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12 funders with a record of paying for “rubin”
Where the money went Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Northwestern University: $497K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Randleigh Foundation → Rubin Museum of Art: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lsst Inc → University of Arizona: $255K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation → Rubin Museum of Art: $220K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Rubin Museum of Art: $185K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc → Rubin Museum of Art: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Tiger Baron Foundation Inc → Rubin Museum of Art: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Rubin Family Foundation → University of Pennsylvania: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Dharma Joy Foundation → Rubin Museum of Art: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Herman & Walter Samuelson → Northwest Hospital: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kohn & Mitchell Family Foundation → University of Chicago Medical Center: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Windhover Foundation Inc → Pass Story of Diaspora Forward: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Washington State University: $171K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Herman & Walter Samuelson → Sinai Hospital of Baltimore: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Windhover Foundation Inc → Rubin Stacy Studio for Innovation & Education Inc: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lsst Inc → Rutgers University: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Windhover Foundation Inc → The Hollywood Historical Society Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Princeton University: $129K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Pittsburgh: $127K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of Washington: $126K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Northwestern University: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Delaware: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Las Cumbres Observatory: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Johns Hopkins University: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of Illinois: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → Cornell University: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of North Carolina: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → Benedictine University: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of California: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → Michigan State University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Drexel University: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Rubin Observatory Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (A: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Lsst Inc $1.4M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $497K on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $497K Randleigh Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. Randleigh Foundation $300K The Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation: $220K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ellen Bayard Weedon Found… $220K The Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $185K on this topic. Open the funder. The Henry Luce Foundation Inc $185K The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc: $150K on this topic. Open the funder. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Fou… $150K Herman & Walter Samuelson: $110K on this topic. Open the funder. Herman & Walter Samuelson $110K Tiger Baron Foundation Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Tiger Baron Foundation Inc $60K Rubin Family Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Rubin Family Foundation $60K Dharma Joy Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Dharma Joy Foundation $60K Windhover Foundation Inc: $44K on this topic. Open the funder. Windhover Foundation Inc $44K Kohn & Mitchell Family Foundation: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Kohn & Mitchell Family Founda… $36K Rubin Museum of Art: received $790K on this topic Rubin Museum of Art $790K Northwestern University: received $597K on this topic Northwestern University $597K University of Arizona: received $255K on this topic University of Arizona $255K Rubin Museum of Art: received $185K on this topic Rubin Museum of Art $185K Washington State University: received $171K on this topic Washington State University $171K Rutgers University: received $160K on this topic Rutgers University $160K Princeton University: received $129K on this topic Princeton University $129K University of Pittsburgh: received $127K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $127K University of Washington: received $126K on this topic University of Washington $126K University of Pennsylvania: received $60K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $60K University of Delaware: received $56K on this topic University of Delaware $56K Northwest Hospital: received $55K on this topic Northwest Hospital $55K Sinai Hospital of Baltimore: received $55K on this topic Sinai Hospital of Baltimore $55K Research Foundation of the City University of New York: received $50K on this topic Research Foundation of the City… $50K Las Cumbres Observatory: received $48K on this topic Las Cumbres Observatory $48K University of Chicago Medical Center: received $36K on this topic University of Chicago Medical C… $36K Johns Hopkins University: received $26K on this topic Johns Hopkins University $26K Pass Story of Diaspora Forward: received $24K on this topic Pass Story of Diaspora Forward $24K President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $23K on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $23K University of Illinois: received $23K on this topic University of Illinois $23K Cornell University: received $22K on this topic Cornell University $22K University of North Carolina: received $22K on this topic University of North Carolina $22K Benedictine University: received $22K on this topic Benedictine University $22K University of California: received $22K on this topic University of California $22K Michigan State University: received $20K on this topic Michigan State University $20K Drexel University: received $18K on this topic Drexel University $18K Rubin Stacy Studio for Innovation & Education Inc: received $15K on this topic Rubin Stacy Studio for Innovati… $15K Rubin Observatory Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (A: received $10K on this topic Rubin Observatory Association o… $10K The Hollywood Historical Society Inc: received $5K on this topic The Hollywood Historical Societ… $5K 12 funders, 29 recipients, grants matching “rubin” 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: $10,000 to RUBIN OBSERVATORY ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY (A — inclusive collaboration in rubin lsst science designed with support from heising-simons
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Largest: $75,000 to RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART — general purposes of donee
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Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to support the kenneth rubin vmd endowed opportunity scholarship fund
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Largest: $15,000 to RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART — general support purposes
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Largest: $330,137 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — in support of the data science fellowship program, whose mission is to supplement graduate education in astronomy with in-depth training in the skills for doing science with big da…
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Largest: $23,542 to PASS STORY OF DIASPORA FORWARD — rubin stacy project
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Largest: $100,000 to RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART — undesignated fund
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Largest: $75,000 to Rubin Museum of Art — support for an art exhibition and publications
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Largest: $50,000 to RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART — arts education
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Largest: $30,000 to RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART — rubin museum of art lab
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Largest: $55,000 to SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE — rubin institute osteoarthritis study
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Largest: $21,247 to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER — dr. david rubin's ibd and mental health study
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