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12 funders with a record of paying for “unwed”
Where the money went Carolina Maternity Home Association Inc → Room at the Inn: $859K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Good Shepherd Services: $425K across 4 grants, latest 2025 League to Aid Abused Children → Brookwood Florida Inc: $108K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Bozena and Josef Zelenda Foundation → Mercy Center Ministries: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Seegers Foundation → Lighthouse Resource Pregnancy Cente: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Baker Foundation → Malta House of Good Counsel: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wesley Luehring Foundation → Bridge Community for Unwed Mothers: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Sella Foundation Trust → Birth Haven: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Ellwood Foundation → Depelchin Children's Center: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Walker Family Foundation → Birthright of Salina Inc: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Zakaria Family Foundation → Several Sources Shelter: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Joseph E and Ronda B Miller → St Gerard Campus: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Carolina Maternity Home Association Inc → Crittenton Services: $858K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Providence House: $257K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Carolina Maternity Home Association Inc → Falcon Family Services: $558K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Women in Need Inc: $186K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Carolina Maternity Home Association Inc → Christian Life Home: $508K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Homeward Nyc: $160K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Forestdale Inc: $147K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Grand Street Settlement: $146K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Restore Inc: $73K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Bread and Life: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc: $63K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Pregnancy Help Inc: $31K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Women's Prison Association: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha Mertz Foundation Inc → Catholic Guardian Services: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carolina Maternity Home Association Inc: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Carolina Maternity Home Assoc… $2.8M Martha Mertz Foundation Inc: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Martha Mertz Foundation Inc $1.6M League to Aid Abused Children: $108K on this topic. Open the funder. League to Aid Abused Children $108K The Bozena and Josef Zelenda Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bozena and Josef Zelenda… $70K Seegers Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Seegers Foundation $50K The Baker Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. The Baker Foundation $40K Wesley Luehring Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Wesley Luehring Foundation $40K The Sella Foundation Trust: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sella Foundation Trust $30K The Ellwood Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ellwood Foundation $30K Walker Family Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Walker Family Foundation $12K Zakaria Family Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Zakaria Family Foundation $6K Joseph E and Ronda B Miller: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Joseph E and Ronda B Miller $5K Room at the Inn: received $859K on this topic Room at the Inn $859K Crittenton Services: received $858K on this topic Crittenton Services $858K Falcon Family Services: received $558K on this topic Falcon Family Services $558K Christian Life Home: received $508K on this topic Christian Life Home $508K Good Shepherd Services: received $425K on this topic Good Shepherd Services $425K Providence House: received $257K on this topic Providence House $257K Women in Need Inc: received $186K on this topic Women in Need Inc $186K Homeward Nyc: received $160K on this topic Homeward Nyc $160K Forestdale Inc: received $147K on this topic Forestdale Inc $147K Grand Street Settlement: received $146K on this topic Grand Street Settlement $146K Brookwood Florida Inc: received $108K on this topic Brookwood Florida Inc $108K Restore Inc: received $73K on this topic Restore Inc $73K Bread and Life: received $70K on this topic Bread and Life $70K Mercy Center Ministries: received $70K on this topic Mercy Center Ministries $70K Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc: received $63K on this topic Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc $63K Lighthouse Resource Pregnancy Cente: received $50K on this topic Lighthouse Resource Pregnancy C… $50K Malta House of Good Counsel: received $40K on this topic Malta House of Good Counsel $40K Bridge Community for Unwed Mothers: received $40K on this topic Bridge Community for Unwed Moth… $40K Pregnancy Help Inc: received $31K on this topic Pregnancy Help Inc $31K Women's Prison Association: received $30K on this topic Women's Prison Association $30K Birth Haven: received $30K on this topic Birth Haven $30K Depelchin Children's Center: received $30K on this topic Depelchin Children's Center $30K Birthright of Salina Inc: received $12K on this topic Birthright of Salina Inc $12K Catholic Guardian Services: received $8K on this topic Catholic Guardian Services $8K Several Sources Shelter: received $6K on this topic Several Sources Shelter $6K St Gerard Campus: received $5K on this topic St Gerard Campus $5K 12 funders, 26 recipients, grants matching “unwed” 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: $115,000 to GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES — programs for administering to unwed mothers
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Largest: $476,000 to ROOM AT THE INN — provide services to pregnant single women and unwed mothers and their children
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Largest: $10,000 to Malta House of Good Counsel — shelter for unwed mothers
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Largest: $10,000 to BIRTH HAVEN — unwed mothers
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Largest: $20,110 to LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE PREGNANCY CENTE — assist unwed mothers
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Largest: $10,000 to DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — home for unwed mothers
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Largest: $2,000 to ST GERARD CAMPUS — medical for unwed teens
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Largest: $3,960 to BIRTHRIGHT OF SALINA INC — assist unwed mothers
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Largest: $57,500 to BROOKWOOD FLORIDA INC — assist unwed mothers
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Largest: $35,000 to Mercy Center Ministries — shelter for unwed moms
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Largest: $20,000 to BRIDGE COMMUNITY FOR UNWED MOTHERS — program support
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Largest: $3,000 to Several Sources Shelter — to help support shelter and feed families of young, unwed mothers.
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