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12 funders with a record of paying for “fieldwork”
Where the money went The Rohr Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $803K across 3 grants, latest 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation → Fieldwork Communications LLC: $197K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Manitou Fund → Save Venice Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alphawood Foundation → Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund: $149K across 2 grants, latest 2024 California Foundation for Stronger → Friends of Fieldworkers Inc: $143K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Felburn Foundation → University of Florida Foundation Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Lyrasis → George Mason University: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Davis Conservation Foundation → Connecticut River Watershed Council: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Emma Nguvi Mbua: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → National Center for Family Philanthropy: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Junyi Han: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Washington Biologists' Field Club Inc → Poindexter: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Alphawood Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Merced: $96K across 2 grants, latest 2024 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → The Philanthropy Roundtable: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Jason Chan: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Alphawood Foundation → University of Arizona: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → The Luzerne Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Guangchen Chen: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alphawood Foundation → Brandeis University: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alphawood Foundation → The College of Wooster: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alphawood Foundation → University of New Hampshire: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alphawood Foundation → University of Texas Foundation Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alphawood Foundation → University of Houston: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alphawood Foundation → Society for American Archaeology: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alphawood Foundation → Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alphawood Foundation → Michigan State University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → The Scranton Area Foundation: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Zhiqiang Yang: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Zhaorui Lu: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Chad Westra: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Siyun Guo: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Niall Chithelen: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Xiaoyu Gao: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Aidan Lee: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Yuwei Zhou: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Xiangning Li: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → Fire Foundation Aka Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → St James Academy: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund → Center for Youth Services: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Xuexin Cai: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Sau-Yi Fong: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Gaoziyan Cui: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Yiyi Tang: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Ashley Shults: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Benjamin Kletzer: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Anke Wang: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Yaohan Wu: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Carola Franzen: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Yixue Yang: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Shuhui Zhou: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Ariadin Jones: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Amanda Zhang: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Helena Chen: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Shumeng Han: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Chris-Alexander Hess: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Esherick-Ye Foundation → Yen-Chun Wang: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Alphawood Foundation: $893K on this topic. Open the funder. Alphawood Foundation $893K The Rohr Foundation: $803K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rohr Foundation $803K National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $197K on this topic. Open the funder. National Fish and Wildlife Fo… $197K Manitou Fund: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. Manitou Fund $150K California Foundation for Stronger: $143K on this topic. Open the funder. California Foundation for Str… $143K Esherick-Ye Foundation: $124K on this topic. Open the funder. Esherick-Ye Foundation $124K William G Mcgowan Charitable Fund: $73K on this topic. Open the funder. William G Mcgowan Charitable… $73K Felburn Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Felburn Foundation $60K Lyrasis: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Lyrasis $40K Davis Conservation Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Davis Conservation Foundation $30K The Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wenner-Gren Foundation for $25K Washington Biologists' Field Club Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Washington Biologists' Field… $5K Smithsonian Institution: received $803K on this topic Smithsonian Institution $803K Fieldwork Communications LLC: received $197K on this topic Fieldwork Communications LLC $197K Save Venice Inc: received $150K on this topic Save Venice Inc $150K Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund: received $149K on this topic Administrators of the Tulane Ed… $149K Friends of Fieldworkers Inc: received $143K on this topic Friends of Fieldworkers Inc $143K The Regents of the University of California Merced: received $96K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $96K University of Arizona: received $75K on this topic University of Arizona $75K Brandeis University: received $75K on this topic Brandeis University $75K The College of Wooster: received $75K on this topic The College of Wooster $75K University of New Hampshire: received $75K on this topic University of New Hampshire $75K University of Texas Foundation Inc: received $75K on this topic University of Texas Foundation… $75K University of Houston: received $75K on this topic University of Houston $75K Society for American Archaeology: received $75K on this topic Society for American Archaeology $75K Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation: received $73K on this topic Kennesaw State University Resea… $73K University of Florida Foundation Inc: received $60K on this topic University of Florida Foundatio… $60K Michigan State University: received $50K on this topic Michigan State University $50K George Mason University: received $40K on this topic George Mason University $40K Connecticut River Watershed Council: received $30K on this topic Connecticut River Watershed Cou… $30K Emma Nguvi Mbua: received $25K on this topic Emma Nguvi Mbua $25K National Center for Family Philanthropy: received $20K on this topic National Center for Family Phil… $20K The Philanthropy Roundtable: received $10K on this topic The Philanthropy Roundtable $10K The Luzerne Foundation: received $10K on this topic The Luzerne Foundation $10K The Scranton Area Foundation: received $8K on this topic The Scranton Area Foundation $8K Junyi Han: received $6K on this topic Junyi Han $6K Jason Chan: received $6K on this topic Jason Chan $6K Guangchen Chen: received $6K on this topic Guangchen Chen $6K Zhiqiang Yang: received $6K on this topic Zhiqiang Yang $6K Zhaorui Lu: received $6K on this topic Zhaorui Lu $6K Chad Westra: received $6K on this topic Chad Westra $6K Siyun Guo: received $5K on this topic Siyun Guo $5K Niall Chithelen: received $5K on this topic Niall Chithelen $5K Xiaoyu Gao: received $5K on this topic Xiaoyu Gao $5K Aidan Lee: received $5K on this topic Aidan Lee $5K Yuwei Zhou: received $5K on this topic Yuwei Zhou $5K Xiangning Li: received $5K on this topic Xiangning Li $5K Fire Foundation Aka Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education: received $5K on this topic Fire Foundation Aka Foundation… $5K Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: received $5K on this topic Geisinger Commonwealth School o… $5K Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas: received $5K on this topic Catholic Charities of Northeast… $5K St James Academy: received $5K on this topic St James Academy $5K Center for Youth Services: received $5K on this topic Center for Youth Services $5K Poindexter: received $5K on this topic Poindexter $5K Xuexin Cai: received $5K on this topic Xuexin Cai $5K Sau-Yi Fong: received $5K on this topic Sau-Yi Fong $5K Gaoziyan Cui: received $5K on this topic Gaoziyan Cui $5K Yiyi Tang: received $5K on this topic Yiyi Tang $5K Ashley Shults: received $5K on this topic Ashley Shults $5K Benjamin Kletzer: received $5K on this topic Benjamin Kletzer $5K Anke Wang: received $4K on this topic Anke Wang $4K Yaohan Wu: received $4K on this topic Yaohan Wu $4K Carola Franzen: received $3K on this topic Carola Franzen $3K Yixue Yang: received $3K on this topic Yixue Yang $3K Shuhui Zhou: received $3K on this topic Shuhui Zhou $3K Ariadin Jones: received $3K on this topic Ariadin Jones $3K Amanda Zhang: received $3K on this topic Amanda Zhang $3K Helena Chen: received $3K on this topic Helena Chen $3K Shumeng Han: received $2K on this topic Shumeng Han $2K Chris-Alexander Hess: received $1K on this topic Chris-Alexander Hess $1K Yen-Chun Wang: received $1K on this topic Yen-Chun Wang $1K 12 funders, 58 recipients, grants matching “fieldwork” 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: $6,000 to Jason Chan — grant for fieldwork research on thesis: permafrost science and the trans-polar history of the qinghai-tibet railway 1954-2006
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Largest: $112,160 to ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATION FUND — support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. marcello canuto and dr. francisco estrada-belli
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Largest: $10,000 to THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION — fieldwork support and sponsorship program internal
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Largest: $400,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — smithsonian tropical research institute, acadia in the tropical eastern pacific intrumentation and fieldwork
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Largest: $86,203 to FIELDWORK COMMUNICATIONS LLC — conservation projects
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Largest: $90,000 to FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC — provide support to local charities
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Largest: $2,893 to POINDEXTER — fieldwork and conservation genetic analysis of
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Largest: $24,670 to EMMA NGUVI MBUA — mbua, emma (national museums of kenya) "further fieldwork and taphonomic studies at kantis fossil site, a pliocene locality in kenya."
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Largest: $39,500 to GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — create a model for advancing social justice scholarship using a blend of digital humanities practices and historical fieldwork in local communities.
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Largest: $60,000 to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — preparator and fieldwork personnel salaries for montbrook fossil site
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Largest: $150,000 to SAVE VENICE INC — students fieldwork & music conservancy ($100k), women artists of venice ($50k)
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Largest: $29,790 to Connecticut River Watershed Council — engineering fieldwork for stream restoration projects on the ammonoosuc and ashuelot rivers
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