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12 funders with a record of paying for “virus”
Where the money went Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → J David Gladstone Institutes: $3.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Good Ventures Foundation → Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven: $3.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Pass It On to Kids Foundation → The Nemours Foundation: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Tennessee Knoxville: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Gates Foundation → Uganda Virus Research Institute: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Texas Center for Child and Family → Arrow Child & Family Ministries: $380K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Elias Genevieve and Georgianna Atol → American Friends of Bar-Ilan University: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Pkwi Farmer to Farmer Cooperative Society Limited: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2021 Research Corporation Dba Research → Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Zoological Society of Cincinnati → Houston Zoo: $47K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Society of Critical Care Medicine → The Metrohealth Sytem: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation → Minnesota 8: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Good Ventures Foundation → Amc Medical Research Bv: $2.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → San Diego State University Foundation: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Pass It On to Kids Foundation → The Nemours Foundation: $900K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Weizmann Institute of Science: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Texas Center for Child and Family → Covenant Kids Inc Dba Ck Family Services: $380K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gates Foundation → International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases: $170K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Pkwi Farmer to Farmer: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Research Corporation Dba Research → Emory University: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Society of Critical Care Medicine → Ut Southwestern Med Ctr: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation → Duk Duk Goose Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford: $827K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Good Ventures Foundation → University of Washington Foundation: $356K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Texas Center for Child and Family → The Bair Foundation of Texas: $320K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → The University of Tennessee: $283K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → P'kwi Frn Uganda: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation → Hawaii Women in Filmmaking: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Society of Critical Care Medicine → Medical College of Wisconsin: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: $827K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Texas Center for Child and Family → Partnerships for Children: $183K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Sjrc Texas: $180K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Bigelow Laboratory: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Washington: $172K across 2 grants, latest 2020 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → J Craig Venter Institute Inc: $141K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Texas Center for Child and Family → St Peter - St Joseph's Children's Home: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Good Ventures Foundation → Evotec International Gmbh: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Texas Center for Child and Family → Agape Ranch: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Depelchin Children's Center: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Emberhope Youthville: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Helping Hand Home for Children: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Ach Child and Family Services: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Casa De Esperanza De Los Nios Inc: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Advantage Adoptions - Ococ: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Pathways Youth and Family Services Inc: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Seton Home: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Respite Care of San Antonio Inc: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Child Crisis Center of El Paso: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Texas Family Initiative LLC: $119K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Spaulding for Children Dba Arms Wide Adoption Services: $117K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc Dba Upbring: $104K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Saint Francis Community and Residential Services Dba Saint Francis Ministr: $104K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Youth in View: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Divinity Family Services: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → Columbia University: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Texas Center for Child and Family → The Settlement Home for Children: $74K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Hearts With Hope Foundation (Hwhf): $72K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Trels Home for Children: $72K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Thru Project: $63K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Centers for Children and Families: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Guardian House: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Center for Child and Family → Athletes for Change: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $6.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $6.7M Good Ventures Foundation: $6.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Good Ventures Foundation $6.3M Texas Center for Child and Family: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Texas Center for Child and Fa… $4.1M Pass It On to Kids Foundation: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Pass It On to Kids Foundation $2.5M The Simons Foundation Inc: $2.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $2.4M Gates Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $1.2M The Mcknight Foundation: $320K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $320K The Elias Genevieve and Georgianna Atol: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. The Elias Genevieve and Georg… $200K Research Corporation Dba Research: $139K on this topic. Open the funder. Research Corporation Dba Rese… $139K Society of Critical Care Medicine: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Society of Critical Care Medi… $70K Philanthropic Ventures Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Philanthropic Ventures Founda… $50K Zoological Society of Cincinnati: $47K on this topic. Open the funder. Zoological Society of Cincinn… $47K J David Gladstone Institutes: received $3.7M on this topic J David Gladstone Institutes $3.7M Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven: received $3.5M on this topic Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuv… $3.5M Amc Medical Research Bv: received $2.3M on this topic Amc Medical Research Bv $2.3M The Nemours Foundation: received $1.6M on this topic The Nemours Foundation $1.6M University of Tennessee Knoxville: received $1.2M on this topic University of Tennessee Knoxvil… $1.2M San Diego State University Foundation: received $1.0M on this topic San Diego State University Foun… $1.0M Uganda Virus Research Institute: received $1.0M on this topic Uganda Virus Research Institute $1.0M The Nemours Foundation: received $900K on this topic The Nemours Foundation $900K Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford: received $827K on this topic Chancellor Masters & Scholars o… $827K Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: received $827K on this topic Chancellor Masters and Scholars… $827K Weizmann Institute of Science: received $700K on this topic Weizmann Institute of Science $700K Arrow Child & Family Ministries: received $380K on this topic Arrow Child & Family Ministries $380K Covenant Kids Inc Dba Ck Family Services: received $380K on this topic Covenant Kids Inc Dba Ck Family… $380K University of Washington Foundation: received $356K on this topic University of Washington Founda… $356K The Bair Foundation of Texas: received $320K on this topic The Bair Foundation of Texas $320K The University of Tennessee: received $283K on this topic The University of Tennessee $283K American Friends of Bar-Ilan University: received $200K on this topic American Friends of Bar-Ilan Un… $200K Partnerships for Children: received $183K on this topic Partnerships for Children $183K Sjrc Texas: received $180K on this topic Sjrc Texas $180K Bigelow Laboratory: received $180K on this topic Bigelow Laboratory $180K University of Washington: received $172K on this topic University of Washington $172K Pkwi Farmer to Farmer Cooperative Society Limited: received $170K on this topic Pkwi Farmer to Farmer Cooperati… $170K International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases: received $170K on this topic International Society for Influ… $170K J Craig Venter Institute Inc: received $141K on this topic J Craig Venter Institute Inc $141K St Peter - St Joseph's Children's Home: received $120K on this topic St Peter - St Joseph's Children… $120K Evotec International Gmbh: received $120K on this topic Evotec International Gmbh $120K Agape Ranch: received $120K on this topic Agape Ranch $120K Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc: received $120K on this topic Catholic Charities Archdiocese… $120K Depelchin Children's Center: received $120K on this topic Depelchin Children's Center $120K Emberhope Youthville: received $120K on this topic Emberhope Youthville $120K Helping Hand Home for Children: received $120K on this topic Helping Hand Home for Children $120K Ach Child and Family Services: received $120K on this topic Ach Child and Family Services $120K Casa De Esperanza De Los Nios Inc: received $120K on this topic Casa De Esperanza De Los Nios I… $120K Advantage Adoptions - Ococ: received $120K on this topic Advantage Adoptions - Ococ $120K Pathways Youth and Family Services Inc: received $120K on this topic Pathways Youth and Family Servi… $120K Seton Home: received $120K on this topic Seton Home $120K Respite Care of San Antonio Inc: received $120K on this topic Respite Care of San Antonio Inc $120K Child Crisis Center of El Paso: received $120K on this topic Child Crisis Center of El Paso $120K Texas Family Initiative LLC: received $119K on this topic Texas Family Initiative LLC $119K Spaulding for Children Dba Arms Wide Adoption Services: received $117K on this topic Spaulding for Children Dba Arms… $117K Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc Dba Upbring: received $104K on this topic Lutheran Social Services of the… $104K Saint Francis Community and Residential Services Dba Saint Francis Ministr: received $104K on this topic Saint Francis Community and Res… $104K Youth in View: received $100K on this topic Youth in View $100K Divinity Family Services: received $95K on this topic Divinity Family Services $95K Columbia University: received $90K on this topic Columbia University $90K Pkwi Farmer to Farmer: received $75K on this topic Pkwi Farmer to Farmer $75K P'kwi Frn Uganda: received $75K on this topic P'kwi Frn Uganda $75K The Settlement Home for Children: received $74K on this topic The Settlement Home for Children $74K Hearts With Hope Foundation (Hwhf): received $72K on this topic Hearts With Hope Foundation (Hw… $72K Trels Home for Children: received $72K on this topic Trels Home for Children $72K Thru Project: received $63K on this topic Thru Project $63K Centers for Children and Families: received $60K on this topic Centers for Children and Famili… $60K Guardian House: received $60K on this topic Guardian House $60K Athletes for Change: received $60K on this topic Athletes for Change $60K Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: received $50K on this topic Virginia Polytechnic Institute… $50K Emory University: received $49K on this topic Emory University $49K Houston Zoo: received $47K on this topic Houston Zoo $47K University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: received $40K on this topic University of Illinois Urbana-C… $40K The Metrohealth Sytem: received $30K on this topic The Metrohealth Sytem $30K Ut Southwestern Med Ctr: received $30K on this topic Ut Southwestern Med Ctr $30K Minnesota 8: received $20K on this topic Minnesota 8 $20K Duk Duk Goose Inc: received $15K on this topic Duk Duk Goose Inc $15K Hawaii Women in Filmmaking: received $15K on this topic Hawaii Women in Filmmaking $15K Medical College of Wisconsin: received $10K on this topic Medical College of Wisconsin $10K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “virus” 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: $380,122 to COVENANT KIDS INC DBA CK FAMILY SERVICES — provide assistance for additional expenditures related to covid-19 virus.
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Largest: $289,605 to UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE — the contiuum of virus-host interactions: environmental drivers of horizontal gene transfer and virus effects
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Largest: $161,921 to University of Washington — in support of developing a virus-bacterium-alga culture system and advancing methods to investigate how virus infection and stress impact gene flow and microbial evolution in cold,…
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Largest: $3.5M to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT TE LEUVEN — research in influenza a virus polymerase inhibitors
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Largest: $349,998 to UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — discovery and translational sciences
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Largest: $75,000 to P'KWI FRN UGANDA — frn-based community phytosanitation initiative for the control of cassava virus diseases in bukedea district, eastern uganda
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Largest: $49,674 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — to catch a virus: decoy polymers and influenzas evolutionary response
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Largest: $900,000 to THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION — nemours children's hospital music therapy program zika virus phase 1 research, toward the treatment of pediatric cancers
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Largest: $20,000 to MINNESOTA 8 — general support from hate is a virus
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Largest: $30,000 to THE METROHEALTH SYTEM — virus cure id grant
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Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY — supporting medical research re viruses
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Largest: $20,000 to HOUSTON ZOO — elephant herpes virus funding
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