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12 funders with a record of paying for “doherty”
Where the money went
American Institute of Mining MetallurgicalSan Ramon, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to Society of Petroleum Engineers — offshore technology conference surplus share grant, endowment fund grants (mudd, douglas library, hayden, smith scholarships, doherty, and aime petroleum research funds)
Largest: $100,000 to SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — the doherty family fund
Largest: $700,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY — $300,000 for recruitment and/or research purposes; $200,000 for programs of the climate center; $200,000 toward the next vetlesen prize
Largest: $15,000 to DOHERTY SHAINA — fellowship stipend
Largest: $5,000 to KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY — alexis b doherty scholarship
Largest: $800,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN — lamont-doherty's hudson river field station cgep nuclear and carbon mgmt projectsabin center for climate change at columbia law school
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2021Largest: $1.8M to Columbia University in the City of New York — supporting research for the cure of pandas - scholarship fund. supporting lamont-doherty earth observatory on columbia giving day. financial aid for columbia college or school of e…
Largest: $77,200 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — lamont-doherty earth observatory - anticipating earthquakes initiative and pdta
Largest: $76,806 to LAMONT - DOHERTY EARTH OBS COLUMBIA UNI — general operating
Largest: $5,000 to GLEN DOHERTY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (GDMF) — funding to help cover educational costs for u.s. special operation individuals and their children
Largest: $69,133 to University of California San Francisco — postdoctoral fellowship for caroline doherty, ph.d
Largest: $4,000 to ABBY DOHERTY — scholarship for higher education
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →