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12 funders with a record of paying for “china”
Where the money went John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → The Energy Foundation: $6.0M across 6 grants, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc: $5.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China: $4.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York → National Bureau of Asian Research: $2.7M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Starr Foundation → National Committee On United States-China Relations Inc: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Universidad Del Pacifico: $1.8M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → American Council of Learned Societies: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc → China Environmental Protection Foundation: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Hum: $999K across 2 grants, latest 2024 China Medical Board Inc → Peking University Health-Science Center: $750K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Hsieh Christian Foundation → China Soul for Christ: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gene Chiu Foundation → Guizhou University: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → China Center for Food and Drug International Exchange: $3.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $2.1M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → World Resources Institute: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → Philadelphia Orchestra Association: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc → China Council for International Cooperation On Environment and Development: $950K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Starr Foundation → Give2asia: $803K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Foundation to Promote Open Society → The Asia Society: $582K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → United States Heartland China Association: $375K across 4 grants, latest 2024 China Medical Board Inc → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $340K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Hsieh Christian Foundation → China Evangelical Seminary North America: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gene Chiu Foundation → Guizhou Medical University: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → World Resources Institute: $1.9M across 7 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → National Committee On United States - China Relations Inc: $1.6M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Clientearth: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc → Trustees of Boston University: $900K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Green Renewable Independent Power Producer Gripp: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 China Medical Board Inc → University of Michigan Medical School: $340K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → American Mandarin Society: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Starr Foundation → The Richard Nixon Foundation: $96K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Hsieh Christian Foundation → China Evangelical Seminary Association Inc: $23K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gene Chiu Foundation → Kaili College: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Regents of the University of California Berkeley: $1.6M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Asia Society: $1.6M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1.6M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Rocky Mountain Institute: $1.4M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → China Primary Health Care Foundation: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Center for A New American Security: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Boston University: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → The Energy Foundation: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Asia Society: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc: $1.0M across 6 grants, latest 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Columbia University: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → The Regents of the Uni of California- Berkeley: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Rocky Mountain Institute: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → China Association for Ngo Cooperation: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Renda Puhui Co Limited: $875K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York → University of California San Diego: $815K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc → Rocky Mountain Institute: $801K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → University of Maryland: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Peking University Education Foundation USA: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → University of the Witwatersrand: $800K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Center for American Progress: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Trustees of Boston University: $775K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Guangdong Harmony Foundation: $765K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Peking University: $750K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Oxfam Hong Kong: $720K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → International Foundation for Research and Education: $710K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Center for Global Development: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development: $695K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $19M on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $19M Carnegie Corporation of New York: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. Carnegie Corporation of New Y… $13M The Ford Foundation: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $13M Gates Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $11M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $10M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $10M Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc $3.9M The Starr Foundation: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Starr Foundation $3.0M The Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Henry Luce Foundation Inc $2.1M Foundation to Promote Open Society: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $2.1M China Medical Board Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. China Medical Board Inc $1.4M The Hsieh Christian Foundation: $72K on this topic. Open the funder. The Hsieh Christian Foundation $72K Gene Chiu Foundation: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Gene Chiu Foundation $26K The Energy Foundation: received $6.0M on this topic The Energy Foundation $6.0M Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc: received $5.6M on this topic Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc $5.6M National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China: received $4.7M on this topic National Health Commission of t… $4.7M China Center for Food and Drug International Exchange: received $3.8M on this topic China Center for Food and Drug… $3.8M National Bureau of Asian Research: received $2.7M on this topic National Bureau of Asian Resear… $2.7M Rocky Mountain Institute: received $2.2M on this topic Rocky Mountain Institute $2.2M Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated: received $2.1M on this topic Environmental Defense Fund Inco… $2.1M National Committee On United States-China Relations Inc: received $2.1M on this topic National Committee On United St… $2.1M Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: received $2.1M on this topic Woodrow Wilson International Ce… $2.1M World Resources Institute: received $2.0M on this topic World Resources Institute $2.0M World Resources Institute: received $1.9M on this topic World Resources Institute $1.9M Universidad Del Pacifico: received $1.8M on this topic Universidad Del Pacifico $1.8M Trustees of Boston University: received $1.7M on this topic Trustees of Boston University $1.7M Regents of the University of California Berkeley: received $1.6M on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $1.6M National Committee On United States - China Relations Inc: received $1.6M on this topic National Committee On United St… $1.6M Asia Society: received $1.6M on this topic Asia Society $1.6M Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: received $1.6M on this topic Natural Resources Defense Counc… $1.6M American Council of Learned Societies: received $1.5M on this topic American Council of Learned Soc… $1.5M Philadelphia Orchestra Association: received $1.4M on this topic Philadelphia Orchestra Associat… $1.4M Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China: received $1.4M on this topic Ministry of Agriculture and Rur… $1.4M Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: received $1.3M on this topic Carnegie Endowment for Internat… $1.3M China Environmental Protection Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic China Environmental Protection… $1.2M China Primary Health Care Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic China Primary Health Care Found… $1.2M Center for A New American Security: received $1.1M on this topic Center for A New American Secur… $1.1M Boston University: received $1.1M on this topic Boston University $1.1M Clientearth: received $1.1M on this topic Clientearth $1.1M The Energy Foundation: received $1.1M on this topic The Energy Foundation $1.1M Asia Society: received $1.1M on this topic Asia Society $1.1M Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc: received $1.0M on this topic Center for Strategic and Intern… $1.0M Columbia University: received $1.0M on this topic Columbia University $1.0M The Regents of the Uni of California- Berkeley: received $1.0M on this topic The Regents of the Uni of Calif… $1.0M Rocky Mountain Institute: received $1.0M on this topic Rocky Mountain Institute $1.0M China Association for Ngo Cooperation: received $1.0M on this topic China Association for Ngo Coope… $1.0M Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Hum: received $999K on this topic Raoul Wallenberg Institute of H… $999K China Council for International Cooperation On Environment and Development: received $950K on this topic China Council for International… $950K Renda Puhui Co Limited: received $875K on this topic Renda Puhui Co Limited $875K University of California San Diego: received $815K on this topic University of California San Di… $815K Give2asia: received $803K on this topic Give2asia $803K University of Maryland: received $800K on this topic University of Maryland $800K Peking University Education Foundation USA: received $800K on this topic Peking University Education Fou… $800K University of the Witwatersrand: received $800K on this topic University of the Witwatersrand $800K Center for American Progress: received $800K on this topic Center for American Progress $800K Guangdong Harmony Foundation: received $765K on this topic Guangdong Harmony Foundation $765K Peking University Health-Science Center: received $750K on this topic Peking University Health-Scienc… $750K Peking University: received $750K on this topic Peking University $750K Oxfam Hong Kong: received $720K on this topic Oxfam Hong Kong $720K International Foundation for Research and Education: received $710K on this topic International Foundation for Re… $710K Center for Global Development: received $700K on this topic Center for Global Development $700K China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development: received $695K on this topic China Friendship Foundation for… $695K The Asia Society: received $582K on this topic The Asia Society $582K Green Renewable Independent Power Producer Gripp: received $500K on this topic Green Renewable Independent Pow… $500K United States Heartland China Association: received $375K on this topic United States Heartland China A… $375K University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $340K on this topic University of North Carolina at… $340K University of Michigan Medical School: received $340K on this topic University of Michigan Medical… $340K American Mandarin Society: received $240K on this topic American Mandarin Society $240K The Richard Nixon Foundation: received $96K on this topic The Richard Nixon Foundation $96K China Soul for Christ: received $25K on this topic China Soul for Christ $25K China Evangelical Seminary North America: received $24K on this topic China Evangelical Seminary Nort… $24K China Evangelical Seminary Association Inc: received $23K on this topic China Evangelical Seminary Asso… $23K Guizhou University: received $11K on this topic Guizhou University $11K Guizhou Medical University: received $9K on this topic Guizhou Medical University $9K Kaili College: received $6K on this topic Kaili College $6K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “china” 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 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC — for the china and the global south initiative on joint research and policy workshops among scholars from west africa, the us and china on chinas social and environmental impact in …
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Largest: $204,200 to Asia Society — for ongoing support of the task force on us-china policy, in an initiative collaborating with china experts from indo-pacific countries
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Largest: $250,000 to CLIENTEARTH — for the china program?s e.u.-china climate engagement and climate-related policy and law enforcement
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Largest: $5,555 to GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY — gcf student scholarship project in guizhou, china
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Largest: $200,000 to NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY — for research on socio-economic impacts and coal transition policies and pathways in china
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Largest: $5,000 to China Research Center — china research center
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Largest: $600,000 to CHINA CENTER FOR FOOD AND DRUG INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE — development of solutions to improve global health; global health and development public awareness and analysis; research and learning opportunities
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Largest: $1.0M to The Energy Foundation — in support of helping china transition to a sustainable energy future
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Largest: $340,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL — grant to support the implementation of cmb postdoctoral research training program for supporting young american health professionals to undertake postdoc training in china
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Largest: $450,000 to GLOBAL VOICES FOUNDATION — to support the china in the world climate justice reporting fellowships
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Largest: $111,001 to GIVE2ASIA — china development research foundation, china development forum 2022
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Largest: $25,000 to CHINA SOUL FOR CHRIST — general operating
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