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12 funders with a record of paying for “exceptional”
Where the money went Sage Bionetworks → Institute for Systems Biology: $669K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Merle Chambers Fund → The Women's Foundation of Colorado: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Programs for Exceptional People: $332K across 11 grants, latest 2022 The Heinz Endowments → Big Picture Company Inc: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Visually Impaired Preschool Services Inc: $181K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Helen V Brach Foundation → Catholic Theological Union: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Loewy Family Foundation Inc → Grauer Foundation for Education: $168K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Do & Rickles Family Charitable → Institute for Exceptional Care: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Rhiannon Giddens: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Michael & Nancy Sitrick Family → St John's Foundation: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Kelsie Karpiak Memorial Scholarship → Florida International University: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Asha & Lal Sani Family Foundation Inc → Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Merle Chambers Fund → Wyoming Community Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Seven Bridges Genomics Inc (Velsera): $412K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Summit Academy: $178K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of the Lowcountry → Programs for Exceptional People Inc: $171K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Helen V Brach Foundation → Sos Children's Villages Il: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → University of Pittsburgh: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Do & Rickles Family Charitable → Exceptional Minds: $39K across 4 grants, latest 2025 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Laura Elise Schwendinger: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Michael & Nancy Sitrick Family → Kehillat Israel: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Asha & Lal Sani Family Foundation Inc → Mount Sinai Heart (Mount Sinai Health System): $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Kelsie Karpiak Memorial Scholarship → University of Miami: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Merle Chambers Fund → The Bell Policy Center: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Institute for Systems Biology: $319K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Academy for Individual Excellence: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Bruce Norris: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Michael & Nancy Sitrick Family → The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Asha & Lal Sani Family Foundation Inc → Mount Sinai Heart Mount Sinai Health System: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Kelsie Karpiak Memorial Scholarship → University of Washington: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Merle Chambers Fund → Communities Foundation of Oklahoma: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Merle Chambers Fund → Denver Art Museum: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Seven Bridges Genomics Inc: $255K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Merle Chambers Fund → Cleo Parker Robinson Dance: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Merle Chambers Fund → Political Research Associates: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Translational Genomics Research Institute: $197K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Merle Chambers Fund → Colorado Public Radio: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sage Bionetworks → Tufts Medical Center: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Meredith-Dunn School: $77K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Sage Bionetworks → Translational Genomics Research Institute: $69K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Louisville Ballet: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Merle Chambers Fund → North Shore Country Day School: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Dorman Preschool Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → Nativity Academy at St Boniface: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → The Little Lighthouse Central Kentucky Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Masha Gessen: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Martyna Majok: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Shane Mccrae: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Kosair Charities Committee Inc → The De Paul School: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Susie Ibarra: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Fang Man: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Peter Shin: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Ginger Strand: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Charles Peck: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Merle Chambers Fund → Rocky Mountain Public Media (Aka Rm: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Sarah Manguso: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Joshua Prager: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Royce Vavrek: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Roscoe Mitchell: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Sean Canty: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Aaron Travers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Elizabeth Mccracken: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Merle Chambers Fund: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Merle Chambers Fund $3.3M Sage Bionetworks: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Sage Bionetworks $2.0M Kosair Charities Committee Inc: $727K on this topic. Open the funder. Kosair Charities Committee Inc $727K Community Foundation of the Lowcountry: $503K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of the L… $503K American Academy of Arts and Letters: $310K on this topic. Open the funder. American Academy of Arts and… $310K The Heinz Endowments: $250K on this topic. Open the funder. The Heinz Endowments $250K Helen V Brach Foundation: $230K on this topic. Open the funder. Helen V Brach Foundation $230K Loewy Family Foundation Inc: $168K on this topic. Open the funder. Loewy Family Foundation Inc $168K The Do & Rickles Family Charitable: $84K on this topic. Open the funder. The Do & Rickles Family Chari… $84K Michael & Nancy Sitrick Family: $53K on this topic. Open the funder. Michael & Nancy Sitrick Family $53K The Asha & Lal Sani Family Foundation Inc: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. The Asha & Lal Sani Family Fo… $18K The Kelsie Karpiak Memorial Scholarship: $16K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kelsie Karpiak Memorial S… $16K Institute for Systems Biology: received $669K on this topic Institute for Systems Biology $669K The Women's Foundation of Colorado: received $650K on this topic The Women's Foundation of Color… $650K Wyoming Community Foundation: received $500K on this topic Wyoming Community Foundation $500K The Bell Policy Center: received $500K on this topic The Bell Policy Center $500K Communities Foundation of Oklahoma: received $500K on this topic Communities Foundation of Oklah… $500K Denver Art Museum: received $500K on this topic Denver Art Museum $500K Seven Bridges Genomics Inc (Velsera): received $412K on this topic Seven Bridges Genomics Inc (Vel… $412K Programs for Exceptional People: received $332K on this topic Programs for Exceptional People $332K Institute for Systems Biology: received $319K on this topic Institute for Systems Biology $319K Seven Bridges Genomics Inc: received $255K on this topic Seven Bridges Genomics Inc $255K Cleo Parker Robinson Dance: received $250K on this topic Cleo Parker Robinson Dance $250K Political Research Associates: received $250K on this topic Political Research Associates $250K Big Picture Company Inc: received $200K on this topic Big Picture Company Inc $200K Translational Genomics Research Institute: received $197K on this topic Translational Genomics Research… $197K Visually Impaired Preschool Services Inc: received $181K on this topic Visually Impaired Preschool Ser… $181K Summit Academy: received $178K on this topic Summit Academy $178K Catholic Theological Union: received $175K on this topic Catholic Theological Union $175K Programs for Exceptional People Inc: received $171K on this topic Programs for Exceptional People… $171K Grauer Foundation for Education: received $168K on this topic Grauer Foundation for Education $168K Colorado Public Radio: received $100K on this topic Colorado Public Radio $100K Academy for Individual Excellence: received $95K on this topic Academy for Individual Excellen… $95K Tufts Medical Center: received $81K on this topic Tufts Medical Center $81K Meredith-Dunn School: received $77K on this topic Meredith-Dunn School $77K Translational Genomics Research Institute: received $69K on this topic Translational Genomics Research… $69K Sos Children's Villages Il: received $55K on this topic Sos Children's Villages Il $55K University of Pittsburgh: received $50K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $50K Louisville Ballet: received $50K on this topic Louisville Ballet $50K Institute for Exceptional Care: received $45K on this topic Institute for Exceptional Care $45K Rhiannon Giddens: received $40K on this topic Rhiannon Giddens $40K Exceptional Minds: received $39K on this topic Exceptional Minds $39K Laura Elise Schwendinger: received $35K on this topic Laura Elise Schwendinger $35K North Shore Country Day School: received $30K on this topic North Shore Country Day School $30K Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc: received $26K on this topic Junior Achievement of Kentuckia… $26K Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation: received $26K on this topic Kentucky School for the Blind C… $26K Bruce Norris: received $25K on this topic Bruce Norris $25K Dorman Preschool Center: received $25K on this topic Dorman Preschool Center $25K Nativity Academy at St Boniface: received $25K on this topic Nativity Academy at St Boniface $25K The Little Lighthouse Central Kentucky Inc: received $25K on this topic The Little Lighthouse Central K… $25K Masha Gessen: received $25K on this topic Masha Gessen $25K St John's Foundation: received $23K on this topic St John's Foundation $23K Kehillat Israel: received $21K on this topic Kehillat Israel $21K Martyna Majok: received $20K on this topic Martyna Majok $20K Shane Mccrae: received $20K on this topic Shane Mccrae $20K The De Paul School: received $20K on this topic The De Paul School $20K Susie Ibarra: received $15K on this topic Susie Ibarra $15K Fang Man: received $15K on this topic Fang Man $15K Peter Shin: received $15K on this topic Peter Shin $15K Ginger Strand: received $15K on this topic Ginger Strand $15K Charles Peck: received $15K on this topic Charles Peck $15K Rocky Mountain Public Media (Aka Rm: received $13K on this topic Rocky Mountain Public Media (Ak… $13K Florida International University: received $10K on this topic Florida International University $10K The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: received $10K on this topic The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society $10K Sarah Manguso: received $10K on this topic Sarah Manguso $10K Joshua Prager: received $10K on this topic Joshua Prager $10K Royce Vavrek: received $10K on this topic Royce Vavrek $10K Roscoe Mitchell: received $10K on this topic Roscoe Mitchell $10K Sean Canty: received $10K on this topic Sean Canty $10K Aaron Travers: received $10K on this topic Aaron Travers $10K Elizabeth Mccracken: received $10K on this topic Elizabeth Mccracken $10K Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College: received $8K on this topic Weill Cornell Medicine Medical… $8K Mount Sinai Heart (Mount Sinai Health System): received $5K on this topic Mount Sinai Heart (Mount Sinai… $5K Mount Sinai Heart Mount Sinai Health System: received $5K on this topic Mount Sinai Heart Mount Sinai H… $5K University of Miami: received $4K on this topic University of Miami $4K University of Washington: received $2K on this topic University of Washington $2K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “exceptional” 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: $40,000 to RHIANNON GIDDENS — to honor an exceptional writer for vocal music
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Largest: $379,595 to Institute for Systems Biology — cri immune atlas4: platform for immune-oncology research and data sharing. exceptional longevity data management and coordinating center, design and perform cross-project analysis …
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Largest: $500,000 to DENVER ART MUSEUM — exceptional exit grant, fellowship e
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Largest: $4,000 to FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — scholarship grant for exceptional student
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Largest: $26,001 to PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE — programs for exceptional people-agency
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Largest: $181,000 to VISUALLY IMPAIRED PRESCHOOL SERVICES INC — exceptional child education
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Largest: $50,000 to BIG PICTURE COMPANY INC — to support the deep learning equity fellowship (dlef) which convenes, empowers, and supports cohorts of diverse and exceptional leaders who themselves are committed to addressing c…
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Largest: $75,000 to Catholic Theological Union — to support the brach scholars-leaders in ministry program for exceptional students pursuing graduate degree in theology
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Largest: $26,927 to EXCEPTIONAL MINDS — education - computer animation and digital arts for young adults on the autism spectrum
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Largest: $2,500 to WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE MEDICAL COLLEGE — exceptional care, research and education
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Largest: $22,725 to ST JOHN'S FOUNDATION — unrestricted grant to further the organizaton's except purpose
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Largest: $60,000 to GRAUER FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION — to support robotics education and to endow the loewy-linz chair in stem innovation to attract and retain exceptional scholars in stem education.
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