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Who funds Vanderbilt University?

Vanderbilt University has received $495 million across 2,487 grants from 785 funders between 2019 and 2025. Its largest funder is Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Total received
$494.8M
Funders
785
Grants
2,487
Years
2019–2025

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 785 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $98.8M72019–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $39.2M72019–20242024
L Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation $17.5M52020–20232023
Johns Hopkins University $11.3M62019–20242024
Clark Charitable Foundation INC $10.8M102020–20232023
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $10.7M62019–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $10.5M62019–20242024
International Retinal Research Foundation INC $10.0M52020–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $9.4M52020–20242024
G Glenn M Weaver Foundation $7.6M220222022
Northwestern University $7.2M62019–20242024
The Community Foundation of Middle $6.8M982020–20242024
A Act Foundation INC $5.9M72020–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $5.5M52020–20242024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $5.2M42020–20232023
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation INC $5.1M102020–20242024
Boston Foundation INC $5.0M72019–20232023
J Jeff and Marieke Rothschild Foundation $5.0M120232023
Howard Hughes Medical Institute $4.6M92020–20232023
T The Evans Family Foundation DBA Lenox Street Foundation $4.5M42020–20242024
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation INC $4.3M62019–20242024
Communities Foundation of Texas INC $4.1M42021–20242024
American Endowment Foundation $4.1M82020–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $4.1M152019–20242024
T The Z S & M Wilf Foundation INC $4.0M62020–20232023
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation $3.7M62019–20242024
American Heart Association INC $3.7M62019–20242024
T The Anne Wojcicki Foundation $3.7M22023–20242024
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $3.6M62019–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $3.6M122020–20242024
P Pritzker Family Foundation $3.5M72022–20242024
W M Keck Foundation $3.5M32020–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $3.2M82020–20242024
Southeastern Conference $3.2M62019–20242024
P Prescott Miller Foundation INC $3.1M120242024
Wellcome Leap INC $3.1M320232023
T The Ann and Monroe Carell Foundation $3.0M32020–20222022
S Seven Turns Fund INC $2.9M32019–20232023
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason $2.9M52020–20232023
V Valere B Potter Trust Uw $2.8M92020–20232023
T The Stanton Foundation C/O Hemenway & Barnes LLP $2.7M122021–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $2.5M52020–20242024
B Bass Foundation $2.5M120212021
Ford Foundation $2.4M72021–20242024
T The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyinc $2.4M62019–20242024 —
The Heising-Simons Foundation $2.3M102020–20242024
Emory University $2.3M62019–20242024
Yale University $2.3M62019–20242024
The Bernard Osher Foundation $2.1M120212021
T The Mark and Jane Wilf Family Foundation INC $2.1M42022–20242024
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation INC $2.0M52020–20242024
J Jdrf International $2.0M62019–20242024 —
W Wilf Family Foundation $2.0M22023–20242024
S Searcy Family Foundation $2.0M22021–20222022
University of Pittsburgh $1.9M62019–20242024
H Hoogland Family Foundation $1.9M42020–20232023
American Medical Association $1.9M112020–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $1.8M62019–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.7M62019–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $1.7M52021–20232023
The Wallace Foundation $1.7M102020–20242024
T Tennessee Delta Phi Kappa Psi House Corporation $1.7M22019–20202020
J J Clinton & L Foshee Tr III 215 10326 08 $1.6M52020–20242024
T The Jacobson Family Foundation $1.6M120222022
B BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund $1.5M32022–20242024
Cornell University $1.5M62019–20242024
Institute of International Education INC $1.4M62019–20242024
L Louise B McGavock Trustee Uw for Vanderbilt University $1.4M32020–20232023
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis INC $1.4M72020–20242024
T The Edith Carell Johnson Foundation $1.4M32020–20222022
Mayo Clinic $1.3M52020–20242024
Leona M & Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust $1.3M52020–20242024
The V Foundation $1.2M22020–20212021
J Craig Venter Institute INC $1.2M42020–20232023
The Medical College of Wisconsin INC $1.1M62019–20242024
The Dallas Foundation $1.1M42020–20232023
Lilly Endowment INC $1.1M72020–20242024
Spencer Foundation $1.1M62020–20222022
Valhalla Foundation $1.1M32022–20242024
University of Chicago $1.0M52019–20242024
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne INC $1.0M120242024
American Diabetes Association INC $1.0M82022–20242024
Washington University $1.0M62019–20242024
B Bradford Family Foundation $1.0M52020–20242024
Donors Trust INC $995K120202020
H Hawkins Family Foundation $970K42020–20242024
Edward P Evans $962K22022–20232023
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $961K62019–20252025
William T Grant Foundation INC $946K132020–20242024
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression INC $945K52020–20242024
H Hj Littlejohn Family Foundation INC $910K120232023
B Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation $900K42021–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $888K62019–20232023
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation INC $852K122020–20242024
American Cancer Society INC $810K42020–20242024
T The George Washington University $788K52020–20242024
Cmt Research Foundation INC $783K32022–20242024
Trustees of Boston University $743K72019–20242024
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INC $741K52021–20252025
Carnegie Corporation of New York $720K52019–20232023

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