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12 funders with a record of paying for “rail”
Where the money went The William Penn Foundation → Hace - Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises: $2.7M across 4 grants, latest 2024 York County Convention and → York County Rail Trail Authority: $385K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Willem De Kooning Foundation → The Brooklyn Rail: $370K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Alfred H Lander and Janet L Lander Family → Rail 66: $261K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → Rails to Trails Conservancy: $232K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gold Family Charitable Trust → Rails-to-Trails: $160K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc → The Brooklyn Rail Inc: $130K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Pittsburgh Foundation → Armstrong Rails to Trails Association: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Guston Fund → The Brooklyn Rail Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Wellmark Foundation → Jasper County Conservation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Rails to Trails Conservancy: $91K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cvs Foundation → Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Orchard Park Ny: $11K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → Rails to Trails Conservancy: $1.9M across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Wellmark Foundation → Sioux Falls Skatepark Association: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Guston Fund → Brooklyn Rail Inc: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Pittsburgh Foundation → Rails to Trails Conservancy: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2024 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Friends of the Concord - Lake Sunapee Rail Trail: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cvs Foundation → Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The William Penn Foundation → Friends of the Rail Park: $650K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Wellmark Foundation → Carroll County Conservation Board: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation → Friends of the Northern Rail Trail: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Pittsburgh Foundation → Tri County Rails to Trails Association: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William Penn Foundation → Center City District Foundation: $125K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Wellmark Foundation → City of Cedar Rapids: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Pittsburgh Foundation → Tri County Rails to Trails Assn: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation: $5.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The William Penn Foundation $5.4M The Wellmark Foundation: $400K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wellmark Foundation $400K York County Convention and: $385K on this topic. Open the funder. York County Convention and $385K The Willem De Kooning Foundation: $370K on this topic. Open the funder. The Willem De Kooning Foundat… $370K Alfred H Lander and Janet L Lander Family: $261K on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred H Lander and Janet L L… $261K Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc: $232K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of Tampa… $232K The Pittsburgh Foundation: $199K on this topic. Open the funder. The Pittsburgh Foundation $199K The Guston Fund: $190K on this topic. Open the funder. The Guston Fund $190K Gold Family Charitable Trust: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. Gold Family Charitable Trust $160K New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $158K on this topic. Open the funder. New Hampshire Charitable Foun… $158K Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc: $130K on this topic. Open the funder. Helen Frankenthaler Foundatio… $130K Cvs Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Cvs Foundation $12K Hace - Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises: received $2.7M on this topic Hace - Hispanic Association of… $2.7M Rails to Trails Conservancy: received $2.2M on this topic Rails to Trails Conservancy $2.2M Friends of the Rail Park: received $650K on this topic Friends of the Rail Park $650K York County Rail Trail Authority: received $385K on this topic York County Rail Trail Authority $385K The Brooklyn Rail: received $370K on this topic The Brooklyn Rail $370K Rail 66: received $261K on this topic Rail 66 $261K The Brooklyn Rail Inc: received $230K on this topic The Brooklyn Rail Inc $230K Rails-to-Trails: received $160K on this topic Rails-to-Trails $160K Center City District Foundation: received $125K on this topic Center City District Foundation $125K Armstrong Rails to Trails Association: received $120K on this topic Armstrong Rails to Trails Assoc… $120K Jasper County Conservation: received $100K on this topic Jasper County Conservation $100K Sioux Falls Skatepark Association: received $100K on this topic Sioux Falls Skatepark Associati… $100K Carroll County Conservation Board: received $100K on this topic Carroll County Conservation Boa… $100K City of Cedar Rapids: received $100K on this topic City of Cedar Rapids $100K Rails to Trails Conservancy: received $91K on this topic Rails to Trails Conservancy $91K Brooklyn Rail Inc: received $90K on this topic Brooklyn Rail Inc $90K Friends of the Concord - Lake Sunapee Rail Trail: received $45K on this topic Friends of the Concord - Lake S… $45K Friends of the Northern Rail Trail: received $22K on this topic Friends of the Northern Rail Tr… $22K Tri County Rails to Trails Association: received $13K on this topic Tri County Rails to Trails Asso… $13K Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Orchard Park Ny: received $11K on this topic Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Orc… $11K Tri County Rails to Trails Assn: received $8K on this topic Tri County Rails to Trails Assn $8K Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Inc: received $2K on this topic Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Inc $2K 12 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “rail” 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: $200,000 to FRIENDS OF THE RAIL PARK — community engagement for rail park phase 2
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Largest: $60,550 to Rails to Trails Conservancy — for general and operating support and to advance trail
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Largest: $120,000 to ARMSTRONG RAILS TO TRAILS ASSOCIATION — recreation and sports nec
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Largest: $100,000 to JASPER COUNTY CONSERVATION — the red rock prairie trail corridor rail line was established in the late 1800s. it is comprised of a rock ballast fill approximately 12 feet in width. jasper county conservation p…
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Largest: $59,747 to RAILS-TO-TRAILS — to preserve and transform unused rail corridors into linear parks
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Largest: $132,404 to RAIL 66 — general operating
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Largest: $110,000 to YORK COUNTY RAIL TRAIL AUTHORITY — refreshing promotion
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Largest: $100,000 to THE BROOKLYN RAIL — support for the art seen section of journal publications that covers contemporary visual art in particular depth.
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Largest: $100,000 to THE BROOKLYN RAIL INC — singing in unison project
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Largest: $90,100 to RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY — support of mission
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Largest: $3,000 to ERIE CATTARAUGUS RAIL TRAIL ORCHARD PARK NY — scholarship grants
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Largest: $45,000 to THE BROOKLYN RAIL INC — singing in unison exhibition support
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