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12 funders with a record of paying for “sudan”
Where the money went
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
11 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to AIR SERV INTERNATIONAL INC — to improve humanitarian flight operations in sudan, south sudan, and northern uganda for vital relief delivery and personnel transport, while enhancing the aviation professional de…
Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL
8 matching grants · $222,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to SAVE THE CHILDREN — $30,000 for programs in syria, yemen, south sudan, haiti, and along us border with mexico; and $20,000 for emergency aid to afghanistan
Largest: $50,000 to CRISP EV — to support the grantee's research on the interconnections between climate change, conflict and migration in sudan
Largest: $54,000 to LIFT UP THE VULNERABLE — toward teacher salary expenses to provide high school education for vulnerable youth, at risk to human trafficking and oppression in warzones in sudan and south sudan.
Largest: $50,000 to MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — to support sudan
Crosscurrents International InstituteSidney, OHCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $220,224 · through 2024Largest: $24,232 to Alaska Health Project South Sudan — reimbursement for delivering medical supplies from juba to old fangak, south sudan
Largest: $15,000 to BETTER HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION (BHECO) — scaling safe birth in a box in republic of south sudan
Largest: $274,000 to PURSUIT 53 — spread the gospel in s sudan
Largest: $14,385 to SUDAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND — scholarship fund
Largest: $22,610 to Ayii University — future healthcare professionals of south sudan scholarships
Largest: $200,000 to SUDAN RELIEF FUND — doctors to the world
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $136,000 · through 2023Largest: $66,000 to Sudan Hope Project (Sudan United Methodist Campaign for Human Development) — community development
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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 →