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Soonae Foundation → Run Ministry: $15M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Freedom Reads: $10M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Compartamos Con Colombia: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Liberty Hill Foundation: $2.8M across 1 grant, latest 2022Chattanooga Christian Community → Crossnore School & Children's Home: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024Henry Ford Health System → Ddp Bike Share Corporation: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024Clean and Prosperous America → Retire Career Politicians: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024Barr Foundation → (551) National Center for Civic Innovation Inc: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024Central Texas Community Foundation → Round Rock Area Serving Center: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Maclellan Foundation Inc → Operation Mobilization: $1.0M across 20 grants, latest 2023William G and Marie Selby → Community Foundation of Sarasota County: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership → Tides Center - La: $203K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Alliance for California Traditional Arts: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice: $2.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022Chattanooga Christian Community → Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Soonae Foundation → Hope Builders International: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024Clean and Prosperous America → Focus for Democracy Fund: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2024Barr Foundation → (383) National Center for Civic Innovation Inc: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023Central Texas Community Foundation → Hope Alliance: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Maclellan Foundation Inc → Awana Clubs International: $950K across 5 grants, latest 2023Henry Ford Health System → Motown Historical Museum Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022William G and Marie Selby → First Step of Sarasota: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership → Adamah: $153K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Heritage Management Organization Inc: $3.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Rockwood Leadership Institute: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $1.7M across 5 grants, latest 2024Chattanooga Christian Community → Bible in the Schools: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024Soonae Foundation → Evangelical Baptist Church: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024Clean and Prosperous America → Organizing Empowerment Fund: $835K across 1 grant, latest 2024Barr Foundation → (332) National Center for Civic Innovation Inc: $720K across 1 grant, latest 2022Central Texas Community Foundation → Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center: $589K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Maclellan Foundation Inc → Far East Broadcasting Company Inc: $560K across 2 grants, latest 2023Henry Ford Health System → Midtown Detroit Inc: $467K across 2 grants, latest 2024William G and Marie Selby → Safe Children Coalition Inc: $216K across 2 grants, latest 2023Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership → Masscosh: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Emmett Till Interpretive Center: $3.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute: $2.9M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Web Du Bois Museum Foundation: $2.3M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → United for Respect Education Fund: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Inc: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Social Impact Fund: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Black School Inc: $1.9M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Foot Soldiers Park Inc: $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Center for Curatorial Leadership: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Natural Resource Governance Institute: $1.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Forge Project Association: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Inc: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Jxn Project: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Shehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024Chattanooga Christian Community → Covenant College: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Create in Chinatown Inc: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024Soonae Foundation → The Apt Foundation: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Muddy Waters Mojo Museum Inc: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → The Management Center: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Chattanooga Christian Community → Grace Peace Church: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Chattanooga Christian Community → 100fold: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Liberty Hill Foundation: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Museum of African American History Inc: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Clemente Soto Vlez Cultural and Educational Center Inc: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $52M on this topic. Open the funder.The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$52MSoonae Foundation: $18M on this topic. Open the funder.Soonae Foundation$18MThe Ford Foundation: $14M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$14MChattanooga Christian Community: $9.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Chattanooga Christian Communi…$9.3MThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation: $7.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The David and Lucile Packard…$7.6MClean and Prosperous America: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Clean and Prosperous America$3.3MBarr Foundation: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Barr Foundation$3.0MCentral Texas Community Foundation: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Central Texas Community Found…$2.7MThe Maclellan Foundation Inc: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Maclellan Foundation Inc$2.5MHenry Ford Health System: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Henry Ford Health System$2.4MWilliam G and Marie Selby: $766K on this topic. Open the funder.William G and Marie Selby$766KBend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership: $480K on this topic. Open the funder.Bend the Arc - A Jewish Partn…$480KRun Ministry: received $15M on this topicRun Ministry$15MFreedom Reads: received $10M on this topicFreedom Reads$10MAlliance for California Traditional Arts: received $5.0M on this topicAlliance for California Traditi…$5.0MThe Heritage Management Organization Inc: received $3.5M on this topicThe Heritage Management Organiz…$3.5MEmmett Till Interpretive Center: received $3.4M on this topicEmmett Till Interpretive Center$3.4MCompartamos Con Colombia: received $3.0M on this topicCompartamos Con Colombia$3.0MNaacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc: received $3.0M on this topicNaacp Legal Defense and Educati…$3.0MEmmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute: received $2.9M on this topicEmmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley…$2.9MLiberty Hill Foundation: received $2.8M on this topicLiberty Hill Foundation$2.8MBend the Arc - A Jewish Partnership for Justice: received $2.7M on this topicBend the Arc - A Jewish Partner…$2.7MCrossnore School & Children's Home: received $2.5M on this topicCrossnore School & Children's H…$2.5MRockwood Leadership Institute: received $2.5M on this topicRockwood Leadership Institute$2.5MWeb Du Bois Museum Foundation: received $2.3M on this topicWeb Du Bois Museum Foundation$2.3MRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $2.1M on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$2.1MUnited for Respect Education Fund: received $2.0M on this topicUnited for Respect Education Fu…$2.0MOregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: received $2.0M on this topicOregon Shakespeare Festival Ass…$2.0MNational Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Inc: received $2.0M on this topicNational Association of Tribal…$2.0MSocial Impact Fund: received $2.0M on this topicSocial Impact Fund$2.0MLookout Mountain Presbyterian Church: received $2.0M on this topicLookout Mountain Presbyterian C…$2.0MThe Black School Inc: received $1.9M on this topicThe Black School Inc$1.9MFoot Soldiers Park Inc: received $1.9M on this topicFoot Soldiers Park Inc$1.9MCenter for Curatorial Leadership: received $1.8M on this topicCenter for Curatorial Leadership$1.8MNatural Resource Governance Institute: received $1.7M on this topicNatural Resource Governance Ins…$1.7MRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $1.7M on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$1.7MBible in the Schools: received $1.5M on this topicBible in the Schools$1.5MForge Project Association: received $1.5M on this topicForge Project Association$1.5MCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry Inc: received $1.5M on this topicCommunity Foundation of the Low…$1.5MThe Jxn Project: received $1.5M on this topicThe Jxn Project$1.5MDdp Bike Share Corporation: received $1.4M on this topicDdp Bike Share Corporation$1.4MShehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation: received $1.4M on this topicShehu Musa Yar'adua Foundation$1.4MRetire Career Politicians: received $1.4M on this topicRetire Career Politicians$1.4MHope Builders International: received $1.4M on this topicHope Builders International$1.4M(551) National Center for Civic Innovation Inc: received $1.2M on this topic(551) National Center for Civic…$1.2MEvangelical Baptist Church: received $1.2M on this topicEvangelical Baptist Church$1.2MCovenant College: received $1.2M on this topicCovenant College$1.2MCreate in Chinatown Inc: received $1.1M on this topicCreate in Chinatown Inc$1.1MFocus for Democracy Fund: received $1.1M on this topicFocus for Democracy Fund$1.1M(383) National Center for Civic Innovation Inc: received $1.1M on this topic(383) National Center for Civic…$1.1MThe Apt Foundation: received $1.1M on this topicThe Apt Foundation$1.1MMuddy Waters Mojo Museum Inc: received $1.1M on this topicMuddy Waters Mojo Museum Inc$1.1MRound Rock Area Serving Center: received $1.1M on this topicRound Rock Area Serving Center$1.1MThe Management Center: received $1.0M on this topicThe Management Center$1.0MGrace Peace Church: received $1.0M on this topicGrace Peace Church$1.0M100fold: received $1.0M on this topic100fold$1.0MHope Alliance: received $1.0M on this topicHope Alliance$1.0MOperation Mobilization: received $1.0M on this topicOperation Mobilization$1.0MLiberty Hill Foundation: received $1.0M on this topicLiberty Hill Foundation$1.0MWest Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: received $1.0M on this topicWest Philadelphia Cultural Alli…$1.0MMuseum of African American History Inc: received $1.0M on this topicMuseum of African American Hist…$1.0MPs1 Contemporary Art Center Inc: received $1.0M on this topicPs1 Contemporary Art Center Inc$1.0MClemente Soto Vlez Cultural and Educational Center Inc: received $1.0M on this topicClemente Soto Vlez Cultural and…$1.0MAwana Clubs International: received $950K on this topicAwana Clubs International$950KOrganizing Empowerment Fund: received $835K on this topicOrganizing Empowerment Fund$835K(332) National Center for Civic Innovation Inc: received $720K on this topic(332) National Center for Civic…$720KWilliamson County Children's Advocacy Center: received $589K on this topicWilliamson County Children's Ad…$589KFar East Broadcasting Company Inc: received $560K on this topicFar East Broadcasting Company I…$560KMotown Historical Museum Inc: received $500K on this topicMotown Historical Museum Inc$500KMidtown Detroit Inc: received $467K on this topicMidtown Detroit Inc$467KCommunity Foundation of Sarasota County: received $300K on this topicCommunity Foundation of Sarasot…$300KFirst Step of Sarasota: received $250K on this topicFirst Step of Sarasota$250KSafe Children Coalition Inc: received $216K on this topicSafe Children Coalition Inc$216KTides Center - La: received $203K on this topicTides Center - La$203KAdamah: received $153K on this topicAdamah$153KMasscosh: received $125K on this topicMasscosh$125K
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