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6 funders with a record of paying for “operatinggeneral”

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The Gregory and Claire Wilcox → Saint Elizabeth Community: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Sara & Two C-Dogs Foundation → Chicago Abortion Fund: $110K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Levy-Horowitz Foundation → The Nature Conservancy: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Alvin L Glick Foundation → Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024Kitty Angels Inc → Union County Humane Society: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023Charles Piper Cost Foundation → Dartmouth College: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sara & Two C-Dogs Foundation → Aunt Lute Books: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024Kitty Angels Inc → On the Wing: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022Sara & Two C-Dogs Foundation → Aunt Lute Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Gregory and Claire Wilcox: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.The Gregory and Claire Wilcox$300KSara & Two C-Dogs Foundation: $137K on this topic. Open the funder.Sara & Two C-Dogs Foundation$137KThe Levy-Horowitz Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Levy-Horowitz Foundation$25KThe Alvin L Glick Foundation: $24K on this topic. Open the funder.The Alvin L Glick Foundation$24KKitty Angels Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Kitty Angels Inc$5KCharles Piper Cost Foundation: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Charles Piper Cost Foundation$1KSaint Elizabeth Community: received $300K on this topicSaint Elizabeth Community$300KChicago Abortion Fund: received $110K on this topicChicago Abortion Fund$110KThe Nature Conservancy: received $25K on this topicThe Nature Conservancy$25KCompassionate Ministries of Jackson County: received $24K on this topicCompassionate Ministries of Jac…$24KAunt Lute Books: received $22K on this topicAunt Lute Books$22KAunt Lute Foundation: received $5K on this topicAunt Lute Foundation$5KUnion County Humane Society: received $3K on this topicUnion County Humane Society$3KOn the Wing: received $2K on this topicOn the Wing$2KDartmouth College: received $1K on this topicDartmouth College$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →