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12 funders with a record of paying for “colon”
Where the money went The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → The Broad Institute Inc: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → University of Texas: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Minnesota Colorectal Cancer Research → University of Minnesota Foundation: $918K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mario Family Foundation → Duke University Health: $304K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Kenneth Rainin Foundation → University of California San Francisco: $275K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Emerald Foundation Inc → John Hopkins University: $255K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Tucson Conquistadores Inc → Colon Cancer Coalition: $205K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Washington Research Foundation → Fred Hutchinson Crc: $72K across 3 grants, latest 2021 Colon Cancer Coalition Inc → Colon Cancer Foundation of Ia: $41K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Block Foundation → Colorectal Cancer Alliance: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Naomi Turner True Foundation → Univ of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: $26K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Colon Cancer Coalition Foundation: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → The University of Chicago: $976K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → University of Pennsylvania: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Kenneth Rainin Foundation → The University of Texas at Austin: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Emerald Foundation Inc → University of Guelph: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Colon Cancer Coalition Inc → Colon Cancer Foundation: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tucson Conquistadores Inc → El Rio Health Center Foundation: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → The Colon Club: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Memorial Sloan Kettering Canc: $290K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Kenneth Rainin Foundation → The Children's Hospital Corporation: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Tucson Conquistadores Inc → Pima County Government: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Colon Club: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → University of California: $263K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → University of Connecticut: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Dana-Farber Research Center: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Oregon Health and Science Uni: $95K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Kenneth Rainin Foundation → Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Health Research Inc: $71K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Go to Know: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Yale Cancer Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Rosewell Park Cancer Center: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Upmc Presbyterian: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Eskenazi Health: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Sandhills Endoscopy Center: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Colorectal Cancer Alliance → Ucsf: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Leona M and Harry B Helms… $3.1M Colorectal Cancer Alliance: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Colorectal Cancer Alliance $2.6M Minnesota Colorectal Cancer Research: $918K on this topic. Open the funder. Minnesota Colorectal Cancer R… $918K Kenneth Rainin Foundation: $726K on this topic. Open the funder. Kenneth Rainin Foundation $726K Emerald Foundation Inc: $355K on this topic. Open the funder. Emerald Foundation Inc $355K The Mario Family Foundation: $304K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mario Family Foundation $304K Tucson Conquistadores Inc: $228K on this topic. Open the funder. Tucson Conquistadores Inc $228K Washington Research Foundation: $72K on this topic. Open the funder. Washington Research Foundation $72K Colon Cancer Coalition Inc: $63K on this topic. Open the funder. Colon Cancer Coalition Inc $63K The Block Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder. The Block Foundation $28K Naomi Turner True Foundation: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Naomi Turner True Foundation $26K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $13K The Broad Institute Inc: received $2.1M on this topic The Broad Institute Inc $2.1M University of Texas: received $1.1M on this topic University of Texas $1.1M The University of Chicago: received $976K on this topic The University of Chicago $976K University of Minnesota Foundation: received $918K on this topic University of Minnesota Foundat… $918K University of Pennsylvania: received $325K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $325K Duke University Health: received $304K on this topic Duke University Health $304K Memorial Sloan Kettering Canc: received $290K on this topic Memorial Sloan Kettering Canc $290K University of California San Francisco: received $275K on this topic University of California San Fr… $275K University of California: received $263K on this topic University of California $263K John Hopkins University: received $255K on this topic John Hopkins University $255K The University of Texas at Austin: received $250K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $250K Colon Cancer Coalition: received $205K on this topic Colon Cancer Coalition $205K University of Connecticut: received $145K on this topic University of Connecticut $145K The Children's Hospital Corporation: received $125K on this topic The Children's Hospital Corpora… $125K University of Guelph: received $100K on this topic University of Guelph $100K Dana-Farber Research Center: received $100K on this topic Dana-Farber Research Center $100K Oregon Health and Science Uni: received $95K on this topic Oregon Health and Science Uni $95K Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park: received $76K on this topic Friends of Peralta Hacienda His… $76K Fred Hutchinson Crc: received $72K on this topic Fred Hutchinson Crc $72K Health Research Inc: received $71K on this topic Health Research Inc $71K Go to Know: received $50K on this topic Go to Know $50K Yale Cancer Center: received $50K on this topic Yale Cancer Center $50K Colon Cancer Foundation of Ia: received $41K on this topic Colon Cancer Foundation of Ia $41K Colorectal Cancer Alliance: received $28K on this topic Colorectal Cancer Alliance $28K Univ of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: received $26K on this topic Univ of Texas Md Anderson Cance… $26K Rosewell Park Cancer Center: received $24K on this topic Rosewell Park Cancer Center $24K Colon Cancer Foundation: received $22K on this topic Colon Cancer Foundation $22K Upmc Presbyterian: received $22K on this topic Upmc Presbyterian $22K Eskenazi Health: received $20K on this topic Eskenazi Health $20K El Rio Health Center Foundation: received $14K on this topic El Rio Health Center Foundation $14K Sandhills Endoscopy Center: received $11K on this topic Sandhills Endoscopy Center $11K Pima County Government: received $10K on this topic Pima County Government $10K Ucsf: received $8K on this topic Ucsf $8K Colon Cancer Coalition Foundation: received $6K on this topic Colon Cancer Coalition Foundati… $6K The Colon Club: received $5K on this topic The Colon Club $5K Colon Club: received $3K on this topic Colon Club $3K 12 funders, 36 recipients, grants matching “colon” 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: $572,500 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS — colon cancer research
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Largest: $100,000 to JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to investigate how the colon microbiota and host genetics intersect to alter responsiveness to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer.
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Largest: $63,655 to Colon Cancer Coalition — colon cancer grant
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Largest: $719,309 to THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC — human colon and small intestine cell atlas in health and crohns disease
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Largest: $250,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — immune-checkpoint engineered colon organoids to induce immune tolerance as treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (ibd)
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Largest: $363,535 to UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — support research on improved treatment of colon and rectal cancer
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Largest: $8,000 to UNIV OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — research related to colon cancer
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Largest: $10,000 to COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE — colon cancer research
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Largest: $27,500 to FRED HUTCHINSON CRC — wrf post-doc fellowship: colon-thillet 2020 cohort
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Largest: $3,000 to COLON CANCER COALITION FOUNDATION — program support
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Largest: $152,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH — colon cancer clinical trial
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Largest: $23,850 to COLON CANCER FOUNDATION OF IA — public awareness
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