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12 funders with a record of paying for “string”
Where the money went The Simons Foundation Inc → Princeton University: $656K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Hope On A String Inc: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Columbus Foundation → Carpe Diem String Quartet: $238K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Klarman Family Foundation → Boston String Academy: $167K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Anonimo Foundation → Daponte String Quartet Foundation: $125K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Wutz Family Foundation → Buffalo Suzuki Strings: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Greater Columbus Arts Council → Urban Strings Columbus: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Palaver Strings Incorporated: $75K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Alleghany Foundation → Garth Newel Music Center: $61K across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Onion Foundation → Palaver Strings: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Foundation for the Advancement of String → Raleigh Music Collective: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2021 D'addario Foundation Inc → Boston String Academy: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $540K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Columbus Foundation → Strings Music Festival: $76K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Greater Columbus Arts Council → Six String Concert Inc: $44K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Boston Foundation Inc → Four Strings Academy Inc: $43K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Klarman Family Foundation → City Strings Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Anonimo Foundation → 240 Strings: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Onion Foundation → 240 Strings: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Wutz Family Foundation → Western Reserve Suzuki Strings: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Foundation for the Advancement of String → Sifais Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 D'addario Foundation Inc → Buffalo String Works Inc: $9K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Eth Zurich Foundation: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Columbus Foundation → Urban Strings Columbus: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Klarman Family Foundation → Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Onion Foundation → Daponte String Quartet Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Greater Columbus Arts Council → Six String Concert: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Foundation for the Advancement of String → Universidad Libre De Costa Rica: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 D'addario Foundation Inc → Boston String Academy-Scholarship: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Boston Foundation Inc → Palaver Strings Incorporated: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard College: $377K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard University: $375K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Weizmann Institute of Science: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Carnegie Mellon University: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Perimeter Institute: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Turin: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Epfl: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Minnesota: $310K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Santa Barbara: $260K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Stony Brook University: $195K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Research Foundation Stony Brook: $130K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Cornell University: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of California Santa Barbara: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Columbus Foundation → Six String Concerts Inc: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Klarman Family Foundation → Musica Franklin: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Greater Columbus Arts Council → Six Strings Concert: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The State University Rutgers Newark: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → State University Rutgers Newark: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Rutgers University Newark: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Foundation for the Advancement of String → Frank R Garside Jr Hi School: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Foundation for the Advancement of String → American String Teachers Assoc: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2022 D'addario Foundation Inc → Newport String Project: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 D'addario Foundation Inc → Swan Strings: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Foundation for the Advancement of String → American String Teachers: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Foundation for the Advancement of String → Escuela De Musica De Atenas: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Foundation for the Advancement of String → American String Teachers Associatio: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 D'addario Foundation Inc → Latino Arts Strings Program- Scholarship: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc: $5.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $5.6M Columbus Foundation: $408K on this topic. Open the funder. Columbus Foundation $408K Boston Foundation Inc: $319K on this topic. Open the funder. Boston Foundation Inc $319K The Klarman Family Foundation: $264K on this topic. Open the funder. The Klarman Family Foundation $264K The Anonimo Foundation: $160K on this topic. Open the funder. The Anonimo Foundation $160K Greater Columbus Arts Council: $146K on this topic. Open the funder. Greater Columbus Arts Council $146K The Wutz Family Foundation: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wutz Family Foundation $120K The Onion Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. The Onion Foundation $100K Conrad N Hilton Foundation: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. Conrad N Hilton Foundation $75K Alleghany Foundation: $61K on this topic. Open the funder. Alleghany Foundation $61K Foundation for the Advancement of String: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for the Advancemen… $50K D'addario Foundation Inc: $29K on this topic. Open the funder. D'addario Foundation Inc $29K Princeton University: received $656K on this topic Princeton University $656K New York University: received $540K on this topic New York University $540K Eth Zurich Foundation: received $500K on this topic Eth Zurich Foundation $500K Harvard College: received $377K on this topic Harvard College $377K Harvard University: received $375K on this topic Harvard University $375K Weizmann Institute of Science: received $350K on this topic Weizmann Institute of Science $350K Carnegie Mellon University: received $325K on this topic Carnegie Mellon University $325K Perimeter Institute: received $325K on this topic Perimeter Institute $325K University of Turin: received $325K on this topic University of Turin $325K Mit: received $325K on this topic Mit $325K Epfl: received $325K on this topic Epfl $325K University of Minnesota: received $310K on this topic University of Minnesota $310K Hope On A String Inc: received $275K on this topic Hope On A String Inc $275K Uc Santa Barbara: received $260K on this topic Uc Santa Barbara $260K Carpe Diem String Quartet: received $238K on this topic Carpe Diem String Quartet $238K Stony Brook University: received $195K on this topic Stony Brook University $195K Boston String Academy: received $167K on this topic Boston String Academy $167K Urban Strings Columbus: received $145K on this topic Urban Strings Columbus $145K Research Foundation Stony Brook: received $130K on this topic Research Foundation Stony Brook $130K Daponte String Quartet Foundation: received $125K on this topic Daponte String Quartet Foundati… $125K Cornell University: received $115K on this topic Cornell University $115K Buffalo Suzuki Strings: received $100K on this topic Buffalo Suzuki Strings $100K Strings Music Festival: received $76K on this topic Strings Music Festival $76K Palaver Strings Incorporated: received $75K on this topic Palaver Strings Incorporated $75K Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities: received $65K on this topic Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities $65K Univ of California Santa Barbara: received $65K on this topic Univ of California Santa Barbara $65K Garth Newel Music Center: received $61K on this topic Garth Newel Music Center $61K Palaver Strings: received $60K on this topic Palaver Strings $60K Six String Concert Inc: received $44K on this topic Six String Concert Inc $44K Four Strings Academy Inc: received $43K on this topic Four Strings Academy Inc $43K City Strings Inc: received $40K on this topic City Strings Inc $40K Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc: received $40K on this topic Worcester Chamber Music Society… $40K 240 Strings: received $35K on this topic 240 Strings $35K 240 Strings: received $25K on this topic 240 Strings $25K Six String Concerts Inc: received $25K on this topic Six String Concerts Inc $25K Western Reserve Suzuki Strings: received $20K on this topic Western Reserve Suzuki Strings $20K Raleigh Music Collective: received $18K on this topic Raleigh Music Collective $18K Musica Franklin: received $17K on this topic Musica Franklin $17K Daponte String Quartet Foundation: received $15K on this topic Daponte String Quartet Foundati… $15K Six String Concert: received $14K on this topic Six String Concert $14K Six Strings Concert: received $14K on this topic Six Strings Concert $14K Sifais Foundation: received $10K on this topic Sifais Foundation $10K Universidad Libre De Costa Rica: received $10K on this topic Universidad Libre De Costa Rica $10K Boston String Academy: received $10K on this topic Boston String Academy $10K Buffalo String Works Inc: received $9K on this topic Buffalo String Works Inc $9K The State University Rutgers Newark: received $8K on this topic The State University Rutgers Ne… $8K State University Rutgers Newark: received $8K on this topic State University Rutgers Newark $8K Rutgers University Newark: received $8K on this topic Rutgers University Newark $8K Frank R Garside Jr Hi School: received $5K on this topic Frank R Garside Jr Hi School $5K Boston String Academy-Scholarship: received $4K on this topic Boston String Academy-Scholarsh… $4K American String Teachers Assoc: received $4K on this topic American String Teachers Assoc $4K Newport String Project: received $3K on this topic Newport String Project $3K Swan Strings: received $2K on this topic Swan Strings $2K American String Teachers: received $2K on this topic American String Teachers $2K Escuela De Musica De Atenas: received $1K on this topic Escuela De Musica De Atenas $1K American String Teachers Associatio: received $1K on this topic American String Teachers Associ… $1K Palaver Strings Incorporated: received $1K on this topic Palaver Strings Incorporated $1K Latino Arts Strings Program- Scholarship: received $1K on this topic Latino Arts Strings Program- Sc… $1K 12 funders, 58 recipients, grants matching “string” 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: $305,000 to ETH ZURICH FOUNDATION — simons collaboration on confinement and qcd strings
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Largest: $125,854 to CARPE DIEM STRING QUARTET — arts and humanities
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Largest: $2,000 to BOSTON STRING ACADEMY-SCHOLARSHIP — the scholarship will encourage growth in participation of the music education programs
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Largest: $52,000 to Boston String Academy — music pathways for youth: to purchase violins, violas, and cellos as well as music stands and a storage cart
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Largest: $47,000 to DAPONTE STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION — operations support
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Largest: $25,000 to BUFFALO SUZUKI STRINGS — operating expenses
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Largest: $1,050 to AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATIO — string music education
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Largest: $9,791 to GARTH NEWEL MUSIC CENTER — allegheny mountain string project
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Largest: $275,000 to Hope on a String Inc — operating support/annual fund
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Largest: $20,000 to Palaver Strings — general operations
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Largest: $65,000 to URBAN STRINGS COLUMBUS — to support organizations led by and serving people of color through unrestricted funding
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Largest: $15,000 to PALAVER STRINGS INCORPORATED — for general operating support
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