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12 funders with a record of paying for “tinker”
Where the money went Edward C Johnson Fund → Tinker Island Foundation: $4.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Aria Foundation → Institute for Applied Tinkering: $377K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Greater Cedar Rapids Community → Mercy Medical Center Foundation: $313K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Lewis H Latimer Fund: $126K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The J H Walker Legacy Foundation → Children's Museum of the Lowcountry: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2024 A F Williams Fund for the Teachers of the → Thomas E E Tinker: $96K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Stranahan Foundation → Toledo Science Center: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → University of Texas at Austin: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rutland Hospital Inc → Social Tinkering Corp: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum: $31K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Boston Scientific Foundation Inc → Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) → Tinker Afb Youth Center: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rutland Hospital Inc → Social Tinkering Corp: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Boston Scientific Foundation Inc → Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) → Tinker Afb Youth Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation of Northern Il → Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → University of Florida Board of Trustees: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois the: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → University of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of Michigan: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Aka Tulane University: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → New York University: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona the: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → University of Florida Board of Trustees: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → The University of Texas at Austin: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → San Diego State University Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → The Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Florida International University Board of Trustees: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Florida International University Board of Trustees: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Tinker Foundation Inc → New York University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Aka Tulane University: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of Michigan: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → University of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Tinker Foundation Inc → San Diego State University Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Edward C Johnson Fund: $4.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Edward C Johnson Fund $4.3M The Tinker Foundation Inc: $518K on this topic. Open the funder. The Tinker Foundation Inc $518K Aria Foundation: $377K on this topic. Open the funder. Aria Foundation $377K Greater Cedar Rapids Community: $313K on this topic. Open the funder. Greater Cedar Rapids Community $313K The Simons Foundation Inc: $126K on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $126K The J H Walker Legacy Foundation: $110K on this topic. Open the funder. The J H Walker Legacy Foundat… $110K A F Williams Fund for the Teachers of the: $96K on this topic. Open the funder. A F Williams Fund for the Tea… $96K Rutland Hospital Inc: $72K on this topic. Open the funder. Rutland Hospital Inc $72K Stranahan Foundation: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Stranahan Foundation $70K Community Foundation of Northern Il: $41K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of North… $41K Boston Scientific Foundation Inc: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. Boston Scientific Foundation… $38K Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return): $31K on this topic. Open the funder. Boys & Girls Clubs of America… $31K Tinker Island Foundation: received $4.3M on this topic Tinker Island Foundation $4.3M Institute for Applied Tinkering: received $377K on this topic Institute for Applied Tinkering $377K Mercy Medical Center Foundation: received $313K on this topic Mercy Medical Center Foundation $313K Lewis H Latimer Fund: received $126K on this topic Lewis H Latimer Fund $126K Children's Museum of the Lowcountry: received $110K on this topic Children's Museum of the Lowcou… $110K Thomas E E Tinker: received $96K on this topic Thomas E E Tinker $96K Toledo Science Center: received $70K on this topic Toledo Science Center $70K University of Texas at Austin: received $40K on this topic University of Texas at Austin $40K Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $40K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $40K University of Florida Board of Trustees: received $40K on this topic University of Florida Board of… $40K Social Tinkering Corp: received $37K on this topic Social Tinkering Corp $37K Social Tinkering Corp: received $36K on this topic Social Tinkering Corp $36K Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois the: received $35K on this topic Board of Trustees of the Univer… $35K Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum: received $31K on this topic Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum $31K University of Kansas Center for Research Inc: received $30K on this topic University of Kansas Center for… $30K Regents of the University of Michigan: received $30K on this topic Regents of the University of Mi… $30K Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Aka Tulane University: received $30K on this topic Administrators of the Tulane Ed… $30K New York University: received $30K on this topic New York University $30K Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona the: received $30K on this topic Arizona Board of Regents for th… $30K Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: received $20K on this topic Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Sou… $20K University of Florida Board of Trustees: received $20K on this topic University of Florida Board of… $20K The University of Texas at Austin: received $20K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $20K San Diego State University Foundation: received $20K on this topic San Diego State University Foun… $20K Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $20K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $20K Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: received $18K on this topic Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro S… $18K The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $18K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Un… $18K Tinker Afb Youth Center: received $17K on this topic Tinker Afb Youth Center $17K The Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona: received $15K on this topic The Arizona Board of Regents fo… $15K Florida International University Board of Trustees: received $15K on this topic Florida International Universit… $15K Florida International University Board of Trustees: received $15K on this topic Florida International Universit… $15K New York University: received $15K on this topic New York University $15K Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Aka Tulane University: received $15K on this topic Administrators of the Tulane Ed… $15K Regents of the University of Michigan: received $15K on this topic Regents of the University of Mi… $15K University of Kansas Center for Research Inc: received $15K on this topic University of Kansas Center for… $15K Tinker Afb Youth Center: received $15K on this topic Tinker Afb Youth Center $15K San Diego State University Foundation: received $10K on this topic San Diego State University Foun… $10K Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum: received $9K on this topic Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum $9K 12 funders, 37 recipients, grants matching “tinker” 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: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — tinker field research collaborative
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Largest: $2.2M to TINKER ISLAND FOUNDATION — general operating/annual support
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Largest: $109,774 to INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED TINKERING — general operating purposes
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Largest: $168,886 to MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — event support: especially for you race against breast cancer, general support, hallmar village, innovation center (clavinova), general support for mmcf and general support for hosp…
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Largest: $27,376 to THOMAS E E TINKER — assistance to retired
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Largest: $22,093 to TINKER SWISS COTTAGE MUSEUM — for purposes as specified in a grant application, fund agreement or gift instrument
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Largest: $60,000 to CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE LOWCOUNTRY — to be distributed as the administrative staff determines, with areas of interest to the legacy foundation being the pop-up tinker shop materials and trailer, the new satellite loca…
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Largest: $67,000 to LEWIS H LATIMER FUND — tinker lab summer programs gift
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Largest: $35,000 to TOLEDO SCIENCE CENTER — toledo tinkers: through a child's eyes
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Largest: $36,894 to Social Tinkering Corp — comm health improvement
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Largest: $20,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC — stem education - tinker & create
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Largest: $16,514 to TINKER AFB YOUTH CENTER — support bgca program
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