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12 funders with a record of paying for “critical”
Where the money went John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Native Biodata Consortium: $4.0M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Central European University: $2.9M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Inaturalist: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Hopewell Fund: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Creatura Promotora Del Pensamiento Critico Sc: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Washington Home Inc → The George Washington University: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Allied Media Projects Inc → Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $580K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Speedway Children's Charities → Atrium Health Foundation: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Americans Helping Americans Inc → Cumberland Mountain Outreach: $240K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Texas State Affordable Housing → Houston Habitat for Humanity: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Rocky Mountain Health Foundation → Upper Pine River Fire Protection District: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John Burton Advocates for Youth → Safe Place for Youth: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $3.4M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Institute of International Education Inc: $2.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Fundacion Acceso: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Washington Home Inc → Capital Caring Health: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Brookings Inst: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Allied Media Projects Inc → The New York Times Company: $348K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Speedway Children's Charities → Safe House Project: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Americans Helping Americans Inc → Big Creek People in Action: $186K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Texas State Affordable Housing → Panhandle Community Services: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2023 John Burton Advocates for Youth → San Diego Youth Services: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rocky Mountain Health Foundation → Community Food Bank: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Foundation to Promote Open Society → The Regents of the University of California Los A: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Nobel Prize Education Fund: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Washington Home Inc → Georgetown University: $913K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Enterprise Comm Partners: $755K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Allied Media Projects Inc → Linke Fligl LLC: $199K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Americans Helping Americans Inc → Lamp Ministries: $147K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Texas State Affordable Housing → Fort Hood Area Habitat for Humanity: $81K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Speedway Children's Charities → Common Heart Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John Burton Advocates for Youth → Los Angeles Lgbt Center: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rocky Mountain Health Foundation → Northwest Colorado Health: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Centro Brasileiro De Analise E Planejamento - Cebr: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Proteus Fund Inc: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Hester Street Collaborative: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → New York Shakespeare Festival: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $935K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: $922K across 2 grants, latest 2020 The Ford Foundation → Naas Network of Arab Alternative Screens Ev: $915K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Metropolitan Group LLC: $888K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Trustees of Princeton University: $784K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Climate Policy Initiative Inc: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Centro Brasil No Clima: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Washington Home Inc → Iona Senior Services: $653K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Washington Home Inc → Capital Hospice: $651K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → State Power Fund Dba We Make the Future: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Allied Media Projects Inc: $650K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Washington Home Inc → Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $618K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Washington Home Inc → The George Washington University: $608K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Colectivo Meta Sc: $600K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Univ of Illinois: $582K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Bard College: $570K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Washington Home Inc → Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $550K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc: $550K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Aspiration: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Documental Ambulante Ac: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Society of Critical Care Medicine: $499K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Utah: $491K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → University of Amsterdam: $475K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $13M The Ford Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $12M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $9.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $9.9M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $9.2M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $9.2M The Washington Home Inc: $6.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Washington Home Inc $6.3M The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $3.9M Allied Media Projects Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Allied Media Projects Inc $1.1M Americans Helping Americans Inc: $573K on this topic. Open the funder. Americans Helping Americans I… $573K Speedway Children's Charities: $525K on this topic. Open the funder. Speedway Children's Charities $525K Texas State Affordable Housing: $271K on this topic. Open the funder. Texas State Affordable Housing $271K John Burton Advocates for Youth: $84K on this topic. Open the funder. John Burton Advocates for You… $84K Rocky Mountain Health Foundation: $69K on this topic. Open the funder. Rocky Mountain Health Foundat… $69K Native Biodata Consortium: received $4.0M on this topic Native Biodata Consortium $4.0M Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $3.4M on this topic Rector and Visitors of the Univ… $3.4M Central European University: received $2.9M on this topic Central European University $2.9M Institute of International Education Inc: received $2.9M on this topic Institute of International Educ… $2.9M Inaturalist: received $2.5M on this topic Inaturalist $2.5M Regents of the University of California: received $2.0M on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $2.0M The Regents of the University of California Los A: received $2.0M on this topic The Regents of the University o… $2.0M Centro Brasileiro De Analise E Planejamento - Cebr: received $1.6M on this topic Centro Brasileiro De Analise E… $1.6M Hopewell Fund: received $1.5M on this topic Hopewell Fund $1.5M Creatura Promotora Del Pensamiento Critico Sc: received $1.5M on this topic Creatura Promotora Del Pensamie… $1.5M Fundacion Acceso: received $1.4M on this topic Fundacion Acceso $1.4M President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $1.4M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $1.4M The George Washington University: received $1.3M on this topic The George Washington University $1.3M Proteus Fund Inc: received $1.2M on this topic Proteus Fund Inc $1.2M Hester Street Collaborative: received $1.2M on this topic Hester Street Collaborative $1.2M Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: received $1.2M on this topic Whitehead Institute for Biomedi… $1.2M Capital Caring Health: received $1.1M on this topic Capital Caring Health $1.1M Brookings Inst: received $1.0M on this topic Brookings Inst $1.0M Nobel Prize Education Fund: received $1.0M on this topic Nobel Prize Education Fund $1.0M Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: received $1.0M on this topic Carnegie Endowment for Internat… $1.0M New York Shakespeare Festival: received $1.0M on this topic New York Shakespeare Festival $1.0M The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $935K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Un… $935K The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: received $922K on this topic The Board of Trustees - Leland… $922K Naas Network of Arab Alternative Screens Ev: received $915K on this topic Naas Network of Arab Alternativ… $915K Georgetown University: received $913K on this topic Georgetown University $913K Metropolitan Group LLC: received $888K on this topic Metropolitan Group LLC $888K Trustees of Princeton University: received $784K on this topic Trustees of Princeton University $784K Enterprise Comm Partners: received $755K on this topic Enterprise Comm Partners $755K Climate Policy Initiative Inc: received $750K on this topic Climate Policy Initiative Inc $750K Centro Brasil No Clima: received $750K on this topic Centro Brasil No Clima $750K Iona Senior Services: received $653K on this topic Iona Senior Services $653K Capital Hospice: received $651K on this topic Capital Hospice $651K State Power Fund Dba We Make the Future: received $650K on this topic State Power Fund Dba We Make th… $650K Allied Media Projects Inc: received $650K on this topic Allied Media Projects Inc $650K Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: received $618K on this topic Sibley Memorial Hospital Founda… $618K The George Washington University: received $608K on this topic The George Washington University $608K Colectivo Meta Sc: received $600K on this topic Colectivo Meta Sc $600K The Board of Trustees of the Univ of Illinois: received $582K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Un… $582K Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: received $580K on this topic Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $580K Bard College: received $570K on this topic Bard College $570K Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: received $550K on this topic Sibley Memorial Hospital Founda… $550K Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc: received $550K on this topic Naacp Legal Defense and Educati… $550K Aspiration: received $500K on this topic Aspiration $500K Documental Ambulante Ac: received $500K on this topic Documental Ambulante Ac $500K Society of Critical Care Medicine: received $499K on this topic Society of Critical Care Medici… $499K University of Utah: received $491K on this topic University of Utah $491K University of Amsterdam: received $475K on this topic University of Amsterdam $475K The New York Times Company: received $348K on this topic The New York Times Company $348K Atrium Health Foundation: received $240K on this topic Atrium Health Foundation $240K Cumberland Mountain Outreach: received $240K on this topic Cumberland Mountain Outreach $240K Safe House Project: received $225K on this topic Safe House Project $225K Linke Fligl LLC: received $199K on this topic Linke Fligl LLC $199K Big Creek People in Action: received $186K on this topic Big Creek People in Action $186K Lamp Ministries: received $147K on this topic Lamp Ministries $147K Houston Habitat for Humanity: received $105K on this topic Houston Habitat for Humanity $105K Panhandle Community Services: received $85K on this topic Panhandle Community Services $85K Fort Hood Area Habitat for Humanity: received $81K on this topic Fort Hood Area Habitat for Huma… $81K Common Heart Inc: received $60K on this topic Common Heart Inc $60K Upper Pine River Fire Protection District: received $29K on this topic Upper Pine River Fire Protectio… $29K Safe Place for Youth: received $28K on this topic Safe Place for Youth $28K San Diego Youth Services: received $28K on this topic San Diego Youth Services $28K Los Angeles Lgbt Center: received $28K on this topic Los Angeles Lgbt Center $28K Community Food Bank: received $20K on this topic Community Food Bank $20K Northwest Colorado Health: received $20K on this topic Northwest Colorado Health $20K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “critical” 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: $140,000 to ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION — critical needs
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Largest: $250,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC — core support for the critical minded initiative to engage in research and grantmaking to increase resources for, and representation of, critics of color in cultural discourse in th…
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Largest: $55,000 to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EL PASO — critical home repairs
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Largest: $19,750 to GENRE URBAN ARTS LLC — the grant for $19,750 from critical minded will support genre urban arts: revolutionary art criticismresidency to provide participants resources that help them: 1) decolonize art s…
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Largest: $325,000 to STATE POWER FUND DBA WE MAKE THE FUTURE — 79978 using messaging research on critical issues to advance clear, cohesive local and national narratives that promote equitable and just communities
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Largest: $12,000 to Foothill College FHDA — critical needs for foster youth
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Largest: $900,000 to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — critically ill
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Largest: $29,000 to UPPER PINE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT — scholarship for critical care nurse training/certification
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Largest: $150,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS — to support critical minded, a project of the grantee, in their work to expand the field of cultural critics of color
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Largest: $97,568 to CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN OUTREACH — critical needs
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Largest: $2.5M to INATURALIST — to enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in ai to info…
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Largest: $500,000 to Nobel Prize Education Fund — to pilot the global program for scientific critical thinking.
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