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12 funders with a record of paying for “interest”
Where the money went The Ford Foundation → New Venture Fund: $12M across 9 grants, latest 2024 Texas Casa Inc → Dallas Casa: $9.8M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family → Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: $4.4M across 32 grants, latest 2024 Informing America Foundation → Institute for Citizen Focused Service: $2.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Sage Bionetworks: $947K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $878K across 1 grant, latest 2024 A Charitable Foundation → Bible Baptist Church: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Independence Foundation → Community Legal Services Inc: $428K across 8 grants, latest 2024 The John Paul Stevens Foundation → Nccu Foundation: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passman → American Jewish Committee: $66K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Kohnken Family Foundation Inc → Placeof Hope: $63K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Sam W Klein Charitable → Head Count: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Child Advocates: $6.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $5.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Informing America Foundation → Bentley Media Group: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Ah Datalytics: $802K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → National Housing Law Project: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Independence Foundation → Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc: $219K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The John Paul Stevens Foundation → Howard University Law School: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Kohnken Family Foundation Inc → Harvest Hope Food Bank: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passman → City of Hope: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 A Charitable Foundation → Globalgiving: $37K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Sam W Klein Charitable → Homelss Coalition of Pb: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Travis County: $5.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Mozilla Foundation: $4.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Informing America Foundation → Michigan News Source: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Duke University: $530K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Cooperative Devel Fdn: $418K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Independence Foundation → The Public Interest Law Center: $206K across 8 grants, latest 2024 The John Paul Stevens Foundation → Famu Foundation: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Kohnken Family Foundation Inc → Food Bank of E Alabama: $57K across 4 grants, latest 2025 A Charitable Foundation → Ma Center Charities: $27K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passman → Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Sam W Klein Charitable → Women Make Movies: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Casa Inc → Child Advocates San Antonio: $5.0M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Tarrant County: $4.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of El Paso: $2.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $2.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Denton County Inc: $2.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Hopewell Fund: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Central Texas: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa Lubbock South Plains: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Child Advocates of Montgomery County: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Mckinney Collin County: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → New America Foundation: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Voices for Children Inc Casa of Brazos Valley: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → East Texas Casa: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of the Coastal Bend: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Trinity Valley: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Child Advocates Casa of Red River: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Fort Bend County Child Advocates: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of West Texas: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa for Kids of East Texas: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Abilene-Big Country Casa: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Cameron & Willacy Counties: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of the Pines Lufkin Angelina: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa Golden Crescent: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa Kingsland Highland Lakes Area: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Amarillo Area Casa: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Galveston County: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Parker County: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Williamson County: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc → Casa of Southeast Texas: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Informing America Foundation → Concerned Communities of America: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Texas Casa Inc: $67M on this topic. Open the funder. Texas Casa Inc $67M The Ford Foundation: $27M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $27M Informing America Foundation: $7.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Informing America Foundation $7.2M Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family: $4.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family $4.4M Laura and John Arnold Foundation: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Laura and John Arnold Foundat… $2.2M The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $1.9M Independence Foundation: $853K on this topic. Open the funder. Independence Foundation $853K A Charitable Foundation: $564K on this topic. Open the funder. A Charitable Foundation $564K The John Paul Stevens Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. The John Paul Stevens Foundat… $300K Kohnken Family Foundation Inc: $180K on this topic. Open the funder. Kohnken Family Foundation Inc $180K Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passman: $151K on this topic. Open the funder. Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passm… $151K Sam W Klein Charitable: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. Sam W Klein Charitable $95K New Venture Fund: received $12M on this topic New Venture Fund $12M Dallas Casa: received $9.8M on this topic Dallas Casa $9.8M Child Advocates: received $6.5M on this topic Child Advocates $6.5M Casa of Travis County: received $5.4M on this topic Casa of Travis County $5.4M Child Advocates San Antonio: received $5.0M on this topic Child Advocates San Antonio $5.0M Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $5.0M on this topic Rockefeller Philanthropy Adviso… $5.0M Casa of Tarrant County: received $4.4M on this topic Casa of Tarrant County $4.4M Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: received $4.4M on this topic Kauffman Center for the Perform… $4.4M Mozilla Foundation: received $4.2M on this topic Mozilla Foundation $4.2M President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $3.1M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $3.1M Institute for Citizen Focused Service: received $2.8M on this topic Institute for Citizen Focused S… $2.8M Casa of El Paso: received $2.4M on this topic Casa of El Paso $2.4M Casa of Denton County Inc: received $2.2M on this topic Casa of Denton County Inc $2.2M Hopewell Fund: received $2.1M on this topic Hopewell Fund $2.1M Casa of Central Texas: received $2.1M on this topic Casa of Central Texas $2.1M Bentley Media Group: received $2.1M on this topic Bentley Media Group $2.1M Casa Lubbock South Plains: received $2.0M on this topic Casa Lubbock South Plains $2.0M Child Advocates of Montgomery County: received $1.9M on this topic Child Advocates of Montgomery C… $1.9M Casa of Mckinney Collin County: received $1.8M on this topic Casa of Mckinney Collin County $1.8M New America Foundation: received $1.8M on this topic New America Foundation $1.8M Voices for Children Inc Casa of Brazos Valley: received $1.5M on this topic Voices for Children Inc Casa of… $1.5M East Texas Casa: received $1.5M on this topic East Texas Casa $1.5M Casa of the Coastal Bend: received $1.5M on this topic Casa of the Coastal Bend $1.5M Casa of Trinity Valley: received $1.5M on this topic Casa of Trinity Valley $1.5M Child Advocates Casa of Red River: received $1.4M on this topic Child Advocates Casa of Red Riv… $1.4M Fort Bend County Child Advocates: received $1.3M on this topic Fort Bend County Child Advocates $1.3M Casa of West Texas: received $1.3M on this topic Casa of West Texas $1.3M Casa for Kids of East Texas: received $1.3M on this topic Casa for Kids of East Texas $1.3M Casa of Abilene-Big Country Casa: received $1.3M on this topic Casa of Abilene-Big Country Casa $1.3M Casa of Cameron & Willacy Counties: received $1.2M on this topic Casa of Cameron & Willacy Count… $1.2M Michigan News Source: received $1.2M on this topic Michigan News Source $1.2M Casa of the Pines Lufkin Angelina: received $1.2M on this topic Casa of the Pines Lufkin Angeli… $1.2M Casa Golden Crescent: received $1.2M on this topic Casa Golden Crescent $1.2M Casa Kingsland Highland Lakes Area: received $1.2M on this topic Casa Kingsland Highland Lakes A… $1.2M Amarillo Area Casa: received $1.2M on this topic Amarillo Area Casa $1.2M Casa of Galveston County: received $1.2M on this topic Casa of Galveston County $1.2M Casa of Parker County: received $1.2M on this topic Casa of Parker County $1.2M Casa of Williamson County: received $1.2M on this topic Casa of Williamson County $1.2M Casa of Southeast Texas: received $1.1M on this topic Casa of Southeast Texas $1.1M Concerned Communities of America: received $1.1M on this topic Concerned Communities of America $1.1M Sage Bionetworks: received $947K on this topic Sage Bionetworks $947K Ah Datalytics: received $802K on this topic Ah Datalytics $802K Duke University: received $530K on this topic Duke University $530K Bible Baptist Church: received $500K on this topic Bible Baptist Church $500K National Housing Law Project: received $500K on this topic National Housing Law Project $500K Community Legal Services Inc: received $428K on this topic Community Legal Services Inc $428K Cooperative Devel Fdn: received $418K on this topic Cooperative Devel Fdn $418K Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc: received $219K on this topic Philadelphia Legal Assistance C… $219K The Public Interest Law Center: received $206K on this topic The Public Interest Law Center $206K Nccu Foundation: received $100K on this topic Nccu Foundation $100K Howard University Law School: received $100K on this topic Howard University Law School $100K Famu Foundation: received $100K on this topic Famu Foundation $100K American Jewish Committee: received $66K on this topic American Jewish Committee $66K Placeof Hope: received $63K on this topic Placeof Hope $63K Harvest Hope Food Bank: received $60K on this topic Harvest Hope Food Bank $60K City of Hope: received $60K on this topic City of Hope $60K Food Bank of E Alabama: received $57K on this topic Food Bank of E Alabama $57K Head Count: received $50K on this topic Head Count $50K Globalgiving: received $37K on this topic Globalgiving $37K Ma Center Charities: received $27K on this topic Ma Center Charities $27K Homelss Coalition of Pb: received $25K on this topic Homelss Coalition of Pb $25K Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation: received $25K on this topic Los Angeles Sports Council Foun… $25K Women Make Movies: received $20K on this topic Women Make Movies $20K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “interest” 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: $3.4M to DALLAS CASA — serve foster children as best interest advocates
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Largest: $1.3M to NEW VENTURE FUND — for the public interest technology university network challenge fund for subgranting for curricula development, research agendas, and experiential learning programs to create a pip…
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Largest: $54,000 to Emory Univ School of Law — public interest fellowships
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Largest: $83,022 to THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER — public interest law fellowship program
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Largest: $50,000 to AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — public interest
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Largest: $20,000 to PLACEOF HOPE — community interest
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Largest: $500,000 to BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — services for public interest
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Largest: $1.7M to INSTITUTE FOR CITIZEN FOCUSED SERVICE — produce media to focus on public-interest policy
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Largest: $153,872 to KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — series 2015 bond interest
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Largest: $50,000 to HEAD COUNT — community interest
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Largest: $350,748 to SAGE BIONETWORKS — 79476 developing a tool to encourage researchers to inform their work by positively considering community interests in order to advance health equity
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Largest: $802,165 to AH DATALYTICS — to build and develop the real-time crime index ("rtci"), an infrastructure for regularly collecting data from hundreds of law enforcement agencies and creating a publicly accessibl…
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