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United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc → South Suburban Pads: $236K across 3 grants, latest 2024Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Group → Dupage Pads Inc: $165K across 3 grants, latest 2023Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation → Interfaith Community Pads Inc: $125K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → South Suburban Pads: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2023Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Parks Area Foundation: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation → South Suburban Pads: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024Circle of Service Foundation → Pads Lake County Inc: $60K across 6 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → Nashville Launch Pad Inc: $57K across 5 grants, latest 2023National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Moms Helping Moms Foundation: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2024Naperville Rotary Charities Inc → Dupage Pads Inc: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2023George M Eisenberg Foundation → South Suburban Pads: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → City of Stacyville: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2023United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc → Dupage Pads: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Pads Lake County Inc: $105K across 4 grants, latest 2023Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Group → Pads Lake County Inc: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023Circle of Service Foundation → South Suburban Pads: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation → Housing Forward (Formerly West Suburban Pads): $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Milwaukee Diaper Mission: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2023Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → City of Newton: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → City of Ackley: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022Naperville Rotary Charities Inc → Dupage Pads Inc: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2024George M Eisenberg Foundation → Dupage Pads Inc: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Middle → G&b Carpentry: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc → Pads of Elgin: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust → South Suburban Pads: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2021National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Sisters On the Streets: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation → Mchenry County Padspioneer Center for Human Services: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Circle of Service Foundation → Pads to Hope Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → City of Pleasant Hill Parks and Recreation Department: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022George M Eisenberg Foundation → Pads to Hope Inc Journeys the Road Home: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Newton Main Street: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Community Foundation of Middle → Lisa's Lily Pad: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Dupage Pads: $42K across 2 grants, latest 2021United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc → Pads Inc Dba Hesed House: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc → Pads of Elgin Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Pads of Elgin Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Alliance for Period Supplies of Swfl: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation → Pads Lake County: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation → Dupage Pads: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Helping Mamas Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Power in Changing: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → The Allied Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Helping Mamas - Knoxville: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Weecycle: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024George M Eisenberg Foundation → Pads Lake County Inc: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation → Pads of Elgin: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Mary Bump Memorial Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino → Southeast Polk Youth Tackle Football League: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Dallas County Fair Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → A Baby Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Over the Moon: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Riceville Community Foundation Inc: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → The Diaper Bank of Connecticut: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Friends of Huxley: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Healthy Start Coalition of Southwest Florida Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Walworth County Diaper Bank: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Pads to Hope Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Southeast Diaper Bank at New Madrid County Family: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Diaper Bank Network Inc → Diaper Bank of North Carolina: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $500K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Metropolitan Ch…$500KThe Chicago Community Trust: $348K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$348KNorthwestern Memorial Healthcare Group: $265K on this topic. Open the funder.Northwestern Memorial Healthc…$265KNational Diaper Bank Network Inc: $252K on this topic. Open the funder.National Diaper Bank Network…$252KBlowitz-Ridgeway Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation$150KPrairie Meadows Race Track and Casino: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Prairie Meadows Race Track an…$130KCircle of Service Foundation: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Circle of Service Foundation$130KMichigan City Community Enrichment Corporation: $125K on this topic. Open the funder.Michigan City Community Enric…$125KCommunity Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $74K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Fdn of Greater Des…$74KThe Community Foundation of Middle: $69K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of M…$69KGeorge M Eisenberg Foundation: $58K on this topic. Open the funder.George M Eisenberg Foundation$58KNaperville Rotary Charities Inc: $41K on this topic. Open the funder.Naperville Rotary Charities I…$41KSouth Suburban Pads: received $308K on this topicSouth Suburban Pads$308KDupage Pads Inc: received $197K on this topicDupage Pads Inc$197KSouth Suburban Pads: received $170K on this topicSouth Suburban Pads$170KPads Lake County Inc: received $170K on this topicPads Lake County Inc$170KInterfaith Community Pads Inc: received $125K on this topicInterfaith Community Pads Inc$125KDupage Pads: received $120K on this topicDupage Pads$120KPads Lake County Inc: received $105K on this topicPads Lake County Inc$105KPads of Elgin: received $70K on this topicPads of Elgin$70KParks Area Foundation: received $70K on this topicParks Area Foundation$70KNashville Launch Pad Inc: received $57K on this topicNashville Launch Pad Inc$57KSouth Suburban Pads: received $50K on this topicSouth Suburban Pads$50KDupage Pads: received $42K on this topicDupage Pads$42KPads Inc Dba Hesed House: received $39K on this topicPads Inc Dba Hesed House$39KPads of Elgin Inc: received $35K on this topicPads of Elgin Inc$35KPads of Elgin Inc: received $35K on this topicPads of Elgin Inc$35KMoms Helping Moms Foundation: received $33K on this topicMoms Helping Moms Foundation$33KHousing Forward (Formerly West Suburban Pads): received $30K on this topicHousing Forward (Formerly West…$30KDupage Pads Inc: received $24K on this topicDupage Pads Inc$24KMilwaukee Diaper Mission: received $24K on this topicMilwaukee Diaper Mission$24KSisters On the Streets: received $21K on this topicSisters On the Streets$21KCity of Newton: received $20K on this topicCity of Newton$20KMchenry County Padspioneer Center for Human Services: received $20K on this topicMchenry County Padspioneer Cent…$20KPads to Hope Inc: received $20K on this topicPads to Hope Inc$20KCity of Pleasant Hill Parks and Recreation Department: received $20K on this topicCity of Pleasant Hill Parks and…$20KCity of Stacyville: received $19K on this topicCity of Stacyville$19KCity of Ackley: received $18K on this topicCity of Ackley$18KBundles of Hope Diaper Bank: received $18K on this topicBundles of Hope Diaper Bank$18KAlliance for Period Supplies of Swfl: received $17K on this topicAlliance for Period Supplies of…$17KPads Lake County: received $15K on this topicPads Lake County$15KDupage Pads: received $15K on this topicDupage Pads$15KHelping Mamas Inc: received $11K on this topicHelping Mamas Inc$11KPower in Changing: received $10K on this topicPower in Changing$10KThe Allied Foundation: received $10K on this topicThe Allied Foundation$10KPads to Hope Inc Journeys the Road Home: received $10K on this topicPads to Hope Inc Journeys the R…$10KNewton Main Street: received $10K on this topicNewton Main Street$10KHelping Mamas - Knoxville: received $10K on this topicHelping Mamas - Knoxville$10KWeecycle: received $10K on this topicWeecycle$10KPads of Elgin: received $10K on this topicPads of Elgin$10KMary Bump Memorial Foundation: received $10K on this topicMary Bump Memorial Foundation$10KSoutheast Polk Youth Tackle Football League: received $10K on this topicSoutheast Polk Youth Tackle Foo…$10KDallas County Fair Association: received $10K on this topicDallas County Fair Association$10KA Baby Center: received $10K on this topicA Baby Center$10KSweet Cheeks Diaper Bank: received $9K on this topicSweet Cheeks Diaper Bank$9KWestern Pennsylvania Diaper Bank: received $9K on this topicWestern Pennsylvania Diaper Bank$9KOver the Moon: received $9K on this topicOver the Moon$9KRiceville Community Foundation Inc: received $9K on this topicRiceville Community Foundation…$9KMichael Klahr Jewish Family Services: received $8K on this topicMichael Klahr Jewish Family Ser…$8KThe Diaper Bank of Connecticut: received $8K on this topicThe Diaper Bank of Connecticut$8KFriends of Huxley: received $8K on this topicFriends of Huxley$8KGreater Philadelphia Diaper Bank: received $8K on this topicGreater Philadelphia Diaper Bank$8KHealthy Start Coalition of Southwest Florida Inc: received $8K on this topicHealthy Start Coalition of Sout…$8KWalworth County Diaper Bank: received $8K on this topicWalworth County Diaper Bank$8KG&b Carpentry: received $7K on this topicG&b Carpentry$7KPads to Hope Inc: received $6K on this topicPads to Hope Inc$6KSoutheast Diaper Bank at New Madrid County Family: received $6K on this topicSoutheast Diaper Bank at New Ma…$6KDiaper Bank of North Carolina: received $6K on this topicDiaper Bank of North Carolina$6KLisa's Lily Pad: received $5K on this topicLisa's Lily Pad$5K
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