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5 funders with a record of paying for “paton”

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Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation → City of Paton: $178K across 4 grants, latest 2025Land O'lakes Foundation → Paton Churdan Early Learning Center: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025New Charitable Foundation → Paton Sesquicentennial Committee: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022South Washington County Scholarship Committee → Ian Paton: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023Sacramento Association of Realtors → Lucas Paton: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation → Paton-Churdan Schools: $122K across 4 grants, latest 2025New Charitable Foundation → Paton-Churdan Early Learning Center: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Grow Greene County Gaming Cor…$300KNew Charitable Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.New Charitable Foundation$5KLand O'lakes Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Land O'lakes Foundation$3KSouth Washington County Scholarship Committee: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.South Washington County Schol…$3KSacramento Association of Realtors: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Sacramento Association of Rea…$1KCity of Paton: received $178K on this topicCity of Paton$178KPaton-Churdan Schools: received $122K on this topicPaton-Churdan Schools$122KPaton Churdan Early Learning Center: received $3K on this topicPaton Churdan Early Learning Ce…$3KPaton Sesquicentennial Committee: received $3K on this topicPaton Sesquicentennial Committee$3KIan Paton: received $3K on this topicIan Paton$3KPaton-Churdan Early Learning Center: received $3K on this topicPaton-Churdan Early Learning Ce…$3KLucas Paton: received $1K on this topicLucas Paton$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 →