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12 funders with a record of paying for “salvador”
Where the money went
Largest: $121,000 to UNIVERSIDAD CENTROAMERICANA JOSE SIMEON CANAS — core support to advance the efforts to fight impunity for grave human rights violations in el salvador through research, advocacy and litigation
Largest: $75,000 to ASOCIACION COMUNICANDO Y CAPACITANDO A MUJERES TRANS CON VIH EN EL SALVADOR — support for the documentation of violence and discrimination against lgbt people in detention centers in el salvador, mexico, guatemala, and honduras, as well as the documentation …
Largest: $35,417 to Western Oregon University — scholarships for mariana flores lomeli ($1,666), jessica garibay ochoa ($7,000), estela miranda-aguilar ($7,700), raul sagrero gaona ($8,000), alayna salvador ($1,500), zahvia stok…
Largest: $101,504 to SALVADOR BUSE — global risk research program - educational scholarship
Largest: $120,000 to ASOCIACION COMUNICANDO Y CAPACITANDO A MUJERES TRANS CON VIH EN EL SALVADOR — to to provide general operating support to comcavis trans in el salvador
Largest: $75,000 to SHARE FOUNDATION EL SALVADOR — strengthens solidarity with and among the salvadoran people in el salvador and the united states in the struggle for economic sustainability, justice, and human and civil rights
Largest: $140,000 to PROJECT RED FOUNDATION- EL SALVADOR — to aid the mission of the organization
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2022Largest: $1.2M to World Food Program USA — general operating support for wfp afghanistan to provide food, medical assistance, and shelter to families in need, equal support for relief efforts in the following 4 countries: u…
Largest: $70,300 to E KENNEDY — to unite research, education and community outreach to inspect how and why deportees to el salvador and honduras are harmed and why this happens, with a focus on youth, indigenous …
Largest: $50,000 to FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK — to build grassroots organizing efforts in el salvador to advance national water and land rights campaigns by offering seminars for clergy and lay leaders, supporting parish teams a…
Anne Ray FoundationEden Prairie, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT — disaster risk reduction in san salvador, la paz, & cuscatlan
Largest: $1.0M to AMERICARES INC — u.s. & el salvador clinics
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

