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12 funders with a record of paying for “puppet”
Where the money went The Mcknight Foundation → In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre: $300K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Puppeteers of America Inc → Z Puppets Rosenschnoz: $272K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Center for Puppetry Arts: $115K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family → What If Puppets: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Henson Foundation → The Puppeteers of America Inc: $85K across 4 grants, latest 2025 New England Foundation for the Arts → Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival: $79K across 2 grants, latest 2024 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → South Central Kentucky Kids On the Block: $73K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Fund for the Arts Inc → Squallis Puppeteers: $66K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jerome Foundation Inc → Open Eye Figure Theatre: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable → Mesner Puppet Theater: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts → Mesner Puppet Theater Dba What If Puppets: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Francis Family Foundation → Stonelion Puppet Theatre: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Here Arts Center: $77K across 11 grants, latest 2025 New England Foundation for the Arts → Puppet Showplace Inc: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jerome Foundation Inc → Monkeybears Harmolodic Workshop: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Jane Henson Foundation → Great Arizona Puppet Theater: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Francis Family Foundation → Mesner Puppet Theater: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts → Mesner Puppet Theater: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family → Puppetry Arts Institute: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Dixon Place: $50K across 8 grants, latest 2025 Jerome Foundation Inc → Open Eye Theatre: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024 New England Foundation for the Arts → Puppet Showplace Theatre: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jane Henson Foundation → Automata Arts: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → La Mama: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → New Victory Theater: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Puppeteers of America Inc: $28K across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Japan Society: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Fractured Atlas: $23K across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → The Center at West Park: $22K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Shadowlight Productions: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → The Battery Conservancy: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Open Eye Figure Theatre: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Puppet Showplace Theater: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Sandglass Theater: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Shake On the Lake: $19K across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Skysaver Productions: $19K across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Jane Henson Foundation → Columbia Marionette Theatre: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Concrete Temple Theatre: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → St Ann's Warehouse: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jane Henson Foundation → Blair Thomas & Company: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → The Eugene O'neill Theater Center: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Loco7 Dane Puppet Theatre Company: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Great Small Works: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Sandglass Theater: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Henson Foundation → Bob Baker Marionetts Theater: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jim Henson Foundation → Automata: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Flock Theatre: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jim Henson Foundation → Rogue Artists Ensemble: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Bam: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jane Henson Foundation → Museum of Wisconsin Art: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jim Henson Foundation → The Field: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jane Henson Foundation → Mayo Street Arts: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Black Cherry Puppet Theater: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Mesner Puppet Theater: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Puppet Showplace Theater: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Jim Henson Foundation → Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Jim Henson Foundation → Yara Arts Group: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Jim Henson Foundation → Austin Creative Alliance: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Asheville Creative Arts: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Jim Henson Foundation → Ashville Creative Arts: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Jim Henson Foundation → Glass Half Full Theatre: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jim Henson Foundation → Monkeybar's Harmolodic Workshop: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Jim Henson Foundation → Open Eye Theatre: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jim Henson Foundation → Ping Chong and Company: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Jim Henson Foundation: $708K on this topic. Open the funder. The Jim Henson Foundation $708K The Mcknight Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $300K The Puppeteers of America Inc: $272K on this topic. Open the funder. The Puppeteers of America Inc $272K The Jane Henson Foundation: $240K on this topic. Open the funder. The Jane Henson Foundation $240K New England Foundation for the Arts: $126K on this topic. Open the funder. New England Foundation for th… $126K Jerome Foundation Inc: $106K on this topic. Open the funder. Jerome Foundation Inc $106K Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family: $99K on this topic. Open the funder. Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family $99K E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation: $73K on this topic. Open the funder. E Rhodes and Leona B Carpente… $73K Fund for the Arts Inc: $66K on this topic. Open the funder. Fund for the Arts Inc $66K Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flar… $50K Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Richard J Stern Foundation fo… $40K The Francis Family Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. The Francis Family Foundation $40K In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre: received $300K on this topic In the Heart of the Beast Puppe… $300K Z Puppets Rosenschnoz: received $272K on this topic Z Puppets Rosenschnoz $272K Center for Puppetry Arts: received $115K on this topic Center for Puppetry Arts $115K What If Puppets: received $90K on this topic What If Puppets $90K Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival: received $86K on this topic Chicago International Puppet Th… $86K The Puppeteers of America Inc: received $85K on this topic The Puppeteers of America Inc $85K Mesner Puppet Theater: received $83K on this topic Mesner Puppet Theater $83K Here Arts Center: received $77K on this topic Here Arts Center $77K South Central Kentucky Kids On the Block: received $73K on this topic South Central Kentucky Kids On… $73K Squallis Puppeteers: received $66K on this topic Squallis Puppeteers $66K Open Eye Figure Theatre: received $60K on this topic Open Eye Figure Theatre $60K Dixon Place: received $50K on this topic Dixon Place $50K La Mama: received $35K on this topic La Mama $35K Sandglass Theater: received $32K on this topic Sandglass Theater $32K Mesner Puppet Theater Dba What If Puppets: received $30K on this topic Mesner Puppet Theater Dba What… $30K New Victory Theater: received $30K on this topic New Victory Theater $30K Puppeteers of America Inc: received $28K on this topic Puppeteers of America Inc $28K Puppet Showplace Inc: received $28K on this topic Puppet Showplace Inc $28K Japan Society: received $27K on this topic Japan Society $27K Puppet Showplace Theater: received $27K on this topic Puppet Showplace Theater $27K Stonelion Puppet Theatre: received $25K on this topic Stonelion Puppet Theatre $25K Monkeybears Harmolodic Workshop: received $24K on this topic Monkeybears Harmolodic Workshop $24K Fractured Atlas: received $23K on this topic Fractured Atlas $23K Open Eye Theatre: received $23K on this topic Open Eye Theatre $23K The Center at West Park: received $22K on this topic The Center at West Park $22K Shadowlight Productions: received $20K on this topic Shadowlight Productions $20K The Battery Conservancy: received $20K on this topic The Battery Conservancy $20K Puppet Showplace Theatre: received $20K on this topic Puppet Showplace Theatre $20K Great Arizona Puppet Theater: received $19K on this topic Great Arizona Puppet Theater $19K Automata Arts: received $19K on this topic Automata Arts $19K Open Eye Figure Theatre: received $19K on this topic Open Eye Figure Theatre $19K Shake On the Lake: received $19K on this topic Shake On the Lake $19K Skysaver Productions: received $19K on this topic Skysaver Productions $19K Columbia Marionette Theatre: received $16K on this topic Columbia Marionette Theatre $16K Concrete Temple Theatre: received $16K on this topic Concrete Temple Theatre $16K St Ann's Warehouse: received $15K on this topic St Ann's Warehouse $15K Blair Thomas & Company: received $15K on this topic Blair Thomas & Company $15K The Eugene O'neill Theater Center: received $15K on this topic The Eugene O'neill Theater Cent… $15K Loco7 Dane Puppet Theatre Company: received $14K on this topic Loco7 Dane Puppet Theatre Compa… $14K Great Small Works: received $14K on this topic Great Small Works $14K Bob Baker Marionetts Theater: received $10K on this topic Bob Baker Marionetts Theater $10K Automata: received $10K on this topic Automata $10K Flock Theatre: received $10K on this topic Flock Theatre $10K Rogue Artists Ensemble: received $10K on this topic Rogue Artists Ensemble $10K Bam: received $10K on this topic Bam $10K Museum of Wisconsin Art: received $10K on this topic Museum of Wisconsin Art $10K Puppetry Arts Institute: received $9K on this topic Puppetry Arts Institute $9K The Field: received $9K on this topic The Field $9K Mayo Street Arts: received $9K on this topic Mayo Street Arts $9K Black Cherry Puppet Theater: received $8K on this topic Black Cherry Puppet Theater $8K Yara Arts Group: received $7K on this topic Yara Arts Group $7K Austin Creative Alliance: received $7K on this topic Austin Creative Alliance $7K Asheville Creative Arts: received $7K on this topic Asheville Creative Arts $7K Ashville Creative Arts: received $7K on this topic Ashville Creative Arts $7K Glass Half Full Theatre: received $7K on this topic Glass Half Full Theatre $7K Monkeybar's Harmolodic Workshop: received $7K on this topic Monkeybar's Harmolodic Workshop $7K Open Eye Theatre: received $7K on this topic Open Eye Theatre $7K Ping Chong and Company: received $7K on this topic Ping Chong and Company $7K 12 funders, 58 recipients, grants matching “puppet” 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: $7,000 to CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL — puppet production
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Largest: $5,000 to GREAT ARIZONA PUPPET THEATER — to support american puppet theater
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Largest: $3,000 to PUPPETRY ARTS INSTITUTE — operating support for three puppet shows and puppet painting workshops
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Largest: $71,750 to CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL — general operating, creation and/or presenting support
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Largest: $24,000 to Monkeybears Harmolodic Workshop — support for the puppet performance intensive, new puppet works, monkeybear workshops, puppet cinema, and iron puppeteer programs.
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Largest: $50,000 to In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre — for general operating support
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Largest: $10,000 to MESNER PUPPET THEATER DBA WHAT IF PUPPETS — season support
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Largest: $82,850 to Z Puppets Rosenschnoz — puppetry organization support
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Largest: $10,000 to MESNER PUPPET THEATER — support for what if puppets
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Largest: $26,046 to Squallis Puppeteers — arts in institutions, arts in learning
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Largest: $15,000 to MESNER PUPPET THEATER — grant - emergency funding during covid-19 crisis.
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Largest: $22,000 to SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY KIDS ON THE BLOCK — help with costs of twenty-two educational puppet performances in logan county and assist with the wages of one full-time puppeteer
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