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12 funders with a record of paying for “admission”

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The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation → The Broad: $40M across 6 grants, latest 2024The Helis Foundation → The Ogden Museum of Southern Art: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024Donors Trust Inc → Students for Fair Admissions: $878K across 5 grants, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Northern Arizona University Foundation: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Education Reform Now Inc: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024American Electric Power Foundation → Wexner Center Foundation: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Spencer Foundation → The University of Texas at Austin: $244K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Primerica Foundation Inc → Woodruff Arts Center: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024Osborne & Scekic Family Foundation Inc → Racine Art Museum Association Inc: $106K across 5 grants, latest 2025Music Performance Trust Funds 2 → Lyric Opera of Chicago: $69K across 5 grants, latest 2024Andalusia Health Services Inc → Troy University - Admissions: $66K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Helis Foundation → New Orleans Museum of Art: $761K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Trustees of the California State University: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → National Association for College Admission Counseling Inc: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024American Electric Power Foundation → The Taubman Museum of Art: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Primerica Foundation Inc → Zoo Atlanta: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Spencer Foundation → Common App Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021Music Performance Trust Funds 2 → Music Performance Trust Fund: $48K across 3 grants, latest 2023Donors Trust Inc → Project On Fair Representation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Andalusia Health Services Inc → Faulkner University - Admissions: $24K across 3 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Illinois Board of Higher Education: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Urban Institute: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Spencer Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021National Association for College → Wisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Music Performance Trust Funds 2 → Save the Music Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022American Electric Power Foundation → Main Street Portsmouth: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Andalusia Health Services Inc → Harding University - Admissions: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Research for Action: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → National Association for College Admission Counseling: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Louisiana Board of Regents: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Texas Higher Education Foundation: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $230K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Foundation for California Community Colleges: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → State of Idaho Board of Education: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Data Quality Campaign Inc: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Minnesota Office of Higher Education: $170K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Kresge Foundation → Starfish Media Group LLC: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Washington Student Achievement Council: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Council On Postsecondary Education: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Kresge Foundation → Michigan Association of State Universities: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Spencer Foundation → University of Maryland at College Park: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lumina Foundation for Education Inc → Pa Association for College Admission Counseling: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Association for College → Ohio Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Minnesota Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Great Plains Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Michigan Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Kentucky Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → International Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → New England Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Indiana Association for College Admission Counseling: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Dakota Association for College Admission Counseling: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2024National Association for College → Iowa Association for College Admission Counseling: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Spencer Foundation → University of San Francisco: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Music Performance Trust Funds 2 → North Texas Talent Partners LLC: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024Music Performance Trust Funds 2 → The Broadway League Inc: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023National Association for College → Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Association for College → Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Association for College → Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Association for College → Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation: $40M on this topic. Open the funder.The Eli and Edythe Broad Foun…$40MLumina Foundation for Education Inc: $5.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Lumina Foundation for Educati…$5.9MThe Helis Foundation: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Helis Foundation$2.8MThe Kresge Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Kresge Foundation$1.4MDonors Trust Inc: $903K on this topic. Open the funder.Donors Trust Inc$903KAmerican Electric Power Foundation: $458K on this topic. Open the funder.American Electric Power Found…$458KThe Spencer Foundation: $408K on this topic. Open the funder.The Spencer Foundation$408KNational Association for College: $295K on this topic. Open the funder.National Association for Coll…$295KThe Primerica Foundation Inc: $215K on this topic. Open the funder.The Primerica Foundation Inc$215KMusic Performance Trust Funds 2: $162K on this topic. Open the funder.Music Performance Trust Funds…$162KOsborne & Scekic Family Foundation Inc: $106K on this topic. Open the funder.Osborne & Scekic Family Found…$106KAndalusia Health Services Inc: $94K on this topic. Open the funder.Andalusia Health Services Inc$94KThe Broad: received $40M on this topicThe Broad$40MThe Ogden Museum of Southern Art: received $2.0M on this topicThe Ogden Museum of Southern Art$2.0MStudents for Fair Admissions: received $878K on this topicStudents for Fair Admissions$878KNew Orleans Museum of Art: received $761K on this topicNew Orleans Museum of Art$761KNorthern Arizona University Foundation: received $750K on this topicNorthern Arizona University Fou…$750KTrustees of the California State University: received $750K on this topicTrustees of the California Stat…$750KIllinois Board of Higher Education: received $750K on this topicIllinois Board of Higher Educat…$750KBehavioral Ideas Lab Inc: received $600K on this topicBehavioral Ideas Lab Inc$600KResearch for Action: received $550K on this topicResearch for Action$550KNational Association for College Admission Counseling: received $450K on this topicNational Association for Colleg…$450KEducation Reform Now Inc: received $375K on this topicEducation Reform Now Inc$375KWexner Center Foundation: received $350K on this topicWexner Center Foundation$350KNational Association for College Admission Counseling Inc: received $350K on this topicNational Association for Colleg…$350KBoard of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System: received $350K on this topicBoard of Regents of the Univers…$350KLouisiana Board of Regents: received $300K on this topicLouisiana Board of Regents$300KUrban Institute: received $250K on this topicUrban Institute$250KTexas Higher Education Foundation: received $250K on this topicTexas Higher Education Foundati…$250KThe University of Texas at Austin: received $244K on this topicThe University of Texas at Aust…$244KLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: received $230K on this topicLawyers' Committee for Civil Ri…$230KFoundation for California Community Colleges: received $225K on this topicFoundation for California Commu…$225KState of Idaho Board of Education: received $200K on this topicState of Idaho Board of Educati…$200KData Quality Campaign Inc: received $180K on this topicData Quality Campaign Inc$180KMinnesota Office of Higher Education: received $170K on this topicMinnesota Office of Higher Educ…$170KStarfish Media Group LLC: received $155K on this topicStarfish Media Group LLC$155KWashington Student Achievement Council: received $150K on this topicWashington Student Achievement…$150KWoodruff Arts Center: received $140K on this topicWoodruff Arts Center$140KRacine Art Museum Association Inc: received $106K on this topicRacine Art Museum Association I…$106KThe Taubman Museum of Art: received $100K on this topicThe Taubman Museum of Art$100KCouncil On Postsecondary Education: received $100K on this topicCouncil On Postsecondary Educat…$100KZoo Atlanta: received $75K on this topicZoo Atlanta$75KLyric Opera of Chicago: received $69K on this topicLyric Opera of Chicago$69KTroy University - Admissions: received $66K on this topicTroy University - Admissions$66KCommon App Inc: received $50K on this topicCommon App Inc$50KThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $50K on this topicThe Board of Trustees of the Un…$50KMichigan Association of State Universities: received $50K on this topicMichigan Association of State U…$50KUniversity of Maryland at College Park: received $49K on this topicUniversity of Maryland at Colle…$49KMusic Performance Trust Fund: received $48K on this topicMusic Performance Trust Fund$48KAmerican Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers: received $48K on this topicAmerican Association of Collegi…$48KProject On Fair Representation: received $25K on this topicProject On Fair Representation$25KPa Association for College Admission Counseling: received $25K on this topicPa Association for College Admi…$25KFaulkner University - Admissions: received $24K on this topicFaulkner University - Admissions$24KNew Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicNew Jersey Association for Coll…$20KPennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicPennsylvania Association for Co…$20KWisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicWisconsin Association for Colle…$20KSave the Music Foundation: received $20K on this topicSave the Music Foundation$20KOhio Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicOhio Association for College Ad…$20KMinnesota Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicMinnesota Association for Colle…$20KGreat Plains Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicGreat Plains Association for Co…$20KMichigan Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicMichigan Association for Colleg…$20KKentucky Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicKentucky Association for Colleg…$20KInternational Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicInternational Association for C…$20KNew England Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicNew England Association for Col…$20KIndiana Association for College Admission Counseling: received $20K on this topicIndiana Association for College…$20KDakota Association for College Admission Counseling: received $19K on this topicDakota Association for College…$19KIowa Association for College Admission Counseling: received $16K on this topicIowa Association for College Ad…$16KUniversity of San Francisco: received $15K on this topicUniversity of San Francisco$15KNorth Texas Talent Partners LLC: received $13K on this topicNorth Texas Talent Partners LLC$13KThe Broadway League Inc: received $13K on this topicThe Broadway League Inc$13KPacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling: received $10K on this topicPacific Northwest Association f…$10KRocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling: received $10K on this topicRocky Mountain Association for…$10KMissouri Association for College Admission Counseling: received $10K on this topicMissouri Association for Colleg…$10KIllinois Association for College Admission Counseling: received $10K on this topicIllinois Association for Colleg…$10KMain Street Portsmouth: received $8K on this topicMain Street Portsmouth$8KHarding University - Admissions: received $4K on this topicHarding University - Admissions$4K
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