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Grassroots Global Justice → Climate Justice Alliance: $1.4M across 5 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Center for Advanced Defense Studies Inc: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Institute for Intergovernmental → St Joseph Department of Health: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022Suncoast Credit Union Foundation → Take Stock in Children: $196K across 3 grants, latest 2025Farm Aid Inc → Federation of Southern Cooperatives: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2023Beyond Sport Foundation Inc → Doc Wayne Youth Services Inc: $103K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc → Vanguards Ministry: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2024New York State United Teachers → Brentwood Teachers Association: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023Ri Hospitality Association → Kahn Litwin Renza & Co Ltd: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Trail Blazers Foundation → Nixyaawii Community School: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Northern Rhode Island → 574 Restaurant Lounge LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Grassroots Global Justice → Indigenous Environmental Network: $1.4M across 5 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Make the Road States Inc: $420K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Institute for Intergovernmental → Fayetteville Police Department: $199K across 2 grants, latest 2022Suncoast Credit Union Foundation → Take Stock in Children of Manatee County: $181K across 4 grants, latest 2025Farm Aid Inc → Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2023Beyond Sport Foundation Inc → Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc → Take Action Mon Valley: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2024New York State United Teachers → United Federation of Teachers: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023Trail Blazers Foundation → County of Jackson Phoenix School District 4: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021Ri Hospitality Association → Argento Restaurants LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Northern Rhode Island → Abkc Holdings: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Grassroots Global Justice → Right to the City Alliance: $1.3M across 5 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: $865K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → International Coalition of Sites of Conscience: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Institute for Intergovernmental → York Bureau of Health: $199K across 2 grants, latest 2022Farm Aid Inc → Farmers Legal Action Group Inc: $115K across 2 grants, latest 2022Suncoast Credit Union Foundation → Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County Inc: $102K across 4 grants, latest 2025Beyond Sport Foundation Inc → The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation: $89K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc → Real Vikings Vote: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023New York State United Teachers → Patchogue Medford Congress of Teachers: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021Trail Blazers Foundation → Klamath County School District: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2024Northern Rhode Island → Acento LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Ri Hospitality Association → The Market at Gansett Rail LLC: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Hawaii Foundation: $496K across 1 grant, latest 2020Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Health Services Advisory Group Inc: $446K across 1 grant, latest 2020Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → National Academy of Sciences: $338K across 2 grants, latest 2024Grassroots Global Justice → Struggle for Miami's Affordable and: $328K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → The Bridgespan Group: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → Hamilton Public Health: $198K across 2 grants, latest 2022Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $179K across 1 grant, latest 2020The Ford Foundation → Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2023Grassroots Global Justice → Social Good Fund: $151K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Shut It Down LLC: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → At the Barricades LLC: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → Wisconsin Department of Justice: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Ford Foundation → Wilton Park Executive Agency: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ford Foundation → Points North Institute: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Farm Aid Inc → Center for Rural Affairs: $96K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → Council On Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2022Farm Aid Inc → Community Alliance With Family Farmers: $77K across 3 grants, latest 2023Beyond Sport Foundation Inc → San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation: $67K across 2 grants, latest 2024Beyond Sport Foundation Inc → Chicago Fire Foundation: $67K across 2 grants, latest 2024Farm Aid Inc → National Family Farm Coalition: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2023Farm Aid Inc → Land Stewardship Project: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2023Farm Aid Inc → Worc Education Project: $61K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Institute for Intergovernmental → Cook County Sheriff Office: $59K across 2 grants, latest 2022Farm Aid Inc → Socially Responsible Agriculture Project Inc: $53K across 3 grants, latest 2023Farm Aid Inc → Federation of Sourhtern Cooperatives: $53K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Ford Foundation → Health of Mother Earth Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Metropole Film Board Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Mvmachine Ltd: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024Grassroots Global Justice: $4.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Grassroots Global Justice$4.6MGordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $4.5M on this topic. Open the funder.Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo…$4.5MThe Ford Foundation: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$2.5MThe Institute for Intergovernmental: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Institute for Intergovern…$1.1MFarm Aid Inc: $845K on this topic. Open the funder.Farm Aid Inc$845KSuncoast Credit Union Foundation: $479K on this topic. Open the funder.Suncoast Credit Union Foundat…$479KBeyond Sport Foundation Inc: $425K on this topic. Open the funder.Beyond Sport Foundation Inc$425KBvm Capacity Building Institute Inc: $143K on this topic. Open the funder.Bvm Capacity Building Institu…$143KNew York State United Teachers: $95K on this topic. Open the funder.New York State United Teachers$95KTrail Blazers Foundation: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.Trail Blazers Foundation$59KRi Hospitality Association: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Ri Hospitality Association$45KNorthern Rhode Island: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Northern Rhode Island$30KClimate Justice Alliance: received $1.4M on this topicClimate Justice Alliance$1.4MIndigenous Environmental Network: received $1.4M on this topicIndigenous Environmental Network$1.4MRight to the City Alliance: received $1.3M on this topicRight to the City Alliance$1.3MThe Center for Advanced Defense Studies Inc: received $1.1M on this topicThe Center for Advanced Defense…$1.1MThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $1.1M on this topicThe Board of Trustees of the Le…$1.1MWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: received $865K on this topicWhitehead Institute for Biomedi…$865KBenton Institute for Broadband & Society: received $600K on this topicBenton Institute for Broadband…$600KUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: received $496K on this topicUniversity of Hawaii Foundation$496KHealth Services Advisory Group Inc: received $446K on this topicHealth Services Advisory Group…$446KMake the Road States Inc: received $420K on this topicMake the Road States Inc$420KInternational Coalition of Sites of Conscience: received $400K on this topicInternational Coalition of Site…$400KNational Academy of Sciences: received $338K on this topicNational Academy of Sciences$338KStruggle for Miami's Affordable and: received $328K on this topicStruggle for Miami's Affordable…$328KThe Bridgespan Group: received $250K on this topicThe Bridgespan Group$250KSt Joseph Department of Health: received $200K on this topicSt Joseph Department of Health$200KFayetteville Police Department: received $199K on this topicFayetteville Police Department$199KYork Bureau of Health: received $199K on this topicYork Bureau of Health$199KHamilton Public Health: received $198K on this topicHamilton Public Health$198KTake Stock in Children: received $196K on this topicTake Stock in Children$196KTake Stock in Children of Manatee County: received $181K on this topicTake Stock in Children of Manat…$181KSmithsonian Institution: received $179K on this topicSmithsonian Institution$179KInstitute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development: received $175K on this topicInstitute of American Indian an…$175KSocial Good Fund: received $151K on this topicSocial Good Fund$151KShut It Down LLC: received $150K on this topicShut It Down LLC$150KAt the Barricades LLC: received $150K on this topicAt the Barricades LLC$150KFederation of Southern Cooperatives: received $145K on this topicFederation of Southern Cooperat…$145KRural Advancement Foundation International - USA: received $120K on this topicRural Advancement Foundation In…$120KWisconsin Department of Justice: received $120K on this topicWisconsin Department of Justice$120KFarmers Legal Action Group Inc: received $115K on this topicFarmers Legal Action Group Inc$115KDoc Wayne Youth Services Inc: received $103K on this topicDoc Wayne Youth Services Inc$103KTake Stock in Children of Sarasota County Inc: received $102K on this topicTake Stock in Children of Saras…$102KWilton Park Executive Agency: received $100K on this topicWilton Park Executive Agency$100KPoints North Institute: received $100K on this topicPoints North Institute$100KCenter for Healing and Justice Through Sport: received $100K on this topicCenter for Healing and Justice…$100KCenter for Rural Affairs: received $96K on this topicCenter for Rural Affairs$96KThe Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation: received $89K on this topicThe Los Angeles Dodgers Foundat…$89KCouncil On Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County: received $77K on this topicCouncil On Addiction Prevention…$77KCommunity Alliance With Family Farmers: received $77K on this topicCommunity Alliance With Family…$77KSan Francisco Forty Niners Foundation: received $67K on this topicSan Francisco Forty Niners Foun…$67KChicago Fire Foundation: received $67K on this topicChicago Fire Foundation$67KNational Family Farm Coalition: received $65K on this topicNational Family Farm Coalition$65KVanguards Ministry: received $63K on this topicVanguards Ministry$63KLand Stewardship Project: received $61K on this topicLand Stewardship Project$61KWorc Education Project: received $61K on this topicWorc Education Project$61KCook County Sheriff Office: received $59K on this topicCook County Sheriff Office$59KSocially Responsible Agriculture Project Inc: received $53K on this topicSocially Responsible Agricultur…$53KFederation of Sourhtern Cooperatives: received $53K on this topicFederation of Sourhtern Coopera…$53KHealth of Mother Earth Foundation: received $50K on this topicHealth of Mother Earth Foundati…$50KMetropole Film Board Inc: received $50K on this topicMetropole Film Board Inc$50KMvmachine Ltd: received $50K on this topicMvmachine Ltd$50KBrentwood Teachers Association: received $45K on this topicBrentwood Teachers Association$45KTake Action Mon Valley: received $41K on this topicTake Action Mon Valley$41KReal Vikings Vote: received $40K on this topicReal Vikings Vote$40KUnited Federation of Teachers: received $30K on this topicUnited Federation of Teachers$30KKahn Litwin Renza & Co Ltd: received $25K on this topicKahn Litwin Renza & Co Ltd$25KNixyaawii Community School: received $20K on this topicNixyaawii Community School$20KCounty of Jackson Phoenix School District 4: received $20K on this topicCounty of Jackson Phoenix Schoo…$20KPatchogue Medford Congress of Teachers: received $20K on this topicPatchogue Medford Congress of T…$20KKlamath County School District: received $19K on this topicKlamath County School District$19K574 Restaurant Lounge LLC: received $10K on this topic574 Restaurant Lounge LLC$10KArgento Restaurants LLC: received $10K on this topicArgento Restaurants LLC$10KAbkc Holdings: received $10K on this topicAbkc Holdings$10KAcento LLC: received $10K on this topicAcento LLC$10KThe Market at Gansett Rail LLC: received $10K on this topicThe Market at Gansett Rail LLC$10K
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