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12 funders with a record of paying for “quartet”
Where the money went Columbus Foundation → Carpe Diem String Quartet: $238K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Common Sense Fund Inc → Music Haven: $219K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Presser Foundation → Prism Quartet Inc: $140K across 11 grants, latest 2024 The Anonimo Foundation → Daponte String Quartet Foundation: $125K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The William Penn Foundation → Prism Quartet Inc: $123K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mattina R Proctor Foundation → Wgbh Educational Foundation: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc → 4 Calvary Quartet: $76K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Chamber Music America Inc → Helen Sung Quartet (Jazzplasticity): $64K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Sherman Family Foundation → Friends of the Opus 76 Quartet: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Jack Quartet: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia → Prism Quartet Inc: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Spektral Quartet Nfp: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Mattina R Proctor Foundation → Wgbh: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Chamber Music America Inc → Catalyst Quartet: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Kronos Quartet: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Prism Quartet Inc: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc → 4 Calvary Quartet: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia → Prism Quartet Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Chamber Music America Inc → Momenta Quartet: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Mattina R Proctor Foundation → Ulysses Quartet Foundation Inc: $31K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Momenta Quartet: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Mivos Quartet Perfor: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Chamber Music America Inc → Gaea Schell Quartet: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Chamber Music America Inc → Lucy Yeghiazaryan Quartet (V): $23K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Chamber Music America Inc → Aizuri Quartet: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Chamber Music America Inc → Texas Performing Arts (Utaustin): $20K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Chamber Music America Inc → Cramer Quartet: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Mattina R Proctor Foundation → Ulysses Quartet Foundation-Marsh Fi: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mattina R Proctor Foundation → Ulysses Quartet Foundation: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Prism Quartet: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Mivos Quartet Performing Arts: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Prism Quartet Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Cassatt String Quartet: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Prism Quartet Incorp: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Icarus Quartet: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Prism Quartet Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Mattina R Proctor Foundation → Albany Music Foundation Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Momenta Quartet: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Cassatt String Quartet: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Friction Quartet: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Akropolis Reed Quartet: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → The Cramer Quartet: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc → Icarus Quartet: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Mivos Quartet Performing Arts Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Amphion Foundation Inc → Mivos Quartet: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Chamber Music America Inc: $249K on this topic. Open the funder. Chamber Music America Inc $249K Columbus Foundation: $238K on this topic. Open the funder. Columbus Foundation $238K The Common Sense Fund Inc: $219K on this topic. Open the funder. The Common Sense Fund Inc $219K Mattina R Proctor Foundation: $208K on this topic. Open the funder. Mattina R Proctor Foundation $208K The Presser Foundation: $140K on this topic. Open the funder. The Presser Foundation $140K The Anonimo Foundation: $125K on this topic. Open the funder. The Anonimo Foundation $125K The William Penn Foundation: $123K on this topic. Open the funder. The William Penn Foundation $123K Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc: $86K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of the O… $86K The Amphion Foundation Inc: $77K on this topic. Open the funder. The Amphion Foundation Inc $77K The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc: $74K on this topic. Open the funder. The Aaron Copland Fund for Mu… $74K The Sherman Family Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sherman Family Foundation $50K Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. Musical Fund Society of Phila… $23K Prism Quartet Inc: received $297K on this topic Prism Quartet Inc $297K Carpe Diem String Quartet: received $238K on this topic Carpe Diem String Quartet $238K Music Haven: received $219K on this topic Music Haven $219K Daponte String Quartet Foundation: received $125K on this topic Daponte String Quartet Foundati… $125K Wgbh Educational Foundation: received $100K on this topic Wgbh Educational Foundation $100K 4 Calvary Quartet: received $76K on this topic 4 Calvary Quartet $76K Helen Sung Quartet (Jazzplasticity): received $64K on this topic Helen Sung Quartet (Jazzplastic… $64K Momenta Quartet: received $54K on this topic Momenta Quartet $54K Friends of the Opus 76 Quartet: received $50K on this topic Friends of the Opus 76 Quartet $50K Wgbh: received $50K on this topic Wgbh $50K Catalyst Quartet: received $40K on this topic Catalyst Quartet $40K Ulysses Quartet Foundation Inc: received $31K on this topic Ulysses Quartet Foundation Inc $31K Gaea Schell Quartet: received $29K on this topic Gaea Schell Quartet $29K Lucy Yeghiazaryan Quartet (V): received $23K on this topic Lucy Yeghiazaryan Quartet (V) $23K Aizuri Quartet: received $20K on this topic Aizuri Quartet $20K Texas Performing Arts (Utaustin): received $20K on this topic Texas Performing Arts (Utaustin) $20K Jack Quartet: received $18K on this topic Jack Quartet $18K Spektral Quartet Nfp: received $15K on this topic Spektral Quartet Nfp $15K Kronos Quartet: received $15K on this topic Kronos Quartet $15K Prism Quartet Inc: received $14K on this topic Prism Quartet Inc $14K Cramer Quartet: received $13K on this topic Cramer Quartet $13K Ulysses Quartet Foundation-Marsh Fi: received $13K on this topic Ulysses Quartet Foundation-Mars… $13K Ulysses Quartet Foundation: received $11K on this topic Ulysses Quartet Foundation $11K 4 Calvary Quartet: received $10K on this topic 4 Calvary Quartet $10K Mivos Quartet Perfor: received $10K on this topic Mivos Quartet Perfor $10K Prism Quartet: received $10K on this topic Prism Quartet $10K Cassatt String Quartet: received $10K on this topic Cassatt String Quartet $10K Mivos Quartet Performing Arts: received $9K on this topic Mivos Quartet Performing Arts $9K Prism Quartet Incorp: received $6K on this topic Prism Quartet Incorp $6K Icarus Quartet: received $5K on this topic Icarus Quartet $5K Albany Music Foundation Inc: received $5K on this topic Albany Music Foundation Inc $5K Friction Quartet: received $3K on this topic Friction Quartet $3K Akropolis Reed Quartet: received $3K on this topic Akropolis Reed Quartet $3K The Cramer Quartet: received $2K on this topic The Cramer Quartet $2K Icarus Quartet: received $2K on this topic Icarus Quartet $2K Mivos Quartet Performing Arts Inc: received $2K on this topic Mivos Quartet Performing Arts I… $2K Mivos Quartet: received $2K on this topic Mivos Quartet $2K 12 funders, 37 recipients, grants matching “quartet” 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: $32,000 to HELEN SUNG QUARTET (JAZZPLASTICITY) — new jazz works
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Largest: $10,000 to SPEKTRAL QUARTET NFP — encourage knowledge and appreciation of contemporary american music
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Largest: $10,000 to JACK QUARTET — encourage the performance of contemporary concert music
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Largest: $25,000 to PRISM QUARTET INC — special projects
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Largest: $50,000 to WGBH — ulysses quartet in residence 2024-20
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Largest: $47,000 to DAPONTE STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION — operations support
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Largest: $6,000 to PRISM QUARTET INC — prism quartet institue
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Largest: $125,854 to CARPE DIEM STRING QUARTET — arts and humanities
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Largest: $75,000 to MUSIC HAVEN — to support music havens mission which is to use a string quartet to build a vibrant urban community through performance and music education that empowers young people, their famili…
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Largest: $20,000 to FRIENDS OF THE OPUS 76 QUARTET — support quartet performance.
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Largest: $60,000 to PRISM QUARTET INC — generate music project
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Largest: $65,000 to 4 CALVARY QUARTET — specific program
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