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10 funders with a record of paying for “notion”
Where the money went
Largest: $120,018 to The Regents of the University of — notion dig house project
Largest: $100,000 to BIG SKY FILM PRODUCTIONS INC — for production of 'the gender project', a documentary film that follows activists and scholars who defy simplistic gender labels, and examine persistent binary notions of gender an…
Largest: $60,500 to CONTESSA GAYLES — to create a film to educate the public about how this country's notion of "punishment as justice" perpetuates cycles of harm
Largest: $370,044 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — to study algorithmic fairness by developing a theory of principled scoring functions based on notions about pseudorandomness and multicalibration
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON — to provide support to the ucl institute for innovation and public purpose to research and advance the notion of public value, and to develop innovative research and educational pro…
Largest: $25,000 to CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — support for we the people: the radical notion of democracy exhibit
The Hamd FoundationPort Jefferson, NY
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to YAQEEN INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC RESEARCH — to actively participate in the current day discourse touching on all topics that are related to establishing conviction in the hearts and minds of muslims, and battling the false n…
VenturesSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FRIVOLOUS NOTIONS — economic recovery & storefront repair
The Montpelier FoundationMontpelier, VTCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to NOTION — flood recovery
Largest: $50,000 to NEOTOPIA — our mission is to bridge the divide between religion and culture, by deconstructing our preconditioned notions about god, and reconstructing to promote human flourishing
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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 →