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12 funders with a record of paying for “semesters”
Where the money went The San Francisco Foundation → The Field Semester: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Shippensburg University Student Services → Shippensburg University: $570K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Bard College: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Student Loan Guarantee Foundation → University of Central Arkansas: $435K across 4 grants, latest 2024 J Warren and Lois Mcclure Foundation → Community College of Vermont - Montpelier: $424K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder Foundation → Seton Hall University: $180K across 4 grants, latest 2024 John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou → Institute for Shipboard Education: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025 William & Sandra Condon → Semester at Sea: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025 New Mexico Community Foundation → Regents of New Mexico State University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ciri Foundation → Justin Maxwell: $20K across 7 grants, latest 2023 Hazen High School Scholarship Fund Inc → Wesley Clayton: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Walter and Patti Blenko Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts → Amber Orowitz: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder Foundation → St Elizabeth University: $163K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Central European University: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Field Semester: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Student Loan Guarantee Foundation → Southern Arkansas University: $71K across 4 grants, latest 2024 J Warren and Lois Mcclure Foundation → Vermont State University Johnson Campus: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Robert Howard: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2023 New Mexico Community Foundation → Eastern New Mexico University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Hazen High School Scholarship Fund Inc → Hailey Smith: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Walter and Patti Blenko Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts → Clara Mcgough: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder Foundation → New Jersey Institute of Technology Foundation: $78K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Student Loan Guarantee Foundation → University of Arkansas: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Alexia Wright: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2023 New Mexico Community Foundation → St Edward's University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Hazen High School Scholarship Fund Inc → Rebecca Munnerlyn: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Walter and Patti Blenko Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts → Joshua Clark: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Student Loan Guarantee Foundation → University of Arkansas at Fort Smith: $46K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Student Loan Guarantee Foundation → Henderson State University: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ciri Foundation → Ian Schmidt: $17K across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → James Stewman: $17K across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Gabriel Miller: $17K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Lily Ross: $16K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Korbin Welker: $15K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Taylor Mafileo: $15K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Branton Howard: $15K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Kalyn Colbert: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Savannah Cruz: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Noah Butler: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Elisabeth Miller: $15K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Aaliyah Caruso: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Brenna Brown: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Jordan Fifer: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Laura Rohmann: $15K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Michael Braun: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Natalya Gunter: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Jessica Eissler: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Hunter Thompson: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Ashley Huhndorf: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Lily Shannon: $14K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Shasta Galyon: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Kendall Roberts: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Megan Swangel: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Paisley Protzman: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Amy Simpson: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Riece Rivera: $14K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Joshua Gilbert: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Shelby Sieminski: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Israel Damon: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Augustine Hamner: $13K across 6 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Ashley Maxwell: $12K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Dannaka Kallander: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Joshua Deasis: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ciri Foundation → Natalie Stevens: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $2.1M Student Loan Guarantee Foundation: $648K on this topic. Open the funder. Student Loan Guarantee Founda… $648K Shippensburg University Student Services: $570K on this topic. Open the funder. Shippensburg University Stude… $570K The Ciri Foundation: $557K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ciri Foundation $557K Foundation to Promote Open Society: $535K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $535K J Warren and Lois Mcclure Foundation: $474K on this topic. Open the funder. J Warren and Lois Mcclure Fou… $474K Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder Foundation: $420K on this topic. Open the funder. Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder F… $420K John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. John Jewett & Helen Chandler… $100K New Mexico Community Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. New Mexico Community Foundati… $50K William & Sandra Condon: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. William & Sandra Condon $30K Hazen High School Scholarship Fund Inc: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. Hazen High School Scholarship… $24K The Walter and Patti Blenko Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. The Walter and Patti Blenko S… $12K The Field Semester: received $2.0M on this topic The Field Semester $2.0M Shippensburg University: received $570K on this topic Shippensburg University $570K Bard College: received $450K on this topic Bard College $450K University of Central Arkansas: received $435K on this topic University of Central Arkansas $435K Community College of Vermont - Montpelier: received $424K on this topic Community College of Vermont -… $424K Seton Hall University: received $180K on this topic Seton Hall University $180K St Elizabeth University: received $163K on this topic St Elizabeth University $163K Institute for Shipboard Education: received $100K on this topic Institute for Shipboard Educati… $100K Central European University: received $85K on this topic Central European University $85K New Jersey Institute of Technology Foundation: received $78K on this topic New Jersey Institute of Technol… $78K Field Semester: received $75K on this topic Field Semester $75K Southern Arkansas University: received $71K on this topic Southern Arkansas University $71K University of Arkansas: received $55K on this topic University of Arkansas $55K Vermont State University Johnson Campus: received $50K on this topic Vermont State University Johnso… $50K University of Arkansas at Fort Smith: received $46K on this topic University of Arkansas at Fort… $46K Henderson State University: received $41K on this topic Henderson State University $41K Semester at Sea: received $30K on this topic Semester at Sea $30K Regents of New Mexico State University: received $30K on this topic Regents of New Mexico State Uni… $30K Justin Maxwell: received $20K on this topic Justin Maxwell $20K Robert Howard: received $18K on this topic Robert Howard $18K Alexia Wright: received $18K on this topic Alexia Wright $18K Ian Schmidt: received $17K on this topic Ian Schmidt $17K James Stewman: received $17K on this topic James Stewman $17K Gabriel Miller: received $17K on this topic Gabriel Miller $17K Lily Ross: received $16K on this topic Lily Ross $16K Korbin Welker: received $15K on this topic Korbin Welker $15K Taylor Mafileo: received $15K on this topic Taylor Mafileo $15K Branton Howard: received $15K on this topic Branton Howard $15K Kalyn Colbert: received $15K on this topic Kalyn Colbert $15K Savannah Cruz: received $15K on this topic Savannah Cruz $15K Noah Butler: received $15K on this topic Noah Butler $15K Elisabeth Miller: received $15K on this topic Elisabeth Miller $15K Aaliyah Caruso: received $15K on this topic Aaliyah Caruso $15K Brenna Brown: received $15K on this topic Brenna Brown $15K Jordan Fifer: received $15K on this topic Jordan Fifer $15K Laura Rohmann: received $15K on this topic Laura Rohmann $15K Michael Braun: received $15K on this topic Michael Braun $15K Natalya Gunter: received $15K on this topic Natalya Gunter $15K Jessica Eissler: received $14K on this topic Jessica Eissler $14K Hunter Thompson: received $14K on this topic Hunter Thompson $14K Ashley Huhndorf: received $14K on this topic Ashley Huhndorf $14K Lily Shannon: received $14K on this topic Lily Shannon $14K Shasta Galyon: received $14K on this topic Shasta Galyon $14K Kendall Roberts: received $14K on this topic Kendall Roberts $14K Megan Swangel: received $14K on this topic Megan Swangel $14K Paisley Protzman: received $14K on this topic Paisley Protzman $14K Amy Simpson: received $14K on this topic Amy Simpson $14K Riece Rivera: received $14K on this topic Riece Rivera $14K Joshua Gilbert: received $13K on this topic Joshua Gilbert $13K Shelby Sieminski: received $13K on this topic Shelby Sieminski $13K Israel Damon: received $13K on this topic Israel Damon $13K Augustine Hamner: received $13K on this topic Augustine Hamner $13K Ashley Maxwell: received $12K on this topic Ashley Maxwell $12K Dannaka Kallander: received $12K on this topic Dannaka Kallander $12K Joshua Deasis: received $12K on this topic Joshua Deasis $12K Natalie Stevens: received $12K on this topic Natalie Stevens $12K Eastern New Mexico University: received $10K on this topic Eastern New Mexico University $10K St Edward's University: received $10K on this topic St Edward's University $10K Wesley Clayton: received $8K on this topic Wesley Clayton $8K Hailey Smith: received $8K on this topic Hailey Smith $8K Rebecca Munnerlyn: received $8K on this topic Rebecca Munnerlyn $8K Amber Orowitz: received $4K on this topic Amber Orowitz $4K Clara Mcgough: received $4K on this topic Clara Mcgough $4K Joshua Clark: received $4K on this topic Joshua Clark $4K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “semesters” 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: $6,000 to CASEY SPANGLER — general semester scholarship
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Largest: $2,000 to Ella Jo Reinhart — fall semester tuition
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Largest: $125,480 to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS — to award scholarships of up to $5,000 per semester per student in the fiscal year ended 9/30/2023.
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Largest: $4,000 to KELSEY KANNARD — scholarship for two semesters
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Largest: $50,000 to SETON HALL UNIVERSITY — scholarships - fall and spring semesters.
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Largest: $30,000 to REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY — estevan montelongo (xxx-xx-xxxx) spring 2024 semester, jeanny hernandez (xxx-xx-xxxx) spring 2024 semester, maria del sol nunez-pena (xxx-xx-xxxx) spring 2024 semester, mickayla bi…
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Largest: $25,000 to Institute for Shipboard Education — semester at sea scholarships
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Largest: $199,890 to COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT - MONTPELIER — to support estimated student costs (tuition/fees/stipends) associated with the mcclure free degree promise for the fall 2023 semester
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Largest: $1.0M to THE FIELD SEMESTER — advised - for general operating support.
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Largest: $217,959 to SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY — camps & conferences scholarships for fall & spring semesters
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Largest: $225,000 to BARD COLLEGE — to support short-term and semester-long international mobility fellowships to professors in the open society university network
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Largest: $15,000 to SEMESTER AT SEA — voyager scholarship fund
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