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New York$4.5M revenue26 funders on file

The organization's mission is to engage broader audiences in the organization's mission to address extreme polarization through debate. In addition to repositioning the organization in the market with a more accessible name, open to debate produces a weekly series of provocative and informative debates online and at live venues throughout the united states. The goals of this initiative are (1) to raise the level of public discourse on our most divisive issues, (2) to provide a weekly forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in civil dialogue, facts and informed by reasoned analysis, (3) to transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological arguments that are dividing americans, (4) to encourage recognition that understanding opposing viewpoints is what can build empathy and bridge the divide, and (5) to engage american citizens as active participants in fair and balanced…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$130k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 201 in 10$3k$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$510k–$2.3Mover two years, from 4–8 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$2.4Mfrom 8 new funders

Half the value is in your top 10 funders, of 161

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  1. 1The Andrew W Mellon FoundationSimilar grantees: The Roosevelt Institute ($75k/yr), Pen American Center Inc ($780k/yr)1 in 17$520k
  2. 2Pivotal Philanthropies FoundationSimilar grantees: The Roosevelt Institute ($4.0M/yr), Issue One ($300k/yr), State Democracy Project ($250k/yr)1 in 24$740k
  3. 3Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: The Changeorg Charitable Foundation Inc ($1.3M/yr), Open Campus Media Inc ($180k/yr), United Philanthropy Forum ($170k/yr)1 in 19$450k

158 more funders on the list for Open to Debate Foundation

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