How much does Chapman University give?

Chapman University reported 28 itemized grants totaling $3,495,753, out of $216,304,363 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Chapman University fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (42%), Health (32%), Education (19%).

Who are Chapman University's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Arizona State University ($2.5M), University of California Santa Barbara ($2.1M), Regents of the University of California at Irvine ($1.1M).

Does Chapman University fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Chapman University?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.

Where is Chapman University based?

Chapman University is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Chapman University

The mission of CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical and productive lives as global citizens.

$216M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 28
Itemized grants FY2025: 18
Organizations funded FY2024: 44%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $3.5M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $48,036
Largest grant, FY2025: $712,019
Organizations funded a year: 7 to 18; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 14
Total assets, FY2025: $2.4B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Chapman University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $257k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHealthRecreation & SportsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	27	$2.9M	41%
FY2024	18	$1.7M	44%
FY2023	15	$1.7M	20%
FY2022	15	$1.9M	20%
FY2021	12	$1.5M	58%
FY2020	14	$1.1M	36%
FY2019	9	$728k	33%
FY2018	7	$689k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Science & Tech$6.6MHealth$5.0MEducation$3.0MEnvironment$1.0MSocial Science$31k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Arizona State University	$2,493,119	5	n/a
University of California Santa Barbara	$2,148,068	6	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine	$1,083,075	6	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$949,852	4	n/a
Memorial Health Services	$905,025	8	0%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$479,489	7	n/a
University of Oregon	$383,903	3	n/a
Trustees of Purdue University	$333,641	3	n/a
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente	$327,240	2	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$311,164	2	n/a

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All grantees of Chapman University by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Arizona State University	$2,493,119	5	n/a
University of California Santa Barbara	$2,148,068	6	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine	$1,083,075	6	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$949,852	4	n/a
Memorial Health Services	$905,025	8	0%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$479,489	7	n/a
University of Oregon	$383,903	3	n/a
Trustees of Purdue University	$333,641	3	n/a
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente	$327,240	2	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$311,164	2	n/a
University of Wyoming	$250,093	5	n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$214,550	2	0%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc	$202,034	3	0%
Washington State University	$195,779	5	n/a
Washington University	$166,909	5	0%
Nihnia	$122,238	1	n/a
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City	$122,042	3	0%
Saint Mary's College of California	$115,443	1	0%
University of New Mexico	$111,579	2	n/a
University of Arizona	$96,344	2	n/a
University of Redlands	$89,667	1	0%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation	$89,309	1	0%
Northeastern University	$84,565	3	0%
University of Connecticut	$75,710	3	n/a
Loyola Marymount University	$72,989	1	0%
Claremont Graduate University	$70,446	1	0%
University of San Francisco	$70,391	1	0%
High Point University	$67,037	3	0%
University of California Davis	$62,900	2	n/a
Colorado State University	$57,881	1	n/a
Children's Hospital Corporation	$55,327	1	0%
Florida International University	$53,232	2	n/a
Northwestern University	$49,991	2	0%
Duke University	$48,931	2	0%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$48,036	1	n/a
California State University San Marcos Corporation	$40,653	2	0%
University of Rochester	$38,595	2	0%
Institute for Learning Innovation	$29,621	1	n/a
University of North Texas	$26,146	2	n/a
Long Beach State Foundation	$23,104	1	0%
North Carolina State University	$21,991	2	n/a
University of Kentucky	$20,703	1	n/a
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	$17,919	1	0%
City of Hope	$17,632	2	0%
Uatx	$14,680	1	0%
University of Arkansas	$12,290	1	n/a
University of Arkansas Fayetteville	$9,915	1	n/a

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chapman University supplied at peak.

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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 22.

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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Chapman University

How much does Chapman University give?: Chapman University reported 28 itemized grants totaling $3,495,753, out of $216,304,363 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Chapman University fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (42%), Health (32%), Education (19%).
Who are Chapman University's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Arizona State University ($2.5M), University of California Santa Barbara ($2.1M), Regents of the University of California at Irvine ($1.1M).
Does Chapman University fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chapman University?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Chapman University based?: Chapman University is based in CA.