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12 funders with a record of paying for “bruce”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund: $4.6M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Adirondack Foundation → Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc: $1.2M across 14 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Bruce Museum: $317K across 5 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Bruce W Woolpert Algebra Academy: $215K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stichman Family Foundation → Sasha Bruce Youthworks: $135K across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Giving Bee Family Foundation → Bruce Museum Inc: $125K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Math for America → Bruce Oyinka: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jonathan P Formanek Foundation → Bruce Wood Dance: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Michael Wallace-Bruce: $45K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Andy Bruce Foundation → Colgate University: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Lake Placid Education Foundation → Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Family Foundation → Bruce J: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Illinois Foundation: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Csumb Foundation: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Math for America → Greenspan Bruce: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jonathan P Formanek Foundation → Bruce Woods Dance: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andy Bruce Foundation → Wallingford-Swarthmore School District: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Lake Placid Education Foundation → Bruce L Crary Foundation: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Adirondack Foundation → Saranac Central School District: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Family Foundation → Family Development Center: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Community Foundation for Southern Arizona: $136K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Math for America → Karhoff Bruce: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Family Foundation → Bruce A: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jonathan P Formanek Foundation → Friends of Kebyar: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement: $69K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Ford Family Foundation → Boys & Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust: $6.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $6.8M Adirondack Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Adirondack Foundation $1.2M Connecticut Humanities Council Inc: $317K on this topic. Open the funder. Connecticut Humanities Counci… $317K Community Foundation Santa Cruz: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation Santa Cr… $300K Math for America: $180K on this topic. Open the funder. Math for America $180K Stichman Family Foundation: $135K on this topic. Open the funder. Stichman Family Foundation $135K The Giving Bee Family Foundation: $125K on this topic. Open the funder. The Giving Bee Family Foundat… $125K Jonathan P Formanek Foundation: $92K on this topic. Open the funder. Jonathan P Formanek Foundation $92K The Andy Bruce Foundation: $59K on this topic. Open the funder. The Andy Bruce Foundation $59K Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Jack Kent Cooke Foundation $45K Lake Placid Education Foundation: $27K on this topic. Open the funder. Lake Placid Education Foundat… $27K The Ford Family Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Family Foundation $23K Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund: received $4.6M on this topic Bank of America Charitable Gift… $4.6M University of Illinois Foundation: received $2.0M on this topic University of Illinois Foundati… $2.0M Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc: received $1.3M on this topic Bruce L Crary Foundation Inc $1.3M Bruce Museum: received $317K on this topic Bruce Museum $317K Bruce W Woolpert Algebra Academy: received $215K on this topic Bruce W Woolpert Algebra Academy $215K Community Foundation for Southern Arizona: received $136K on this topic Community Foundation for Southe… $136K Sasha Bruce Youthworks: received $135K on this topic Sasha Bruce Youthworks $135K Bruce Museum Inc: received $125K on this topic Bruce Museum Inc $125K Csumb Foundation: received $80K on this topic Csumb Foundation $80K Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement: received $69K on this topic Iowa Foundation for Agricultura… $69K Bruce Oyinka: received $60K on this topic Bruce Oyinka $60K Greenspan Bruce: received $60K on this topic Greenspan Bruce $60K Karhoff Bruce: received $60K on this topic Karhoff Bruce $60K Bruce Wood Dance: received $55K on this topic Bruce Wood Dance $55K Michael Wallace-Bruce: received $45K on this topic Michael Wallace-Bruce $45K Colgate University: received $41K on this topic Colgate University $41K Bruce Woods Dance: received $35K on this topic Bruce Woods Dance $35K Wallingford-Swarthmore School District: received $18K on this topic Wallingford-Swarthmore School D… $18K Bruce J: received $12K on this topic Bruce J $12K Bruce L Crary Foundation: received $8K on this topic Bruce L Crary Foundation $8K Saranac Central School District: received $6K on this topic Saranac Central School District $6K Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School: received $5K on this topic Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparato… $5K Family Development Center: received $5K on this topic Family Development Center $5K Bruce A: received $4K on this topic Bruce A $4K Boys & Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley: received $3K on this topic Boys & Girls Club of the Umpqua… $3K Friends of Kebyar: received $2K on this topic Friends of Kebyar $2K 12 funders, 26 recipients, grants matching “bruce” 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: $150,000 to BRUCE L CRARY FOUNDATION INC — for 2023 fall semester scholarship awards
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Largest: $15,000 to GREENSPAN BRUCE — fellowship stipend
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Largest: $2.0M to University of Illinois Foundation — support for gies summer success program - gies college of business, general operating support, $500: support for volunteer illini projects; $500: support for gies business school, …
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Largest: $11,000 to COLGATE UNIVERSITY — andrew g. bruce endowment memorial scholarship fund
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Largest: $50,000 to SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORKS — support of programs
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Largest: $150,000 to BRUCE W WOOLPERT ALGEBRA ACADEMY — for general operating support
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Largest: $198,400 to BRUCE MUSEUM — connecticut modern
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Largest: $70,000 to BRUCE MUSEUM INC — late night at the bruce and exhibitions funds
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Largest: $11,755 to MICHAEL WALLACE-BRUCE — educational scholarship
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Largest: $35,000 to BRUCE WOOD DANCE — to support a dance company in its efforts to entertain and enrich the publicto support a dance company in its efforts to entertain and enrich the public
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Largest: $7,500 to BRUCE L CRARY FOUNDATION — 2 foundation co-op support of non-traditional student scholarships
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Largest: $11,638 to Bruce J — educational scholarship
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