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12 funders with a record of paying for “operat”
Where the money went United Way of Kaw Valley Inc → Shawnee County Health Department: $389K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Richard K and Betty M Speairs Charitable → Ouachita Mountains Biological Statn: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Leo & Emogene Case Foundation → Mercy Ships: $101K across 4 grants, latest 2025 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Catholic Charities: $87K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Elizabeth M Gitt Foundation → Ecological Democracy Inst: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Marek Family Foundation → Houston Grand Opera: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur → Opera Quad Cities: $26K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation → Loren L Zachary Scty for the Perf A: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → Congregation Beth Am: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hutter Family Foundation → Minnesota Opera: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The B&d Brady Foundation → Santa Fe Opera: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Disabled American Veterans → Dav Carbon Chapter 16: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Way of Kaw Valley Inc → Patterson Family Child Care Center: $88K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Sexual Assault & Family Emergency: $53K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Disabled American Veterans → Dav Dixie Chapter 7: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation → Loren L Zachary Scty for the Pref Arts: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The B&d Brady Foundation → Santa Fe Opera: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → Hias: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Kaw Valley Inc → Usd 437 - Auburn Washburn: $62K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Cefs Meals On Wheels: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Disabled American Veterans → Dav Jm Byrd Chapter 20: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → Free Library of Phila: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Senior Services of Effingham Co: $29K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Stop Women's Abuse Now: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Effingham County Fish Human Serv: $24K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Heartland Human Services: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Enduring Freedom Ministries: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → One Hope United: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024 United Way of Kaw Valley Inc → Lawrence Community Food Alliance: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Child Advocacy Center of East Cil: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc → Illinois Deer Donation Program: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 United Way of Kaw Valley Inc → Life Restoration Ministries Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → St Thomas Hebrew Congregation: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → Common Cause Education Fund: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → Friends of the Frost Place: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation → Environmental Working Group: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Way of Kaw Valley Inc: $553K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Kaw Valley Inc $553K United Way of Effingham Cnty Inc: $317K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of Effingham Cnty… $317K Richard K and Betty M Speairs Charitable: $140K on this topic. Open the funder. Richard K and Betty M Speairs… $140K The Leo & Emogene Case Foundation: $101K on this topic. Open the funder. The Leo & Emogene Case Founda… $101K Elizabeth M Gitt Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Elizabeth M Gitt Foundation $40K Marek Family Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Marek Family Foundation $40K Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Stephen A & Nina B Schafer Fo… $30K The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The Dorothy L Johnston Founda… $30K Disabled American Veterans: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Disabled American Veterans $30K Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur $26K The B&d Brady Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. The B&d Brady Foundation $15K Hutter Family Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Hutter Family Foundation $12K Shawnee County Health Department: received $389K on this topic Shawnee County Health Department $389K Ouachita Mountains Biological Statn: received $140K on this topic Ouachita Mountains Biological S… $140K Mercy Ships: received $101K on this topic Mercy Ships $101K Patterson Family Child Care Center: received $88K on this topic Patterson Family Child Care Cen… $88K Catholic Charities: received $87K on this topic Catholic Charities $87K Usd 437 - Auburn Washburn: received $62K on this topic Usd 437 - Auburn Washburn $62K Sexual Assault & Family Emergency: received $53K on this topic Sexual Assault & Family Emergen… $53K Cefs Meals On Wheels: received $41K on this topic Cefs Meals On Wheels $41K Ecological Democracy Inst: received $40K on this topic Ecological Democracy Inst $40K Houston Grand Opera: received $40K on this topic Houston Grand Opera $40K Senior Services of Effingham Co: received $29K on this topic Senior Services of Effingham Co $29K Stop Women's Abuse Now: received $27K on this topic Stop Women's Abuse Now $27K Opera Quad Cities: received $26K on this topic Opera Quad Cities $26K Effingham County Fish Human Serv: received $24K on this topic Effingham County Fish Human Serv $24K Loren L Zachary Scty for the Perf A: received $20K on this topic Loren L Zachary Scty for the Pe… $20K Heartland Human Services: received $20K on this topic Heartland Human Services $20K Congregation Beth Am: received $14K on this topic Congregation Beth Am $14K Enduring Freedom Ministries: received $13K on this topic Enduring Freedom Ministries $13K One Hope United: received $12K on this topic One Hope United $12K Minnesota Opera: received $12K on this topic Minnesota Opera $12K Santa Fe Opera: received $10K on this topic Santa Fe Opera $10K Dav Carbon Chapter 16: received $10K on this topic Dav Carbon Chapter 16 $10K Dav Dixie Chapter 7: received $10K on this topic Dav Dixie Chapter 7 $10K Loren L Zachary Scty for the Pref Arts: received $10K on this topic Loren L Zachary Scty for the Pr… $10K Dav Jm Byrd Chapter 20: received $10K on this topic Dav Jm Byrd Chapter 20 $10K Lawrence Community Food Alliance: received $8K on this topic Lawrence Community Food Alliance $8K Child Advocacy Center of East Cil: received $6K on this topic Child Advocacy Center of East C… $6K Illinois Deer Donation Program: received $6K on this topic Illinois Deer Donation Program $6K Life Restoration Ministries Inc: received $5K on this topic Life Restoration Ministries Inc $5K Santa Fe Opera: received $5K on this topic Santa Fe Opera $5K Hias: received $5K on this topic Hias $5K Free Library of Phila: received $5K on this topic Free Library of Phila $5K St Thomas Hebrew Congregation: received $4K on this topic St Thomas Hebrew Congregation $4K Common Cause Education Fund: received $1K on this topic Common Cause Education Fund $1K Friends of the Frost Place: received $1K on this topic Friends of the Frost Place $1K Environmental Working Group: received $1K on this topic Environmental Working Group $1K 12 funders, 36 recipients, grants matching “operat” 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: $31,330 to CATHOLIC CHARITIES — program operat. cost
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Largest: $5,000 to Congregation Beth Am — general operat-ing purposesof synagogue
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Largest: $389,384 to SHAWNEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT — program operat cost
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Largest: $50,000 to OUACHITA MOUNTAINS BIOLOGICAL STATN — biological station research and educational operat
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Largest: $30,000 to MERCY SHIPS — goes to different counties to operat on people wit
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Largest: $15,000 to ECOLOGICAL DEMOCRACY INST — educational asst/geo general operat
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Largest: $15,000 to OPERA QUAD CITIES — promote operatic music.
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Largest: $10,000 to LOREN L ZACHARY SCTY FOR THE PERF A — to further the training of individuals in the art of operatic singing
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Largest: $10,000 to DAV Dixie Chapter 7 — grant to assist chapter with operat
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Largest: $5,000 to SANTA FE OPERA — foster and enrich an understanding and appreciation of the operatic art form
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Largest: $4,000 to MINNESOTA OPERA — support operatic works
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Largest: $25,000 to HOUSTON GRAND OPERA — to support young artist with an opportunity to bridge between training and a full fledge operatic career.
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