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12 funders with a record of paying for “ship”
Where the money went Mercy Ships International → Mercy Ships Foundation: $54M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → The Energy Foundation: $13M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → The Aspen Institute Inc: $5.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Community Foundation for → Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association: $2.1M across 13 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → World Wildlife Fund Canada: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Mercy Ships: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Maine Technology Institute → Global Secure Shipping: $710K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Adr Foundation Inc → Mercy Ships: $450K across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Lawrence County Memorial Hospital: $291K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Danford Foundation → Mariners Scout Ship Tradewind: $50K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Henry County Public Schools: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tin Can Sailors Inc → Bremerton Ships Association: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Climateworks Foundation → International Council On Clean Transportation: $8.8M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → Climateworks Foundation: $5.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Mercy Ships International → Mercy Ships Foundation: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Stand: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation for → Mercy Ships: $1.0M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Hamilton Memorial Hospital District: $281K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Maine Technology Institute → Oak LLC: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Danford Foundation → Sea Scout Ship Gryphon: $50K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Tin Can Sailors Inc → Uss Kidd Commission: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc: $4.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Climateworks Foundation → Environmental Defense Fund Inc: $4.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Seas at Risk Vzw: $977K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Memorial Hospital - Carthage: $93K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Maine Technology Institute → Ropeless Systems Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Whas Crusade for Children Inc → 4 Leaf Friends Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Tin Can Sailors Inc → Destroyer Escort Historical Museum(Uss Slater): $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Community Foundation for → Living Stream Church of Jacksonville Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → Global Maritime Forum: $4.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → United Nations Foundation Inc: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → Pacific Environment and Resources Center: $2.4M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → Rocky Mountain Institute: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → Ocean Conservancy Inc: $900K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Ocean Conservancy Inc: $830K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Great Bear Initiative Society: $765K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Climateworks Foundation → Friends of the Earth: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Stand: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Climateworks Foundation → West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project: $173K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → High Ambition Climate Collective: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Icc Foundation: $123K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Warner Hospital & Health Services: $89K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Sparta Community Hospital District: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Fairfield Memorial Hospital: $76K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Pinckneyville Community Hospital: $71K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Mercy Harvard Hospital: $68K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services: $66K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Pana Community Hospital: $64K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Hillsboro Area Hospital: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Horizon Health: $62K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Sarah D Culbertson Memorial Hospital: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Midwest Medical Center: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Washington County Hospital: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Rochelle Community Hospital: $53K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Genesis Medical Center: $52K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Icc Foundation: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Osf St Clare Medical Center: $47K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Carlinville Area Hospital: $44K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Thomas H Boyd Memorial Hospital: $43K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Morrison Community Hospital: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Marshall Browning Hospital: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Illinois Critical Access Hospital → Carle Eureka Hospital: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mercy Ships International: $56M on this topic. Open the funder. Mercy Ships International $56M Climateworks Foundation: $32M on this topic. Open the funder. Climateworks Foundation $32M Sergey Brin Family Foundation: $22M on this topic. Open the funder. Sergey Brin Family Foundation $22M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $5.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $5.9M The Community Foundation for: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation for $3.1M The Illinois Critical Access Hospital: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Illinois Critical Access… $1.8M Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Michael & Susan Dell Foundati… $1.0M Maine Technology Institute: $835K on this topic. Open the funder. Maine Technology Institute $835K The Adr Foundation Inc: $450K on this topic. Open the funder. The Adr Foundation Inc $450K The Whas Crusade for Children Inc: $115K on this topic. Open the funder. The Whas Crusade for Children… $115K Danford Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Danford Foundation $100K Tin Can Sailors Inc: $61K on this topic. Open the funder. Tin Can Sailors Inc $61K Mercy Ships Foundation: received $54M on this topic Mercy Ships Foundation $54M The Energy Foundation: received $13M on this topic The Energy Foundation $13M International Council On Clean Transportation: received $8.8M on this topic International Council On Clean… $8.8M The Aspen Institute Inc: received $5.3M on this topic The Aspen Institute Inc $5.3M Climateworks Foundation: received $5.0M on this topic Climateworks Foundation $5.0M C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc: received $4.5M on this topic C40 Cities Climate Leadership G… $4.5M Global Maritime Forum: received $4.4M on this topic Global Maritime Forum $4.4M Environmental Defense Fund Inc: received $4.2M on this topic Environmental Defense Fund Inc $4.2M United Nations Foundation Inc: received $3.0M on this topic United Nations Foundation Inc $3.0M Pacific Environment and Resources Center: received $2.4M on this topic Pacific Environment and Resourc… $2.4M Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association: received $2.1M on this topic Jacksonville Historic Naval Shi… $2.1M Rocky Mountain Institute: received $2.0M on this topic Rocky Mountain Institute $2.0M Mercy Ships Foundation: received $1.8M on this topic Mercy Ships Foundation $1.8M Mercy Ships: received $1.5M on this topic Mercy Ships $1.5M World Wildlife Fund Canada: received $1.4M on this topic World Wildlife Fund Canada $1.4M Stand: received $1.3M on this topic Stand $1.3M Mercy Ships: received $1.0M on this topic Mercy Ships $1.0M Seas at Risk Vzw: received $977K on this topic Seas at Risk Vzw $977K Ocean Conservancy Inc: received $900K on this topic Ocean Conservancy Inc $900K Ocean Conservancy Inc: received $830K on this topic Ocean Conservancy Inc $830K Great Bear Initiative Society: received $765K on this topic Great Bear Initiative Society $765K Global Secure Shipping: received $710K on this topic Global Secure Shipping $710K Friends of the Earth: received $600K on this topic Friends of the Earth $600K Stand: received $350K on this topic Stand $350K Lawrence County Memorial Hospital: received $291K on this topic Lawrence County Memorial Hospit… $291K Hamilton Memorial Hospital District: received $281K on this topic Hamilton Memorial Hospital Dist… $281K West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project: received $173K on this topic West Oakland Environmental Indi… $173K High Ambition Climate Collective: received $125K on this topic High Ambition Climate Collective $125K Icc Foundation: received $123K on this topic Icc Foundation $123K Memorial Hospital - Carthage: received $93K on this topic Memorial Hospital - Carthage $93K Warner Hospital & Health Services: received $89K on this topic Warner Hospital & Health Servic… $89K Sparta Community Hospital District: received $77K on this topic Sparta Community Hospital Distr… $77K Fairfield Memorial Hospital: received $76K on this topic Fairfield Memorial Hospital $76K Oak LLC: received $75K on this topic Oak LLC $75K The Sustainable Shipping Initiative Limited: received $75K on this topic The Sustainable Shipping Initia… $75K Pinckneyville Community Hospital: received $71K on this topic Pinckneyville Community Hospital $71K Mercy Harvard Hospital: received $68K on this topic Mercy Harvard Hospital $68K Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services: received $66K on this topic Gibson Area Hospital & Health S… $66K Pana Community Hospital: received $64K on this topic Pana Community Hospital $64K Hillsboro Area Hospital: received $63K on this topic Hillsboro Area Hospital $63K Horizon Health: received $62K on this topic Horizon Health $62K Sarah D Culbertson Memorial Hospital: received $60K on this topic Sarah D Culbertson Memorial Hos… $60K Midwest Medical Center: received $58K on this topic Midwest Medical Center $58K Washington County Hospital: received $55K on this topic Washington County Hospital $55K Rochelle Community Hospital: received $53K on this topic Rochelle Community Hospital $53K Genesis Medical Center: received $52K on this topic Genesis Medical Center $52K Icc Foundation: received $52K on this topic Icc Foundation $52K Mariners Scout Ship Tradewind: received $50K on this topic Mariners Scout Ship Tradewind $50K Sea Scout Ship Gryphon: received $50K on this topic Sea Scout Ship Gryphon $50K Ropeless Systems Inc: received $50K on this topic Ropeless Systems Inc $50K Osf St Clare Medical Center: received $47K on this topic Osf St Clare Medical Center $47K Henry County Public Schools: received $45K on this topic Henry County Public Schools $45K Carlinville Area Hospital: received $44K on this topic Carlinville Area Hospital $44K Thomas H Boyd Memorial Hospital: received $43K on this topic Thomas H Boyd Memorial Hospital $43K Morrison Community Hospital: received $41K on this topic Morrison Community Hospital $41K Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Foundation Inc: received $40K on this topic Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Fou… $40K Marshall Browning Hospital: received $38K on this topic Marshall Browning Hospital $38K Carle Eureka Hospital: received $37K on this topic Carle Eureka Hospital $37K 4 Leaf Friends Inc: received $30K on this topic 4 Leaf Friends Inc $30K Bremerton Ships Association: received $21K on this topic Bremerton Ships Association $21K Uss Kidd Commission: received $20K on this topic Uss Kidd Commission $20K Destroyer Escort Historical Museum(Uss Slater): received $20K on this topic Destroyer Escort Historical Mus… $20K Living Stream Church of Jacksonville Inc: received $10K on this topic Living Stream Church of Jackson… $10K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “ship” 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: $280,638 to HAMILTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT — 22 ship, arp ship, 22 flex grants
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Largest: $1.0M to JACKSONVILLE HISTORIC NAVAL SHIP ASSOCIATION — this grant is for initial funding to assist jacksonville historic naval ship association in its plans and effort to expand the operations and scope of its veterans museum. these fu…
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Largest: $75,000 to THE SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING INITIATIVE LIMITED — in support of biodiversity protection and sustainable shipping.
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Largest: $12.8M to THE ENERGY FOUNDATION — to expand access to sustainable cooling and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ($750,000); to protect the climate, reduce pollution, and strengthen economies ($1,670,000); sustainable…
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Largest: $10,000 to MARINERS SCOUT SHIP TRADEWIND — youth development programs including sailing
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Largest: $10,400 to BREMERTON SHIPS ASSOCIATION — ship restoration
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Largest: $120,000 to MERCY SHIPS — general support for hospital ships
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Largest: $5.3M to THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — green shipping corridors project
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Largest: $40,000 to SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 for stryker bassinets and carescape monitors. no funding allowed for installation or shipping.
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Largest: $300,000 to Mercy Ships — mercy ships 2021
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Largest: $40.0M to MERCY SHIPS FOUNDATION — programmatic support
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Largest: $15,000 to Home Grown Fuels LLC — home grown fuels received a phase 1 award from usda for pfas remediation of contaminated soils found on maine farmland. we are planting hemp and two native grasses in soil with kno…
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