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12 funders with a record of paying for “architecture”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → University of Illinois Foundation: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Foundation to Promote Open Society → The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Society for International Development: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation → Clemson University Foundation: $975K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → American Museum of Natural History: $729K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Jaffe Family Foundation → Architectural League: $655K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts → Chicago Architecture Biennial: $170K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc → Church of the Blessed Sacrament: $39K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jonathan P Formanek Foundation → Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hmc Designing Futures Foundation → Leap Arts in Education: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Selgascano Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ncma Education Research Foundation → Clemson University School of Architecture: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Arizona Foundation: $1.9M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Foundation to Promote Open Society → United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Une: $880K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → University of Detroit Mercy: $800K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation → Clemson Architectural Foundation: $493K across 12 grants, latest 2023 The Jaffe Family Foundation → Yale University School of Architecture: $490K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Icahn School of Medicine: $319K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts → Spaces: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc → St Paul Lutheran Church: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Carme Pinos: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Hmc Designing Futures Foundation → Mt Sac Foundation: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Ncma Education Research Foundation → Bowling Green State University: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Jonathan P Formanek Foundation → Charles Moore Foundation: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Art Institute of Chicago: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → African Futures Institute Lbg: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Pan African Lawyers Union: $630K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Jaffe Family Foundation → Cornell University - Dept of Architecture: $319K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Yale University: $281K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts → A Project 83 Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation → South Carolina Architectural Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc → Legacy Bible Church: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Wg Clark: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jonathan P Formanek Foundation → Tulsa Foundation for Architecture: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hmc Designing Futures Foundation → Architecture for Communities Los Angeles: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Ncma Education Research Foundation → Meaghan Booth: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Illinois Institute of Technology: $926K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Architecture Foundation: $519K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Southern Africa Trust: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Holy Family Preservation Society: $426K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Saferworld USA Inc: $425K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → University of Johannesburg: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Centre for Public Interest Law Limited: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Trustees of Boston University Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $218K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Nc Chapel Hill: $207K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Spaces: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → African Forum and Network On Debt and Development: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Duke University: $199K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Duke University School of Medicine: $196K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → University of Indonesia: $195K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of North Carolina: $166K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Architectural League of New York: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Birkbeck College: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of California San Diego: $127K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → London School of Economics and Political Science: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio De Janeiro: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Los Angeles Nomadic Division: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Instituto Rede Jubileu Sul Brasil: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio De Janeiro Faculdades Catolicas: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Economic Architecture: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Institute of Classical Architecture & Art: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc: $66K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust: $7.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $7.5M The Ford Foundation: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $5.1M Foundation to Promote Open Society: $4.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $4.3M The Simons Foundation Inc: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $2.6M Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Jean T and Heyward G Pelham F… $1.5M The Jaffe Family Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Jaffe Family Foundation $1.5M Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts: $235K on this topic. Open the funder. Graham Foundation for Advance… $235K Indianapolis Center for Congregations Inc: $96K on this topic. Open the funder. Indianapolis Center for Congr… $96K American Academy of Arts and Letters: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. American Academy of Arts and… $60K Jonathan P Formanek Foundation: $47K on this topic. Open the funder. Jonathan P Formanek Foundation $47K Hmc Designing Futures Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Hmc Designing Futures Foundat… $45K Ncma Education Research Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Ncma Education Research Found… $38K University of Illinois Foundation: received $2.1M on this topic University of Illinois Foundati… $2.1M The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of: received $2.0M on this topic The Trustees of Columbia Univer… $2.0M University of Arizona Foundation: received $1.9M on this topic University of Arizona Foundation $1.9M Art Institute of Chicago: received $1.4M on this topic Art Institute of Chicago $1.4M Society for International Development: received $1.0M on this topic Society for International Devel… $1.0M Clemson University Foundation: received $975K on this topic Clemson University Foundation $975K Illinois Institute of Technology: received $926K on this topic Illinois Institute of Technology $926K United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Une: received $880K on this topic United Nations Economic Commiss… $880K University of Detroit Mercy: received $800K on this topic University of Detroit Mercy $800K African Futures Institute Lbg: received $750K on this topic African Futures Institute Lbg $750K American Museum of Natural History: received $729K on this topic American Museum of Natural Hist… $729K Architectural League: received $655K on this topic Architectural League $655K Pan African Lawyers Union: received $630K on this topic Pan African Lawyers Union $630K Chicago Architecture Foundation: received $519K on this topic Chicago Architecture Foundation $519K Southern Africa Trust: received $500K on this topic Southern Africa Trust $500K Clemson Architectural Foundation: received $493K on this topic Clemson Architectural Foundation $493K Yale University School of Architecture: received $490K on this topic Yale University School of Archi… $490K Holy Family Preservation Society: received $426K on this topic Holy Family Preservation Society $426K Saferworld USA Inc: received $425K on this topic Saferworld USA Inc $425K University of Johannesburg: received $400K on this topic University of Johannesburg $400K Centre for Public Interest Law Limited: received $350K on this topic Centre for Public Interest Law… $350K Cornell University - Dept of Architecture: received $319K on this topic Cornell University - Dept of Ar… $319K Icahn School of Medicine: received $319K on this topic Icahn School of Medicine $319K Yale University: received $281K on this topic Yale University $281K Trustees of Boston University Inc: received $250K on this topic Trustees of Boston University I… $250K Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: received $250K on this topic Crystal Bridges Museum of Ameri… $250K Spaces: received $235K on this topic Spaces $235K Mit: received $218K on this topic Mit $218K University of Nc Chapel Hill: received $207K on this topic University of Nc Chapel Hill $207K African Forum and Network On Debt and Development: received $200K on this topic African Forum and Network On De… $200K Duke University: received $199K on this topic Duke University $199K Duke University School of Medicine: received $196K on this topic Duke University School of Medic… $196K University of Indonesia: received $195K on this topic University of Indonesia $195K Chicago Architecture Biennial: received $170K on this topic Chicago Architecture Biennial $170K University of North Carolina: received $166K on this topic University of North Carolina $166K Architectural League of New York: received $150K on this topic Architectural League of New York $150K Birkbeck College: received $150K on this topic Birkbeck College $150K University of California San Diego: received $127K on this topic University of California San Di… $127K London School of Economics and Political Science: received $114K on this topic London School of Economics and… $114K Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio De Janeiro: received $100K on this topic Pontificia Universidade Catolic… $100K Los Angeles Nomadic Division: received $100K on this topic Los Angeles Nomadic Division $100K Instituto Rede Jubileu Sul Brasil: received $100K on this topic Instituto Rede Jubileu Sul Bras… $100K Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio De Janeiro Faculdades Catolicas: received $100K on this topic Pontificia Universidade Catolic… $100K Economic Architecture: received $100K on this topic Economic Architecture $100K Institute of Classical Architecture & Art: received $100K on this topic Institute of Classical Architec… $100K Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc: received $66K on this topic Chicago Architecture Biennial I… $66K Church of the Blessed Sacrament: received $39K on this topic Church of the Blessed Sacrament $39K St Paul Lutheran Church: received $32K on this topic St Paul Lutheran Church $32K A Project 83 Inc: received $30K on this topic A Project 83 Inc $30K South Carolina Architectural Foundation: received $25K on this topic South Carolina Architectural Fo… $25K Legacy Bible Church: received $25K on this topic Legacy Bible Church $25K Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: received $23K on this topic Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation $23K Leap Arts in Education: received $20K on this topic Leap Arts in Education $20K Selgascano Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano: received $20K on this topic Selgascano Jose Selgas and Luci… $20K Carme Pinos: received $20K on this topic Carme Pinos $20K Wg Clark: received $20K on this topic Wg Clark $20K Clemson University School of Architecture: received $15K on this topic Clemson University School of Ar… $15K Mt Sac Foundation: received $15K on this topic Mt Sac Foundation $15K Bowling Green State University: received $13K on this topic Bowling Green State University $13K Charles Moore Foundation: received $13K on this topic Charles Moore Foundation $13K Tulsa Foundation for Architecture: received $12K on this topic Tulsa Foundation for Architectu… $12K Architecture for Communities Los Angeles: received $10K on this topic Architecture for Communities Lo… $10K Meaghan Booth: received $10K on this topic Meaghan Booth $10K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “architecture” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $75,000 to Chicago Architecture Biennial — chicago architecture biennial
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Largest: $16,000 to Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc — in support of chicago architecture biennial
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Largest: $195,000 to UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA — for the institute for economic and social research, as a co-chair of the t20 under the india g20 presidency, to develop analysis and narrative for the restructuring of the global f…
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Largest: $5,000 to EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT — bridge to college architecture scholarships
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Largest: $100,000 to CLEMSON ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION — pelham foundation clemson architectural foundation unrestricted endowment for excellence (c2314)
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Largest: $5,000 to TULSA FOUNDATION FOR ARCHITECTURE — to celebrate oklahoma's architectural heritage through education, advocacy, and archives
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Largest: $15,000 to Holy Martyrs Parish AKA St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church — architectural interior study 7/2023
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Largest: $337,059 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — evolution of genome architecture and gene families in microbial eukaryotes
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Largest: $880,000 to UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (UNE — to provide advocacy/communication and coordination support to the high-level working group on the global financial architecture and the sustainable debt coalition, to strengthen th…
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Largest: $20,000 to CARME PINOS — arnold w. brunner memorial prize in architecture. to honor an architect who has made a significant contribtuion to architecture as an art.
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Largest: $8,300 to North Carolina State University School of Architecture — year 2: integrating cmu into architectural design studio curriculum
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Largest: $284,488 to ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE — support charitable purpose
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