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12 funders with a record of paying for “miners”
Where the money went Climateworks Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $3.7M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Climateworks Foundation: $2.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Grantham Foundation for the Protection → California Institute of Technology: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gemological Institute of America Inc → Pact Inc: $954K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of → University of California: $850K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Research Corporation for Science Advancement: $660K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Oxfam America Inc: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California Davis: $480K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Lipman Family Foundation Inc → Nm Bureau Geology & Mineral Resources (Geochron Lab): $160K across 4 grants, latest 2024 South Central Colorado Seniors Inc → Mineral County Homemaker Prog: $67K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Us Wind Force Foundation Inc → Mineral County Parks & Recreation: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 J Norman & Margaret J Reeves Private Foundat → Mineral County Family Resource Network: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Tmp Public Cic: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Grantham Foundation for the Protection → University of Alberta: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Climateworks Foundation → The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $980K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of → University of Illinois: $751K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of California Berkeley: $497K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Universidad Del Pacifico: $453K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Natural Resource Governance Institute: $207K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gemological Institute of America Inc → Mercury Free Mining Inc: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2024 South Central Colorado Seniors Inc → Mineral County Lunch Program: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 J Norman & Margaret J Reeves Private Foundat → Mineral County Energy Express: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Us Wind Force Foundation Inc → Keyser-Mineral Co Public Library: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Grantham Foundation for the Protection → University of British Columbia: $963K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → University of Maryland: $847K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → William and Mary College: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Columbia University: $486K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Environmental Investigation Agency: $425K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of → University of Kentucky Research Fou: $295K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gemological Institute of America Inc → Diamond Empowerment Fund Inc: $57K across 3 grants, latest 2024 J Norman & Margaret J Reeves Private Foundat → Mineral Co Family Resource: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Us Wind Force Foundation Inc → Mineral County Family Resource Network: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Grantham Foundation for the Protection → Ceec International: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Grantham Foundation for the Protection → Columbia University: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Resources for the Future Inc: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of California at Irvine: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of Wyoming: $446K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → University of Queensland: $420K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Grantham Foundation for the Protection → University of Calgary: $375K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Climateworks Foundation → Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Securing Americas Future Energy Foundation: $318K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of Michigan: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Climateworks Foundation → The Tides Center: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Missouri University of Science and Technology: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → University of Indonesia: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → United Nations Foundation Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → The Aspen Institute Inc: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Federation Europeene Pour Le Transport Et: $172K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Yayasan Indonesia Cerah: $170K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Instituto Politicas Alternativas Para O Cone Sul: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → United Nations Foundation Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of California Santa Cruz: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → George Washington University: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of → University of California Berkeley: $113K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of → University of San Francisco: $106K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Resolve Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Justice for Miners Campaign Npc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Society of Environmental Journalists: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Southern Africa Resource Watch: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → Nigerian Economic Summit Group: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Northwestern University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Natural Resource Governance Institute: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $6.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $6.2M Climateworks Foundation: $6.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Climateworks Foundation $6.1M Grantham Foundation for the Protection: $5.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Grantham Foundation for the P… $5.3M Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $3.5M The Ford Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $3.1M Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Alpha Foundation for the Impr… $2.1M Gemological Institute of America Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Gemological Institute of Amer… $1.1M The Heising-Simons Foundation: $687K on this topic. Open the funder. The Heising-Simons Foundation $687K The Lipman Family Foundation Inc: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lipman Family Foundation… $160K South Central Colorado Seniors Inc: $127K on this topic. Open the funder. South Central Colorado Senior… $127K J Norman & Margaret J Reeves Private Foundat: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. J Norman & Margaret J Reeves… $18K Us Wind Force Foundation Inc: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. Us Wind Force Foundation Inc $17K Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $3.7M on this topic Rockefeller Philanthropy Adviso… $3.7M Climateworks Foundation: received $2.2M on this topic Climateworks Foundation $2.2M California Institute of Technology: received $1.8M on this topic California Institute of Technol… $1.8M Tmp Public Cic: received $1.8M on this topic Tmp Public Cic $1.8M University of Alberta: received $1.2M on this topic University of Alberta $1.2M The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $980K on this topic The Trustees of Columbia Univer… $980K University of British Columbia: received $963K on this topic University of British Columbia $963K Pact Inc: received $954K on this topic Pact Inc $954K Columbia University: received $936K on this topic Columbia University $936K University of California: received $850K on this topic University of California $850K University of Maryland: received $847K on this topic University of Maryland $847K University of Illinois: received $751K on this topic University of Illinois $751K Research Corporation for Science Advancement: received $660K on this topic Research Corporation for Scienc… $660K University of California Berkeley: received $609K on this topic University of California Berkel… $609K Oxfam America Inc: received $500K on this topic Oxfam America Inc $500K William and Mary College: received $500K on this topic William and Mary College $500K Ceec International: received $500K on this topic Ceec International $500K Regents of the University of California Davis: received $480K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $480K Universidad Del Pacifico: received $453K on this topic Universidad Del Pacifico $453K Resources for the Future Inc: received $450K on this topic Resources for the Future Inc $450K University of California at Irvine: received $450K on this topic University of California at Irv… $450K University of Wyoming: received $446K on this topic University of Wyoming $446K Environmental Investigation Agency: received $425K on this topic Environmental Investigation Age… $425K University of Queensland: received $420K on this topic University of Queensland $420K University of Calgary: received $375K on this topic University of Calgary $375K Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance: received $350K on this topic Initiative for Responsible Mini… $350K United Nations Foundation Inc: received $350K on this topic United Nations Foundation Inc $350K Securing Americas Future Energy Foundation: received $318K on this topic Securing Americas Future Energy… $318K University of Michigan: received $300K on this topic University of Michigan $300K Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen: received $300K on this topic Stichting Onderzoek Multination… $300K The Tides Center: received $300K on this topic The Tides Center $300K Missouri University of Science and Technology: received $300K on this topic Missouri University of Science… $300K University of Indonesia: received $300K on this topic University of Indonesia $300K University of Kentucky Research Fou: received $295K on this topic University of Kentucky Research… $295K Natural Resource Governance Institute: received $257K on this topic Natural Resource Governance Ins… $257K Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: received $200K on this topic Woodrow Wilson International Ce… $200K The Aspen Institute Inc: received $175K on this topic The Aspen Institute Inc $175K Federation Europeene Pour Le Transport Et: received $172K on this topic Federation Europeene Pour Le Tr… $172K Yayasan Indonesia Cerah: received $170K on this topic Yayasan Indonesia Cerah $170K Nm Bureau Geology & Mineral Resources (Geochron Lab): received $160K on this topic Nm Bureau Geology & Mineral Res… $160K Instituto Politicas Alternativas Para O Cone Sul: received $150K on this topic Instituto Politicas Alternativa… $150K University of California Santa Cruz: received $150K on this topic University of California Santa… $150K George Washington University: received $150K on this topic George Washington University $150K Mercury Free Mining Inc: received $120K on this topic Mercury Free Mining Inc $120K University of San Francisco: received $106K on this topic University of San Francisco $106K Resolve Inc: received $100K on this topic Resolve Inc $100K Justice for Miners Campaign Npc: received $100K on this topic Justice for Miners Campaign Npc $100K Mineral County Homemaker Prog: received $67K on this topic Mineral County Homemaker Prog $67K Mineral County Lunch Program: received $60K on this topic Mineral County Lunch Program $60K Society of Environmental Journalists: received $60K on this topic Society of Environmental Journa… $60K Diamond Empowerment Fund Inc: received $57K on this topic Diamond Empowerment Fund Inc $57K Southern Africa Resource Watch: received $50K on this topic Southern Africa Resource Watch $50K Nigerian Economic Summit Group: received $50K on this topic Nigerian Economic Summit Group $50K Northwestern University: received $50K on this topic Northwestern University $50K Mineral County Family Resource Network: received $11K on this topic Mineral County Family Resource… $11K Mineral County Parks & Recreation: received $10K on this topic Mineral County Parks & Recreati… $10K Mineral County Energy Express: received $5K on this topic Mineral County Energy Express $5K Mineral Co Family Resource: received $5K on this topic Mineral Co Family Resource $5K Keyser-Mineral Co Public Library: received $4K on this topic Keyser-Mineral Co Public Library $4K 12 funders, 59 recipients, grants matching “miners” 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: $112,500 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — afc820-15 - reducing mortality risks in the extended diesel exhaust and miners study (dems)costello
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Largest: $225,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY — for research on inequitable and illegal supply chains of transition minerals and to strengthen local resistance and territorial monitoring in mexico and brazil
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Largest: $1.1M to CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION — for minerals for the energy transition
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Largest: $496,588 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — to examine the equity implications of critical mineral mining and water scarcity in the great basin region through community-based participatory case studies
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Largest: $1.2M to UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA — sustainable mineral research
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Largest: $450,698 to PACT INC — support education of artisanal miners in gem mining communities
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Largest: $3.7M to ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — to support communities in building inclusive models for clean energy transition ($100,000); communities most affected by climate change ($950,000); the global transition to clean t…
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Largest: $4,000 to KEYSER-MINERAL CO PUBLIC LIBRARY — accessibility update to computer/dvd area
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Largest: $26,828 to MINERAL COUNTY HOMEMAKER PROG — homemaker services for seniors
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Largest: $7,500 to MINERAL COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK — summer reading program/
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Largest: $250,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS — to support state emission standards, the environmental justice fellowship program, and critical minerals modeling
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Largest: $75,000 to NM BUREAU GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES (GEOCHRON LAB) — to conduct research and interact with state and federal agencies and industry to facilitate prudent exploitation of the state's geological resources
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