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12 funders with a record of paying for “panda”

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The Chicago Community Trust → Columbia University in the City of New York: $5.5M across 3 grants, latest 2022The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Baptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville Inc: $655K across 3 grants, latest 2023Hillsborough County School Readiness → Panda Hugs Academy: $644K across 3 grants, latest 2023Helping Hands Inc → Panda Child Care: $413K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Tung Family Charitable Foundation → Panda Cares Foundation Inc: $333K across 3 grants, latest 2024Episcopal Children's Services Inc → Little Panda's Child Development: $220K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Alex Manfull Fund → Lauren Breihaupt Langston Research Grant (Mgh): $216K across 2 grants, latest 2025Robert and Shirley Yu Charitable → Panda Cares Foundation Inc: $87K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lam Family Foundation → Panda Cares Foundation: $85K across 6 grants, latest 2024Variety-the Children's Charity of Iowa → Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Pakis Family Foundation → University of Arizona Foundation: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023Reid Park Zoological Society → Red Panda Network: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2023Helping Hands Inc → Panda Child Care 2: $313K across 4 grants, latest 2023Episcopal Children's Services Inc → Little Panda's Child Development: $157K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Alex Manfull Fund → Dartmouth College: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Flaget Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2023Variety-the Children's Charity of Iowa → Mercyone Des Moines Foundation: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Pandas Network: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2023Reid Park Zoological Society → Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Baptist Healthcare - Floyd Memorial: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Alex Manfull Fund → Kyle Williams Research Grant (Mgh): $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023Variety-the Children's Charity of Iowa → Mercy Medical Center: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Chicago Community Trust → Pandas Network: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021Helping Hands Inc → Panda 3: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Baptist Health Foundation Hardin: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Floyd Memorial Foundation Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Saint Joseph London Foundation Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Variety-the Children's Charity of Iowa → Everystep -- Amanda the Panda: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Alex Manfull Fund → Georgetown University: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Baptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Alex Manfull Fund → Georgetown Brain Bank: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Alex Manfull Fund → Columbia University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Variety-the Children's Charity of Iowa → Everystep Foundation - Grief and Loss Services Home of Amanda the Panda: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Alex Manfull Fund → Univ of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Alex Manfull Fund → Pandas Physicians Network: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Alex Manfull Fund → Jbc Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Chicago Community Trust: $5.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$5.6MThe Whas Crusade for Children Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Whas Crusade for Children…$1.1MHelping Hands Inc: $741K on this topic. Open the funder.Helping Hands Inc$741KHillsborough County School Readiness: $644K on this topic. Open the funder.Hillsborough County School Re…$644KThe Alex Manfull Fund: $483K on this topic. Open the funder.The Alex Manfull Fund$483KEpiscopal Children's Services Inc: $376K on this topic. Open the funder.Episcopal Children's Services…$376KThe Tung Family Charitable Foundation: $333K on this topic. Open the funder.The Tung Family Charitable Fo…$333KVariety-the Children's Charity of Iowa: $192K on this topic. Open the funder.Variety-the Children's Charit…$192KRobert and Shirley Yu Charitable: $87K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert and Shirley Yu Charita…$87KLam Family Foundation: $85K on this topic. Open the funder.Lam Family Foundation$85KThe Pakis Family Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.The Pakis Family Foundation$45KReid Park Zoological Society: $26K on this topic. Open the funder.Reid Park Zoological Society$26KColumbia University in the City of New York: received $5.5M on this topicColumbia University in the City…$5.5MBaptist Health Foundation Greater Louisville Inc: received $655K on this topicBaptist Health Foundation Great…$655KPanda Hugs Academy: received $644K on this topicPanda Hugs Academy$644KPanda Cares Foundation Inc: received $420K on this topicPanda Cares Foundation Inc$420KPanda Child Care: received $413K on this topicPanda Child Care$413KPanda Child Care 2: received $313K on this topicPanda Child Care 2$313KLittle Panda's Child Development: received $220K on this topicLittle Panda's Child Development$220KLauren Breihaupt Langston Research Grant (Mgh): received $216K on this topicLauren Breihaupt Langston Resea…$216KLittle Panda's Child Development: received $157K on this topicLittle Panda's Child Development$157KDartmouth College: received $150K on this topicDartmouth College$150KFlaget Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: received $105K on this topicFlaget Memorial Hospital Founda…$105KBaptist Healthcare - Floyd Memorial: received $90K on this topicBaptist Healthcare - Floyd Memo…$90KPanda Cares Foundation: received $85K on this topicPanda Cares Foundation$85KBaptist Health Foundation Hardin: received $85K on this topicBaptist Health Foundation Hardin$85KMary Greeley Medical Center Foundation: received $64K on this topicMary Greeley Medical Center Fou…$64KMercyone Des Moines Foundation: received $64K on this topicMercyone Des Moines Foundation$64KKyle Williams Research Grant (Mgh): received $60K on this topicKyle Williams Research Grant (M…$60KFloyd Memorial Foundation Inc: received $50K on this topicFloyd Memorial Foundation Inc$50KUniversity of Arizona Foundation: received $45K on this topicUniversity of Arizona Foundation$45KSaint Joseph London Foundation Inc: received $40K on this topicSaint Joseph London Foundation…$40KSaint Joseph Hospital Foundation: received $30K on this topicSaint Joseph Hospital Foundation$30KMercy Medical Center: received $29K on this topicMercy Medical Center$29KPandas Network: received $25K on this topicPandas Network$25KEverystep -- Amanda the Panda: received $25K on this topicEverystep -- Amanda the Panda$25KGeorgetown University: received $25K on this topicGeorgetown University$25KPandas Network: received $20K on this topicPandas Network$20KBaptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc: received $17K on this topicBaptist Health Foundation Paduc…$17KPanda 3: received $15K on this topicPanda 3$15KGeorgetown Brain Bank: received $15K on this topicGeorgetown Brain Bank$15KRed Panda Network: received $14K on this topicRed Panda Network$14KPittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium: received $12K on this topicPittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium$12KColumbia University: received $10K on this topicColumbia University$10KEverystep Foundation - Grief and Loss Services Home of Amanda the Panda: received $10K on this topicEverystep Foundation - Grief an…$10KUniv of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: received $5K on this topicUniv of Oklahoma Health Science…$5KPandas Physicians Network: received $1K on this topicPandas Physicians Network$1KJbc Foundation: received $1K on this topicJbc Foundation$1K
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