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12 funders with a record of paying for “wave”
Where the money went John Templeton Foundation → Baylor University: $5.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Marin Community Foundation → Making Waves Academy: $3.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $3.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $1.8M across 7 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Wholesome Wave: $975K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Proteus Fund Inc: $813K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Silk Wave Mission: $650K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Heart Association Inc → Wholesome Wave: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Prospect Hill Foundation Inc → Wave Hill Inc: $138K across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Bank of America Charitable → Tampa Bay Wave Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alexa Rose Howell Cultural Foundation → Christi Nogle: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Minnesota: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → New York University: $618K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John Templeton Foundation → The Johns Hopkins University: $431K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → The Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Marin Community Foundation → Making Waves Foundation Inc: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Wave Pool Corp: $91K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Heart Association Inc → Wholesome Wave Georgia Inc: $77K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Making Waves Education Foundation: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Bank of America Charitable → Waves of Health: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Alexa Rose Howell Cultural Foundation → Cl Young: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Associated Universities Inc: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $1.1M across 9 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → University of Chicago: $176K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → New Wave Productions LLC: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Wave Hill Incorporated: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Marin Community Foundation → Save the Waves Coalition: $26K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Heart Association Inc → Wholesome Wave: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Making Waves Foundation Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Bank of America Charitable → Wave Childrens Foundation: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alexa Rose Howell Cultural Foundation → Elizabeth Hilton: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Universitaet Wien: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Advanced Science Research Center: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2020 The Simons Foundation Inc → Espci: $760K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $637K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University System of New Hampshire: $561K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Texas System: $554K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities: $526K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Paris-Saclay: $512K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Queens College: $458K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Uc Santa Barbara: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Cambridge: $444K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Ecole Normale Superieure De Lyon: $393K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Wesleyan University: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Ecole Normale Suprieure De Lyon: $371K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Ecole Polytechnique: $349K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Yale University: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Pennsylvania: $325K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Southern California: $301K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Institut D'optique: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Maryland-College Park: $270K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard College: $260K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Instituto De Telecomunicacoes: $260K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Universite Grenoble Alpes: $254K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Brandeis University: $245K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Geneva: $228K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Turin: $223K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Cnrs Dr4 Idf-Sud: $223K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Universite De Geneve: $220K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $13M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $12M John Templeton Foundation: $5.4M on this topic. Open the funder. John Templeton Foundation $5.4M The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fu… $3.9M Marin Community Foundation: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Marin Community Foundation $3.9M The Ford Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $1.2M The Chicago Community Trust: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $1.0M Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $799K on this topic. Open the funder. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy… $799K American Heart Association Inc: $303K on this topic. Open the funder. American Heart Association Inc $303K Prospect Hill Foundation Inc: $138K on this topic. Open the funder. Prospect Hill Foundation Inc $138K The Bank of America Charitable: $110K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bank of America Charitable $110K Alexa Rose Howell Cultural Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder. Alexa Rose Howell Cultural Fo… $11K Baylor University: received $5.0M on this topic Baylor University $5.0M The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $4.4M on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Le… $4.4M Making Waves Academy: received $3.8M on this topic Making Waves Academy $3.8M New York University: received $2.4M on this topic New York University $2.4M Smithsonian Institution: received $2.0M on this topic Smithsonian Institution $2.0M California Institute of Technology: received $1.7M on this topic California Institute of Technol… $1.7M Associated Universities Inc: received $1.5M on this topic Associated Universities Inc $1.5M President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $1.2M on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $1.2M Universitaet Wien: received $1.2M on this topic Universitaet Wien $1.2M University of Minnesota: received $1.2M on this topic University of Minnesota $1.2M Mit: received $1.1M on this topic Mit $1.1M Advanced Science Research Center: received $1.0M on this topic Advanced Science Research Center $1.0M The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: received $1.0M on this topic The Board of Trustees - Leland… $1.0M Wholesome Wave: received $1.0M on this topic Wholesome Wave $1.0M Proteus Fund Inc: received $813K on this topic Proteus Fund Inc $813K Espci: received $760K on this topic Espci $760K Silk Wave Mission: received $650K on this topic Silk Wave Mission $650K California Institute of Technology: received $637K on this topic California Institute of Technol… $637K University System of New Hampshire: received $561K on this topic University System of New Hampsh… $561K University of Texas System: received $554K on this topic University of Texas System $554K Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities: received $526K on this topic Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities $526K University of Paris-Saclay: received $512K on this topic University of Paris-Saclay $512K Queens College: received $458K on this topic Queens College $458K Uc Santa Barbara: received $450K on this topic Uc Santa Barbara $450K University of Cambridge: received $444K on this topic University of Cambridge $444K The Johns Hopkins University: received $431K on this topic The Johns Hopkins University $431K Ecole Normale Superieure De Lyon: received $393K on this topic Ecole Normale Superieure De Lyon $393K Wesleyan University: received $375K on this topic Wesleyan University $375K Ecole Normale Suprieure De Lyon: received $371K on this topic Ecole Normale Suprieure De Lyon $371K Ecole Polytechnique: received $349K on this topic Ecole Polytechnique $349K Yale University: received $325K on this topic Yale University $325K University of Pennsylvania: received $325K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $325K University of Southern California: received $301K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $301K The Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc: received $300K on this topic The Brooklyn Academy of Music I… $300K Institut D'optique: received $300K on this topic Institut D'optique $300K University of Maryland-College Park: received $270K on this topic University of Maryland-College… $270K Harvard College: received $260K on this topic Harvard College $260K Instituto De Telecomunicacoes: received $260K on this topic Instituto De Telecomunicacoes $260K Universite Grenoble Alpes: received $254K on this topic Universite Grenoble Alpes $254K Brandeis University: received $245K on this topic Brandeis University $245K University of Geneva: received $228K on this topic University of Geneva $228K University of Turin: received $223K on this topic University of Turin $223K Cnrs Dr4 Idf-Sud: received $223K on this topic Cnrs Dr4 Idf-Sud $223K Universite De Geneve: received $220K on this topic Universite De Geneve $220K Wholesome Wave: received $200K on this topic Wholesome Wave $200K University of Chicago: received $176K on this topic University of Chicago $176K Wave Hill Inc: received $138K on this topic Wave Hill Inc $138K Tampa Bay Wave Inc: received $100K on this topic Tampa Bay Wave Inc $100K Making Waves Foundation Inc: received $100K on this topic Making Waves Foundation Inc $100K Wave Pool Corp: received $91K on this topic Wave Pool Corp $91K Wholesome Wave Georgia Inc: received $77K on this topic Wholesome Wave Georgia Inc $77K New Wave Productions LLC: received $75K on this topic New Wave Productions LLC $75K Wave Hill Incorporated: received $58K on this topic Wave Hill Incorporated $58K Save the Waves Coalition: received $26K on this topic Save the Waves Coalition $26K Making Waves Education Foundation: received $20K on this topic Making Waves Education Foundati… $20K Making Waves Foundation Inc: received $20K on this topic Making Waves Foundation Inc $20K Waves of Health: received $5K on this topic Waves of Health $5K Wave Childrens Foundation: received $5K on this topic Wave Childrens Foundation $5K Christi Nogle: received $4K on this topic Christi Nogle $4K Cl Young: received $4K on this topic Cl Young $4K Elizabeth Hilton: received $4K on this topic Elizabeth Hilton $4K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “wave” 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: $75,000 to WAVE HILL INCORPORATED — woodland ecology research mentorship program
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Largest: $600,000 to UNIVERSITAET WIEN — in support of research to advance matter wave interferometry and demonstrate quantum superpositions of matter waves of molecules with up to 1,000,000 atoms (1mda).
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Largest: $25,000 to MAKING WAVES FOUNDATION INC — scholarship support
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Largest: $1.0M to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — support for research on a data-informed framework for the representation of sub-grid scale gravity waves to improve climate prediction
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Largest: $500,000 to SILK WAVE MISSION — community & human services
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Largest: $300,000 to THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC — core support for next wave festival, next wave, a performing arts festival featuring fresh interpretations of classic works and adventurous contemporary presentations
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Largest: $25,000 to WAVE HILL INC — the campaign for wave hill
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Largest: $3,500 to Teal Gardner — show and tell residency wave 2.
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Largest: $2.0M to BAYLOR UNIVERSITY — global flourishing study: piloting and waves 1-5
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Largest: $100,000 to WHOLESOME WAVE — community nutrition
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Largest: $375,000 to Wholesome Wave — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
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Largest: $100,000 to TAMPA BAY WAVE INC — program/operating support
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