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12 funders with a record of paying for “passage”
Where the money went Donors Trust Inc → Passages America Israel Inc: $7.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The John A Hartford Foundation Inc → Institute for Healthcare Improvement: $6.3M across 8 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Peninsula Open Space Trust: $4.3M across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → California Trout Inc: $763K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Covenant House Texas: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Spur: $361K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Hws Charitable Foundation Inc → Gentlemen of Vision Rites of Passage Enterprises Inc: $342K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals → Safe Passages: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laurel Highlands → Great Allegheny Passage: $111K across 6 grants, latest 2025 James & Wanda Hollensteiner Foundation → Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota: $54K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Passage Home: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Potter County Conservation District: $511K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → California Trout: $416K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Safe Passage Youth Foundation: $313K across 11 grants, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Regional Trail Corporation: $265K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The San Francisco Foundation → Safe Passages: $133K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Laurel Highlands → Great Allegheny Passage: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals → Safe Passage Youth Foundation: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2023 James & Wanda Hollensteiner Foundation → Safe Passage for Children of Mn: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Donors Trust Inc → Center for Christianity and Scholarship: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Safe Passage: $9K across 4 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Earth Island Institute: $509K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Conrad N Hilton Foundation → The Registered Trustees of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kenya: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Tenants Together: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → National Academy of Sciences: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Safe Passage Youth Foundation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Electric Power Research Institute: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → City of Plainwell: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Town of Camden Maine: $433K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Conservation Resource Alliance: $417K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Atlantic Salmon Federation: $333K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Maine Department of Marine Resources: $322K across 3 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Ozaukee County: $317K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Lake County Soil & Water Conservation: $233K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Oceans Initiative: $207K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Michigan Trout Unlimited: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Alger Conservation District: $195K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Lake County Swcd: $147K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Keweenaw County Road Commission: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Merrimack River Watershed Council: $129K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Androscoggin River Watershed Council: $127K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Cawaco Resource Conservation: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Wyoming County Soil and Water Cons Dist: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Resource Institute Inc: $117K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Midcoast Conservancy: $93K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve Inc: $84K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Riverkeeper Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Massachusetts Audubon Society: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Central Coast Salmon Enhancement: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Suffolk County Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $69K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Friends of the Cheat: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Yes Nature to Neighborhoods: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The San Francisco Foundation → Positive Communication Practices: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Town of Clinton: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Maine Coast Heritage Trust: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → East Quabbin Land Trust Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Electric Power Research Institute (Epri): $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Tennessee Aquarium: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → City and Borough of Sitka: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Valley Conservation Council Inc: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Dekalb County Community Foundation: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Donors Trust Inc: $7.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Donors Trust Inc $7.6M National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $7.5M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $7.5M The John A Hartford Foundation Inc: $6.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The John A Hartford Foundatio… $6.3M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $4.7M Conrad N Hilton Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Conrad N Hilton Foundation $1.1M The San Francisco Foundation: $774K on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $774K Richard King Mellon Foundation: $565K on this topic. Open the funder. Richard King Mellon Foundation $565K The Hws Charitable Foundation Inc: $342K on this topic. Open the funder. The Hws Charitable Foundation… $342K Kaiser Foundation Hospitals: $208K on this topic. Open the funder. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals $208K Laurel Highlands: $151K on this topic. Open the funder. Laurel Highlands $151K James & Wanda Hollensteiner Foundation: $67K on this topic. Open the funder. James & Wanda Hollensteiner F… $67K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $22K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $22K Passages America Israel Inc: received $7.5M on this topic Passages America Israel Inc $7.5M Institute for Healthcare Improvement: received $6.3M on this topic Institute for Healthcare Improv… $6.3M Peninsula Open Space Trust: received $4.3M on this topic Peninsula Open Space Trust $4.3M California Trout Inc: received $763K on this topic California Trout Inc $763K Potter County Conservation District: received $511K on this topic Potter County Conservation Dist… $511K Earth Island Institute: received $509K on this topic Earth Island Institute $509K Covenant House Texas: received $500K on this topic Covenant House Texas $500K Electric Power Research Institute: received $500K on this topic Electric Power Research Institu… $500K City of Plainwell: received $450K on this topic City of Plainwell $450K Town of Camden Maine: received $433K on this topic Town of Camden Maine $433K Conservation Resource Alliance: received $417K on this topic Conservation Resource Alliance $417K California Trout: received $416K on this topic California Trout $416K Spur: received $361K on this topic Spur $361K Gentlemen of Vision Rites of Passage Enterprises Inc: received $342K on this topic Gentlemen of Vision Rites of Pa… $342K Atlantic Salmon Federation: received $333K on this topic Atlantic Salmon Federation $333K Maine Department of Marine Resources: received $322K on this topic Maine Department of Marine Reso… $322K Ozaukee County: received $317K on this topic Ozaukee County $317K Safe Passage Youth Foundation: received $317K on this topic Safe Passage Youth Foundation $317K Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy: received $300K on this topic Great Allegheny Passage Conserv… $300K Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District: received $275K on this topic Cortland County Soil and Water… $275K Regional Trail Corporation: received $265K on this topic Regional Trail Corporation $265K The Registered Trustees of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kenya: received $250K on this topic The Registered Trustees of the… $250K Lake County Soil & Water Conservation: received $233K on this topic Lake County Soil & Water Conser… $233K Oceans Initiative: received $207K on this topic Oceans Initiative $207K Michigan Trout Unlimited: received $200K on this topic Michigan Trout Unlimited $200K Alger Conservation District: received $195K on this topic Alger Conservation District $195K Safe Passages: received $175K on this topic Safe Passages $175K Lake County Swcd: received $147K on this topic Lake County Swcd $147K Keweenaw County Road Commission: received $135K on this topic Keweenaw County Road Commission $135K Safe Passages: received $133K on this topic Safe Passages $133K Merrimack River Watershed Council: received $129K on this topic Merrimack River Watershed Counc… $129K Androscoggin River Watershed Council: received $127K on this topic Androscoggin River Watershed Co… $127K Cawaco Resource Conservation: received $125K on this topic Cawaco Resource Conservation $125K Wyoming County Soil and Water Cons Dist: received $125K on this topic Wyoming County Soil and Water C… $125K Tenants Together: received $120K on this topic Tenants Together $120K Resource Institute Inc: received $117K on this topic Resource Institute Inc $117K Great Allegheny Passage: received $111K on this topic Great Allegheny Passage $111K Midcoast Conservancy: received $93K on this topic Midcoast Conservancy $93K Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve Inc: received $84K on this topic Woodland Dunes Nature Center an… $84K Riverkeeper Inc: received $83K on this topic Riverkeeper Inc $83K Massachusetts Audubon Society: received $81K on this topic Massachusetts Audubon Society $81K Central Coast Salmon Enhancement: received $76K on this topic Central Coast Salmon Enhancement $76K Suffolk County Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: received $69K on this topic Suffolk County Council Inc Boy… $69K Friends of the Cheat: received $61K on this topic Friends of the Cheat $61K Yes Nature to Neighborhoods: received $60K on this topic Yes Nature to Neighborhoods $60K Positive Communication Practices: received $60K on this topic Positive Communication Practices $60K Town of Clinton: received $59K on this topic Town of Clinton $59K Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota: received $54K on this topic Safe Passage for Children of Mi… $54K Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife: received $51K on this topic Southeastern Association of Fis… $51K Maine Coast Heritage Trust: received $51K on this topic Maine Coast Heritage Trust $51K East Quabbin Land Trust Inc: received $50K on this topic East Quabbin Land Trust Inc $50K Electric Power Research Institute (Epri): received $50K on this topic Electric Power Research Institu… $50K Tennessee Aquarium: received $48K on this topic Tennessee Aquarium $48K City and Borough of Sitka: received $41K on this topic City and Borough of Sitka $41K Valley Conservation Council Inc: received $41K on this topic Valley Conservation Council Inc $41K Dekalb County Community Foundation: received $40K on this topic Dekalb County Community Foundat… $40K Great Allegheny Passage: received $40K on this topic Great Allegheny Passage $40K Safe Passage Youth Foundation: received $33K on this topic Safe Passage Youth Foundation $33K Safe Passage for Children of Mn: received $13K on this topic Safe Passage for Children of Mn $13K Center for Christianity and Scholarship: received $12K on this topic Center for Christianity and Sch… $12K National Academy of Sciences: received $10K on this topic National Academy of Sciences $10K Passage Home: received $9K on this topic Passage Home $9K Safe Passage: received $9K on this topic Safe Passage $9K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “passage” 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: $250,000 to ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE — eel passage research
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Largest: $500,000 to COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS — to support the rights of passage transitional housing program
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Largest: $2.1M to Institute for Healthcare Improvement — safe passage: implementing safe and reliable care for the elderly across the continuum of care
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Largest: $85,000 to GENTLEMEN OF VISION RITES OF PASSAGE ENTERPRISES INC — general operating 2025-2027
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Largest: $361,139 to SPUR — program - to provide general operating support to create an equitable, sustainable, and prosperous region through the passage of an ambitious, innovative regional transit oriented …
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Largest: $25,000 to GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY — to study the use of e-bikes and charging stations along the great allegheny passage, creating an action plan for installation, maintenance, and implementation
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Largest: $23,675 to GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE — marketing/operating/capital
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Largest: $415,525 to CALIFORNIA TROUT — for the removal of the last remaining fish passage barrier in alameda creek, including stream channel and adjacent terrestrial restoration to secure free fish passage.
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Largest: $2.5M to Passages America Israel Inc — for general operations, plus one trip to israel for teneo each year
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Largest: $25,000 to Safe Passages — safe passages food distribution project
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Largest: $3,500 to PASSAGE HOME — program support
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Largest: $17,050 to Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota — abused children
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