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12 funders with a record of paying for “syria”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $34.9M · through 2022Largest: $936,800 to Doctors Without Borders USA Inc — general operating support, support for civilian medical care in countries impacted by famine, refugee crises, climate disasters, and war, general fund, earthquake disaster relief i…
Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL
8 matching grants · $440,000 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — $25,000 for earthquake relief in turkey and syria; $75,000 for aid to gaza, the west bank, and israel and for work along the us/mexico border
Largest: $4.3M to SAVE THE CHILDREN — earthquake relief in turkey & syria, and respectively
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $58,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — earthquake response in turkey and syria
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to DIRECT RELIEF — to be directed towards earthquake relief in turkey & syria.
Largest: $708,071 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE — independent projects/crisis response - turkey and syria earthquake relief efforts and immigration - support for at-risk and displaced persons
Largest: $750,000 to United States Fund for Unicef — to support earthquake relief efforts in syria.
Largest: $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders — for humanitarian aid in the wake of the february 6, 2023, earthquake in the middle east, specifically syria, where the need is the greatest
Largest: $500,000 to THE VOICES PROJECT USA INC — core support grant for the syria campaign's humanitarian relief efforts for those impacted by the kahramanmaras earthquake that struck the region in february 2023
Largest: $50,000 to The Azraq Education and Community Fund (formerly Syria Fund) — azraq education center program for vulnerable syrian and jordanian youth
EndaomentSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $316,360 · through 2023Largest: $128,721 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — for earthquake relief in syria and turkey
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to IYILIK ICIN EL ELE DERNEGI — to provide emergency wash services to residents of the al ahmar idp camp and six additional camps in the dana sub-district of harim district, idlib governorate, north-west syria
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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 →