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12 funders with a record of paying for “liquidating”
Where the money went W L Lyons Brown Foundation → Msb Cockayne Fund Inc: $11M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Partnership for Recovery Inc → Lauren's Kids Inc: $2.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc → Seas Foundation Ltd: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Florida State University Research Foundation Inc: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bridge Builders Foundation → Bank of America Gift Fund Ned Kli: $622K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Irvine: $555K across 1 grant, latest 2022 M J Murdock Charitable Trust → University of Washington: $551K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Norman Perl Foundation → Mark and Lisa Ratner Amily Foundation: $255K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation → Dana Farber: $255K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Great Plains Improvement Foundation → Embrace Hope Collaboratorium Inc: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Center On Race Poverty & the Environment → Social & Environmental Entrep: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pilot Clubs Lifeline System of Baytown → Vietnam Soldiers of Baytown: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 W L Lyons Brown Foundation → Skylight Woods Foundation Inc: $5.7M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Washington University: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bridge Builders Foundation → Schwab Charitable Fund Kristan Chil: $622K across 1 grant, latest 2023 M J Murdock Charitable Trust → Oregon Health and Science University Foundation: $341K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Norman Perl Foundation → Lynn and Justin Perl Charitable Gift Fund (Held at Fidelity Investments): $227K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc → Broadscope Disability Services: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Center On Race Poverty & the Environment → Cultiva La Salud: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Great Plains Improvement Foundation → St Johns Missionary Baptist Church: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Southwest Research Institute: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Partnership for Recovery Inc → Laurens Kids Inc: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pilot Clubs Lifeline System of Baytown → Meals On Wheels: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 W L Lyons Brown Foundation → Limestone Family Foundation Inc: $5.5M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Trustees of Princeton University: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Bridge Builders Foundation → Vanguard Charitable the Klingelho: $622K across 1 grant, latest 2023 M J Murdock Charitable Trust → Washington State University Foundation: $314K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Norman Perl Foundation → The Stacy Sokol Gifting Fund (Held at Fidelity Investments): $227K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc → Trees for Tomorrow Inc: $128K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Center On Race Poverty & the Environment → Leadership Counsel for Justic: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Great Plains Improvement Foundation → New Life Fellowship Church: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pilot Clubs Lifeline System of Baytown → Bay Area Heritage Society of Baytown: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 W L Lyons Brown Foundation → Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundation Inc: $3.8M across 1 grant, latest 2025 W L Lyons Brown Foundation → Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc: $3.8M across 1 grant, latest 2025 W L Lyons Brown Foundation → Sociable Weaver Foundation: $3.7M across 1 grant, latest 2025 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Wellesley College: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of Colorado: $638K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Rochester: $487K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Georgia Tech Research Corporation: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Tennessee: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Tennessee: $280K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Trustees of Princeton University: $246K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Norman Perl Foundation → Robbie Perl & Richard Garon Charitable Fund (Held at Fidelity Investments): $227K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc → Milwaukee Children's Choir: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc → Life Navigators: $99K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Center On Race Poverty & the Environment → Wukchumni Tribe: $97K across 1 grant, latest 2024 M J Murdock Charitable Trust → University of Montana: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learningmcgill University: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heising-Simons Foundation → University of Texas at Austin: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heising-Simons Foundation → University of Chicago: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Great Plains Improvement Foundation → Next Step Tlp Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Pilot Clubs Lifeline System of Baytown → Love Network of Baytown: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Pilot Clubs Lifeline System of Baytown → Gccisd Education Foundation: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 W L Lyons Brown Foundation: $34M on this topic. Open the funder. W L Lyons Brown Foundation $34M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $6.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $6.5M Partnership for Recovery Inc: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Partnership for Recovery Inc $2.3M Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Greater Milwaukee Foundation… $2.2M Bridge Builders Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Bridge Builders Foundation $1.9M M J Murdock Charitable Trust: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. M J Murdock Charitable Trust $1.3M Norman Perl Foundation: $936K on this topic. Open the funder. Norman Perl Foundation $936K The Heising-Simons Foundation: $885K on this topic. Open the funder. The Heising-Simons Foundation $885K Center On Race Poverty & the Environment: $390K on this topic. Open the funder. Center On Race Poverty & the… $390K Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation: $330K on this topic. Open the funder. Pediatric Cancer Research Fou… $330K Great Plains Improvement Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. Great Plains Improvement Foun… $300K Pilot Clubs Lifeline System of Baytown: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Pilot Clubs Lifeline System o… $100K Msb Cockayne Fund Inc: received $11M on this topic Msb Cockayne Fund Inc $11M Skylight Woods Foundation Inc: received $5.7M on this topic Skylight Woods Foundation Inc $5.7M Limestone Family Foundation Inc: received $5.5M on this topic Limestone Family Foundation Inc $5.5M Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundation Inc: received $3.8M on this topic Owsley Brown III Philanthropic… $3.8M Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc: received $3.8M on this topic Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthrop… $3.8M Sociable Weaver Foundation: received $3.7M on this topic Sociable Weaver Foundation $3.7M Lauren's Kids Inc: received $2.2M on this topic Lauren's Kids Inc $2.2M Seas Foundation Ltd: received $1.7M on this topic Seas Foundation Ltd $1.7M Florida State University Research Foundation Inc: received $1.1M on this topic Florida State University Resear… $1.1M Washington University: received $1.1M on this topic Washington University $1.1M Trustees of Princeton University: received $1.0M on this topic Trustees of Princeton University $1.0M Wellesley College: received $750K on this topic Wellesley College $750K Regents of the University of Colorado: received $638K on this topic Regents of the University of Co… $638K Bank of America Gift Fund Ned Kli: received $622K on this topic Bank of America Gift Fund Ned K… $622K Schwab Charitable Fund Kristan Chil: received $622K on this topic Schwab Charitable Fund Kristan… $622K Vanguard Charitable the Klingelho: received $622K on this topic Vanguard Charitable the Klingel… $622K Regents of the University of California at Irvine: received $555K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $555K University of Washington: received $551K on this topic University of Washington $551K University of Rochester: received $487K on this topic University of Rochester $487K Georgia Tech Research Corporation: received $450K on this topic Georgia Tech Research Corporati… $450K University of Tennessee: received $450K on this topic University of Tennessee $450K Oregon Health and Science University Foundation: received $341K on this topic Oregon Health and Science Unive… $341K Washington State University Foundation: received $314K on this topic Washington State University Fou… $314K University of Tennessee: received $280K on this topic University of Tennessee $280K Mark and Lisa Ratner Amily Foundation: received $255K on this topic Mark and Lisa Ratner Amily Foun… $255K Dana Farber: received $255K on this topic Dana Farber $255K Trustees of Princeton University: received $246K on this topic Trustees of Princeton University $246K Lynn and Justin Perl Charitable Gift Fund (Held at Fidelity Investments): received $227K on this topic Lynn and Justin Perl Charitable… $227K The Stacy Sokol Gifting Fund (Held at Fidelity Investments): received $227K on this topic The Stacy Sokol Gifting Fund (H… $227K Robbie Perl & Richard Garon Charitable Fund (Held at Fidelity Investments): received $227K on this topic Robbie Perl & Richard Garon Cha… $227K Broadscope Disability Services: received $180K on this topic Broadscope Disability Services $180K Trees for Tomorrow Inc: received $128K on this topic Trees for Tomorrow Inc $128K Embrace Hope Collaboratorium Inc: received $110K on this topic Embrace Hope Collaboratorium Inc $110K Milwaukee Children's Choir: received $107K on this topic Milwaukee Children's Choir $107K Life Navigators: received $99K on this topic Life Navigators $99K Social & Environmental Entrep: received $97K on this topic Social & Environmental Entrep $97K Cultiva La Salud: received $97K on this topic Cultiva La Salud $97K Leadership Counsel for Justic: received $97K on this topic Leadership Counsel for Justic $97K Wukchumni Tribe: received $97K on this topic Wukchumni Tribe $97K St Johns Missionary Baptist Church: received $80K on this topic St Johns Missionary Baptist Chu… $80K Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: received $75K on this topic Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $75K University of Montana: received $75K on this topic University of Montana $75K New Life Fellowship Church: received $60K on this topic New Life Fellowship Church $60K Southwest Research Institute: received $55K on this topic Southwest Research Institute $55K Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $55K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $55K Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learningmcgill University: received $55K on this topic Royal Institution for the Advan… $55K University of Texas at Austin: received $55K on this topic University of Texas at Austin $55K University of Chicago: received $55K on this topic University of Chicago $55K Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: received $55K on this topic Arizona State University Founda… $55K Next Step Tlp Inc: received $50K on this topic Next Step Tlp Inc $50K Laurens Kids Inc: received $45K on this topic Laurens Kids Inc $45K Vietnam Soldiers of Baytown: received $20K on this topic Vietnam Soldiers of Baytown $20K Meals On Wheels: received $20K on this topic Meals On Wheels $20K Bay Area Heritage Society of Baytown: received $20K on this topic Bay Area Heritage Society of Ba… $20K Love Network of Baytown: received $20K on this topic Love Network of Baytown $20K Gccisd Education Foundation: received $20K on this topic Gccisd Education Foundation $20K 12 funders, 56 recipients, grants matching “liquidating” 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: $574,800 to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — to tackle challenging long-standing problems in quantum and classical turbulence research fields using levitated superfluid liquid helium drops and liquid helium flow apparatus.
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Largest: $11.4M to MSB COCKAYNE FUND INC — liquidating distribution
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Largest: $555,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE — for research and development on flare, a noble liquid detector at the large hadron collider
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Largest: $1.7M to SEAS FOUNDATION LTD — fund liquidation
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Largest: $550,500 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (lc-ms)
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Largest: $2.2M to Lauren's Kids Inc — partnership for recovery (pfr)inc. is distriibuting all of its funds to lauren's kids inc. in connection with the liquidation of pfr. lauren's kids inc. is a public charity, irc 50…
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Largest: $255,142 to MARK AND LISA RATNER AMILY FOUNDATION — liquidation of foundation's assets in qualifying distribution pursuant to irc sec. 4942(g).
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Largest: $97,455 to Cultiva La Salud — cafa liquidation
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Largest: $105,000 to DANA FARBER — prospective validation of a prognostic liquid biopsy approach for pediatric ewing sarcoma
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Largest: $110,000 to Embrace Hope Collaboratorium Inc — asset liquidation distribution upon dissolution
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Largest: $20,000 to VIETNAM SOLDIERS OF BAYTOWN — to aid in the mission of the organization and liquidate the assets of this entity
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Largest: $621,858 to Bank of America Gift Fund Ned Kli — distributions per the foundation's plan of termination and complete liquidation
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