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12 funders with a record of paying for “vida”
Where the money went
Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
6 matching grants · $9.5M · through 2025Largest: $5.0M to INSTITUTO DE FORMACION FE Y VIDA — christian faith&life storytellg init
Largest: $12,000 to SEMILLAS DEL OCEANO ONG — conservando los pastos marinos y sus especies asociadas, en bahia la graciosa, refugio de vida silvestre punta de manabique, a traves de la investigacion y concientizacion local/co…
Largest: $30,000 to LA VIDA INC — la vida scholars
Largest: $584,403 to CIENCIA & VIDA FOUNDATION — biomedical research
Largest: $50,000 to HEADING HOME INC — merger of casa nueva vida shelters
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $726,328 · through 2024Largest: $222,130 to La Vida Inc — operating support/annual fund
Borealis PhilanthropyMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $260,000 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to EL GRUPO VIDA — to support the work of el grupo vida
Largest: $165,000 to Project Vida Health Center — to increase the regional collaborative care capacity by expanding graduate medical education (gme) slots in the el paso region through the development of a model program.
Fondos Unidos De Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoSan Juan, PRCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $126,028 · through 2024Largest: $60,049 to MOVIMIENTO PARA EL ALCANCE DE VIDA INDEPENDIENTE INC (MAVI) — to cover program services of participation agencies
Largest: $10,000 to LA VIDA INC — for la vida scholarship equity in higher education
Largest: $10,000 to CREATE GOOD FOUNDATION - FUNDA VIDA — funda vida-founders fund
Largest: $50,000 to La Vida Inc — la vida scholars: expanding equity in higher education for lynn and chelsea, ma
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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 →