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Who funds Sesame Workshop?

Sesame Workshop has received $136 million across 377 grants from 160 funders between 2019 and 2025. Its largest funder is John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated).

Total received
$135.9M
Funders
160
Grants
377
Years
2019–2025

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Funders of this organization

Each funder's grants to this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Support
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $88.8M42020–20222022
Corporation for Public Broadcasting $8.4M42020–20252025
Conrad N Hilton Foundation $6.2M42021–20222022
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $4.6M62019–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $2.5M62019–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $1.9M72019–20242024
New York Life Foundation $1.5M32022–20242024
W Wal-Mart Foundation $1.4M120212021
Pseg Foundation INC $1.2M22022–20232023
Education Development Center INC $1.1M52020–20242024
H Hobson Lucas Family Foundation $1.1M52020–20242024
Abbott Fund $1.0M22023–20242024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $1.0M42020–20232023
Dollar General Literacy Foundation $1.0M120232023
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts $757K42023–20242024
M Morgan Stanley Foundation INC $748K120242024
Walton Family Foundation INC $745K22020–20232023
Ford Foundation $741K82020–20242024
D David R Clare and Margaret C Clare Foundation $715K52019–20232023
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $649K32020–20222022
H Hess Philanthropic Fund $626K42020–20232023
Counterpart International INC $608K32022–20242024
United States Association for Unhcr $500K22020–20212021
S Sergey Brin Family Foundation $500K120242024
W K Kellogg Foundation $500K22019–20202020
F Femsa Foundation INC $456K120242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $455K22020–20222022
American Online Giving Foundation INC $434K62019–20242024
G Gsma Mobile for Development Foundation INC $401K22019–20202020
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $328K52020–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $312K120232023
The New York Community Trust $300K220242024
Wounded Warrior Project INC $250K120222022
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $230K42021–20242024
Plan International USA INC $225K22020–20212021
Global Communities INC $217K22023–20242024
Jewish Communal Fund $181K32020–20242024
M Mai Family Foundation $175K42020–20242024
Idp Foundation INC $164K220202020
E Elaine P Wynn and Family Foundation Bt $155K52020–20242024
Tides Foundation $153K22020–20242024
M Major League Baseball Charities INC $150K22020–20212021
T The Andrew and Ann Tisch Foundation INC $150K32021–20242024
Internet Society Foundation $150K32021–20232023
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $148K52019–20252025
Equal Access International $135K120202020
K Kenneth Cole Productions Foundation $132K22023–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $118K52020–20242024
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital $116K32022–20242024
Montana Community Foundation INC $100K120232023
M Marc Haas Foundation $100K42020–20232023
T The Warburg Pincus Foundation $100K120212021
A Agape Foundation $80K42020–20242024
Charities Aid Foundation America $77K52019–20242024
T Tiger Baron Foundation INC $65K42020–20222022
American Endowment Foundation $64K62020–20232023
The Skoll Fund $60K120202020
Carnegie Corporation of New York $58K120192019
W Woodland Foundation INC $50K22022–20232023
R Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation $45K32022–20242024
R Rattner Family Foundation INC $45K32022–20242024
Z Zients Fam Foundation Tr 02032003 $40K42020–20242024
The San Francisco Foundation $30K32019–20222022
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $28K22022–20232023
T The Hitchcock Hoagland Foundation $26K22023–20242024
H Holly Peterson Foundation $25K120212021
Mdrc $25K22022–20232023
John Pritzker Family Fund $25K32020–20232023
J Jane Henson Foundation INC $25K52020–20242024
C Christy and John Mack Foundation $25K120202020
F Foundation to Promote Open Society $25K120222022
A Apex Foundation $25K120212021
E Egl Charitable Foundation $24K120232023
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation $23K120242024
Network for Good INC $20K32020–20222022
P Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation $20K42020–20242024
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund $15K22019–20202020
B Bishop Family Foundation $15K22023–20242024
Tull Charitable Foundation INC $11K32022–20242024
Globalgiving Foundation INC $11K120202020
T Ted & Meredith Segal Foundation $10K22020–20212021
T The Keith and Rose-Lee Reinhard Family Foundation $10K120232023
I Iger Bay Foundation Ea0210983 $10K22023–20242024
F First Republic Foundation $10K120232023
J James and Judith K Dimon Foundation $10K22022–20242024
R Rhimes Family Foundation $10K120242024
Children First - America's Charities $9K120212021
Alfred E Mann Charities INC $8K120232023
T Two Lights Foundation INC $8K22023–20242024
B Burke Fam Foundation 040200 $8K22020–20222022
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund $7K120242024
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $6K120232023
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation $5K120222022
D Dimitruk Family Charitable Foundation $5K120232023
S Susan S Shiva Foundation $5K42020–20232023
T The Stairway Fund $5K22023–20242024
The Samueli Foundation $5K120222022
S Sauer Family Foundation $5K120242024
G Georgescu Family Foundation $5K120252025
L Lowey Foundation INC $5K120242024

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