The Institute spent $200,000 supporting about 130 émigré academics across a decade

Evidence

To round off the picture of the Institute’s expenditure: according to an estimate made by Pollock, it donated around $200,000 in grants to support émigré academics, with individual grants to around 130 people, in the decade between 1933 and 1942. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1039

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  • XREF: connects to: The exiled Institute employed a large permanent staff and funded 130 émigré academics. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1039

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