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1 funder with a record of paying for “imitatio”

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The Thiel Foundation → Association Recherches Mimetiques: $240K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Benoit Chantre: $240K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Mark Anspach: $195K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → James Alison: $190K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Glass Darkly Films Inc: $133K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Lumen Christi Institute: $123K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → James Allison: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Thiel Foundation → Cynthia Haven: $72K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → The Cornerstone Forum: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Thiel Foundation → Cornerstone Forum: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Thiel Foundation → Samuel Sorich: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Glass Darkly Films: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Thiel Foundation → Jean Pierre Dupuy: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Thiel Foundation → Jean-Pierre Dupuy: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Thiel Foundation → Colloquium On Violence and Religion: $24K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Tobias Huber: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Thiel Foundation → Canterbury Institue: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Thiel Foundation → Emmanuel Dubois De Prisque: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Thiel Foundation → Art Press: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Thiel Foundation → The Catholic University of America: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Thiel Foundation → Kristin Dombek: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Thiel Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Thiel Foundation$1.7MAssociation Recherches Mimetiques: received $240K on this topicAssociation Recherches Mimetiqu…$240KBenoit Chantre: received $240K on this topicBenoit Chantre$240KMark Anspach: received $195K on this topicMark Anspach$195KJames Alison: received $190K on this topicJames Alison$190KGlass Darkly Films Inc: received $133K on this topicGlass Darkly Films Inc$133KLumen Christi Institute: received $123K on this topicLumen Christi Institute$123KJames Allison: received $95K on this topicJames Allison$95KCynthia Haven: received $72K on this topicCynthia Haven$72KThe Cornerstone Forum: received $65K on this topicThe Cornerstone Forum$65KCornerstone Forum: received $65K on this topicCornerstone Forum$65KSamuel Sorich: received $50K on this topicSamuel Sorich$50KGlass Darkly Films: received $45K on this topicGlass Darkly Films$45KJean Pierre Dupuy: received $40K on this topicJean Pierre Dupuy$40KJean-Pierre Dupuy: received $40K on this topicJean-Pierre Dupuy$40KColloquium On Violence and Religion: received $24K on this topicColloquium On Violence and Reli…$24KTobias Huber: received $23K on this topicTobias Huber$23KCanterbury Institue: received $22K on this topicCanterbury Institue$22KEmmanuel Dubois De Prisque: received $15K on this topicEmmanuel Dubois De Prisque$15KArt Press: received $11K on this topicArt Press$11KThe Catholic University of America: received $5K on this topicThe Catholic University of Amer…$5KKristin Dombek: received $3K on this topicKristin Dombek$3K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →