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12 funders with a record of paying for “surf”
Where the money went Orange County Community Foundation → Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: $11M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Swenson Family Foundation → University of Wisconsin Superior Foundation Inc: $466K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Conservation International Foundation → Save the Waves Coalition: $434K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Foundation for Global Sports Development → International Surfing Association: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Croul Family Foundation → Surfing Heritage: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2023 James and Angela Ryan Foundation → Surf City Fire & Ems: $116K across 4 grants, latest 2025 American Society for Pharmacology & → Washington State University: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Surfing's Evolution & Preservation → Florida Surf Film Festival Inc: $55K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University College London: $55K across 6 grants, latest 2023 Rudi Schulte Family Foundation → North Shore Surfing Museum: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Maui Economic Development Board Inc → Lahaina Surf Shack Limited Liability Company: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation → Surfaid International USA: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Orange County Community Foundation → Common Ground Surf: $279K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Croul Family Foundation → Encyclopedia of Surfing: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Society for Pharmacology & → Lsu Health Shreveport: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Vienna: $51K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Surfing's Evolution & Preservation → Streetwaves Corporation: $31K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Rudi Schulte Family Foundation → Operation Surf: $30K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Conservation International Foundation → San Diego State University Foundation: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Maui Economic Development Board Inc → Lahaina Dive & Surf LLC: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 James and Angela Ryan Foundation → Borough of Surf City: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Foundation for Global Sports Development → Northwest Film Forum: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation → Sustainable Surf: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Orange County Community Foundation → Surf and Turf Therapy: $74K across 4 grants, latest 2024 American Society for Pharmacology & → Uthscsa: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Croul Family Foundation → Surfing Eritage Foundation: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Rudi Schulte Family Foundation → California Surf Museum: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Maui Economic Development Board Inc → Goofy Foot Surf School Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation → Eastern Surfing Association Inc: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Surfing's Evolution & Preservation → Autism Surfs of Florida: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → Pacific University: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Society for Pharmacology & → University of Arkansas: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $44K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Leland Stanford Junior University: $44K across 5 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Washington: $41K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Emory University: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of California San Diego: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Chicago: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Orange County Community Foundation → Black Girls Surf Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Maui Economic Development Board Inc → Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy LLC: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard College: $19K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Los Angeles: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Maui Economic Development Board Inc → Maui Surf Culture Inc: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Northwestern University - Chicago: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → Rutgers University: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → Michigan State University: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → Duke University: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → Case Western Reserve University: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → University of Cincinnati: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → University of Arizona: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → The University of Michigan Medical School: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → The University of Florida Board of Trustees: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → The Research Foundation of Suny: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → University of Pittsburgh: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → University of North Dakota: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 American Society for Pharmacology & → University of Kentucky Research Foundation: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Chicago: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation → Surfer's Healing Foundation Inc: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rudi Schulte Family Foundation → Scholastic Surf Series: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Pittsburgh: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The Rockefeller University: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Orange County Community Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder. Orange County Community Found… $11M Swenson Family Foundation: $466K on this topic. Open the funder. Swenson Family Foundation $466K Conservation International Foundation: $455K on this topic. Open the funder. Conservation International Fo… $455K The Simons Foundation Inc: $446K on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $446K American Society for Pharmacology &: $420K on this topic. Open the funder. American Society for Pharmaco… $420K Croul Family Foundation: $255K on this topic. Open the funder. Croul Family Foundation $255K Foundation for Global Sports Development: $170K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for Global Sports… $170K James and Angela Ryan Foundation: $129K on this topic. Open the funder. James and Angela Ryan Foundat… $129K Maui Economic Development Board Inc: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. Maui Economic Development Boa… $95K Surfing's Evolution & Preservation: $92K on this topic. Open the funder. Surfing's Evolution & Preserv… $92K Rudi Schulte Family Foundation: $88K on this topic. Open the funder. Rudi Schulte Family Foundation $88K The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The Cynthia & George Mitchell… $30K Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: received $11M on this topic Surfing Heritage and Culture Ce… $11M University of Wisconsin Superior Foundation Inc: received $466K on this topic University of Wisconsin Superio… $466K Save the Waves Coalition: received $434K on this topic Save the Waves Coalition $434K Common Ground Surf: received $279K on this topic Common Ground Surf $279K International Surfing Association: received $160K on this topic International Surfing Associati… $160K Surfing Heritage: received $120K on this topic Surfing Heritage $120K Surf City Fire & Ems: received $116K on this topic Surf City Fire & Ems $116K Encyclopedia of Surfing: received $75K on this topic Encyclopedia of Surfing $75K Surf and Turf Therapy: received $74K on this topic Surf and Turf Therapy $74K Washington State University: received $64K on this topic Washington State University $64K Lsu Health Shreveport: received $64K on this topic Lsu Health Shreveport $64K Uthscsa: received $64K on this topic Uthscsa $64K Surfing Eritage Foundation: received $60K on this topic Surfing Eritage Foundation $60K Pacific University: received $55K on this topic Pacific University $55K University of Arkansas: received $55K on this topic University of Arkansas $55K Florida Surf Film Festival Inc: received $55K on this topic Florida Surf Film Festival Inc $55K University College London: received $55K on this topic University College London $55K University of Vienna: received $51K on this topic University of Vienna $51K Columbia University: received $45K on this topic Columbia University $45K Mit: received $44K on this topic Mit $44K Leland Stanford Junior University: received $44K on this topic Leland Stanford Junior Universi… $44K University of Washington: received $41K on this topic University of Washington $41K North Shore Surfing Museum: received $35K on this topic North Shore Surfing Museum $35K New York University: received $32K on this topic New York University $32K Emory University: received $32K on this topic Emory University $32K Streetwaves Corporation: received $31K on this topic Streetwaves Corporation $31K Operation Surf: received $30K on this topic Operation Surf $30K University of California San Diego: received $22K on this topic University of California San Di… $22K The University of Chicago: received $21K on this topic The University of Chicago $21K San Diego State University Foundation: received $21K on this topic San Diego State University Foun… $21K Lahaina Surf Shack Limited Liability Company: received $20K on this topic Lahaina Surf Shack Limited Liab… $20K Lahaina Dive & Surf LLC: received $20K on this topic Lahaina Dive & Surf LLC $20K California Surf Museum: received $20K on this topic California Surf Museum $20K Goofy Foot Surf School Inc: received $20K on this topic Goofy Foot Surf School Inc $20K Black Girls Surf Inc: received $20K on this topic Black Girls Surf Inc $20K Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy LLC: received $20K on this topic Royal Hawaiian Surf Academy LLC $20K Harvard College: received $19K on this topic Harvard College $19K Uc Los Angeles: received $15K on this topic Uc Los Angeles $15K Maui Surf Culture Inc: received $15K on this topic Maui Surf Culture Inc $15K Northwestern University - Chicago: received $13K on this topic Northwestern University - Chica… $13K Borough of Surf City: received $13K on this topic Borough of Surf City $13K University of Pittsburgh: received $11K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $11K Surfaid International USA: received $10K on this topic Surfaid International USA $10K Northwest Film Forum: received $10K on this topic Northwest Film Forum $10K Rutgers University: received $9K on this topic Rutgers University $9K Michigan State University: received $9K on this topic Michigan State University $9K The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $9K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Un… $9K Duke University: received $9K on this topic Duke University $9K Case Western Reserve University: received $9K on this topic Case Western Reserve University $9K University of Cincinnati: received $9K on this topic University of Cincinnati $9K University of Arizona: received $9K on this topic University of Arizona $9K The University of Michigan Medical School: received $9K on this topic The University of Michigan Medi… $9K The University of Florida Board of Trustees: received $9K on this topic The University of Florida Board… $9K The Research Foundation of Suny: received $9K on this topic The Research Foundation of Suny $9K University of North Dakota: received $9K on this topic University of North Dakota $9K University of Kentucky Research Foundation: received $9K on this topic University of Kentucky Research… $9K University of Chicago: received $8K on this topic University of Chicago $8K Sustainable Surf: received $8K on this topic Sustainable Surf $8K Eastern Surfing Association Inc: received $8K on this topic Eastern Surfing Association Inc $8K Autism Surfs of Florida: received $6K on this topic Autism Surfs of Florida $6K Surfer's Healing Foundation Inc: received $5K on this topic Surfer's Healing Foundation Inc $5K Scholastic Surf Series: received $3K on this topic Scholastic Surf Series $3K The Rockefeller University: received $2K on this topic The Rockefeller University $2K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “surf” 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: $22,395 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — simons collaboration on the global brain undergraduate research fellowship (surf program)
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Largest: $55,200 to UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — institutional surf award
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Largest: $11.0M to SURFING HERITAGE AND CULTURE CENTER — arts and culture
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Largest: $20,000 to NORTH SHORE SURFING MUSEUM — in furtherance of section 501(c)(3) exempt purpose
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Largest: $2,500 to Sustainable Surf — be the catalyst that transforms surf culture into a powerful force for protecting the ocean playground
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Largest: $45,000 to SURF CITY FIRE & EMS — to support the surf city fire & ems
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Largest: $30,000 to FLORIDA SURF FILM FESTIVAL INC — surf stories podcast
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Largest: $391,017 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR FOUNDATION INC — annual swenson family scholarships/summer undergraduate research fellowship (surf)
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Largest: $20,000 to LAHAINA DIVE & SURF LLC — maui wildfire business recovery
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Largest: $60,000 to SURFING ERITAGE FOUNDATION — program support
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Largest: $80,000 to INTERNATIONAL SURFING ASSOCIATION — to support adaptive surfing including the 2022 pismo beach isa world para surfing championship (wpsc); paralympic meetings and isas la2028 application; and isa para surfing classif…
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Largest: $214,533 to SAVE THE WAVES COALITION — advancing marine and coastal conservation through the surf conservation partnership
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