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12 funders with a record of paying for “trash”
Where the money went The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc → Ocean Conservancy: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Forrest C & Frances H → Ocean Conservancy: $725K across 4 grants, latest 2024 United Way of the Columbia-Willamette → Trash for Peace: $229K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Roaring Brook Family Foundation → Ocean Conservancy: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Topeka Community Foundation → Trash Mountain Project Inc: $119K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Agc Ltd → Trash Mountain Project Inc: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Bunting Family Foundation → Trash Free Maryland: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wells Fargo Foundation → Freshwater Land Trust: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Arcadia: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Robert and Mary Jane Smith → Trash No Land: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thomas P Waters Foundation → Asheville Greenworks: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bnsf Railway Foundation → Trash Mountain Project: $9K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Keep Algiers Beautiful: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wells Fargo Foundation → Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Madisonville: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wells Fargo Foundation → Chattahoochee Riverkeeper: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → St Tammany Parish Government: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Winnfield: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Sankofa Community Development Corporation: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → University of New Orleans: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Gibsland: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Village of Ridgecrest: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Colfax: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Amite: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Washington Parish: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Keep Abita Beautiful: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Breaux Bridge: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → St Charles Parish: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Duson: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Ruston: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Village of Esterwood: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Greensburg: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Deridder: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Jean Lafitte: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Richwood: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Jackson Parish Library: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Wisner: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Welsh: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Jackson: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of New Iberia: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Cottonport: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Keep Natchitoches Beautiful: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Dequincy: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Evangeline Specialties: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Village of Creola: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Montgomery: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Bastrop: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → City of Carencro: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Village of Dry Prong: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Lutcher: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Village of Ida: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Elton: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Jonesville: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Capti: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc → Town of Dubach: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc $2.3M Forrest C & Frances H: $725K on this topic. Open the funder. Forrest C & Frances H $725K Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc: $377K on this topic. Open the funder. Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc $377K United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $229K on this topic. Open the funder. United Way of the Columbia-Wi… $229K Roaring Brook Family Foundation: $225K on this topic. Open the funder. Roaring Brook Family Foundati… $225K Topeka Community Foundation: $119K on this topic. Open the funder. Topeka Community Foundation $119K Agc Ltd: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Agc Ltd $100K The Bunting Family Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bunting Family Foundation $70K Wells Fargo Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Wells Fargo Foundation $50K Robert and Mary Jane Smith: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Robert and Mary Jane Smith $20K The Thomas P Waters Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. The Thomas P Waters Foundation $15K Bnsf Railway Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Bnsf Railway Foundation $9K Ocean Conservancy: received $2.3M on this topic Ocean Conservancy $2.3M Ocean Conservancy: received $950K on this topic Ocean Conservancy $950K Trash for Peace: received $229K on this topic Trash for Peace $229K Trash Mountain Project Inc: received $219K on this topic Trash Mountain Project Inc $219K Trash Free Maryland: received $70K on this topic Trash Free Maryland $70K Freshwater Land Trust: received $25K on this topic Freshwater Land Trust $25K Town of Arcadia: received $23K on this topic Town of Arcadia $23K Keep Algiers Beautiful: received $21K on this topic Keep Algiers Beautiful $21K Trash No Land: received $20K on this topic Trash No Land $20K Town of Madisonville: received $17K on this topic Town of Madisonville $17K Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government: received $16K on this topic Terrebonne Parish Consolidated… $16K St Tammany Parish Government: received $16K on this topic St Tammany Parish Government $16K City of Winnfield: received $16K on this topic City of Winnfield $16K Asheville Greenworks: received $15K on this topic Asheville Greenworks $15K Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc: received $15K on this topic Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc $15K Sankofa Community Development Corporation: received $13K on this topic Sankofa Community Development C… $13K University of New Orleans: received $11K on this topic University of New Orleans $11K Chattahoochee Riverkeeper: received $10K on this topic Chattahoochee Riverkeeper $10K Trash Mountain Project: received $9K on this topic Trash Mountain Project $9K Town of Gibsland: received $8K on this topic Town of Gibsland $8K Village of Ridgecrest: received $8K on this topic Village of Ridgecrest $8K Town of Colfax: received $8K on this topic Town of Colfax $8K Town of Amite: received $8K on this topic Town of Amite $8K Washington Parish: received $8K on this topic Washington Parish $8K Keep Abita Beautiful: received $8K on this topic Keep Abita Beautiful $8K City of Breaux Bridge: received $8K on this topic City of Breaux Bridge $8K St Charles Parish: received $8K on this topic St Charles Parish $8K Town of Duson: received $8K on this topic Town of Duson $8K City of Ruston: received $8K on this topic City of Ruston $8K Village of Esterwood: received $8K on this topic Village of Esterwood $8K Town of Greensburg: received $8K on this topic Town of Greensburg $8K City of Deridder: received $8K on this topic City of Deridder $8K Town of Jean Lafitte: received $7K on this topic Town of Jean Lafitte $7K Town of Richwood: received $7K on this topic Town of Richwood $7K Jackson Parish Library: received $7K on this topic Jackson Parish Library $7K Town of Wisner: received $7K on this topic Town of Wisner $7K Town of Welsh: received $7K on this topic Town of Welsh $7K Town of Jackson: received $7K on this topic Town of Jackson $7K City of New Iberia: received $7K on this topic City of New Iberia $7K Town of Cottonport: received $6K on this topic Town of Cottonport $6K Keep Natchitoches Beautiful: received $6K on this topic Keep Natchitoches Beautiful $6K City of Dequincy: received $6K on this topic City of Dequincy $6K Evangeline Specialties: received $6K on this topic Evangeline Specialties $6K Village of Creola: received $6K on this topic Village of Creola $6K Town of Montgomery: received $6K on this topic Town of Montgomery $6K City of Bastrop: received $6K on this topic City of Bastrop $6K City of Carencro: received $6K on this topic City of Carencro $6K Village of Dry Prong: received $6K on this topic Village of Dry Prong $6K Town of Lutcher: received $6K on this topic Town of Lutcher $6K Village of Ida: received $5K on this topic Village of Ida $5K Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce: received $5K on this topic Jackson Parish Chamber of Comme… $5K Town of Elton: received $5K on this topic Town of Elton $5K Town of Jonesville: received $5K on this topic Town of Jonesville $5K Town of Capti: received $5K on this topic Town of Capti $5K Town of Dubach: received $5K on this topic Town of Dubach $5K 12 funders, 55 recipients, grants matching “trash” 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: $22,732 to TOWN OF ARCADIA — beautification grant; greener ground grant; trash receptacle grant
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Largest: $200,000 to OCEAN CONSERVANCY — trash free seas ocean climate programs
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Largest: $750,000 to Ocean Conservancy — trash free seas
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Largest: $100,000 to OCEAN CONSERVANCY — trash-free seas program + ghost gear initiative + dsm
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Largest: $2,000 to TRASH MOUNTAIN PROJECT — matching gifts 1
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Largest: $55,000 to TRASH MOUNTAIN PROJECT INC — youth development
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Largest: $50,400 to TRASH MOUNTAIN PROJECT INC — shelter/nutrition
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Largest: $25,000 to FRESHWATER LAND TRUST — don't trash the 'ham: litter gitter on valley creek
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Largest: $30,000 to TRASH FREE MARYLAND — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
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Largest: $10,000 to TRASH NO LAND — enviornmental care
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Largest: $139,836 to Trash for Peace — johs housing grants
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Largest: $5,000 to ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS — trash trout program
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