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Who funds Duke University?

Duke University has received $13 billion across 5,331 grants from 1,507 funders between 2018 and 2025. Its largest funder is Gothic Corporation.

Total received
$12.9B
Funders
1,507
Grants
5,331
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 1,507 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
G Gothic Corporation $10.7B62019–20242024
T The Lord Foundation of North Carolina $289.7M42019–20222022
The Duke Endowment $254.3M1302020–20242024
Atlantic Coast Conference $245.2M62019–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $138.4M72019–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $58.1M592020–20242024
Lilly Endowment INC $57.1M262020–20242024
Foundation for the Carolinas $52.3M262020–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $50.3M62019–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $45.7M62019–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $38.9M52020–20242024
The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program $30.6M52019–20232023
T The Rauch Family Foundation $30.0M120212021
D Durham Realty INC $29.0M42019–20222022
D Durham Asset Management Company Incorporated $23.5M62019–20242024
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center $21.3M122019–20212021
T The Marcus Foundation INC $21.2M162020–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $21.1M62019–20232023
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center $19.2M72021–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $17.8M212019–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $17.8M382020–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $17.3M52020–20242024
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research $16.2M72020–20242024
H High Point Realty Associates INC $15.2M32019–20222022
D Duke Global INC $13.9M62019–20242024
Yale University $13.8M62019–20242024
American Heart Association INC $13.7M82019–20242024
T The Scott Family Foundation (de) INC $13.0M52020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $10.3M42020–20232023
Cornell University $10.0M62019–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $9.6M62019–20242024
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $9.1M62019–20242024
John Templeton Foundation $9.0M332020–20242024
The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation $8.9M102020–20232023
Johns Hopkins University $8.9M62019–20242024
F Fund Established by Will of Nanaline H Duke for Duke Universit $8.4M52020–20242024
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta INC $7.6M72020–20242024
Washington University $7.6M62019–20242024
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $6.9M62019–20252025
Emory University $6.7M62019–20242024
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason $6.4M62020–20242024
Simons Foundation INC $6.4M432020–20242024
Mayo Clinic $6.4M52020–20242024
Clark Charitable Foundation INC $6.3M32020–20222022
Northwestern University $6.2M62019–20242024
T The William R Kenan JR Fund for Ethics $6.2M52020–20242024
Charles Koch Foundation $6.1M52020–20242024
Bhp Foundation $6.1M42021–20242024
H Henry E Haller JR Foundation $6.0M162020–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $6.0M62019–20242024
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $5.7M132020–20232023
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston INC $5.6M62019–20242024
B Banyan Gate Foundation $5.5M42021–20232023
A Angier B Duke Memorial INC Term $5.5M52020–20242024
D Duke University Philanthropies INC $5.4M52019–20232023
T The Michael and Karen Stone Family Foundation $5.0M262020–20232023
American Endowment Foundation $4.9M262020–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $4.8M182020–20232023
T The George Washington University $4.6M62019–20242024
T The Wilson Foundation $4.6M52020–20242024
University of Pittsburgh $4.4M62019–20242024
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation INC $4.4M352020–20242024
North Carolina Biotechnology Center $4.4M92019–20242024
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $4.3M322020–20242024
The V Foundation $4.2M52019–20242024
Jewish Communal Fund $3.8M62019–20242024
The San Francisco Foundation $3.4M62019–20242024
F Frederic M Hanes Tr Uw FBO Duke University Nect $3.3M52019–20242024
The Broad Institute INC $3.2M72019–20242024
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $3.2M122022–20242024
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $3.2M62019–20242024
The Ruth K Broad Biomedical Research Foundation INC $3.2M62019–20242024
T Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation $3.1M82020–20242024
Brown University of Providence $3.1M62019–20242024
Triangle Community Foundation INC $3.1M92019–20242024
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation INC $3.0M52021–20242024
1 1011 Foundation INC $2.9M52020–20242024
The Foundation Fighting Blindness INC $2.9M52020–20242024
Charles a Cannon Charitable Trust No 3 $2.7M62020–20252025
T The Rubenstein Foundation $2.7M42020–20232023
L Louis Dejoy and Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation INC $2.6M52020–20242024
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders $2.6M42021–20242024
G Giving Grousbeck Fazzalari $2.5M32021–20222022
R R J Samulski Innovation Foundation INC $2.5M120222022
G Harold and Leila Mathers Charitable Foundation $2.4M122020–20242024
D Donald a Pels Charitable Tr 081892 $2.4M42021–20242024
American Lung Association $2.4M62019–20242024
J Jdrf International $2.4M52021–20242024 —
D Duke Gift Properties INC $2.3M42019–20232023
J Jvz Foundation $2.3M52020–20242024
The Medical College of Wisconsin INC $2.3M62019–20242024
The Blackrock Charitable Foundation $2.3M120212021
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation $2.3M52020–20242024
Hope for Depression Research Foundation C/O Gruss & Co LLC $2.3M62019–20242024
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation INC $2.2M42020–20232023
Rheumatology Research Foundation $2.2M282019–20242024
Howard Hughes Medical Institute $2.2M42019–20232023
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation INC $2.1M52020–20242024
T The Stanton Foundation C/O Hemenway & Barnes LLP $2.1M92020–20242024
Conrad N Hilton Foundation $2.1M22020–20222022

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