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12 funders with a record of paying for “fellow”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $85M across 79 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $21M across 65 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $20M across 37 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $9.5M across 36 grants, latest 2024 Good Ventures Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $9.1M across 10 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $7.9M across 18 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $4.8M across 31 grants, latest 2024 Lilly Endowment Inc → Lutheran University Association: $2.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Massachusetts Institute of Technolo: $1.2M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Brooklyn Defender Services: $946K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Skadden Foundation → American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $546K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc → Sun Prairie East High School: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $4.1M across 17 grants, latest 2020 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → President and Fellows of Middlebury College: $3.5M across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $2.4M across 13 grants, latest 2024 Carnegie Corporation of New York → Columbia University: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Governing Council of the University: $959K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Capital Area Immigrant Rights' Coalition: $785K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indiana State University: $530K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Skadden Foundation → Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union: $464K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Good Ventures Foundation → Jared Davis: $404K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → President & Fellows of Middlebury College: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc → Elmwood Elementary School: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Yale University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → American Association for the Advancement of Science: $1.9M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Nyu School of Medicine: $1.7M across 11 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → University of Chicago: $1.6M across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Carnegie Mellon University: $793K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Safe Passage Project: $665K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Carnegie Corporation of New York → James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundati: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Skadden Foundation → New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation: $377K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Good Ventures Foundation → Siddharth Karamcheti: $290K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → National Urban Fellows Inc: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc → Sauk Prairie High School: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Gates Foundation → Provost Fellows Foundation Scholars and Other Members of the Board the: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Bipartisan Policy Center Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → Rutgers State University of Nj: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Stony Brook Foundation Inc: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Monmouth University Inc: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Princeton University: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $781K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $775K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → Stony Brook Foundation: $692K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $665K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → President and Fellows of Harvard Co: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → The Board of Trustees of the Leland: $645K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → National Immigrant Justice Center (Heartland Alliance): $625K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Bronx Defenders: $598K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Texas Riogrande Legal Aid (Trla): $594K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Rutgers University Newark: $563K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → H3d Foundation Npc: $558K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Unlocal: $558K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → The Door: $556K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford: $549K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → The Regents of the University of Ca: $544K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Immigrant Justice Corps Inc → Make the Road - New York: $506K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Mel Chin: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Cecile Mclorin Salvant: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Deborah Estrin: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Kelly Link: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Paul Dauenhauer: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ocean Vuong: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Nels Elde: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Ken Ward Jr: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gates Foundation: $85M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $85M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $28M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $28M Laura and John Arnold Foundation: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. Laura and John Arnold Foundat… $21M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $18M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $18M The Simons Foundation Inc: $14M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $14M Carnegie Corporation of New York: $12M on this topic. Open the funder. Carnegie Corporation of New Y… $12M Good Ventures Foundation: $9.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Good Ventures Foundation $9.8M The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fu… $6.7M Immigrant Justice Corps Inc: $5.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Immigrant Justice Corps Inc $5.8M Lilly Endowment Inc: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Lilly Endowment Inc $3.1M The Skadden Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Skadden Foundation $1.4M Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. Herb Kohl Educational Foundat… $75K President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $136M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $136M President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $22M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $22M Columbia University: received $4.8M on this topic Columbia University $4.8M President and Fellows of Middlebury College: received $3.5M on this topic President and Fellows of Middle… $3.5M New York University: received $2.4M on this topic New York University $2.4M Lutheran University Association: received $2.4M on this topic Lutheran University Association $2.4M Columbia University: received $2.0M on this topic Columbia University $2.0M American Association for the Advancement of Science: received $1.9M on this topic American Association for the Ad… $1.9M Nyu School of Medicine: received $1.7M on this topic Nyu School of Medicine $1.7M University of Chicago: received $1.6M on this topic University of Chicago $1.6M Rutgers State University of Nj: received $1.5M on this topic Rutgers State University of Nj $1.5M Stony Brook Foundation Inc: received $1.4M on this topic Stony Brook Foundation Inc $1.4M Monmouth University Inc: received $1.2M on this topic Monmouth University Inc $1.2M Massachusetts Institute of Technolo: received $1.2M on this topic Massachusetts Institute of Tech… $1.2M Princeton University: received $1.0M on this topic Princeton University $1.0M Governing Council of the University: received $959K on this topic Governing Council of the Univer… $959K Brooklyn Defender Services: received $946K on this topic Brooklyn Defender Services $946K Carnegie Mellon University: received $793K on this topic Carnegie Mellon University $793K Capital Area Immigrant Rights' Coalition: received $785K on this topic Capital Area Immigrant Rights'… $785K Regents of the University of California: received $775K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $775K Stony Brook Foundation: received $692K on this topic Stony Brook Foundation $692K Safe Passage Project: received $665K on this topic Safe Passage Project $665K President and Fellows of Harvard Co: received $650K on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $650K The Board of Trustees of the Leland: received $645K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Le… $645K National Immigrant Justice Center (Heartland Alliance): received $625K on this topic National Immigrant Justice Cent… $625K Bronx Defenders: received $598K on this topic Bronx Defenders $598K Texas Riogrande Legal Aid (Trla): received $594K on this topic Texas Riogrande Legal Aid (Trla) $594K Rutgers University Newark: received $563K on this topic Rutgers University Newark $563K H3d Foundation Npc: received $558K on this topic H3d Foundation Npc $558K Unlocal: received $558K on this topic Unlocal $558K The Door: received $556K on this topic The Door $556K Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford: received $549K on this topic Chancellor Masters & Scholars o… $549K American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: received $546K on this topic American Civil Liberties Union… $546K The Regents of the University of Ca: received $544K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $544K Indiana State University: received $530K on this topic Indiana State University $530K Make the Road - New York: received $506K on this topic Make the Road - New York $506K James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundati: received $500K on this topic James B Hunt Jr Institute for E… $500K Mel Chin: received $500K on this topic Mel Chin $500K Cecile Mclorin Salvant: received $500K on this topic Cecile Mclorin Salvant $500K Deborah Estrin: received $500K on this topic Deborah Estrin $500K Kelly Link: received $500K on this topic Kelly Link $500K Paul Dauenhauer: received $500K on this topic Paul Dauenhauer $500K Ocean Vuong: received $500K on this topic Ocean Vuong $500K Nels Elde: received $500K on this topic Nels Elde $500K Ken Ward Jr: received $500K on this topic Ken Ward Jr $500K Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union: received $464K on this topic Aclu - American Civil Liberties… $464K Jared Davis: received $404K on this topic Jared Davis $404K New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation: received $377K on this topic New York Civil Liberties Union… $377K Siddharth Karamcheti: received $290K on this topic Siddharth Karamcheti $290K National Urban Fellows Inc: received $175K on this topic National Urban Fellows Inc $175K President & Fellows of Middlebury College: received $81K on this topic President & Fellows of Middlebu… $81K Sun Prairie East High School: received $27K on this topic Sun Prairie East High School $27K Elmwood Elementary School: received $24K on this topic Elmwood Elementary School $24K Sauk Prairie High School: received $24K on this topic Sauk Prairie High School $24K Yale University: received $20K on this topic Yale University $20K Provost Fellows Foundation Scholars and Other Members of the Board the: received $20K on this topic Provost Fellows Foundation Scho… $20K Bipartisan Policy Center Inc: received $2K on this topic Bipartisan Policy Center Inc $2K 12 funders, 57 recipients, grants matching “fellow” 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: $7,600 to Kansas University Endowment Association — to support a virtual conversation featuring dr. john rich (2006 fellow) and the visual artist janie antoni (1998 fellow), along with artists ingrid bachmann and dario robleto and o…
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Largest: $2.4M to LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION — lilly fellows program
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Largest: $15,000 to BRIAN COLLINS — 2023 fellow and teacher of the year
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Largest: $505,860 to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — payment for fellows
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Largest: $350,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College — for advancing edredesign's talent development and research priorities
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Largest: $625,000 to NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER (HEARTLAND ALLIANCE) — justice fellow
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Largest: $161,746 to ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — simons society of fellows - junior fellow
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Largest: $600,213 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — research on field-deployable crispr-based diagnostic platforms
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Largest: $150,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD CO — support for research of 2023 ai2050 early career fellow
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Largest: $577,532 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — research and learning opportunities
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Largest: $1.6M to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — to support postdoctoral fellows at the black hole initiative, a unique interdisciplinary center bringing together investigators from astronomy, physics, mathematics, and philosophy…
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Largest: $850,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — to establish a collaborative of foremost experts on dual-eligible research to provide policy-responsive analyses on integration between medicare and medicaid.
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