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Who funds Northeastern University?

Northeastern University has received $294 million across 1,893 grants from 694 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is Harold Alfond Foundation.

Total received
$294.1M
Funders
694
Grants
1,893
Years
2018–2025

Funders of this organization

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

100 of 694 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
Harold Alfond Foundation $37.0M52020–20242024
T The Roux Family Foundation $27.9M32020–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $21.5M72019–20242024
G Gordon Foundation $12.2M42021–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $11.1M62019–20242024
University of Pittsburgh $9.8M62019–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $6.2M52020–20242024
President and Fellows of Harvard College $6.2M52019–20242024
John Templeton Foundation $6.2M202020–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $4.2M82021–20242024
P Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation $3.8M120242024
Trustees of Tufts College $3.7M62019–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $3.7M102020–20242024
Boston Foundation INC $3.3M122019–20242024
R Ruby W and Lavon P Linn Foundation $3.2M42021–20242024
New Venture Fund $3.0M32022–20242024
Massachusetts Service Alliance INC $3.0M62019–20242024
US Ignite INC $2.9M42020–20242024
National Collegiate Athletic Association $2.6M62019–20242024
Cognizant US Foundation $2.4M22021–20222022
University of Southern California $2.2M22023–20242024
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center INC $2.1M52019–20232023
H Hopper-Dean Foundation $2.1M52022–20242024
American Heart Association INC $2.0M32019–20242024
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation INC $2.0M62021–20232023
The Lowell Institute $1.9M42020–20232023
Maine Technology Institute $1.9M52021–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.8M52020–20242024
Good Ventures Foundation $1.8M72020–20232023
Maine Community Foundation INC $1.8M22022–20242024
Deloitte Foundation $1.8M52020–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $1.8M62019–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.8M52020–20242024
Yale University $1.8M62019–20242024
T The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $1.6M42022–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $1.6M62019–20242024
American Endowment Foundation $1.6M62020–20242024
Unlikely Collaborators Foundation $1.6M22023–20242024
Freedom Together Foundation $1.6M102021–20242024
Trustees of Boston University $1.5M62019–20242024
The Paul G Allen Family Foundation $1.5M32020–20222022
The Kresge Foundation $1.4M62020–20242024
Henry Luce Foundation INC $1.4M82020–20242024
The Howard University $1.4M42021–20242024
H Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation INC $1.4M52020–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $1.3M72020–20242024
S Shanahan Family Charitablefoundation $1.3M52021–20242024
Howard Hughes Medical Institute $1.3M120232023
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $1.2M62021–20232023
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $1.2M62019–20252025
The Nature Conservancy $1.2M72019–20242024
The Computing Research Association INC $1.2M52020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $1.2M42020–20232023
The Schmidt Family Foundation $1.1M52020–20242024
T The Dolce Family Foundation Trust $1.0M52020–20242024
T The Jct Foundation C/O Jeff Tarr $1.0M120232023
John S and James L Knight Foundation INC $906K62020–20242024
T The Stanton Foundation C/O Hemenway & Barnes LLP $900K112020–20242024
Boston Medical Center Corporation $878K52019–20232023
A Akamai Foundation INC $850K42021–20242024
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation INC $850K32019–20242024
Cornell University $833K52020–20242024
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $822K42020–20242024
Northwestern University $817K62019–20242024
Charles Pankow Foundation $812K32022–20242024
The Heising-Simons Foundation $805K32021–20242024
Washington University $794K32022–20242024
Norn Group $792K120232023
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists $772K62020–20232023
S Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation INC $750K32019–20232023
The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment $729K120242024
Metavivor Research and Support INC $700K22021–20232023
U Uw Harold S Geneen Charitable Tr $700K62020–20252025
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science INC $687K22023–20242024
The Broad Institute INC $663K42022–20242024
Carnegie Corporation of New York $654K32019–20232023
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $651K52021–20242024
William T Grant Foundation INC $649K82020–20242024
Brandeis University $643K62019–20242024
The Joyce Foundation $622K120202020
Education Development Center INC $615K22023–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $614K62019–20242024
Simons Foundation INC $606K172020–20242024
V Violet M Johnson Family Foundation $600K32022–20242024
W K Kellogg Foundation $599K22021–20222022
A Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation C/O Gerald B O'Grady Tyler & Reynolds $572K52020–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $569K62019–20232023
T Treehouse Family Foundation $568K32022–20242024
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute $561K22020–20212021
Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education $560K42021–20242024
C Charles Irwin Travelli Fund $552K52019–20232023
Emory University $532K62019–20242024
Ford Foundation $524K62020–20242024
C Charles Stark Draper Laboratory INC $510K52020–20242024
H Hermann Foundation INC C/O Maryann Copeland Treasurer $500K52020–20242024
Walton Family Foundation INC $500K120222022
National Academy of Sciences $499K32020–20222022
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research $478K120232023
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ INC $453K22020–20212021
A Amg Charitable Gift Foundation $452K62023–20242024

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