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12 funders with a record of paying for “religion”

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Lilly Endowment Inc → Pacific School of Religion: $17M across 5 grants, latest 2025Greater Kansas City Community Foundation → St John Paul II Parish: $5.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation for Southeast → Temple Israel of Detroit: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Holy Family Parish: $2.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation for Greater → First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Greater Horizons → Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2024Orange County Community Foundation → Chabad Jewish Center of Laguna Beach: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Minneapolis Foundation → Temple Israel: $1.6M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Louisville → St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville → Whitesburg Baptist Church: $810K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Community Foundation of → St Paul United Methodist Church: $738K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Pittsburgh Foundation → Diocese of Pittsburgh Roman Catholic: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lilly Endowment Inc → Religion News Foundation: $15M across 5 grants, latest 2025Greater Kansas City Community Foundation → Church of the Resurrection United Methodist: $2.7M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation for Greater → Haggai International Haggai Institute: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024Greater Horizons → St Patrick's Catholic Church of Elkhorn: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Minneapolis Foundation → Campus Crusade for Christ: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023Community Foundation for Southeast → Yeshivath Beth Yehudah: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Louisville → Christ Church United Methodist: $872K across 4 grants, latest 2024Orange County Community Foundation → St Michael's Abbey Foundation: $809K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of → St Matthews Episcopal Church: $720K across 4 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville → Maranatha Camp and Conference Center: $361K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Pittsburgh Foundation → St John Gualbert Cathedral: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lilly Endowment Inc → Indiana University Foundation: $11M across 4 grants, latest 2025Greater Kansas City Community Foundation → Hakubai Temple: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation for Greater → Peachtree Presbyterian Church: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation for the Fox Valley → Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Greater Horizons → St Paul's Newman Center: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation for Southeast → The Christian Community Foundation Inc: $883K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation of Louisville → Our Lady of Lourdes Church: $703K across 4 grants, latest 2024Orange County Community Foundation → St Thomas More Catholic Church: $667K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Minneapolis Foundation → The Basilica of St Mary: $570K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Community Foundation of → Cathedral of the Assumption: $434K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville → Whitesburg Baptist Church: $357K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Pittsburgh Foundation → Dutilh United Methodist Church: $94K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lilly Endowment Inc → Conversation Us Inc: $7.4M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Smithsonian Institution: $7.1M across 5 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Foundation for Mississippi History: $5.1M across 3 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → United States Holocaust Mem Museum: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Nelson Gallery Foundation: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Indiana State Museum Foundation: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Metropolitan Museum of Art: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Childrens Museum Inc: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → National Constitution Center: $4.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → University of Southern Indiana: $4.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc: $4.5M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → National Museum of Mexican Art: $4.2M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → National Park Foundation: $3.1M across 3 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023Lilly Endowment Inc → National Building Museum: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Chicago Architecture Foundation: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → National Womens History Museum: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Society of Kings Chapel: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Shelburne Museum Incorporated: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → National Juneteenth Museum: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Sing Sing Prison Museum: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Museum at Eldridge Street: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Sixteenth Street Baptist Church: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → Equal Justice Initiative: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Lower East Side Tenement Museum: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → North Carolina Museum of Art Fdn: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc → New York Historical Society: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025Lilly Endowment Inc → Maryland Ctr for History & Culture: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024Lilly Endowment Inc: $148M on this topic. Open the funder.Lilly Endowment Inc$148MGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $9.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Kansas City Community…$9.7MCommunity Foundation for Southeast: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation for Sout…$5.0MThe Community Foundation for Greater: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation for…$5.0MCommunity Foundation for the Fox Valley: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation for the…$4.7MGreater Horizons: $4.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Greater Horizons$4.3MThe Minneapolis Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Minneapolis Foundation$3.5MOrange County Community Foundation: $3.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Orange County Community Found…$3.2MThe Community Foundation of Louisville: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of L…$2.6MThe Community Foundation of: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation of$1.9MCommunity Foundation of Greater Huntsville: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Great…$1.5MThe Pittsburgh Foundation: $325K on this topic. Open the funder.The Pittsburgh Foundation$325KPacific School of Religion: received $17M on this topicPacific School of Religion$17MReligion News Foundation: received $15M on this topicReligion News Foundation$15MIndiana University Foundation: received $11M on this topicIndiana University Foundation$11MConversation Us Inc: received $7.4M on this topicConversation Us Inc$7.4MSmithsonian Institution: received $7.1M on this topicSmithsonian Institution$7.1MFoundation for Mississippi History: received $5.1M on this topicFoundation for Mississippi Hist…$5.1MSt John Paul II Parish: received $5.0M on this topicSt John Paul II Parish$5.0MUnited States Holocaust Mem Museum: received $5.0M on this topicUnited States Holocaust Mem Mus…$5.0MNelson Gallery Foundation: received $5.0M on this topicNelson Gallery Foundation$5.0MIndiana State Museum Foundation: received $5.0M on this topicIndiana State Museum Foundation$5.0MMetropolitan Museum of Art: received $5.0M on this topicMetropolitan Museum of Art$5.0MChildrens Museum Inc: received $5.0M on this topicChildrens Museum Inc$5.0MNational Constitution Center: received $4.6M on this topicNational Constitution Center$4.6MUniversity of Southern Indiana: received $4.6M on this topicUniversity of Southern Indiana$4.6MJamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc: received $4.5M on this topicJamestown Yorktown Foundation I…$4.5MNational Museum of Mexican Art: received $4.2M on this topicNational Museum of Mexican Art$4.2MNational Park Foundation: received $3.1M on this topicNational Park Foundation$3.1MTemple Israel of Detroit: received $3.0M on this topicTemple Israel of Detroit$3.0MColonial Williamsburg Foundation: received $3.0M on this topicColonial Williamsburg Foundation$3.0MChurch of the Resurrection United Methodist: received $2.7M on this topicChurch of the Resurrection Unit…$2.7MNational Building Museum: received $2.6M on this topicNational Building Museum$2.6MChicago Architecture Foundation: received $2.6M on this topicChicago Architecture Foundation$2.6MNational Womens History Museum: received $2.6M on this topicNational Womens History Museum$2.6MSociety of Kings Chapel: received $2.6M on this topicSociety of Kings Chapel$2.6MShelburne Museum Incorporated: received $2.6M on this topicShelburne Museum Incorporated$2.6MNational Juneteenth Museum: received $2.6M on this topicNational Juneteenth Museum$2.6MSing Sing Prison Museum: received $2.6M on this topicSing Sing Prison Museum$2.6MMuseum at Eldridge Street: received $2.6M on this topicMuseum at Eldridge Street$2.6MSixteenth Street Baptist Church: received $2.6M on this topicSixteenth Street Baptist Church$2.6MEqual Justice Initiative: received $2.6M on this topicEqual Justice Initiative$2.6MLower East Side Tenement Museum: received $2.6M on this topicLower East Side Tenement Museum$2.6MNorth Carolina Museum of Art Fdn: received $2.6M on this topicNorth Carolina Museum of Art Fdn$2.6MNew York Historical Society: received $2.6M on this topicNew York Historical Society$2.6MMaryland Ctr for History & Culture: received $2.6M on this topicMaryland Ctr for History & Cult…$2.6MHoly Family Parish: received $2.6M on this topicHoly Family Parish$2.6MHakubai Temple: received $2.0M on this topicHakubai Temple$2.0MFirst Presbyterian Church of Atlanta: received $2.0M on this topicFirst Presbyterian Church of At…$2.0MChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: received $1.8M on this topicChurch of Jesus Christ of Latte…$1.8MChabad Jewish Center of Laguna Beach: received $1.7M on this topicChabad Jewish Center of Laguna…$1.7MHaggai International Haggai Institute: received $1.7M on this topicHaggai International Haggai Ins…$1.7MTemple Israel: received $1.6M on this topicTemple Israel$1.6MSt Patrick's Catholic Church of Elkhorn: received $1.5M on this topicSt Patrick's Catholic Church of…$1.5MCampus Crusade for Christ: received $1.3M on this topicCampus Crusade for Christ$1.3MPeachtree Presbyterian Church: received $1.3M on this topicPeachtree Presbyterian Church$1.3MYeshivath Beth Yehudah: received $1.1M on this topicYeshivath Beth Yehudah$1.1MCatholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay: received $1.1M on this topicCatholic Foundation for the Dio…$1.1MGreater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity: received $1.1M on this topicGreater Fox Cities Area Habitat…$1.1MSt Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church: received $1.1M on this topicSt Francis in the Fields Episco…$1.1MSt Paul's Newman Center: received $1.0M on this topicSt Paul's Newman Center$1.0MThe Christian Community Foundation Inc: received $883K on this topicThe Christian Community Foundat…$883KChrist Church United Methodist: received $872K on this topicChrist Church United Methodist$872KWhitesburg Baptist Church: received $810K on this topicWhitesburg Baptist Church$810KSt Michael's Abbey Foundation: received $809K on this topicSt Michael's Abbey Foundation$809KSt Paul United Methodist Church: received $738K on this topicSt Paul United Methodist Church$738KSt Matthews Episcopal Church: received $720K on this topicSt Matthews Episcopal Church$720KOur Lady of Lourdes Church: received $703K on this topicOur Lady of Lourdes Church$703KSt Thomas More Catholic Church: received $667K on this topicSt Thomas More Catholic Church$667KThe Basilica of St Mary: received $570K on this topicThe Basilica of St Mary$570KCathedral of the Assumption: received $434K on this topicCathedral of the Assumption$434KMaranatha Camp and Conference Center: received $361K on this topicMaranatha Camp and Conference C…$361KWhitesburg Baptist Church: received $357K on this topicWhitesburg Baptist Church$357KDiocese of Pittsburgh Roman Catholic: received $121K on this topicDiocese of Pittsburgh Roman Cat…$121KSt John Gualbert Cathedral: received $110K on this topicSt John Gualbert Cathedral$110KDutilh United Methodist Church: received $94K on this topicDutilh United Methodist Church$94K
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