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12 funders with a record of paying for “outdoors”

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The Vf Foundation → University of Denver: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Venture Outdoors Inc: $1.3M across 6 grants, latest 2024Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → The Great Outdoors Foundation: $820K across 22 grants, latest 2024Hillman Family Foundations → National Outdoor Leadership School: $579K across 12 grants, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → Muddy Sneakers: $343K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Outdoor Foundation → Seattle Parks Foundation: $302K across 3 grants, latest 2024Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund → Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2021Seattle Foundation → Camber Outdoors: $117K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Onion Foundation → Maine Initiatives: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Union Pacific Foundation → Pottawattamie Conservation Foundation: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Virginia Capital Trail Foundation: $68K across 2 grants, latest 2024Northern Forest Center Inc → Sullivan Creative Services Ltd: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation: $752K across 4 grants, latest 2024Hillman Family Foundations → Remake Learning: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Vf Foundation → The Outdoor Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Outdoor Foundation → Chesapeake Bay Trust: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → The Aspen Instituteforum for Community Solutions: $290K across 4 grants, latest 2025Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund → National Archery in the Schools Program: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021Seattle Foundation → Outdoors for All Foundation: $98K across 11 grants, latest 2024The Onion Foundation → Maine Environmental Education Association: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2023Northern Forest Center Inc → Outdoor Sports Institute: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2023Union Pacific Foundation → Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Richmond Symphony: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Friends of Webster County Conservation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard King Mellon Foundation → American Recreation Coalition: $540K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Vf Foundation → Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Outdoor Foundation → The Nature Conservancy: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles: $280K across 3 grants, latest 2024Hillman Family Foundations → Storyteller Children's Center Inc: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022Seattle Foundation → Outdoor Foundation: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund → Polestar Outdoors Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Onion Foundation → Maine Community Integration: $52K across 2 grants, latest 2024Northern Forest Center Inc → Coos Cycling Club: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2024Union Pacific Foundation → Children's Museum of Idaho Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation → Educate Fairfax: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines → Ready Set Grow Inc: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Land Trust Alliance Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard King Mellon Foundation → Twin Cities Public Television Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard King Mellon Foundation → Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Northern Forest Center Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Minority Outdoor Alliance Inc: $293K across 2 grants, latest 2023Richard King Mellon Foundation → International Mountain Bicycling Association: $283K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → YMCA of Greater Seattle: $277K across 3 grants, latest 2025Richard King Mellon Foundation → West Virginia University Foundation Inc: $272K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Vf Foundation → American Recreation Coalition: $254K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Outdoor Foundation → National Wildlife Federation: $251K across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Outdoor Inclusion Coalition: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023Richard King Mellon Foundation → Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania Inc: $245K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Outdoor Foundation → Thorne Nature Experience: $231K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Outdoor Foundation → River City Outdoors Mound City Fdn: $226K across 2 grants, latest 2023Richard King Mellon Foundation → Hollow Oak Land Trust Inc: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Ducks Unlimited Inc: $219K across 1 grant, latest 2022National Recreation Foundation → Grand Canyon Youth: $215K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Outdoor Foundation → West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Inc: $214K across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard King Mellon Foundation → Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc the: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard King Mellon Foundation → New Sun Rising: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard King Mellon Foundation → Outdoor Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Outdoor Foundation → Wilderness Inquiry: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → Catalina Island Conservancy: $191K across 4 grants, latest 2025Richard King Mellon Foundation → Inland Woods Trails: $190K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Recreation Foundation → Gardeneers: $180K across 4 grants, latest 2025National Recreation Foundation → Refugee Education & Adventure Challenge: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2025National Recreation Foundation → Beyond the Ball: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2025Richard King Mellon Foundation: $7.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Richard King Mellon Foundation$7.2MThe Vf Foundation: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Vf Foundation$2.7MNational Recreation Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder.National Recreation Foundation$2.1MThe Outdoor Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Outdoor Foundation$2.0MHillman Family Foundations: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Hillman Family Foundations$1.2MCommunity Fdn of Greater Des Moines: $862K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Fdn of Greater Des…$862KBass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund: $310K on this topic. Open the funder.Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outd…$310KSeattle Foundation: $285K on this topic. Open the funder.Seattle Foundation$285KThe Onion Foundation: $233K on this topic. Open the funder.The Onion Foundation$233KNorthern Forest Center Inc: $137K on this topic. Open the funder.Northern Forest Center Inc$137KUnion Pacific Foundation: $130K on this topic. Open the funder.Union Pacific Foundation$130KDominion Energy Charitable Foundation: $118K on this topic. Open the funder.Dominion Energy Charitable Fo…$118KUniversity of Denver: received $1.4M on this topicUniversity of Denver$1.4MVenture Outdoors Inc: received $1.3M on this topicVenture Outdoors Inc$1.3MThe Great Outdoors Foundation: received $820K on this topicThe Great Outdoors Foundation$820KAmerican Recreation Coalition: received $794K on this topicAmerican Recreation Coalition$794KPennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation: received $752K on this topicPennsylvania Parks and Forests…$752KNational Outdoor Leadership School: received $579K on this topicNational Outdoor Leadership Sch…$579KRemake Learning: received $500K on this topicRemake Learning$500KThe Outdoor Foundation: received $500K on this topicThe Outdoor Foundation$500KUvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation: received $500K on this topicUvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foun…$500KLand Trust Alliance Inc: received $500K on this topicLand Trust Alliance Inc$500KTwin Cities Public Television Inc: received $500K on this topicTwin Cities Public Television I…$500KChildren's Museum of Pittsburgh: received $500K on this topicChildren's Museum of Pittsburgh$500KMuddy Sneakers: received $343K on this topicMuddy Sneakers$343KSeattle Parks Foundation: received $302K on this topicSeattle Parks Foundation$302KChesapeake Bay Trust: received $300K on this topicChesapeake Bay Trust$300KThe Nature Conservancy: received $300K on this topicThe Nature Conservancy$300KNorthern Forest Center Inc: received $300K on this topicNorthern Forest Center Inc$300KMinority Outdoor Alliance Inc: received $293K on this topicMinority Outdoor Alliance Inc$293KThe Aspen Instituteforum for Community Solutions: received $290K on this topicThe Aspen Instituteforum for Co…$290KInternational Mountain Bicycling Association: received $283K on this topicInternational Mountain Bicyclin…$283KGirl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles: received $280K on this topicGirl Scouts of Greater Los Ange…$280KYMCA of Greater Seattle: received $277K on this topicYMCA of Greater Seattle$277KWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: received $272K on this topicWest Virginia University Founda…$272KOutdoor Foundation: received $270K on this topicOutdoor Foundation$270KNational Wildlife Federation: received $251K on this topicNational Wildlife Federation$251KPennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: received $250K on this topicPennsylvania Fish and Boat Comm…$250KOutdoor Inclusion Coalition: received $250K on this topicOutdoor Inclusion Coalition$250KAudubon Society of Western Pennsylvania Inc: received $245K on this topicAudubon Society of Western Penn…$245KThorne Nature Experience: received $231K on this topicThorne Nature Experience$231KRiver City Outdoors Mound City Fdn: received $226K on this topicRiver City Outdoors Mound City…$226KHollow Oak Land Trust Inc: received $220K on this topicHollow Oak Land Trust Inc$220KDucks Unlimited Inc: received $219K on this topicDucks Unlimited Inc$219KGrand Canyon Youth: received $215K on this topicGrand Canyon Youth$215KWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance Inc: received $214K on this topicWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance…$214KClearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc the: received $200K on this topicClearwater Conservancy of Centr…$200KNew Sun Rising: received $200K on this topicNew Sun Rising$200KWilderness Inquiry: received $200K on this topicWilderness Inquiry$200KCatalina Island Conservancy: received $191K on this topicCatalina Island Conservancy$191KInland Woods Trails: received $190K on this topicInland Woods Trails$190KGardeneers: received $180K on this topicGardeneers$180KRefugee Education & Adventure Challenge: received $175K on this topicRefugee Education & Adventure C…$175KBeyond the Ball: received $175K on this topicBeyond the Ball$175KNebraska Lutheran Outdoor: received $150K on this topicNebraska Lutheran Outdoor$150KStoryteller Children's Center Inc: received $125K on this topicStoryteller Children's Center I…$125KCamber Outdoors: received $117K on this topicCamber Outdoors$117KMaine Initiatives: received $100K on this topicMaine Initiatives$100KNational Archery in the Schools Program: received $100K on this topicNational Archery in the Schools…$100KOutdoors for All Foundation: received $98K on this topicOutdoors for All Foundation$98KMaine Environmental Education Association: received $81K on this topicMaine Environmental Education A…$81KPottawattamie Conservation Foundation: received $70K on this topicPottawattamie Conservation Foun…$70KVirginia Capital Trail Foundation: received $68K on this topicVirginia Capital Trail Foundati…$68KPolestar Outdoors Inc: received $60K on this topicPolestar Outdoors Inc$60KSullivan Creative Services Ltd: received $60K on this topicSullivan Creative Services Ltd$60KMaine Community Integration: received $52K on this topicMaine Community Integration$52KOutdoor Sports Institute: received $39K on this topicOutdoor Sports Institute$39KCoos Cycling Club: received $38K on this topicCoos Cycling Club$38KFriends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: received $30K on this topicFriends of Cabrillo Marine Aqua…$30KChildren's Museum of Idaho Inc: received $30K on this topicChildren's Museum of Idaho Inc$30KRichmond Symphony: received $25K on this topicRichmond Symphony$25KFriends of Webster County Conservation: received $25K on this topicFriends of Webster County Conse…$25KEducate Fairfax: received $25K on this topicEducate Fairfax$25KReady Set Grow Inc: received $17K on this topicReady Set Grow Inc$17K
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