California · Public charity
National University
To deliver accessible world-class student experiences by providing quality programs and services that ensure student success through meaningful learning. To be an inclusive and innovative university serving life-long learners who contribute to the positive transformation of society.
- $59M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $205k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $131,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations National University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $205k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $138k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $25M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $33M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $17M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $4.1M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $9.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $38M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National University Foundation | $68,289,202 | 6 | 100% |
| John F Kennedy University | $56,697,040 | 5 | 42% |
| City University of Seattle | $4,123,668 | 4 | 4% |
| Northcentral University | $4,065,971 | 4 | 1% |
| Alliance for Excellent Education Inc | $131,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Founders First Community Development Corporation Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 4% |
| National Head Start Association | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Public Library Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
National University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About National University
- How much does National University give?
- National University reported 4 itemized grants totaling $204,900, out of $59,244,776 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Community Improvement (0%), Animals (0%).
- Who are National University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National University Foundation ($68M), John F Kennedy University ($57M), City University of Seattle ($4.1M).
- Does National University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is National University based?
- National University is based in CA.
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