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12 funders with a record of paying for “woodson”
Where the money went Ud Mc Woodson for Mc Woodson Fdn → Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc: $5.1M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation Inc → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc: $2.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation → Woodson YMCA Foundation: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: $620K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Judd S Alexander Foundation → Woodson YMCA Inc: $580K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Parallel Foundation Inc → Pinellas Community Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2025 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Jacqueline Woodson: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Davidson College: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc: $167K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Woodson Center: $150K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Bell Family Charitable Foundation I → Woodson YMCA Inc: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Victor & Helen Geisel Foundation → Woodson YMCA Foundation of Wausau: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation Inc → Woodson YMCA Foundation Inc: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation → Woodson YMCA: $695K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Parallel Foundation Inc → Dr Carter G Woodson African American Museum: $241K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Mary Baldwin University: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Jacqueline Woodson: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust → Woodson YMCA Foundation Inc: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Judd S Alexander Foundation → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Woodson Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Bell Family Charitable Foundation I → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Victor & Helen Geisel Foundation → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: $5K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation → Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Rowan Helping Ministries: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Parallel Foundation Inc → Dr Carter G Woodson African America: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Bell Family Charitable Foundation I → Woodson YMCA Foundation Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Humane Society of Rowan County Inc: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Hood Theological Seminary: $34K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Rowan-Salisbury School System: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Davidson-Davie Community College Foundation: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc → Davidson County Community College Foundation Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ud Mc Woodson for Mc Woodson Fdn: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Ud Mc Woodson for Mc Woodson… $5.1M Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation Inc: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Nancy Woodson Spire Foundatio… $3.6M Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Dwight and Linda Davis Founda… $2.5M The Parallel Foundation Inc: $751K on this topic. Open the funder. The Parallel Foundation Inc $751K Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc: $730K on this topic. Open the funder. Margaret C Woodson Foundation… $730K John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $625K on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $625K Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation: $620K on this topic. Open the funder. Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundat… $620K Judd S Alexander Foundation: $620K on this topic. Open the funder. Judd S Alexander Foundation $620K John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust: $262K on this topic. Open the funder. John and Alice Forester Chari… $262K Annie E Casey Foundation Inc: $165K on this topic. Open the funder. Annie E Casey Foundation Inc $165K Bell Family Charitable Foundation I: $34K on this topic. Open the funder. Bell Family Charitable Founda… $34K Victor & Helen Geisel Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Victor & Helen Geisel Foundat… $15K Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc: received $5.1M on this topic Margaret C Woodson Foundation I… $5.1M Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc: received $2.8M on this topic Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum… $2.8M Woodson YMCA Foundation: received $1.5M on this topic Woodson YMCA Foundation $1.5M Woodson YMCA Foundation Inc: received $1.1M on this topic Woodson YMCA Foundation Inc $1.1M Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: received $889K on this topic Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum $889K Woodson YMCA: received $695K on this topic Woodson YMCA $695K Woodson YMCA Inc: received $595K on this topic Woodson YMCA Inc $595K Pinellas Community Foundation: received $500K on this topic Pinellas Community Foundation $500K Jacqueline Woodson: received $500K on this topic Jacqueline Woodson $500K Dr Carter G Woodson African American Museum: received $241K on this topic Dr Carter G Woodson African Ame… $241K Davidson College: received $225K on this topic Davidson College $225K Mary Baldwin University: received $225K on this topic Mary Baldwin University $225K Woodson Center: received $150K on this topic Woodson Center $150K Rowan Helping Ministries: received $145K on this topic Rowan Helping Ministries $145K Jacqueline Woodson: received $125K on this topic Jacqueline Woodson $125K Humane Society of Rowan County Inc: received $45K on this topic Humane Society of Rowan County… $45K Hood Theological Seminary: received $34K on this topic Hood Theological Seminary $34K Rowan-Salisbury School System: received $32K on this topic Rowan-Salisbury School System $32K Davidson-Davie Community College Foundation: received $16K on this topic Davidson-Davie Community Colleg… $16K Woodson Center: received $15K on this topic Woodson Center $15K Woodson YMCA Foundation of Wausau: received $10K on this topic Woodson YMCA Foundation of Waus… $10K Dr Carter G Woodson African America: received $10K on this topic Dr Carter G Woodson African Ame… $10K Davidson County Community College Foundation Inc: received $8K on this topic Davidson County Community Colle… $8K 12 funders, 23 recipients, grants matching “woodson” 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: $75,000 to DAVIDSON COLLEGE — 2023-24 margaret c. woodson scholarship
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Largest: $500,000 to WOODSON YMCA INC — downtown expansion project
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Largest: $900,000 to WOODSON YMCA FOUNDATION — pledge for grant for expansion of the landing at the woodson ymca
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Largest: $250,000 to LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM — glass box studio
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Largest: $72,197 to LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM INC — birds in art exhibit
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Largest: $1.1M to LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM INC — purchase of art objects for its permanent collection
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Largest: $1.8M to MARGARET C WOODSON FOUNDATION INC — grants to public charities
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Largest: $125,000 to JACQUELINE WOODSON — macarthur foundation fellow award - writer
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Largest: $3,000 to WOODSON YMCA FOUNDATION OF WAUSAU — general operations
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Largest: $500,000 to PINELLAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — to support for woodson museum growth and expansion
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Largest: $5,000 to LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM — fund book purchase
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Largest: $50,000 to WOODSON CENTER — support community safety via trauma and healing programming
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