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12 funders with a record of paying for “square”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → Central Square Foundation: $12M across 9 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → John Bartram Association: $5.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → Robin Hood Foundation: $4.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Chabad House of Harvard Square Inc: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Rebuild Metro Inc: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc Inc: $752K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Mcknight Foundation → All Square: $688K across 11 grants, latest 2023 Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → Codman Square Ndc: $405K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Arkansas Community Foundation Inc → Theatre Squared Inc - Po Box 4188 Fayetteville Ar 72702: $380K across 15 grants, latest 2024 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Theatre Squared Inc: $335K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Barr Foundation → (605) One Square World: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Hyde Square Task Force Inc: $280K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → Square Roots Urban Growers Inc: $4.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $1.3M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → Trust for Public Land: $928K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Esperanza Health Centers: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Logan Square Neighborhood Association: $554K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Central Square Theater Inc: $334K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Park Square Theatre Company: $300K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Barr Foundation → (263) One Square World: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → Hyde Square Task Force Inc: $220K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Arkansas Community Foundation Inc → Big Brothers Big Sisters Nwa - 91 W Colt Square Suite 1 Fayetteville Ar 7: $145K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Boston Foundation Inc → Egleston Square Main Streets: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Central Square Theater: $95K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Lafayette Square Foundation Inc: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → Yale University: $1.3M across 7 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → Historic Philadelphia Inc: $838K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Baltimore Medical Systems Inc: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Full Spectrum Features Nfp: $325K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Barr Foundation → (217) One Square World: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Arkansas Community Foundation Inc → Communities Unlimited - 3 East Colt Square Drive Fayetteville Ar 72703: $125K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Foundation for Homan Square: $110K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Lower Sioux Indian Community: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc → Y2y Network Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Mile Square Theatre: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Three Squares New England: $74K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $1.1M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → New York University: $1.1M across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → Cornell University: $920K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Iff: $750K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation Public Charity: $750K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Pershing Square Foundation → Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $680K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Pershing Square Foundation → Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $650K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → Norris Square Neighborhood Project: $629K across 7 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → Norris Square Community Alliance: $616K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Cathedral Square Corporation: $555K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → YWCA Annapolis and Anne Arundel County: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Hidden Genius Project Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Greater Chicago Food Depository: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Pershing Square Foundation → Rutgers the State University of Nj: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Howard Brown Health Center: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Southeast Alaska Independent Living Inc: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Floating Hospital: $340K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The William Penn Foundation → Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: $269K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Lower Shore Clinic Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Pershing Square Foundation → The Regents of the University of California (University of California Davis: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Chrysalis House Inc: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Congo Square Theatre Company New York: $223K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Congo Square Theatre Company: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Pershing Square Foundation → Trustees of Princeton University: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Vip Community Services: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Pershing Square Foundation → The Rockefeller University: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Jewish Family and Community Services: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Gates Foundation: $18M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $18M The Pershing Square Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder. The Pershing Square Foundation $12M The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $8.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe… $8.9M The William Penn Foundation: $8.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The William Penn Foundation $8.8M Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $2.2M The Chicago Community Trust: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $2.1M The Mcknight Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $1.1M Barr Foundation: $850K on this topic. Open the funder. Barr Foundation $850K Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc: $725K on this topic. Open the funder. Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc $725K Arkansas Community Foundation Inc: $650K on this topic. Open the funder. Arkansas Community Foundation… $650K The Shubert Foundation Inc: $505K on this topic. Open the funder. The Shubert Foundation Inc $505K Boston Foundation Inc: $494K on this topic. Open the funder. Boston Foundation Inc $494K Central Square Foundation: received $12M on this topic Central Square Foundation $12M John Bartram Association: received $5.5M on this topic John Bartram Association $5.5M Square Roots Urban Growers Inc: received $4.4M on this topic Square Roots Urban Growers Inc $4.4M Robin Hood Foundation: received $4.2M on this topic Robin Hood Foundation $4.2M Lafayette Square Foundation Inc: received $2.0M on this topic Lafayette Square Foundation Inc $2.0M Chabad House of Harvard Square Inc: received $1.8M on this topic Chabad House of Harvard Square… $1.8M Rebuild Metro Inc: received $1.5M on this topic Rebuild Metro Inc $1.5M Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: received $1.3M on this topic Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer… $1.3M Yale University: received $1.3M on this topic Yale University $1.3M Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $1.1M on this topic Trustees of Columbia University… $1.1M New York University: received $1.1M on this topic New York University $1.1M Trust for Public Land: received $928K on this topic Trust for Public Land $928K Cornell University: received $920K on this topic Cornell University $920K Historic Philadelphia Inc: received $838K on this topic Historic Philadelphia Inc $838K Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc Inc: received $752K on this topic Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc… $752K Esperanza Health Centers: received $750K on this topic Esperanza Health Centers $750K Baltimore Medical Systems Inc: received $750K on this topic Baltimore Medical Systems Inc $750K Iff: received $750K on this topic Iff $750K Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation Public Charity: received $750K on this topic Presbyterian Villages of Michig… $750K All Square: received $688K on this topic All Square $688K Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: received $680K on this topic Icahn School of Medicine at Mou… $680K Albert Einstein College of Medicine: received $650K on this topic Albert Einstein College of Medi… $650K Norris Square Neighborhood Project: received $629K on this topic Norris Square Neighborhood Proj… $629K Norris Square Community Alliance: received $616K on this topic Norris Square Community Alliance $616K Cathedral Square Corporation: received $555K on this topic Cathedral Square Corporation $555K Logan Square Neighborhood Association: received $554K on this topic Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc… $554K YWCA Annapolis and Anne Arundel County: received $500K on this topic YWCA Annapolis and Anne Arundel… $500K Hidden Genius Project Inc: received $500K on this topic Hidden Genius Project Inc $500K Greater Chicago Food Depository: received $500K on this topic Greater Chicago Food Depository $500K Rutgers the State University of Nj: received $500K on this topic Rutgers the State University of… $500K Howard Brown Health Center: received $500K on this topic Howard Brown Health Center $500K Codman Square Ndc: received $405K on this topic Codman Square Ndc $405K Southeast Alaska Independent Living Inc: received $400K on this topic Southeast Alaska Independent Li… $400K Theatre Squared Inc - Po Box 4188 Fayetteville Ar 72702: received $380K on this topic Theatre Squared Inc - Po Box 41… $380K Floating Hospital: received $340K on this topic Floating Hospital $340K Theatre Squared Inc: received $335K on this topic Theatre Squared Inc $335K Central Square Theater Inc: received $334K on this topic Central Square Theater Inc $334K Full Spectrum Features Nfp: received $325K on this topic Full Spectrum Features Nfp $325K (605) One Square World: received $300K on this topic (605) One Square World $300K Park Square Theatre Company: received $300K on this topic Park Square Theatre Company $300K (263) One Square World: received $300K on this topic (263) One Square World $300K Hyde Square Task Force Inc: received $280K on this topic Hyde Square Task Force Inc $280K Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: received $269K on this topic Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocat… $269K (217) One Square World: received $250K on this topic (217) One Square World $250K Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: received $250K on this topic Alaska Native Tribal Health Con… $250K Lower Shore Clinic Inc: received $250K on this topic Lower Shore Clinic Inc $250K The Regents of the University of California (University of California Davis: received $250K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $250K Chrysalis House Inc: received $225K on this topic Chrysalis House Inc $225K Congo Square Theatre Company New York: received $223K on this topic Congo Square Theatre Company Ne… $223K Hyde Square Task Force Inc: received $220K on this topic Hyde Square Task Force Inc $220K Congo Square Theatre Company: received $220K on this topic Congo Square Theatre Company $220K Trustees of Princeton University: received $200K on this topic Trustees of Princeton University $200K Vip Community Services: received $200K on this topic Vip Community Services $200K The Rockefeller University: received $200K on this topic The Rockefeller University $200K Jewish Family and Community Services: received $180K on this topic Jewish Family and Community Ser… $180K Big Brothers Big Sisters Nwa - 91 W Colt Square Suite 1 Fayetteville Ar 7: received $145K on this topic Big Brothers Big Sisters Nwa -… $145K Egleston Square Main Streets: received $140K on this topic Egleston Square Main Streets $140K Communities Unlimited - 3 East Colt Square Drive Fayetteville Ar 72703: received $125K on this topic Communities Unlimited - 3 East… $125K Foundation for Homan Square: received $110K on this topic Foundation for Homan Square $110K Lower Sioux Indian Community: received $100K on this topic Lower Sioux Indian Community $100K Y2y Network Inc: received $100K on this topic Y2y Network Inc $100K Central Square Theater: received $95K on this topic Central Square Theater $95K Mile Square Theatre: received $75K on this topic Mile Square Theatre $75K Three Squares New England: received $74K on this topic Three Squares New England $74K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “square” 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: $250,000 to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research
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Largest: $1.0M to REBUILD METRO INC — to support greenmount park apartments, a mixed-income and mixed-use community that will create 113 new affordable apartments and over 5,000 square feet of new retail space in johns…
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Largest: $124,000 to NORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT — norris square expansion and capacity support
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Largest: $10,000 to THEATRE SQUARED INC - PO BOX 4188 FAYETTEVILLE AR 72702 — to support theatre squared arkansas new play festival as they host professional visiting playwrights and features the development and staged reading of five original works
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Largest: $376,100 to Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc Inc — general operating support. to support leadership of the community tables, community engagement around elevated chicago workplan priorities and those outlined by the table, and supp…
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Largest: $100,500 to Hyde Square Task Force Inc — operating support/annual fund
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Largest: $1.8M to CHABAD HOUSE OF HARVARD SQUARE INC — religious institutions
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Largest: $100,000 to THEATRE SQUARED INC — general operating support for theatrical productions and activities
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Largest: $150,000 to All Square — for general operating support
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Largest: $125,000 to (207) CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — to support community leadership on climate and racial justice in codman square and south dorchester
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Largest: $4.0M to CENTRAL SQUARE FOUNDATION — global education
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Largest: $150,000 to CODMAN SQUARE NDC — codman square neighborhood development corporation eco-innovation department
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