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The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation → American School of Classical Studies at Athens: $9.5M across 8 grants, latest 2023Wallace Research Foundation → Archaeology Southwest: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024Leon Levy Foundation → White Levy Program for Archaeological Publications: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → W F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2021Conservation Lands Foundation → Archaeology Southwest: $320K across 4 grants, latest 2025Center for Field Sciences → Center for American Archaeology: $244K across 4 grants, latest 2024Council of American Overseas Research Centers → Wf Albright Inst - Archaeological: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2023Alphawood Foundation → University of New Mexico Foundation: $173K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Merops Foundation 6178-01-16 → University of Michigan: $167K across 3 grants, latest 2024Samuel H Kress Foundation → Archaeological Institute of America: $49K across 6 grants, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Keitlyn Alcantara: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023Curtiss & Mary Brennan Foundation → The Curators of the University of Missouri: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Leon Levy Foundation → American Archaeology Abroad: $675K across 3 grants, latest 2024Council of American Overseas Research Centers → Wf Albright Institute of Archaeological Research: $208K across 1 grant, latest 2021Alphawood Foundation → Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund: $172K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Merops Foundation 6178-01-16 → American Research Institute in Turkey: $160K across 1 grant, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → The Fund for Galilean Archaeology: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2024Conservation Lands Foundation → Archaeology Southwest: $82K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Abdikadir Guto Kurewa: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024Center for Field Sciences → Indiana University of Pennsylvania: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023Samuel H Kress Foundation → Archaeological Institute of America: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation → Institute of Fine Arts Nyu: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2023Curtiss & Mary Brennan Foundation → Mcmaster University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Council of American Overseas Research Centers → Cyprus American Archaeological Inst: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2023Alphawood Foundation → Texas Tech University: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Merops Foundation 6178-01-16 → Institute of Nautical Archaeology: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → Institute of Nautical Archaeology: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → William Randall Haas: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation → Pylos Archaeology Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Leon Levy Foundation → Archaeological Institute of America: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2024Conservation Lands Foundation → Crow Canyon Archaeological Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Curtiss & Mary Brennan Foundation → Northwestern University: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → Society for American Archaeology: $118K across 2 grants, latest 2023Alphawood Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Merced: $96K across 2 grants, latest 2024Council of American Overseas Research Centers → Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2021Alphawood Foundation → University of Texas Foundation Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023Alphawood Foundation → The College of Wooster: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → Winthrop University: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → University of New Hampshire: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → Brandeis University: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → University of Arizona: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023Alphawood Foundation → University of Houston: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2023Alphawood Foundation → University of Chicago: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2024Alphawood Foundation → Michigan State University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Amy Elizabeth Clark: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Merops Foundation 6178-01-16 → The Regents of the University of: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Merops Foundation 6178-01-16 → Board of Regents of the University of: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Sanaz Shirvani: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Davina Ruth Two Bears: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Gwendolyn Ruth Jones: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Armand Belao Mijares: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Mariano Bonomo: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Craig Stevens: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → James Garretson Keppeler: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Cayla Briann Colclasure: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Gavin Murray Lucas: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Silvia Tomaskova: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Fatemeh Ghaheri: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Camille Louis: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Daniel Rodriguez Osorio: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Felicia J Fricke: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Felix Devis Kisena: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → James K Munene: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation: $9.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Fou…$9.6MLeon Levy Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Leon Levy Foundation$1.7MAlphawood Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Alphawood Foundation$1.4MWallace Research Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Wallace Research Foundation$1.2MCouncil of American Overseas Research Centers: $708K on this topic. Open the funder.Council of American Overseas…$708KCommunity Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc: $696K on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of Tampa…$696KThe Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $532K on this topic. Open the funder.The Wenner-Gren Foundation for$532KThe Merops Foundation 6178-01-16: $472K on this topic. Open the funder.The Merops Foundation 6178-01…$472KConservation Lands Foundation: $412K on this topic. Open the funder.Conservation Lands Foundation$412KCenter for Field Sciences: $279K on this topic. Open the funder.Center for Field Sciences$279KSamuel H Kress Foundation: $84K on this topic. Open the funder.Samuel H Kress Foundation$84KCurtiss & Mary Brennan Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Curtiss & Mary Brennan Founda…$15KAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens: received $9.5M on this topicAmerican School of Classical St…$9.5MArchaeology Southwest: received $1.2M on this topicArchaeology Southwest$1.2MWhite Levy Program for Archaeological Publications: received $1.0M on this topicWhite Levy Program for Archaeol…$1.0MAmerican Archaeology Abroad: received $675K on this topicAmerican Archaeology Abroad$675KW F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research: received $550K on this topicW F Albright Institute of Archa…$550KArchaeology Southwest: received $320K on this topicArchaeology Southwest$320KCenter for American Archaeology: received $244K on this topicCenter for American Archaeology$244KWf Albright Inst - Archaeological: received $240K on this topicWf Albright Inst - Archaeologic…$240KWf Albright Institute of Archaeological Research: received $208K on this topicWf Albright Institute of Archae…$208KCyprus American Archaeological Inst: received $175K on this topicCyprus American Archaeological…$175KUniversity of New Mexico Foundation: received $173K on this topicUniversity of New Mexico Founda…$173KAdministrators of the Tulane Education Fund: received $172K on this topicAdministrators of the Tulane Ed…$172KUniversity of Michigan: received $167K on this topicUniversity of Michigan$167KAmerican Research Institute in Turkey: received $160K on this topicAmerican Research Institute in…$160KTexas Tech University: received $150K on this topicTexas Tech University$150KSociety for American Archaeology: received $118K on this topicSociety for American Archaeology$118KThe Fund for Galilean Archaeology: received $96K on this topicThe Fund for Galilean Archaeolo…$96KThe Regents of the University of California Merced: received $96K on this topicThe Regents of the University o…$96KCyprus American Archaeological Research Institute: received $85K on this topicCyprus American Archaeological…$85KUniversity of Texas Foundation Inc: received $75K on this topicUniversity of Texas Foundation…$75KThe College of Wooster: received $75K on this topicThe College of Wooster$75KWinthrop University: received $75K on this topicWinthrop University$75KUniversity of New Hampshire: received $75K on this topicUniversity of New Hampshire$75KBrandeis University: received $75K on this topicBrandeis University$75KUniversity of Arizona: received $75K on this topicUniversity of Arizona$75KUniversity of Houston: received $75K on this topicUniversity of Houston$75KKennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation: received $73K on this topicKennesaw State University Resea…$73KInstitute of Nautical Archaeology: received $65K on this topicInstitute of Nautical Archaeolo…$65KUniversity of Chicago: received $52K on this topicUniversity of Chicago$52KInstitute of Nautical Archaeology: received $50K on this topicInstitute of Nautical Archaeolo…$50KMichigan State University: received $50K on this topicMichigan State University$50KArchaeological Institute of America: received $49K on this topicArchaeological Institute of Ame…$49KArchaeological Institute of America: received $48K on this topicArchaeological Institute of Ame…$48KKeitlyn Alcantara: received $40K on this topicKeitlyn Alcantara$40KAbdikadir Guto Kurewa: received $40K on this topicAbdikadir Guto Kurewa$40KWilliam Randall Haas: received $40K on this topicWilliam Randall Haas$40KAmy Elizabeth Clark: received $40K on this topicAmy Elizabeth Clark$40KThe Regents of the University of: received $40K on this topicThe Regents of the University of$40KBoard of Regents of the University of: received $40K on this topicBoard of Regents of the Univers…$40KSanaz Shirvani: received $38K on this topicSanaz Shirvani$38KIndiana University of Pennsylvania: received $35K on this topicIndiana University of Pennsylva…$35KInstitute of Fine Arts Nyu: received $30K on this topicInstitute of Fine Arts Nyu$30KPylos Archaeology Foundation: received $25K on this topicPylos Archaeology Foundation$25KDavina Ruth Two Bears: received $25K on this topicDavina Ruth Two Bears$25KGwendolyn Ruth Jones: received $25K on this topicGwendolyn Ruth Jones$25KArmand Belao Mijares: received $25K on this topicArmand Belao Mijares$25KMariano Bonomo: received $25K on this topicMariano Bonomo$25KCraig Stevens: received $25K on this topicCraig Stevens$25KJames Garretson Keppeler: received $25K on this topicJames Garretson Keppeler$25KCayla Briann Colclasure: received $25K on this topicCayla Briann Colclasure$25KGavin Murray Lucas: received $20K on this topicGavin Murray Lucas$20KSilvia Tomaskova: received $20K on this topicSilvia Tomaskova$20KFatemeh Ghaheri: received $20K on this topicFatemeh Ghaheri$20KCamille Louis: received $20K on this topicCamille Louis$20KDaniel Rodriguez Osorio: received $20K on this topicDaniel Rodriguez Osorio$20KFelicia J Fricke: received $20K on this topicFelicia J Fricke$20KFelix Devis Kisena: received $20K on this topicFelix Devis Kisena$20KJames K Munene: received $20K on this topicJames K Munene$20KCrow Canyon Archaeological Center: received $10K on this topicCrow Canyon Archaeological Cent…$10KThe Curators of the University of Missouri: received $5K on this topicThe Curators of the University…$5KMcmaster University: received $5K on this topicMcmaster University$5KNorthwestern University: received $5K on this topicNorthwestern University$5K
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