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Who funds Carnegie Mellon University?

Carnegie Mellon University has received $983 million across 1,710 grants from 534 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is The Mastercard Foundation.

Total received
$983.5M
Funders
534
Grants
1,710
Years
2018–2025

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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 534 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Support
The Mastercard Foundation $266.3M62020–20242024
N Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation $124.7M22023–20242024
Dietrich Foundation $107.2M52020–20242024
Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd 01-01-47 $78.0M342020–20242024
University of Pittsburgh $48.9M72019–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $29.2M72019–20242024
Hillman Family Foundations $26.0M312020–20242024
Allegheny Foundation $20.2M42020–20232023
Srcco INC $19.8M42020–20232023
The Heinz Endowments $18.7M302020–20232023
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $15.5M142020–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $14.6M62019–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $13.9M62019–20242024
Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh $11.7M42020–20232023
S Swartz Foundation Trust $10.0M22020–20212021
M Mpc Corporation $7.4M32020–20222022
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $6.8M62019–20252025
Lehigh University $6.4M62019–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $6.2M52020–20242024
J Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund Forcarnegie Mellon University $5.9M52020–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $5.4M72019–20242024
Northwestern University $5.4M62019–20242024
Simons Foundation INC $4.6M422020–20242024
Motion Picture Association INC $4.5M52020–20242024
H Hopper-Dean Foundation $4.0M42020–20232023
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $3.9M272020–20232023
T The Tepper Foundation $3.5M42019–20232023
T The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $3.4M82023–20242024
John S and James L Knight Foundation INC $3.2M82020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $2.9M42020–20232023
Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute $2.7M52020–20242024
J Jdrf International $2.4M52020–20242024 —
University of Delaware $2.3M42019–20222022
T The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation $2.3M102021–20242024
Pgss Campaign INC $2.3M72019–20242024
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $2.2M32020–20232023
The Charles E Kaufman Foundation $2.1M52020–20242024
Johns Hopkins University $2.1M62019–20242024
L Laffont Family Foundation $2.0M22021–20222022
Cornell University $2.0M62019–20242024
The Pittsburgh Foundation $1.9M52020–20242024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $1.8M92020–20242024
James S McDonnell Foundation $1.8M72020–20222022
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.7M62019–20242024
R Robert and Kathleen Dobkin Intuitive Foundation $1.7M62020–20232023
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $1.7M120242024
The Computing Research Association INC $1.7M52020–20242024
Charities Aid Foundation America $1.7M82019–20242024
R R P Simmons Family Foundation $1.5M120212021
Good Ventures Foundation $1.5M42020–20232023
The Grable Foundation $1.3M302020–20242024
A Additional Ventures Foundation $1.3M32022–20242024
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $1.3M62019–20242024
Erie Community Foundation $1.2M120212021
Brown University of Providence $1.2M72019–20242024
Vanderbilt University $1.1M52019–20242024
Mayo Clinic $1.1M22023–20242024
M McCune Foundation PNC Bank NA $1.1M22019–20202020
B B K Simon Family Charitable Fdn-Tr $1.1M52020–20242024
I Indian Trail Charitable Foundation INC $1.0M42019–20232023
H Hrh Foundation $1.0M120232023
Founders Pledge INC $1.0M120232023
R Rothberg Family Charitable Foundation for Childrens Diseases $1.0M22023–20242024
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation $990K92021–20242024
Innovate Pgh Partnership $972K32023–20252025
B Beacon Foundation INC $962K52020–20242024
Yale University $952K62019–20242024
Openai INC $950K120242024
B Bug and Bean Fund $900K42020–20242024
University of Southern California $847K22023–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $842K72019–20242024
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation $802K42021–20252025
Trustees of Boston University $786K32019–20212021
Walton Family Foundation INC $748K22022–20232023
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago $733K42020–20232023
University of Notre Dame Du Lac $730K22022–20242024
T Thomas & Elizabeth G Morrison Memorial Fund $700K52020–20242024
National Academy of Sciences $687K120222022
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $675K32022–20242024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $650K22021–20222022
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $626K52021–20242024
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $616K22023–20242024
The David S and Karen a Shapira Foundation $610K92020–20242024
R Rankin Foundation $600K22024–20252025
University of Chicago $592K32020–20222022
Wake Forest University $576K52019–20232023
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation $564K52019–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $553K52020–20242024
Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh $550K22022–20232023
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $550K42019–20212021
Drexel University $541K32022–20242024
M Miao Family Foundation $522K42019–20222022
Hispanic Scholarship Fund $519K72019–20252025
C Collins Charitable Foundation INC $500K120192019
The George Washington University $494K42021–20242024
Deloitte Foundation $485K32020–20222022
Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated $485K22020–20212021
Washington University $473K62019–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $462K62020–20242024
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund $458K62019–20242024

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