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12 funders with a record of paying for “mcknight”
Where the money went The Mcknight Foundation → The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: $22M across 19 grants, latest 2024 Oklahoma State University Foundation → Foundation for the Mcknight Center Performing Arts: $4.2M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Mcknight Brain Research Foundation → University of Alabama Birmingham: $435K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Inasmuch Foundation → Oklahoma State University Foundation: $205K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Miami Foundation Inc → Robert Mcknight Fine Art Studio LLC: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mcknight Family Foundation → Northwell Health Foundation: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cfda Foundation Inc → Connor Mcknight LLC: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → California Institute of Technology: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Bartlett Foundation → Washington University: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2025 American Savings Foundation Inc → Monmouth University Itf Mcknight Ka: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Katharine Lw and Winthrop M Crane 3d → Ellington Historical Society 7 Nellie Mcknight Museum: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Slemp Foundation → Devin Mcknight: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → The Minneapolis Foundation: $5.8M across 9 grants, latest 2023 Oklahoma State University Foundation → Foundation for the Mcknight Center for the Performing Arts: $2.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Mcknight Brain Research Foundation → University of Arizona: $159K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Columbia University: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Inasmuch Foundation → Foundation for the Mcknight Center for the Performing Arts: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Cfda Foundation Inc → Loyalist LLC Co Connor Mcknight: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Slemp Foundation → D Mcknight: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Advancing Equity Coalition: $2.3M across 4 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Johns Hopkins University: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Mcknight Brain Research Foundation → University of Arizona - Evelyn F Mcknight Brain Institute: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → Alliance of Artists Communities: $1.5M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → American Composers Forum: $1.3M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music: $1.2M across 6 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → The Loft Inc: $1.2M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → The Cowles Center: $1.2M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Filmnorth: $1.2M across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Macphail Center for Music: $1.1M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Playwrights' Center Inc: $1.1M across 7 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Northern Clay Center: $1.0M across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Pillsbury United Communities: $761K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Center for Book Arts: $755K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Textile Center of Minnesota: $754K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: $305K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Minneapolis College of Art and Design: $278K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Mcknight Foundation → United States Artists Inc: $195K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Springboard for the Arts: $178K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Highpoint Center for Printmaking: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Council On Foundations: $112K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → International Centre for Research in Agroforestry: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → The Regents of the University of California: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → New York University Grossman School of Medicine: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Regents of the University of Colorado: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Syracuse University: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Texas State University Department of Psychology: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Trustees of Princeton University: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → George Floyd Global Memorial: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Policing Equity: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Mcknight Foundation → National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Cranbrook Educational Community: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → City of Becker Minnesota: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → Initiative Foundation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → Boardsource: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → Region Five Development Commission: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → Jugaad Leadership Program: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Indigenous Roots: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Huge Improv Theater: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Iqra Education Center: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Isaiah: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Minnesota Historical Society: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation: $45M on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $45M Oklahoma State University Foundation: $6.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Oklahoma State University Fou… $6.9M Mcknight Brain Research Foundation: $596K on this topic. Open the funder. Mcknight Brain Research Found… $596K Inasmuch Foundation: $215K on this topic. Open the funder. Inasmuch Foundation $215K The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: $182K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Endowment Fund f… $182K The Miami Foundation Inc: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. The Miami Foundation Inc $75K Mcknight Family Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Mcknight Family Foundation $60K Cfda Foundation Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Cfda Foundation Inc $30K Bartlett Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Bartlett Foundation $10K American Savings Foundation Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. American Savings Foundation I… $7K Katharine Lw and Winthrop M Crane 3d: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Katharine Lw and Winthrop M C… $4K The Slemp Foundation: $3K on this topic. Open the funder. The Slemp Foundation $3K The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: received $22M on this topic The Mcknight Endowment Fund for… $22M The Minneapolis Foundation: received $5.8M on this topic The Minneapolis Foundation $5.8M Foundation for the Mcknight Center Performing Arts: received $4.2M on this topic Foundation for the Mcknight Cen… $4.2M Foundation for the Mcknight Center for the Performing Arts: received $2.7M on this topic Foundation for the Mcknight Cen… $2.7M Advancing Equity Coalition: received $2.3M on this topic Advancing Equity Coalition $2.3M Alliance of Artists Communities: received $1.5M on this topic Alliance of Artists Communities $1.5M American Composers Forum: received $1.3M on this topic American Composers Forum $1.3M Minnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music: received $1.2M on this topic Minnesota Shubert Center for Da… $1.2M The Loft Inc: received $1.2M on this topic The Loft Inc $1.2M The Cowles Center: received $1.2M on this topic The Cowles Center $1.2M Filmnorth: received $1.2M on this topic Filmnorth $1.2M Macphail Center for Music: received $1.1M on this topic Macphail Center for Music $1.1M Playwrights' Center Inc: received $1.1M on this topic Playwrights' Center Inc $1.1M Northern Clay Center: received $1.0M on this topic Northern Clay Center $1.0M Pillsbury United Communities: received $761K on this topic Pillsbury United Communities $761K Minnesota Center for Book Arts: received $755K on this topic Minnesota Center for Book Arts $755K Textile Center of Minnesota: received $754K on this topic Textile Center of Minnesota $754K University of Alabama Birmingham: received $435K on this topic University of Alabama Birmingham $435K Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: received $305K on this topic Minnesota Council of Nonprofits… $305K Minneapolis College of Art and Design: received $278K on this topic Minneapolis College of Art and… $278K Oklahoma State University Foundation: received $205K on this topic Oklahoma State University Found… $205K United States Artists Inc: received $195K on this topic United States Artists Inc $195K Springboard for the Arts: received $178K on this topic Springboard for the Arts $178K University of Arizona: received $159K on this topic University of Arizona $159K Highpoint Center for Printmaking: received $125K on this topic Highpoint Center for Printmaking $125K Minnesota Council On Foundations: received $112K on this topic Minnesota Council On Foundations $112K Robert Mcknight Fine Art Studio LLC: received $75K on this topic Robert Mcknight Fine Art Studio… $75K Northwell Health Foundation: received $60K on this topic Northwell Health Foundation $60K International Centre for Research in Agroforestry: received $45K on this topic International Centre for Resear… $45K Connor Mcknight LLC: received $20K on this topic Connor Mcknight LLC $20K California Institute of Technology: received $17K on this topic California Institute of Technol… $17K Columbia University: received $17K on this topic Columbia University $17K Johns Hopkins University: received $17K on this topic Johns Hopkins University $17K The Regents of the University of California: received $17K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $17K New York University Grossman School of Medicine: received $17K on this topic New York University Grossman Sc… $17K Regents of the University of Colorado: received $17K on this topic Regents of the University of Co… $17K Salk Institute for Biological Studies: received $17K on this topic Salk Institute for Biological S… $17K Syracuse University: received $17K on this topic Syracuse University $17K Texas State University Department of Psychology: received $17K on this topic Texas State University Departme… $17K The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $17K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Le… $17K Trustees of Princeton University: received $17K on this topic Trustees of Princeton University $17K Washington University: received $10K on this topic Washington University $10K Loyalist LLC Co Connor Mcknight: received $10K on this topic Loyalist LLC Co Connor Mcknight $10K Monmouth University Itf Mcknight Ka: received $7K on this topic Monmouth University Itf Mcknigh… $7K George Floyd Global Memorial: received $6K on this topic George Floyd Global Memorial $6K Policing Equity: received $5K on this topic Policing Equity $5K National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: received $5K on this topic National Center for Family Phil… $5K Cranbrook Educational Community: received $4K on this topic Cranbrook Educational Community $4K City of Becker Minnesota: received $4K on this topic City of Becker Minnesota $4K Initiative Foundation: received $4K on this topic Initiative Foundation $4K Boardsource: received $4K on this topic Boardsource $4K Region Five Development Commission: received $4K on this topic Region Five Development Commiss… $4K Jugaad Leadership Program: received $4K on this topic Jugaad Leadership Program $4K Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization: received $4K on this topic Central Minnesota Community Emp… $4K Ellington Historical Society 7 Nellie Mcknight Museum: received $4K on this topic Ellington Historical Society 7… $4K Indigenous Roots: received $3K on this topic Indigenous Roots $3K Huge Improv Theater: received $2K on this topic Huge Improv Theater $2K Iqra Education Center: received $2K on this topic Iqra Education Center $2K Isaiah: received $2K on this topic Isaiah $2K Minnesota Historical Society: received $2K on this topic Minnesota Historical Society $2K Devin Mcknight: received $1K on this topic Devin Mcknight $1K D Mcknight: received $1K on this topic D Mcknight $1K University of Arizona - Evelyn F Mcknight Brain Institute: received $1K on this topic University of Arizona - Evelyn… $1K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “mcknight” 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 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience — for award programs supporting research in neuroscience
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Largest: $16,500 to The Regents of the University of California — mcknight pecot fellowship 2023. principal investigator: isacoff, dr. ehud y., ph.d.
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Largest: $1,232 to University of Arizona - Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute — funding of the evelyn f. mcknight brain institute at the university of arizona
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Largest: $2.2M to FOUNDATION FOR THE MCKNIGHT CENTER PERFORMING ARTS — program support
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Largest: $100,000 to OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — mcknight center for performing arts and greenwood school of music
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Largest: $3,125 to MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY ITF MCKNIGHT KA — scholarship program - scholarship
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Largest: $30,000 to NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION — the mcknight foundation fellowship fund
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Largest: $10,000 to LOYALIST LLC CO CONNOR MCKNIGHT — business development - fashion awards
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Largest: $5,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — mcknight family scholarship fund
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Largest: $50,000 to ROBERT MCKNIGHT FINE ART STUDIO LLC — program support
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Largest: $1,500 to Ellington Historical Society 7 Nellie McKnight Museum — for general purposes
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Largest: $1,250 to Devin McKnight — scholarship grant
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