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12 funders with a record of paying for “functions”
Where the money went Nash Family Foundation → Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $6.9M across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Central Park Conservancy: $4.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $2.8M across 9 grants, latest 2024 Hermann Foundation Inc → Stone Soup Leadership Institute: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Howard P Colhoun Family Foundation Inc → Vanguard Charitable Trust- Williwaw: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Steven and Ilene Berman Family → Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia: $1.1M across 7 grants, latest 2025 Ike Nizam Foundation Inc → Ucla Foundation: $288K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Brien & Shelly Deatley Family Foundation → Boys and Girls of the Lc Valley: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Usher Family Foundation → Prison Fellowship: $200K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Goldberg Family Foundation → Caf America: $185K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The John A Rodger Jr Foundation Inc → Northwell Health Foundationsouthside Hospital: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Abner & Mildred Levine Family → Beth Jacob Synagogue: $17K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Nash Family Foundation → Uja Federation of New York: $4.7M across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $4.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Massachusetts General Hospital: $1.8M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Howard P Colhoun Family Foundation Inc → Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigsaw Fund: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hermann Foundation Inc → Compassionate Care Als: $850K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Steven and Ilene Berman Family → University of Pennsylvania: $348K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Goldberg Family Foundation → Anti-Defamation League: $180K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Usher Family Foundation → Hosanna House: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Brien & Shelly Deatley Family Foundation → Lhs: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ike Nizam Foundation Inc → Best Christmas Ever: $54K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The John A Rodger Jr Foundation Inc → Southside Hospitalnorthwell Health Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Abner & Mildred Levine Family → Mainely Character Scholarship Fund: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → American Committee for Weizmann Institute: $4.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nash Family Foundation → The Shefa School: $2.3M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Emory University: $1.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Howard P Colhoun Family Foundation Inc → National Outdoor Leadership School: $755K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hermann Foundation Inc → Elizabeth Stone House: $600K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Steven and Ilene Berman Family → Unniversity of Pennsylvania: $308K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Goldberg Family Foundation → Not My Kid: $164K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Usher Family Foundation → Family Guidance: $143K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Brien & Shelly Deatley Family Foundation → Shriner's Hospitals for Children: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Ike Nizam Foundation Inc → Mission San Diego: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The John A Rodger Jr Foundation Inc → Forward Edge International: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Abner & Mildred Levine Family → International Rescue Committee: $12K across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → City Harvest Inc: $3.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Studio Museum in Harlem: $2.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Nash Family Foundation → Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty: $1.9M across 20 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Museum of the City of New York: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Pioneer Works Center for Art & Innovation: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nash Family Foundation → Northwell Health Foundation: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Mystic Seaport: $1.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Leland Stanford Junior University: $1.3M across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Stanford University: $1.2M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Malaghan Institute of Medical Research: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → City Parks Foundation: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Nash Family Foundation → Birthright Israel Foundation: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Nash Family Foundation → My Keren Hashluchim Inc: $1.1M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard University: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → The Hospital for Sick Children: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Southern California: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $1.1M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Nash Family Foundation → Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts & Des: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of British Columbia: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Measures for Justice: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Theatre for A New Audience: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Wisconsin-Madison: $1.0M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Technical University of Denmark: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard College: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → The Joyce Theater Foundation Inc: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc → Dance Theatre of Harlem: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Thompson Family Foundation Inc: $31M on this topic. Open the funder. The Thompson Family Foundatio… $31M Nash Family Foundation: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. Nash Family Foundation $21M The Simons Foundation Inc: $18M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $18M Howard P Colhoun Family Foundation Inc: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Howard P Colhoun Family Found… $3.7M Hermann Foundation Inc: $3.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Hermann Foundation Inc $3.4M Steven and Ilene Berman Family: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Steven and Ilene Berman Family $1.8M Goldberg Family Foundation: $529K on this topic. Open the funder. Goldberg Family Foundation $529K Usher Family Foundation: $493K on this topic. Open the funder. Usher Family Foundation $493K Ike Nizam Foundation Inc: $375K on this topic. Open the funder. Ike Nizam Foundation Inc $375K Brien & Shelly Deatley Family Foundation: $335K on this topic. Open the funder. Brien & Shelly Deatley Family… $335K The John A Rodger Jr Foundation Inc: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. The John A Rodger Jr Foundati… $120K Abner & Mildred Levine Family: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. Abner & Mildred Levine Family $46K Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: received $6.9M on this topic Icahn School of Medicine at Mou… $6.9M Central Park Conservancy: received $4.9M on this topic Central Park Conservancy $4.9M Uja Federation of New York: received $4.7M on this topic Uja Federation of New York $4.7M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: received $4.6M on this topic Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer… $4.6M American Committee for Weizmann Institute: received $4.0M on this topic American Committee for Weizmann… $4.0M City Harvest Inc: received $3.1M on this topic City Harvest Inc $3.1M Columbia University: received $2.8M on this topic Columbia University $2.8M The Shefa School: received $2.3M on this topic The Shefa School $2.3M Studio Museum in Harlem: received $2.3M on this topic Studio Museum in Harlem $2.3M Stone Soup Leadership Institute: received $2.0M on this topic Stone Soup Leadership Institute $2.0M Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty: received $1.9M on this topic Metropolitan Council On Jewish… $1.9M Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc: received $1.9M on this topic Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc $1.9M Massachusetts General Hospital: received $1.8M on this topic Massachusetts General Hospital $1.8M Vanguard Charitable Trust- Williwaw: received $1.6M on this topic Vanguard Charitable Trust- Will… $1.6M Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigsaw Fund: received $1.4M on this topic Vanguard Charitable Trust- Jigs… $1.4M Emory University: received $1.4M on this topic Emory University $1.4M Museum of the City of New York: received $1.3M on this topic Museum of the City of New York $1.3M Pioneer Works Center for Art & Innovation: received $1.3M on this topic Pioneer Works Center for Art &… $1.3M Northwell Health Foundation: received $1.3M on this topic Northwell Health Foundation $1.3M Mystic Seaport: received $1.3M on this topic Mystic Seaport $1.3M Leland Stanford Junior University: received $1.3M on this topic Leland Stanford Junior Universi… $1.3M Stanford University: received $1.2M on this topic Stanford University $1.2M Malaghan Institute of Medical Research: received $1.2M on this topic Malaghan Institute of Medical R… $1.2M City Parks Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic City Parks Foundation $1.2M Mit: received $1.2M on this topic Mit $1.2M Birthright Israel Foundation: received $1.2M on this topic Birthright Israel Foundation $1.2M My Keren Hashluchim Inc: received $1.1M on this topic My Keren Hashluchim Inc $1.1M Harvard University: received $1.1M on this topic Harvard University $1.1M Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia: received $1.1M on this topic Childrens Hospital of Philadelp… $1.1M The Hospital for Sick Children: received $1.1M on this topic The Hospital for Sick Children $1.1M University of Southern California: received $1.1M on this topic University of Southern Californ… $1.1M Albert Einstein College of Medicine: received $1.1M on this topic Albert Einstein College of Medi… $1.1M Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts & Des: received $1.1M on this topic Friends of Bezalel Academy of A… $1.1M University of British Columbia: received $1.1M on this topic University of British Columbia $1.1M Measures for Justice: received $1.1M on this topic Measures for Justice $1.1M Theatre for A New Audience: received $1.1M on this topic Theatre for A New Audience $1.1M University of Wisconsin-Madison: received $1.0M on this topic University of Wisconsin-Madison $1.0M Technical University of Denmark: received $1.0M on this topic Technical University of Denmark $1.0M Harvard College: received $1.0M on this topic Harvard College $1.0M The Joyce Theater Foundation Inc: received $1.0M on this topic The Joyce Theater Foundation Inc $1.0M Dance Theatre of Harlem: received $1.0M on this topic Dance Theatre of Harlem $1.0M Compassionate Care Als: received $850K on this topic Compassionate Care Als $850K National Outdoor Leadership School: received $755K on this topic National Outdoor Leadership Sch… $755K Elizabeth Stone House: received $600K on this topic Elizabeth Stone House $600K University of Pennsylvania: received $348K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $348K Unniversity of Pennsylvania: received $308K on this topic Unniversity of Pennsylvania $308K Ucla Foundation: received $288K on this topic Ucla Foundation $288K Boys and Girls of the Lc Valley: received $200K on this topic Boys and Girls of the Lc Valley $200K Prison Fellowship: received $200K on this topic Prison Fellowship $200K Caf America: received $185K on this topic Caf America $185K Anti-Defamation League: received $180K on this topic Anti-Defamation League $180K Not My Kid: received $164K on this topic Not My Kid $164K Hosanna House: received $150K on this topic Hosanna House $150K Family Guidance: received $143K on this topic Family Guidance $143K Northwell Health Foundationsouthside Hospital: received $75K on this topic Northwell Health Foundationsout… $75K Lhs: received $75K on this topic Lhs $75K Shriner's Hospitals for Children: received $60K on this topic Shriner's Hospitals for Children $60K Best Christmas Ever: received $54K on this topic Best Christmas Ever $54K Mission San Diego: received $33K on this topic Mission San Diego $33K Southside Hospitalnorthwell Health Foundation: received $25K on this topic Southside Hospitalnorthwell Hea… $25K Forward Edge International: received $20K on this topic Forward Edge International $20K Beth Jacob Synagogue: received $17K on this topic Beth Jacob Synagogue $17K Mainely Character Scholarship Fund: received $17K on this topic Mainely Character Scholarship F… $17K International Rescue Committee: received $12K on this topic International Rescue Committee $12K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “functions” 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: $25,000 to NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATIONSOUTHSIDE HOSPITAL — aid donee organization to carry out functions
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Largest: $1.5M to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — to aid the donee organization in carrying out their exempt functions.
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Largest: $2.1M to MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER — to aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.
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Largest: $497,500 to STONE SOUP LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — enable donee to continue exempt function
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Largest: $100,000 to Prison Fellowship — exempt function of the charity
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Largest: $375,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function; glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging
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Largest: $553,000 to VANGUARD CHARITABLE TRUST- WILLIWAW — for the exempt function of the organization
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Largest: $213,000 to UCLA FOUNDATION — to promote and support function as public charities and/or exempt operating foundations
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Largest: $75,000 to LHS — to provide funds to accomplish its function
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Largest: $337,377 to CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — charitable function
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Largest: $51,450 to REIGNING GRACE RANCH — for use in general tax exempt functions
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Largest: $9,000 to American Civil Liberties Union Inc — to further the charitable function of the foundation
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