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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Facebook page | universityofbc |
| Website | https://www.ubc.ca/ |
| Twitter username | UBC |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia |
| Instagram username | universityofbc |
| Medium username | ubcscience |
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 25 | 137,618 | 1,207,238 | 4,500 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 | 137,618 | 287,500 | 331,926 | 405,201 | 1,499,863 | 16,999,991 |
| 1 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 | |
| FIXME | 3 | 40,000 | 35,332 | 4,936 | 4,936 | 4,936 | 4,936 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 61,060 | 61,060 | 61,060 | 61,060 |
| Higher Education | 2 | 20,000 | 411,972 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 803,943 | 803,943 | 803,943 | 803,943 | 803,943 |
| Global health | 13 | 287,500 | 2,117,667 | 50,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 232,577 | 287,500 | 310,000 | 405,201 | 1,499,863 | 6,999,991 | 16,999,991 |
| Animal welfare | 1 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 | 50,186 |
| Nutrition | 2 | 100,000 | 193,750 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 287,500 | 287,500 | 287,500 | 287,500 | 287,500 |
| AI safety | 1 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 | 100,375 |
| Natural Sciences | 2 | 393,691 | 589,395 | 393,691 | 393,691 | 393,691 | 393,691 | 393,691 | 393,691 | 785,099 | 785,099 | 785,099 | 785,099 | 785,099 |
| Donor | Total | 2023 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (filter this donee) | 27,917,167.00 | 0.00 | 137,618.00 | 1,117,577.00 | 431,926.00 | 1,499,863.00 | 17,480,192.00 | 150,000.00 | 6,999,991.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
| John Templeton Foundation (filter this donee) | 1,178,790.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 785,099.00 | 393,691.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sloan Foundation (filter this donee) | 823,943.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 823,943.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 150,561.00 | 100,375.00 | 50,186.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Foundational Questions Institute (filter this donee) | 101,060.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 61,060.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wellcome Trust (filter this donee) | 4,936.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,936.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Earhart Foundation (filter this donee) | 4,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,500.00 |
| Total | 30,180,957.00 | 100,375.00 | 187,804.00 | 1,117,577.00 | 431,926.00 | 2,346,022.00 | 18,697,826.00 | 150,000.00 | 7,044,927.00 | 100,000.00 | 4,500.00 |
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Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 25) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy | 100,375.00 | 14 | AI safety/technical research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-british-columbia-ai-alignment-research/ | -- | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "over two years to the University of British Columbia to support research led by Professor Jeff Clune on AI alignment." The webpage https://www.cs.ubc.ca/people/jeff-clune is linked. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 50,186.00 | 20 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig/movement growth/talent pipeline | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-british-columbia-research-pig-welfare-china | Lewis Bollard | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to enable animal welfare science student Maria Chen to produce a Masters thesis on pig welfare in China. Her planned research could identify reform opportunities on mid-sized pig farms." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We see this grant as largely devoted to building a talent pipeline for farm animal welfare research in China." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount was likely determined by the cost of a masters degree at the University of British Columbia. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Open Philanthropy seems to have become interested in the idea of developing a "talent pipeline" around this time; another grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-british-columbia-research-pig-welfare-china would be made about a month later. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-12-11. |
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| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 137,618.00 | 13 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to evaluate therapies and technologies in models relevant to improve gut health and prevent stunting for children in developing countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 232,577.00 | 12 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring together a suite of interventions to test new strategies for monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia in various low resource settings; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 287,500.00 | 10 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to validate the murine model of malnutrition and environmental enteric disease. A Better Understanding of Malnutrition and Environmental Enteric Disease. Investment start date: 5/3/2017 to end date: 12/31/2019. Grantee name: University of British Columbia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 287,500.00 | 10 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to validate the murine model of malnutrition and environmental enteric disease. A Better Understanding of Malnutrition and Environmental Enteric Disease. Investment start date: 5/3/2017 to end date: 12/31/2019. Grantee name: University of British Columbia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 310,000.00 | 9 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to evaluate therapies and technologies in models relevant to improve gut health and prevent stunting for children in developing countries; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 15 | Nutrition/basic nutrition | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to better identify children at increased risk of dying from pneumonia by adapting near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) that can measure tissue oxygenation levels, which will be reduced in children with malnutrition.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 331,926.00 | 8 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to support assessment of research needed to address critical questions on immunology in pregnant women and neonates to understand the effect of the immune response in pregnancy and neonates on the safety and efficacy of maternal immunization; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 1,499,863.00 | 3 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring together a suite of interventions to test new strategies for monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia in various low resource settings; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| Foundational Questions Institute | 61,060.00 | 19 | FIXME | https://fqxi.org/grants/large/awardees/view/__details/2013/van+raamsdonk | -- | Project title: Gravity and Information. | |
| John Templeton Foundation | 785,099.00 | 5 | Natural Sciences | https://templeton.org/grants/grant-database | -- | For project The Emergence of Prosocial Religions: How Cultural Evolution Favored Beliefs and Rituals that Galvanize Large-scale Cooperation; Project leaders: Ara Norenzayan, Joseph Henrich. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 16,999,991.00 | 1 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring together a suite of interventions to test new strategies for monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia in various low resource settings; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 75,000.00 | 18 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to convene an open, abstract-driven workshop for researchers involved in HIV/AIDS in treatment as prevention to share data, protocols, and findings, and to foster an open collaborative environment regarding this important area of research; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 405,201.00 | 6 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring together a suite of interventions to test new strategies for monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia in various low resource settings; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| Sloan Foundation | 803,943.00 | 4 | Higher Education/Science of Learning STEM | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7544 | -- | Grant investigator: Lorne Whitehead; to enable the Bay View Alliance to accelerate the rate of adaptation, exploration, and effective integration of methods of instruction that better support improved student learning, targeting key STEM gateway courses. | |
| Sloan Foundation | 20,000.00 | 23 | Higher Education/Science of Learning STEM | https://sloan.org/grant-detail/7550 | -- | Grant investigator: Lorne Whitehead; to accelerate the rate of exploration, adaptation and effective integration of methods of instruction that better support improved student learning, with a focus on undergraduate STEM education. | |
| John Templeton Foundation | 393,691.00 | 7 | Natural Sciences | https://templeton.org/grants/grant-database | -- | For project Intrinsic and Environmental decoherence; Project leaders: Philip Stamp. Affected regions: North America; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 15 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to test if modifying dietary intake of pregnant mothers can lead to the establishment of healthy microflora in an offspring’s intestinal tract once they are born to help bolster the immune response and reduce susceptibility of disease in infants.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 50,000.00 | 21 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide support for the Treatment as Prevention International Workshop. Treatment as Prevention International Workshop. Investment start date: 4/20/2011 to end date: 10/31/2011. Grantee name: University of British Columbia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 6,999,991.00 | 2 | Global health/Reproductive health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to bring together a suite of interventions to test new strategies for monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia in various low resource settings; Aid type: Other technical assistance. Affected regions: Africa. | |
| Wellcome Trust | 4,936.00 | 24 | FIXME | https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wellcome-grants-awarded-2000-2016.xlsx | -- | Exploring images of the brain in popular culture; media analysis and neuroethics in drama. Affected regions: International; affected countries: Canada. | |
| Foundational Questions Institute | 40,000.00 | 22 | FIXME | https://fqxi.org/grants/large/awardees/view/__details/2010/karczmarek | -- | Project title: The nature of time, emergent spacetimes and nonabelian physics. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 15 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to develop an inexpensive hand-held device to separate healthy red-blood cells from malaria-parasite infected blood cells which become more rigid, and count cells in these stages to determine the state of infection and inform treatment options; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
| Earhart Foundation | 4,500.00 | 25 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/earhart-foundation/ | -- |