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12 funders with a record of paying for “knox”

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The Whitcomb Family Foundation Inc → Knox College: $3.1M across 7 grants, latest 2025The Ariel Foundation → Knox County Land Reutilization Corporation: $1.8M across 7 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Knox Development Partnership: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024East Tennessee Foundation → Arc Knox County: $893K across 2 grants, latest 2023Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation → Knox Education Foundation: $760K across 7 grants, latest 2024The Boyd Foundation → Knox Education Foundation: $698K across 7 grants, latest 2024United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc → Knox County Headstart Inc: $408K across 3 grants, latest 2024United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc → Knoxville-Knox County Cac: $316K across 2 grants, latest 2024Tr Uw Trabant North Knox County → North Knox School Corporation: $208K across 4 grants, latest 2025Donald E Fike Family Foundation → Knox County YMCA: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation Alliance Inc → Knox County Life Enrichment Foundation: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2023Bierhaus Foundation Inc → Knox County Sheriff Department: $38K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Ariel Foundation → Knox County Foundation: $1.6M across 8 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Foundation for Knox Comm Hosp: $363K across 3 grants, latest 2024East Tennessee Foundation → Knoxville-Knox County Cac: $353K across 3 grants, latest 2024United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc → New Directions Domestic Abuse Shelter of Knox County Inc: $264K across 3 grants, latest 2024Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation → United Way of Greater Knoxville Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc → Friends of the Knox County Public L: $107K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Boyd Foundation → Knox County Community Gardens: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Donald E Fike Family Foundation → Habitat for Humanity Knox County Illinois: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Tr Uw Trabant North Knox County → North Knox Scholarship Foundation Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Community Foundation Alliance Inc → Knox County Public Library: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2022Bierhaus Foundation Inc → Knox County Salvation Army: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ariel Foundation → Foundation for Knox Community Hospital: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022East Tennessee Foundation → Knox Education Foundation: $305K across 2 grants, latest 2023Knox County Foundation → United Way of Knox County: $238K across 3 grants, latest 2024United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc → Interchurch Social Services of Knox County: $164K across 3 grants, latest 2024Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation → Tnachieves: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc → Knox County Rescue: $79K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Boyd Foundation → East Tn Equality Cncl Inc Dba Knox Pride: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022Donald E Fike Family Foundation → Vna Community Services: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation Alliance Inc → Knox County Soil and Water Conservation District: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2021Bierhaus Foundation Inc → Knox County Casa: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2024Tr Uw Trabant North Knox County → North Knox Social Ministries: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Ariel Foundation → Alcohol and Drug Freedom Center of Knox County: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ariel Foundation → Alcohol Anddrug Freedom Center of Knox County: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ariel Foundation → New Directions Domestic Abuse Shelter of Knox County: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022East Tennessee Foundation → Knoxville-Knox County Cac Office On: $297K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ariel Foundation → Knox Partnership for Arts & Culture Inc Dba Woodward Opera House Conservan: $273K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ariel Foundation → Knox County Head Start Inc: $253K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ariel Foundation → Knox Partnership for Arts & Culture Inc Dba Woodward Opera House Conserva: $251K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ariel Foundation → Behavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ariel Foundation → Knox County Career Center: $229K across 4 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Habitat for Humanity Knox Co: $176K across 1 grant, latest 2024East Tennessee Foundation → Knoxville-Knox Cty Cac Ofc On Aging: $155K across 1 grant, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Knox Public Heatlth: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation → Instruction Partners: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc → Public Health Partnership of Knox County: $112K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ariel Foundation → The Village Network: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2022Knox County Foundation → Central Ohio Tech College: $79K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ariel Foundation → The Station Break Senior Citizens Center of Knox County: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2023Knox County Foundation → Knox Co Educational Srv Ctr: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Knox Co Regional Airport: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc → Knox Education Foundation: $58K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc → Knox County Foundation: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Knox Co Humane Society: $57K across 3 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Public Library of Mtv - Knox: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2023East Tennessee Foundation → Knox Area Rescue Ministries: $54K across 3 grants, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → Knox County 4-H Planning Comm: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ariel Foundation → Ashland- Parenting Plus: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ariel Foundation → Ashland Parenting Plus: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Knox County Foundation → American Red Cross of Knox Co: $49K across 3 grants, latest 2024Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation → Relay Graduate School of Education: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2023United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc → Knox County Schoolspta Clothing Ce: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ariel Foundation: $7.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ariel Foundation$7.0MThe Whitcomb Family Foundation Inc: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Whitcomb Family Foundatio…$3.1MKnox County Foundation: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Knox County Foundation$2.4MEast Tennessee Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder.East Tennessee Foundation$2.1MBill and Crissy Haslam Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Bill and Crissy Haslam Founda…$1.2MUnited Way of Knox County Ohio Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Knox County Ohi…$1.0MThe Boyd Foundation: $833K on this topic. Open the funder.The Boyd Foundation$833KUnited Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc: $606K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Greater Knoxvil…$606KTr Uw Trabant North Knox County: $259K on this topic. Open the funder.Tr Uw Trabant North Knox Coun…$259KDonald E Fike Family Foundation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Donald E Fike Family Foundati…$150KCommunity Foundation Alliance Inc: $104K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation Alliance…$104KBierhaus Foundation Inc: $70K on this topic. Open the funder.Bierhaus Foundation Inc$70KKnox College: received $3.1M on this topicKnox College$3.1MKnox Education Foundation: received $1.8M on this topicKnox Education Foundation$1.8MKnox County Land Reutilization Corporation: received $1.8M on this topicKnox County Land Reutilization…$1.8MKnox County Foundation: received $1.6M on this topicKnox County Foundation$1.6MKnox Development Partnership: received $1.0M on this topicKnox Development Partnership$1.0MFoundation for Knox Community Hospital: received $1.0M on this topicFoundation for Knox Community H…$1.0MArc Knox County: received $893K on this topicArc Knox County$893KKnoxville-Knox County Cac: received $669K on this topicKnoxville-Knox County Cac$669KAlcohol and Drug Freedom Center of Knox County: received $500K on this topicAlcohol and Drug Freedom Center…$500KKnox County Headstart Inc: received $408K on this topicKnox County Headstart Inc$408KFoundation for Knox Comm Hosp: received $363K on this topicFoundation for Knox Comm Hosp$363KAlcohol Anddrug Freedom Center of Knox County: received $300K on this topicAlcohol Anddrug Freedom Center…$300KNew Directions Domestic Abuse Shelter of Knox County: received $300K on this topicNew Directions Domestic Abuse S…$300KKnoxville-Knox County Cac Office On: received $297K on this topicKnoxville-Knox County Cac Offic…$297KKnox Partnership for Arts & Culture Inc Dba Woodward Opera House Conservan: received $273K on this topicKnox Partnership for Arts & Cul…$273KNew Directions Domestic Abuse Shelter of Knox County Inc: received $264K on this topicNew Directions Domestic Abuse S…$264KKnox County Head Start Inc: received $253K on this topicKnox County Head Start Inc$253KKnox Partnership for Arts & Culture Inc Dba Woodward Opera House Conserva: received $251K on this topicKnox Partnership for Arts & Cul…$251KBehavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio: received $250K on this topicBehavioral Healthcare Partners…$250KUnited Way of Knox County: received $238K on this topicUnited Way of Knox County$238KKnox County Career Center: received $229K on this topicKnox County Career Center$229KNorth Knox School Corporation: received $208K on this topicNorth Knox School Corporation$208KHabitat for Humanity Knox Co: received $176K on this topicHabitat for Humanity Knox Co$176KInterchurch Social Services of Knox County: received $164K on this topicInterchurch Social Services of…$164KKnoxville-Knox Cty Cac Ofc On Aging: received $155K on this topicKnoxville-Knox Cty Cac Ofc On A…$155KUnited Way of Greater Knoxville Inc: received $150K on this topicUnited Way of Greater Knoxville…$150KTnachieves: received $150K on this topicTnachieves$150KKnox Public Heatlth: received $150K on this topicKnox Public Heatlth$150KInstruction Partners: received $125K on this topicInstruction Partners$125KPublic Health Partnership of Knox County: received $112K on this topicPublic Health Partnership of Kn…$112KFriends of the Knox County Public L: received $107K on this topicFriends of the Knox County Publ…$107KThe Village Network: received $105K on this topicThe Village Network$105KKnox County Community Gardens: received $100K on this topicKnox County Community Gardens$100KKnox County Rescue: received $79K on this topicKnox County Rescue$79KCentral Ohio Tech College: received $79K on this topicCentral Ohio Tech College$79KKnox County YMCA: received $70K on this topicKnox County YMCA$70KThe Station Break Senior Citizens Center of Knox County: received $65K on this topicThe Station Break Senior Citize…$65KKnox Co Educational Srv Ctr: received $65K on this topicKnox Co Educational Srv Ctr$65KKnox Co Regional Airport: received $60K on this topicKnox Co Regional Airport$60KKnox Co Humane Society: received $57K on this topicKnox Co Humane Society$57KPublic Library of Mtv - Knox: received $56K on this topicPublic Library of Mtv - Knox$56KKnox Area Rescue Ministries: received $54K on this topicKnox Area Rescue Ministries$54KKnox County 4-H Planning Comm: received $54K on this topicKnox County 4-H Planning Comm$54KHabitat for Humanity Knox County Illinois: received $50K on this topicHabitat for Humanity Knox Count…$50KAshland- Parenting Plus: received $50K on this topicAshland- Parenting Plus$50KAshland Parenting Plus: received $50K on this topicAshland Parenting Plus$50KAmerican Red Cross of Knox Co: received $49K on this topicAmerican Red Cross of Knox Co$49KRelay Graduate School of Education: received $47K on this topicRelay Graduate School of Educat…$47KKnox County Life Enrichment Foundation: received $47K on this topicKnox County Life Enrichment Fou…$47KKnox County Schoolspta Clothing Ce: received $47K on this topicKnox County Schoolspta Clothing…$47KNorth Knox Scholarship Foundation Inc: received $40K on this topicNorth Knox Scholarship Foundati…$40KKnox County Sheriff Department: received $38K on this topicKnox County Sheriff Department$38KEast Tn Equality Cncl Inc Dba Knox Pride: received $35K on this topicEast Tn Equality Cncl Inc Dba K…$35KKnox County Public Library: received $30K on this topicKnox County Public Library$30KVna Community Services: received $30K on this topicVna Community Services$30KKnox County Soil and Water Conservation District: received $28K on this topicKnox County Soil and Water Cons…$28KKnox County Salvation Army: received $20K on this topicKnox County Salvation Army$20KKnox County Casa: received $12K on this topicKnox County Casa$12KNorth Knox Social Ministries: received $11K on this topicNorth Knox Social Ministries$11K
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