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6 funders with a record of paying for “paya”

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New America Foundation → Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023Carnegie Corporation of New York → New America Foundation: $631K across 3 grants, latest 2022Hps Foundation → Kahal Adas Paya: $96K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Tomas Paulo Paya: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024S&e Foundation → Cong Kahal Adas Paya: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024Rachem Bechasdecha Foundation → Cong Kahal Adas Paya: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Horizon Education Alliance: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2024Carnegie Corporation of New York → New America: $169K across 1 grant, latest 2024New America Foundation → National Governors Association Center for Best Practices: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Trident Technical College: $319K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Jobs for the Future Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Foundation for California Community Colleges: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2024New America Foundation → Birmingham Promise Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Tides Center: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corporation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → City College of Chicago Foundation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Communities Foundation of Texas: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Education Strategy Group: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Nc Community College System Office: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Project for Pride in Living Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Future Focused Education: $137K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (Nape) Education Foundation: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Kalamazoo Public Schools: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Center to Advance Cte: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation → Careerwise Colorado: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024New America Foundation → Chattanooga Chamber Foundation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024New America Foundation → Nga Center for Best Practices: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024New America Foundation → University of Minnesota Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024New America Foundation → Employindy: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024New America Foundation → Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship Inc: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2023New America Foundation: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder.New America Foundation$4.1MCarnegie Corporation of New York: $800K on this topic. Open the funder.Carnegie Corporation of New Y…$800KHps Foundation: $96K on this topic. Open the funder.Hps Foundation$96KThe Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $25K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wenner-Gren Foundation for$25KS&e Foundation: $16K on this topic. Open the funder.S&e Foundation$16KRachem Bechasdecha Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Rachem Bechasdecha Foundation$2KCentral Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc: received $750K on this topicCentral Indiana Corporate Partn…$750KNew America Foundation: received $631K on this topicNew America Foundation$631KHorizon Education Alliance: received $350K on this topicHorizon Education Alliance$350KNational Governors Association Center for Best Practices: received $350K on this topicNational Governors Association…$350KTrident Technical College: received $319K on this topicTrident Technical College$319KJobs for the Future Inc: received $250K on this topicJobs for the Future Inc$250KFoundation for California Community Colleges: received $175K on this topicFoundation for California Commu…$175KNew America: received $169K on this topicNew America$169KBirmingham Promise Inc: received $150K on this topicBirmingham Promise Inc$150KTides Center: received $150K on this topicTides Center$150KMontana Higher Education Student Assistance Corporation: received $150K on this topicMontana Higher Education Studen…$150KCity College of Chicago Foundation: received $150K on this topicCity College of Chicago Foundat…$150KCommunities Foundation of Texas: received $150K on this topicCommunities Foundation of Texas$150KEducation Strategy Group: received $150K on this topicEducation Strategy Group$150KNc Community College System Office: received $150K on this topicNc Community College System Off…$150KProject for Pride in Living Inc: received $150K on this topicProject for Pride in Living Inc$150KFuture Focused Education: received $137K on this topicFuture Focused Education$137KNational Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (Nape) Education Foundation: received $125K on this topicNational Alliance for Partnersh…$125KKalamazoo Public Schools: received $110K on this topicKalamazoo Public Schools$110KKahal Adas Paya: received $96K on this topicKahal Adas Paya$96KCenter to Advance Cte: received $83K on this topicCenter to Advance Cte$83KCareerwise Colorado: received $55K on this topicCareerwise Colorado$55KChattanooga Chamber Foundation: received $50K on this topicChattanooga Chamber Foundation$50KNga Center for Best Practices: received $30K on this topicNga Center for Best Practices$30KUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: received $25K on this topicUniversity of Minnesota Foundat…$25KEmployindy: received $25K on this topicEmployindy$25KTomas Paulo Paya: received $25K on this topicTomas Paulo Paya$25KSay Yes Buffalo Scholarship Inc: received $18K on this topicSay Yes Buffalo Scholarship Inc$18KCong Kahal Adas Paya: received $16K on this topicCong Kahal Adas Paya$16KCong Kahal Adas Paya: received $2K on this topicCong Kahal Adas Paya$2K
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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 →