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12 funders with a record of paying for “knee”
Where the money went The Roy Cockrum Foundation → World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ncinnovation Inc → North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: $370K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Lindskog Foundation → Marin Health Medical Center Foundat: $359K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Orthopaedic Research and Education → The Hospital for Special Surgery: $168K across 2 grants, latest 2024 John William Pope Foundation → West Virginia University Foundation: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The William J Matheson Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 American Association of Hip & Knee → The Knee Society: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 George S and Dolores Dore → Operation Walk Utah: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Wounded Knee District School Foundation: $21K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Charles & Mabel P Jost Foundation Inc → Hospital for Special Surgery: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sweet Tender Mercies Inc → Castle Rock Surgicenter: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2025 C E Gibbs Memorial Trust Fund → Norman Box: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Orthopaedic Research and Education → Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium - the Geneva Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Association of Hip & Knee → Jis Orthopaedics Adult Reconstruction Hip & Knee Fellowship: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Wounded Knee District School Foundation Inc: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sweet Tender Mercies Inc → Us Anesthesia Partners: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Orthopaedic Research and Education → University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Association of Hip & Knee → The Carrell Clinic Hip and Knee Replacement Center Adult Reconstruction Fel: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sweet Tender Mercies Inc → Dr Craig Loucks Md: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Orthopaedic Research and Education → Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Orthopaedic Research and Education → Virginia Commonwealth University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Sweet Tender Mercies Inc → No Limits Pt - Castle Rock: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Roy Cockrum Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Roy Cockrum Foundation $1.1M Ncinnovation Inc: $370K on this topic. Open the funder. Ncinnovation Inc $370K The Lindskog Foundation: $359K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lindskog Foundation $359K Orthopaedic Research and Education: $298K on this topic. Open the funder. Orthopaedic Research and Educ… $298K American Association of Hip & Knee: $128K on this topic. Open the funder. American Association of Hip &… $128K John William Pope Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. John William Pope Foundation $120K The William J Matheson Foundation Inc: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. The William J Matheson Founda… $100K George S and Dolores Dore: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. George S and Dolores Dore $55K Boston Foundation Inc: $28K on this topic. Open the funder. Boston Foundation Inc $28K Sweet Tender Mercies Inc: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. Sweet Tender Mercies Inc $13K Charles & Mabel P Jost Foundation Inc: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Charles & Mabel P Jost Founda… $9K C E Gibbs Memorial Trust Fund: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. C E Gibbs Memorial Trust Fund $5K World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc: received $1.1M on this topic World Trade Center Performing A… $1.1M North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: received $370K on this topic North Carolina Agricultural and… $370K Marin Health Medical Center Foundat: received $359K on this topic Marin Health Medical Center Fou… $359K The Hospital for Special Surgery: received $168K on this topic The Hospital for Special Surgery $168K West Virginia University Foundation: received $120K on this topic West Virginia University Founda… $120K Columbia University: received $100K on this topic Columbia University $100K The Knee Society: received $100K on this topic The Knee Society $100K Operation Walk Utah: received $55K on this topic Operation Walk Utah $55K Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium - the Geneva Foundation: received $50K on this topic Medical Technology Enterprise C… $50K University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine: received $50K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $50K Wounded Knee District School Foundation: received $21K on this topic Wounded Knee District School Fo… $21K Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: received $20K on this topic Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's… $20K Jis Orthopaedics Adult Reconstruction Hip & Knee Fellowship: received $14K on this topic Jis Orthopaedics Adult Reconstr… $14K The Carrell Clinic Hip and Knee Replacement Center Adult Reconstruction Fel: received $14K on this topic The Carrell Clinic Hip and Knee… $14K Virginia Commonwealth University: received $10K on this topic Virginia Commonwealth University $10K Hospital for Special Surgery: received $9K on this topic Hospital for Special Surgery $9K Castle Rock Surgicenter: received $7K on this topic Castle Rock Surgicenter $7K Wounded Knee District School Foundation Inc: received $7K on this topic Wounded Knee District School Fo… $7K Norman Box: received $5K on this topic Norman Box $5K Us Anesthesia Partners: received $2K on this topic Us Anesthesia Partners $2K Dr Craig Loucks Md: received $2K on this topic Dr Craig Loucks Md $2K No Limits Pt - Castle Rock: received $1K on this topic No Limits Pt - Castle Rock $1K 12 funders, 22 recipients, grants matching “knee” 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: $50,000 to Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium - The Geneva Foundation — objective dynamic and 3d knee assessment medical device to improve recovery and accelerate return to readiness of members with knee pain
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Largest: $13,800 to JIS ORTHOPAEDICS ADULT RECONSTRUCTION HIP & KNEE FELLOWSHIP — fellowship grant
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Largest: $7,319 to Wounded Knee District School Foundation Inc — operating support/annual fund
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Largest: $7,406 to CASTLE ROCK SURGICENTER — knee surgery for jesse woelber
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Largest: $60,000 to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — restricted - knee regulatory research center for the nc scope of practice study
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Largest: $234,000 to MARIN HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDAT — grant related to acquistion of depuy velys knee robot
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Largest: $50,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — enabled technology total knee arthroplasty fund
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Largest: $3,000 to HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY — knee service fund
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Largest: $30,000 to OPERATION WALK UTAH — orthopaedic surgical missions for individuals in utah suffering from severe arthritis or debilitating disorders of the hip and knee joints
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Largest: $370,012 to NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY — clinical knee arthrometer to measure knee laxity
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Largest: $1.1M to WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC — between two knees
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Largest: $3,905 to NORMAN BOX — knee replacement
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