Georgia Institute of Technology donations received

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Basic donee information

ItemValue
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Facebook page georgiatech
Websitehttp://www.gatech.edu
Twitter usernamegeorgiatech
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology
Instagram usernamegeorgiatech
Org Watch pagehttps://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=Georgia+Institute+of+Technology

Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 19 176,796 273,659 15,000 23,386 91,593 100,000 121,642 176,796 215,000 282,000 412,405 826,228 1,000,000
3 91,593 73,285 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 91,593 91,593 91,593 113,262 113,262 113,262 113,262
Higher Education 1 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386 23,386
Scientific research 1 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
Global health 6 321,242 440,020 100,000 100,000 176,796 176,796 321,242 321,242 412,405 803,448 803,448 826,228 826,228
Working Longer 1 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
AI safety 1 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642 121,642
Science 1 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510 124,510
Past Programs 1 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000 183,000
New Initiatives 1 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000 215,000
Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities 2 240,000 620,000 240,000 240,000 240,000 240,000 240,000 240,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
Scholarly Communications 1 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000 282,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee Georgia Institute of Technology

Donor Total 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2006 2004 1999 1998 1994
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (filter this donee) 2,640,119.00 412,405.00 1,003,024.00 321,242.00 0.00 903,448.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (filter this donee) 1,705,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 282,000.00 0.00 240,000.00 183,000.00 0.00
Arnold Ventures (filter this donee) 215,000.00 0.00 215,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Smith Richardson Foundation (filter this donee) 204,855.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 113,262.00 0.00 91,593.00 0.00
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (filter this donee) 124,510.00 124,510.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sloan Foundation (filter this donee) 123,386.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23,386.00 100,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Future of Life Institute (filter this donee) 121,642.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 121,642.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) 50,000.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
W. K. Kellogg Foundation (filter this donee) 15,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00
Total 5,199,512.00 586,915.00 1,218,024.00 321,242.00 1,121,642.00 926,834.00 100,000.00 282,000.00 113,262.00 240,000.00 274,593.00 15,000.00

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (19 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 19)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Open Philanthropy50,000.00172018-12Scientific research/transformative basic science/Innocentive challengehttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/georgia-institute-of-technology-saad-bhamlaChris Somerville Heather Youngs Grant to support research led by Dr. Saad Bhamla. Dr. Bhamla’s proposal, “Feathers as extreme water pumps,” was submitted in response to the Open Philanthropy Project's Innocentive challenge https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9934081 on bioinspiration and unusual biology. While this funding is not restricted to the execution of that proposal, the Open Philanthropy Project science team believes Dr. Bhamla's lab conducts other creative research, and wants to reward the spirit of creative science. Announced: 2019-02-12.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation412,405.0042018-11-29Global health/infectious disease controlhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support the pre-clinical development of a measles and rubella vaccine microarray patch; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative124,510.00112018Sciencehttps://chanzuckerberg.com/grants-ventures/grants/-- Program: Human Cell Atlas. Grant period: 2018–2019. This grant supports the development of algorithms to jointly consider imputation and clustering analysis for single-cell RNA sequencing data which are zero-inflated. (PI: Peng Qiu, Human Cell Atlas Computational Tools RFA).
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation176,796.00102017-09-28Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDShttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to optimize the nucleic acid-based expression of HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation826,228.0022017-06-05Global health/infectious disease controlhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to support the pre-clinical development of a measles and rubella vaccine microarray patch; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified.
Arnold Ventures215,000.0082017New Initiativeshttps://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/-- To conduct research and develop tools in order to help patients and physicians make more informed decisions about organ transplants. Affected states: Georgia.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation321,242.0052016-11-23Global health/infectious disease controlhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to develop a microneedle patch that can be used for safe, efficacious and cost-effective delivery of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) as part of the polio Eradication and Endgame strategic plan to stop the use of oral polio vaccine (OPV) worldwide by ; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation1,000,000.0012015-12-10Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/georgia-institute-of-technology/41500607/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
Future of Life Institute121,642.00122015-09-01AI safetyhttps://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees#Li-- A project grant. Project title: Fuxin Li.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation803,448.0032014-12-08Global health/infectious disease controlhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to develop a microneedle patch that can be used for safe, efficacious and cost-effective delivery of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) as part of the polio Eradication and Endgame strategic plan to stop the use of oral polio vaccine (OPV) worldwide by ; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation100,000.00142014-10-09Global health/infectious disease controlhttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to develop more effective treatments for enteric diseases in children by using pollen to probe the properties of the mucus lining the gastrointestinal tract, which varies depending on health status; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified.
Sloan Foundation23,386.00182014Higher Education/Education and Professional Advancement for Underrepresented Groupshttps://sloan.org/grant-detail/7593-- Grant investigator: Mary Fox; initiative: Professional Advancement of Underrepresented Groups; to identify and analyze existing data and trends on women faculty in computing; 2) identify and analyze the relevant research literature; and 3) identify and characterize the organizations that support women as faculty in computing.
Sloan Foundation100,000.00142012Working Longer/https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7053-- Grant investigator: Rosario Gerhardt; winner of the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Best Practices for Faculty Retirement Transitions.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation282,000.0062006-06-16Scholarly Communicationshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/georgia-institute-of-technology/20600709/-- Program name: Scholarly Communications.
Smith Richardson Foundation113,262.00132004--http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/--
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation240,000.0071999-12-17Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanitieshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/georgia-institute-of-technology/49900703/-- Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation183,000.0091998-10-02Past Programshttps://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/georgia-institute-of-technology/39800702/-- Program name: Past Programs.
Smith Richardson Foundation91,593.00161998--http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/--
W. K. Kellogg Foundation15,000.00191994-12-01--https://www.wkkf.org:443/grants/grant/1995/01/intellectual-competition-0029604-- Purpose: Improve the status and recognition of academic endeavors for high school students; Grant period: 1994-12-01 to 1997-05-31. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Georgia.