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12 funders with a record of paying for “spirit”
Where the money went Novo Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: $18M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Spirit of Okoboji: $6.9M across 29 grants, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $2.7M across 23 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Yale University: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2021 David B and Pamela M Waud Foundation → Church of the Holy Spirit: $1.2M across 10 grants, latest 2025 Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust → Western Spirit Scottsdale's Museum of the West: $624K across 12 grants, latest 2024 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Spirit Lake Community Church of God: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Swig Foundation → Sf Jazz: $142K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2024 West Bend Community Foundation Inc → Lightkeeper Academy Nfp: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Freedom Forum Inc → Northwestern University: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Tulane University: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Novo Foundation → Southwest Indigenous Women's Coalition: $600K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Mind & Spirit Counseling Center: $505K across 12 grants, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Virginia Mason Medical Center: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Swig Foundation → Brown University: $47K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Holy Spirit Catholic Church: $46K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → Oma Center for Mind Body and Spirit Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 West Bend Community Foundation Inc → Le Mars Community Daycare Center: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → The Spirit of Construction: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Freedom Forum Inc → Harvard University: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust → Soles 2 Souls: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Arizona Foundation: $846K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Holy Spirit Catholic Church: $202K across 4 grants, latest 2022 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Farestart: $54K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Swig Foundation → Spirit Rock Meditation Center: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Joyful Spirit United Methodist Church: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 West Bend Community Foundation Inc → Sunshine Place: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Anoka Hennepin Credit Union Spirit: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Freedom Forum Inc → Stanford University: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → Pennsylvania Womens Hall of Achievement: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Mississippi Foundation: $729K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Mercer University: $584K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Virginia Tech Foundation Inc: $546K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Barry University: $492K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Pittsburgh: $473K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Texas Exes - Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Trustees of Dartmouth College: $393K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Missouri Alumni Assn: $359K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Northeastern University: $293K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Ohio State University Foundation: $207K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Oberlin College: $174K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Shakespeare Theater: $157K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Youth Spirit Artworks: $113K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Spirit Lake Community School Foundation: $86K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Spirit Lake Community School District: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Florida Foundation Inc: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Boys and Girls Clubs of King County: $54K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Nami Seattle: $54K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Miami: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Seattle Out & Proud Foundation: $53K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Community Passageways: $53K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Young Women Empowered: $53K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Purdue Research Foundation: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → New Canaan Community Foundation Inc: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Parish of the Holy Spirit: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Plymouth Housing Group: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → American Cancer Society Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Paul G Allen Family Foundation → Northwest Harvest E M M: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Spirit Lake Youth Athletics: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Us Charitable Gift Trust → Church of the Holy Spirit: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Free Spirit Media Nfp: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Holy Spirit Catholic Church-Creston: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Novo Foundation: $19M on this topic. Open the funder. Novo Foundation $19M The Chicago Community Trust: $9.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $9.4M Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $7.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Community Fdn of Greater Des… $7.8M The Heinz Endowments: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Heinz Endowments $2.7M David B and Pamela M Waud Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. David B and Pamela M Waud Fou… $1.2M Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust: $625K on this topic. Open the funder. Virginia G Piper Charitable T… $625K The Paul G Allen Family Foundation: $537K on this topic. Open the funder. The Paul G Allen Family Found… $537K The Us Charitable Gift Trust: $297K on this topic. Open the funder. The Us Charitable Gift Trust $297K Swig Foundation: $230K on this topic. Open the funder. Swig Foundation $230K West Bend Community Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. West Bend Community Foundatio… $40K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $30K The Freedom Forum Inc: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. The Freedom Forum Inc $17K Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: received $18M on this topic Rockefeller Philanthropy Adviso… $18M Spirit of Okoboji: received $6.9M on this topic Spirit of Okoboji $6.9M Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit: received $2.7M on this topic Duquesne University of the Holy… $2.7M Yale University: received $1.7M on this topic Yale University $1.7M Tulane University: received $1.7M on this topic Tulane University $1.7M Church of the Holy Spirit: received $1.2M on this topic Church of the Holy Spirit $1.2M University of Arizona Foundation: received $846K on this topic University of Arizona Foundation $846K University of Mississippi Foundation: received $729K on this topic University of Mississippi Found… $729K Western Spirit Scottsdale's Museum of the West: received $624K on this topic Western Spirit Scottsdale's Mus… $624K Southwest Indigenous Women's Coalition: received $600K on this topic Southwest Indigenous Women's Co… $600K Mercer University: received $584K on this topic Mercer University $584K Virginia Tech Foundation Inc: received $546K on this topic Virginia Tech Foundation Inc $546K Mind & Spirit Counseling Center: received $505K on this topic Mind & Spirit Counseling Center $505K Barry University: received $492K on this topic Barry University $492K University of Pittsburgh: received $473K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $473K Texas Exes - Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas: received $400K on this topic Texas Exes - Ex-Students' Assoc… $400K Trustees of Dartmouth College: received $393K on this topic Trustees of Dartmouth College $393K University of Missouri Alumni Assn: received $359K on this topic University of Missouri Alumni A… $359K Northeastern University: received $293K on this topic Northeastern University $293K Ohio State University Foundation: received $207K on this topic Ohio State University Foundation $207K Holy Spirit Catholic Church: received $202K on this topic Holy Spirit Catholic Church $202K Oberlin College: received $174K on this topic Oberlin College $174K Chicago Shakespeare Theater: received $157K on this topic Chicago Shakespeare Theater $157K Spirit Lake Community Church of God: received $150K on this topic Spirit Lake Community Church of… $150K Sf Jazz: received $142K on this topic Sf Jazz $142K Youth Spirit Artworks: received $113K on this topic Youth Spirit Artworks $113K Spirit Lake Community School Foundation: received $86K on this topic Spirit Lake Community School Fo… $86K Spirit Lake Community School District: received $75K on this topic Spirit Lake Community School Di… $75K Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound: received $56K on this topic Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pug… $56K University of Florida Foundation Inc: received $55K on this topic University of Florida Foundatio… $55K Virginia Mason Medical Center: received $55K on this topic Virginia Mason Medical Center $55K Farestart: received $54K on this topic Farestart $54K Boys and Girls Clubs of King County: received $54K on this topic Boys and Girls Clubs of King Co… $54K Nami Seattle: received $54K on this topic Nami Seattle $54K University of Miami: received $54K on this topic University of Miami $54K Seattle Out & Proud Foundation: received $53K on this topic Seattle Out & Proud Foundation $53K Community Passageways: received $53K on this topic Community Passageways $53K Young Women Empowered: received $53K on this topic Young Women Empowered $53K Brown University: received $47K on this topic Brown University $47K Holy Spirit Catholic Church: received $46K on this topic Holy Spirit Catholic Church $46K Spirit Rock Meditation Center: received $41K on this topic Spirit Rock Meditation Center $41K Joyful Spirit United Methodist Church: received $40K on this topic Joyful Spirit United Methodist… $40K Purdue Research Foundation: received $38K on this topic Purdue Research Foundation $38K New Canaan Community Foundation Inc: received $36K on this topic New Canaan Community Foundation… $36K Parish of the Holy Spirit: received $36K on this topic Parish of the Holy Spirit $36K Plymouth Housing Group: received $35K on this topic Plymouth Housing Group $35K American Cancer Society Inc: received $35K on this topic American Cancer Society Inc $35K Northwest Harvest E M M: received $35K on this topic Northwest Harvest E M M $35K Spirit Lake Youth Athletics: received $32K on this topic Spirit Lake Youth Athletics $32K Church of the Holy Spirit: received $25K on this topic Church of the Holy Spirit $25K Free Spirit Media Nfp: received $23K on this topic Free Spirit Media Nfp $23K Holy Spirit Catholic Church-Creston: received $22K on this topic Holy Spirit Catholic Church-Cre… $22K Oma Center for Mind Body and Spirit Inc: received $20K on this topic Oma Center for Mind Body and Sp… $20K Lightkeeper Academy Nfp: received $15K on this topic Lightkeeper Academy Nfp $15K Le Mars Community Daycare Center: received $13K on this topic Le Mars Community Daycare Center $13K Sunshine Place: received $13K on this topic Sunshine Place $13K The Spirit of Construction: received $10K on this topic The Spirit of Construction $10K Northwestern University: received $7K on this topic Northwestern University $7K Anoka Hennepin Credit Union Spirit: received $7K on this topic Anoka Hennepin Credit Union Spi… $7K Harvard University: received $6K on this topic Harvard University $6K Stanford University: received $4K on this topic Stanford University $4K Pennsylvania Womens Hall of Achievement: received $3K on this topic Pennsylvania Womens Hall of Ach… $3K Soles 2 Souls: received $1K on this topic Soles 2 Souls $1K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “spirit” 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: $3,000 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — free spirit scholarship
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Largest: $75,000 to SPIRIT LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT — grant award to spirit lake community school district for community park
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Largest: $35,062 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — to support the spirit of 12 program (2023 season)
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Largest: $1.7M to Tulane University — support for alzheimer's research at the tulane school of medicine, stamps tulane scholarship, the student affairs discretionary fund, carol lavin bernick faculty investment fund, s…
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Largest: $11,500 to DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — for the vira i. heinz scholarship program for women in global leadership
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Largest: $15,000 to LIGHTKEEPER ACADEMY NFP — spirit of the silver lining
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Largest: $40,000 to SF JAZZ — celebrate the spirit of jazz through innovative artistic, education, and community programs.
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Largest: $78,000 to Spirit Lake Community Church of God — for recipient's exempt purpose
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Largest: $5,000 to Western Spirit Scottsdale's Museum of the West — a trustee advised grant to support the jim and sandy bruner scholarship fund.
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Largest: $291,075 to CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — general operating fund
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Largest: $5,000 to THE SPIRIT OF CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION OF GREATER C — program support
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Largest: $4.5M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS — project support: spirit aligned leadership program
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