Skip to content
Foundation DossiersAlso receives grants: funding profile →

Massachusetts · Public charity

Brandeis University

As a research university, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY is dedicated to the advancement of the humanities, arts and social, natural and physical sciences. As a liberal arts college, brandeis affirms the importance of a broad and critical education in enriching the lives of students.

$136M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
47
Itemized grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Itemized, FY2025
$6.6M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$50,064
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,166,219
Organizations funded a year
24 to 55
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
19
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Brandeis University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $623k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthSocial ScienceCivil RightsHuman ServicesReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$5.6M16%
FY202445$5.4M22%
FY202343$4.4M16%
FY202255$3.5M16%
FY202154$3.5M46%
FY202034$2.8M18%
FY201931$3.7M42%
FY201824$2.5M21%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$17MEducation$12MHealth$10MSocial Science$2.0MCivil Rights$798kCrime & Legal$365kReligion$339kArts & Culture$215kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trustees of Tufts College$4,147,61290%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2,643,9109n/a
Trustees of Boston University$1,886,58090%
University of Massachusetts$1,773,8649n/a
National Opinion Research Center$1,742,90850%
Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute Inc$1,543,273322%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,536,0878n/a
University of California San Francisco$1,437,7277n/a
New York University$1,352,63360%
Northeastern University$915,28590%
Show all 107 grantees
All grantees of Brandeis University by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trustees of Tufts College$4,147,61290%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2,643,9109n/a
Trustees of Boston University$1,886,58090%
University of Massachusetts$1,773,8649n/a
National Opinion Research Center$1,742,90850%
Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute Inc$1,543,273322%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,536,0878n/a
University of California San Francisco$1,437,7277n/a
New York University$1,352,63360%
Northeastern University$915,28590%
Curators of the University of Missouri$878,8955n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$729,6509n/a
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$674,64240%
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center$674,13890%
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$664,37261%
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc$475,30374%
Regents of the University of Colorado$457,2755n/a
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$440,10620%
The Ohio State University$418,2264n/a
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research$415,39060%
USC School of Medicine Greenville$407,2888n/a
Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc$386,368429%
Comagine Health$379,69330%
Detroit Recovery Project$377,97933%
The Scripps Research Institute$332,4977n/a
University of Minnesota$331,8758n/a
California Institute of Technology$324,20840%
Vassar College$307,82430%
Cambridge Public Health Commission$304,9603n/a
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc$302,26250%
University of Chicago$298,67220%
Kennell and Associates Inc$273,4145n/a
Disability Policy Consortium Inc$257,57573%
Oregon State University$253,1473n/a
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Inc$240,00054%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$225,90940%
Trustees of Boston College$218,75280%
The Right Question Institute Inc$208,880411%
John Sealy Hospitalutmb$187,7474n/a
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$180,26220%
Vcuvcu Health Campus$164,3564n/a
Baltimore Museum of Art$164,30921%
University of Washington$154,1233n/a
Rochester Institute of Technology$152,26550%
Emory University$148,30410%
University of Houston$146,8905n/a
Institute for Accountable Care$135,41922%
The Brookings Institution$135,20730%
Human Services Research Institute Inc$131,15370%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$128,12220%
Cornell University$117,66920%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$112,12230%
Cape Cod Community College$107,5545n/a
Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc$105,87112%
Justice in Aging$100,13621%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$91,2593n/a
Rhode Island Hospital$90,11640%
Johns Hopkins University$86,11340%
Siena University$86,00020%
Unidosus$65,22730%
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers$62,7742n/a
Trustees of Clark University$62,54730%
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc$60,51710%
Center for Economic and Policy Research$59,08311%
Carnegie Mellon University$56,93910%
University of Pittsburgh$56,91520%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$54,2181n/a
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research Inc$52,48610%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$50,6151n/a
Walking Cinema$50,5872n/a
University of Texas$46,2471n/a
The Rand Corporation$45,87810%
Trinity Health - Michigan$45,87020%
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital$44,39430%
Thomas Jefferson University$40,87420%
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network$40,00011%
The Towers Foundation Inc$40,00014%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$40,00010%
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc$40,00011%
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc$39,2862n/a
Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine$38,91620%
University System of New Hampshire$36,7582n/a
Florida State University$34,8931n/a
Main Line Hospitals Inc$33,82720%
University of Florida$30,7472n/a
Owensboro Health Foundation Inc$28,57321%
Healthpartners Inc$27,68820%
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services$27,30320%
Arizona State University$27,2731n/a
University of Rhode Island$26,4322n/a
Imaj Associates Inc$25,0001n/a
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California$25,0002n/a
Hebecell Corporation$22,0001n/a
Providence General Foundation$21,16320%
Washington University$20,66920%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$18,02610%
Washington Department of Social and Health Services$16,2551n/a
Long-Term Quality Alliance$15,03813%
Scott & White Healthcare Foundation$13,96010%
Employment Options Inc$12,93611%
Promedica Health System Inc$12,50010%
Drew University$12,46310%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$10,5511n/a
Gallaudet University$9,98210%
Liberty Hospital Foundation$8,69411%
Altamed Health Services Corporation$8,5451n/a
Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation$6,83610%

Where it is load-bearing

Brandeis University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $4,147,612 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $1,886,580 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Opinion Research Center: $1,742,908 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIntegrated Justice Information Systems Institute Inc: $1,543,273 over 3y, 22% of budgetNew York University: $1,352,633 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $915,285 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Health & Science University Foundation: $674,642 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHebrew Rehabilitation Center: $674,138 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated: $664,372 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDisability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc: $475,303 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $440,106 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPalo Alto Veterans Institute for Research: $415,390 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPolice Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc: $386,368 over 4y, 29% of budgetComagine Health: $379,693 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDetroit Recovery Project: $377,979 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $324,208 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVassar College: $307,824 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc: $302,262 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $298,672 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisability Policy Consortium Inc: $257,575 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetAutistic Self Advocacy Network Inc: $240,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $225,909 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $218,752 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Right Question Institute Inc: $208,880 over 4y, 11% of budgetMagee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation: $180,262 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $164,309 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $152,265 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $148,304 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Accountable Care: $135,419 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $135,207 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Services Research Institute Inc: $131,153 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc: $128,122 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $117,669 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $112,122 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc: $105,871 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetJustice in Aging: $100,136 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRhode Island Hospital: $90,116 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $86,113 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSiena University: $86,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnidosus: $65,227 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Clark University: $62,547 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc: $60,517 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Economic and Policy Research: $59,083 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $56,939 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $56,915 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute for Intergovernmental Research Inc: $52,486 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $45,878 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Health - Michigan: $45,870 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 70.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Cancer Socie…President and Fellows…Trustees of Boston Un…Laura and John Arnold…Yale UniversityAmerican Heart Associ…Boston Medical Center…Brown UniversityThe Chicago Community…Tides FoundationRaymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…
American Cancer Society IncGA19.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Cancer Society Inc · President and Fellows of Harvard College · Trustees of Boston University · Laura and John Arnold Foundation · Yale University · American Heart Association Inc · Boston Medical Center Corporation · Brown University · The Chicago Community Trust · Tides Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Brandeis University with peer funders

About Brandeis University

How much does Brandeis University give?
Brandeis University reported 47 itemized grants totaling $6,602,549, out of $135,888,163 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Brandeis University fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (39%), Education (27%), Health (24%).
Who are Brandeis University's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of Tufts College ($4.1M), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($2.6M), Trustees of Boston University ($1.9M).
Does Brandeis University fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Brandeis University?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, President and Fellows of Harvard College, Trustees of Boston University.
Where is Brandeis University based?
Brandeis University is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 113 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Brandeis University’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home