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12 funders with a record of paying for “cruz”
Where the money went Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: $24M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz: $6.0M across 37 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Santa Cruz: $3.9M across 30 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Land Trust of Santa Cruz County: $3.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Regents of the University of California - Santa Cruz: $2.3M across 10 grants, latest 2024 Dignity Health → Santa Cruz Community Health Centers: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $990K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals → Santa Cruz Community Health Centers: $660K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of California-Santa Cruz: $172K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Yanelle Cruz: $162K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Ford Family Foundation → Cruz J: $81K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Math for America → Cruz Gary: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Uc Santa Cruz Foundation: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Regents of the University of California - Santa Cruz: $966K across 5 grants, latest 2022 Dignity Health → County of Santa Cruz: $910K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Casa of Santa Cruz County: $751K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → United Way Santa Cruz County: $550K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals → Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz: $365K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → Santa Cruz Community Health Centers: $305K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Texas A M University-College Statio: $121K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Andrea Fernandez Cruz: $78K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Family Foundation → Cruz-Trapala M: $61K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Math for America → Cruz Andres: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of California at Santa Cruz: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Santa Cruz Community Health Centers: $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $647K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc: $260K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dignity Health → Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals → Community Action Board of Santa Cruz: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Inc: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of California-Riverside: $99K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Math for America → De La Cruz Sheila: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Family Foundation → Hernandez Cruz G: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Alan Cruz: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County (Cab): $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Santa Cruz Shakespeare: $629K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: $600K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County: $594K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Hospice of Santa Cruz County: $565K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Ecology Action of Santa Cruz: $490K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Museum of Art and History at the Mcpherson Center (Santa Cruz Museum of Art: $476K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Santa Cruz Community Health: $462K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Arts Council Santa Cruz County: $390K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Santa Cruz Local: $355K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building: $324K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Casa of Santa Cruz County: $314K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: $292K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → United Way of Santa Cruz County: $256K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Silicon Valley Community Foundation → Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation: $254K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County: $240K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals → United Way of Santa Cruz County: $235K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → First 5 Santa Cruz County: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County (Hipscc): $219K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Cruz Roja Mexicana: $208K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Community Foundation Santa Cruz → Ecology Action: $202K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Sunlight Giving → Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County Inc: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $26M on this topic. Open the funder. Silicon Valley Community Foun… $26M Community Foundation Santa Cruz: $15M on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation Santa Cr… $15M The David and Lucile Packard Foundation: $6.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The David and Lucile Packard… $6.8M The Heising-Simons Foundation: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Heising-Simons Foundation $6.7M The Simons Foundation Inc: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $3.9M Dignity Health: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Dignity Health $2.6M Sunlight Giving: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Sunlight Giving $2.5M Kaiser Foundation Hospitals: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals $1.5M Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: $392K on this topic. Open the funder. Michael & Susan Dell Foundati… $392K Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: $258K on this topic. Open the funder. Jack Kent Cooke Foundation $258K The Ford Family Foundation: $169K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Family Foundation $169K Math for America: $135K on this topic. Open the funder. Math for America $135K Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: received $25M on this topic Community Foundation Santa Cruz… $25M Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz: received $6.0M on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $6.0M Uc Santa Cruz: received $3.9M on this topic Uc Santa Cruz $3.9M Santa Cruz Community Health Centers: received $3.7M on this topic Santa Cruz Community Health Cen… $3.7M Land Trust of Santa Cruz County: received $3.2M on this topic Land Trust of Santa Cruz County $3.2M Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: received $2.6M on this topic Second Harvest Food Bank Santa… $2.6M Regents of the University of California - Santa Cruz: received $2.3M on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $2.3M Uc Santa Cruz Foundation: received $2.1M on this topic Uc Santa Cruz Foundation $2.1M Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County (Cab): received $1.8M on this topic Community Action Board of Santa… $1.8M Regents of the University of California - Santa Cruz: received $966K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $966K County of Santa Cruz: received $910K on this topic County of Santa Cruz $910K Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: received $847K on this topic Second Harvest Food Bank Santa… $847K Casa of Santa Cruz County: received $751K on this topic Casa of Santa Cruz County $751K Santa Cruz Community Health Centers: received $660K on this topic Santa Cruz Community Health Cen… $660K Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: received $650K on this topic Community Foundation Santa Cruz… $650K Santa Cruz Shakespeare: received $629K on this topic Santa Cruz Shakespeare $629K Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County: received $594K on this topic Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz… $594K Hospice of Santa Cruz County: received $565K on this topic Hospice of Santa Cruz County $565K United Way Santa Cruz County: received $550K on this topic United Way Santa Cruz County $550K Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc: received $510K on this topic Community Action Board of Santa… $510K Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Inc: received $500K on this topic Friends of the Santa Cruz Publi… $500K Ecology Action of Santa Cruz: received $490K on this topic Ecology Action of Santa Cruz $490K Museum of Art and History at the Mcpherson Center (Santa Cruz Museum of Art: received $476K on this topic Museum of Art and History at th… $476K Santa Cruz Community Health: received $462K on this topic Santa Cruz Community Health $462K Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc: received $400K on this topic Community Action Board of Santa… $400K Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County Inc: received $400K on this topic Families in Transition of Santa… $400K Arts Council Santa Cruz County: received $390K on this topic Arts Council Santa Cruz County $390K Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz: received $365K on this topic Second Harvest Food Bank Santa… $365K Santa Cruz Local: received $355K on this topic Santa Cruz Local $355K Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building: received $324K on this topic Santa Cruz County Veterans Memo… $324K Casa of Santa Cruz County: received $314K on this topic Casa of Santa Cruz County $314K Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: received $292K on this topic Santa Cruz Museum of Natural Hi… $292K United Way of Santa Cruz County: received $256K on this topic United Way of Santa Cruz County $256K Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation: received $254K on this topic Santa Cruz County Animal Shelte… $254K Community Action Board of Santa Cruz: received $250K on this topic Community Action Board of Santa… $250K Families in Transition of Santa Cruz County Inc: received $250K on this topic Families in Transition of Santa… $250K Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County: received $240K on this topic Health Improvement Partnership… $240K United Way of Santa Cruz County: received $235K on this topic United Way of Santa Cruz County $235K Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Inc: received $225K on this topic Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Inc $225K First 5 Santa Cruz County: received $225K on this topic First 5 Santa Cruz County $225K Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County (Hipscc): received $219K on this topic Health Improvement Partnership… $219K Cruz Roja Mexicana: received $208K on this topic Cruz Roja Mexicana $208K Ecology Action: received $202K on this topic Ecology Action $202K University of California-Santa Cruz: received $172K on this topic University of California-Santa… $172K Yanelle Cruz: received $162K on this topic Yanelle Cruz $162K Texas A M University-College Statio: received $121K on this topic Texas A M University-College St… $121K University of California-Riverside: received $99K on this topic University of California-Rivers… $99K Cruz J: received $81K on this topic Cruz J $81K Andrea Fernandez Cruz: received $78K on this topic Andrea Fernandez Cruz $78K Cruz-Trapala M: received $61K on this topic Cruz-Trapala M $61K Cruz Gary: received $60K on this topic Cruz Gary $60K Cruz Andres: received $45K on this topic Cruz Andres $45K De La Cruz Sheila: received $30K on this topic De La Cruz Sheila $30K Hernandez Cruz G: received $26K on this topic Hernandez Cruz G $26K Alan Cruz: received $18K on this topic Alan Cruz $18K Univ of California at Santa Cruz: received $8K on this topic Univ of California at Santa Cruz $8K 12 funders, 56 recipients, grants matching “cruz” 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: $186,192 to VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — general operating support, santa cruz gives, helping hands
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Largest: $33,308 to Texas A M University-College Statio — scholarships for l. cruz ($2,456), r. cruz ($7,500), l. cruz barreira ($5,000), b. dejohn ($3,500), b. escamilla ($1,250), h. fisseha ($5,000), j. garcia ($5,000), and n. gardner (…
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Largest: $400,000 to UNITED WAY SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — for cradle to career santa cruz county
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Largest: $50,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — santa cruz county disaster fund
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Largest: $175,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA CRUZ — fellowships for science and engineering
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Largest: $173,013 to UC SANTA CRUZ — astrobiology investigations at uc santa cruz
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Largest: $200,000 to Santa Cruz Community Health Centers — santa cruz mountain health center expansion
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Largest: $30,137 to Cruz J — educational scholarship
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Largest: $13.6M to Community Foundation Santa Cruz County — general nonprofit support
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Largest: $37,500 to UNITED WAY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY DBA FIRST 5 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — community health
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Largest: $81,578 to YANELLE CRUZ — educational scholarship
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Largest: $15,000 to DE LA CRUZ SHEILA — fellowship stipend
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