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Funding received

Who funds Northwestern University?

Northwestern University has received $1.6 billion across 4,384 grants from 1,379 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is The Big Ten Conference INC.

Total received
$1.6B
Funders
1,379
Grants
4,384
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 1,379 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
The Big Ten Conference INC $363.3M62019–20242024
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare $247.1M62019–20242024
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Group $93.0M62019–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $69.3M72019–20242024
P Pritzker Family Foundation $48.2M92020–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $30.8M62019–20232023
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $26.4M272020–20242024
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research $24.4M52020–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $22.7M62019–20242024
University of Chicago $20.2M52019–20242024
S Sherman Fairchild Foundation INC $18.2M42020–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $18.0M62019–20242024
American Heart Association INC $13.9M62019–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $13.7M52020–20242024
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago $13.1M62019–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $12.4M52020–20242024
Washington University $11.5M62019–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $11.1M202020–20242024
Simons Foundation INC $9.9M292021–20242024
American Cancer Society INC $9.5M52020–20242024
T The Benificus Foundation $8.1M120242024
Idp Foundation INC $7.3M52020–20232023
T The George Washington University $7.1M62019–20242024
T The 1111 Foundation $7.0M32022–20242024
Johns Hopkins University $6.9M62019–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $6.9M112020–20242024
John Templeton Foundation $6.6M132020–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $6.1M62019–20242024
Freedom Together Foundation $6.0M62020–20242024
B Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation $6.0M42020–20232023
Underwriters Laboratories INC $5.9M32022–20242024
J John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation $5.9M52020–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $5.9M122020–20242024
Yale University $5.9M62019–20242024
The Bernard Osher Foundation $5.9M62021–20242024
W Wonderful Life Foundation $5.2M102020–20242024
Food Allergy Research & Education INC $5.2M52020–20242024
Digestive Health Foundation $5.1M42020–20232023
Cornell University $5.0M62019–20242024
G George Rr Martin Literary Foundation Trust $5.0M120222022
Vanderbilt University $4.7M62019–20242024
B Beard Scholarship Fund $4.6M52020–20242024
American Lung Association $4.3M62019–20242024
S Sacks Family Foundation C/O Michael Sacks $4.2M52020–20242024
University of Pittsburgh $4.2M62019–20242024
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $4.2M62019–20242024
T The Barris Foundation $4.0M220212021
K K5 Foundation $4.0M72020–20242024
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub INC $3.8M22023–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $3.7M62019–20242024
L Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research $3.7M52020–20242024
Robert R McCormick Foundation $3.6M82020–20232023
Neurodegenerative Disease Research INC $3.4M22021–20222022
B Baxter International Foundation $3.3M192020–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $3.2M172019–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $3.2M42020–20232023
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago $3.2M102019–20242024
I Is15 Foundation $3.1M72021–20252025
S Sunshine Charitable Foundation $3.0M22021–20222022
S Scanlan Family Foundation $3.0M22023–20242024
Northshore University Healthsystem $3.0M62019–20242024
F Friends of Prentice $2.9M82019–20242024
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation $2.9M132021–20252025
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $2.8M152020–20242024
Fulk Family Foundation INC $2.8M112019–20242024
H Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation INC $2.8M52020–20242024
The Allstate Foundation $2.8M92021–20232023
K Karin Bain and John Kukral Foundation $2.7M52020–20242024
Emory University $2.7M72019–20242024
American Endowment Foundation $2.7M182020–20242024
President and Fellows of Harvard College $2.7M52019–20242024
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $2.6M62019–20252025
American Diabetes Association INC $2.5M92022–20242024
J Jdrf International $2.4M52021–20242024 —
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy INC $2.4M52019–20232023
T The Future Wanxiang Foundation INC $2.4M52020–20242024
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation INC $2.4M62019–20242024
Peter G Peterson Foundation $2.2M62020–20242024
Howard Hughes Medical Institute $2.2M82019–20232023
T The Bessemer Giving Fund $2.1M62020–20242024
C Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation $2.0M22020–20212021
H H & F Baker Foundation INC $2.0M22019–20202020
Dr Miriam and Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation $2.0M52020–20242024
University of Notre Dame Du Lac $2.0M52019–20242024
University of Southern California $1.9M22023–20242024
J Julie & Frank Cohen Family Foundation $1.9M52020–20242024
Brightfocus Foundation $1.9M62020–20242024
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $1.9M52020–20222022
Spencer Foundation $1.9M212020–20242024
B Bobbie and Stanton Cook Family Foundation $1.8M72020–20242024
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $1.8M182020–20232023
T The Negaunee Foundation $1.8M62020–20242024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $1.7M172020–20232023
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $1.7M52021–20242024
Eb Research Partnership INC $1.7M32022–20242024
Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation $1.7M62023–20242024
T The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyinc $1.7M62019–20242024 —
T The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation $1.7M82020–20242024
The Broad Institute INC $1.7M62019–20242024
G Glenn Greenberg and Linda Vester Foundation INC $1.6M120242024

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