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12 funders with a record of paying for “cold”
Where the money went The Simons Foundation Inc → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $19M across 21 grants, latest 2024 Robertson Research Fund Inc → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $17M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $8.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Ralph Landau Foundation → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $2.5M across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Breast Cancer Research → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $1.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Ainslie Foundation → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $995K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $456K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The J Paul Getty Trust → The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc: $275K across 10 grants, latest 2024 Mjs Foundation Inc → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $114K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Andover Congregational Church Food Pantry: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hoveida Family Foundation → Compass Housing Alliance: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Cathedral of Saint Joseph Food Pantry: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Cold Spring Harbor Educational Foundation Inc: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Hoveida Family Foundation → Hope Shelters: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Ralph Landau Foundation → Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium: $38K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hoveida Family Foundation → The Bowery Mission: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → First Congregational Church of East Windsor: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Community Outreach Center: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → New Reach Inc: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hoveida Family Foundation → The Salvation Army - Shield of Hope: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Hoveida Family Foundation → Sharing and Caring Hands: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hoveida Family Foundation → The Salvation Army: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hoveida Family Foundation → Stepping Stone Emergency Housing: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → St James Church: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Access Community Action Agency: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Association of Religious Communities: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Masters Manna: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Community Services Council of Woodbury Inc: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Ct State Community College Capital: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Sterling House Community Center Inc: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Community Kitchen of Northeastern Connecticut Inc: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → The Salvation Army: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Windsor Food and Fuel Bank: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Emanuel Lutheran Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → St Luke & St Paul's Episcopal Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Community Action Agency of Western Ct: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Hope Sda Church Food Pantry: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Emergency Food Aid Southbury (Dba Southbury Food Bank): $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Grace Lutheran Church: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Town of Waterford Youth & Family Services: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Epoch Arts: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → The Village for Families & Children: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Ct State - Three Rivers: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → New Beginning Ministries: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Shalom Sda Food Pantry: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → Eastern Ct Veterans Community Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Connecticut Foodshare Inc → The New Haven Inner City Enrichment Nice Center: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc: $19M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $19M Robertson Research Fund Inc: $17M on this topic. Open the funder. Robertson Research Fund Inc $17M Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer: $8.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Ca… $8.1M Ralph Landau Foundation: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Ralph Landau Foundation $2.6M The Breast Cancer Research: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Breast Cancer Research $1.5M Ainslie Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Ainslie Foundation $1.2M The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers: $995K on this topic. Open the funder. The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers $995K The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $506K on this topic. Open the funder. The Goldman Sachs Charitable… $506K Connecticut Foodshare Inc: $457K on this topic. Open the funder. Connecticut Foodshare Inc $457K The J Paul Getty Trust: $275K on this topic. Open the funder. The J Paul Getty Trust $275K Hoveida Family Foundation: $250K on this topic. Open the funder. Hoveida Family Foundation $250K Mjs Foundation Inc: $114K on this topic. Open the funder. Mjs Foundation Inc $114K Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: received $51M on this topic Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory $51M The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc: received $275K on this topic The Wende Museum of the Cold Wa… $275K Andover Congregational Church Food Pantry: received $67K on this topic Andover Congregational Church F… $67K Cathedral of Saint Joseph Food Pantry: received $59K on this topic Cathedral of Saint Joseph Food… $59K Compass Housing Alliance: received $50K on this topic Compass Housing Alliance $50K Cold Spring Harbor Educational Foundation Inc: received $50K on this topic Cold Spring Harbor Educational… $50K Hope Shelters: received $50K on this topic Hope Shelters $50K The Bowery Mission: received $50K on this topic The Bowery Mission $50K Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium: received $38K on this topic Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatcher… $38K First Congregational Church of East Windsor: received $35K on this topic First Congregational Church of… $35K The Salvation Army: received $34K on this topic The Salvation Army $34K Community Outreach Center: received $27K on this topic Community Outreach Center $27K New Reach Inc: received $27K on this topic New Reach Inc $27K The Salvation Army - Shield of Hope: received $25K on this topic The Salvation Army - Shield of… $25K Sharing and Caring Hands: received $25K on this topic Sharing and Caring Hands $25K Stepping Stone Emergency Housing: received $25K on this topic Stepping Stone Emergency Housing $25K Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church: received $21K on this topic Pleasant Valley United Methodis… $21K St James Church: received $21K on this topic St James Church $21K Access Community Action Agency: received $21K on this topic Access Community Action Agency $21K Association of Religious Communities: received $20K on this topic Association of Religious Commun… $20K Masters Manna: received $13K on this topic Masters Manna $13K Community Services Council of Woodbury Inc: received $12K on this topic Community Services Council of W… $12K Ct State Community College Capital: received $9K on this topic Ct State Community College Capi… $9K Sterling House Community Center Inc: received $9K on this topic Sterling House Community Center… $9K Community Kitchen of Northeastern Connecticut Inc: received $9K on this topic Community Kitchen of Northeaste… $9K Windsor Food and Fuel Bank: received $9K on this topic Windsor Food and Fuel Bank $9K Emanuel Lutheran Church: received $8K on this topic Emanuel Lutheran Church $8K St Luke & St Paul's Episcopal Church: received $8K on this topic St Luke & St Paul's Episcopal C… $8K Community Action Agency of Western Ct: received $8K on this topic Community Action Agency of West… $8K Hope Sda Church Food Pantry: received $8K on this topic Hope Sda Church Food Pantry $8K Emergency Food Aid Southbury (Dba Southbury Food Bank): received $8K on this topic Emergency Food Aid Southbury (D… $8K Grace Lutheran Church: received $7K on this topic Grace Lutheran Church $7K Town of Waterford Youth & Family Services: received $7K on this topic Town of Waterford Youth & Famil… $7K Epoch Arts: received $6K on this topic Epoch Arts $6K The Village for Families & Children: received $6K on this topic The Village for Families & Chil… $6K Ct State - Three Rivers: received $5K on this topic Ct State - Three Rivers $5K New Beginning Ministries: received $5K on this topic New Beginning Ministries $5K Shalom Sda Food Pantry: received $5K on this topic Shalom Sda Food Pantry $5K Eastern Ct Veterans Community Center: received $5K on this topic Eastern Ct Veterans Community C… $5K The New Haven Inner City Enrichment Nice Center: received $5K on this topic The New Haven Inner City Enrich… $5K 12 funders, 40 recipients, grants matching “cold” 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: $40,000 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — cold spring harbor laboratory postgraduate short course
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Largest: $59,000 to CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOSEPH FOOD PANTRY — food pantry expanded commercial cold storage & upgrades
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Largest: $30,000 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — charitable - support the doubleh helix medals dinner in support of research initiatives
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Largest: $200,000 to THE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INC — pacific standard time 2024
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Largest: $25,000 to COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE — provide emergency homesless shelter, food, and/or clothing to unhoused populations in cold weather areas
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Largest: $150,000 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — medical/scientific research & programs
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Largest: $453,939 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — research project
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Largest: $2.5M to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — pancreatic cancer research
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Largest: $475,000 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — medical research
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Largest: $25,000 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — gift to support the women's partnership for science
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Largest: $1.1M to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — biomedical research
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Largest: $5.8M to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — educational/research
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