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12 funders with a record of paying for “paid”
Where the money went Treacy Foundation → Various Higher Education Institutio: $628K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Aim 5 Foundation → The Jones Project: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kohler Foundation Inc → University of Wisconsin - Madison: $380K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Lincoln University of Pennsylvania: $359K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Antonio V Glassberg Educational Foundation → John Burroughs School: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Carl and Camilla Rietman Charitable → Southwest Oregon Community College: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Culver's Foundation Inc → University of Wisconsin-Madison: $138K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Anda Foundation → Propel Inc: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Helen Bates Scholarship Fund → Joshua Adler: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Frank D Lillie Scholarship Trust → Sasha E Mccoy: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Westphal Family Foundation → Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related By E: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Youth Foundation Inc → William Anoka Co University of Texa: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Aim 5 Foundation → Lifeline Childrens Services Inc: $475K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Arkansas State University Mid-South: $257K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Treacy Foundation → Montana State University: $207K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Kohler Foundation Inc → University of Minnesota - Twin Citi: $156K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Carl and Camilla Rietman Charitable → Oregon State University: $93K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Antonio V Glassberg Educational Foundation → John Burroughs School: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Culver's Foundation Inc → University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Anda Foundation → Hands & Feet Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Helen Bates Scholarship Fund → Madison Kusienski: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Westphal Family Foundation → Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related By Employment to A Disqualified Person: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frank D Lillie Scholarship Trust → Alizabeth K Orey: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Youth Foundation Inc → Neha Yalamanchi Co Suny-Stony Brook: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Aim 5 Foundation → Mission Church Topeka: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → West Virginia State University Foundation Inc: $232K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kohler Foundation Inc → Concordia University: $110K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Treacy Foundation → University of Montana: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Carl and Camilla Rietman Charitable → Western Oregon University: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Culver's Foundation Inc → University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Antonio V Glassberg Educational Foundation → Lutheran High School South: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Anda Foundation → Habilitation Center for the Handicapped Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Westphal Family Foundation → Reynolds Penelope-Donee Is Related By Employment to A Disqualified Person: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Helen Bates Scholarship Fund → Marlene Moore: $11K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Frank D Lillie Scholarship Trust → Kyra Robins: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Youth Foundation Inc → Daphne Lin Co New York University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Aim 5 Foundation → Young Life: $376K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College: $228K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Dine College: $221K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff: $219K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Philander Smith College: $218K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Aim 5 Foundation → Lifeline: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Bluefield State College: $198K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Aim 5 Foundation → Effective Ministry Inc: $186K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Aim 5 Foundation → Cfcc: $179K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Aim 5 Foundation → Topeka Collegiate School: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Harris-Stowe State University: $174K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Navajo Technical University: $159K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Aim 5 Foundation → Habitat for Humanity: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Bay Mills Community College: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Central State University: $148K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Simmons College of Kentucky: $143K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Dine College: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Philander Smith College: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Aim 5 Foundation → Hayden High School: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Lincoln University: $123K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Shorter College: $123K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Salish Kootenai College Inc: $121K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Turtle Mountain Community College: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Northwest Indian College: $118K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Nebraska Indian Community College: $117K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Bluefield State University: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Harris-Stowe State University: $112K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc → Central State University: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Ascendium Education Solutions… $4.0M Aim 5 Foundation: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Aim 5 Foundation $2.8M Treacy Foundation: $925K on this topic. Open the funder. Treacy Foundation $925K Kohler Foundation Inc: $645K on this topic. Open the funder. Kohler Foundation Inc $645K Carl and Camilla Rietman Charitable: $322K on this topic. Open the funder. Carl and Camilla Rietman Char… $322K The Antonio V Glassberg Educational Foundation: $265K on this topic. Open the funder. The Antonio V Glassberg Educa… $265K Culver's Foundation Inc: $238K on this topic. Open the funder. Culver's Foundation Inc $238K Anda Foundation: $67K on this topic. Open the funder. Anda Foundation $67K The Helen Bates Scholarship Fund: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. The Helen Bates Scholarship F… $46K The Westphal Family Foundation: $37K on this topic. Open the funder. The Westphal Family Foundation $37K Frank D Lillie Scholarship Trust: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Frank D Lillie Scholarship Tr… $36K Youth Foundation Inc: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. Youth Foundation Inc $30K Various Higher Education Institutio: received $628K on this topic Various Higher Education Instit… $628K The Jones Project: received $500K on this topic The Jones Project $500K Lifeline Childrens Services Inc: received $475K on this topic Lifeline Childrens Services Inc $475K Mission Church Topeka: received $400K on this topic Mission Church Topeka $400K University of Wisconsin - Madison: received $380K on this topic University of Wisconsin - Madis… $380K Young Life: received $376K on this topic Young Life $376K Lincoln University of Pennsylvania: received $359K on this topic Lincoln University of Pennsylva… $359K Arkansas State University Mid-South: received $257K on this topic Arkansas State University Mid-S… $257K West Virginia State University Foundation Inc: received $232K on this topic West Virginia State University… $232K Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College: received $228K on this topic Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community… $228K Dine College: received $221K on this topic Dine College $221K University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff: received $219K on this topic University of Arkansas at Pine… $219K Philander Smith College: received $218K on this topic Philander Smith College $218K Montana State University: received $207K on this topic Montana State University $207K Lifeline: received $200K on this topic Lifeline $200K Bluefield State College: received $198K on this topic Bluefield State College $198K Effective Ministry Inc: received $186K on this topic Effective Ministry Inc $186K John Burroughs School: received $180K on this topic John Burroughs School $180K Cfcc: received $179K on this topic Cfcc $179K Topeka Collegiate School: received $175K on this topic Topeka Collegiate School $175K Southwest Oregon Community College: received $175K on this topic Southwest Oregon Community Coll… $175K Harris-Stowe State University: received $174K on this topic Harris-Stowe State University $174K Navajo Technical University: received $159K on this topic Navajo Technical University $159K University of Minnesota - Twin Citi: received $156K on this topic University of Minnesota - Twin… $156K Habitat for Humanity: received $150K on this topic Habitat for Humanity $150K Bay Mills Community College: received $150K on this topic Bay Mills Community College $150K Central State University: received $148K on this topic Central State University $148K Simmons College of Kentucky: received $143K on this topic Simmons College of Kentucky $143K University of Wisconsin-Madison: received $138K on this topic University of Wisconsin-Madison $138K Dine College: received $130K on this topic Dine College $130K Philander Smith College: received $130K on this topic Philander Smith College $130K Hayden High School: received $125K on this topic Hayden High School $125K Lincoln University: received $123K on this topic Lincoln University $123K Shorter College: received $123K on this topic Shorter College $123K Salish Kootenai College Inc: received $121K on this topic Salish Kootenai College Inc $121K Turtle Mountain Community College: received $120K on this topic Turtle Mountain Community Colle… $120K Northwest Indian College: received $118K on this topic Northwest Indian College $118K Nebraska Indian Community College: received $117K on this topic Nebraska Indian Community Colle… $117K Bluefield State University: received $114K on this topic Bluefield State University $114K Harris-Stowe State University: received $112K on this topic Harris-Stowe State University $112K Concordia University: received $110K on this topic Concordia University $110K Central State University: received $107K on this topic Central State University $107K Oregon State University: received $93K on this topic Oregon State University $93K University of Montana: received $90K on this topic University of Montana $90K John Burroughs School: received $60K on this topic John Burroughs School $60K University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: received $55K on this topic University of Wisconsin-Eau Cla… $55K Western Oregon University: received $55K on this topic Western Oregon University $55K University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: received $45K on this topic University of Illinois at Urban… $45K Propel Inc: received $27K on this topic Propel Inc $27K Lutheran High School South: received $24K on this topic Lutheran High School South $24K Joshua Adler: received $20K on this topic Joshua Adler $20K Hands & Feet Inc: received $20K on this topic Hands & Feet Inc $20K Habilitation Center for the Handicapped Inc: received $20K on this topic Habilitation Center for the Han… $20K Sasha E Mccoy: received $16K on this topic Sasha E Mccoy $16K Madison Kusienski: received $15K on this topic Madison Kusienski $15K Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related By E: received $14K on this topic Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related… $14K Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related By Employment to A Disqualified Person: received $12K on this topic Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related… $12K Reynolds Penelope-Donee Is Related By Employment to A Disqualified Person: received $12K on this topic Reynolds Penelope-Donee Is Rela… $12K Marlene Moore: received $11K on this topic Marlene Moore $11K William Anoka Co University of Texa: received $10K on this topic William Anoka Co University of… $10K Alizabeth K Orey: received $10K on this topic Alizabeth K Orey $10K Neha Yalamanchi Co Suny-Stony Brook: received $10K on this topic Neha Yalamanchi Co Suny-Stony B… $10K Kyra Robins: received $10K on this topic Kyra Robins $10K Daphne Lin Co New York University: received $10K on this topic Daphne Lin Co New York Universi… $10K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “paid” 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: $190,677 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON — individual scholarship paid directly to the educatioinal institution
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Largest: $58,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — scholarship(s) for recipient(s) paid directly to school
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Largest: $136,470 to LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — project success emergency aid program project success paid internship program
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Largest: $10,000 to KEATIN HERTZ CO PURDUE UNIVERSITY — educational grant.-scholarship paid directly to university
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Largest: $300,000 to MISSION CHURCH TOPEKA — all grants paid were paid to the organization to support its exempt purpose.
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Largest: $88,400 to Southwest Oregon Community College — college scholarship paid fbo student directly to institution
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Largest: $90,000 to JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL — tuition grants tuition grants issued in accordance with the irs approved procedures sent forth in irs letter to this foundation dated december 10 2014. furthermore no grants were p…
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Largest: $320,000 to Various Higher Education Institutio — college scholarships paid directly to schools of higher education.
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Largest: $11,000 to SASHA E MCCOY — cash scholarship award paid directly to institution
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Largest: $5,625 to MARLENE MOORE — scholarship paid
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Largest: $17,280 to Propel Inc — grant paid to charitable organization
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Largest: $11,500 to MARGALIT MIKA-DONEE IS RELATED BY EMPLOYMENT TO A DISQUALIFIED PERSON — scholarship paid to tufts university fbo mika margalit, a child of a bay alarm company employee.
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