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12 funders with a record of paying for “mcmaster”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → Mcmaster University: $6.7M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family → Mcmaster University: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mcmaster Family Foundation Inc → Fidelity Charitable: $898K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Petna Foundation Inc → Mcmaster University: $387K across 3 grants, latest 2024 128 Collective Foundation → Mcmaster University: $297K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Acid Maltase Deficiency Association → Mcmaster University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 President and Fellows of Harvard College → Mcmaster University: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Good Ventures Foundation → Toby Mcmaster: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Snyder Family Fund → Elizabethtown College: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Kulsum Foundation Inc → Mcmaster University: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Coffey Foundation Inc → Appalachian - Alyssa Danielle Mcmasters: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Franklin C Snyderlongue Vue Club → Nathan Mcmasters: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Coffey Foundation Inc → Appalachian State University - Alyssa Danielle Mcmasters: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Coffey Foundation Inc → Appalachian State University - Alyssa Mcmasters: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gates Foundation: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $6.7M Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Family $1.0M The Mcmaster Family Foundation Inc: $898K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcmaster Family Foundatio… $898K The Petna Foundation Inc: $387K on this topic. Open the funder. The Petna Foundation Inc $387K 128 Collective Foundation: $297K on this topic. Open the funder. 128 Collective Foundation $297K Acid Maltase Deficiency Association: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Acid Maltase Deficiency Assoc… $100K President and Fellows of Harvard College: $49K on this topic. Open the funder. President and Fellows of Harv… $49K Good Ventures Foundation: $41K on this topic. Open the funder. Good Ventures Foundation $41K The Coffey Foundation Inc: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. The Coffey Foundation Inc $24K The Snyder Family Fund: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. The Snyder Family Fund $20K Kulsum Foundation Inc: $13K on this topic. Open the funder. Kulsum Foundation Inc $13K Franklin C Snyderlongue Vue Club: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Franklin C Snyderlongue Vue C… $6K Mcmaster University: received $8.5M on this topic Mcmaster University $8.5M Fidelity Charitable: received $898K on this topic Fidelity Charitable $898K Toby Mcmaster: received $41K on this topic Toby Mcmaster $41K Elizabethtown College: received $20K on this topic Elizabethtown College $20K Appalachian - Alyssa Danielle Mcmasters: received $8K on this topic Appalachian - Alyssa Danielle M… $8K Appalachian State University - Alyssa Danielle Mcmasters: received $8K on this topic Appalachian State University -… $8K Appalachian State University - Alyssa Mcmasters: received $8K on this topic Appalachian State University -… $8K Nathan Mcmasters: received $6K on this topic Nathan Mcmasters $6K 12 funders, 8 recipients, grants matching “mcmaster” 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: $2.1M to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — research and learning opportunities
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Largest: $5,000 to ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE — ashley e. mcmaster '09 scholarship fund
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Largest: $228,000 to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — committed to creating a brighter world
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Largest: $8,000 to APPALACHIAN - ALYSSA DANIELLE MCMASTERS — college scholarships
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Largest: $500,000 to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — support for school of arts programming and enhancements
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Largest: $157,000 to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — public banking for green and just transitions project
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Largest: $7,030 to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — education scholarships & support
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Largest: $100,000 to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — to further research of disease
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Largest: $897,780 to FIDELITY CHARITABLE — mcmaster donor advised fund
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Largest: $40,873 to TOBY MCMASTER — biosecurity fellowship - educational scholarship
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Largest: $3,000 to NATHAN MCMASTERS — to continue higher educationto continue higher educationto continue higher education
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Largest: $48,774 to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY — sponsored research sub-award
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