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12 funders with a record of paying for “distinguished”
Where the money went Clark Charitable Foundation Inc → University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc: $11M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 William Davidson Foundation → Washington Institute for Near East Policy: $2.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Rockefeller Foundation → Creative Time Inc: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mathematical Sciences Research Inst: $929K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Brandeis University: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Naf → Dallas Independent School District: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Pro Publica Inc → Anchorage Daily News: $216K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Abfm Foundation Inc → Case Western Reserve University: $165K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Price Faye Michele: $125K across 4 grants, latest 2022 Jf Maddox Foundation → Daylan Flemmons: $104K across 2 grants, latest 2023 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → All Others Awards 500 Or Smaller: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Clark Charitable Foundation Inc → University of Maryland College Park Foundation: $4.6M across 2 grants, latest 2022 William Davidson Foundation → The Jewish People Policy Institute: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → National Museum of Mathematics: $844K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc: $459K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Pro Publica Inc → Oregon Public Broadcasting: $203K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Abfm Foundation Inc → Virginia Commonwealth University: $165K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Center for Community Change: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Ewart Douglas: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Naf → Magnet Educational Choice Association Inc: $91K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Jf Maddox Foundation → Troy Anthony White: $79K across 2 grants, latest 2024 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Terrence Mccoy: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Fields Institute for Research: $398K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Pro Publica Inc → The Seattle Times Co: $169K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Mukherjee Dipankar: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Naf → Broward Education Foundation Inc: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ford Foundation → Ping Chong Documentary LLC: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jf Maddox Foundation → Mykaylah Thomas: $67K across 2 grants, latest 2024 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Alyssa Bennett Rosenberg: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $237K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Pro Publica Inc → Tribune Publishing Company LLC: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Coll of Holy & Undivided Trinity: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Pro Publica Inc → Oahu Publications Inc: $94K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Pro Publica Inc → Mountain State Spotlight Inc: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Pro Publica Inc → Lee Enterprises Incorporated: $68K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jf Maddox Foundation → Troy White: $53K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jf Maddox Foundation → Brooklyn Faith Arreola: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jf Maddox Foundation → Brevin Luke Mccool: $51K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Ricardo Levins Morales: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Rendon Marcie: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Jf Maddox Foundation → Makayla Franco: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jf Maddox Foundation → Brooklyn Arreola: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Naf → Milwaukee Board of School Directors: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Marcie Rendon: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Mcknight Foundation → Denomie Jim: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Jf Maddox Foundation → Brevin Mccool: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Naf → Jackson-Reed Parent Teacher Student Organization: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Naf → Birmingham City Board of Education: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Naf → Golden Gate High School: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Naf → Friendship Public Charter School: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Naf → Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Naf → Multicultural Career Intern Program: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Naf → Porterville Pathways Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Naf → Hialeah Garders High School: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Naf → Coral Reef High School: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Naf → Collier County Public Schools: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Naf → Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Joshua Dzieza: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Andrew G Greenberg: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Chad Joseph Livengood: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Elizabeth Dena Day: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Miki Ichiki Meek: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 G and R Loeb Foundation Inc → Anna Maria Barry-Jester: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Clark Charitable Foundation Inc: $16M on this topic. Open the funder. Clark Charitable Foundation I… $16M William Davidson Foundation: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder. William Davidson Foundation $4.0M Communities Foundation of Texas Inc: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Communities Foundation of Tex… $3.5M The Simons Foundation Inc: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $2.5M The Rockefeller Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Rockefeller Foundation $1.3M Pro Publica Inc: $925K on this topic. Open the funder. Pro Publica Inc $925K The Ford Foundation: $575K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $575K Naf: $565K on this topic. Open the funder. Naf $565K Jf Maddox Foundation: $495K on this topic. Open the funder. Jf Maddox Foundation $495K The Mcknight Foundation: $475K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $475K Abfm Foundation Inc: $330K on this topic. Open the funder. Abfm Foundation Inc $330K G and R Loeb Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. G and R Loeb Foundation Inc $40K University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc: received $11M on this topic University of Maryland College… $11M University of Maryland College Park Foundation: received $4.6M on this topic University of Maryland College… $4.6M The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas: received $3.0M on this topic The University of Texas Southwe… $3.0M Washington Institute for Near East Policy: received $2.8M on this topic Washington Institute for Near E… $2.8M Creative Time Inc: received $1.3M on this topic Creative Time Inc $1.3M The Jewish People Policy Institute: received $1.2M on this topic The Jewish People Policy Instit… $1.2M Mathematical Sciences Research Inst: received $929K on this topic Mathematical Sciences Research… $929K National Museum of Mathematics: received $844K on this topic National Museum of Mathematics $844K Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc: received $459K on this topic Horatio Alger Association of Di… $459K Brandeis University: received $400K on this topic Brandeis University $400K Fields Institute for Research: received $398K on this topic Fields Institute for Research $398K New York University: received $237K on this topic New York University $237K Dallas Independent School District: received $220K on this topic Dallas Independent School Distr… $220K Anchorage Daily News: received $216K on this topic Anchorage Daily News $216K Oregon Public Broadcasting: received $203K on this topic Oregon Public Broadcasting $203K The Seattle Times Co: received $169K on this topic The Seattle Times Co $169K Case Western Reserve University: received $165K on this topic Case Western Reserve University $165K Virginia Commonwealth University: received $165K on this topic Virginia Commonwealth University $165K Price Faye Michele: received $125K on this topic Price Faye Michele $125K Tribune Publishing Company LLC: received $105K on this topic Tribune Publishing Company LLC $105K Daylan Flemmons: received $104K on this topic Daylan Flemmons $104K Center for Community Change: received $100K on this topic Center for Community Change $100K Ewart Douglas: received $100K on this topic Ewart Douglas $100K Mukherjee Dipankar: received $100K on this topic Mukherjee Dipankar $100K Coll of Holy & Undivided Trinity: received $100K on this topic Coll of Holy & Undivided Trinity $100K Oahu Publications Inc: received $94K on this topic Oahu Publications Inc $94K Magnet Educational Choice Association Inc: received $91K on this topic Magnet Educational Choice Assoc… $91K Broward Education Foundation Inc: received $90K on this topic Broward Education Foundation Inc $90K Troy Anthony White: received $79K on this topic Troy Anthony White $79K Ping Chong Documentary LLC: received $75K on this topic Ping Chong Documentary LLC $75K Mountain State Spotlight Inc: received $70K on this topic Mountain State Spotlight Inc $70K Lee Enterprises Incorporated: received $68K on this topic Lee Enterprises Incorporated $68K Mykaylah Thomas: received $67K on this topic Mykaylah Thomas $67K Troy White: received $53K on this topic Troy White $53K Brooklyn Faith Arreola: received $51K on this topic Brooklyn Faith Arreola $51K Brevin Luke Mccool: received $51K on this topic Brevin Luke Mccool $51K Ricardo Levins Morales: received $50K on this topic Ricardo Levins Morales $50K Rendon Marcie: received $50K on this topic Rendon Marcie $50K Makayla Franco: received $34K on this topic Makayla Franco $34K Brooklyn Arreola: received $32K on this topic Brooklyn Arreola $32K All Others Awards 500 Or Smaller: received $27K on this topic All Others Awards 500 Or Smaller $27K Milwaukee Board of School Directors: received $26K on this topic Milwaukee Board of School Direc… $26K Marcie Rendon: received $25K on this topic Marcie Rendon $25K Denomie Jim: received $25K on this topic Denomie Jim $25K Brevin Mccool: received $25K on this topic Brevin Mccool $25K Jackson-Reed Parent Teacher Student Organization: received $21K on this topic Jackson-Reed Parent Teacher Stu… $21K Birmingham City Board of Education: received $20K on this topic Birmingham City Board of Educat… $20K Golden Gate High School: received $15K on this topic Golden Gate High School $15K Friendship Public Charter School: received $12K on this topic Friendship Public Charter School $12K Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education: received $10K on this topic Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of… $10K Multicultural Career Intern Program: received $10K on this topic Multicultural Career Intern Pro… $10K Porterville Pathways Foundation: received $10K on this topic Porterville Pathways Foundation $10K Hialeah Garders High School: received $10K on this topic Hialeah Garders High School $10K Coral Reef High School: received $10K on this topic Coral Reef High School $10K Collier County Public Schools: received $10K on this topic Collier County Public Schools $10K Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: received $10K on this topic Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of… $10K Terrence Mccoy: received $2K on this topic Terrence Mccoy $2K Alyssa Bennett Rosenberg: received $2K on this topic Alyssa Bennett Rosenberg $2K Joshua Dzieza: received $2K on this topic Joshua Dzieza $2K Andrew G Greenberg: received $2K on this topic Andrew G Greenberg $2K Chad Joseph Livengood: received $2K on this topic Chad Joseph Livengood $2K Elizabeth Dena Day: received $1K on this topic Elizabeth Dena Day $1K Miki Ichiki Meek: received $1K on this topic Miki Ichiki Meek $1K Anna Maria Barry-Jester: received $1K on this topic Anna Maria Barry-Jester $1K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “distinguished” 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: $53,212 to Troy White — 2019 distinguished scholar
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Largest: $220,000 to DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT — fund ii stem grants and distinguished academy awards
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Largest: $500,000 to MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INST — distinguished research professors and senior participants
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Largest: $50,000 to Ewart Douglas — for the 2022 distinguished artist award
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Largest: $107,508 to OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — participation in local reporting network distinguished fellows program
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Largest: $55,000 to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — to fund distinguished scholar
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Largest: $659,000 to CREATIVE TIME INC — in support of creating and administering the art for social impact distinguished artist fellowship, awarding fellowships to highly distinguished artists who are driving collective …
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Largest: $133,333 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — for the establishment of the carrie buck distinguished fellowship program centered on disability rights, medical ethics, community living and deinstitutionalization, and reproducti…
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Largest: $7.0M to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC — clark distinguished chairs
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Largest: $950,000 to Washington Institute for Near East Policy — to support the william davidson distinguished fellow and the young scholars program.
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Largest: $3.0M to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS — this grant is designated for basic research in molecular cardiology, the distinguished chair in ophthalmology and general support.
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Largest: $17,487 to All others awards 500 or smaller — in recognition for distinguished business and financial journalism.
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