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12 funders with a record of paying for “semilla”

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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Fondo Semillas Ac: $3.5M across 11 grants, latest 2023Foundation for A Just Society → Fondo Semillas Ac: $2.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024The California Endowment → Semillas Sociedad Civil: $1.6M across 7 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → La Semilla Food Center: $1.3M across 5 grants, latest 2024Arcus Foundation → Fondo Semillas Ac: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Fondo Semillas: $900K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Schmidt Family Foundation → La Semilla Food Center: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2024Light A Single Candle Foundation Nf → Semilla Nueva: $392K across 6 grants, latest 2023Neo Philanthropy Inc → Trans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De Liberacion: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024Marshall L and Perrine D Mccune → La Semilla Food Center: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → La Semilla Food Center: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024New England Biolabs Foundation → Semillas Del Oceano Ong: $29K across 4 grants, latest 2024Arcus Foundation → Trans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De Liberacion: $430K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Schmidt Family Foundation → Semilla Project: $375K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → The Semilla Project: $338K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wk Kellogg Foundation → The Semilla Project: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024Neo Philanthropy Inc → The Semilla Project: $190K across 1 grant, latest 2024The California Endowment → United Way of Merced County Inc: $186K across 2 grants, latest 2023Marshall L and Perrine D Mccune → New Mexico Community Capital Fiscal Sponsor for the Semilla Project: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Recreation Foundation → The Semilla Project: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2025New England Biolabs Foundation → Confederacion De Nacionalidades Indigenas De La Amazonia Ecuatoriana: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Asociacion Sembrando Semillas De Paz Sembrandopaz: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Neo Philanthropy Inc → Semilla: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023Marshall L and Perrine D Mccune → Semilla Project: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Semilla Project: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Wellspring Philanthropic Fund…$3.5MFoundation for A Just Society: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Foundation for A Just Society$2.5MThe California Endowment: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The California Endowment$1.8MWk Kellogg Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Wk Kellogg Foundation$1.6MThe Ford Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$1.4MArcus Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Arcus Foundation$1.4MThe Schmidt Family Foundation: $775K on this topic. Open the funder.The Schmidt Family Foundation$775KNeo Philanthropy Inc: $615K on this topic. Open the funder.Neo Philanthropy Inc$615KLight A Single Candle Foundation Nf: $392K on this topic. Open the funder.Light A Single Candle Foundat…$392KMarshall L and Perrine D Mccune: $270K on this topic. Open the funder.Marshall L and Perrine D Mccu…$270KNational Recreation Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.National Recreation Foundation$50KNew England Biolabs Foundation: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.New England Biolabs Foundation$37KFondo Semillas Ac: received $7.1M on this topicFondo Semillas Ac$7.1MLa Semilla Food Center: received $1.9M on this topicLa Semilla Food Center$1.9MSemillas Sociedad Civil: received $1.6M on this topicSemillas Sociedad Civil$1.6MFondo Semillas: received $900K on this topicFondo Semillas$900KThe Semilla Project: received $608K on this topicThe Semilla Project$608KSemilla Project: received $515K on this topicSemilla Project$515KTrans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De Liberacion: received $430K on this topicTrans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De…$430KSemilla Nueva: received $392K on this topicSemilla Nueva$392KTrans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De Liberacion: received $375K on this topicTrans Queer Pueblo - Semilla De…$375KThe Semilla Project: received $190K on this topicThe Semilla Project$190KUnited Way of Merced County Inc: received $186K on this topicUnited Way of Merced County Inc$186KAsociacion Sembrando Semillas De Paz Sembrandopaz: received $100K on this topicAsociacion Sembrando Semillas D…$100KNew Mexico Community Capital Fiscal Sponsor for the Semilla Project: received $50K on this topicNew Mexico Community Capital Fi…$50KSemilla: received $50K on this topicSemilla$50KSemillas Del Oceano Ong: received $29K on this topicSemillas Del Oceano Ong$29KConfederacion De Nacionalidades Indigenas De La Amazonia Ecuatoriana: received $8K on this topicConfederacion De Nacionalidades…$8K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →