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12 funders with a record of paying for “slavery”
Where the money went The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → City of Richmond: $11M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation → International Justice Mission: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Abrams Foundation Inc → Brown University: $833K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Arise Foundation America Inc: $810K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Transparentem Ltd: $735K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Humanity United → Global Fund to End Modern Slavery: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Kush Communications Limited: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Weingart Foundation → Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking: $160K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Spencer Foundation → University of Virginia: $148K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Holthues Trust → Abolish Slavery Network March On Foundation: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Seattle Foundation → Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking: $77K across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc: $3.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation → Stanford University: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Freedom Fund → Population Council Inc: $709K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking: $590K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Abrams Foundation Inc → Smithsonian Institution: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → New Jersey Inst for Soc Justice: $485K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Bimshire Project LLC: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Spencer Foundation → Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $122K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Humanity United → Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking: $115K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Holthues Trust → Abolish Slavery Network (March On Foundation): $85K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Massachusetts at Amherst: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Norc: $634K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Abrams Foundation Inc → Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of African American: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation → Willow International: $339K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Dwayne Wharton & Partners LLC (Dba Just Strategies): $224K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Color Farm Media LLC: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Spencer Foundation → The University of Texas at Austin: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Corporate Accountability Lab: $601K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Human Trafficking Legal Centre: $585K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Polaris: $521K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Greenpeace Fund: $420K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Free the Slaves: $364K across 3 grants, latest 2024 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation → International Association of Women Judges: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Survivor Alliance Us: $252K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Indiana University: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Polaris Project: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Brandeis University: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Human Trafficking Legal Center: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Tides Center: $205K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Inc: $191K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → International Labor Rights Forum: $165K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Cul: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Glj-Ilrf: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Institute of Food: $117K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Dwayne Wharton & Partners LLC (Dba Just: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → New York Historical Society: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Art & Antiquities Block Chain Consortium Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Freedom Fund → Survivor Alliance: $88K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Freedom Fund → Verite Inc: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → China Labor Watch: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Climate Rights: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Freedom Fund → Chab Dai International: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Freedom Fund → Freedom Network USA Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Freedom Fund → Oxfam America: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation → Survivors Alliance: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Freedom Fund → Interfaith Center On Corporate Responsibility: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Freedom Fund → Swaniti Initiative: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation → Free the Slaves: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $18M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $18M The Freedom Fund: $6.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Freedom Fund $6.6M End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. End Modern Slavery Initiative… $3.5M The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $2.7M Abrams Foundation Inc: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Abrams Foundation Inc $1.8M Conrad N Hilton Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Conrad N Hilton Foundation $1.4M The Ford Foundation: $650K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $650K Humanity United: $465K on this topic. Open the funder. Humanity United $465K The Spencer Foundation: $285K on this topic. Open the funder. The Spencer Foundation $285K Holthues Trust: $205K on this topic. Open the funder. Holthues Trust $205K Weingart Foundation: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. Weingart Foundation $160K Seattle Foundation: $77K on this topic. Open the funder. Seattle Foundation $77K City of Richmond: received $11M on this topic City of Richmond $11M Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc: received $3.5M on this topic Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc $3.5M University of Massachusetts at Amherst: received $2.6M on this topic University of Massachusetts at… $2.6M New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: received $1.7M on this topic New Jersey Institute for Social… $1.7M International Justice Mission: received $1.7M on this topic International Justice Mission $1.7M Stanford University: received $1.2M on this topic Stanford University $1.2M Brown University: received $833K on this topic Brown University $833K Arise Foundation America Inc: received $810K on this topic Arise Foundation America Inc $810K Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking: received $750K on this topic Coalition to Abolish Slavery an… $750K Transparentem Ltd: received $735K on this topic Transparentem Ltd $735K Population Council Inc: received $709K on this topic Population Council Inc $709K Norc: received $634K on this topic Norc $634K Corporate Accountability Lab: received $601K on this topic Corporate Accountability Lab $601K Human Trafficking Legal Centre: received $585K on this topic Human Trafficking Legal Centre $585K Polaris: received $521K on this topic Polaris $521K Smithsonian Institution: received $500K on this topic Smithsonian Institution $500K Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of African American: received $500K on this topic Smithsonian Institution - Natio… $500K New Jersey Inst for Soc Justice: received $485K on this topic New Jersey Inst for Soc Justice $485K Greenpeace Fund: received $420K on this topic Greenpeace Fund $420K Free the Slaves: received $364K on this topic Free the Slaves $364K Global Fund to End Modern Slavery: received $350K on this topic Global Fund to End Modern Slave… $350K Willow International: received $339K on this topic Willow International $339K International Association of Women Judges: received $300K on this topic International Association of Wo… $300K Survivor Alliance Us: received $252K on this topic Survivor Alliance Us $252K Indiana University: received $225K on this topic Indiana University $225K Polaris Project: received $225K on this topic Polaris Project $225K Brandeis University: received $225K on this topic Brandeis University $225K Dwayne Wharton & Partners LLC (Dba Just Strategies): received $224K on this topic Dwayne Wharton & Partners LLC (… $224K Human Trafficking Legal Center: received $220K on this topic Human Trafficking Legal Center $220K Tides Center: received $205K on this topic Tides Center $205K Kush Communications Limited: received $200K on this topic Kush Communications Limited $200K Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Inc: received $191K on this topic Busara Center for Behavioral Ec… $191K International Labor Rights Forum: received $165K on this topic International Labor Rights Forum $165K Bimshire Project LLC: received $150K on this topic Bimshire Project LLC $150K Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Cul: received $150K on this topic Smithsonian Institution Nationa… $150K Glj-Ilrf: received $150K on this topic Glj-Ilrf $150K University of Virginia: received $148K on this topic University of Virginia $148K Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $122K on this topic Rector and Visitors of the Univ… $122K Abolish Slavery Network March On Foundation: received $120K on this topic Abolish Slavery Network March O… $120K Institute of Food: received $117K on this topic Institute of Food $117K Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking: received $115K on this topic Coalition to Abolish Slavery &… $115K Dwayne Wharton & Partners LLC (Dba Just: received $105K on this topic Dwayne Wharton & Partners LLC (… $105K Color Farm Media LLC: received $100K on this topic Color Farm Media LLC $100K New York Historical Society: received $100K on this topic New York Historical Society $100K Art & Antiquities Block Chain Consortium Inc: received $100K on this topic Art & Antiquities Block Chain C… $100K Survivor Alliance: received $88K on this topic Survivor Alliance $88K Abolish Slavery Network (March On Foundation): received $85K on this topic Abolish Slavery Network (March… $85K Verite Inc: received $80K on this topic Verite Inc $80K Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity: received $80K on this topic Education Fund of the American… $80K Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking: received $77K on this topic Businesses Ending Slavery and T… $77K China Labor Watch: received $55K on this topic China Labor Watch $55K Climate Rights: received $50K on this topic Climate Rights $50K Chab Dai International: received $30K on this topic Chab Dai International $30K Freedom Network USA Inc: received $26K on this topic Freedom Network USA Inc $26K Oxfam America: received $23K on this topic Oxfam America $23K Survivors Alliance: received $21K on this topic Survivors Alliance $21K Interfaith Center On Corporate Responsibility: received $20K on this topic Interfaith Center On Corporate… $20K The University of Texas at Austin: received $15K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $15K Swaniti Initiative: received $15K on this topic Swaniti Initiative $15K Free the Slaves: received $10K on this topic Free the Slaves $10K 12 funders, 60 recipients, grants matching “slavery” 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: $448,489 to NORC — end modern slavery
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Largest: $1.7M to NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — 81434 supporting the new jersey reparations council in researching the enduring impact of slavery in the state toward a blueprint to repair slavery's harms
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Largest: $225,000 to INDIANA UNIVERSITY — to support a sawyer seminar on the comparative study of cultures entitled "global slaveries, fugitivity, and the afterlives of unfreedom: interconnections in comparative dialogue"
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Largest: $1.7M to International Justice Mission — support activities to end modern slavery.
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Largest: $30,000 to BUSINESSES ENDING SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING — to provide general support.
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Largest: $100,000 to COLOR FARM MEDIA LLC — for production of dear evanston, a documentary film about reparations for slavery and the vestiges of slavery in the united states
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Largest: $500,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN — to support the center for the study of global slavery at the national museum of african american history and culture
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Largest: $100,000 to Abolish Slavery Network March On Foundation — abolish slavery network
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Largest: $125,000 to COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING — unrestricted operating support
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Largest: $150,000 to Global Fund to End Modern Slavery — general operating support
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Largest: $810,000 to ARISE FOUNDATION AMERICA INC — to expand the pilot of the mel app to help sisters collect data and document their work on service provision, areas of need and ways to mitigate human trafficking and pilot a siste…
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Largest: $147,862 to University of Virginia — the afterlife of slavery on campus: black student experiences with university histories of slavery and their views on higher education reparations
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