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12 funders with a record of paying for “spruce”
Where the money went The Nature Conservancy → Spruce Root Inc: $8.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Rasmuson Foundation → Spruce Root: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Dogwood Health Trust → Northwestern Housing Enterprises: $900K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Opportunity Finance Network → Spruce Root: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wilburforce Foundation → Spruce Root: $481K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Peterffy Foundation Inc → Spruce Root Inc: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2024 M J Murdock Charitable Trust → Spruce Root: $114K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Mark and Linda Kissel Family → Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Josetta Fund → Spruce Head Community Church: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Franklin Savings Bank Community → Spruce Mountain High School: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Allan S Gordon Foundation → Camp Blue Spruce: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Audacious Foundation → Community Action Commission Dba Communify: $11K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Opportunity Finance Network → Spruce Root Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rasmuson Foundation → Spruce Island Development Corporation: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Dogwood Health Trust → Town of Spruce Pine: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 M J Murdock Charitable Trust → Spruce Root Inc: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Franklin Savings Bank Community → Spruce Mountain Educational Foundation: $15K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Audacious Foundation → Goleta Union School District: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Dogwood Health Trust → East Carolina University: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rasmuson Foundation → Spruce Root Inc: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2022 Audacious Foundation → University of California Santa Barbara: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Franklin Savings Bank Community → Spruce Mountian Primary School: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Dogwood Health Trust → Mountain Community Health Partnership: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Isla Vista Youth Projects Dba Leap: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Hope School District: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Santa Maria Valley YMCA: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → South Coast Montessori: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Starr-King Parent-Child Workshop: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Ventura College Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Santa Barbara County Education Office: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Children's Resource & Referral: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Zaca Center Preschool: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Foundation for Santa Barbara City College: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → First Presbyterian Church Santa Barbara: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Cottage Health System: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → San Marcos Parentchild Workshop: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Storyteller Childrens Center: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Carpinteria Unified School District: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Garden Preschool: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → St Vincent's Institution: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Audacious Foundation → Providence School: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Nature Conservancy: $8.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Nature Conservancy $8.1M Rasmuson Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Rasmuson Foundation $1.2M Dogwood Health Trust: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Dogwood Health Trust $1.2M Opportunity Finance Network: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Opportunity Finance Network $1.1M Wilburforce Foundation: $481K on this topic. Open the funder. Wilburforce Foundation $481K The Peterffy Foundation Inc: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. The Peterffy Foundation Inc $160K M J Murdock Charitable Trust: $142K on this topic. Open the funder. M J Murdock Charitable Trust $142K Audacious Foundation: $116K on this topic. Open the funder. Audacious Foundation $116K Mark and Linda Kissel Family: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. Mark and Linda Kissel Family $90K The Josetta Fund: $56K on this topic. Open the funder. The Josetta Fund $56K Franklin Savings Bank Community: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Franklin Savings Bank Communi… $35K The Allan S Gordon Foundation: $14K on this topic. Open the funder. The Allan S Gordon Foundation $14K Spruce Root Inc: received $8.8M on this topic Spruce Root Inc $8.8M Spruce Root: received $2.2M on this topic Spruce Root $2.2M Northwestern Housing Enterprises: received $900K on this topic Northwestern Housing Enterprises $900K Spruce Island Development Corporation: received $180K on this topic Spruce Island Development Corpo… $180K Town of Spruce Pine: received $100K on this topic Town of Spruce Pine $100K East Carolina University: received $97K on this topic East Carolina University $97K Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity: received $90K on this topic Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity $90K Mountain Community Health Partnership: received $75K on this topic Mountain Community Health Partn… $75K Spruce Head Community Church: received $56K on this topic Spruce Head Community Church $56K Spruce Mountain High School: received $18K on this topic Spruce Mountain High School $18K Spruce Mountain Educational Foundation: received $15K on this topic Spruce Mountain Educational Fou… $15K Camp Blue Spruce: received $14K on this topic Camp Blue Spruce $14K Community Action Commission Dba Communify: received $11K on this topic Community Action Commission Dba… $11K Goleta Union School District: received $10K on this topic Goleta Union School District $10K University of California Santa Barbara: received $10K on this topic University of California Santa… $10K Isla Vista Youth Projects Dba Leap: received $10K on this topic Isla Vista Youth Projects Dba L… $10K Hope School District: received $9K on this topic Hope School District $9K Santa Maria Valley YMCA: received $5K on this topic Santa Maria Valley YMCA $5K South Coast Montessori: received $5K on this topic South Coast Montessori $5K Starr-King Parent-Child Workshop: received $5K on this topic Starr-King Parent-Child Workshop $5K Ventura College Foundation: received $5K on this topic Ventura College Foundation $5K Santa Barbara County Education Office: received $5K on this topic Santa Barbara County Education… $5K Children's Resource & Referral: received $5K on this topic Children's Resource & Referral $5K Zaca Center Preschool: received $5K on this topic Zaca Center Preschool $5K Foundation for Santa Barbara City College: received $5K on this topic Foundation for Santa Barbara Ci… $5K First Presbyterian Church Santa Barbara: received $5K on this topic First Presbyterian Church Santa… $5K Cottage Health System: received $4K on this topic Cottage Health System $4K San Marcos Parentchild Workshop: received $4K on this topic San Marcos Parentchild Workshop $4K Storyteller Childrens Center: received $4K on this topic Storyteller Childrens Center $4K Carpinteria Unified School District: received $3K on this topic Carpinteria Unified School Dist… $3K Spruce Mountian Primary School: received $3K on this topic Spruce Mountian Primary School $3K Garden Preschool: received $3K on this topic Garden Preschool $3K St Vincent's Institution: received $2K on this topic St Vincent's Institution $2K Providence School: received $1K on this topic Providence School $1K 12 funders, 34 recipients, grants matching “spruce” 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: $5,000 to Hope School District — spruce up grant for developing an outdoor classroom with large loose parts and storage at hope school tk
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Largest: $3,000 to Spruce Mountain High School — scholarship awards
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Largest: $20,000 to SPRUCE ROOT — study of the impacts of fishing rights monetization
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Largest: $100,000 to TOWN OF SPRUCE PINE — support spruce pine historic pedestrian project.
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Largest: $250,000 to SPRUCE ROOT — environmental
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Largest: $8.0M to SPRUCE ROOT INC — conservation activities
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Largest: $30,967 to BLUE SPRUCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — social welfare
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Largest: $500,000 to SPRUCE ROOT INC — operating grant
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Largest: $14,000 to SPRUCE HEAD COMMUNITY CHURCH — religious and spiritual
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Largest: $71,000 to SPRUCE ROOT — improving spruce root financial management and services
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Largest: $80,000 to SPRUCE ROOT INC — to support the resilience circles sponsored by spruce root
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Largest: $3,500 to CAMP BLUE SPRUCE — to give children with disabilities a safe environment to grow
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