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12 funders with a record of paying for “piece”
Where the money went Dalio Family Fund Inc → Our Piece of the Pie Inc: $4.1M across 9 grants, latest 2023 Capital Workforce Partners Inc → Our Piece of the Pie (Opp): $3.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → New Venture Fund: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Frank and Edith Catt Educational Fund → Scholarships Colleges Universities: $618K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Travelers Foundation → Our Piece of the Pie Inc (Opp): $275K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Vera Institute of Justice Inc → Washington State Budget & Policy Center: $184K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Kindling Group → Chicago Public Art Group: $170K across 2 grants, latest 2023 New York Foundation → A Little Piece of Light: $105K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Msu Marching Band: $100K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Cleve Gray Foundation → The Center for Discovery: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Our Piece of the Pie Inc: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → International Society of Bassists: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Capital Workforce Partners Inc → Our Piece of the Pie: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → Neo Philanthropy Inc: $800K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Travelers Foundation → Our Piece of the Pie Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Kindling Group → Southeast Environmental Task Force: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 New York Foundation → A Little Piece of Light Inc: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Detroit Institute of Arts (the): $93K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Vera Institute of Justice Inc → New Mexico Voices for Children: $92K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Cleve Gray Foundation → Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Td Charitable Foundation → Life Pieces to Masterpieces Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → Network for New Music: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Ars Nova Theater I Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Kindling Group → Leonard Suryajaya: $97K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Vera Institute of Justice Inc → The Commonwealth Institute: $92K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Friendship Circle: $73K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Cleve Gray Foundation → Marvelwood School: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Td Charitable Foundation → Life Pieces to Masterpieces: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018 → Moab Music Festival: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Associacao Nacional De Pos-Graduacao E Pesquisa Em Ciencias Sociais: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Vera Institute of Justice Inc → The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis: $92K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Kindling Group → In Care of Black Women LLC: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → A Little Piece of Light Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Vera Institute of Justice Inc → Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: $73K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Temple Israel: $72K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Mcc Theater: $70K across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Kindling Group → Alt Space Chicago: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Gilda's Club: $68K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Ort America: $65K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Msu Community East Lansing: $53K across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Ford Foundation → Texas Southern University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → National Fallen Firefighters: $50K across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Kindling Group → New Roots LLC: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Detroit Youth Choir: $45K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Detroit Opera: $45K across 6 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Mosaic Youth Theatre: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → The Zekelman Holocaust Center: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Kindling Group → Sommer Filmworks LLC: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Kindling Group → Little Village Environmental Justice Org: $31K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Social Good Fund Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Kindling Group → Red Clay Dance Company: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Detroit Symphony Orchestra: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Nicely Theater Group: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Jewish Community Relations Council: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Msu Community Detroit: $28K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Carr Center (the): $28K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Ford Foundation → Maya Institute of Rural Development Studies Civil Association: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Detroit Chamber of Winds & Strings: $24K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → The Jcc: $23K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Frankel Jewish Academy: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → The Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Shaarey Zedek: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser → Farber Hebrew Day School: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Capital Workforce Partners Inc: $5.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Capital Workforce Partners Inc $5.4M Dalio Family Fund Inc: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Dalio Family Fund Inc $4.1M The Ford Foundation: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $2.8M Burton A Zipser and Sandra D Zipser: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Burton A Zipser and Sandra D… $1.1M The Kindling Group: $669K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kindling Group $669K Frank and Edith Catt Educational Fund: $618K on this topic. Open the funder. Frank and Edith Catt Educatio… $618K Vera Institute of Justice Inc: $534K on this topic. Open the funder. Vera Institute of Justice Inc $534K Travelers Foundation: $475K on this topic. Open the funder. Travelers Foundation $475K New York Foundation: $205K on this topic. Open the funder. New York Foundation $205K Cleve Gray Foundation: $101K on this topic. Open the funder. Cleve Gray Foundation $101K Td Charitable Foundation: $53K on this topic. Open the funder. Td Charitable Foundation $53K The Robert Black Foundation Trust Dated September 212018: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Black Foundation T… $13K Our Piece of the Pie Inc: received $4.1M on this topic Our Piece of the Pie Inc $4.1M Our Piece of the Pie (Opp): received $3.7M on this topic Our Piece of the Pie (Opp) $3.7M Our Piece of the Pie: received $1.7M on this topic Our Piece of the Pie $1.7M New Venture Fund: received $1.5M on this topic New Venture Fund $1.5M Neo Philanthropy Inc: received $800K on this topic Neo Philanthropy Inc $800K Scholarships Colleges Universities: received $618K on this topic Scholarships Colleges Universit… $618K Our Piece of the Pie Inc (Opp): received $275K on this topic Our Piece of the Pie Inc (Opp) $275K Our Piece of the Pie Inc: received $200K on this topic Our Piece of the Pie Inc $200K Washington State Budget & Policy Center: received $184K on this topic Washington State Budget & Polic… $184K A Little Piece of Light Inc: received $175K on this topic A Little Piece of Light Inc $175K Chicago Public Art Group: received $170K on this topic Chicago Public Art Group $170K Ars Nova Theater I Inc: received $150K on this topic Ars Nova Theater I Inc $150K A Little Piece of Light: received $105K on this topic A Little Piece of Light $105K Msu Marching Band: received $100K on this topic Msu Marching Band $100K Southeast Environmental Task Force: received $100K on this topic Southeast Environmental Task Fo… $100K Associacao Nacional De Pos-Graduacao E Pesquisa Em Ciencias Sociais: received $100K on this topic Associacao Nacional De Pos-Grad… $100K Company of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum: received $100K on this topic Company of the Redwood Library… $100K Leonard Suryajaya: received $97K on this topic Leonard Suryajaya $97K Detroit Institute of Arts (the): received $93K on this topic Detroit Institute of Arts (the) $93K New Mexico Voices for Children: received $92K on this topic New Mexico Voices for Children $92K The Commonwealth Institute: received $92K on this topic The Commonwealth Institute $92K The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis: received $92K on this topic The Commonwealth Institute for… $92K In Care of Black Women LLC: received $90K on this topic In Care of Black Women LLC $90K Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: received $73K on this topic Center On Budget and Policy Pri… $73K Friendship Circle: received $73K on this topic Friendship Circle $73K Temple Israel: received $72K on this topic Temple Israel $72K Mcc Theater: received $70K on this topic Mcc Theater $70K Alt Space Chicago: received $70K on this topic Alt Space Chicago $70K Gilda's Club: received $68K on this topic Gilda's Club $68K Ort America: received $65K on this topic Ort America $65K Msu Community East Lansing: received $53K on this topic Msu Community East Lansing $53K The Center for Discovery: received $51K on this topic The Center for Discovery $51K Texas Southern University: received $50K on this topic Texas Southern University $50K National Fallen Firefighters: received $50K on this topic National Fallen Firefighters $50K New Roots LLC: received $46K on this topic New Roots LLC $46K Detroit Youth Choir: received $45K on this topic Detroit Youth Choir $45K Detroit Opera: received $45K on this topic Detroit Opera $45K Mosaic Youth Theatre: received $40K on this topic Mosaic Youth Theatre $40K The Zekelman Holocaust Center: received $38K on this topic The Zekelman Holocaust Center $38K Sommer Filmworks LLC: received $35K on this topic Sommer Filmworks LLC $35K Little Village Environmental Justice Org: received $31K on this topic Little Village Environmental Ju… $31K Social Good Fund Inc: received $30K on this topic Social Good Fund Inc $30K Red Clay Dance Company: received $30K on this topic Red Clay Dance Company $30K Detroit Symphony Orchestra: received $30K on this topic Detroit Symphony Orchestra $30K Nicely Theater Group: received $30K on this topic Nicely Theater Group $30K Jewish Community Relations Council: received $30K on this topic Jewish Community Relations Coun… $30K Museum of Fine Arts Houston: received $30K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Houston $30K Msu Community Detroit: received $28K on this topic Msu Community Detroit $28K Carr Center (the): received $28K on this topic Carr Center (the) $28K Maya Institute of Rural Development Studies Civil Association: received $25K on this topic Maya Institute of Rural Develop… $25K Detroit Chamber of Winds & Strings: received $24K on this topic Detroit Chamber of Winds & Stri… $24K The Jcc: received $23K on this topic The Jcc $23K Frankel Jewish Academy: received $20K on this topic Frankel Jewish Academy $20K Life Pieces to Masterpieces Inc: received $20K on this topic Life Pieces to Masterpieces Inc $20K The Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network: received $20K on this topic The Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy… $20K Shaarey Zedek: received $20K on this topic Shaarey Zedek $20K Marvelwood School: received $20K on this topic Marvelwood School $20K Farber Hebrew Day School: received $18K on this topic Farber Hebrew Day School $18K Life Pieces to Masterpieces: received $10K on this topic Life Pieces to Masterpieces $10K International Society of Bassists: received $8K on this topic International Society of Bassis… $8K Network for New Music: received $3K on this topic Network for New Music $3K Moab Music Festival: received $2K on this topic Moab Music Festival $2K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “piece” 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: $20,000 to DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS (THE) — to support research, performance, preservation of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of american music including neglected works of the past.
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Largest: $130,000 to CHICAGO PUBLIC ART GROUP — to create energy conservation artistic pieces
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Largest: $300,000 to NEO PHILANTHROPY INC — core support for piece by piece (pxp) to expand sustainable and accountable civic engagement and organizing infrastructure with a focus on youth, emerging movements, and the us sou…
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Largest: $92,200 to WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET & POLICY CENTER — missing puzzle piece project - research on fines and fees
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Largest: $1.0M to OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC — restricted to support the hartford youth service corps programing
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Largest: $51,492 to THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY — educational - gifted 5 pieces of artwork
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Largest: $185,920 to SCHOLARSHIPS COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES — scholarships for 18 il state scholars at $8,000 a piece and $2,000 to the silver medallion winners of which there were 15. additionally, the fund paid for lewis and clark courses f…
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Largest: $1.5M to OUR PIECE OF THE PIE (OPP) — youth employment tra
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Largest: $125,000 to Our Piece Of The Pie Inc — program support for the youth service corps a paid service learning program for atrisk hartford yo
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Largest: $47,500 to A LITTLE PIECE OF LIGHT — for general operating support.
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Largest: $4,250 to International Society of Bassists — musical composition competition for new music art pieces
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Largest: $10,000 to LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES — afterschool arts and education mentoring program
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