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Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Catholic Charities: $7.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024United Way of Lake County Inc → Personal Assistance Telephone Help Inc: $889K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023Missouri Gaming Association → Provident - Life Crisis Serv: $163K across 2 grants, latest 2025Missouri Universal Service Fund → Northwest Mo Rural Telephone Co: $123K across 4 grants, latest 2024Minnesota River Area Agency On Aging Inc → Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $116K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → 603 Legal Aid: $72K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation for Greater New → Fairfield County's Community Foundation: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2024Doris & Ralph Preuss Charitable Trust → Good Shepherd Health Center Inc: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Kings Daughters and Sons Foundation → The Nest: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Texas Communications Expo Inc → Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Friends Foundation for the Aging → Sown: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2023Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Lutheran Social Services: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024Missouri Gaming Association → Provident - Life Crisis Services: $138K across 2 grants, latest 2023Missouri Universal Service Fund → Mcdonald Co Telephone Company: $114K across 4 grants, latest 2024Minnesota River Area Agency On Aging Inc → Granite Falls Lahbnp: $89K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Bay Area Legal Aid: $71K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kings Daughters and Sons Foundation → The Nest: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Friends Foundation for the Aging → Connectedly: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024Texas Communications Expo Inc → Oklahoma Telephone Association Foundation: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Community Foundation for Greater New → Connecticut Community Foundation: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Horizon Health: $366K across 3 grants, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Steelville Telephone Co: $111K across 4 grants, latest 2024Minnesota River Area Agency On Aging Inc → Central Community Transit: $77K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Legal Aid and Defender → Regional Housing Legal Services: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Community Foundation for Greater New → The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Wright County Community in Action: $337K across 3 grants, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Cass County Faith in Action: $197K across 3 grants, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Paynesville Lahbnp: $174K across 3 grants, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Senior Community Services: $161K across 3 grants, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Whitney Senior Center: $144K across 3 grants, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Mark Twain Rural Telephone Co: $101K across 4 grants, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc → Helping Hands Outreach: $77K across 3 grants, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Fidelity Telephone LLC: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Ellington Telephone Company: $64K across 4 grants, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Kingdom Telephone Company: $63K across 4 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Tulalip Foundation: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated: $57K across 1 grant, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Green Hills Telephone Corp: $57K across 4 grants, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Citizens Telephone Company: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Aid of Western Missouri: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Camba Legal Services Inc: $53K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Prairie State Legal Services Inc: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → North Carolina Justice Center: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Indiana Legal Services Inc: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Idaho Legal Aid Services: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Montana Legal Services Association: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Aid Justice Center: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Peace Valley Telephone Company: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Community Legal Services Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Mountain State Justice Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma: $39K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Aid of Nebreska: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Seneca Telephone Company: $37K across 4 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Western New York Law Center: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Fidelity Telephone Company: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2021National Legal Aid and Defender → Lakeshore Legal Aid: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024Missouri Universal Service Fund → Bps Telephone Company: $34K across 4 grants, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2024Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc: $10M on this topic. Open the funder.Central Minnesota Council On…$10MNational Legal Aid and Defender: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.National Legal Aid and Defend…$1.2MMissouri Universal Service Fund: $911K on this topic. Open the funder.Missouri Universal Service Fu…$911KUnited Way of Lake County Inc: $889K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Lake County Inc$889KMissouri Gaming Association: $301K on this topic. Open the funder.Missouri Gaming Association$301KThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe…$300KMinnesota River Area Agency On Aging Inc: $282K on this topic. Open the funder.Minnesota River Area Agency O…$282KThe Community Foundation for Greater New: $87K on this topic. Open the funder.The Community Foundation for…$87KDoris & Ralph Preuss Charitable Trust: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.Doris & Ralph Preuss Charitab…$60KThe Kings Daughters and Sons Foundation: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kings Daughters and Sons…$59KTexas Communications Expo Inc: $41K on this topic. Open the funder.Texas Communications Expo Inc$41KFriends Foundation for the Aging: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Friends Foundation for the Ag…$40KCatholic Charities: received $7.1M on this topicCatholic Charities$7.1MLutheran Social Services: received $1.9M on this topicLutheran Social Services$1.9MPersonal Assistance Telephone Help Inc: received $889K on this topicPersonal Assistance Telephone H…$889KHorizon Health: received $366K on this topicHorizon Health$366KWright County Community in Action: received $337K on this topicWright County Community in Acti…$337KFamily Service Association of Wyoming Valley: received $300K on this topicFamily Service Association of W…$300KCass County Faith in Action: received $197K on this topicCass County Faith in Action$197KPaynesville Lahbnp: received $174K on this topicPaynesville Lahbnp$174KProvident - Life Crisis Serv: received $163K on this topicProvident - Life Crisis Serv$163KSenior Community Services: received $161K on this topicSenior Community Services$161KWhitney Senior Center: received $144K on this topicWhitney Senior Center$144KProvident - Life Crisis Services: received $138K on this topicProvident - Life Crisis Services$138KNorthwest Mo Rural Telephone Co: received $123K on this topicNorthwest Mo Rural Telephone Co$123KLutheran Social Service of Minnesota: received $116K on this topicLutheran Social Service of Minn…$116KMcdonald Co Telephone Company: received $114K on this topicMcdonald Co Telephone Company$114KSteelville Telephone Co: received $111K on this topicSteelville Telephone Co$111KMark Twain Rural Telephone Co: received $101K on this topicMark Twain Rural Telephone Co$101KGranite Falls Lahbnp: received $89K on this topicGranite Falls Lahbnp$89KCentral Community Transit: received $77K on this topicCentral Community Transit$77KHelping Hands Outreach: received $77K on this topicHelping Hands Outreach$77KFidelity Telephone LLC: received $75K on this topicFidelity Telephone LLC$75K603 Legal Aid: received $72K on this topic603 Legal Aid$72KBay Area Legal Aid: received $71K on this topicBay Area Legal Aid$71KRegional Housing Legal Services: received $67K on this topicRegional Housing Legal Services$67KFairfield County's Community Foundation: received $65K on this topicFairfield County's Community Fo…$65KEllington Telephone Company: received $64K on this topicEllington Telephone Company$64KKingdom Telephone Company: received $63K on this topicKingdom Telephone Company$63KGood Shepherd Health Center Inc: received $60K on this topicGood Shepherd Health Center Inc$60KTulalip Foundation: received $59K on this topicTulalip Foundation$59KMid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated: received $57K on this topicMid-Minnesota Legal Assistance…$57KGreen Hills Telephone Corp: received $57K on this topicGreen Hills Telephone Corp$57KCitizens Telephone Company: received $56K on this topicCitizens Telephone Company$56KLegal Aid of Western Missouri: received $54K on this topicLegal Aid of Western Missouri$54KCamba Legal Services Inc: received $53K on this topicCamba Legal Services Inc$53KPrairie State Legal Services Inc: received $49K on this topicPrairie State Legal Services Inc$49KNorth Carolina Justice Center: received $48K on this topicNorth Carolina Justice Center$48KAppalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky: received $47K on this topicAppalachian Research and Defens…$47KIndiana Legal Services Inc: received $45K on this topicIndiana Legal Services Inc$45KIdaho Legal Aid Services: received $45K on this topicIdaho Legal Aid Services$45KLegal Services for Maine Elders Inc: received $42K on this topicLegal Services for Maine Elders…$42KMontana Legal Services Association: received $42K on this topicMontana Legal Services Associat…$42KLegal Aid Justice Center: received $41K on this topicLegal Aid Justice Center$41KPeace Valley Telephone Company: received $41K on this topicPeace Valley Telephone Company$41KJacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc: received $41K on this topicJacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc$41KCommunity Legal Services Inc: received $40K on this topicCommunity Legal Services Inc$40KMountain State Justice Inc: received $40K on this topicMountain State Justice Inc$40KLegal Aid Services of Oklahoma: received $39K on this topicLegal Aid Services of Oklahoma$39KLegal Action of Wisconsin Inc: received $37K on this topicLegal Action of Wisconsin Inc$37KLegal Aid of Nebreska: received $37K on this topicLegal Aid of Nebreska$37KSeneca Telephone Company: received $37K on this topicSeneca Telephone Company$37KNeighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County: received $36K on this topicNeighborhood Legal Services of…$36KWestern New York Law Center: received $35K on this topicWestern New York Law Center$35KFidelity Telephone Company: received $35K on this topicFidelity Telephone Company$35KLakeshore Legal Aid: received $35K on this topicLakeshore Legal Aid$35KBps Telephone Company: received $34K on this topicBps Telephone Company$34KLegal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands: received $34K on this topicLegal Aid Society of Middle Ten…$34KThe Nest: received $30K on this topicThe Nest$30KThe Nest: received $30K on this topicThe Nest$30KTexas Statewide Telephone Cooperative: received $30K on this topicTexas Statewide Telephone Coope…$30KSown: received $25K on this topicSown$25KConnectedly: received $15K on this topicConnectedly$15KOklahoma Telephone Association Foundation: received $11K on this topicOklahoma Telephone Association…$11KConnecticut Community Foundation: received $11K on this topicConnecticut Community Foundation$11KThe Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc: received $11K on this topicThe Community Foundation of Eas…$11K
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