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12 funders with a record of paying for “mellon”
Where the money went Richard King Mellon Foundation → Carnegie Mellon University: $72M across 26 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → American Council of Learned Societies: $24M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hillman Family Foundations → Carnegie Mellon University: $22M across 22 grants, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → Carnegie Mellon University: $20M across 32 grants, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Carnegie Mellon University: $4.9M across 23 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Carnegie Mellon University: $2.9M across 25 grants, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Carnegie Mellon University: $2.4M across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation → Carnegie Mellon University: $1.8M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Virginia Foundation for Community → Virginia Community College System: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Grable Foundation → Carnegie Mellon University: $661K across 15 grants, latest 2024 California State University Foundation → Csu Long Beach Research Foundation: $417K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Council of Graduate Schools → Loyola University Chicago: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Social Science Research Council: $4.4M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Virginia Foundation for Community → Brightpoint Community College: $756K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy: $310K across 2 grants, latest 2024 California State University Foundation → Csu Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation: $243K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation → Caregie Mellon University: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Princeton University: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Heinz Endowments → Community Justice Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Council of Graduate Schools → The University of Arizona: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Harvard University: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Virginia Foundation for Community → J Sargeant Reynolds Community College: $608K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2021 California State University Foundation → Csu Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation: $194K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Heinz Endowments → Hill District Consensus Group: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Council of Graduate Schools → Howard University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Council of Graduate Schools: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → New York Public Library: $700K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Houston: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Arts & Minds Inc: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Carnegie Mellon University: $270K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2024 California State University Foundation → Cal State La University Auxiliary Svc: $119K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Seton Hill University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation → Thrill Mill Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Virginia Foundation for Community → Virginia Commonwealth University: $93K across 2 grants, latest 2024 California State University Foundation → Csu San Bernardino Philanthropic Foundation: $84K across 1 grant, latest 2024 California State University Foundation → Csu San Bernadino Philanthropic Foundation: $62K across 1 grant, latest 2023 California State University Foundation → Csu Dominguez Hills Philanthropic: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 California State University Foundation → Csu Los Angeles University Auxiliary Services: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → University of California Irvine: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → Cuny Graduate Center: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → Purdue University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → Wayne State University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → Michigan State University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → The University of Texas at El Paso: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → The University of Southern Mississippi: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Heinz Endowments → Petra Floyd: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Council of Graduate Schools → Wayne State University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → Michigan State University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → Loyola University Chicago: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → Howard University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → Cuny Graduate Center: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → Purdue University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → The University of Arizona: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → The University of Southern Mississippi: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → University of California Irvine: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Council of Graduate Schools → University of Texas El Paso: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Richard King Mellon Foundation: $73M on this topic. Open the funder. Richard King Mellon Foundation $73M The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $34M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $34M Hillman Family Foundations: $22M on this topic. Open the funder. Hillman Family Foundations $22M The Heinz Endowments: $21M on this topic. Open the funder. The Heinz Endowments $21M Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $5.1M The Simons Foundation Inc: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $2.9M The Virginia Foundation for Community: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Virginia Foundation for C… $2.5M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $2.4M The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Shurl and Kay Curci Found… $1.9M California State University Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. California State University F… $1.2M The Grable Foundation: $661K on this topic. Open the funder. The Grable Foundation $661K Council of Graduate Schools: $280K on this topic. Open the funder. Council of Graduate Schools $280K Carnegie Mellon University: received $128M on this topic Carnegie Mellon University $128M American Council of Learned Societies: received $24M on this topic American Council of Learned Soc… $24M Social Science Research Council: received $4.4M on this topic Social Science Research Council $4.4M Harvard University: received $2.0M on this topic Harvard University $2.0M Council of Graduate Schools: received $1.3M on this topic Council of Graduate Schools $1.3M Virginia Community College System: received $1.0M on this topic Virginia Community College Syst… $1.0M Brightpoint Community College: received $756K on this topic Brightpoint Community College $756K New York Public Library: received $700K on this topic New York Public Library $700K J Sargeant Reynolds Community College: received $608K on this topic J Sargeant Reynolds Community C… $608K University of Houston: received $500K on this topic University of Houston $500K Csu Long Beach Research Foundation: received $417K on this topic Csu Long Beach Research Foundat… $417K Arts & Minds Inc: received $350K on this topic Arts & Minds Inc $350K Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy: received $310K on this topic Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy $310K Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: received $300K on this topic Lincoln Center for the Performi… $300K Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown: received $250K on this topic Community Foundation of Greater… $250K Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation: received $250K on this topic Draper Richards Kaplan Foundati… $250K Csu Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation: received $243K on this topic Csu Fullerton Philanthropic Fou… $243K Csu Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation: received $194K on this topic Csu Dominguez Hills Philanthrop… $194K Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources: received $180K on this topic Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural R… $180K Caregie Mellon University: received $125K on this topic Caregie Mellon University $125K Cal State La University Auxiliary Svc: received $119K on this topic Cal State La University Auxilia… $119K Seton Hill University: received $100K on this topic Seton Hill University $100K Thrill Mill Inc: received $100K on this topic Thrill Mill Inc $100K Virginia Commonwealth University: received $93K on this topic Virginia Commonwealth University $93K Csu San Bernardino Philanthropic Foundation: received $84K on this topic Csu San Bernardino Philanthropi… $84K Princeton University: received $75K on this topic Princeton University $75K University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: received $75K on this topic University of North Carolina Ch… $75K Csu San Bernadino Philanthropic Foundation: received $62K on this topic Csu San Bernadino Philanthropic… $62K Community Justice Project: received $50K on this topic Community Justice Project $50K Hill District Consensus Group: received $49K on this topic Hill District Consensus Group $49K Csu Dominguez Hills Philanthropic: received $40K on this topic Csu Dominguez Hills Philanthrop… $40K Csu Los Angeles University Auxiliary Services: received $32K on this topic Csu Los Angeles University Auxi… $32K Loyola University Chicago: received $20K on this topic Loyola University Chicago $20K The University of Arizona: received $20K on this topic The University of Arizona $20K Howard University: received $20K on this topic Howard University $20K University of California Irvine: received $20K on this topic University of California Irvine $20K Cuny Graduate Center: received $20K on this topic Cuny Graduate Center $20K Purdue University: received $20K on this topic Purdue University $20K Wayne State University: received $20K on this topic Wayne State University $20K Michigan State University: received $20K on this topic Michigan State University $20K The University of Texas at El Paso: received $20K on this topic The University of Texas at El P… $20K The University of Southern Mississippi: received $20K on this topic The University of Southern Miss… $20K Petra Floyd: received $20K on this topic Petra Floyd $20K Wayne State University: received $8K on this topic Wayne State University $8K Michigan State University: received $8K on this topic Michigan State University $8K Loyola University Chicago: received $8K on this topic Loyola University Chicago $8K Howard University: received $8K on this topic Howard University $8K Cuny Graduate Center: received $8K on this topic Cuny Graduate Center $8K Purdue University: received $8K on this topic Purdue University $8K The University of Arizona: received $8K on this topic The University of Arizona $8K The University of Southern Mississippi: received $8K on this topic The University of Southern Miss… $8K University of California Irvine: received $8K on this topic University of California Irvine $8K University of Texas El Paso: received $8K on this topic University of Texas El Paso $8K 12 funders, 53 recipients, grants matching “mellon” 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: $5.0M to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — to launch the center for shared prosperity at carnegie mellon university: (the "center"), a university-community partnership to address barriers to equality in pittsburgh
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Largest: $100,000 to SETON HILL UNIVERSITY — toward an annual scholarship in recognition of sandra s. mellon's community leadership
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Largest: $1.5M to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — to study the techno-economics of critical industries and their supply chains
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Largest: $192,000 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — simons investigator in computer science
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Largest: $500,000 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — launching decarb@cmu, an initiative connecting researchers and regional stakeholders working on industrial decarbonization
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Largest: $8.6M to AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES — to support the administration and annual institutional renewals for the mellon mays undergraduate fellowship program
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Largest: $401,042 to VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM — to support the mellon, caps, claude moore scholars, clark foundation engineering and workforce programs.
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Largest: $20,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — mellon career pathway
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Largest: $109,086 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — to support the k-12 outreach efforts of carnegie mellon universitys learning sciences initiative
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Largest: $250,000 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — support research on circadian heterogeneity at the host-microbe interface
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Largest: $100,000 to CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY — to support a nonpartisan policy translation fellowship at the center for informed democracy and social-cybersecurity at carnegie mellon university.
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Largest: $185,761 to CSU LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION — mellon acls grant transfer to campus
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