# funder

A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |
| [Person](https://schema.org.ai/Person) | A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional). |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork) | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |
| [Event](https://schema.org.ai/Event) | An event happening at a certain time and location, such as a concert, lecture, or festival. Ticketing information may be added via the [offers](https://schema.org.ai/offers) property. Repeated events may be structured as separate Event objects. |
| [Grant](https://schema.org.ai/Grant) | A grant, typically financial or otherwise quantifiable, of resources. Typically a [funder](https://schema.org.ai/funder) sponsors some [MonetaryAmount](https://schema.org.ai/MonetaryAmount) to an [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) or [Person](https://schema.org.ai/Person), sometimes not necessarily via a dedicated or long-lived [Project](https://schema.org.ai/Project), resulting in one or more outputs, or [fundedItems](https://schema.org.ai/fundedItem). For financial sponsorship, indicate the [funder](https://schema.org.ai/funder) of a [MonetaryGrant](https://schema.org.ai/MonetaryGrant). For non-financial support, indicate [sponsor](https://schema.org.ai/sponsor) of [Grants](https://schema.org.ai/Grant) of resources (e.g. office space). Grants support  activities directed towards some agreed collective goals, often but not always organized as [Projects](https://schema.org.ai/Project). Long-lived projects are sometimes sponsored by a variety of grants over time, but it is also common for a project to be associated with a single grant. The amount of a [Grant](https://schema.org.ai/Grant) is represented using [amount](https://schema.org.ai/amount) as a [MonetaryAmount](https://schema.org.ai/MonetaryAmount). |
| [MonetaryGrant](https://schema.org.ai/MonetaryGrant) | A monetary grant. |
| [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |
| [Person](https://schema.org.ai/Person) | A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional). |

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