# Check categories in Funder

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/check-categories-in-funder/6393>\
**Category:** Pump it Up: Data Mining the Water Table\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/check-categories-in-funder/6393 "2021-08-10T11:22:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shemuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shemuel](https://community.drivendata.org/u/Shemuel)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/check-categories-in-funder/6393/1 "2021-08-10T11:22:03Z")

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How can i know all the funders and how many times each exists? More resourceful if anyone is using MATLAB! Thanks  
snapshot of a few…  
 ![fundercats](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/drivendata1/original/2X/9/9586304ed51ab9414d831eac8a47992ff2b3d78d.png)

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**Author:** ![Shemuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shemuel](https://community.drivendata.org/u/Shemuel)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/check-categories-in-funder/6393/2 "2021-08-31T13:06:26Z")

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I found the approach using either the _ **findgroups** _ function or the _ **unique** _ function in MATLAB…

Thanks all