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12 funders with a record of paying for “century”
Where the money went Biomedical Research and Longevity Society Inc → 21st Century Medicine Inc: $14M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Crim Fitness Foundation Inc: $3.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → 3de National: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Young Mens Christian Association of the North → City of Minneapolis: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Neighborhood Funders Group Inc: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → University of California San Diego: $815K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → The Century Foundation: $360K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Good Ventures Foundation → Jack Ryan: $258K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Georgia Power Foundation Inc → 21st Century Leaders Inc: $163K across 6 grants, latest 2023 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial → Jeffrey Masten: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation → Medical University of South Carolina: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Carla Hernandez Garavito: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Young Mens Christian Association of the North → Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → New Venture Fund: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Foundations Inc: $760K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Century Foundation: $722K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Chapin Hall Center for Children: $335K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Good Ventures Foundation → Joshua Clymer: $241K across 3 grants, latest 2023 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial → Jennifer Mittelstadt: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation → Northwestern University: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Katherine Eleanor White: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Georgia Power Foundation Inc → Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Century Foundation: $900K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Young Mens Christian Association of the North → YWCA of Minneapolis: $753K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (Aplu): $369K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Synergy Enterprises Inc: $365K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Elisabeth Middleton Manning: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Good Ventures Foundation → Isaac Dunn: $158K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Child Welfare League of America Inc: $120K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial → Katja Guenther: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation → James Madison University: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Georgia Power Foundation Inc → YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Cayla Briann Colclasure: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → The Century Foundation: $900K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Tides Center: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Brandeis University: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Tate Americas Foundation: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $260K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → American Academy of Arts and Sciences: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Georgetown University: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Louis Armstrong House Museum: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Young Mens Christian Association of the North → City of Richfield: $245K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Mott Community College: $216K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Roundabout Theatre Company Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Baltimore Museum of Art: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Kush Communications Limited: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Young Mens Christian Association of the North → Pillsbury United Communities: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Good Ventures Foundation → Trevor Levin: $109K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Indigo Films LLC: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → American Institutes for Research in Behavioral Sciences: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $79K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → The Century Foundation: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Jack Goldstone: $72K across 1 grant, latest 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial → Claudio Saunt: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial → Jesse Rodin: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial → Wale Adebanwi: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Commonwealth Foundation Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Asilivision LLC: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Sarah Jackson: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Good Ventures Foundation → Caleb Parikh: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Annie E Casey Foundation Inc → Child Welfare League of America Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation → The University of Mississippi: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Biomedical Research and Longevity Society Inc: $14M on this topic. Open the funder. Biomedical Research and Longe… $14M The Ford Foundation: $7.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $7.6M Young Mens Christian Association of the North: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Young Mens Christian Associat… $5.1M Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Charles Stewart Mott Foundati… $4.7M Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Michael & Susan Dell Foundati… $3.0M Carnegie Corporation of New York: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Carnegie Corporation of New Y… $1.9M Annie E Casey Foundation Inc: $920K on this topic. Open the funder. Annie E Casey Foundation Inc $920K Good Ventures Foundation: $796K on this topic. Open the funder. Good Ventures Foundation $796K John Simon Guggenheim Memorial: $360K on this topic. Open the funder. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial $360K Georgia Power Foundation Inc: $213K on this topic. Open the funder. Georgia Power Foundation Inc $213K American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation: $175K on this topic. Open the funder. American Speech-Language-Hear… $175K The Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wenner-Gren Foundation for $90K 21st Century Medicine Inc: received $14M on this topic 21st Century Medicine Inc $14M Crim Fitness Foundation Inc: received $3.3M on this topic Crim Fitness Foundation Inc $3.3M 3de National: received $2.1M on this topic 3de National $2.1M City of Minneapolis: received $2.0M on this topic City of Minneapolis $2.0M Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities: received $2.0M on this topic Boys & Girls Club of the Twin C… $2.0M Neighborhood Funders Group Inc: received $1.3M on this topic Neighborhood Funders Group Inc $1.3M The Century Foundation: received $1.3M on this topic The Century Foundation $1.3M New Venture Fund: received $1.2M on this topic New Venture Fund $1.2M Century Foundation: received $900K on this topic Century Foundation $900K University of California San Diego: received $815K on this topic University of California San Di… $815K Foundations Inc: received $760K on this topic Foundations Inc $760K YWCA of Minneapolis: received $753K on this topic YWCA of Minneapolis $753K Century Foundation: received $722K on this topic Century Foundation $722K Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities: received $550K on this topic Association of Public & Land-Gr… $550K Tides Center: received $400K on this topic Tides Center $400K Education Fund of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity: received $400K on this topic Education Fund of the American… $400K Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (Aplu): received $369K on this topic Association of Public & Land-Gr… $369K Synergy Enterprises Inc: received $365K on this topic Synergy Enterprises Inc $365K Chapin Hall Center for Children: received $335K on this topic Chapin Hall Center for Children $335K Brandeis University: received $300K on this topic Brandeis University $300K Tate Americas Foundation: received $300K on this topic Tate Americas Foundation $300K President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $260K on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $260K Jack Ryan: received $258K on this topic Jack Ryan $258K American Academy of Arts and Sciences: received $250K on this topic American Academy of Arts and Sc… $250K Georgetown University: received $250K on this topic Georgetown University $250K Louis Armstrong House Museum: received $250K on this topic Louis Armstrong House Museum $250K City of Richfield: received $245K on this topic City of Richfield $245K Joshua Clymer: received $241K on this topic Joshua Clymer $241K Mott Community College: received $216K on this topic Mott Community College $216K Elisabeth Middleton Manning: received $200K on this topic Elisabeth Middleton Manning $200K Roundabout Theatre Company Inc: received $200K on this topic Roundabout Theatre Company Inc $200K Baltimore Museum of Art: received $200K on this topic Baltimore Museum of Art $200K Kush Communications Limited: received $200K on this topic Kush Communications Limited $200K Pillsbury United Communities: received $175K on this topic Pillsbury United Communities $175K 21st Century Leaders Inc: received $163K on this topic 21st Century Leaders Inc $163K Isaac Dunn: received $158K on this topic Isaac Dunn $158K Child Welfare League of America Inc: received $120K on this topic Child Welfare League of America… $120K Trevor Levin: received $109K on this topic Trevor Levin $109K Indigo Films LLC: received $100K on this topic Indigo Films LLC $100K American Institutes for Research in Behavioral Sciences: received $100K on this topic American Institutes for Researc… $100K Center for Independent Documentary Inc: received $79K on this topic Center for Independent Document… $79K The Century Foundation: received $75K on this topic The Century Foundation $75K Jack Goldstone: received $72K on this topic Jack Goldstone $72K Jeffrey Masten: received $65K on this topic Jeffrey Masten $65K Jennifer Mittelstadt: received $65K on this topic Jennifer Mittelstadt $65K Katja Guenther: received $65K on this topic Katja Guenther $65K Claudio Saunt: received $65K on this topic Claudio Saunt $65K Medical University of South Carolina: received $50K on this topic Medical University of South Car… $50K Northwestern University: received $50K on this topic Northwestern University $50K James Madison University: received $50K on this topic James Madison University $50K Jesse Rodin: received $50K on this topic Jesse Rodin $50K Wale Adebanwi: received $50K on this topic Wale Adebanwi $50K Commonwealth Foundation Inc: received $50K on this topic Commonwealth Foundation Inc $50K Asilivision LLC: received $50K on this topic Asilivision LLC $50K Sarah Jackson: received $50K on this topic Sarah Jackson $50K Carla Hernandez Garavito: received $40K on this topic Carla Hernandez Garavito $40K Caleb Parikh: received $30K on this topic Caleb Parikh $30K Child Welfare League of America Inc: received $30K on this topic Child Welfare League of America… $30K Katherine Eleanor White: received $25K on this topic Katherine Eleanor White $25K Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: received $25K on this topic Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta… $25K YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta: received $25K on this topic YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta $25K The University of Mississippi: received $25K on this topic The University of Mississippi $25K Cayla Briann Colclasure: received $25K on this topic Cayla Briann Colclasure $25K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “century” 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: $500,000 to CENTURY FOUNDATION — core support for policy research related to labor protections and workforce policies universally applied to workers regardless of labor class, considering power building design and…
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Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CTR — new century scholars
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Largest: $1.1M to CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS — provide program support for beacons/21st century learning centers
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Largest: $335,000 to Chapin Hall Center for Children — support 21st century community-based prevention research agenda
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Largest: $134,050 to JACK RYAN — century fellowship - research scholarship
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Largest: $24,802 to CAYLA BRIANN COLCLASURE — colclasure, cayla (north carolina, chapel hill, u. of) "the wind blowed cold: an archaeological study of life, labor, and imprisonment for 19th century workers on the western north…
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Largest: $3.3M to Crim Fitness Foundation Inc — to support the expansion of a 21st century community schools model in flint area schools.
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Largest: $250,000 to University of California San Diego — for support of the 21st century china center
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Largest: $3,750 to Century College — scholarships for ma shwe (2,500) and sabrina vang (1,250)
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Largest: $65,000 to JEFFREY MASTEN — marlowe's readers: following four centuries of edward ii
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Largest: $80,000 to 21ST CENTURY LEADERS INC — 2023 earthcare: the leadership challenge of the 21st century
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Largest: $3.8M to 21st Century Medicine Inc — scientific research and education
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