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12 funders with a record of paying for “model”
Where the money went
National EnvironmentalDenver, COCharity · may take applications
291 matching grants · $11.0M · through 2023Largest: $236,713 to VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — retail flexible funding model
Largest: $314,546 to UC SANTA CRUZ — data assimilative microbial modeling and other model development and analysis for the northeast pacific
Largest: $1.4M to Windward Fund — in support of accelerating development and deployment of a wildfire management and evacuation platform in two high-risk, low-income northern california regions and to enable rich d…
American Journalism ProjectWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
159 matching grants · $54.2M · through 2024Largest: $5.5M to FREE PRESS INDIANA — to grow and diversify revenue and to advance toward a sustainable model for local news.
Largest: $1.9M to TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to expand pwbm's ability to provide accurate, accessible, and transparent budget and economic analysis of public policy by providing more access to the model and data while deepeni…
Largest: $750,375 to PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE — 81910 researching new publishing models anchored in open science principles for improved transparency, equity, and accessibility
Largest: $160,000 to ELIADA FOUNDATION INC — to provide implementation support for the teaching family model, an evidence-informed foster care model.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
106 matching grants · $26.9M · through 2022Largest: $300,000 to NEW MEXICO APPLESEED — research and design a cash transfer model to promote equity by engaging families, health care system staff and other agencies to understand specific needs and barriers faced by str…
Largest: $225,000 to American Flood Coalition Inc — to support the piloting of a co-governance model for community-based flood mitigation planning and to conduct flood risk reduction modeling.
Largest: $66,000 to INSTITUTO POLITICAS ALTERNATIVAS PARA O CONE SUL — to promote exchanges and research on the models and impact of energy transition on women and community economic models
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
78 matching grants · $51.8M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to SPLASH INTERNATIONAL — to implement a safe water delivery model for schools in bahir dar, ethiopia and create the groundwork to replicate the model into the rural safe water focal districts in amhara reg…
Community Care CooperativeBoston, MACharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $66.7M · through 2024Largest: $6.4M to EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC — dsrip - aco model management
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →