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12 funders with a record of paying for “nova”
Where the money went The Schemel Family Foundation Inc → Nova Southeastern University: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Wgbh Educational Foundation: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Windhover Foundation Inc → Nova Southeastern University Inc: $729K across 9 grants, latest 2024 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn → Nova Southeastern University: $681K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Nova Ukraine: $672K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Council On Aging: $368K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Milton and Barbara Jones → Nova Southeastern University: $338K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Nova Ukraine: $139K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Nova Southeastern University Inc: $74K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Presser Foundation → Ars Nova Workshop: $70K across 10 grants, latest 2024 Cvs Foundation → Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale Fl: $36K across 6 grants, latest 2023 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Nova Southeastern University: $24K across 6 grants, latest 2023 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Catticus Corporation: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Initiatives: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Vita Nova Inc: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Cvs Foundation → Nova Southeastern University: $16K across 3 grants, latest 2020 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Nova Southeastern University Inc: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → West Michigan Nova: $9K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation: $196K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cvs Foundation → Nova Southeastern Univ Fort Lauderdale Fl: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Td Charitable Foundation → Arts Alive: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Ars Nova Chamber Singers Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Behavioral Health Foundation: $166K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Transgender Network Inc: $155K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Southern Maine Workers' Center: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Equal Justice Partners: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Disability Rights Maine: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Equality Maine Foundation: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Family Planning: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Health Equity Alliance: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine People's Resource Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (Dba Knox County Health Clinic): $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Oasis Free Clinics: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Planned Parenthood of Northern New England: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Mainely Smiles (Dba Mainely Teeth): $90K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Nami Maine: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → City of Portland - Portland Public Health & Human Services: $71K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Center for Economic Policy: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Primary Care Association: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Mabel Wadsworth Center: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Mobile Health Program: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Presente Maine: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition: $56K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Children's Alliance: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Public Health Association: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Resources for Organizing and Social Change: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund: $51K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Aarp Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → The Voices Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Aclu of Maine Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Maine Seacoast Mission: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc → Trinity Jubilee Center: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cvs Foundation → Nova Southeastern University Davie Fl: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cvs Foundation → Nova Southeastern University Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Cvs Foundation → Nova Southeastern Univ Davie Fl: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Pfizer Foundation Inc → Nova Hope for Haiti Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Maine Health Access Foundation Inc: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Maine Health Access Foundatio… $3.3M The Schemel Family Foundation Inc: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Schemel Family Foundation… $2.0M Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $1.4M Windhover Foundation Inc: $729K on this topic. Open the funder. Windhover Foundation Inc $729K Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $681K on this topic. Open the funder. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis… $681K The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $672K on this topic. Open the funder. The Goldman Sachs Charitable… $672K The Milton and Barbara Jones: $338K on this topic. Open the funder. The Milton and Barbara Jones $338K The Pfizer Foundation Inc: $154K on this topic. Open the funder. The Pfizer Foundation Inc $154K Td Charitable Foundation: $109K on this topic. Open the funder. Td Charitable Foundation $109K Cvs Foundation: $81K on this topic. Open the funder. Cvs Foundation $81K The Presser Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. The Presser Foundation $70K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $36K Nova Southeastern University: received $3.1M on this topic Nova Southeastern University $3.1M Wgbh Educational Foundation: received $1.1M on this topic Wgbh Educational Foundation $1.1M Nova Southeastern University Inc: received $819K on this topic Nova Southeastern University Inc $819K Nova Ukraine: received $811K on this topic Nova Ukraine $811K Maine Council On Aging: received $368K on this topic Maine Council On Aging $368K Catticus Corporation: received $250K on this topic Catticus Corporation $250K Maine Initiatives: received $200K on this topic Maine Initiatives $200K Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation: received $196K on this topic Consumers for Affordable Health… $196K Maine Behavioral Health Foundation: received $166K on this topic Maine Behavioral Health Foundat… $166K Maine Transgender Network Inc: received $155K on this topic Maine Transgender Network Inc $155K Southern Maine Workers' Center: received $125K on this topic Southern Maine Workers' Center $125K Maine Equal Justice Partners: received $120K on this topic Maine Equal Justice Partners $120K Disability Rights Maine: received $111K on this topic Disability Rights Maine $111K Equality Maine Foundation: received $110K on this topic Equality Maine Foundation $110K Maine Family Planning: received $110K on this topic Maine Family Planning $110K Health Equity Alliance: received $100K on this topic Health Equity Alliance $100K Maine People's Resource Center: received $100K on this topic Maine People's Resource Center $100K Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (Dba Knox County Health Clinic): received $100K on this topic Mid-Coast Health Net Inc (Dba K… $100K Oasis Free Clinics: received $100K on this topic Oasis Free Clinics $100K Planned Parenthood of Northern New England: received $100K on this topic Planned Parenthood of Northern… $100K Mainely Smiles (Dba Mainely Teeth): received $90K on this topic Mainely Smiles (Dba Mainely Tee… $90K Nami Maine: received $75K on this topic Nami Maine $75K City of Portland - Portland Public Health & Human Services: received $71K on this topic City of Portland - Portland Pub… $71K Ars Nova Workshop: received $70K on this topic Ars Nova Workshop $70K Maine Center for Economic Policy: received $70K on this topic Maine Center for Economic Policy $70K Maine Primary Care Association: received $67K on this topic Maine Primary Care Association $67K Mabel Wadsworth Center: received $63K on this topic Mabel Wadsworth Center $63K Maine Mobile Health Program: received $60K on this topic Maine Mobile Health Program $60K Presente Maine: received $56K on this topic Presente Maine $56K Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition: received $56K on this topic Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coaliti… $56K Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition: received $56K on this topic Maine Immigrants Rights Coaliti… $56K Maine Children's Alliance: received $55K on this topic Maine Children's Alliance $55K Maine Public Health Association: received $52K on this topic Maine Public Health Association $52K Resources for Organizing and Social Change: received $52K on this topic Resources for Organizing and So… $52K Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund: received $51K on this topic Maine Women's Lobby Education F… $51K Aarp Foundation: received $50K on this topic Aarp Foundation $50K The Voices Project: received $50K on this topic The Voices Project $50K Aclu of Maine Foundation: received $50K on this topic Aclu of Maine Foundation $50K Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic: received $40K on this topic Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic $40K Maine Seacoast Mission: received $40K on this topic Maine Seacoast Mission $40K Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale Fl: received $36K on this topic Nova Southeastern University Fo… $36K Vita Nova Inc: received $25K on this topic Vita Nova Inc $25K Trinity Jubilee Center: received $20K on this topic Trinity Jubilee Center $20K Nova Southeastern Univ Fort Lauderdale Fl: received $13K on this topic Nova Southeastern Univ Fort Lau… $13K Arts Alive: received $10K on this topic Arts Alive $10K Nova Southeastern University Davie Fl: received $10K on this topic Nova Southeastern University Da… $10K West Michigan Nova: received $9K on this topic West Michigan Nova $9K Ars Nova Chamber Singers Inc: received $5K on this topic Ars Nova Chamber Singers Inc $5K Nova Southeastern Univ Davie Fl: received $2K on this topic Nova Southeastern Univ Davie Fl $2K Nova Hope for Haiti Inc: received $1K on this topic Nova Hope for Haiti Inc $1K 12 funders, 50 recipients, grants matching “nova” 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: $166,000 to Maine Behavioral Health Foundation — ccbhc learning collab;access and workforce study;health advocacy;nova
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Largest: $9,000 to NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FORT LAUDERDALE FL — pharmacy scholarship
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Largest: $20,000 to NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC — the vera hammerstein scholarship fund for hollywood full time residents to nova southeastern university school
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Largest: $5,000 to VITA NOVA INC — vita nova village refurbishment project
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Largest: $121,429 to NOVA UKRAINE — matching gifts
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Largest: $12,500 to ARS NOVA WORKSHOP — advancement of music
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Largest: $500,000 to NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — endowment-research
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Largest: $350,000 to WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — to support a two-hour nova special, your brain, about the latest breakthroughs in neurosciencehosted by neuroscientist and clinician heather berlin
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Largest: $307,500 to NOVA UKRAINE — international humanitarian programs
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Largest: $174,354 to NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — to deliver innovative programs in a dynamic, lifelong learning and research environment fostering integrity, academic excellence, leadership and community service through engaged s…
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Largest: $6,000 to NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — program support
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Largest: $150,000 to NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — seed grants program; post doctoral fellowship
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