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Where the money went Lilly Endowment Inc → Calvin University: $35M across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Urban Inst: $17M across 40 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst: $4.2M across 18 grants, latest 2023 Pannonia Foundation → New York Public Library: $2.2M across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Thomas J Edelman Foundation → The Hotchkiss School: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc → Bangor Region YMCA: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Nazarian Family Foundation → Armenian General Benevolent Union: $994K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family → Armenian General Benevolent Union: $891K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Bilek Charitable Foundation → Stars and Stripes Childrens Foundation: $94K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Esther Koven Foundation Inc → Jewish National Fund: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Carol & Arnold Wolowitz Foundation → Northwell Health Foundation: $63K across 3 grants, latest 2024 South Wind Foundation → Repair the World Inc: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Peoples Action Inst: $13M across 13 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Smithsonian Institution: $7.1M across 5 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mathematical Sciences Research Inst: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc → Acadia Hospital: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Nazarian Family Foundation → Wesleyan University: $790K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Pannonia Foundation → Museum of Moving Image: $575K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Thomas J Edelman Foundation → Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program: $492K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family → Diocese of the Armenian Church: $97K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Carol & Arnold Wolowitz Foundation → Uja - Federation of New York: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Esther Koven Foundation Inc → Rye Country Day School: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Bilek Charitable Foundation → National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 South Wind Foundation → Community Help in Park Slope: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Urban Inst: $9.0M across 23 grants, latest 2020 Lilly Endowment Inc → Latin American Bible Inst College: $6.5M across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Inst of Science & Technology Austria: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2023 Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc → Bridgton Food Pantry: $800K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Thomas J Edelman Foundation → Wildlife Conservation Society: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Pannonia Foundation → Aclu Foundation: $350K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Nazarian Family Foundation → Diocese of the Armenian Church of America: $205K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Carol & Arnold Wolowitz Foundation → Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County: $57K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family → Armenian Heritage Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Bilek Charitable Foundation → Orangewood Foundation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Esther Koven Foundation Inc → National Jewish Health: $39K across 4 grants, latest 2025 South Wind Foundation → Hias: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Brookings Inst: $6.9M across 22 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indiana University Foundation: $6.5M across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Illinois Pub Hlt Inst: $5.9M across 2 grants, latest 2020 Lilly Endowment Inc → Foundation for Mississippi History: $5.1M across 3 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indiana State Museum Foundation: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → United States Holocaust Mem Museum: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → Metropolitan Museum of Art: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → Nelson Gallery Foundation: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → Childrens Museum Inc: $5.0M across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Lincoln Inst of Land Pol: $4.8M across 6 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Purdue Research Foundation: $4.8M across 3 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → National Constitution Center: $4.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → University of Southern Indiana: $4.6M across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lilly Endowment Inc → Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc: $4.5M across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Roosevelt Inst: $4.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → National Museum of Mexican Art: $4.2M across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Public Hlt Inst: $4.1M across 13 grants, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Lincoln Inst of Land Pol: $4.0M across 2 grants, latest 2020 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Economic Pol Inst: $3.9M across 9 grants, latest 2023 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Roosevelt Inst: $3.6M across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → National League of Cities Inst: $3.5M across 8 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → Indiana Biosciences Research Inst: $3.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → National League of Cities Inst: $3.3M across 6 grants, latest 2020 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Aspen Inst: $3.3M across 8 grants, latest 2020 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Aspen Inst: $3.2M across 12 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc → National Park Foundation: $3.1M across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Peoples Action Inst: $3.1M across 3 grants, latest 2020 Lilly Endowment Inc → Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc: $117M on this topic. Open the funder. Lilly Endowment Inc $117M The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $93M on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $93M The Simons Foundation Inc: $7.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $7.0M Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Stephen & Tabitha King Founda… $3.3M Pannonia Foundation: $3.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Pannonia Foundation $3.1M The Thomas J Edelman Foundation: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Thomas J Edelman Foundati… $2.6M Nazarian Family Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Nazarian Family Foundation $2.0M Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Levon & Claudia Nazarian Fami… $1.0M Bilek Charitable Foundation: $194K on this topic. Open the funder. Bilek Charitable Foundation $194K The Carol & Arnold Wolowitz Foundation: $180K on this topic. Open the funder. The Carol & Arnold Wolowitz F… $180K Esther Koven Foundation Inc: $159K on this topic. Open the funder. Esther Koven Foundation Inc $159K South Wind Foundation: $67K on this topic. Open the funder. South Wind Foundation $67K Calvin University: received $35M on this topic Calvin University $35M Urban Inst: received $17M on this topic Urban Inst $17M Peoples Action Inst: received $13M on this topic Peoples Action Inst $13M Urban Inst: received $9.0M on this topic Urban Inst $9.0M Smithsonian Institution: received $7.1M on this topic Smithsonian Institution $7.1M Brookings Inst: received $6.9M on this topic Brookings Inst $6.9M Latin American Bible Inst College: received $6.5M on this topic Latin American Bible Inst Colle… $6.5M Indiana University Foundation: received $6.5M on this topic Indiana University Foundation $6.5M Illinois Pub Hlt Inst: received $5.9M on this topic Illinois Pub Hlt Inst $5.9M Foundation for Mississippi History: received $5.1M on this topic Foundation for Mississippi Hist… $5.1M Indiana State Museum Foundation: received $5.0M on this topic Indiana State Museum Foundation $5.0M United States Holocaust Mem Museum: received $5.0M on this topic United States Holocaust Mem Mus… $5.0M Metropolitan Museum of Art: received $5.0M on this topic Metropolitan Museum of Art $5.0M Nelson Gallery Foundation: received $5.0M on this topic Nelson Gallery Foundation $5.0M Childrens Museum Inc: received $5.0M on this topic Childrens Museum Inc $5.0M Lincoln Inst of Land Pol: received $4.8M on this topic Lincoln Inst of Land Pol $4.8M Purdue Research Foundation: received $4.8M on this topic Purdue Research Foundation $4.8M National Constitution Center: received $4.6M on this topic National Constitution Center $4.6M University of Southern Indiana: received $4.6M on this topic University of Southern Indiana $4.6M Jamestown Yorktown Foundation Inc: received $4.5M on this topic Jamestown Yorktown Foundation I… $4.5M Roosevelt Inst: received $4.5M on this topic Roosevelt Inst $4.5M Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst: received $4.2M on this topic Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst $4.2M National Museum of Mexican Art: received $4.2M on this topic National Museum of Mexican Art $4.2M Public Hlt Inst: received $4.1M on this topic Public Hlt Inst $4.1M Lincoln Inst of Land Pol: received $4.0M on this topic Lincoln Inst of Land Pol $4.0M Economic Pol Inst: received $3.9M on this topic Economic Pol Inst $3.9M Roosevelt Inst: received $3.6M on this topic Roosevelt Inst $3.6M National League of Cities Inst: received $3.5M on this topic National League of Cities Inst $3.5M Indiana Biosciences Research Inst: received $3.4M on this topic Indiana Biosciences Research In… $3.4M National League of Cities Inst: received $3.3M on this topic National League of Cities Inst $3.3M Aspen Inst: received $3.3M on this topic Aspen Inst $3.3M Aspen Inst: received $3.2M on this topic Aspen Inst $3.2M National Park Foundation: received $3.1M on this topic National Park Foundation $3.1M Peoples Action Inst: received $3.1M on this topic Peoples Action Inst $3.1M Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: received $3.0M on this topic Colonial Williamsburg Foundation $3.0M New York Public Library: received $2.2M on this topic New York Public Library $2.2M Armenian General Benevolent Union: received $1.9M on this topic Armenian General Benevolent Uni… $1.9M Mathematical Sciences Research Inst: received $1.8M on this topic Mathematical Sciences Research… $1.8M The Hotchkiss School: received $1.6M on this topic The Hotchkiss School $1.6M Bangor Region YMCA: received $1.5M on this topic Bangor Region YMCA $1.5M Inst of Science & Technology Austria: received $1.0M on this topic Inst of Science & Technology Au… $1.0M Acadia Hospital: received $1.0M on this topic Acadia Hospital $1.0M Bridgton Food Pantry: received $800K on this topic Bridgton Food Pantry $800K Wesleyan University: received $790K on this topic Wesleyan University $790K Museum of Moving Image: received $575K on this topic Museum of Moving Image $575K Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program: received $492K on this topic Vanguard Charitable Endowment P… $492K Wildlife Conservation Society: received $450K on this topic Wildlife Conservation Society $450K Aclu Foundation: received $350K on this topic Aclu Foundation $350K Diocese of the Armenian Church of America: received $205K on this topic Diocese of the Armenian Church… $205K Diocese of the Armenian Church: received $97K on this topic Diocese of the Armenian Church $97K Stars and Stripes Childrens Foundation: received $94K on this topic Stars and Stripes Childrens Fou… $94K Jewish National Fund: received $70K on this topic Jewish National Fund $70K Northwell Health Foundation: received $63K on this topic Northwell Health Foundation $63K Uja - Federation of New York: received $60K on this topic Uja - Federation of New York $60K Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County: received $57K on this topic Jewish Federation of Palm Beach… $57K Rye Country Day School: received $50K on this topic Rye Country Day School $50K National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias: received $50K on this topic National Foundation for Ectoder… $50K Armenian Heritage Foundation: received $50K on this topic Armenian Heritage Foundation $50K Orangewood Foundation: received $50K on this topic Orangewood Foundation $50K National Jewish Health: received $39K on this topic National Jewish Health $39K Repair the World Inc: received $23K on this topic Repair the World Inc $23K Community Help in Park Slope: received $22K on this topic Community Help in Park Slope $22K Hias: received $22K on this topic Hias $22K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “inst” only. 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