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12 funders with a record of paying for “gray”
Where the money went Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Stanford University: $4.6M across 6 grants, latest 2023 Grays Harbor College Foundation → Grays Harbor College: $3.7M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc → Mzc Foundation (Dba the Ray): $3.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gray Foundation → United Negro College Fund Inc: $2.4M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Grays Harbor Community Foundation → YMCA of Grays Harbor: $815K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Worthington Scholarship Foundation → University of Maine Farmington: $638K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Mary L Gray: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Medina Foundation → Grays Harbor Youth Works: $140K across 6 grants, latest 2024 New Jersey League of Conservation Voters → Nj Future: $108K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Fullerton Foundation → Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine: $101K across 9 grants, latest 2024 Community West Foundation → Cleveland State University: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Daniels Fund → Gray Stecher: $52K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of California - Berkeley: $3.0M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gray Foundation → The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc → The Biomimicry Institute: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Worthington Scholarship Foundation → Husson College: $623K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Grays Harbor Community Foundation → YMCA of Grays Harbor: $364K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Mary L Gray: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 New Jersey League of Conservation Voters → New Jersey Highlands Coalition: $54K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Medina Foundation → Connections (Formerly Children's Advocacy Center of Grays Harbor): $50K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Daniels Fund → Kianna Gray: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community West Foundation → Chamberlain University: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Vanderbilt University: $2.6M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gray Foundation → Hunter College Foundation Inc: $900K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc → Georgia Tech Ray C Anderson Center for Sustainable Business: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Worthington Scholarship Foundation → University of Maine: $493K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Grays Harbor Community Foundation → The Arc of Grays Harbor: $289K across 2 grants, latest 2024 New Jersey League of Conservation Voters → Pinelands Preservation Alliance: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Medina Foundation → Nonprofit Association of Washington: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Daniels Fund → Maya Gray: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community West Foundation → Kent State University: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Gray Area Foundation for the Arts: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Harvard University: $2.1M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → The Rockefeller University: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Princeton University: $1.7M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of California San Francisco: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of California-San Francisco: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Yale University: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Case Western Reserve Univ: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Washington University: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of Minnesota Medical School: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of Washington School of Medicine: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of Colorado Boulder: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of California - San Francisco: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of California - San Diego: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of California - Davis: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Ucla: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → The University of Texas at Austin: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Stanford Univ: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Boston University: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → The Pennsylvania State University: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Broad Institute: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Northeastern University: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of Washington: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: $829K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: $823K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Johns Hopkins University: $820K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → University of Michigan: $678K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Massachusetts General Hospital: $434K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Northwestern University: $425K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute → Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $425K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute: $51M on this topic. Open the funder. Howard Hughes Medical Institu… $51M Gray Foundation: $5.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Gray Foundation $5.3M The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ray C Anderson Foundation… $5.0M Grays Harbor College Foundation: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Grays Harbor College Foundati… $3.7M Worthington Scholarship Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Worthington Scholarship Found… $1.8M Grays Harbor Community Foundation: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Grays Harbor Community Founda… $1.5M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $628K on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $628K Medina Foundation: $225K on this topic. Open the funder. Medina Foundation $225K New Jersey League of Conservation Voters: $212K on this topic. Open the funder. New Jersey League of Conserva… $212K Daniels Fund: $116K on this topic. Open the funder. Daniels Fund $116K The Fullerton Foundation: $101K on this topic. Open the funder. The Fullerton Foundation $101K Community West Foundation: $79K on this topic. Open the funder. Community West Foundation $79K Stanford University: received $4.6M on this topic Stanford University $4.6M Grays Harbor College: received $3.7M on this topic Grays Harbor College $3.7M Mzc Foundation (Dba the Ray): received $3.0M on this topic Mzc Foundation (Dba the Ray) $3.0M University of California - Berkeley: received $3.0M on this topic University of California - Berk… $3.0M Vanderbilt University: received $2.6M on this topic Vanderbilt University $2.6M United Negro College Fund Inc: received $2.4M on this topic United Negro College Fund Inc $2.4M Harvard University: received $2.1M on this topic Harvard University $2.1M The Rockefeller University: received $2.1M on this topic The Rockefeller University $2.1M The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: received $2.0M on this topic The Trustees of the University… $2.0M Princeton University: received $1.7M on this topic Princeton University $1.7M University of California San Francisco: received $1.7M on this topic University of California San Fr… $1.7M University of California-San Francisco: received $1.7M on this topic University of California-San Fr… $1.7M Massachusetts Institute of Technology: received $1.7M on this topic Massachusetts Institute of Tech… $1.7M Yale University: received $1.7M on this topic Yale University $1.7M University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: received $1.6M on this topic University of Texas Southwester… $1.6M The Biomimicry Institute: received $1.3M on this topic The Biomimicry Institute $1.3M Case Western Reserve Univ: received $1.3M on this topic Case Western Reserve Univ $1.3M Washington University: received $1.3M on this topic Washington University $1.3M University of Minnesota Medical School: received $1.3M on this topic University of Minnesota Medical… $1.3M University of Washington School of Medicine: received $1.3M on this topic University of Washington School… $1.3M University of Colorado Boulder: received $1.3M on this topic University of Colorado Boulder $1.3M University of California - San Francisco: received $1.3M on this topic University of California - San… $1.3M University of California - San Diego: received $1.3M on this topic University of California - San… $1.3M University of California - Davis: received $1.3M on this topic University of California - Davis $1.3M Ucla: received $1.3M on this topic Ucla $1.3M The University of Texas at Austin: received $1.3M on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $1.3M Stanford Univ: received $1.3M on this topic Stanford Univ $1.3M Boston University: received $1.3M on this topic Boston University $1.3M The Pennsylvania State University: received $1.3M on this topic The Pennsylvania State Universi… $1.3M Broad Institute: received $1.3M on this topic Broad Institute $1.3M Northeastern University: received $1.3M on this topic Northeastern University $1.3M Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: received $1.3M on this topic Icahn School of Medicine at Mou… $1.3M University of Washington: received $1.2M on this topic University of Washington $1.2M Hunter College Foundation Inc: received $900K on this topic Hunter College Foundation Inc $900K Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: received $829K on this topic Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $829K Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: received $823K on this topic Whitehead Institute for Biomedi… $823K Johns Hopkins University: received $820K on this topic Johns Hopkins University $820K YMCA of Grays Harbor: received $815K on this topic YMCA of Grays Harbor $815K Georgia Tech Ray C Anderson Center for Sustainable Business: received $750K on this topic Georgia Tech Ray C Anderson Cen… $750K University of Michigan: received $678K on this topic University of Michigan $678K University of Maine Farmington: received $638K on this topic University of Maine Farmington $638K Husson College: received $623K on this topic Husson College $623K Mary L Gray: received $500K on this topic Mary L Gray $500K University of Maine: received $493K on this topic University of Maine $493K Massachusetts General Hospital: received $434K on this topic Massachusetts General Hospital $434K Northwestern University: received $425K on this topic Northwestern University $425K Salk Institute for Biological Studies: received $425K on this topic Salk Institute for Biological S… $425K YMCA of Grays Harbor: received $364K on this topic YMCA of Grays Harbor $364K The Arc of Grays Harbor: received $289K on this topic The Arc of Grays Harbor $289K Grays Harbor Youth Works: received $140K on this topic Grays Harbor Youth Works $140K Mary L Gray: received $125K on this topic Mary L Gray $125K Nj Future: received $108K on this topic Nj Future $108K Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine: received $101K on this topic Wake Forest Bowman Gray School… $101K Cleveland State University: received $56K on this topic Cleveland State University $56K New Jersey Highlands Coalition: received $54K on this topic New Jersey Highlands Coalition $54K Gray Stecher: received $52K on this topic Gray Stecher $52K Connections (Formerly Children's Advocacy Center of Grays Harbor): received $50K on this topic Connections (Formerly Children'… $50K Pinelands Preservation Alliance: received $50K on this topic Pinelands Preservation Alliance $50K Kianna Gray: received $38K on this topic Kianna Gray $38K Nonprofit Association of Washington: received $35K on this topic Nonprofit Association of Washin… $35K Maya Gray: received $26K on this topic Maya Gray $26K Chamberlain University: received $17K on this topic Chamberlain University $17K Kent State University: received $7K on this topic Kent State University $7K Gray Area Foundation for the Arts: received $3K on this topic Gray Area Foundation for the Ar… $3K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “gray” 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: $2.6M to Vanderbilt University — h. gray scholars - faculty
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Largest: $428,375 to YMCA OF GRAYS HARBOR — to support the program.
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Largest: $250,602 to University of Maine — scholarships - a abelon, i adams, h, agbuya, a albert, p alexander, c alley, r alley, a aviles, k bailey, j beal, k beal, a beaucage, c beaudoin, k bergelin, a bickerstaff, l billi…
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Largest: $78,100 to NJ FUTURE — to support a robust grassroots education, outreach & engagement program that culminates in communities having the ability to fund green and gray water infrastructure within nj by e…
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Largest: $40,000 to GRAYS HARBOR YOUTH WORKS — impact initiative
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Largest: $20,000 to WAKE FOREST BOWMAN GRAY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — 2021 - medical student scholarship - wingler
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Largest: $19,622 to CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY — florence gray scholarships
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Largest: $2.4M to UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — gray nyc scholars cohort
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Largest: $125,000 to Mary L Gray — macarthur foundation fellow award - anthropologist and media scholar
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Largest: $26,583 to GRAY STECHER — educational scholarship
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Largest: $932,369 to GRAYS HARBOR COLLEGE — scholarship assistance for students
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Largest: $2.0M to MZC FOUNDATION (DBA THE RAY) — gray note grant - committed to $1,250,000 annually for five years, from 2022 through 2026
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