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4 funders with a record of paying for “pulbic”

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Ppl Foundation → Providence Pulbic Library: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Frieder Foundation → Wvia Fm Pulbic Media: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard Seth Staley Educational → Pacific Legal Foundation: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2022Bank of Greene County → Friends of the Public Square: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Richard Seth Staley Educational → Alliance for Choice in Education: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2020Ppl Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Ppl Foundation$20KThe Frieder Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.The Frieder Foundation$5KRichard Seth Staley Educational: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Richard Seth Staley Education…$4KBank of Greene County: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Bank of Greene County$1KProvidence Pulbic Library: received $20K on this topicProvidence Pulbic Library$20KWvia Fm Pulbic Media: received $5K on this topicWvia Fm Pulbic Media$5KPacific Legal Foundation: received $3K on this topicPacific Legal Foundation$3KFriends of the Public Square: received $1K on this topicFriends of the Public Square$1KAlliance for Choice in Education: received $1K on this topicAlliance for Choice in Education$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 →