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12 funders with a record of paying for “rector”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia the: $22M across 36 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $3.4M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia: $3.2M across 8 grants, latest 2024 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation → The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $1.5M across 6 grants, latest 2023 American Cancer Society Inc → The Rector & Visitors of the: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024 John Templeton Foundation → Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $1.1M across 7 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia: $883K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia: $593K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Plummer Fdn-Cash → St John's Parish - Protestant Episcopal: $417K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Knights Templar Eye Foundation → Rector & Visitors of University of Va: $180K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Willard E Smucker Foundation → Depauw University: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Caplin Foundation → Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia: $40K across 10 grants, latest 2025 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation → The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation → Rector & Visitors Univ of Virginia: $285K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Rector Wardens & Vestrymen of St Matthews Parish: $209K across 5 grants, latest 2024 American Cancer Society Inc → The Rector and Visitors of the Univ of Va: $168K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Willard E Smucker Foundation → Depauw University Rector Scholarship Endowment: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Plummer Fdn-Cash → Rectors Wardens & Vestry- Church of the: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Caplin Foundation → Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia -: $20K across 9 grants, latest 2023 American Cancer Society Inc → The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: $26K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Rector Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Grace Church in New York City: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021 American Cancer Society Inc → Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gates Foundation: $22M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $22M The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $3.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Goldman Sachs Charitable… $3.4M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $3.4M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $3.4M Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: $2.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $2.8M American Cancer Society Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. American Cancer Society Inc $1.4M John Templeton Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. John Templeton Foundation $1.1M Laura and John Arnold Foundation: $883K on this topic. Open the funder. Laura and John Arnold Foundat… $883K The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation: $878K on this topic. Open the funder. The William & Flora Hewlett F… $878K Plummer Fdn-Cash: $452K on this topic. Open the funder. Plummer Fdn-Cash $452K Knights Templar Eye Foundation: $180K on this topic. Open the funder. Knights Templar Eye Foundation $180K Willard E Smucker Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Willard E Smucker Foundation $100K Caplin Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Caplin Foundation $60K Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia the: received $22M on this topic Rector and Visitors of the Univ… $22M Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $4.7M on this topic Rector & Visitors of the Univer… $4.7M Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $3.4M on this topic Rector and Visitors of the Univ… $3.4M The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $1.5M on this topic The Rector and Visitors of the… $1.5M The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $1.3M on this topic The Rector and Visitors of the… $1.3M The Rector & Visitors of the: received $1.2M on this topic The Rector & Visitors of the $1.2M Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: received $1.1M on this topic Rector and Visitors of the Univ… $1.1M St John's Parish - Protestant Episcopal: received $417K on this topic St John's Parish - Protestant E… $417K Rector & Visitors Univ of Virginia: received $285K on this topic Rector & Visitors Univ of Virgi… $285K Rector Wardens & Vestrymen of St Matthews Parish: received $209K on this topic Rector Wardens & Vestrymen of S… $209K Rector & Visitors of University of Va: received $180K on this topic Rector & Visitors of University… $180K The Rector and Visitors of the Univ of Va: received $168K on this topic The Rector and Visitors of the… $168K Depauw University: received $50K on this topic Depauw University $50K Depauw University Rector Scholarship Endowment: received $50K on this topic Depauw University Rector Schola… $50K Rectors Wardens & Vestry- Church of the: received $35K on this topic Rectors Wardens & Vestry- Churc… $35K Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia -: received $20K on this topic Rector & Visitors of the Univer… $20K Rector Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Grace Church in New York City: received $15K on this topic Rector Church Wardens & Vestrym… $15K 12 funders, 17 recipients, grants matching “rector” 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: $2.2M to RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THE — enteric and diarrheal diseases
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Largest: $1.2M to RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — scholarships & financial aid
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Largest: $7,500 to RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — general & unrestricted
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Largest: $318,437 to The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia — clinical research study
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Largest: $697,000 to The Rector & Visitors Of The — extramural research
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Largest: $260,000 to RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — to support the astronomy department
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Largest: $281,540 to RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — to conduct interdisciplinary research on eyewitness identification.
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Largest: $300,000 to RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — for the can democracy and capitalism be reconciled project at the miller center
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Largest: $25,000 to DePauw University Rector Scholarship Endowment — rector scholarship endowment
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Largest: $165,000 to ST JOHN'S PARISH - PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL — support rector wardens and
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Largest: $80,000 to RECTOR & VISITORS OF UNIVERSITY OF VA — eye research grant
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Largest: $850,000 to Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia — to critically examine the opportunities and challenges of quantitative risk assessment instruments in pretrial decision-making.
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