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Who funds Drexel University?

Drexel University has received $158 million across 1,568 grants from 542 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is The Lenfest Foundation INC.

Total received
$157.7M
Funders
542
Grants
1,568
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 542 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
The Lenfest Foundation INC $13.2M32019–20222022
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $9.4M72019–20242024
Howley Foundation Ua 05192016 $6.6M42020–20232023
Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education $6.3M62019–20242024
The William Penn Foundation $4.2M222020–20232023
National Philanthropic Trust $3.9M62019–20242024
J Jeff & Jenifer Westphal Foundation $3.8M62020–20242024
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $3.4M62019–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $3.4M62019–20242024
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $3.2M192020–20242024
Thomas Jefferson University $2.8M62019–20242024
T The Allerton Foundation INC $2.7M52019–20232023
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $2.6M820242024
Philadelphia Works INC $2.1M62019–20242024
T The Specter Foundation $2.0M52020–20222022
Waverley Street Foundation $2.0M22022–20232023
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia INC $2.0M52020–20242024
H Htc Cottee Charles & Barbara Close Foundation $1.9M52022–20242024
Johns Hopkins University $1.9M62019–20242024
The Philadelphia Foundation $1.8M122019–20232023
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey $1.8M62019–20242024
De Beaumont Foundation INC $1.6M132020–20222022
The Pew Charitable Trusts $1.5M52019–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.5M52020–20242024
Carnegie Mellon University $1.5M62019–20242024
Independence Blue Cross Foundation $1.4M152020–20242024
Fire Department Safety Officers Association $1.4M42020–20242024
T The George Washington University $1.4M62019–20242024
American Cancer Society INC $1.4M120232023
Howard Hughes Medical Institute $1.3M32020–20222022
The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation $1.3M62020–20242024
G George Elkins for Hahnemann $1.2M52020–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.2M62019–20242024
L Lindy Foundation $1.1M32021–20242024
University of Pittsburgh $1.1M62019–20242024
Eagles Autism Challenge INC $1.0M92020–20242024
National League of Cities Institute INC $1.0M22021–20222022
Lazarex Cancer Foundation $1.0M52020–20252025
T The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation $1.0M42020–20222022
President and Fellows of Harvard College $975K52019–20242024
University of Delaware $938K42019–20222022
E Emilie J Klahr No 2 Testamentary Trust $931K52020–20242024
S Schleyer Foundation Under Declaration of Tr 12022002 $900K32020–20232023
Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Account Board $869K52020–20242024
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia $864K62019–20242024
National Collegiate Athletic Association $863K52019–20232023
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $803K42020–20242024
Southcentral Workforce Investment Board $793K62020–20242024
Washington University $784K62019–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $778K62019–20242024
L Lawrie Family Foundation $772K102020–20242024
S Satell Family Foundation $753K32022–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $736K22020–20212021
W William B Dietrich Foundation $700K120202020
Jewish Communal Fund $652K52019–20242024
L Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation $610K32019–20212021
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium INC $609K32022–20242024
Spastic Paraplegia Foundation INC $600K42021–20242024
Brown University of Providence $600K62019–20242024
The W W Smith Charitable Trust $575K420242024
William T Grant Foundation INC $564K32020–20242024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $537K42020–20212021
Raynier Institute & Foundation $510K22020–20222022
T The Black Horse Foundation INC $510K32020–20242024
W Wallace H Coulter Trust $500K120242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $500K120222022
University of the Arts $496K42019–20222022
L Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation $481K52018–20232023
G George K Bartle Tw 13762 0-1 $480K52020–20242024
Worcester Polytechnic Institute $465K32021–20232023
The Barra Foundation INC $455K32021–20232023
Wyncote Foundation $450K32022–20242024
Koerner Family Foundation $448K52020–20242024
B Bill & Marian Cook Foundation $445K52019–20242024
University of Miami $435K42019–20232023
Spencer Foundation $423K42020–20242024
The Hartwell Foundation Corp Mr Russell J Hensley $400K52019–20232023
American Heart Association INC $391K32019–20232023
National Center for Teacher Residencies INC $359K42020–20242024
Charities Aid Foundation America $355K62019–20242024
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation INC $340K32021–20232023
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $337K32020–20232023
Hispanic Scholarship Fund $335K52020–20242024
Trustees of Boston University $334K62019–20242024
Georgetown University $328K42019–20222022
T The Arcadia Foundation $327K22022–20242024
G Geltzer Family Foundation $326K322020–20242024
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation $317K52020–20242024
R Rocereto Charita $315K52020–20242024
P Panaphil Foundation $314K52020–20242024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $310K120202020
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $308K52021–20242024
The Center for Produce Safety $303K32020–20222022
National Board of Medical Examiners $300K42023–20242024
Whitehall Foundation INC $300K42020–20222022
The Teagle Foundation Incorporated $300K42020–20242024
Josiah Macy JR Foundation $300K32020–20232023
Forman Arts Initiative INC $300K42021–20242024
V Vose River Charitable Fund $299K120222022
Lehigh University $294K22023–20242024

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