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Who does Vanderbilt University fund?

Vanderbilt University has awarded $2.8 billion across 1,041 grants to 375 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $55,861, with most between $17,752 and $173,847. Repeat grantees receive a median $66,826 versus $16,165 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$2.8B
Typical grant
$56K
Grantees
375
Grants
1,041
Years
2019–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 375 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $242.2M62019–20242024TN
Northwestern University $4.7M62019–20242024IL
U University of Texas at Austin $4.4M62019–20242024— —
U University of Wisconsin System $4.0M62019–20242024— —
U University of Tennessee at Chattanooga $4.0M82019–20242024— —
T The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois $3.2M62019–20242024IL
University of Pittsburgh $3.1M62019–20242024PA
O Ohio State University Research Foundation $3.0M62019–20242024OH
R Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia $3.0M52019–20242024VA
U University of Washington $2.7M62019–20242024— —
Yale University $2.7M62019–20242024CT
The Scripps Research Institute $2.6M22023–20242024CA
U University of Minnesota Regents $2.5M62019–20242024— —
Johns Hopkins University $2.4M62019–20242024MD
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $2.3M62019–20242024CA
U University of Memphis $2.2M62019–20242024— —
N North Carolina State University $2.0M62019–20242024— —
U University of California San Francisco $1.9M62019–20242024CA
R Regents Univ of California $1.8M62019–20242024CA
Augusta University Research Institute INC $1.7M42021–20242024GA
O Oregon Health & Science University $1.6M32020–20242024— —
T The Learning Agency LLC $1.6M120242024— —
U University of Utah $1.6M62019–20242024UT
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $1.5M32019–20242024MA
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $1.5M52020–20242024CA
Emory University $1.5M62019–20242024GA
R Regents of the University of Michigan $1.5M62019–20242024MI
Fisk University $1.5M62019–20242024TN
U University of Connecticut $1.5M62019–20242024— —
Washington University $1.4M62019–20242024MO
G George Mason University $1.4M62019–20242024— —
Wake Forest University Health Sciences $1.4M52019–20232023NC
R Rutgers the State University $1.3M52020–20242024NJ
U University of South Florida $1.3M62019–20242024— —
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania $1.2M52019–20242024PA
The Learning Agency Lab $1.2M22022–20232023AZ
The National Museum of African American Music $1.2M52019–20242024TN
Southeastern Regional Educational Service Center INC $1.2M42019–20222022NH
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center $1.1M62019–20242024MO
Carnegie Mellon University $1.1M52019–20242024PA
O Oregon State University $1.1M42020–20242024— —
Kestrel Institute $1.1M22020–20212021CA
R Regents of the University of California at San Diego $1.1M62019–20242024CA
L Leidos INC $1.0M22023–20242024— —
G Georgia Institute of Technology $1.0M42019–20242024GA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $967K62019–20242024MA
Southern Methodist University $962K32019–20212021TX
I Indiana University $950K42021–20242024IN
U University of South Alabama $904K22023–20242024AL
T Tennessee State University $899K62019–20242024TN
M Michigan State University $892K42021–20242024MI
U University of California Davis $863K52019–20242024— —
T The Pennsylvania State University $856K62019–20242024— —
Centennial Park Conservancy $843K42021–20242024TN
University of Denver $820K62019–20242024CO
H Harris County Tx $816K42021–20242024— —
Cornell University $774K62019–20242024NY
A Alphacore INC $747K42021–20242024— —
U University of North Carolina at Greensboro $736K52020–20242024— —
U University of Oregon $717K62019–20242024— —
U University of North Texas Health Science Center $677K52019–20232023— —
U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $667K22019–20202020NC
University of Georgia Research Foundation INC $667K62019–20242024GA
M Mass General Brigham Incorporated $660K42019–20242024MA
U University of Alabama at Birmingham $655K62019–20242024— —
Meharry Medical College $641K62019–20242024TN
U University of Iowa $636K42019–20242024— —
Baylor College of Medicine $581K32019–20212021TX
B Board of the University of Alabama $574K62019–20242024AL
T The Ohio State University $568K32022–20242024OH
U University of Louisville Research Foundation INC $562K52019–20242024KY
Georgia Tech Research Corporation $550K62019–20242024GA
Tennessee Disability Coalition $528K42022–20242024TN
Tougaloo College $513K42019–20222022MS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $506K52020–20242024NY
Association of American Universities $499K32022–20242024DC
T Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station $494K42020–20232023— —
M Middle Tennessee State University $477K62019–20242024— —
R Regents of the University of California $472K72019–20232023CA
U University of Massachusetts $463K32020–20242024— —
U University of Tennessee at Chattanooga $460K42019–20242024— —
D Dynamic Object Language Labs INC $452K22020–20212021— —
D Dynamic Object Language Labs INC $451K120192019— —
G General Electric Company $442K22021–20222022— —
California Institute of Technology $441K22019–20202020CA
Oregon Health and Science University Foundation $437K120192019OR
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute INC $433K42019–20222022FL
U University of Maryland College Park $413K52019–20242024— —
Northern California Institute for Research and Education INC $412K52020–20242024CA
R Robust Chip INC $410K42019–20242024— —
B Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $406K32019–20242024NE
Rush University Medical Center $395K52020–20242024IL
F Florida State University $386K42021–20242024FL
U University of Missouri $374K62019–20242024— —
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine-Siim $373K120202020VA
Institute for Broadening Participation $359K62019–20242024ME
M Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools $354K22021–20232023— —
The Rand Corporation $353K22019–20202020CA
M Mathematica Policy Research INC $351K22019–20202020— —
Metropolitan Nashville Education Association INC $344K120202020TN

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