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12 funders with a record of paying for “spark”
Where the money went Crankstart Foundation → Spark Sf Public Schools: $5.1M across 8 grants, latest 2024 Houston Endowment Inc → Spark: $3.5M across 8 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → New Venture Fund: $1.8M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Multiplier: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Sherwood Foundation → Spark Capital: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Baylor College of Medicine: $903K across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Spark Reproductive Justice Now Inc: $762K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Tides Foundation → Spark Reproductive Justice Now Inc: $279K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Nell J Redfield Foundation → Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Inc: $157K across 7 grants, latest 2025 Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial → Button Holdings Inc: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Leva Family Foundation → Spark Ventures: $27K across 7 grants, latest 2025 Southern Coalition for Social Justice → A Bella Lafemme Society: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Sherwood Foundation → Spark: $999K across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Emory University: $886K across 8 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Resources Legacy Fund: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation → Spark Reproductive Justice Now: $481K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: $453K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Tides Foundation → Spark Sf Public Schools: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Nell J Redfield Foundation → City of Sparks Parks and Recreation: $57K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial → Mcr Productions LLC: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Southern Coalition for Social Justice → Aliefvotes: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Leva Family Foundation → Spark Ventures - Spring Event Sponsor: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Rush University Medical Center: $656K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council: $375K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: $340K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Urban Sparks: $90K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Nell J Redfield Foundation → Sparks Parks and Recreation: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial → 10-8 Emergency Vehicle Service LLC: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Southern Coalition for Social Justice → American Muslim Advisory Council: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Leva Family Foundation → Spark Ventures - Fall Gala Sponsor: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Yale University: $620K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Utah: $431K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Princeton University: $416K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Leland Stanford Junior University: $416K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Medical University of S Carolina: $412K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Children's Specialized Hospital Fdn: $403K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management: $374K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Boston Children's Hospital: $364K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Climate and Wildfire Institute Inc: $289K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Pacific Forest Trust Inc: $252K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → City of Flagstaff: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Utah: $234K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Children's Specialized Hospital: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Medical University of Sc: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Stanford University: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Borealis Philanthropy: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Makeway Foundation: $148K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Kennedy Krieger Institute: $127K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Oregon Health & Science Univ - Ohsu: $126K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Mississippi Med Ctr: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uni of Mississippi Medical Center: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Iowa: $66K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Mississippi: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Davis: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Geisinger Clinic: $59K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Iowa: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center: $57K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Unc at Chapel Hill: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Tides Foundation → Her Spark Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Missouri: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Spark Program Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of California San Diego: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Reno-Sparks Naacp: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc: $7.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $7.3M Crankstart Foundation: $5.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Crankstart Foundation $5.1M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $4.1M Houston Endowment Inc: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Houston Endowment Inc $3.5M The Chicago Community Trust: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $2.2M The Sherwood Foundation: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Sherwood Foundation $2.2M The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Susan Thompson Buffett Fo… $1.2M Tides Foundation: $563K on this topic. Open the funder. Tides Foundation $563K The Nell J Redfield Foundation: $230K on this topic. Open the funder. The Nell J Redfield Foundation $230K Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. Greater Wilkes-Barre Industri… $85K Leva Family Foundation: $37K on this topic. Open the funder. Leva Family Foundation $37K Southern Coalition for Social Justice: $32K on this topic. Open the funder. Southern Coalition for Social… $32K Spark Sf Public Schools: received $5.2M on this topic Spark Sf Public Schools $5.2M Spark: received $4.5M on this topic Spark $4.5M New Venture Fund: received $1.8M on this topic New Venture Fund $1.8M Multiplier: received $1.2M on this topic Multiplier $1.2M Spark Capital: received $1.2M on this topic Spark Capital $1.2M Spark Reproductive Justice Now Inc: received $1.0M on this topic Spark Reproductive Justice Now… $1.0M Baylor College of Medicine: received $903K on this topic Baylor College of Medicine $903K Emory University: received $886K on this topic Emory University $886K Rush University Medical Center: received $656K on this topic Rush University Medical Center $656K Yale University: received $620K on this topic Yale University $620K Resources Legacy Fund: received $500K on this topic Resources Legacy Fund $500K Spark Reproductive Justice Now: received $481K on this topic Spark Reproductive Justice Now $481K Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: received $453K on this topic Shirley Ryan Abilitylab $453K University of Utah: received $431K on this topic University of Utah $431K Princeton University: received $416K on this topic Princeton University $416K Leland Stanford Junior University: received $416K on this topic Leland Stanford Junior Universi… $416K Medical University of S Carolina: received $412K on this topic Medical University of S Carolina $412K Children's Specialized Hospital Fdn: received $403K on this topic Children's Specialized Hospital… $403K Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council: received $375K on this topic Santa Barbara County Fire Safe… $375K Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management: received $374K on this topic Bulkley Valley Centre for Natur… $374K Boston Children's Hospital: received $364K on this topic Boston Children's Hospital $364K Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: received $340K on this topic Shirley Ryan Abilitylab $340K Climate and Wildfire Institute Inc: received $289K on this topic Climate and Wildfire Institute… $289K Pacific Forest Trust Inc: received $252K on this topic Pacific Forest Trust Inc $252K City of Flagstaff: received $250K on this topic City of Flagstaff $250K The University of Utah: received $234K on this topic The University of Utah $234K Children's Specialized Hospital: received $220K on this topic Children's Specialized Hospital $220K Medical University of Sc: received $220K on this topic Medical University of Sc $220K Stanford University: received $220K on this topic Stanford University $220K Borealis Philanthropy: received $175K on this topic Borealis Philanthropy $175K Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Inc: received $157K on this topic Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Inc $157K Regents of the University of California: received $150K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $150K Makeway Foundation: received $148K on this topic Makeway Foundation $148K Kennedy Krieger Institute: received $127K on this topic Kennedy Krieger Institute $127K Oregon Health & Science Univ - Ohsu: received $126K on this topic Oregon Health & Science Univ -… $126K University of Mississippi Med Ctr: received $100K on this topic University of Mississippi Med C… $100K Urban Sparks: received $90K on this topic Urban Sparks $90K Uni of Mississippi Medical Center: received $80K on this topic Uni of Mississippi Medical Cent… $80K The University of Iowa: received $66K on this topic The University of Iowa $66K University of Mississippi: received $60K on this topic University of Mississippi $60K Uc Davis: received $60K on this topic Uc Davis $60K Geisinger Clinic: received $59K on this topic Geisinger Clinic $59K University of Iowa: received $58K on this topic University of Iowa $58K Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center: received $57K on this topic Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center $57K City of Sparks Parks and Recreation: received $57K on this topic City of Sparks Parks and Recrea… $57K Unc at Chapel Hill: received $55K on this topic Unc at Chapel Hill $55K Her Spark Inc: received $50K on this topic Her Spark Inc $50K University of Missouri: received $48K on this topic University of Missouri $48K Button Holdings Inc: received $35K on this topic Button Holdings Inc $35K Mcr Productions LLC: received $35K on this topic Mcr Productions LLC $35K Spark Program Inc: received $30K on this topic Spark Program Inc $30K University of California San Diego: received $28K on this topic University of California San Di… $28K Spark Ventures: received $27K on this topic Spark Ventures $27K Reno-Sparks Naacp: received $24K on this topic Reno-Sparks Naacp $24K Sparks Parks and Recreation: received $17K on this topic Sparks Parks and Recreation $17K 10-8 Emergency Vehicle Service LLC: received $15K on this topic 10-8 Emergency Vehicle Service… $15K A Bella Lafemme Society: received $12K on this topic A Bella Lafemme Society $12K Aliefvotes: received $10K on this topic Aliefvotes $10K American Muslim Advisory Council: received $10K on this topic American Muslim Advisory Council $10K Spark Ventures - Spring Event Sponsor: received $5K on this topic Spark Ventures - Spring Event S… $5K Spark Ventures - Fall Gala Sponsor: received $5K on this topic Spark Ventures - Fall Gala Spon… $5K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “spark” 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: $100,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR — spark equity in action: increasing inclusion of black/african americans in the ms spark cohort
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Largest: $35,000 to MCR PRODUCTIONS LLC — award from spark program to cover rent
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Largest: $11,500 to A BELLA LAFEMME SOCIETY — solve spark grant
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Largest: $1.5M to NEW VENTURE FUND — in support of a select pilot to achieve results by key indicators (spark) project for the colorado river sustainability campaign.
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Largest: $50,000 to SPARK — north omaha trail phase 3 & 4 study
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Largest: $55,000 to Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Inc — purchase new van for the organization
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Largest: $104,250 to SPARK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
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Largest: $500,000 to SPARK — toward spark park development in park desert areas
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Largest: $6,218 to SPARK VENTURES — international relief
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Largest: $1.8M to SPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS — general support for early college interns
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Largest: $340,076 to Shirley Ryan Abilitylab — general operating support, support for spark 2023 gala (no tickets or tangible benefits), support for life center, support for community-based quality of life programs, support for…
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Largest: $330,767 to SPARK REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE NOW — project support
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