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12 funders with a record of paying for “somalia”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2022Largest: $1.2M to World Food Program USA — general operating support, providing food for starving people in kenya, ethiopia, and somalia, support for wfp afghanistan to provide food, medical assistance, and shelter to famil…
Largest: $52,757 to VOSH-SOMALIA INC — to increase access to eye care services and eyeglasses to low-income communities in rural somalia.
Largest: $600,000 to INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — emergency support - gaza,emergency support - ukraine, increasing healthcare access and support in somalia,improving healthcare capacity in cameroon
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $381,500 · through 2023Largest: $381,500 to MYRIAD USA — elman peace center-somalia
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
1 matching grant · $500,000 · through 2022Largest: $500,000 to AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS (ADESO) — to support the provision of safe water in response to the ongoing drought in northern somalia
Center for Disaster PhilanthropyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $165,000 · through 2022Largest: $165,000 to ACTION AID — action aid will receive a grant of $165,000 for covid-related program activities implemented by the feminist humanitarian network of women's rights organizations operating across n…
Largest: $75,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF — to support civilian protection in somalia and amplify the voices of somali and regional advocates
Largest: $1,000 to LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND EGALITARIANISM OF SOMALIA — general operating support
Largest: $39,510 to MOHAMMED IBRAHIM SHIRE — targeted recruitment: explaining why certain clans join and eschew al-shabaab in somalia
Largest: $15,000 to THE FISTUAL FOUNDATION — somafco in somalia
Largest: $20,000 to Refugees International — services to those displaced by climate change in somalia and south sudan
Largest: $20,000 to CENTER FOR CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT — justice for civilian harm in somalia: making us amends policy responsive to civilian communities
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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 →