How much does New York University give?

New York University reported 38 itemized grants totaling $1,434,033, out of $1,015,533,547 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does New York University fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Public Benefit (8%).

Who are New York University's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Center on Philanthropy and the Law Inc ($2.1M), Washington Square Park Conservancy Inc ($1.2M), NYC Department of Education ($402k).

Does New York University fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as New York University?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robin Hood Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc.

Where is New York University based?

New York University is based in NY.

New York University

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New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes.

$1.0B

Granted FY2024still arriving

Grants FY2024still arriving

States reached

$553k

Largest

01What it funds

0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.3MRecreation & Sports$1.3MPublic Benefit$446kCommunity Improvement$410kArts & Culture$348kHuman Services$316kHealth$229kHousing & Shelter$102kOther$0

02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured

The 38 grants below total $1,434,033, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,015,533,547 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,014,099,514 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 · FY2024

Under $10k7 grants · $52k
$10k–50k26 grants · $359k
$50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$250k+2 grants · $873k

$12,000

Median grant

States reached

$21.1B

Total assets

Largest grants
Recipient	Amount
Washington Square Park Conservancy Inc	$552,909
NATIONAL CENTER OF PHILANTHROPHY AND THE LAW	$320,000
ViBiller	$50,000
EdenReforestationProjects	$50,000
Tall Wall Robotics Inc	$50,000
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce	$25,000
BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE (BRC) INC	$22,500
United Way of New York City	$22,177
American Academy of Nursing	$20,000
myFace	$15,000
Village Alliance	$15,000
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership	$15,000
Bric Arts Media Brooklyn Inc	$15,000
Union Square Partnership Inc	$13,000
University Settlement Society of New York	$12,500

02The need

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.

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

Grants abroad, by region: $303M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions, all to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$78M · 26% · 3749 people