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12 funders with a record of paying for “zimbabwe”

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The Wildcat Foundation → Empowers Africa: $1.7M across 6 grants, latest 2024Matter → Shamwari Projects Limited: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association: $625K across 3 grants, latest 2024Jc Flowers Foundation → Methodist Church in Zimbabwe Harare East District: $542K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wallace Global Fund II → Trustafrica: $505K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Shared Earth Foundation → National Geographic Society: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024Donald J Slavik Family Foundation → Panthera Corporation: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2024Seadream Family Foundation Inc → Undercurrent Inc: $315K across 3 grants, latest 2024Womenstrong International → The Girls' Legacy: $130K across 4 grants, latest 2025Emmons-Bradlee Family Foundation 2210896 → Tariro Hope and Health for Zimbabwes: $116K across 4 grants, latest 2024Sageview Foundation → Northrise University: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Shin Creek Trust → Rosemary Pencil Foundation: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025Matter → Love for Africa: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wildcat Foundation → Frankfurt Zoological Society - Us: $705K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Just Associates Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jc Flowers Foundation → Kasparov Chess Foundation: $208K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wallace Global Fund II → University of the Witwatersrand: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wildcat Foundation → Undercurrent: $614K across 3 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Hlanganisa Institute for Development in Southern Africa: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wildcat Foundation → International Anti-Poaching Foundation - Us: $123K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Women and Law in Southern Africa - Zimbabwe: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Zimbabwe Human Rights Ngo Forum: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Hlanganisa Community Fund: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Transparency International Zambia: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wildcat Foundation: $3.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Wildcat Foundation$3.2MMatter: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Matter$2.6MThe Ford Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$1.7MJc Flowers Foundation: $750K on this topic. Open the funder.Jc Flowers Foundation$750KWallace Global Fund II: $545K on this topic. Open the funder.Wallace Global Fund II$545KThe Shared Earth Foundation: $450K on this topic. Open the funder.The Shared Earth Foundation$450KDonald J Slavik Family Foundation: $400K on this topic. Open the funder.Donald J Slavik Family Founda…$400KSeadream Family Foundation Inc: $315K on this topic. Open the funder.Seadream Family Foundation Inc$315KWomenstrong International: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Womenstrong International$130KEmmons-Bradlee Family Foundation 2210896: $116K on this topic. Open the funder.Emmons-Bradlee Family Foundat…$116KSageview Foundation: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Sageview Foundation$40KThe Shin Creek Trust: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.The Shin Creek Trust$30KEmpowers Africa: received $1.7M on this topicEmpowers Africa$1.7MShamwari Projects Limited: received $1.5M on this topicShamwari Projects Limited$1.5MLove for Africa: received $1.1M on this topicLove for Africa$1.1MFrankfurt Zoological Society - Us: received $705K on this topicFrankfurt Zoological Society -…$705KZimbabwe Environmental Law Association: received $625K on this topicZimbabwe Environmental Law Asso…$625KUndercurrent: received $614K on this topicUndercurrent$614KMethodist Church in Zimbabwe Harare East District: received $542K on this topicMethodist Church in Zimbabwe Ha…$542KTrustafrica: received $505K on this topicTrustafrica$505KJust Associates Inc: received $500K on this topicJust Associates Inc$500KNational Geographic Society: received $450K on this topicNational Geographic Society$450KPanthera Corporation: received $400K on this topicPanthera Corporation$400KUndercurrent Inc: received $315K on this topicUndercurrent Inc$315KHlanganisa Institute for Development in Southern Africa: received $300K on this topicHlanganisa Institute for Develo…$300KKasparov Chess Foundation: received $208K on this topicKasparov Chess Foundation$208KThe Girls' Legacy: received $130K on this topicThe Girls' Legacy$130KInternational Anti-Poaching Foundation - Us: received $123K on this topicInternational Anti-Poaching Fou…$123KTariro Hope and Health for Zimbabwes: received $116K on this topicTariro Hope and Health for Zimb…$116KWomen and Law in Southern Africa - Zimbabwe: received $100K on this topicWomen and Law in Southern Afric…$100KZimbabwe Human Rights Ngo Forum: received $100K on this topicZimbabwe Human Rights Ngo Forum$100KNorthrise University: received $40K on this topicNorthrise University$40KUniversity of the Witwatersrand: received $40K on this topicUniversity of the Witwatersrand$40KHlanganisa Community Fund: received $40K on this topicHlanganisa Community Fund$40KTransparency International Zambia: received $34K on this topicTransparency International Zamb…$34KRosemary Pencil Foundation: received $30K on this topicRosemary Pencil Foundation$30K
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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 →