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12 funders with a record of paying for “polar”
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Largest: $285,000 to INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED TRANSITIONS — core support for interdisciplinary research, actor mapping, structured convenings, and experiential learning exercises to generate new understandings of societal polarization that …
Largest: $583,300 to Stanford University — for support of the stanford center on philanthropy and civil society's research on polarization and electoral reforms
Largest: $120,383 to TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to support the study of polarization in the united states, and to develop and evaluate proposed nonpartisan interventions that can address partisan animosity.
Largest: $50,000 to MORE IN COMMON INC — two years of project support for research about faith and identity in 2020s america that will help bridge divides and combat polarization in the bay area and nationally
Largest: $10,000 to EDMUND STUMP — to support the research and writing of otherworldly antarctica: ice, rock, and wind at the polar extreme, to be published by the chicago university press in 2024
Largest: $350,000 to INDUCED POLARIZATION ASSOCIATES — ocean stewardship and research
Child Care ConnectionAnchorage, AKCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $107,796 · through 2023Largest: $25,336 to POLAR PALS CHILD CARE — covid19 program support
Largest: $56,120 to KING'S COLLEGE LONDON — for support of evidence-based research to inform policies to counter polarization and bigotry, and develop inclusive integration and migration systems
Largest: $100,000 to Chatham University — enhancing reactivity and selectivity at polarized interfaces
Largest: $123,724 to New York University — understanding and improving polarization on social media
Largest: $10,000 to POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL — religious, charitable, scientific, e
Utah Zoological SocietySalt Lake City, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $145,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL — polar bear conservat
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →