New Jersey · Public charity
Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education
Established in 2012 as an independent, non-partisan, grant-making organization, the Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education, inc ("fehe") funds and advises programs at elite universities where the next generation of cultural leaders are formed. We advance our mission of academic and cultural renewal by building internal university…
- $9.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $5.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $3.6M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $5.0M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $4.1M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $7.2M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $8.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Morningside Institute Inc | $2,633,605 | 5 | 92% |
| The Abigail Adams Institute Inc | $2,093,500 | 5 | 40% |
| Witherspoon Institute Inc | $1,822,615 | 5 | 26% |
| Collegium Institute | $1,577,000 | 5 | 55% |
| The Berkeley Institute | $1,457,651 | 5 | 82% |
| Elm Institute Inc | $1,418,124 | 5 | 75% |
| Hyde Park Institute | $1,349,275 | 5 | 79% |
| Duke University | $1,160,631 | 5 | 0% |
| Zephyr Institute Inc | $1,084,623 | 5 | 45% |
| Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture | $993,000 | 3 | 55% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Morningside Institute Inc | $2,633,605 | 5 | 92% |
| The Abigail Adams Institute Inc | $2,093,500 | 5 | 40% |
| Witherspoon Institute Inc | $1,822,615 | 5 | 26% |
| Collegium Institute | $1,577,000 | 5 | 55% |
| The Berkeley Institute | $1,457,651 | 5 | 82% |
| Elm Institute Inc | $1,418,124 | 5 | 75% |
| Hyde Park Institute | $1,349,275 | 5 | 79% |
| Duke University | $1,160,631 | 5 | 0% |
| Zephyr Institute Inc | $1,084,623 | 5 | 45% |
| Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture | $993,000 | 3 | 55% |
| Academic Freedom Alliance | $924,461 | 4 | 100% |
| American Academy of Sciences and Letters Inc | $750,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $660,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Byrne Institute | $586,071 | 5 | 80% |
| The Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life at Princeton University Inc | $426,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Forbes Avenue Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 46% |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $72,358 | 1 | n/a |
| American Public Philosophy Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Hippocratic Society | $25,000 | 1 | 46% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Witherspoon Institute Inc · Apgar Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education
- How much does Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education give?
- Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education reported 17 itemized grants totaling $5,547,565, out of $9,160,574 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (69%), Social Science (8%), Science & Tech (5%).
- Who are Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Morningside Institute Inc ($2.6M), The Abigail Adams Institute Inc ($2.1M), Witherspoon Institute Inc ($1.8M).
- Does Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Witherspoon Institute Inc, Apgar Foundation Inc, Donors Trust Inc.
- Where is Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education based?
- Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education is based in NJ.
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