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12 funders with a record of paying for “docs”
Where the money went Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Doc Society: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Doc Society: $1.3M across 6 grants, latest 2023 Washington Research Foundation → University of Washington: $1.0M across 44 grants, latest 2021 The Skoll Foundation → Doc Society: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $972K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Better Health Together → Spectrum Dba Spectrum Center: $564K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Autism Science Foundation → Rutgers University: $103K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Catapult Film Fund → Union Docs: $88K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Grinage Justin: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Ebk: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Firelight Media Inc → Amuletos Projects LLC: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Holocaust Memorial Center: $905K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Center for Independent Documentary: $614K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Skoll Foundation → Doc Society Inc: $550K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Doc House: $505K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Better Health Together → Latinos En Spokane: $449K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Washington Research Foundation → Fred Hutchinson Crc: $449K across 19 grants, latest 2021 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Walking Iris Media: $350K across 4 grants, latest 2022 The National Academy of Education → Aydarova Elena: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Ed: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Autism Science Foundation → Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Catapult Film Fund → Doc Society: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Firelight Media Inc → Bimshire Project LLC: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $731K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Better Health Together → Peer Washington: $422K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Walking Iris: $320K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Youth Fx Inc: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Washington Research Foundation → Washington State University: $95K across 4 grants, latest 2021 The National Academy of Education → Britton Tolani: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Em: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Autism Science Foundation → University of California San Diego: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Skoll Foundation → Doc Society Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Firelight Media Inc → Center for Independent Doc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Catapult Film Fund → Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → USC Shoah Foundation - the Institute for Visual History and Education: $642K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $624K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $516K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → National World War II Museum Inc: $491K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Better Health Together → Hbpa Foundation of the Inland Northwest: $392K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Better Health Together → Carl Maxey Center: $380K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Looted Cultural Property Project: $329K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Better Health Together → Health and Justice Recovery Alliance: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Looted Cultural Property Project: $257K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Perspective Media Initiatives Inc → Walking Iris Media: $235K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Better Health Together → Northeast Community Center Association: $234K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc: $210K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Cnex Foundation Limited: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Walking Iris Media: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Better Health Together → Spectrum (Dba Spectrum Center): $199K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Better Health Together → American Indian Community Center: $187K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Leo Baeck Institute - Ny: $184K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Leo Baeck Institute - Ny: $173K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Limmud Fsu International Foundation: $169K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Better Health Together → Mlk Jr Family Outreach Center: $165K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Holocaust Museum La: $153K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Association On Higher Education and Disability: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Limmud Fsu International Foundation: $149K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Reboot: $141K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Yeshiva University: $122K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → Global Strategy Group LLC: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc → USC Shoah Foundation: $113K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc: $6.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Conference On Jewish Material… $6.8M Better Health Together: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Better Health Together $3.3M The Ford Foundation: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $2.7M Perspective Media Initiatives Inc: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Perspective Media Initiatives… $2.6M The Skoll Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Skoll Foundation $1.6M Washington Research Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Washington Research Foundation $1.6M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $1.5M The National Academy of Education: $210K on this topic. Open the funder. The National Academy of Educa… $210K Autism Science Foundation: $203K on this topic. Open the funder. Autism Science Foundation $203K The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for: $180K on this topic. Open the funder. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fu… $180K Catapult Film Fund: $153K on this topic. Open the funder. Catapult Film Fund $153K Firelight Media Inc: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. Firelight Media Inc $75K Doc Society: received $2.8M on this topic Doc Society $2.8M University of Washington: received $1.0M on this topic University of Washington $1.0M Doc Society: received $1.0M on this topic Doc Society $1.0M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: received $972K on this topic United States Holocaust Memoria… $972K Holocaust Memorial Center: received $905K on this topic Holocaust Memorial Center $905K Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: received $731K on this topic Museum of Jewish Heritage - A L… $731K USC Shoah Foundation - the Institute for Visual History and Education: received $642K on this topic USC Shoah Foundation - the Inst… $642K Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: received $624K on this topic Museum of Jewish Heritage - A L… $624K Center for Independent Documentary: received $614K on this topic Center for Independent Document… $614K Spectrum Dba Spectrum Center: received $564K on this topic Spectrum Dba Spectrum Center $564K Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc: received $560K on this topic Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc $560K Doc Society Inc: received $550K on this topic Doc Society Inc $550K United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: received $516K on this topic United States Holocaust Memoria… $516K Doc House: received $505K on this topic Doc House $505K National World War II Museum Inc: received $491K on this topic National World War II Museum Inc $491K Latinos En Spokane: received $449K on this topic Latinos En Spokane $449K Fred Hutchinson Crc: received $449K on this topic Fred Hutchinson Crc $449K Walking Iris Media: received $435K on this topic Walking Iris Media $435K Peer Washington: received $422K on this topic Peer Washington $422K Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc: received $420K on this topic Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc $420K Hbpa Foundation of the Inland Northwest: received $392K on this topic Hbpa Foundation of the Inland N… $392K Carl Maxey Center: received $380K on this topic Carl Maxey Center $380K Walking Iris Media: received $350K on this topic Walking Iris Media $350K Looted Cultural Property Project: received $329K on this topic Looted Cultural Property Project $329K Walking Iris: received $320K on this topic Walking Iris $320K Youth Fx Inc: received $300K on this topic Youth Fx Inc $300K Health and Justice Recovery Alliance: received $300K on this topic Health and Justice Recovery All… $300K Looted Cultural Property Project: received $257K on this topic Looted Cultural Property Project $257K Northeast Community Center Association: received $234K on this topic Northeast Community Center Asso… $234K Cnex Foundation Limited: received $200K on this topic Cnex Foundation Limited $200K Spectrum (Dba Spectrum Center): received $199K on this topic Spectrum (Dba Spectrum Center) $199K American Indian Community Center: received $187K on this topic American Indian Community Center $187K Leo Baeck Institute - Ny: received $184K on this topic Leo Baeck Institute - Ny $184K Leo Baeck Institute - Ny: received $173K on this topic Leo Baeck Institute - Ny $173K Limmud Fsu International Foundation: received $169K on this topic Limmud Fsu International Founda… $169K Mlk Jr Family Outreach Center: received $165K on this topic Mlk Jr Family Outreach Center $165K Holocaust Museum La: received $153K on this topic Holocaust Museum La $153K Association On Higher Education and Disability: received $150K on this topic Association On Higher Education… $150K The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: received $150K on this topic The Center for Independent Docu… $150K Limmud Fsu International Foundation: received $149K on this topic Limmud Fsu International Founda… $149K Reboot: received $141K on this topic Reboot $141K Yeshiva University: received $122K on this topic Yeshiva University $122K Global Strategy Group LLC: received $115K on this topic Global Strategy Group LLC $115K USC Shoah Foundation: received $113K on this topic USC Shoah Foundation $113K Rutgers University: received $103K on this topic Rutgers University $103K Washington State University: received $95K on this topic Washington State University $95K Union Docs: received $88K on this topic Union Docs $88K Grinage Justin: received $70K on this topic Grinage Justin $70K Aydarova Elena: received $70K on this topic Aydarova Elena $70K Britton Tolani: received $70K on this topic Britton Tolani $70K Ebk: received $60K on this topic Ebk $60K Ed: received $60K on this topic Ed $60K Em: received $60K on this topic Em $60K Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: received $50K on this topic Johns Hopkins School of Medicine $50K University of California San Diego: received $50K on this topic University of California San Di… $50K Doc Society Inc: received $50K on this topic Doc Society Inc $50K Amuletos Projects LLC: received $25K on this topic Amuletos Projects LLC $25K Bimshire Project LLC: received $25K on this topic Bimshire Project LLC $25K Center for Independent Doc: received $25K on this topic Center for Independent Doc $25K 12 funders, 59 recipients, grants matching “docs” 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: $23,377 to GOOD DOCS LLC — research, educ & doc
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Largest: $47,500 to PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE — wrf post-doc fellowship: du 2022 cohort
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Largest: $335,213 to HBPA FOUNDATION OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST — wa doc community navigator, wa doc digital navigator, medicaid transformation efforts
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Largest: $70,000 to WU YIDI — 2021 post-doc
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Largest: $300,000 to WALKING IRIS — impact support of hidden letters ($50,000), brown girls doc mafia project ($50,000), a-doc impact initiative ($200,000)
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Largest: $100,000 to DOC SOCIETY — for a documentary investigating the global landscape of sex, gender, and feminism
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Largest: $60,000 to SCG — support of israeli post-doc program
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Largest: $100,000 to Youth FX Inc — in support of the next doc fellowship.
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Largest: $50,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — post-doc grant
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Largest: $25,000 to CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOC — program grant - doc lab
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Largest: $12,500 to Union Docs — development, research, & consulting
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Largest: $750,000 to Doc Society — general operating support
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