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12 funders with a record of paying for “charles”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → National Philanthropic Trust: $31M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick & Sharon Klingenstein Fund → Charles Schwab Donor Advised Fund: $4.0M across 12 grants, latest 2024 The Sherwood Foundation → Charles Drew Health Center Inc: $2.5M across 10 grants, latest 2025 Unihealth Foundation → Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation: $545K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Magnusson Klemencic Associates Foundation → Charles Pankow Foundation: $373K across 13 grants, latest 2024 Two Eagles Foundation Inc → St Charles Borromeo Catholic School: $230K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Charles River Watershed Association Inc: $170K across 6 grants, latest 2024 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → Jewish Vocational Service: $101K across 6 grants, latest 2024 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Charles Ives Society: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Charles County Charitable Trust → Charles Co Childrens Aid: $97K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Morehead-Cain Foundation → Charles Konkolics: $77K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Bank of America Charitable → Community Culinary School of Charl: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Chicago Urban League: $14M across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Sherwood Foundation → Charles E Lakin Human Services Campus Foundation: $363K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Unihealth Foundation → Providence Little Company of Mary Fdn: $199K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Boston Foundation Inc → Charles Street Ame Church: $137K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Two Eagles Foundation Inc → St Charles Borromeo School: $117K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Charles County Charitable Trust → Charles Co Meals On Wheels: $85K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Morehead-Cain Foundation → Thierry Charles: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2023 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → Cedars Sinai: $54K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Bank of America Charitable → Charles River School: $16K across 3 grants, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Sungji Hong: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund: $13M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Unihealth Foundation → Charles Drew University College of Medicine: $175K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Charles River Conservancy Inc: $119K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Charles County Charitable Trust → Hospice of Charles Co: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Two Eagles Foundation Inc → St Charles Borromeo Parish School: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Morehead-Cain Foundation → Emile Charles: $68K across 3 grants, latest 2023 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Bank of America Charitable → Charles T Sitrin Health Care Cent: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters → Leila Adu-Gilmore: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Start Early: $10M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Charles B Wang Community Health Center Inc: $9.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Friends of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Rush University Medical Center: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → United Negro College Fund Inc: $762K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Lincoln Park Zoological Society: $509K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Grow Greater Englewood: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Charles Sherrod Community Development Corporation: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc: $254K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Link Unlimited Scholars: $151K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Unihealth Foundation → Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Unihealth Foundation → Charles R Drew University: $122K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Uniting Voices Chicago: $114K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Boston Foundation Inc → Charles River School: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Unihealth Foundation → Charles R Drew University of Medicine & Science: $81K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Charles County Charitable Trust → Charles Co Children's Aid Society: $81K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Two Eagles Foundation Inc → St Charles Borromeo Primary School: $69K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Charles County Charitable Trust → Charles Co Literacy Council: $57K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Pathway to Adventure Council Bsa: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → St Charles Borromeo Catholic School: $52K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Cape Charles Baptist Church: $47K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Charles County Charitable Trust → Charles Co Regional Medical: $46K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Morehead-Cain Foundation → Charles Mccain: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Talladega College: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Charles County Charitable Trust → Charles County Harc Inc: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2023 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → University of Southern California Gould School of Law: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2024 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → University of California Los Angeles School of Law: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Charles County Charitable Trust → End Hunger in Charles County: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2022 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → Planned Parenthood Los Angeles: $31K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Pastor of St Charles of Borromeo Catholic Parish in San Diego Ca: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Charles County Charitable Trust → Camp St Charles: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023 A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation → Ucla School of Law: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Special Childrens Charities: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust: $84M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $84M Frederick & Sharon Klingenstein Fund: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Frederick & Sharon Klingenste… $4.0M The Sherwood Foundation: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Sherwood Foundation $2.9M Unihealth Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Unihealth Foundation $1.3M Charles County Charitable Trust: $550K on this topic. Open the funder. Charles County Charitable Tru… $550K Boston Foundation Inc: $526K on this topic. Open the funder. Boston Foundation Inc $526K Two Eagles Foundation Inc: $491K on this topic. Open the funder. Two Eagles Foundation Inc $491K Magnusson Klemencic Associates Foundation: $373K on this topic. Open the funder. Magnusson Klemencic Associate… $373K A Charles & Betty S Wilson Foundation: $316K on this topic. Open the funder. A Charles & Betty S Wilson Fo… $316K The Morehead-Cain Foundation: $261K on this topic. Open the funder. The Morehead-Cain Foundation $261K American Academy of Arts and Letters: $130K on this topic. Open the funder. American Academy of Arts and… $130K The Bank of America Charitable: $51K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bank of America Charitable $51K National Philanthropic Trust: received $31M on this topic National Philanthropic Trust $31M Chicago Urban League: received $14M on this topic Chicago Urban League $14M Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund: received $13M on this topic Fidelity Investments Charitable… $13M Start Early: received $10M on this topic Start Early $10M Charles B Wang Community Health Center Inc: received $9.0M on this topic Charles B Wang Community Health… $9.0M Charles Schwab Donor Advised Fund: received $4.0M on this topic Charles Schwab Donor Advised Fu… $4.0M Charles Drew Health Center Inc: received $2.5M on this topic Charles Drew Health Center Inc $2.5M Friends of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands: received $2.5M on this topic Friends of the Charles Darwin F… $2.5M Rush University Medical Center: received $1.1M on this topic Rush University Medical Center $1.1M United Negro College Fund Inc: received $762K on this topic United Negro College Fund Inc $762K Providence Little Company of Mary Foundation: received $545K on this topic Providence Little Company of Ma… $545K Lincoln Park Zoological Society: received $509K on this topic Lincoln Park Zoological Society $509K Grow Greater Englewood: received $450K on this topic Grow Greater Englewood $450K Charles Pankow Foundation: received $373K on this topic Charles Pankow Foundation $373K Charles E Lakin Human Services Campus Foundation: received $363K on this topic Charles E Lakin Human Services… $363K Charles Sherrod Community Development Corporation: received $300K on this topic Charles Sherrod Community Devel… $300K The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc: received $254K on this topic The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society… $254K St Charles Borromeo Catholic School: received $230K on this topic St Charles Borromeo Catholic Sc… $230K Providence Little Company of Mary Fdn: received $199K on this topic Providence Little Company of Ma… $199K Charles Drew University College of Medicine: received $175K on this topic Charles Drew University College… $175K Charles River Watershed Association Inc: received $170K on this topic Charles River Watershed Associa… $170K Link Unlimited Scholars: received $151K on this topic Link Unlimited Scholars $151K Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science: received $150K on this topic Charles R Drew University of Me… $150K Charles Street Ame Church: received $137K on this topic Charles Street Ame Church $137K Charles R Drew University: received $122K on this topic Charles R Drew University $122K Charles River Conservancy Inc: received $119K on this topic Charles River Conservancy Inc $119K St Charles Borromeo School: received $117K on this topic St Charles Borromeo School $117K Uniting Voices Chicago: received $114K on this topic Uniting Voices Chicago $114K Jewish Vocational Service: received $101K on this topic Jewish Vocational Service $101K Charles River School: received $100K on this topic Charles River School $100K Charles Ives Society: received $100K on this topic Charles Ives Society $100K Charles Co Childrens Aid: received $97K on this topic Charles Co Childrens Aid $97K Charles Co Meals On Wheels: received $85K on this topic Charles Co Meals On Wheels $85K Hospice of Charles Co: received $85K on this topic Hospice of Charles Co $85K Charles R Drew University of Medicine & Science: received $81K on this topic Charles R Drew University of Me… $81K Charles Co Children's Aid Society: received $81K on this topic Charles Co Children's Aid Socie… $81K Charles Konkolics: received $77K on this topic Charles Konkolics $77K St Charles Borromeo Parish School: received $75K on this topic St Charles Borromeo Parish Scho… $75K Thierry Charles: received $70K on this topic Thierry Charles $70K St Charles Borromeo Primary School: received $69K on this topic St Charles Borromeo Primary Sch… $69K Emile Charles: received $68K on this topic Emile Charles $68K Charles Co Literacy Council: received $57K on this topic Charles Co Literacy Council $57K Cedars Sinai: received $54K on this topic Cedars Sinai $54K Pathway to Adventure Council Bsa: received $54K on this topic Pathway to Adventure Council Bsa $54K St Charles Borromeo Catholic School: received $52K on this topic St Charles Borromeo Catholic Sc… $52K Cape Charles Baptist Church: received $47K on this topic Cape Charles Baptist Church $47K Charles Co Regional Medical: received $46K on this topic Charles Co Regional Medical $46K Charles Mccain: received $45K on this topic Charles Mccain $45K Talladega College: received $40K on this topic Talladega College $40K Charles County Harc Inc: received $38K on this topic Charles County Harc Inc $38K Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles: received $36K on this topic Planned Parenthood of Los Angel… $36K University of Southern California Gould School of Law: received $33K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $33K University of California Los Angeles School of Law: received $33K on this topic University of California Los An… $33K End Hunger in Charles County: received $32K on this topic End Hunger in Charles County $32K Planned Parenthood Los Angeles: received $31K on this topic Planned Parenthood Los Angeles $31K Pastor of St Charles of Borromeo Catholic Parish in San Diego Ca: received $30K on this topic Pastor of St Charles of Borrome… $30K Camp St Charles: received $30K on this topic Camp St Charles $30K Ucla School of Law: received $28K on this topic Ucla School of Law $28K Special Childrens Charities: received $27K on this topic Special Childrens Charities $27K Community Culinary School of Charl: received $20K on this topic Community Culinary School of Ch… $20K Charles River School: received $16K on this topic Charles River School $16K Sungji Hong: received $15K on this topic Sungji Hong $15K Charles T Sitrin Health Care Cent: received $15K on this topic Charles T Sitrin Health Care Ce… $15K Leila Adu-Gilmore: received $15K on this topic Leila Adu-Gilmore $15K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “charles” 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: $254,337 to Lincoln Park Zoological Society — general operating support, matching the contribution of polly eldringhoff, pgl employee, matching the contribution of charles matthews, pgl employee (q1, 2021), annual operating su…
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Largest: $24,000 to JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE — to be added to the a. charles wilson and betty s. wilson scholarship fund.
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Largest: $85,000 to Hospice of Charles Co — expansion/support of hospice care and services/covid
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Largest: $120,000 to Charles Street AME Church — operating support/annual fund
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Largest: $50,000 to ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC SCHOOL — tuition assistance
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Largest: $50,000 to Charles Pankow Foundation — rga 03-23:behavior of modular steel plate floor assemblies: this project investigates a new modular steel floor framing and diaphragm system for commercial building structures with…
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Largest: $20,000 to COMMUNITY CULINARY SCHOOL OF CHARL — program/operating support
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Largest: $500,000 to CHARLES DREW HEALTH CENTER INC — teen & young adult health center
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Largest: $150,000 to CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE — charles r. drew university black maternal health center of excellence
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Largest: $50,000 to CHARLES IVES SOCIETY — charles ives grant to further the work of charles ives
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Largest: $334,948 to CHARLES SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND — susan klingenstein donor advised fund
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Largest: $54,767 to CHARLES KONKOLICS — scholarship grants for undergraduate study
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