How much does The Howard University give?

The Howard University reported 64 itemized grants totaling $7,568,725, out of $216,047,598 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does The Howard University fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Science & Tech (26%), Health (15%).

Who are The Howard University's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Maryland College Park ($7.3M), Georgetown University ($3.1M), Gilbane Building Company ($2.5M).

Does The Howard University fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Howard University?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, The George Washington University, American Chemical Society.

Where is The Howard University based?

The Howard University is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

The Howard University

THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY was established by an act of congress in 1867. The university is an institution that educates students, develops professionals, conducts research, and serves patients through 12 schools of higher education and an academic medical center.

$216M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 64
Itemized grants FY2025: 51
Organizations funded FY2024: 27%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $7.6M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $64,092
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,015,724
Organizations funded a year: 32 to 57; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 21
Total assets, FY2025: $3.0B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Howard University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $645k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHealthHuman ServicesScience & TechSocial ScienceCommunity ImprovementOther

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	57	$7.4M	32%
FY2024	51	$8.3M	27%
FY2023	45	$5.7M	11%
FY2022	57	$11M	49%
FY2021	36	$3.6M	36%
FY2020	32	$2.2M	28%
FY2019	35	$2.5M	20%
FY2018	47	$2.9M	32%

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What it funded, over time

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

Education$23MScience & Tech$13MHealth$7.2MArts & Culture$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.2MHuman Services$1.2MSocial Science$604kRecreation & Sports$475kOther$0

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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Maryland College Park	$7,322,909	9	n/a
Georgetown University	$3,135,502	5	0%
Gilbane Building Company	$2,476,587	2	n/a
Mercy Medical Center	$2,447,054	3	0%
Medstar Health Research Institute Inc	$2,036,978	5	2%
University of Puerto Rico	$1,708,022	9	n/a
Assoc for the Study of African American Life & His	$1,398,938	4	25%
Northeastern University	$1,383,538	4	0%
Texas Southern University	$1,378,805	5	n/a
Johns Hopkins University	$1,308,352	5	0%

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All grantees of The Howard University by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Maryland College Park	$7,322,909	9	n/a
Georgetown University	$3,135,502	5	0%
Gilbane Building Company	$2,476,587	2	n/a
Mercy Medical Center	$2,447,054	3	0%
Medstar Health Research Institute Inc	$2,036,978	5	2%
University of Puerto Rico	$1,708,022	9	n/a
Assoc for the Study of African American Life & His	$1,398,938	4	25%
Northeastern University	$1,383,538	4	0%
Texas Southern University	$1,378,805	5	n/a
Johns Hopkins University	$1,308,352	5	0%
Jackson State University	$1,125,540	8	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington	$1,114,452	5	1%
Regents Univ of California	$1,102,700	5	n/a
Anacostia Economic Development Corporation	$1,086,617	8	15%
University of Texas at El Paso	$1,070,737	9	n/a
Old Dominion University Research Foundation	$1,041,374	5	1%
San Jose State University Research Foundation	$960,380	8	0%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc	$736,764	5	0%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York	$655,076	9	0%
Pennsylvania State University	$613,024	8	n/a
Hampton University	$429,900	6	0%
Clark Atlanta University Inc	$413,816	3	0%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	$400,918	5	0%
Women's Institute for Science Equity Race	$355,114	3	33%
University of Houston	$353,801	6	n/a
Norfolk State University	$351,080	5	n/a
Virginia State University	$342,327	8	n/a
North Carolina a & T State University	$332,592	7	n/a
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences	$328,228	5	0%
Humble Ventures LLC	$323,300	3	n/a
DC Public Schools	$319,418	4	n/a
Children's Research Institute	$318,197	2	1%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	$288,269	4	0%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$285,276	3	n/a
Zane Networks LLC	$272,431	5	n/a
Trustees of Boston University	$267,708	5	0%
Battelle Memorial Institute	$254,844	4	0%
George Mason University	$238,928	3	n/a
Unity Health Care Inc	$230,513	4	0%
William & Mary	$228,557	5	n/a
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term	$219,947	4	n/a
Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc	$212,381	4	1%
University of Massachusetts	$199,671	1	n/a
San Francisco State University	$177,245	3	n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	$176,226	2	n/a
University of Pittsburgh	$154,615	8	0%
Open Data Nation Co	$150,000	1	n/a
Morehouse College	$143,603	3	0%
Tuskegee University	$131,396	1	n/a
Gallaudet University	$129,371	2	0%
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation	$123,875	4	0%
Precision Systems Incorporated	$118,412	3	n/a
American Society of Addiction Medicine	$115,896	1	1%
Miller Medical Communications LLC	$112,500	2	n/a
Theodore R Daniels	$109,500	1	n/a
Spelman College	$109,448	1	0%
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale	$109,160	2	n/a
National Society of Black Engineers	$107,633	2	0%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$107,339	1	n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation	$105,842	2	0%
Trustees of Tufts College	$103,401	2	0%
Kansas Athletics Inc	$101,068	2	n/a
Healthhiv	$100,429	1	n/a
Communication and Culture LLC	$99,000	2	n/a
Cyber Green Group Inc	$98,700	2	39%
University of Denver	$98,609	3	0%
Greater Wash Hispanic Chamb of Commerce	$97,418	1	8%
Delaware State University	$93,982	1	0%
Baylor College of Medicine	$93,156	2	0%
University of Florida	$92,793	2	n/a
Smartstart Evaluation and Research	$90,090	4	n/a
University of Oregon	$87,198	4	n/a
Southern University-Baton Rouge	$86,314	1	n/a
The George Washington University	$82,987	2	0%
Kevin Patrick Heaslip Ll	$80,150	2	n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine	$78,000	3	n/a
Cooper Software Inc	$76,799	2	n/a
US Army Corps of Engineers	$72,000	1	n/a
Culturally Responsive Evaluation	$71,820	2	n/a
Institute for Public Health Innovation	$69,969	2	0%
Famu	$69,820	2	n/a
Eagleforce Associates Inc	$69,251	1	n/a
Greater Washington Urban League Inc	$66,308	2	0%
Tougaloo College	$65,971	1	0%
Washington Montessori Institute	$64,750	2	6%
The George Washington University	$64,128	1	n/a
Anne Arundel Community College	$63,858	4	n/a
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro	$61,072	2	n/a
Prairie View A&M University	$56,793	1	n/a
Dillard University	$56,174	3	0%
Visitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance	$55,700	1	4%
Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology	$54,971	2	26%
The Mayatech Corporation	$54,787	2	n/a
Kaplan Inc	$53,796	1	n/a
Medical Home Development Group LLC	$53,107	1	n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education	$51,540	1	0%
Prairie View a and M University	$50,603	2	n/a
Alabama A&M University	$50,550	4	n/a
New Era Entrepreneur Network Inc Dba Motherland Connect	$50,000	1	n/a
Lincoln Square Group	$49,572	1	n/a
Breathe DC Inc	$47,697	1	n/a
Tennessee State University Foundation	$47,283	1	n/a
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	$46,524	2	0%
ADA Foundation	$46,237	1	1%
The Family & Youth Institute	$44,000	2	n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$42,306	1	n/a
Texas Tech University System	$41,859	1	n/a
Prince George's Community College Foundation Inc	$41,606	1	3%
El Camino Community College	$40,000	3	n/a
Texas Christian University	$39,958	2	0%
National Education Opportunity Network Inc	$39,430	1	1%
University of Texas at Austin	$31,244	1	n/a
John Tyler Community College	$30,000	2	n/a
Microtraffic Inc	$30,000	1	n/a
Whole Genome Science Foundation Inc	$30,000	1	29%
Harford Community College	$28,474	2	n/a
Michelle Tran	$27,270	1	n/a
Cornell University	$27,059	2	0%
4site Interactive Studios Inc	$26,444	2	n/a
Sharmon L Thornton	$26,400	1	n/a
Howard Community College	$25,753	2	n/a
Oh Buoy LLC	$25,200	1	n/a
Encounter Marketing and Public Relations	$25,150	1	n/a
Wayne Patterson	$25,000	3	n/a
University of Delaware	$25,000	1	0%
Fair Health Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Institute for Clinical Research Inc	$24,475	2	0%
University of Chicago	$22,211	1	0%
Tuskegee University	$21,749	2	0%
University of California Santa Barbara	$17,433	1	n/a
Utah State University	$17,208	1	n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan	$16,307	1	n/a
Prince George's Community College	$16,117	1	n/a
Smithsonian Institution	$16,000	1	0%
Curators of the University of Missouri	$15,085	2	n/a
Kentucky State University	$14,975	1	n/a
Stacey Sheila Merola	$14,000	2	n/a
Centrax Corporation	$14,000	1	n/a
American University of Beirut	$13,098	1	0%
Omar Robles Phd	$10,000	1	n/a
The Tete Group LLC	$10,000	1	n/a
All Wrapped Up	$9,450	1	n/a
Coppin State University Development Foundation Inc	$8,994	1	0%
Skyvalley Tai Ji	$7,575	1	n/a
Internal Life Detox	$7,295	1	n/a
Nc State University	$6,223	1	n/a
Rag Tyme LLC	$5,995	1	n/a
The Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church	$5,400	1	n/a
Savannah State University	$5,400	1	n/a
Vanderbilt University	$5,387	1	0%

The Howard University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 62.

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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.

National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN36.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · The George Washington University · American Chemical Society · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Executive Leadership Council · University of Pittsburgh · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Thurgood Marshall College Fund · President and Fellows of Harvard College · Yale University · 1890 Universities Foundation · 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 The Howard University

How much does The Howard University give?: The Howard University reported 64 itemized grants totaling $7,568,725, out of $216,047,598 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Howard University fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Science & Tech (26%), Health (15%).
Who are The Howard University's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Maryland College Park ($7.3M), Georgetown University ($3.1M), Gilbane Building Company ($2.5M).
Does The Howard University fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Howard University?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, The George Washington University, American Chemical Society.
Where is The Howard University based?: The Howard University is based in DC.