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12 funders with a record of paying for “aspire”
Where the money went Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → The British Asian Trust: $4.5M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Howley Foundation → Cleveland Clinicaspire: $3.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Friendship Education Foundation: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Economic Policy Institute: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Aim High for High School: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Iowa West Foundation → Avenue Scholars Southwest Iowa: $331K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rural Futures Fund → Old-Town Orono YMCA: $241K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation → American Junior Golf Association: $197K across 9 grants, latest 2025 Td Charitable Foundation → Aspire Health Partners Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Mgh Aspire: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Michigan College Access Network → Bay City Public Schools: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Equitrans Midstream Foundation → Pennsylvania State Univ Main Campus: $19K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Howley Foundation → Cleveland Clinic: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Aspiration: $1.3M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Entrepreneurship for All Inc: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → East Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $453K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Pratham Education Foundation: $321K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Iowa West Foundation → Council Bluffs Schools Foundation: $298K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rural Futures Fund → Maine Seacoast Mission: $190K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Seven Hills Foundation Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Michigan College Access Network → Loyola High School: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Aspire of Wny: $13K across 5 grants, latest 2022 Equitrans Midstream Foundation → Westmoreland County Community Colle: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Howley Foundation → University of Pennsylvania: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Fayetteville Public Library Foundation: $621K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → Aspire Public Schools: $324K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Royal Film Commission: $310K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Iowa West Foundation → Council Bluffs Community School District: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rural Futures Fund → University of Maine: $188K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Foundation for Excellence India Trust: $186K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Foster Forward: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Michigan College Access Network → Orchard View Schools: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Aspire Kids: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Equitrans Midstream Foundation → Carlow University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Activate Stl: $614K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Howley Foundation → Pennsylvania College of Technology: $534K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation: $399K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Entrepreneurship for All Inc: $320K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Arkansas Department of Education: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → National Council of Applied Economic Research: $289K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rural Futures Fund → Maine Youth Alliance: $172K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rural Futures Fund → Chewonki Foundation Inc: $116K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Iowa West Foundation → Lewis Central Community School District: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rural Futures Fund → Midcoast Youth Alliance: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Global Institute for Transitions: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Iowa West Foundation → Iowa Western Community College Foundation: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Treynor Community School District: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Ahstw Community Schools: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Walton Family Foundation Inc → Downtown Community Television Center Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Young Aspirations-Young Artists Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Iowa West Foundation → Riverside Community School District: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Tri-Center Community School District: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Iowa West Foundation → Riverside Community School District - Iowa Jobs for America'a Graduates: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Iowa West Foundation → Tri-Center Community School District - Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Td Charitable Foundation → Seven Hills Aspire: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Greenville Tech Foundation Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Michigan College Access Network → Big Rapids Public Schools: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Michigan College Access Network → Redford Union Schools: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Michigan College Access Network → Dansville Schools: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Td Charitable Foundation → Neighborgood Partners: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Michigan College Access Network → Allendale Public Schools: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Td Charitable Foundation → National Council On Agricultural Life and Labor Research Fund Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Td Charitable Foundation → Fostering Great Ideas: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Howley Foundation: $7.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Howley Foundation $7.1M Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Michael & Susan Dell Foundati… $5.0M Walton Family Foundation Inc: $4.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Walton Family Foundation Inc $4.8M The Ford Foundation: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $3.7M The San Francisco Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $1.9M Iowa West Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Iowa West Foundation $1.3M Rural Futures Fund: $992K on this topic. Open the funder. Rural Futures Fund $992K Td Charitable Foundation: $283K on this topic. Open the funder. Td Charitable Foundation $283K Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation: $197K on this topic. Open the funder. Piedmont Triad Charitable Fou… $197K Michigan College Access Network: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. Michigan College Access Netwo… $160K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $83K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $83K Equitrans Midstream Foundation: $39K on this topic. Open the funder. Equitrans Midstream Foundation $39K The British Asian Trust: received $4.5M on this topic The British Asian Trust $4.5M Cleveland Clinicaspire: received $3.9M on this topic Cleveland Clinicaspire $3.9M Friendship Education Foundation: received $1.8M on this topic Friendship Education Foundation $1.8M Economic Policy Institute: received $1.7M on this topic Economic Policy Institute $1.7M Cleveland Clinic: received $1.7M on this topic Cleveland Clinic $1.7M Aspiration: received $1.3M on this topic Aspiration $1.3M Aim High for High School: received $1.1M on this topic Aim High for High School $1.1M University of Pennsylvania: received $1.0M on this topic University of Pennsylvania $1.0M Entrepreneurship for All Inc: received $700K on this topic Entrepreneurship for All Inc $700K Fayetteville Public Library Foundation: received $621K on this topic Fayetteville Public Library Fou… $621K Activate Stl: received $614K on this topic Activate Stl $614K Pennsylvania College of Technology: received $534K on this topic Pennsylvania College of Technol… $534K East Bay Center for the Performing Arts: received $453K on this topic East Bay Center for the Perform… $453K Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation: received $399K on this topic Northwest Arkansas Council Foun… $399K Avenue Scholars Southwest Iowa: received $331K on this topic Avenue Scholars Southwest Iowa $331K Aspire Public Schools: received $324K on this topic Aspire Public Schools $324K Pratham Education Foundation: received $321K on this topic Pratham Education Foundation $321K Entrepreneurship for All Inc: received $320K on this topic Entrepreneurship for All Inc $320K Royal Film Commission: received $310K on this topic Royal Film Commission $310K Arkansas Department of Education: received $300K on this topic Arkansas Department of Education $300K Council Bluffs Schools Foundation: received $298K on this topic Council Bluffs Schools Foundati… $298K National Council of Applied Economic Research: received $289K on this topic National Council of Applied Eco… $289K Council Bluffs Community School District: received $275K on this topic Council Bluffs Community School… $275K Old-Town Orono YMCA: received $241K on this topic Old-Town Orono YMCA $241K American Junior Golf Association: received $197K on this topic American Junior Golf Association $197K Maine Seacoast Mission: received $190K on this topic Maine Seacoast Mission $190K University of Maine: received $188K on this topic University of Maine $188K Foundation for Excellence India Trust: received $186K on this topic Foundation for Excellence India… $186K Maine Youth Alliance: received $172K on this topic Maine Youth Alliance $172K Aspire Health Partners Inc: received $150K on this topic Aspire Health Partners Inc $150K Chewonki Foundation Inc: received $116K on this topic Chewonki Foundation Inc $116K Lewis Central Community School District: received $100K on this topic Lewis Central Community School… $100K Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $100K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $100K Midcoast Youth Alliance: received $85K on this topic Midcoast Youth Alliance $85K Mgh Aspire: received $60K on this topic Mgh Aspire $60K Global Institute for Transitions: received $58K on this topic Global Institute for Transitions $58K Bay City Public Schools: received $56K on this topic Bay City Public Schools $56K Iowa Western Community College Foundation: received $55K on this topic Iowa Western Community College… $55K Treynor Community School District: received $50K on this topic Treynor Community School Distri… $50K Ahstw Community Schools: received $50K on this topic Ahstw Community Schools $50K Downtown Community Television Center Inc: received $35K on this topic Downtown Community Television C… $35K Seven Hills Foundation Inc: received $30K on this topic Seven Hills Foundation Inc $30K Young Aspirations-Young Artists Inc: received $30K on this topic Young Aspirations-Young Artists… $30K Riverside Community School District: received $25K on this topic Riverside Community School Dist… $25K Tri-Center Community School District: received $25K on this topic Tri-Center Community School Dis… $25K Riverside Community School District - Iowa Jobs for America'a Graduates: received $25K on this topic Riverside Community School Dist… $25K Tri-Center Community School District - Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates: received $25K on this topic Tri-Center Community School Dis… $25K Loyola High School: received $21K on this topic Loyola High School $21K Foster Forward: received $20K on this topic Foster Forward $20K Seven Hills Aspire: received $20K on this topic Seven Hills Aspire $20K Greenville Tech Foundation Inc: received $20K on this topic Greenville Tech Foundation Inc $20K Orchard View Schools: received $19K on this topic Orchard View Schools $19K Pennsylvania State Univ Main Campus: received $19K on this topic Pennsylvania State Univ Main Ca… $19K Big Rapids Public Schools: received $17K on this topic Big Rapids Public Schools $17K Redford Union Schools: received $16K on this topic Redford Union Schools $16K Dansville Schools: received $16K on this topic Dansville Schools $16K Neighborgood Partners: received $15K on this topic Neighborgood Partners $15K Allendale Public Schools: received $15K on this topic Allendale Public Schools $15K National Council On Agricultural Life and Labor Research Fund Inc: received $15K on this topic National Council On Agricultura… $15K Aspire of Wny: received $13K on this topic Aspire of Wny $13K Fostering Great Ideas: received $13K on this topic Fostering Great Ideas $13K Westmoreland County Community Colle: received $10K on this topic Westmoreland County Community C… $10K Aspire Kids: received $10K on this topic Aspire Kids $10K Carlow University: received $10K on this topic Carlow University $10K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “aspire” 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: $10,000 to PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — aspire scholarship
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Largest: $400,000 to ASPIRATION — core support for the coalition for independent technology research to advance, defend, and sustain ethical research that will support evidence-based governance of digital technolog…
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Largest: $350,000 to Entrepreneurship for All Inc — to renew the pilot project of eforall northwest arkansas - a program that will provide entrepreneurial training, technical assistance and social capital for current and aspiring un…
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Largest: $297,657 to COUNCIL BLUFFS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — aspire investments - stars
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Largest: $207,560 to Old-Town Orono YMCA — aspirations incubator program
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Largest: $110,000 to ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS — advised - for advocacy work. advised - for general operating support of aspire public schools foundation.
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Largest: $61,600 to AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION — to provide overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
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Largest: $10,000 to SEVEN HILLS ASPIRE — aspire! workforce readiness and employment program
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Largest: $2.2M to CLEVELAND CLINICASPIRE — aspire scholarships, program adminstrative costs
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Largest: $181,102 to Foundation For Excellence India Trust — scholarship support for cohort 1 of dell aspire scholars
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Largest: $36,000 to BAY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS — college planning course, aspire grant, activate grant, college bound michigan grant
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Largest: $60,000 to MGH ASPIRE — program support
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