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Who funds American University?

American University has received $113 million across 1,155 grants from 437 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Total received
$113.5M
Funders
437
Grants
1,155
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 437 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Support
Corporation for Public Broadcasting $12.3M112019–20252025
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $11.1M72019–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $6.4M62019–20242024
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $6.2M232020–20242024
T The David and June Trone Family Foundation $3.4M82020–20232023
Margaret a Cargill Foundation $3.0M32022–20242024
J John Sherman & Alvina Reckman Myers Foundation for Legal Education $2.9M52020–20242024
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $2.8M202020–20242024
F Foundation to Promote Open Society $2.5M132020–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $2.0M62019–20242024
S Suc Tua Evelyn Davis Foundation $1.9M42020–20242024
Give Back Foundation $1.8M62020–20252025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INC $1.7M62020–20252025
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $1.6M52020–20242024
B Bender Foundation INC $1.6M42020–20232023
Institute of International Education INC $1.6M62019–20242024
A Alvina R Myers Trust $1.4M32020–20222022
National Philanthropic Trust $1.4M62019–20242024
New Venture Fund $1.3M42020–20242024
Ford Foundation $1.3M92020–20242024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $1.3M52020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $1.2M32021–20232023
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $1.2M22023–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $1.2M22022–20232023
Open Society Institute $1.1M92020–20232023
G Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation $1.1M32020–20222022
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $1.1M120242024
Park Foundation INC $1.0M62020–20232023
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art $845K62021–20242024
Carnegie Corporation of New York $838K52019–20232023
Perspective Media Initiatives INC $828K32021–20232023
Cars for Charity INC $821K52019–20242024
Martha's Table INC $787K32021–20242024
Wyncote Foundation $768K32021–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $750K120232023
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $744K62019–20252025
U Uw Harold S Geneen Charitable Tr $735K62020–20252025
Lumina Foundation for Education INC $720K22021–20232023
Luminate Foundation INC $700K32020–20222022
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $678K82020–20242024
National Collegiate Athletic Association $627K52019–20232023
Johns Hopkins University $557K62019–20242024
Rockefeller Foundation $501K42022–20232023
Wellspring Philantropic Fund INC $500K22019–20212021
The UCLA Foundation $500K120232023
The Samueli Foundation $500K120242024
Greater Washington Community Foundation $476K92019–20242024
D Duber Family Foundation INC $473K92020–20242024
Brown University of Providence $471K42019–20242024
Institute for War & Peace Reporting-US $453K22021–20222022
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation $435K52022–20242024
American Endowment Foundation $411K82020–20242024
Public Welfare Foundation INC $400K62019–20232023
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $395K52021–20242024
A Apgar Foundation INC $350K52020–20242024
Argosy Foundation $350K42021–20232023
Open Society Policy Center INC $350K22021–20222022
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $333K22020–20212021
The Henry L Stimson Center $318K32021–20232023
National Public Radio INC $312K42019–20242024
Yale University $310K62019–20242024
T The Veloric Foundation $306K32022–20242024 —
Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art $303K22022–20242024
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund INC $302K42021–20242024
Strada Education Foundation INC $300K120242024
Justice Innovation INC $278K32022–20242024
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington INC $275K92019–20242024
The Community Foundation of Louisville INC $265K42019–20242024
The Northrop Grumman Foundation $262K32020–20232023
The Brookings Institution $260K42021–20242024
Israel Institute INC $255K62019–20242024
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation $250K32022–20242024
P Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation $250K120242024
The Teagle Foundation Incorporated $250K42020–20232023
The Joyce Foundation $250K120232023
Democracy Fund INC $250K120182018
Clark Charitable Foundation INC $250K120212021
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $242K122020–20242024
The George Washington University $239K22023–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $235K72019–20242024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $235K42020–20242024
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy INC $234K62019–20242024
Humanity United $219K42020–20242024
President and Fellows of Harvard College $218K42019–20222022
Bank of America Charitable Foundation INC $215K232020–20232023
Henry Luce Foundation INC $210K32020–20222022
G Golden Paws Foundation $210K32022–20242024
P Preston-Werner Foundation $205K32021–20222022
T The Wadhams Family Foundation $200K120212021
L Lindmor Foundation INC $200K120222022
L Litowitz Foundation INC $200K22023–20242024
The Miami Foundation INC $187K72020–20242024
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $183K32020–20232023
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences $175K22023–20242024
Center for Justice and International Law $173K42020–20242024
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia INC $165K62020–20242024
American Council of Learned Societies $160K32019–20242024
Search for Common Ground $159K22022–20232023
Climateworks Foundation $156K120232023
Accesslex Institute $151K52021–20242024

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