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12 funders with a record of paying for “bills”

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute: $329M across 5 grants, latest 2023The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation → Billings Clinic Foundation: $5.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024Energy Share of Montana Inc → Opportunities Inc: $2.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → University of Southern California: $2.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024Education Foundation for Billings Public → Billings Public Schools: $1.5M across 21 grants, latest 2024The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc → Community Action Council for Lex-Fayette Bourb Harr Nich Counties: $466K across 4 grants, latest 2024Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation → YWCA Billings: $273K across 4 grants, latest 2024Montana Community Foundation Inc → Billings District Council -Society of St Vincent De Paul: $132K across 2 grants, latest 2022Charles M Bair Family Trust → Billings Catholic Schools: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation → YWCA of Billings: $71K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Kirtland Cancer Foundation → Sheetz: $48K across 4 grants, latest 2024George F and Helen M Hirschmann Charitable Foundation → Society of St Francis: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: $13M across 4 grants, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Georgetown University: $2.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Energy Share of Montana Inc → District Vii Hrdc: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation → Billings Family YMCA: $365K across 3 grants, latest 2024Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation → Horatio Alger Association: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc → Blue Grass Community Partnership Inc: $231K across 4 grants, latest 2024Education Foundation for Billings Public → Various Billings Schools and Clubs: $145K across 3 grants, latest 2024Montana Community Foundation Inc → Billings Catholic Schools Foundation: $131K across 3 grants, latest 2024Charles M Bair Family Trust → Billings Clinic Foundation: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2024First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation → Billings School District: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Kirtland Cancer Foundation → Walmart: $36K across 3 grants, latest 2024George F and Helen M Hirschmann Charitable Foundation → Animal Welfare League of Benzie County Inc: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $13M across 4 grants, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Lown Institute Inc: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Energy Share of Montana Inc → District Xi Hrdc: $850K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc → Northeast Kentucky Community Action Agency Inc: $136K across 4 grants, latest 2024Montana Community Foundation Inc → Billings Community Foundation: $105K across 4 grants, latest 2024Charles M Bair Family Trust → YWCA of Billings: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation → Montana Audubon Conservation Education Center Billings: $80K across 3 grants, latest 2024Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation → Billings Food Bank Inc: $68K across 6 grants, latest 2024First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation → Billings Clinic Foundation: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2025Education Foundation for Billings Public → Billings Public School: $31K across 2 grants, latest 2021George F and Helen M Hirschmann Charitable Foundation → Save-A-Pet: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Kirtland Cancer Foundation → Shear Cheveux: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Brookings Institution: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023Energy Share of Montana Inc → Rocky Mountain Development: $793K across 4 grants, latest 2024Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Aarhus Universitet: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2023Energy Share of Montana Inc → District Xii Hrdc: $579K across 3 grants, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $530K across 3 grants, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Minnesota Justice Research Center: $448K across 1 grant, latest 2024Energy Share of Montana Inc → Action for Eastern Montana: $384K across 4 grants, latest 2024Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africas Development: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Urban Institute: $333K across 2 grants, latest 2022Energy Share of Montana Inc → District Ix Hrdc: $302K across 4 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Financial Services Stakeholder Project: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Taxpayers for Common Sense: $273K across 1 grant, latest 2023Energy Share of Montana Inc → District Vi Hrdc: $233K across 4 grants, latest 2024Energy Share of Montana Inc → Community Action Partnership: $216K across 4 grants, latest 2024Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Energy Share of Montana Inc → Action Inc: $189K across 1 grant, latest 2024Energy Share of Montana Inc → District IV Hrdc: $174K across 4 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Conference of State Legislatures: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2020Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Rocky Mountain Institute: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation → Cortex: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc → Kentucky River Foothills Development Council Inc: $91K across 4 grants, latest 2024Charles M Bair Family Trust → Boys and Girls Club of Billings and Yellowstone County: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2024Montana Community Foundation Inc → Young Women's Christian Association of Billings Mt: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2024Charles M Bair Family Trust → Billings Family YMCA: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2024Montana Community Foundation Inc → Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc → Northern Kentucky Electrical Association: $78K across 4 grants, latest 2024Montana Community Foundation Inc → Montana State University Billings Foundation: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc → Pennyrile Allied Community Services Inc: $68K across 4 grants, latest 2024Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $356M on this topic. Open the funder.Bill & Melinda Gates Foundati…$356MLaura and John Arnold Foundation: $9.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Laura and John Arnold Foundat…$9.2MEnergy Share of Montana Inc: $8.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Energy Share of Montana Inc$8.2MThe Mary Alice Fortin Foundation: $5.9M on this topic. Open the funder.The Mary Alice Fortin Foundat…$5.9MEducation Foundation for Billings Public: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Education Foundation for Bill…$1.6MThe Wintercare Energy Fund Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Wintercare Energy Fund Inc$1.1MMontana Community Foundation Inc: $604K on this topic. Open the funder.Montana Community Foundation…$604KDennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation: $590K on this topic. Open the funder.Dennis & Phyllis Washington F…$590KCharles M Bair Family Trust: $500K on this topic. Open the funder.Charles M Bair Family Trust$500KFirst Interstate Bancsystem Foundation: $157K on this topic. Open the funder.First Interstate Bancsystem F…$157KThe Kirtland Cancer Foundation: $98K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kirtland Cancer Foundation$98KGeorge F and Helen M Hirschmann Charitable Foundation: $72K on this topic. Open the funder.George F and Helen M Hirschma…$72KBill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute: received $329M on this topicBill & Melinda Gates Medical Re…$329MChancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: received $13M on this topicChancellor Masters and Scholars…$13MBoard of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $13M on this topicBoard of Trustees of the Univer…$13MBillings Clinic Foundation: received $5.6M on this topicBillings Clinic Foundation$5.6MOpportunities Inc: received $2.4M on this topicOpportunities Inc$2.4MUniversity of Southern California: received $2.4M on this topicUniversity of Southern Californ…$2.4MGeorgetown University: received $2.3M on this topicGeorgetown University$2.3MDistrict Vii Hrdc: received $2.1M on this topicDistrict Vii Hrdc$2.1MBillings Public Schools: received $1.5M on this topicBillings Public Schools$1.5MLown Institute Inc: received $1.3M on this topicLown Institute Inc$1.3MBrookings Institution: received $1.2M on this topicBrookings Institution$1.2MDistrict Xi Hrdc: received $850K on this topicDistrict Xi Hrdc$850KRocky Mountain Development: received $793K on this topicRocky Mountain Development$793KAarhus Universitet: received $600K on this topicAarhus Universitet$600KDistrict Xii Hrdc: received $579K on this topicDistrict Xii Hrdc$579KJohns Hopkins University: received $530K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$530KCommunity Action Council for Lex-Fayette Bourb Harr Nich Counties: received $466K on this topicCommunity Action Council for Le…$466KMinnesota Justice Research Center: received $448K on this topicMinnesota Justice Research Cent…$448KBillings Family YMCA: received $445K on this topicBillings Family YMCA$445KAction for Eastern Montana: received $384K on this topicAction for Eastern Montana$384KAfrican Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africas Development: received $350K on this topicAfrican Union Development Agenc…$350KUrban Institute: received $333K on this topicUrban Institute$333KDistrict Ix Hrdc: received $302K on this topicDistrict Ix Hrdc$302KFinancial Services Stakeholder Project: received $300K on this topicFinancial Services Stakeholder…$300KTaxpayers for Common Sense: received $273K on this topicTaxpayers for Common Sense$273KYWCA Billings: received $273K on this topicYWCA Billings$273KHoratio Alger Association: received $250K on this topicHoratio Alger Association$250KDistrict Vi Hrdc: received $233K on this topicDistrict Vi Hrdc$233KBlue Grass Community Partnership Inc: received $231K on this topicBlue Grass Community Partnershi…$231KCommunity Action Partnership: received $216K on this topicCommunity Action Partnership$216KFriedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg: received $200K on this topicFriedrich-Alexander-University…$200KAction Inc: received $189K on this topicAction Inc$189KDistrict IV Hrdc: received $174K on this topicDistrict IV Hrdc$174KYWCA of Billings: received $161K on this topicYWCA of Billings$161KVarious Billings Schools and Clubs: received $145K on this topicVarious Billings Schools and Cl…$145KNortheast Kentucky Community Action Agency Inc: received $136K on this topicNortheast Kentucky Community Ac…$136KBillings District Council -Society of St Vincent De Paul: received $132K on this topicBillings District Council -Soci…$132KBillings Catholic Schools Foundation: received $131K on this topicBillings Catholic Schools Found…$131KBillings Catholic Schools: received $125K on this topicBillings Catholic Schools$125KNational Conference of State Legislatures: received $120K on this topicNational Conference of State Le…$120KRocky Mountain Institute: received $105K on this topicRocky Mountain Institute$105KBillings Community Foundation: received $105K on this topicBillings Community Foundation$105KCortex: received $100K on this topicCortex$100KKentucky River Foothills Development Council Inc: received $91K on this topicKentucky River Foothills Develo…$91KBoys and Girls Club of Billings and Yellowstone County: received $85K on this topicBoys and Girls Club of Billings…$85KYoung Women's Christian Association of Billings Mt: received $81K on this topicYoung Women's Christian Associa…$81KMontana Audubon Conservation Education Center Billings: received $80K on this topicMontana Audubon Conservation Ed…$80KEducation Foundation for Billings Public Schools: received $80K on this topicEducation Foundation for Billin…$80KNorthern Kentucky Electrical Association: received $78K on this topicNorthern Kentucky Electrical As…$78KMontana State University Billings Foundation: received $75K on this topicMontana State University Billin…$75KPennyrile Allied Community Services Inc: received $68K on this topicPennyrile Allied Community Serv…$68KBillings Food Bank Inc: received $68K on this topicBillings Food Bank Inc$68KBillings School District: received $50K on this topicBillings School District$50KSheetz: received $48K on this topicSheetz$48KWalmart: received $36K on this topicWalmart$36KBillings Clinic Foundation: received $36K on this topicBillings Clinic Foundation$36KBillings Public School: received $31K on this topicBillings Public School$31KSociety of St Francis: received $30K on this topicSociety of St Francis$30KAnimal Welfare League of Benzie County Inc: received $22K on this topicAnimal Welfare League of Benzie…$22KSave-A-Pet: received $20K on this topicSave-A-Pet$20KShear Cheveux: received $13K on this topicShear Cheveux$13K
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