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5 funders with a record of paying for “wumb”

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The Burkehaven Family Foundation → Wumb Radio: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Lorber Foundation → Umass Foundation: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation → University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary → University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc-Wumb Radio: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Dorothy M Tenney Charitable Trust → Wumb Radio: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary → University of Massachusetts Fouondation Inc-Wumb Radio: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Burkehaven Family Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.The Burkehaven Family Foundat…$8KThe Lorber Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.The Lorber Foundation$4KGrace Jones Richardson Testamentary: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Grace Jones Richardson Testam…$4KMax and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder.Max and Selma Kupferberg Fami…$3KDorothy M Tenney Charitable Trust: $1K on this topic. Open the funder.Dorothy M Tenney Charitable T…$1KWumb Radio: received $9K on this topicWumb Radio$9KUmass Foundation: received $4K on this topicUmass Foundation$4KUniversity of Massachusetts Foundation Inc: received $3K on this topicUniversity of Massachusetts Fou…$3KUniversity of Massachusetts Foundation Inc-Wumb Radio: received $2K on this topicUniversity of Massachusetts Fou…$2KUniversity of Massachusetts Fouondation Inc-Wumb Radio: received $2K on this topicUniversity of Massachusetts Fou…$2K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →