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12 funders with a record of paying for “sage”
Where the money went Sages Educational and Research → Sages: $2.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → New Venture Fund: $2.6M across 6 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → National Wildlife Federation: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Russell Sage Foundation: $1.9M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris → Coastal Sage Montessori: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Russell Sage Foundation: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Jpb Foundation → Russell Sage Foundation: $750K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Seattle Foundation → Puget Sound Sage: $429K across 10 grants, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Seven Bridges Genomics Inc (Velsera): $412K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation → Sage Colleges: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Encinitas Unified School District (Capri): $75K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Math for America → Forbes-Gray Caitlin Sage: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Sage Bionetworks: $861K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Jpb Foundation → Sage Foundation Inc: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Seven Bridges Genomics Inc: $255K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Common Vision: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation → Sage: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Math for America → Hunter Sage E: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Puget Sound Sage: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jpb Foundation → Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Summit Land Conservancy: $316K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Gage Elementary: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Sage Bionetworks → Stanford University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation → Services & Advocacy for Gay(Sage): $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Math for America → Forbes-Gray Sage: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Montana Audubon Society: $270K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition: $210K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association: $196K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc: $98K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Montezuma Land Conservancy: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Whitman Elementary: $73K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Occidental College: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Friends of Valencia Park: $69K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Lafayette Pta: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Clairemont Canyons Academy: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Longfellow Elementary Pto (Los Compadres): $65K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Watsonville Charter School of the Arts: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Juarez Elementary: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Field Pta: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Hawthorne Elementary: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Vista La Mesa Academy: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Cadman Pta: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2025 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Modoc Nation: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Ocean Knoll Elementary: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Darnall Charter School: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Toler Elementary Pta: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Crook County Soil & Water Cons District: $49K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Vista Unified (Casita Center): $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Jefferson Pta: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Lemon Ave Elementary Pta: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Foster Elementary: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Curie Elementary: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Bay Park Elementary: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Casa De Oro Elementary: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → South O Pto: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Sage Garden Project of California: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Pasadena Educational Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Oregon Desert Land Trust: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Wildlands Restoration Volunteers: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Gunnison Conservation District: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Otay Elementary: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Hancock Ptf: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly → Hamilton Elementary: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $4.9M on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $4.9M Gates Foundation: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $3.3M Sages Educational and Research: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Sages Educational and Research $2.9M The Ford Foundation: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $2.6M The Jpb Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Jpb Foundation $2.0M Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (F… $1.5M The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Kenneth T and Eileen L No… $1.2M Carnegie Corporation of New York: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Carnegie Corporation of New Y… $1.0M Sage Bionetworks: $717K on this topic. Open the funder. Sage Bionetworks $717K Seattle Foundation: $429K on this topic. Open the funder. Seattle Foundation $429K Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation: $265K on this topic. Open the funder. Marty and Dorothy Silverman F… $265K Math for America: $105K on this topic. Open the funder. Math for America $105K Sages: received $2.9M on this topic Sages $2.9M Russell Sage Foundation: received $2.7M on this topic Russell Sage Foundation $2.7M New Venture Fund: received $2.6M on this topic New Venture Fund $2.6M National Wildlife Federation: received $2.5M on this topic National Wildlife Federation $2.5M Coastal Sage Montessori: received $1.2M on this topic Coastal Sage Montessori $1.2M Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies: received $1.0M on this topic Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory… $1.0M Russell Sage Foundation: received $1.0M on this topic Russell Sage Foundation $1.0M Puget Sound Sage: received $929K on this topic Puget Sound Sage $929K Sage Bionetworks: received $861K on this topic Sage Bionetworks $861K Sage Foundation Inc: received $750K on this topic Sage Foundation Inc $750K Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: received $500K on this topic Seventh Generation Fund for Ind… $500K Seven Bridges Genomics Inc (Velsera): received $412K on this topic Seven Bridges Genomics Inc (Vel… $412K Summit Land Conservancy: received $316K on this topic Summit Land Conservancy $316K Montana Audubon Society: received $270K on this topic Montana Audubon Society $270K Seven Bridges Genomics Inc: received $255K on this topic Seven Bridges Genomics Inc $255K North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition: received $210K on this topic North Dakota Grazing Lands Coal… $210K Sage Colleges: received $200K on this topic Sage Colleges $200K Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association: received $196K on this topic Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairi… $196K Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc: received $98K on this topic Mesa County Land Conservancy Inc $98K Montezuma Land Conservancy: received $96K on this topic Montezuma Land Conservancy $96K Encinitas Unified School District (Capri): received $75K on this topic Encinitas Unified School Distri… $75K Common Vision: received $75K on this topic Common Vision $75K Gage Elementary: received $75K on this topic Gage Elementary $75K Whitman Elementary: received $73K on this topic Whitman Elementary $73K Occidental College: received $70K on this topic Occidental College $70K Friends of Valencia Park: received $69K on this topic Friends of Valencia Park $69K Lafayette Pta: received $65K on this topic Lafayette Pta $65K Clairemont Canyons Academy: received $65K on this topic Clairemont Canyons Academy $65K Longfellow Elementary Pto (Los Compadres): received $65K on this topic Longfellow Elementary Pto (Los… $65K Watsonville Charter School of the Arts: received $56K on this topic Watsonville Charter School of t… $56K Juarez Elementary: received $55K on this topic Juarez Elementary $55K Field Pta: received $55K on this topic Field Pta $55K Hawthorne Elementary: received $55K on this topic Hawthorne Elementary $55K Vista La Mesa Academy: received $55K on this topic Vista La Mesa Academy $55K Cadman Pta: received $55K on this topic Cadman Pta $55K Modoc Nation: received $54K on this topic Modoc Nation $54K Ocean Knoll Elementary: received $50K on this topic Ocean Knoll Elementary $50K Sage: received $50K on this topic Sage $50K Stanford University: received $50K on this topic Stanford University $50K Darnall Charter School: received $50K on this topic Darnall Charter School $50K Toler Elementary Pta: received $50K on this topic Toler Elementary Pta $50K Crook County Soil & Water Cons District: received $49K on this topic Crook County Soil & Water Cons… $49K Forbes-Gray Caitlin Sage: received $45K on this topic Forbes-Gray Caitlin Sage $45K Hunter Sage E: received $45K on this topic Hunter Sage E $45K Vista Unified (Casita Center): received $45K on this topic Vista Unified (Casita Center) $45K Jefferson Pta: received $45K on this topic Jefferson Pta $45K Lemon Ave Elementary Pta: received $41K on this topic Lemon Ave Elementary Pta $41K Foster Elementary: received $40K on this topic Foster Elementary $40K Curie Elementary: received $40K on this topic Curie Elementary $40K Bay Park Elementary: received $35K on this topic Bay Park Elementary $35K Casa De Oro Elementary: received $35K on this topic Casa De Oro Elementary $35K South O Pto: received $35K on this topic South O Pto $35K Sage Garden Project of California: received $35K on this topic Sage Garden Project of Californ… $35K Pasadena Educational Foundation: received $30K on this topic Pasadena Educational Foundation $30K Oregon Desert Land Trust: received $26K on this topic Oregon Desert Land Trust $26K Wildlands Restoration Volunteers: received $25K on this topic Wildlands Restoration Volunteers $25K Gunnison Conservation District: received $23K on this topic Gunnison Conservation District $23K Services & Advocacy for Gay(Sage): received $15K on this topic Services & Advocacy for Gay(Sag… $15K Forbes-Gray Sage: received $15K on this topic Forbes-Gray Sage $15K Otay Elementary: received $15K on this topic Otay Elementary $15K Hancock Ptf: received $15K on this topic Hancock Ptf $15K Hamilton Elementary: received $15K on this topic Hamilton Elementary $15K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “sage” only. 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