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Carnegie Mellon University

To create a transformative educational experience for students focused on deep disciplinary knowledge; problem solving; leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; and personal health and well-being.

$323M
Granted FY2025still arriving
203
Grants FY2025still arriving
38
States reached
$6.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$167MEducation$114MHealth$13MCommunity Improvement$3.5MRecreation & Sports$1.8MArts & Culture$1.1MPublic Benefit$563kEnvironment$524kOther$0
02FY2025 · 203 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 203 grants below total $49,498,610, the rows itemized in this filing. The $322,729,972 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $273,231,362 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k70 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k76 grants · $9.1M
  • $250k+46 grants · $39M
$68,400
Median grant
38
States reached
$7.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$6,094,507
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2,089,714
VELENTIUM LLC$1,922,328
GINKGO BIOWORKS INC$1,909,762
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATOR$1,768,692
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$1,638,813
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$1,525,262
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1,229,686
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$1,137,311
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$1,086,772
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$1,003,121
PRESIDENTS AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$851,469
MILLENNIUM CORPORATION$841,154
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$839,567
RICE UNIVERSITY$836,165
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $10k → 10%LOCALLY GROWN: $30k → 11%LOCALLY GROWN: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $39M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 7 regions, $5.1M to organizations and $33M to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$18M · 47% · 27 grants · 330 people

Stated purpose: SUBCONTRACTS · STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Middle East and North Africa$17M · 45% · 3 grants · 311 people

Stated purpose: SUBCONTRACTS · STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.1M · 6% · 11 grants · 68 people

Stated purpose: SUBCONTRACTS · EDUCATION/RESEARCH SUBCONTRACTS · STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$519k · 1% · 5 grants · 2 people

Stated purpose: SUBCONTRACTS · STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

East Asia and the Pacific$407k · 1% · 1 grant · 13 people

Stated purpose: SUBCONTRACTS · STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Central America and the Caribbean$108k · 0% · 7 people

Stated purpose: EDUCATION/RESEARCH SUBCONTRACTS · STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

South America$400 · 0% · 1 person

Stated purpose: EDUCATION/RESEARCH SUBCONTRACTS

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$265M · 288 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

288 repeat relationships: 156 still active in FY2025, 132 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

288
121

Total granted

$265M
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+11%

Still filing today

51%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationScience & TechHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    9× · 2017–2025 · $37M · revenue +44%
  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.4M · revenue +62%
  • AS
    ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +65% · 45% of their budget

Funded once

  • IL
    INSPYIR LLC
    one grant, 2017 · $566k
  • SI
    SMART INFORMATION FLOW TECHNOLOGIES
    one grant, 2017 · $256k
  • C
    CONNECTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue ×66
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
7
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
Associated Universities Inc

Associated universities inc (aui) collaborates with the scientific community and research sponsors to plan, build, and operate cutting-edge facilities. we cultivate excellence, deliver value, enhance education, and engage the public.

Science & Tech
12
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Training and Research Associates; the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

242 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 242 of the 461 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
240/242
Grantees still filing
167/242
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELTA RISK LLC: $18,961,420 · OtherDELTA RISK LLCREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $15,072,796 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEYUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $10,545,970 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $8,608,658 · Other+122 more: $123,553,936 · Other+122 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $37,152,929 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7,803,528 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,797,103 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $5,479,563 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $5,378,130 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The State…+46 more: $32,902,652 · Education+46 moreGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $2,078,400 · HealthSAN DIEGO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,758,571 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,285,084 · HealthEDUCATION TRAINING AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: $1,059,831 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $1,032,200 · HealthGEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION: $881,769 · HealthALLEN INSTITUTE: $560,041 · HealthSouthern California Institute for Research & Education: $400,055 · Health+3 more: $562,988 · HealthUNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH: $996,112 · Science & TechINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $541,611 · Science & TechEDUCATION ANALYTICS INC: $408,455 · Science & TechTHE MITRE CORPORATION: $297,915 · Science & TechADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE: $278,967 · Science & TechThe Aerospace Corporation: $276,689 · Science & TechWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $167,944 · Science & TechBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,235,971 · Community ImprovementAmerican Productivity & Quality Center Inc: $1,142,519 · Community ImprovementNorthwestern University: $1,800,943 · Recreation & SportsCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $521,704 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $221,909 · Arts & Culture
Other$176,742,780Education$94,513,905Health$9,618,939Science & Tech$2,967,693Community Improvement$2,378,490Recreation & Sports$1,800,943Arts & Culture$743,613

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $37,152,929 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7,803,528 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,797,103 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $5,479,563 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $5,378,130 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $4,839,705 over 9y, 45% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,287,627 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $2,078,400 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University: $2,054,009 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,800,943 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,793,317 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,758,571 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,596,035 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $1,595,679 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $1,573,821 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $1,323,756 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,307,911 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,285,084 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $1,267,397 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,235,971 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Productivity & Quality Center Inc: $1,142,519 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $1,063,816 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION TRAINING AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: $1,059,831 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,049,998 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $1,041,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,032,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $1,030,095 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,005,621 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH: $996,112 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $967,263 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $952,223 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $917,687 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION: $881,769 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $746,155 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $685,517 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $684,351 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $645,833 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $593,026 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $578,547 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALLEN INSTITUTE: $560,041 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $558,015 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $543,034 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $541,611 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $521,704 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $508,579 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $506,876 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $494,879 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $488,023 over 5y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗

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.

University of Pittsbu…Richard King Mellon F…The Pittsburgh Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsHillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationUpmc GroupCornell UniversityUniversity of Souther…Advanced Robotics for…Trustees of Boston Un…Johns Hopkins Univers…
University of PittsburghPA58.8× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: University of Pittsburgh · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Upmc Group · Cornell University · University of Southern California · Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute · Trustees of Boston University · Johns Hopkins University

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Carnegie Mellon University funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carnegie Mellon University. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Terc Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 461 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.

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