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12 funders with a record of paying for “runner”
Where the money went Ken Birdwell Foundation → Food Runners: $547K across 10 grants, latest 2024 Ronald & Ann Williams Charitable Foundat → Peninsula Food Runners: $305K across 4 grants, latest 2024 New Jersey Civic Information Consortium → Front Runner New Jersey: $295K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Move United → Team River Runner: $243K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → Peninsula Food Runners Inc: $155K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → New York Road Runners Inc: $140K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Food Runners: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → New York Road Runners Inc: $90K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Runners Refuge Ministries: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Bank of America Charitable → New York Road Runners Inc: $20K across 10 grants, latest 2023 Bravo Alpha Foundation → Band of Runners: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Hadley Goodwin: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Move United → Team River Runner Inc: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → St Jude Runners Association: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Peninsula Food Runners Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Caitlin Perry: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Road Runners Club of America: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → New York Road Runners Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Lauren Sweet: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Food Runners: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Pittsburgh Rogue Runners: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Quinn Heller: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Jasmine Da Broi: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Dillon Bonner: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Ryan Justus: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Michael Leddy: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Jake Petersen: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Carmen Ibarra: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Jessica Woodcock: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund → Aidan Bryne: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Front Runners New York Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → New York Road Runners Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ken Birdwell Foundation: $547K on this topic. Open the funder. Ken Birdwell Foundation $547K Move United: $319K on this topic. Open the funder. Move United $319K Ronald & Ann Williams Charitable Foundat: $305K on this topic. Open the funder. Ronald & Ann Williams Charita… $305K New Jersey Civic Information Consortium: $295K on this topic. Open the funder. New Jersey Civic Information… $295K The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $175K on this topic. Open the funder. The Goldman Sachs Charitable… $175K Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $162K on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $162K Sunlight Giving: $155K on this topic. Open the funder. Sunlight Giving $155K The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund: $105K on this topic. Open the funder. The L A Fire Dept Scholsp Fund $105K The Ford Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $90K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $34K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $34K The Bank of America Charitable: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bank of America Charitable $20K Bravo Alpha Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. Bravo Alpha Foundation $18K Food Runners: received $667K on this topic Food Runners $667K Peninsula Food Runners: received $305K on this topic Peninsula Food Runners $305K Front Runner New Jersey: received $295K on this topic Front Runner New Jersey $295K New York Road Runners Inc: received $271K on this topic New York Road Runners Inc $271K Team River Runner: received $243K on this topic Team River Runner $243K Peninsula Food Runners Inc: received $180K on this topic Peninsula Food Runners Inc $180K Team River Runner Inc: received $76K on this topic Team River Runner Inc $76K St Jude Runners Association: received $32K on this topic St Jude Runners Association $32K Runners Refuge Ministries: received $25K on this topic Runners Refuge Ministries $25K Band of Runners: received $18K on this topic Band of Runners $18K Hadley Goodwin: received $15K on this topic Hadley Goodwin $15K Caitlin Perry: received $13K on this topic Caitlin Perry $13K Lauren Sweet: received $13K on this topic Lauren Sweet $13K Quinn Heller: received $12K on this topic Quinn Heller $12K Jasmine Da Broi: received $10K on this topic Jasmine Da Broi $10K Dillon Bonner: received $8K on this topic Dillon Bonner $8K Ryan Justus: received $8K on this topic Ryan Justus $8K Michael Leddy: received $8K on this topic Michael Leddy $8K Jake Petersen: received $5K on this topic Jake Petersen $5K Carmen Ibarra: received $5K on this topic Carmen Ibarra $5K Jessica Woodcock: received $5K on this topic Jessica Woodcock $5K Aidan Bryne: received $5K on this topic Aidan Bryne $5K Road Runners Club of America: received $5K on this topic Road Runners Club of America $5K Pittsburgh Rogue Runners: received $2K on this topic Pittsburgh Rogue Runners $2K Front Runners New York Inc: received $2K on this topic Front Runners New York Inc $2K 12 funders, 25 recipients, grants matching “runner” 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: $12,500 to LAUREN SWEET — 2023 scholarship runner up award and 2023 best essay award
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Largest: $6,115 to NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC — program/operating support
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Largest: $47,000 to NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC — community outreach & enrichment programs
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Largest: $55,000 to FOOD RUNNERS — community & human services
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Largest: $40,000 to PENINSULA FOOD RUNNERS INC — general support, $40,000 per year for three years
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Largest: $101,550 to FOOD RUNNERS — capacity building support
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Largest: $25,000 to RUNNERS REFUGE MINISTRIES — program support
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Largest: $83,334 to NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC — core support for its nyc-based sites/initiatives to provide students with an enriched learning environment outside of the typical classroom
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Largest: $82,009 to TEAM RIVER RUNNER — adaptive winter and summer sports programming expenses
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Largest: $5,000 to BAND OF RUNNERS — scholarships for veteran trail runs
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Largest: $80,000 to PENINSULA FOOD RUNNERS — to alleviate hunger
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Largest: $120,000 to FRONT RUNNER NEW JERSEY — civic news and information reporting
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