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5 funders with a record of paying for “watanabe”
Where the money went The Ahmanson Foundation → Japanese American Cultural and Community Center: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Haruki Watanabe: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Us- Japan Council → Denison University: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience → Johns Hopkins University: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation → Watanabe Chiaki: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → American University: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Depauw University: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Grinnell College: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of California San Diego: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Mount Holyoke College: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of Hawaii: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Stanford University: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of Washington: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of Nc Wilmington: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → University of California Berkeley: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → University of California: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of Massachusetts: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → California State University: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Rice University: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → The University of Chicago: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Uc Davis Financial Aid: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → University of Toledo: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Western Carolina University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Lake Forest College: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Seattle Pacific University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Uc Regents- University of California Los Angeles: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of Connecticut: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → University of North Carolina at Charlotte: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → San Francisco State University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Vanderbilt University: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Cascadia College: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Colorado School of Mines: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Suny Geneseo: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Diablo Valley College: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → American University Student Accounts: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → Csumb: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → University of Minnesota Morris: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Indiana University: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Uceap: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → St Edwards University: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Us- Japan Council → University of California Irvine: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council → Columbia University: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Us- Japan Council: $373K on this topic. Open the funder. Us- Japan Council $373K The Ahmanson Foundation: $225K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ahmanson Foundation $225K Breakthrough Prize Foundation: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Breakthrough Prize Foundation $25K The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Endowment Fund f… $17K Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundat… $5K Japanese American Cultural and Community Center: received $225K on this topic Japanese American Cultural and… $225K Haruki Watanabe: received $25K on this topic Haruki Watanabe $25K Denison University: received $24K on this topic Denison University $24K American University: received $18K on this topic American University $18K Johns Hopkins University: received $17K on this topic Johns Hopkins University $17K Depauw University: received $16K on this topic Depauw University $16K Grinnell College: received $16K on this topic Grinnell College $16K University of California San Diego: received $15K on this topic University of California San Di… $15K Mount Holyoke College: received $14K on this topic Mount Holyoke College $14K University of Hawaii: received $13K on this topic University of Hawaii $13K Stanford University: received $13K on this topic Stanford University $13K University of Washington: received $12K on this topic University of Washington $12K University of Nc Wilmington: received $11K on this topic University of Nc Wilmington $11K University of California Berkeley: received $10K on this topic University of California Berkel… $10K University of California: received $10K on this topic University of California $10K University of Massachusetts: received $9K on this topic University of Massachusetts $9K California State University: received $9K on this topic California State University $9K Rice University: received $9K on this topic Rice University $9K The University of Chicago: received $9K on this topic The University of Chicago $9K Uc Davis Financial Aid: received $9K on this topic Uc Davis Financial Aid $9K University of Toledo: received $8K on this topic University of Toledo $8K Western Carolina University: received $8K on this topic Western Carolina University $8K Lake Forest College: received $8K on this topic Lake Forest College $8K Seattle Pacific University: received $8K on this topic Seattle Pacific University $8K Uc Regents- University of California Los Angeles: received $8K on this topic Uc Regents- University of Calif… $8K University of Connecticut: received $8K on this topic University of Connecticut $8K University of North Carolina at Charlotte: received $8K on this topic University of North Carolina at… $8K San Francisco State University: received $8K on this topic San Francisco State University $8K Vanderbilt University: received $8K on this topic Vanderbilt University $8K Cascadia College: received $8K on this topic Cascadia College $8K Colorado School of Mines: received $8K on this topic Colorado School of Mines $8K Suny Geneseo: received $8K on this topic Suny Geneseo $8K Diablo Valley College: received $8K on this topic Diablo Valley College $8K American University Student Accounts: received $7K on this topic American University Student Acc… $7K Csumb: received $7K on this topic Csumb $7K University of Minnesota Morris: received $7K on this topic University of Minnesota Morris $7K Indiana University: received $7K on this topic Indiana University $7K Uceap: received $7K on this topic Uceap $7K St Edwards University: received $7K on this topic St Edwards University $7K University of California Irvine: received $7K on this topic University of California Irvine $7K Columbia University: received $6K on this topic Columbia University $6K Watanabe Chiaki: received $5K on this topic Watanabe Chiaki $5K 5 funders, 42 recipients, grants matching “watanabe” only. 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