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12 funders with a record of paying for “sick”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → Hospital for Sick Children the: $13M across 14 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → The Hospital for Sick Children: $2.1M across 9 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Feeding America: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mattick Family Foundation Inc → St Jude Children's Research Hospital: $650K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha & Warren Halle Foundation Inc → Medstar Health: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Deena Hatch Foundation → Make A Wish Foundation of Wisconsin: $275K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation → Servants of Mary Ministers to the Sick: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Order of Saint John of Jerusalem → Boca Helping Hands Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sosj Knights Hospitaller → Salvation Army of Silicon Valley: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Hala Charitable Foundation → Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Hayward Friends of Animals: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lc & Margaret Jacobson Memorial Found → Hospice of the Valley: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Philabundance: $482K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Deena Hatch Foundation → Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Mattick Family Foundation Inc → Camp Boggy Creek: $175K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Martha & Warren Halle Foundation Inc → St Jude Children's Research Hospital: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Order of Saint John of Jerusalem → The Lords Place Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sosj Knights Hospitaller → Sovereign Order Knights of St John Hungary: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation → Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Hala Charitable Foundation → Roundup River Ranch: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lc & Margaret Jacobson Memorial Found → Shriners Hospitals for Children: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Umass Memorial Health Care Inc: $481K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Martha & Warren Halle Foundation Inc → Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Sosj Knights Hospitaller → Starting Arts: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Order of Saint John of Jerusalem → St Nicholas Episcopal Church: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → San Diego Humane Society: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Hala Charitable Foundation → Make A Wish Colorado: $7K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lc & Margaret Jacobson Memorial Found → Alsacst Jude Childrens Hospital: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $399K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → The Nemours Foundation: $395K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: $377K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Long Island Jewish Medical Center: $339K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Banner Health Foundation: $337K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Hasbro Childrens Hospital: $324K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Orlando Health Foundation: $310K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc: $302K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Childrens Hospital Corporation: $280K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → The Massachusetts General Hospital: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Mass General Brigham Incorporated: $260K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: $260K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Yale New Haven Hospital: $239K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Unc Health Foundation Inc: $238K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc: $231K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Mainehealth: $224K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → The Cleveland Clinic Foundation: $208K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → South Shore Hospital Inc: $204K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → The Johns Hopkins Hospital: $191K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Rwj University Hospital Foundation: $185K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Children's National Hospital Foundation: $184K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Rush University Medical Center: $183K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Westchester Medical Center Foundation: $183K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health: $179K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Hasbro Childrens Hospital (Pediatric Division of Rhode Island Hospital): $178K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $170K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation: $168K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Inc: $168K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → The Lowell General Hospital: $161K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Navicent Health Foundation Inc: $159K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation: $159K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: $153K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Foundation Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Atrium Health Foundation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc → Baystate Children's Hospital: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gates Foundation: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $13M Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc: $11M on this topic. Open the funder. Joy in Childhood Foundation I… $11M The Simons Foundation Inc: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $2.1M Mattick Family Foundation Inc: $825K on this topic. Open the funder. Mattick Family Foundation Inc $825K Martha & Warren Halle Foundation Inc: $525K on this topic. Open the funder. Martha & Warren Halle Foundat… $525K Deena Hatch Foundation: $475K on this topic. Open the funder. Deena Hatch Foundation $475K Order of Saint John of Jerusalem: $115K on this topic. Open the funder. Order of Saint John of Jerusa… $115K Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation: $105K on this topic. Open the funder. Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundat… $105K Sosj Knights Hospitaller: $94K on this topic. Open the funder. Sosj Knights Hospitaller $94K Hala Charitable Foundation: $37K on this topic. Open the funder. Hala Charitable Foundation $37K Thornton S Jr and Katrina D: $33K on this topic. Open the funder. Thornton S Jr and Katrina D $33K Lc & Margaret Jacobson Memorial Found: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Lc & Margaret Jacobson Memori… $12K Hospital for Sick Children the: received $13M on this topic Hospital for Sick Children the $13M The Hospital for Sick Children: received $2.1M on this topic The Hospital for Sick Children $2.1M Feeding America: received $2.1M on this topic Feeding America $2.1M St Jude Children's Research Hospital: received $750K on this topic St Jude Children's Research Hos… $750K Philabundance: received $482K on this topic Philabundance $482K Umass Memorial Health Care Inc: received $481K on this topic Umass Memorial Health Care Inc $481K Vanderbilt University Medical Center: received $399K on this topic Vanderbilt University Medical C… $399K The Nemours Foundation: received $395K on this topic The Nemours Foundation $395K Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: received $377K on this topic Children's Healthcare of Atlant… $377K Medstar Health: received $350K on this topic Medstar Health $350K Long Island Jewish Medical Center: received $339K on this topic Long Island Jewish Medical Cent… $339K Banner Health Foundation: received $337K on this topic Banner Health Foundation $337K Hasbro Childrens Hospital: received $324K on this topic Hasbro Childrens Hospital $324K Orlando Health Foundation: received $310K on this topic Orlando Health Foundation $310K Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc: received $302K on this topic Connecticut Children's Foundati… $302K Childrens Hospital Corporation: received $280K on this topic Childrens Hospital Corporation $280K Make A Wish Foundation of Wisconsin: received $275K on this topic Make A Wish Foundation of Wisco… $275K The Massachusetts General Hospital: received $275K on this topic The Massachusetts General Hospi… $275K Mass General Brigham Incorporated: received $260K on this topic Mass General Brigham Incorporat… $260K Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: received $260K on this topic Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $260K Yale New Haven Hospital: received $239K on this topic Yale New Haven Hospital $239K Unc Health Foundation Inc: received $238K on this topic Unc Health Foundation Inc $238K Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc: received $231K on this topic Lee Memorial Health System Foun… $231K Mainehealth: received $224K on this topic Mainehealth $224K The Cleveland Clinic Foundation: received $208K on this topic The Cleveland Clinic Foundation $208K South Shore Hospital Inc: received $204K on this topic South Shore Hospital Inc $204K Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of: received $200K on this topic Ronald Mcdonald House Charities… $200K The Johns Hopkins Hospital: received $191K on this topic The Johns Hopkins Hospital $191K Rwj University Hospital Foundation: received $185K on this topic Rwj University Hospital Foundat… $185K Children's National Hospital Foundation: received $184K on this topic Children's National Hospital Fo… $184K Rush University Medical Center: received $183K on this topic Rush University Medical Center $183K Westchester Medical Center Foundation: received $183K on this topic Westchester Medical Center Foun… $183K Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health: received $179K on this topic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health $179K Hasbro Childrens Hospital (Pediatric Division of Rhode Island Hospital): received $178K on this topic Hasbro Childrens Hospital (Pedi… $178K Camp Boggy Creek: received $175K on this topic Camp Boggy Creek $175K Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: received $170K on this topic Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's… $170K Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation: received $168K on this topic Children's Specialized Hospital… $168K Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Inc: received $168K on this topic Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospita… $168K The Lowell General Hospital: received $161K on this topic The Lowell General Hospital $161K Navicent Health Foundation Inc: received $159K on this topic Navicent Health Foundation Inc $159K The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation: received $159K on this topic The Medical University of South… $159K Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: received $153K on this topic Food Bank of South Jersey Inc $153K St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Foundation Inc: received $150K on this topic St Joseph's Hospital and Medica… $150K Atrium Health Foundation: received $150K on this topic Atrium Health Foundation $150K Baystate Children's Hospital: received $150K on this topic Baystate Children's Hospital $150K Servants of Mary Ministers to the Sick: received $75K on this topic Servants of Mary Ministers to t… $75K Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: received $75K on this topic Jupiter Medical Center Foundati… $75K Boca Helping Hands Inc: received $50K on this topic Boca Helping Hands Inc $50K The Lords Place Inc: received $40K on this topic The Lords Place Inc $40K Salvation Army of Silicon Valley: received $38K on this topic Salvation Army of Silicon Valley $38K Sovereign Order Knights of St John Hungary: received $30K on this topic Sovereign Order Knights of St J… $30K Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital: received $30K on this topic Mary Health of the Sick Convale… $30K Starting Arts: received $26K on this topic Starting Arts $26K St Nicholas Episcopal Church: received $25K on this topic St Nicholas Episcopal Church $25K Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: received $19K on this topic Children's Hospital Colorado Fo… $19K Hayward Friends of Animals: received $14K on this topic Hayward Friends of Animals $14K Roundup River Ranch: received $12K on this topic Roundup River Ranch $12K Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society: received $10K on this topic Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society $10K San Diego Humane Society: received $9K on this topic San Diego Humane Society $9K Make A Wish Colorado: received $7K on this topic Make A Wish Colorado $7K Hospice of the Valley: received $4K on this topic Hospice of the Valley $4K Shriners Hospitals for Children: received $4K on this topic Shriners Hospitals for Children $4K Alsacst Jude Childrens Hospital: received $4K on this topic Alsacst Jude Childrens Hospital $4K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “sick” 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: $1.5M to Feeding America — support sick and hungry kids
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Largest: $2.6M to HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN THE — discovery and translational sciences; hiv; malaria
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Largest: $260,403 to THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN — investigating neural oscillations in early autism with innovative wearable meg
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Largest: $8,000 to WILDLIFE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY — the wildlife center of silicon valley requests $10,000 for the sick, injured, and orphaned mammals we treat each year.
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Largest: $350,000 to MEDSTAR HEALTH — to benefit sick children
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Largest: $500,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — care for sick children
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Largest: $50,000 to Boca Helping Hands Inc — help the sick and poor
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Largest: $75,000 to MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN — grant wishes of sick children
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Largest: $10,000 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION — support sick children
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Largest: $37,570 to SALVATION ARMY OF SILICON VALLEY — provide meals and shelter for sick and needy
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Largest: $1,500 to ALSACST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL — help for the sick
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Largest: $25,000 to SERVANTS OF MARY MINISTERS TO THE SICK — charitable nursing and spiritual care of the sick and/or dying
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