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12 funders with a record of paying for “ultra”
Where the money went The Robert & Lynda Altman Family → Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation: $5.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Open Society Institute → Brac USA Inc: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → The Boma Project: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard University: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Colorado School of Mines: $800K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Footsteps Inc: $625K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Texas Natural Gas Foundation → Barbers Hill Isd: $220K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund → Tyfast Energy Corp: $175K across 2 grants, latest 2024 4 Us → Real Options Obria Medical Clinics: $146K across 2 grants, latest 2023 3rd Creek Foundation → Upaya Social Ventures: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Van Auken Family Foundation → A Caring Pregnancy Center: $36K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Kasperick Foundation → Trickle Up Program: $925K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → The Tel Aviv Jaffa Academic College: $861K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Colorado Boulder: $722K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Purdue University: $685K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Igy - Israel Lgbtq Youth Movement: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 4 Us → Birth Choice of Desert: $111K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Texas Natural Gas Foundation → Pasadena Isd: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2024 3rd Creek Foundation → The Charcoal Project: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Kasperick Foundation → Village Enterprises: $908K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $675K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $561K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Jqy Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Texas Natural Gas Foundation → Humble Isd: $61K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Care Net Pregnancy Center: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Kasperick Foundation → Village Enterprise: $591K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Chicago: $457K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Fondasyon Kole Zepol Aka Fonkoze: $381K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Institute for Advanced Study: $321K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Santa Barbara: $310K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Kasperick Foundation → Trickle Up: $275K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Simons Foundation Inc → California Institute of Technology: $255K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard College: $199K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Berkeley: $162K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Universitaet Innsbruck: $152K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Temech: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Maryland-College Park: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of California Santa Barbara: $145K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Chicago: $145K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Texas at Austin: $140K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Hillel - the Right to Choose: $125K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Leland Stanford Junior University: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of California San Diego: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Texas at Austin: $118K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Texas Austin: $105K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Maryland: $101K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Ucsd: $99K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Jewish Queer Youth: $70K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Natural Gas Foundation → Denton Isd: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Keshet: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Keshet Donor Advised Fund Il: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg → Temech Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 4 Us → Haven Center: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc San Diego: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Open Door Womens Clinic: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Pregnancy Solutions: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → The Crossing of Manitowoc County: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Hope Medical of Washington: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Image Point Mobile Medical Services: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Clarity Clinic of Sw Wisconsin: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Spero Medical: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Options Pregnancy Clinic: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2023 4 Us → Obria Medical Clinics: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Robert & Lynda Altman Family: $5.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert & Lynda Altman Fam… $5.7M The Simons Foundation Inc: $5.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $5.6M Kasperick Foundation: $4.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Kasperick Foundation $4.3M Open Society Institute: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Open Society Institute $3.0M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $2.2M The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Leona M and Harry B Helms… $2.0M The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Harry and Jeanette Weinbe… $1.6M 4 Us: $679K on this topic. Open the funder. 4 Us $679K Texas Natural Gas Foundation: $446K on this topic. Open the funder. Texas Natural Gas Foundation $446K Sustainable Grant Making Partners Fund: $175K on this topic. Open the funder. Sustainable Grant Making Part… $175K 3rd Creek Foundation: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. 3rd Creek Foundation $95K Van Auken Family Foundation: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Van Auken Family Foundation $36K Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation: received $5.7M on this topic Translational Genomics Research… $5.7M Brac USA Inc: received $3.0M on this topic Brac USA Inc $3.0M The Boma Project: received $1.2M on this topic The Boma Project $1.2M Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: received $1.1M on this topic Trustees of the University of P… $1.1M Harvard University: received $1.1M on this topic Harvard University $1.1M Trickle Up Program: received $925K on this topic Trickle Up Program $925K Village Enterprises: received $908K on this topic Village Enterprises $908K The Tel Aviv Jaffa Academic College: received $861K on this topic The Tel Aviv Jaffa Academic Col… $861K Colorado School of Mines: received $800K on this topic Colorado School of Mines $800K University of Colorado Boulder: received $722K on this topic University of Colorado Boulder $722K Purdue University: received $685K on this topic Purdue University $685K The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $675K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Le… $675K Footsteps Inc: received $625K on this topic Footsteps Inc $625K Village Enterprise: received $591K on this topic Village Enterprise $591K Mit: received $561K on this topic Mit $561K University of Chicago: received $457K on this topic University of Chicago $457K Fondasyon Kole Zepol Aka Fonkoze: received $381K on this topic Fondasyon Kole Zepol Aka Fonkoze $381K Institute for Advanced Study: received $321K on this topic Institute for Advanced Study $321K Uc Santa Barbara: received $310K on this topic Uc Santa Barbara $310K Igy - Israel Lgbtq Youth Movement: received $300K on this topic Igy - Israel Lgbtq Youth Moveme… $300K Trickle Up: received $275K on this topic Trickle Up $275K California Institute of Technology: received $255K on this topic California Institute of Technol… $255K Barbers Hill Isd: received $220K on this topic Barbers Hill Isd $220K Jqy Inc: received $200K on this topic Jqy Inc $200K Harvard College: received $199K on this topic Harvard College $199K Tyfast Energy Corp: received $175K on this topic Tyfast Energy Corp $175K Uc Berkeley: received $162K on this topic Uc Berkeley $162K Universitaet Innsbruck: received $152K on this topic Universitaet Innsbruck $152K Temech: received $150K on this topic Temech $150K University of Maryland-College Park: received $150K on this topic University of Maryland-College… $150K Real Options Obria Medical Clinics: received $146K on this topic Real Options Obria Medical Clin… $146K Univ of California Santa Barbara: received $145K on this topic Univ of California Santa Barbara $145K The University of Chicago: received $145K on this topic The University of Chicago $145K The University of Texas at Austin: received $140K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $140K Hillel - the Right to Choose: received $125K on this topic Hillel - the Right to Choose $125K Leland Stanford Junior University: received $121K on this topic Leland Stanford Junior Universi… $121K University of California San Diego: received $120K on this topic University of California San Di… $120K University of Texas at Austin: received $118K on this topic University of Texas at Austin $118K Birth Choice of Desert: received $111K on this topic Birth Choice of Desert $111K Pasadena Isd: received $110K on this topic Pasadena Isd $110K University of Texas Austin: received $105K on this topic University of Texas Austin $105K University of Maryland: received $101K on this topic University of Maryland $101K Ucsd: received $99K on this topic Ucsd $99K Upaya Social Ventures: received $70K on this topic Upaya Social Ventures $70K Jewish Queer Youth: received $70K on this topic Jewish Queer Youth $70K Humble Isd: received $61K on this topic Humble Isd $61K Care Net Pregnancy Center: received $56K on this topic Care Net Pregnancy Center $56K Denton Isd: received $55K on this topic Denton Isd $55K Keshet: received $50K on this topic Keshet $50K Keshet Donor Advised Fund Il: received $50K on this topic Keshet Donor Advised Fund Il $50K Temech Inc: received $50K on this topic Temech Inc $50K Haven Center: received $49K on this topic Haven Center $49K Uc San Diego: received $48K on this topic Uc San Diego $48K Open Door Womens Clinic: received $42K on this topic Open Door Womens Clinic $42K Pregnancy Solutions: received $37K on this topic Pregnancy Solutions $37K The Crossing of Manitowoc County: received $37K on this topic The Crossing of Manitowoc County $37K Hope Medical of Washington: received $37K on this topic Hope Medical of Washington $37K Image Point Mobile Medical Services: received $37K on this topic Image Point Mobile Medical Serv… $37K A Caring Pregnancy Center: received $36K on this topic A Caring Pregnancy Center $36K Clarity Clinic of Sw Wisconsin: received $34K on this topic Clarity Clinic of Sw Wisconsin $34K Spero Medical: received $33K on this topic Spero Medical $33K Options Pregnancy Clinic: received $31K on this topic Options Pregnancy Clinic $31K Obria Medical Clinics: received $30K on this topic Obria Medical Clinics $30K The Charcoal Project: received $25K on this topic The Charcoal Project $25K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “ultra” 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: $1.1M to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — ultra-quantum matter
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Largest: $117,814 to REAL OPTIONS OBRIA MEDICAL CLINICS — targeted marketing for ultra sound services
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Largest: $700,117 to THE BOMA PROJECT — ultra-poor graduation: kenya
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Largest: $50,000 to TEMECH INC — to support job training and placement programs for ultra-orthodox women. in addition to temechs jerusalemhuba shared, culturally sensitive office space, available for subsidized re…
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Largest: $225,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — in support of research to develop ultra-sensitive nanomechanical mass sensors.
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Largest: $306,724 to THE TEL AVIV JAFFA ACADEMIC COLLEGE — scholarship support for ultra-orthodox (haredi) men pursuing b.s. degrees in nursing
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Largest: $220,000 to BARBERS HILL ISD — provide funds for for purchase of ultra-low emission vehicles
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Largest: $30,000 to Upaya Social Ventures — support businesses in india to create jobs for the ultra poor pool of recoverable grants
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Largest: $1.0M to BRAC USA INC — to support brac usa's ultra poor graduation initiative, which aims to mobilize governments globally to scale graduation and economic inclusion programs through government social pr…
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Largest: $3.1M to TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — establishment of the robert & lynda carter altman family research fund with tgen and its affiliate, city of hope, to facilitate research efforts in two complementary areas specific…
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Largest: $10,000 to A CARING PREGNANCY CENTER — provide aid for ultra sounds
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Largest: $100,000 to Tyfast Energy Corp — scientific research on high performance electrolytes for ultra-fast charging and ultralong cycle life batteries.
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