of Contemporary Art: received $500K on this topic Museum of Contemporary Art $500K Movers & Shakers Foundation: received $500K on this topic Movers & Shakers Foundation $500K Us Nat'l Comm Internat'l Council Monuments & Sites: received $500K on this topic Us Nat'l Comm Internat'l Counci… $500K Apano Communities United Fund: received $500K on this topic Apano Communities United Fund $500K Not An Alternative Inc: received $400K on this topic Not An Alternative Inc $400K World Monuments Fund Inc: received $391K on this topic World Monuments Fund Inc $391K City of Portland: received $350K on this topic City of Portland $350K Friends of Joe W Brown Memorial Park & Louisiana Nature Center: received $150K on this topic Friends of Joe W Brown Memorial… $150K The Queens Library Foundation Inc: received $150K on this topic The Queens Library Foundation I… $150K Colorado National Monument Association: received $130K on this topic Colorado National Monument Asso… $130K Monument Health Network Inc: received $130K on this topic Monument Health Network Inc $130K The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation: received $100K on this topic The Dred Scott Heritage Foundat… $100K Vision Into Arts Presents Inc: received $100K on this topic Vision Into Arts Presents Inc $100K Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument: received $99K on this topic Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National… $99K Fruita Monument High School: received $78K on this topic Fruita Monument High School $78K Colorado West Land Trust: received $64K on this topic Colorado West Land Trust $64K Monument Health Sturgis Hospital: received $58K on this topic Monument Health Sturgis Hospital $58K Monument Crisis Center: received $57K on this topic Monument Crisis Center $57K Right to Democracy Project: received $50K on this topic Right to Democracy Project $50K Syracuse University: received $30K on this topic Syracuse University $30K Foundation for the Aids Monument: received $25K on this topic Foundation for the Aids Monument $25K Colorado Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs: received $24K on this topic Colorado Dept of Military and V… $24K Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument: received $20K on this topic Friends of the Agua Fria Nation… $20K Los Angeles Leadership Foundation: received $20K on this topic Los Angeles Leadership Foundati… $20K The Friendship House Association of American India: received $20K on this topic The Friendship House Associatio… $20K Friends of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: received $14K on this topic Friends of Cascade-Siskiyou Nat… $14K Monument to Women Veterans Inc: received $10K on this topic Monument to Women Veterans Inc $10K La Leadership: received $10K on this topic La Leadership $10K Monumental Sports & Entertainment: received $8K on this topic Monumental Sports & Entertainme… $8K Monumental Sports and Entertainment Foundation: received $6K on this topic Monumental Sports and Entertain… $6K Peachtree Corners Veterans Monument: received $1K on this topic Peachtree Corners Veterans Monu… $1K 12 funders, 51 recipients, grants matching “monument” 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: $1.0M to MONUMENT LAB — to support monument lab's operational capacity and research
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Largest: $860,000 to SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY — program - for general operating support to a community anchor providing essential services to low-income families and people of color, especially latinx and immigrant populations, …
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Largest: $125,000 to US BIENNIAL INC — core support for new monuments, an effort to elevate the voices of artists in new orleans, regional, and national dialogues around the future of monuments.
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Largest: $129,650 to MONUMENT HEALTH NETWORK INC — eemergency at monument health sturgis hospital
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Largest: $82,090 to COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION — 60th anniversary
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Largest: $5,000 to MONUMENT TO WOMEN VETERANS INC — program support
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Largest: $10,000 to FOUNDATION FOR THE AIDS MONUMENT — aids monument
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Largest: $133,334 to WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC — gos and preservation efforts in bears ears national monument
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Largest: $39,000 to Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument — promote conservation
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Largest: $50,000 to MONUMENT IMPACT — to support the general operations of monument impact
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Largest: $125,000 to MONUMENT IMPACT — general operating support
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Largest: $2.6M to NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — cash transfers to support katahdin woods & waters visitor contact station via epi monument projects
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