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12 funders with a record of paying for “pumpkin”
Where the money went The Elkins Foundation → Friends of Pumpkin Park: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Early Learning Coalition of Broward → The Pumpkin Shell # 3 Inc: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Promethean Foundation Inc → Pumpkin Patch: $766K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Episcopal Children's Services Inc → Pumpkin Patch Childcare 2: $377K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brown Foundation Inc → Friends of Pumpkin Park: $280K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Vermont Afterschool Inc → The Pumpkin Patch: $94K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alabama Partnership for Children → Laurie B Haynes Dba Country Pumpkin Home Day Care: $62K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Yuba River Endowment → Ysedc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Core Cares Foundation → Houston Pumpkin Festival: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Foundation → Bradford Pumpkin Festival: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Bob & Barbara Mccord → Pink Pumpkin Project: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Neil & Ginny Gerald Family Foundation → Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Early Learning Coalition of Broward → Pumpkin Shell # 2: $385K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Promethean Foundation Inc → Pumpkin Patch Two: $344K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Episcopal Children's Services Inc → Pumpkin Patch Childcare: $256K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Yuba River Endowment → Yuba Sutter Economic Development Corp: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Neil & Ginny Gerald Family Foundation → Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Foundation → Bradford Pumpkin Fest: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Episcopal Children's Services Inc → Julee Hall Pumpkin Patch: $139K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Foundation → Pumpkin Fest: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Episcopal Children's Services Inc → Petite Pumpkin LLC Dba the Learning Experience Flagler Center: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Elkins Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Elkins Foundation $1.8M Early Learning Coalition of Broward: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Early Learning Coalition of B… $1.5M Promethean Foundation Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Promethean Foundation Inc $1.1M Episcopal Children's Services Inc: $779K on this topic. Open the funder. Episcopal Children's Services… $779K The Brown Foundation Inc: $280K on this topic. Open the funder. The Brown Foundation Inc $280K Vermont Afterschool Inc: $94K on this topic. Open the funder. Vermont Afterschool Inc $94K Alabama Partnership for Children: $62K on this topic. Open the funder. Alabama Partnership for Child… $62K Yuba River Endowment: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Yuba River Endowment $30K Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Found… $15K Core Cares Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Core Cares Foundation $10K Neil & Ginny Gerald Family Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Neil & Ginny Gerald Family Fo… $10K The Bob & Barbara Mccord: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bob & Barbara Mccord $6K Friends of Pumpkin Park: received $1.8M on this topic Friends of Pumpkin Park $1.8M The Pumpkin Shell # 3 Inc: received $1.1M on this topic The Pumpkin Shell # 3 Inc $1.1M Pumpkin Patch: received $766K on this topic Pumpkin Patch $766K Pumpkin Shell # 2: received $385K on this topic Pumpkin Shell # 2 $385K Pumpkin Patch Childcare 2: received $377K on this topic Pumpkin Patch Childcare 2 $377K Pumpkin Patch Two: received $344K on this topic Pumpkin Patch Two $344K Friends of Pumpkin Park: received $280K on this topic Friends of Pumpkin Park $280K Pumpkin Patch Childcare: received $256K on this topic Pumpkin Patch Childcare $256K Julee Hall Pumpkin Patch: received $139K on this topic Julee Hall Pumpkin Patch $139K The Pumpkin Patch: received $94K on this topic The Pumpkin Patch $94K Laurie B Haynes Dba Country Pumpkin Home Day Care: received $62K on this topic Laurie B Haynes Dba Country Pum… $62K Ysedc: received $20K on this topic Ysedc $20K Houston Pumpkin Festival: received $10K on this topic Houston Pumpkin Festival $10K Yuba Sutter Economic Development Corp: received $10K on this topic Yuba Sutter Economic Developmen… $10K Petite Pumpkin LLC Dba the Learning Experience Flagler Center: received $8K on this topic Petite Pumpkin LLC Dba the Lear… $8K Bradford Pumpkin Festival: received $7K on this topic Bradford Pumpkin Festival $7K Pink Pumpkin Project: received $6K on this topic Pink Pumpkin Project $6K Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: received $5K on this topic Turning Pointe Autism Foundation $5K Turning Pointe Autism Foundation: received $5K on this topic Turning Pointe Autism Foundation $5K Bradford Pumpkin Fest: received $5K on this topic Bradford Pumpkin Fest $5K Pumpkin Fest: received $4K on this topic Pumpkin Fest $4K 12 funders, 21 recipients, grants matching “pumpkin” 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: $245,889 to PUMPKIN PATCH — qualifying daycare scholarships
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Largest: $578,349 to THE PUMPKIN SHELL # 3 INC — childcare reimb
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Largest: $376,770 to PUMPKIN PATCH CHILDCARE 2 — operational support
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Largest: $4,000 to BRADFORD PUMPKIN FEST — assistance with pumpkin festival
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Largest: $30,600 to LAURIE B HAYNES DBA COUNTRY PUMPKIN HOME DAY CARE — to assist in attracting and retaining a qualified and skilled workforce
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Largest: $1.0M to FRIENDS OF PUMPKIN PARK — in support of the opening doors to children's dreams campaign
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Largest: $10,000 to YSEDC — natinal pumpkin weigh off
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Largest: $1,500 to PINK PUMPKIN PROJECT — general programming
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Largest: $250,000 to Friends of Pumpkin Park — opening the door to childrens dreams
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Largest: $50,000 to THE PUMPKIN PATCH — program enhancement
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Largest: $5,000 to Turning Pointe Autism Foundation — 2022 pumpkin race sponsorship
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Largest: $3,500 to HOUSTON PUMPKIN FESTIVAL — support community festival
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