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Air Pollution Primes Children for Asthma-related Coackroach Allergy
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Largest Foundation Giving for 2012

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Rank
Foundation
Grants
Total Given
1
Gates Foundation
1,378
2,579,354,996
2
Ford Foundation
1,407
471,403,757
3
Walton Family Foundation
614
417,696,760
4
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
268
361,182,906
5
Kellogg Foundation
741
354,782,649

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Source: Foundation Stats (Foundation Center) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Illustrative Foundation Grants

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
$225,000 From: James Irvine Foundation

Arizona Humanities Council
$20,000 From: Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Public Counsel
$200,000 From: California Community Foundation

GRACE (GR Area Center for Ecumenism)
$100,000 From: Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County
$16,000 From: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

Community Shelter Board
$25,000 From: Gates Foundation

Matrix Theatre Company, Detroit
$80,000 From: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

Marion Youth Development Council/Boys & Girls Club of Marion County
$30,000 From: Marion Community Foundation

Tippecanoe County Child Care, Inc.
$13,499 From: Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette

Arts & Business Council of Chicago
$30,000 From: Chicago Community Trust

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank
$165,000 From: Rhode Island Foundation

Battle Creek Community Foundation
$41,500 From: Kellogg Foundation

Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County
$10,000 From: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice

Woodstock Institute
$200,000 From: MacArthur Foundation

Janesville Performing Arts Center
$5,000 From: Alliant Energy Foundation



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