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12 funders with a record of paying for “surgical”
Where the money went Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago → Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc: $54M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Dallas Safety Net Support Corporation → North Central Surgical Center Llp: $26M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research (Ra): $8.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return → Children's Surgical Associates: $4.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons: $700K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Duke Endowment → Orthocarolina Research Institute: $700K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Project Life International Inc → Depot Pharamceutique Le Medical: $498K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Society of University Surgeons Inc → Regents of Univ of Michigan: $120K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Aats Foundation → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 James IV Association of Surgeons Inc → University of Alabama at Birmingham: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Association for Surgical Education → Ut Southwestern Medical Ctr: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Two Pups Wellness Fund → Stealing Hearts: $27K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago → Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc: $38M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Dallas Safety Net Support Corporation → Baylor Surgical Hospital at Las Colinas: $16M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Shaare Zedek Medical Center: $7.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Paediatric Surgical: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Duke Endowment → Presbyterian Hospital Foundation: $392K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Project Life International Inc → 3 Receipients: $124K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Society of University Surgeons Inc → Society of Univ Surgeons Fdn: $111K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Aats Foundation → Children's Hospital Corporation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Two Pups Wellness Fund → Hartt Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Association for Surgical Education → Vanderbilt University Medical Ctr: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 James IV Association of Surgeons Inc → University of Colorado: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Billings Clinic Foundation: $7.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Nyu Langone Health: $412K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Duke Endowment → Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation: $385K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Aats Foundation → West Virginia University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Project Life International Inc → Global Cleft & Cranio-Facial Organisation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Association for Surgical Education → Massachusetts General Hospital: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Two Pups Wellness Fund → K9 Konnection: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2025 James IV Association of Surgeons Inc → University of Michigan Fbo Katherin: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Society of University Surgeons Inc → The Johns Hopkings University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Maccabi Healthcare Services: $3.5M across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Bnai Zion Medical Center: $2.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → The Baruch Padeh Medical Center Poriya: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Intuitive Foundation → European Society of Thoracic Surgeons: $305K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Duke Endowment → Medical University of South Carolina Foundation: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Duke Endowment → Orthocarolina Research Institute Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Intuitive Foundation → Emory University: $212K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: $207K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Research Foundation of the Ascrs: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corp: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Meander Medical Centre: $141K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $140K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Intuitive Foundation → Sunderland Royal Hospital and Newcastle Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust: $139K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Intuitive Foundation → Royal College of Surgical: $129K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Intuitive Foundation → Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: $126K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Intuitive Foundation → Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Robotic Surgical Fellowship: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Intuitive Foundation → Stanford University: $93K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Intuitive Foundation → Aws: $91K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Intuitive Foundation → Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery and Robotic Surgeons: $77K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Intuitive Foundation → The College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (Cosecsa): $74K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → Cosecsa (College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa): $67K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → St Antonius Hospital: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Intuitive Foundation → American College of Surgeons: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Intuitive Foundation → Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Intuitive Foundation → University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Aats Foundation → Weill Medical College of Cornell University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Aats Foundation → Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Aats Foundation → Trustees of Columbia University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Aats Foundation → The University of Chicago: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Aats Foundation → Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Aats Foundation → Montefiore Medical Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Aats Foundation → Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $92M on this topic. Open the funder. Ann & Robert H Lurie Children… $92M Dallas Safety Net Support Corporation: $42M on this topic. Open the funder. Dallas Safety Net Support Cor… $42M The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $31M on this topic. Open the funder. The Leona M and Harry B Helms… $31M Intuitive Foundation: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Intuitive Foundation $4.1M Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Nationwide Childrens Hospital… $4.0M The Duke Endowment: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Duke Endowment $2.1M Project Life International Inc: $652K on this topic. Open the funder. Project Life International Inc $652K Aats Foundation: $600K on this topic. Open the funder. Aats Foundation $600K Society of University Surgeons Inc: $246K on this topic. Open the funder. Society of University Surgeon… $246K Association for Surgical Education: $78K on this topic. Open the funder. Association for Surgical Educ… $78K Two Pups Wellness Fund: $69K on this topic. Open the funder. Two Pups Wellness Fund $69K James IV Association of Surgeons Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. James IV Association of Surge… $60K Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc: received $54M on this topic Lurie Children's Surgical Found… $54M Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc: received $38M on this topic Lurie Children's Surgical Found… $38M North Central Surgical Center Llp: received $26M on this topic North Central Surgical Center L… $26M Baylor Surgical Hospital at Las Colinas: received $16M on this topic Baylor Surgical Hospital at Las… $16M The Sheba Fund for Health Services and Research (Ra): received $8.0M on this topic The Sheba Fund for Health Servi… $8.0M Shaare Zedek Medical Center: received $7.5M on this topic Shaare Zedek Medical Center $7.5M Billings Clinic Foundation: received $7.0M on this topic Billings Clinic Foundation $7.0M Children's Surgical Associates: received $4.0M on this topic Children's Surgical Associates $4.0M Maccabi Healthcare Services: received $3.5M on this topic Maccabi Healthcare Services $3.5M Bnai Zion Medical Center: received $2.7M on this topic Bnai Zion Medical Center $2.7M The Baruch Padeh Medical Center Poriya: received $2.5M on this topic The Baruch Padeh Medical Center… $2.5M Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons: received $700K on this topic Pan-African Academy of Christia… $700K Orthocarolina Research Institute: received $700K on this topic Orthocarolina Research Institute $700K Paediatric Surgical: received $500K on this topic Paediatric Surgical $500K Depot Pharamceutique Le Medical: received $498K on this topic Depot Pharamceutique Le Medical $498K Nyu Langone Health: received $412K on this topic Nyu Langone Health $412K Presbyterian Hospital Foundation: received $392K on this topic Presbyterian Hospital Foundation $392K Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation: received $385K on this topic Novant Health Presbyterian Medi… $385K European Society of Thoracic Surgeons: received $305K on this topic European Society of Thoracic Su… $305K Medical University of South Carolina Foundation: received $300K on this topic Medical University of South Car… $300K Orthocarolina Research Institute Inc: received $300K on this topic Orthocarolina Research Institut… $300K Emory University: received $212K on this topic Emory University $212K University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: received $207K on this topic University of Colorado Anschutz… $207K Research Foundation of the Ascrs: received $180K on this topic Research Foundation of the Ascrs $180K Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corp: received $150K on this topic Stony Brook Surgical Associates… $150K Meander Medical Centre: received $141K on this topic Meander Medical Centre $141K Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: received $140K on this topic Beth Israel Deaconess Medical C… $140K Sunderland Royal Hospital and Newcastle Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust: received $139K on this topic Sunderland Royal Hospital and N… $139K Royal College of Surgical: received $129K on this topic Royal College of Surgical $129K Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: received $126K on this topic Cedars-Sinai Medical Center $126K 3 Receipients: received $124K on this topic 3 Receipients $124K Regents of Univ of Michigan: received $120K on this topic Regents of Univ of Michigan $120K Society of Univ Surgeons Fdn: received $111K on this topic Society of Univ Surgeons Fdn $111K Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Robotic Surgical Fellowship: received $107K on this topic Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - R… $107K Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: received $100K on this topic Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer… $100K Children's Hospital Corporation: received $100K on this topic Children's Hospital Corporation $100K Stanford University: received $93K on this topic Stanford University $93K Aws: received $91K on this topic Aws $91K Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery and Robotic Surgeons: received $77K on this topic Society of Laparoendoscopic Sur… $77K The College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (Cosecsa): received $74K on this topic The College of Surgeons of East… $74K Cosecsa (College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa): received $67K on this topic Cosecsa (College of Surgeons of… $67K St Antonius Hospital: received $60K on this topic St Antonius Hospital $60K American College of Surgeons: received $60K on this topic American College of Surgeons $60K Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein: received $60K on this topic Hospital Israelita Albert Einst… $60K University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: received $60K on this topic University of Texas Md Anderson… $60K West Virginia University: received $50K on this topic West Virginia University $50K Weill Medical College of Cornell University: received $50K on this topic Weill Medical College of Cornel… $50K Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: received $50K on this topic Trustees of the University of P… $50K Trustees of Columbia University: received $50K on this topic Trustees of Columbia University $50K The University of Chicago: received $50K on this topic The University of Chicago $50K Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: received $50K on this topic Northwestern University Feinber… $50K Montefiore Medical Center: received $50K on this topic Montefiore Medical Center $50K Albert Einstein College of Medicine: received $50K on this topic Albert Einstein College of Medi… $50K University of Alabama at Birmingham: received $30K on this topic University of Alabama at Birmin… $30K Global Cleft & Cranio-Facial Organisation: received $30K on this topic Global Cleft & Cranio-Facial Or… $30K Ut Southwestern Medical Ctr: received $28K on this topic Ut Southwestern Medical Ctr $28K Stealing Hearts: received $27K on this topic Stealing Hearts $27K Hartt Inc: received $26K on this topic Hartt Inc $26K Vanderbilt University Medical Ctr: received $25K on this topic Vanderbilt University Medical C… $25K Massachusetts General Hospital: received $25K on this topic Massachusetts General Hospital $25K K9 Konnection: received $16K on this topic K9 Konnection $16K University of Colorado: received $15K on this topic University of Colorado $15K University of Michigan Fbo Katherin: received $15K on this topic University of Michigan Fbo Kath… $15K The Johns Hopkings University: received $15K on this topic The Johns Hopkings University $15K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “surgical” only. 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