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12 funders with a record of paying for “signature”
Where the money went Revada Foundation → Signature Theatre: $3.4M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → China Youth Development Foundation: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $2.2M across 6 grants, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $1.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Signature Communications Limited: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Jobsfirstnyc → Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → The Hospital for Sick Children: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Signature Theatre Company: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Delta Dental Community Care Foundation → Mary's Center: $614K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Missouri Organizing and Voter → Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter: $378K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Signature Theatre: $375K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Coach Foundation Inc → Bottom Line: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: $965K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → The Jackson Laboratory: $850K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Delta Dental Community Care Foundation → Howard University: $596K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Children's Hospital Medical Center: $583K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Signature Theatre Inc: $575K across 4 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Public Allies Inc: $300K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Jobsfirstnyc → Good Shepherd Services: $300K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Signature Theatre Company Inc: $280K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Missouri Organizing and Voter → Mo Jobs With Justice Voter Action: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $98K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Revada Foundation → Grabhorn Institute: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Coach Foundation Inc → Opportunity Network: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation → University of California Santa Barbara: $506K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Delta Dental Community Care Foundation → Curry Senior Center: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → University of Exeter: $499K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Signature Development and Media Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Missouri Organizing and Voter → Missouri Workers Center: $147K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jobsfirstnyc → St Nicks Alliance: $88K across 4 grants, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Philanthropy Southeast: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Coach Foundation Inc → The Opportunity Network: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Charities Aid Foundation of America (Caf): $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Northwestern University: $430K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $403K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Alfred Wegener Institute: $323K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Delta Dental Community Care Foundation → Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Coach Foundation Inc → Seo London: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Point Foundation: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Fashion Scholarship Fund: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $189K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Queens College Cuny: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Iowa: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Iowa: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Michigan: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Charities Aid Foundation of America (Cafa): $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Pensole Lewis College: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Missouri Organizing and Voter → Heartland Action: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Coach Foundation Inc → Millenium Campus Network Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Hetrick Martin Institute: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Coach Foundation Inc → Millennium Campus Network Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation → California Association for Research in Astronomy: $99K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jobsfirstnyc → Henry Street Settlement: $85K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jobsfirstnyc → The Knowledge House: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Coach Foundation Inc → Communities in Schools of Jacksonville: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Coach Foundation Inc → Communities in Schools Jacksonville: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Queens College: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Jobsfirstnyc → Research Foundation Cuny: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Jobsfirstnyc → Npower: $53K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jobsfirstnyc → Scranton Area Foundation Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jobsfirstnyc → New Ways to Work Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Delta Dental Community Care Foundation → Citymeals On Wheels: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Coach Foundation Inc: $9.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Coach Foundation Inc $9.5M The Heising-Simons Foundation: $4.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Heising-Simons Foundation $4.4M The Simons Foundation Inc: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $3.8M Revada Foundation: $3.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Revada Foundation $3.4M The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Leona M and Harry B Helms… $2.5M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $2.1M Delta Dental Community Care Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Delta Dental Community Care F… $2.0M Jobsfirstnyc: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Jobsfirstnyc $1.9M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $1.7M The Shubert Foundation Inc: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Shubert Foundation Inc $1.6M Missouri Organizing and Voter: $839K on this topic. Open the funder. Missouri Organizing and Voter $839K The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc: $655K on this topic. Open the funder. The Howard Gilman Foundation… $655K Signature Theatre: received $3.8M on this topic Signature Theatre $3.8M China Youth Development Foundation: received $3.0M on this topic China Youth Development Foundat… $3.0M Bottom Line: received $2.3M on this topic Bottom Line $2.3M California Institute of Technology: received $2.2M on this topic California Institute of Technol… $2.2M Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition: received $2.0M on this topic Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition $2.0M Opportunity Network: received $1.5M on this topic Opportunity Network $1.5M University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $1.5M on this topic University of North Carolina at… $1.5M Signature Communications Limited: received $1.2M on this topic Signature Communications Limited $1.2M Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation: received $1.2M on this topic Central Brooklyn Economic Devel… $1.2M The Hospital for Sick Children: received $1.1M on this topic The Hospital for Sick Children $1.1M Signature Theatre Company: received $1.0M on this topic Signature Theatre Company $1.0M The Opportunity Network: received $1.0M on this topic The Opportunity Network $1.0M Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University: received $965K on this topic Arizona State University Founda… $965K The Jackson Laboratory: received $850K on this topic The Jackson Laboratory $850K Mary's Center: received $614K on this topic Mary's Center $614K Howard University: received $596K on this topic Howard University $596K Children's Hospital Medical Center: received $583K on this topic Children's Hospital Medical Cen… $583K Signature Theatre Inc: received $575K on this topic Signature Theatre Inc $575K University of California Santa Barbara: received $506K on this topic University of California Santa… $506K Curry Senior Center: received $500K on this topic Curry Senior Center $500K University of Exeter: received $499K on this topic University of Exeter $499K Charities Aid Foundation of America (Caf): received $450K on this topic Charities Aid Foundation of Ame… $450K Mit: received $450K on this topic Mit $450K Northwestern University: received $430K on this topic Northwestern University $430K Columbia University: received $403K on this topic Columbia University $403K Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter: received $378K on this topic Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter $378K Alfred Wegener Institute: received $323K on this topic Alfred Wegener Institute $323K Public Allies Inc: received $300K on this topic Public Allies Inc $300K Good Shepherd Services: received $300K on this topic Good Shepherd Services $300K Signature Theatre Company Inc: received $280K on this topic Signature Theatre Company Inc $280K Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center Inc: received $250K on this topic Gary and Mary West Senior Denta… $250K Signature Development and Media Foundation: received $200K on this topic Signature Development and Media… $200K Seo London: received $200K on this topic Seo London $200K Point Foundation: received $200K on this topic Point Foundation $200K Fashion Scholarship Fund: received $200K on this topic Fashion Scholarship Fund $200K Mo Jobs With Justice Voter Action: received $200K on this topic Mo Jobs With Justice Voter Acti… $200K Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $189K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $189K Queens College Cuny: received $180K on this topic Queens College Cuny $180K The University of Iowa: received $150K on this topic The University of Iowa $150K University of Iowa: received $150K on this topic University of Iowa $150K Missouri Workers Center: received $147K on this topic Missouri Workers Center $147K University of Michigan: received $130K on this topic University of Michigan $130K Charities Aid Foundation of America (Cafa): received $125K on this topic Charities Aid Foundation of Ame… $125K Pensole Lewis College: received $120K on this topic Pensole Lewis College $120K Heartland Action: received $114K on this topic Heartland Action $114K Millenium Campus Network Inc: received $100K on this topic Millenium Campus Network Inc $100K Hetrick Martin Institute: received $100K on this topic Hetrick Martin Institute $100K Millennium Campus Network Inc: received $100K on this topic Millennium Campus Network Inc $100K California Association for Research in Astronomy: received $99K on this topic California Association for Rese… $99K Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $98K on this topic Rockefeller Philanthropy Adviso… $98K St Nicks Alliance: received $88K on this topic St Nicks Alliance $88K Henry Street Settlement: received $85K on this topic Henry Street Settlement $85K The Knowledge House: received $75K on this topic The Knowledge House $75K Communities in Schools of Jacksonville: received $70K on this topic Communities in Schools of Jacks… $70K Communities in Schools Jacksonville: received $70K on this topic Communities in Schools Jacksonv… $70K Queens College: received $60K on this topic Queens College $60K Research Foundation Cuny: received $58K on this topic Research Foundation Cuny $58K Npower: received $53K on this topic Npower $53K Scranton Area Foundation Inc: received $50K on this topic Scranton Area Foundation Inc $50K New Ways to Work Inc: received $50K on this topic New Ways to Work Inc $50K Citymeals On Wheels: received $50K on this topic Citymeals On Wheels $50K Grabhorn Institute: received $45K on this topic Grabhorn Institute $45K Philanthropy Southeast: received $21K on this topic Philanthropy Southeast $21K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “signature” 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: $468,289 to CENTRAL BROOKLYN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — signature project
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Largest: $1.0M to CHINA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — dream it real signature program - further 501(c)(3) charitable purpose
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Largest: $516,571 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — for research on the observational signatures of quantum gravity
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Largest: $180,409 to QUEENS COLLEGE CUNY — investigating sensorimotor signatures during sleep states in infants at high risk for autism
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Largest: $350,000 to Signature Communications Limited — to strengthen investigative and data-driven journalism in local languages at the community level to reduce corruption and enhance accountability.
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Largest: $250,000 to SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY — general operating support for theatrical productions and activities
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Largest: $585,750 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL — genomic and microbial signatures predict post-operative crohns disease outcomes
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Largest: $666,000 to OHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION — to create a signature park on the north shore of summit lake in akron that will serve as an urban destination and better connect downtown to the adjacent neighborhoods.
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Largest: $3.0M to SIGNATURE THEATRE — production center grant
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Largest: $375,000 to SIGNATURE THEATRE — foundation grant - general operating
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Largest: $564,424 to MARY'S CENTER — signature program
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Largest: $377,536 to MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER — signatures and amend
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