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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. The core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. To do this, the university commits to achieve national and international research prominence; provide…

$187M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Itemized grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$8.9M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$84,601
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,198,295
Organizations funded a year
26 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
21
Total assets, FY2025
$3.5B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Lehigh 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; $738k 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsScience & TechOther
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$8.4M14%
FY202441$6.3M27%
FY202338$4.5M24%
FY202239$4.4M21%
FY202131$2.8M26%
FY202030$2.6M30%
FY201928$2.9M32%
FY201826$2.6M27%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$30MCommunity Improvement$3.3MScience & Tech$2.5MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$815kPublic Benefit$662kArts & Culture$518kRecreation & Sports$346kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
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DC
OK
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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
Carnegie Mellon University$9,439,52490%
Bethlehem Economic Development Corporation$3,036,753956%
The Ohio State University$2,974,3763n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$2,397,2837n/a
Cornell University$1,572,19560%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$1,217,89570%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$1,196,6069n/a
Teachers College Columbia University$1,147,58890%
Kansas Athletics Inc$735,5115n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$727,50130%
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All grantees of Lehigh University by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carnegie Mellon University$9,439,52490%
Bethlehem Economic Development Corporation$3,036,753956%
The Ohio State University$2,974,3763n/a
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$2,397,2837n/a
Cornell University$1,572,19560%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$1,217,89570%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$1,196,6069n/a
Teachers College Columbia University$1,147,58890%
Kansas Athletics Inc$735,5115n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$727,50130%
Vanderbilt University$636,98470%
City of Bethlehem$618,5295n/a
Louisiana State University$610,1112n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$595,2104n/a
Florida Atlantic University$483,9396n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$420,2195n/a
University of Connecticut$416,2225n/a
University of Pittsburgh$409,14230%
Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley$408,83085%
Smithsonian Institution$377,48950%
University of Texas$368,5152n/a
Alliance of Border Collaboratives Inc$356,318313%
Drexel University$348,09730%
Northwestern University$329,61940%
University of Washington$302,9344n/a
University of Maryland College Park$301,4368n/a
Wright State University$287,0835n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$264,2395n/a
Texas A&M University$232,9594n/a
State of West Virginia$230,3322n/a
The University of Tennessee$213,4072n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri$205,5004n/a
Western Kentucky University$201,1965n/a
Harvey Mudd College$201,17140%
University of Wisconsin Madison$201,1614n/a
Thomas Jefferson University$185,91340%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$183,8502n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$170,6993n/a
The Rockefeller University$167,03820%
Georgetown University$161,98460%
Syracuse University$156,55420%
Oregon Research Institute$154,90440%
Butler Hospital$150,06440%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$150,0002n/a
The George Washington University$134,73040%
University of Houston$128,6004n/a
Artsquest$128,52150%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$119,79830%
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (Lvedc)$114,33822%
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc$105,00011%
Kansas State University$104,2911n/a
Rhode Island Hospital$102,66830%
University of Texas$101,1531n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$95,13240%
Souderton Area School District$87,5803n/a
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$86,1223n/a
University of Wisconsin$82,8382n/a
Institute of Gas Technology$80,00020%
Univ of Texas at Arlington$66,7464n/a
Lock Haven University$65,0793n/a
The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc$64,73120%
Stowers Institute for Medical Research$62,99510%
Pennsylvania State University$59,2145n/a
Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley$55,32321%
University of Toledo$51,1203n/a
Bhutanese Community of Central Pennsylvania$50,223310%
New York University$44,84620%
El Paso Museum of Art$43,8781n/a
Bucknell University$39,45230%
University of Delaware$39,20820%
The Institute For Cancer Research$34,79020%
Kutztown University$32,6332n/a
Montana State University$28,3973n/a
University of Arizona$27,3471n/a
Missouri Public Education Foundation$24,3201n/a
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$22,11610%
University of Arkansas Fayetteville$20,8171n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$20,7012n/a
University of Utah$16,2361n/a
Johnson County Community College$15,1251n/a
Lafayette College$15,00610%
Bryn Mawr College$12,95910%
New Mexico State University$10,7091n/a
St Luke's Health Network Inc$10,00010%
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley$10,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$9,80710%
Bethlehem Area School District$9,6621n/a
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$8,52310%
Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites$6,00010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$5,97910%
Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce$5,90010%
Southside Film Institute$5,516118%

Where it is load-bearing

Lehigh University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $9,439,524 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBethlehem Economic Development Corporation: $3,036,753 over 9y, 56% of budgetCornell University: $1,572,195 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Research Corporation: $1,217,895 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $1,147,588 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $727,501 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $636,984 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $409,142 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHispanic Center Lehigh Valley: $408,830 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $377,489 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance of Border Collaboratives Inc: $356,318 over 3y, 13% of budgetDrexel University: $348,097 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $329,619 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHarvey Mudd College: $201,171 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $185,913 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $167,038 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $161,984 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $156,554 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Research Institute: $154,904 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetButler Hospital: $150,064 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $134,730 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArtsquest: $128,521 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia State University Research Foundation Inc: $119,798 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (Lvedc): $114,338 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCommunity Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRhode Island Hospital: $102,668 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $95,132 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute of Gas Technology: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc: $64,731 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetStowers Institute for Medical Research: $62,995 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPromise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley: $55,323 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBhutanese Community of Central Pennsylvania: $50,223 over 3y, 10% of budgetNew York University: $44,846 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $39,452 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $39,208 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research: $34,790 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $22,116 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette College: $15,006 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr College: $12,959 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's Health Network Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $9,807 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $8,523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Bethlehem Museums and Sites: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $5,979 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce: $5,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthside Film Institute: $5,516 over 1y, 18% of budget

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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 47.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

St Luke's Hospital of…Ppl FoundationAir Products Foundati…United Way of the Gre…Lehigh Valley Communi…Washington UniversityNational Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Martin Guitar Charita…John a and Margaret P…Northwestern Universi…Tulsa Community Found…
St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem PaPA26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa · Ppl Foundation · Air Products Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Washington University · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Northwestern University · Tulsa Community Foundation

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 Lehigh University

How much does Lehigh University give?
Lehigh University reported 48 itemized grants totaling $8,926,989, out of $186,791,238 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Lehigh University fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Community Improvement (8%), Science & Tech (6%).
Who are Lehigh University's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Carnegie Mellon University ($9.4M), Bethlehem Economic Development Corporation ($3.0M), The Ohio State University ($3.0M).
Does Lehigh University fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lehigh University?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa, Ppl Foundation, Air Products Foundation.
Where is Lehigh University based?
Lehigh University is based in PA.

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 98 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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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home