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5 funders with a record of paying for “brinson”
Where the money went The Brinson Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $100M across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Council for Community → Tricia Brinson: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 C K Blandin Foundation → Brinson Savannah: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 R Carlyle Bronson Scholarship → Anastasia Brinson: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Naaa Warren Young Sr Scholastic → Tyler Brinson: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brinson Foundation → Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro: $465K across 4 grants, latest 2024 C K Blandin Foundation → Brinson Cheyenne: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → University of Chicago Medicine: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago: $290K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: $263K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Edward H Lev: $262K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Rush University Medical Center: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Wesleyan University: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group: $230K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → University of Chicago: $218K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Brinson Foundation → Northwestern Memorial Foundation: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Northwestern University: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Princeton University Department of: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → University of Chicago Department of: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → University of Chicago Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → University of California Davis: $118K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brinson Foundation → University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics: $117K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → University of California Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy - National Solar Obse: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brinson Foundation → Carnegie Institution for Science: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brinson Foundation → University of California Los Angeles: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brinson Foundation → Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy National Solar Observ: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → Cornell University: $53K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation → American Association for the Advancement of Science: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brinson Foundation: $105M on this topic. Open the funder. The Brinson Foundation $105M C K Blandin Foundation: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. C K Blandin Foundation $9K National Council for Community: $8K on this topic. Open the funder. National Council for Community $8K R Carlyle Bronson Scholarship: $3K on this topic. Open the funder. R Carlyle Bronson Scholarship $3K Naaa Warren Young Sr Scholastic: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. Naaa Warren Young Sr Scholast… $2K California Institute of Technology: received $100M on this topic California Institute of Technol… $100M Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro: received $465K on this topic Carnegie Institution for Scienc… $465K University of Chicago Medicine: received $300K on this topic University of Chicago Medicine $300K Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago: received $290K on this topic Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens… $290K Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: received $263K on this topic Rehabilitation Institute of Chi… $263K University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Edward H Lev: received $262K on this topic University of Chicago Departmen… $262K Rush University Medical Center: received $250K on this topic Rush University Medical Center $250K Wesleyan University: received $230K on this topic Wesleyan University $230K President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $230K on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $230K University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group: received $230K on this topic University of California Los An… $230K University of Chicago: received $218K on this topic University of Chicago $218K Northwestern Memorial Foundation: received $135K on this topic Northwestern Memorial Foundation $135K Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences: received $120K on this topic Princeton University Department… $120K Northwestern University: received $120K on this topic Northwestern University $120K Princeton University Department of: received $120K on this topic Princeton University Department… $120K University of Chicago Department of: received $120K on this topic University of Chicago Departmen… $120K University of Chicago Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics: received $120K on this topic University of Chicago Kavli Ins… $120K Massachusetts Institute of Technology: received $120K on this topic Massachusetts Institute of Tech… $120K University of California Davis: received $118K on this topic University of California Davis $118K University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics: received $117K on this topic University of Chicago Departmen… $117K University of California Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy: received $115K on this topic University of California Davis… $115K Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy - National Solar Obse: received $115K on this topic Association of Universities for… $115K Carnegie Institution for Science: received $115K on this topic Carnegie Institution for Science $115K University of California Los Angeles: received $115K on this topic University of California Los An… $115K Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy National Solar Observ: received $115K on this topic Association of Universities for… $115K Cornell University: received $53K on this topic Cornell University $53K American Association for the Advancement of Science: received $13K on this topic American Association for the Ad… $13K Tricia Brinson: received $8K on this topic Tricia Brinson $8K Brinson Savannah: received $6K on this topic Brinson Savannah $6K Anastasia Brinson: received $3K on this topic Anastasia Brinson $3K Brinson Cheyenne: received $3K on this topic Brinson Cheyenne $3K Tyler Brinson: received $2K on this topic Tyler Brinson $2K 5 funders, 32 recipients, grants matching “brinson” only. 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