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12 funders with a record of paying for “virtue”

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The Robert D and Patricia E Kern → Greathearts Foundation: $9.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Boston College Trustees: $2.9M across 5 grants, latest 2024United Way of Norman Inc → The Virtue Center: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Ladies of Virtue Nfp: $371K across 4 grants, latest 2023Yot Full Circle Foundation → Center for Christian Virtue: $245K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Family Leader Foundation Inc → Center for Christian Virtue: $175K across 4 grants, latest 2023Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation → Ladies of Virtue: $110K across 4 grants, latest 2025John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ladies of Virtue Nfp: $103K across 3 grants, latest 2022James & Grace Cain Foundation → St David's School: $98K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Minneapolis Foundation → Virtu: $66K across 4 grants, latest 2024Richard L and Charlotte Reynolds Family Trust Inc → Virtue Center: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2023Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Ladies of Virtue: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Robert D and Patricia E Kern → British Schools and Universities Foundation Inc: $2.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Minneapolis Foundation → Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2021Richard L and Charlotte Reynolds Family Trust Inc → Norman Alcohol Information Center Dba the Virtue Center: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2025John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ladies of Virtue Nfp: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2023Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Ladies of Virtue: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Robert D and Patricia E Kern → Bes Inc: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Family and Youth Institute of Michigan: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard L and Charlotte Reynolds Family Trust Inc → Norman Alcohol Information Center Dba the Virtue Center: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: $956K across 2 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Trustees of Boston University: $809K across 2 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Wake Forest University: $765K across 3 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $711K across 2 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Fuller Theological Seminary: $558K across 2 grants, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology: $461K across 3 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Inquiry Schools: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → National Constitution Center: $419K across 1 grant, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $413K across 2 grants, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → Graduate Theological Union: $404K across 3 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → The Colossian Forum: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → Macquarie University: $397K across 2 grants, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → John Brown University: $351K across 3 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → University of Washington: $345K across 1 grant, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Auburn University at Montgomery: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert D and Patricia E Kern → St Marys University of Minnesota: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $274K across 2 grants, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → Ibn Haldun Universitesi: $235K across 2 grants, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → University of Pittsburgh: $234K across 1 grant, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Regents University of California Los Angeles: $231K across 2 grants, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Mercy College: $172K across 1 grant, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → The Aspen Institute Inc: $92K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Robert D and Patricia E Kern → Green Bay Area Catholic Education Inc: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022John Templeton Foundation → American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Asociacion Civil De Estudios Superiores: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation → Zawiyah Inc: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023John Templeton Foundation → Mercy University: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2024John Templeton Foundation: $14M on this topic. Open the funder.John Templeton Foundation$14MThe Robert D and Patricia E Kern: $13M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert D and Patricia E K…$13MUnited Way of Norman Inc: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Norman Inc$400KThe Chicago Community Trust: $371K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$371KYot Full Circle Foundation: $245K on this topic. Open the funder.Yot Full Circle Foundation$245KThe Family Leader Foundation Inc: $175K on this topic. Open the funder.The Family Leader Foundation…$175KThe Minneapolis Foundation: $123K on this topic. Open the funder.The Minneapolis Foundation$123KJohn D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $116K on this topic. Open the funder.John D and Catherine T Macart…$116KRichard L and Charlotte Reynolds Family Trust Inc: $115K on this topic. Open the funder.Richard L and Charlotte Reyno…$115KJoseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation: $110K on this topic. Open the funder.Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foun…$110KJames & Grace Cain Foundation: $98K on this topic. Open the funder.James & Grace Cain Foundation$98KJewish Federation of Metropolitan: $36K on this topic. Open the funder.Jewish Federation of Metropol…$36KGreathearts Foundation: received $9.0M on this topicGreathearts Foundation$9.0MBoston College Trustees: received $2.9M on this topicBoston College Trustees$2.9MBritish Schools and Universities Foundation Inc: received $2.9M on this topicBritish Schools and Universitie…$2.9MBes Inc: received $1.3M on this topicBes Inc$1.3MPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $1.1M on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$1.1MFamily and Youth Institute of Michigan: received $1.0M on this topicFamily and Youth Institute of M…$1.0MChancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: received $956K on this topicChancellor Masters and Scholars…$956KTrustees of Boston University: received $809K on this topicTrustees of Boston University$809KWake Forest University: received $765K on this topicWake Forest University$765KRegents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $711K on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$711KFuller Theological Seminary: received $558K on this topicFuller Theological Seminary$558KLadies of Virtue Nfp: received $473K on this topicLadies of Virtue Nfp$473KSociety for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology: received $461K on this topicSociety for the Advancement of…$461KInquiry Schools: received $450K on this topicInquiry Schools$450KCenter for Christian Virtue: received $420K on this topicCenter for Christian Virtue$420KNational Constitution Center: received $419K on this topicNational Constitution Center$419KTrustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $413K on this topicTrustees of Columbia University…$413KGraduate Theological Union: received $404K on this topicGraduate Theological Union$404KThe Virtue Center: received $400K on this topicThe Virtue Center$400KThe Colossian Forum: received $400K on this topicThe Colossian Forum$400KMacquarie University: received $397K on this topicMacquarie University$397KJohn Brown University: received $351K on this topicJohn Brown University$351KUniversity of Washington: received $345K on this topicUniversity of Washington$345KAuburn University at Montgomery: received $300K on this topicAuburn University at Montgomery$300KSt Marys University of Minnesota: received $300K on this topicSt Marys University of Minnesota$300KRector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $274K on this topicRector and Visitors of the Univ…$274KIbn Haldun Universitesi: received $235K on this topicIbn Haldun Universitesi$235KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $234K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$234KRegents University of California Los Angeles: received $231K on this topicRegents University of Californi…$231KMercy College: received $172K on this topicMercy College$172KLadies of Virtue: received $123K on this topicLadies of Virtue$123KSt David's School: received $98K on this topicSt David's School$98KThe Aspen Institute Inc: received $92K on this topicThe Aspen Institute Inc$92KVirtu: received $66K on this topicVirtu$66KIntellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach: received $56K on this topicIntellectual Virtues Academy of…$56KVirtue Center: received $55K on this topicVirtue Center$55KNorman Alcohol Information Center Dba the Virtue Center: received $40K on this topicNorman Alcohol Information Cent…$40KGreen Bay Area Catholic Education Inc: received $24K on this topicGreen Bay Area Catholic Educati…$24KAmerican Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences: received $23K on this topicAmerican Institutes for Researc…$23KAsociacion Civil De Estudios Superiores: received $23K on this topicAsociacion Civil De Estudios Su…$23KZawiyah Inc: received $23K on this topicZawiyah Inc$23KArizona State University Foundation for A New American University: received $23K on this topicArizona State University Founda…$23KLadies of Virtue: received $23K on this topicLadies of Virtue$23KNorman Alcohol Information Center Dba the Virtue Center: received $20K on this topicNorman Alcohol Information Cent…$20KMercy University: received $19K on this topicMercy University$19KLadies of Virtue Nfp: received $13K on this topicLadies of Virtue Nfp$13K
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