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Who funds University of Chicago?

University of Chicago has received $1.3 billion across 4,130 grants from 1,202 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.

Total received
$1.3B
Funders
1,202
Grants
4,130
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 1,202 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Support
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $175.9M72019–20242024
Northwestern University $60.1M62019–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $51.9M62019–20242024
J James S & Paula H Crown Family Foundation $42.6M120242024
National Philanthropic Trust $37.2M62019–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $36.3M52020–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $34.4M52020–20242024
B Baptist Theological Union Located at Chicago $32.6M72019–20242024
N Neubauer Family Charitable Trust $26.0M52020–20242024
Fulk Family Foundation INC $23.1M162019–20222022
T The Duchossois Family Foundation $22.2M112021–20232023
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $21.8M292020–20242024
T The Neubauer Family Foundation $19.9M32020–20222022
The Chicago Community Trust $19.9M72019–20242024
Abbvie Foundation $18.0M112020–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $16.7M322020–20242024
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Lear $15.4M22023–20242024
S Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund INC $11.8M112020–20242024
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $11.6M672020–20242024
Simons Foundation INC $11.6M852020–20242024
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago $10.9M62019–20242024
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial $10.9M632020–20242024
University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation $10.7M62019–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $10.5M62019–20242024
T The Chicago Home for Incurables $10.3M72019–20242024
K Kiphart Family Foundation $10.1M52020–20242024
Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation INC $9.7M192019–20242024
T Trott Family Philanthropies INC $9.2M282021–20242024
Z Zell Family Foundation $9.2M102020–20242024
D Donald R Wilson JR Family Foundation $9.2M72020–20242024
University of Pittsburgh $9.1M62019–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $8.9M232019–20242024
America Achieves INC $8.7M120212021
D Dorothea Berggren Charitable Foundation $8.5M220252025
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $7.7M292020–20242024
T The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $7.5M82023–20242024
Cornell University $7.5M62019–20242024
American Cancer Society INC $6.8M82020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $6.6M32020–20232023
Donors Trust INC $6.2M32020–20212021
M Margot and Tom Pritzker Science Foundation $6.1M32022–20242024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $6.0M352020–20232023
Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust $5.9M162020–20242024
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy INC $5.8M62019–20242024
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $5.7M332020–20242024
H Hassenfeld Foundation $5.6M82020–20232023
M Maclean Foundation $5.3M32022–20242024
The Broad Institute INC $5.0M72019–20242024
A Alper Family Foundation $5.0M42022–20242024
J Jdrf International $5.0M32022–20242024 —
K Kovler Family Foundation $5.0M42020–20242024
The Heising-Simons Foundation $5.0M212020–20242024
The V Foundation $4.8M32020–20242024
Circle of Service Foundation $4.7M132020–20232023
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $4.7M62019–20242024
Johns Hopkins University $4.5M62019–20242024
H Hymen Milgrom Supporting Organization $4.5M62020–20252025
L Lohengrin Foundation INC $4.4M32020–20232023
American Online Giving Foundation INC $4.4M72019–20242024
F Frank Family Foundation $4.2M52020–20242024
T The Polsky Foundation $4.0M22020–20212021
Yale University $4.0M92019–20242024
Valhalla Foundation $3.9M52020–20242024
Lilly Endowment INC $3.8M52021–20242024
American Heart Association INC $3.8M62019–20242024
A Antonio J Gracias Family Foundation INC $3.6M52021–20242024
Cancer Research Foundation - $3.5M52020–20242024
Emory University $3.4M62019–20242024
S Square One Foundation $3.3M52020–20242024
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub INC $3.3M22023–20242024
President and Fellows of Harvard College $3.3M52019–20242024
M Matricaria Family Foundation $3.2M22020–20212021
The Schmidt Family Foundation $3.2M52020–20242024
Magnetar Capital Foundation $3.1M82020–20222022
American Council of Learned Societies $3.1M52019–20242024
T The San Simeon Fund INC $3.0M42020–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $3.0M62022–20242024
T The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyinc $2.9M82019–20242024 —
St Baldricks Foundation INC $2.9M42019–20222022
Wellspring Philantropic Fund INC $2.9M52021–20232023
Breakthrough Energy Foundation $2.8M62023–20242024
Good Ventures Foundation $2.7M72020–20232023
T The Dr Robert a Behar Foundation $2.7M52020–20242024
The Clear Fund $2.7M22023–20242024
New Venture Fund $2.7M52020–20242024
Robert R McCormick Foundation $2.5M122020–20232023
The Commercial Club Foundation $2.5M120242024
K Kapani Family Charitable Foundation $2.5M42020–20232023
A Anderson Family Foundation $2.5M120242024
F Frank and Marianne D Diassicharitable Foundation $2.5M42020–20242024
Revada Foundation $2.5M32022–20232023
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $2.5M62019–20252025
S S K Yee Foundation INC $2.5M32020–20222022
American Endowment Foundation $2.4M132020–20242024
W Wolfe and Gita Churg Foundation $2.4M42021–20242024
The Joyce Foundation $2.4M142020–20222022
California Community Foundation $2.4M52019–20242024
W Walder Family Foundation $2.3M212020–20242024
T Three Sisters Foundation Bessemer Trust Company of Delaware $2.3M42020–20232023
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $2.3M92021–20242024

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