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12 funders with a record of paying for “perpetual”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → John G Shedd Aquarium: $17M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation → The Maple Counseling Center: $4.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Federations of North America: $2.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Boston Med Ctr Corp: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Geographic Society → Appalachian State University: $385K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Our Lady of Perpetual Help School: $198K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Catholic Foundation for the → Mount Calvary Cemetery Association: $163K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hausner Family Foundation → J Street Education Fund: $57K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Home of the Alliance → Pna Lodge 1903council 217: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jb & Kathryn Sallas Charitable → Evergreen Cemetery: $9K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Chicago Community Trust → Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma: $4.0M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation: $2.1M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation → Venice Family Clinic: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Yale U: $264K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Geographic Society → Friends of the Osa: $238K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Milaan-Be the Change (Ngo): $224K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Catholic Foundation for the → Mt Calvary Cemetery Association Dubuque: $148K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Our Mother of Perpetual Help Educational Program: $87K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hausner Family Foundation → Obama Foundation: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Home of the Alliance → Polish Supplementary School of M Konopnicka: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jb & Kathryn Sallas Charitable → Glenwood Cemetery: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → Capitol Land Trust: $2.1M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Mandell Jewish Community Center: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation → The Venice Family Clinic: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Briarwood School: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Drexel U: $216K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Geographic Society → University of Southern California: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Public Allies Inc: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Catholic Foundation for the → Catholic Cemeteries of Waterloo: $106K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hausner Family Foundation → Temple Israel of Hollywood: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Home of the Alliance → Krakowianki & Gorale: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jb & Kathryn Sallas Charitable → Antioch Cemetery: $7K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → City of Olympia: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Solomon Schechter Day School: $819K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → New England Jewish Academy: $819K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → Olympiaecosystems: $590K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Association of Jewish Cemeteries: $460K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → City of Tenino Wa: $440K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Teen Learning Connection: $349K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → University of Hartford Hillel: $227K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Grant Park Orchestral Association: $209K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation → The People Concren: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Leadership Academy: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut: $134K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Art and Photography Foundation: $130K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Hebrew Senior Care: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Khalilah Robinson Johnson - North C: $124K across 2 grants, latest 2024 National Geographic Society → University of California Santa Barbara: $123K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Association for Community Living: $116K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → University of Connecticut Hillel: $114K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation → Heernett Environmental Foundation Inc: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford - Rent Subsidy: $108K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation → The People Concern: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021 National Geographic Society → Arizona State University: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → University of Connecticut Hillel - Judaic Studies: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Manchester Advisory: $68K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Catholic Foundation for the → Calvary Cemetery Association: $68K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Camp Laurelwood: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford → Good Great Greater Hartford (Formerly Destination Hartford): $64K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Catholic Foundation for the → St Joseph's Cemetery Association: $58K across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Catholic Foundation for the → St Francis Cemetery of Dyersville: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $21M Angela J Bowen Conservancy Foundation: $9.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Angela J Bowen Conservancy Fo… $9.4M Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford: $8.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Jewish Federation of Greater… $8.2M The Judy and Bernard Briskin Foundation: $6.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Judy and Bernard Briskin… $6.0M The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $1.1M National Geographic Society: $998K on this topic. Open the funder. National Geographic Society $998K The Ford Foundation: $979K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $979K The Catholic Foundation for the: $599K on this topic. Open the funder. The Catholic Foundation for t… $599K Communities Foundation of Texas Inc: $285K on this topic. Open the funder. Communities Foundation of Tex… $285K Hausner Family Foundation: $140K on this topic. Open the funder. Hausner Family Foundation $140K Home of the Alliance: $27K on this topic. Open the funder. Home of the Alliance $27K Jb & Kathryn Sallas Charitable: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. Jb & Kathryn Sallas Charitable $23K John G Shedd Aquarium: received $17M on this topic John G Shedd Aquarium $17M The Maple Counseling Center: received $4.0M on this topic The Maple Counseling Center $4.0M Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma: received $4.0M on this topic Jewish Community Federation of… $4.0M Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain: received $2.6M on this topic Land Trust for the Mississippi… $2.6M Jewish Federations of North America: received $2.3M on this topic Jewish Federations of North Ame… $2.3M Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation: received $2.1M on this topic Olympia Coalition for Ecosystem… $2.1M Capitol Land Trust: received $2.1M on this topic Capitol Land Trust $2.1M City of Olympia: received $1.4M on this topic City of Olympia $1.4M Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford: received $1.2M on this topic Jewish Family Services of Great… $1.2M Venice Family Clinic: received $1.1M on this topic Venice Family Clinic $1.1M Mandell Jewish Community Center: received $1.1M on this topic Mandell Jewish Community Center $1.1M Solomon Schechter Day School: received $819K on this topic Solomon Schechter Day School $819K New England Jewish Academy: received $819K on this topic New England Jewish Academy $819K Olympiaecosystems: received $590K on this topic Olympiaecosystems $590K The Venice Family Clinic: received $550K on this topic The Venice Family Clinic $550K Association of Jewish Cemeteries: received $460K on this topic Association of Jewish Cemeteries $460K Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: received $450K on this topic Judge David L Bazelon Center fo… $450K Boston Med Ctr Corp: received $450K on this topic Boston Med Ctr Corp $450K City of Tenino Wa: received $440K on this topic City of Tenino Wa $440K Appalachian State University: received $385K on this topic Appalachian State University $385K Jewish Teen Learning Connection: received $349K on this topic Jewish Teen Learning Connection $349K Yale U: received $264K on this topic Yale U $264K Friends of the Osa: received $238K on this topic Friends of the Osa $238K University of Hartford Hillel: received $227K on this topic University of Hartford Hillel $227K Milaan-Be the Change (Ngo): received $224K on this topic Milaan-Be the Change (Ngo) $224K Briarwood School: received $220K on this topic Briarwood School $220K Drexel U: received $216K on this topic Drexel U $216K Grant Park Orchestral Association: received $209K on this topic Grant Park Orchestral Associati… $209K The People Concren: received $200K on this topic The People Concren $200K Our Lady of Perpetual Help School: received $198K on this topic Our Lady of Perpetual Help Scho… $198K University of Southern California: received $175K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $175K Public Allies Inc: received $175K on this topic Public Allies Inc $175K Jewish Leadership Academy: received $170K on this topic Jewish Leadership Academy $170K Mount Calvary Cemetery Association: received $163K on this topic Mount Calvary Cemetery Associat… $163K Mt Calvary Cemetery Association Dubuque: received $148K on this topic Mt Calvary Cemetery Association… $148K Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut: received $134K on this topic Jewish Federation Association o… $134K Art and Photography Foundation: received $130K on this topic Art and Photography Foundation $130K Hebrew Senior Care: received $125K on this topic Hebrew Senior Care $125K Khalilah Robinson Johnson - North C: received $124K on this topic Khalilah Robinson Johnson - Nor… $124K University of California Santa Barbara: received $123K on this topic University of California Santa… $123K Jewish Association for Community Living: received $116K on this topic Jewish Association for Communit… $116K University of Connecticut Hillel: received $114K on this topic University of Connecticut Hillel $114K Heernett Environmental Foundation Inc: received $110K on this topic Heernett Environmental Foundati… $110K Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford - Rent Subsidy: received $108K on this topic Jewish Family Services of Great… $108K Catholic Cemeteries of Waterloo: received $106K on this topic Catholic Cemeteries of Waterloo $106K The People Concern: received $100K on this topic The People Concern $100K Our Mother of Perpetual Help Educational Program: received $87K on this topic Our Mother of Perpetual Help Ed… $87K Arizona State University: received $77K on this topic Arizona State University $77K University of Connecticut Hillel - Judaic Studies: received $70K on this topic University of Connecticut Hille… $70K Manchester Advisory: received $68K on this topic Manchester Advisory $68K Calvary Cemetery Association: received $68K on this topic Calvary Cemetery Association $68K Camp Laurelwood: received $65K on this topic Camp Laurelwood $65K Good Great Greater Hartford (Formerly Destination Hartford): received $64K on this topic Good Great Greater Hartford (Fo… $64K St Joseph's Cemetery Association: received $58K on this topic St Joseph's Cemetery Association $58K J Street Education Fund: received $57K on this topic J Street Education Fund $57K St Francis Cemetery of Dyersville: received $56K on this topic St Francis Cemetery of Dyersvil… $56K Obama Foundation: received $45K on this topic Obama Foundation $45K Temple Israel of Hollywood: received $38K on this topic Temple Israel of Hollywood $38K Pna Lodge 1903council 217: received $10K on this topic Pna Lodge 1903council 217 $10K Polish Supplementary School of M Konopnicka: received $9K on this topic Polish Supplementary School of… $9K Evergreen Cemetery: received $9K on this topic Evergreen Cemetery $9K Krakowianki & Gorale: received $8K on this topic Krakowianki & Gorale $8K Glenwood Cemetery: received $8K on this topic Glenwood Cemetery $8K Antioch Cemetery: received $7K on this topic Antioch Cemetery $7K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “perpetual” 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: $647,806 to JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA — to support, build, enhance and perpetuate jewish life and the jewish community
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Largest: $82,182 to Mount Calvary Cemetery Association — for the perpetual care, maintenance and repair of mt. calvary cemetery, dubuque, iowa
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Largest: $16,750 to J STREET EDUCATION FUND — perpetuate exempt activities
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Largest: $2.5M to THE MAPLE COUNSELING CENTER — perpetuate exempt activities
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Largest: $2.1M to OLYMPIA COALITION FOR ECOSYSTEMS PRESERVATION — for acquisition & stewardship of land to be held & maintained for conservancy purposes in perpetuity
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Largest: $220,000 to Briarwood School — support for the christine gaspar heart award and scholarship in perpetuity
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Largest: $7,500 to 16 INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARS — to promote culture and perpetuate heritage
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Largest: $222,100 to Appalachian State University — perpetual planet-mountains expedition
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Largest: $5,000 to GLENWOOD CEMETERY — perpetual care
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Largest: $450,000 to BOSTON MED CTR CORP — 79757 shifting leadership paradigms to strengthen community partnerships to dismantle systems of oppression that perpetuate racial and social inequities
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Largest: $175,000 to PUBLIC ALLIES INC — core support for the power coalition for equity and justice to engage low-income and communities of color to address policies that perpetuate inequality across louisiana
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Largest: $110,231 to OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP SCHOOL — this grant is designated for general support.
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