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12 funders with a record of paying for “watch”
Where the money went The Schmidt Family Foundation → Human Rights Watch Inc: $18M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Human Rights Watch Inc: $16M across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Detention Watch Network: $2.6M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Global Fishing Watch Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → Food & Water Watch: $1.6M across 13 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Global Fishing Watch Inc: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Food & Water Watch: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch: $900K across 7 grants, latest 2023 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Georgia Watch: $515K across 10 grants, latest 2023 Rockefeller Family Fund Inc → Ingleside On the Bay Coastal Watch Association: $425K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Marin Community Foundation → Human Rights Watch: $340K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Miami Foundation Inc → South Dakota News Watch: $156K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Schmidt Family Foundation → Food & Water Watch: $3.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Human Rights Watch Inc: $1.8M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → World Resources Institute: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Chicago Community Trust → Human Rights Watch Inc: $706K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Human Rights Watch Inc: $665K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Injustice Watch Nfp: $345K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Heinz Endowments → Abolitionist Law Center: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Marin Community Foundation → Sierra Watch: $277K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Rockefeller Family Fund Inc → Ingleside On the Bay Coastal Watch Association Inc: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Georgia Watch: $234K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Miami Foundation Inc → Wcij Inc Dba Wisconsin Watch: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Southern Africa Resource Watch: $650K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → World Resources Institute: $479K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Stichting Impunity Watch: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch: $310K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Schmidt Family Foundation → Great Basin Resource Watch: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Marin Community Foundation → Los Padres Forest Watch Inc: $220K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rockefeller Family Fund Inc → Food & Water Watch: $212K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Injustice Watch Nfp: $181K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → United Nations Watch - USA: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Human Rights Watch: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Miami Foundation Inc → Oklahoma Watch Inc: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Global Fishing Watch Inc: $461K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Ford Foundation → International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Social Good Fund Inc: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Arab Watch Coalition: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → Associacao Brasileira Interdisciplinar De Aids: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Corruption Watch (Rf) Npc: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc → African Resources Watch: $265K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen: $232K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Schmidt Family Foundation → Amazon Watch: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Judicial Watch Inc: $124K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Pef: $117K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Judicial Watch Inc: $113K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (Ceftiw): $74K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Injustice Watch Nfp: $72K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Rockefeller Family Fund Inc → Food and Water Watch: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Not On My Watch Mentoring Inc: $63K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rockefeller Family Fund Inc → Calhoun County Resource Watch: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Watched Film LLC: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Amazon Watch: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Sierra Watch: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Los Padres Forest Watch Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Miami Foundation Inc → Human Rights Watch Inc: $47K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Marin Community Foundation → Amazon Watch: $44K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → County Governance Watch: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Miami Foundation Inc → Injustice Watch Nfp: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Miami Foundation Inc → Public Health Watch Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Watch Hill Conservancy: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Injustice Watch Nfp: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Marin Community Foundation → Cape Fear River Watch: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Schmidt Family Foundation: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. The Schmidt Family Foundation $21M Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc: $18M on this topic. Open the funder. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund… $18M The Ford Foundation: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $6.7M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $3.6M Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $3.0M The Chicago Community Trust: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $2.2M The Heinz Endowments: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Heinz Endowments $1.9M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $1.7M Rockefeller Family Fund Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc $1.0M Marin Community Foundation: $888K on this topic. Open the funder. Marin Community Foundation $888K Annie E Casey Foundation Inc: $808K on this topic. Open the funder. Annie E Casey Foundation Inc $808K The Miami Foundation Inc: $426K on this topic. Open the funder. The Miami Foundation Inc $426K Human Rights Watch Inc: received $36M on this topic Human Rights Watch Inc $36M Food & Water Watch: received $5.0M on this topic Food & Water Watch $5.0M Global Fishing Watch Inc: received $3.5M on this topic Global Fishing Watch Inc $3.5M Detention Watch Network: received $2.6M on this topic Detention Watch Network $2.6M Food & Water Watch: received $1.0M on this topic Food & Water Watch $1.0M World Resources Institute: received $1.0M on this topic World Resources Institute $1.0M Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch: received $900K on this topic Center for Fiscal Transparency… $900K International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific: received $850K on this topic International Women's Rights Ac… $850K Human Rights Watch Inc: received $706K on this topic Human Rights Watch Inc $706K Southern Africa Resource Watch: received $650K on this topic Southern Africa Resource Watch $650K Injustice Watch Nfp: received $526K on this topic Injustice Watch Nfp $526K Georgia Watch: received $515K on this topic Georgia Watch $515K World Resources Institute: received $479K on this topic World Resources Institute $479K Global Fishing Watch Inc: received $461K on this topic Global Fishing Watch Inc $461K Ingleside On the Bay Coastal Watch Association: received $425K on this topic Ingleside On the Bay Coastal Wa… $425K Stichting Impunity Watch: received $400K on this topic Stichting Impunity Watch $400K Social Good Fund Inc: received $400K on this topic Social Good Fund Inc $400K Human Rights Watch: received $340K on this topic Human Rights Watch $340K Sierra Watch: received $327K on this topic Sierra Watch $327K Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch: received $310K on this topic Center for Fiscal Transparency… $310K Abolitionist Law Center: received $300K on this topic Abolitionist Law Center $300K Great Basin Resource Watch: received $300K on this topic Great Basin Resource Watch $300K Arab Watch Coalition: received $300K on this topic Arab Watch Coalition $300K Associacao Brasileira Interdisciplinar De Aids: received $300K on this topic Associacao Brasileira Interdisc… $300K Corruption Watch (Rf) Npc: received $300K on this topic Corruption Watch (Rf) Npc $300K Amazon Watch: received $294K on this topic Amazon Watch $294K Ingleside On the Bay Coastal Watch Association Inc: received $270K on this topic Ingleside On the Bay Coastal Wa… $270K African Resources Watch: received $265K on this topic African Resources Watch $265K Georgia Watch: received $234K on this topic Georgia Watch $234K Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen: received $232K on this topic Stichting Onderzoek Multination… $232K Los Padres Forest Watch Inc: received $220K on this topic Los Padres Forest Watch Inc $220K South Dakota News Watch: received $156K on this topic South Dakota News Watch $156K Judicial Watch Inc: received $124K on this topic Judicial Watch Inc $124K Pef: received $117K on this topic Pef $117K United Nations Watch - USA: received $114K on this topic United Nations Watch - USA $114K Judicial Watch Inc: received $113K on this topic Judicial Watch Inc $113K Injustice Watch Nfp: received $111K on this topic Injustice Watch Nfp $111K Wcij Inc Dba Wisconsin Watch: received $100K on this topic Wcij Inc Dba Wisconsin Watch $100K Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (Ceftiw): received $74K on this topic Center for Fiscal Transparency… $74K Food and Water Watch: received $65K on this topic Food and Water Watch $65K Not On My Watch Mentoring Inc: received $63K on this topic Not On My Watch Mentoring Inc $63K Human Rights Watch: received $60K on this topic Human Rights Watch $60K Oklahoma Watch Inc: received $55K on this topic Oklahoma Watch Inc $55K Calhoun County Resource Watch: received $50K on this topic Calhoun County Resource Watch $50K Watched Film LLC: received $50K on this topic Watched Film LLC $50K Los Padres Forest Watch Inc: received $50K on this topic Los Padres Forest Watch Inc $50K County Governance Watch: received $40K on this topic County Governance Watch $40K Public Health Watch Inc: received $30K on this topic Public Health Watch Inc $30K Watch Hill Conservancy: received $25K on this topic Watch Hill Conservancy $25K Injustice Watch Nfp: received $11K on this topic Injustice Watch Nfp $11K Cape Fear River Watch: received $7K on this topic Cape Fear River Watch $7K 12 funders, 51 recipients, grants matching “watch” 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: $55,250 to Injustice Watch NFP — general operating support, in support of injustice watch nfp to expand coverage and investigate issues related to housing and homeownership in cook county
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Largest: $270,000 to Injustice Watch NFP — in support of general operations
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Largest: $5.6M to HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — operating support and program support
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Largest: $232,000 to STICHTING ONDERZOEK MULTINATIONALE ONDERNEMINGEN — core support for the oecd watch program working to strengthen corporate accountability and access to remedy for victims and project support to the oecd watch for institutional stre…
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Largest: $75,000 to SIERRA WATCH — sierra watch's programs and initiatives support
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Largest: $220,000 to FOOD & WATER WATCH — to strengthen protections from shale development in the region
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Largest: $1.2M to FOOD & WATER WATCH — working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
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Largest: $1.2M to GLOBAL FISHING WATCH INC — environment & animal protection
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Largest: $100,000 to Georgia Watch — support community engagement in georgia related to thriving and healthy communities
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Largest: $119,610 to SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH — program support
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Largest: $1.0M to World Resources Institute — to support the increased uptake and financial sustainability of the global forest watch pro platform.
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Largest: $300,000 to INGLESIDE ON THE BAY COASTAL WATCH ASSOCIATION — project support - environment
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