Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Urban Land Institute
Shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. We are a global network of professionals in every sector of real estate development and land use, from private enterprise to public service.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,423,698
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $93M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Urban Land Institute 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 | 5 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $87k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.0M | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Uli Foundation | $8,578,453 | 7 | 15% |
| Livable Streets Transportation Alliance of Boston Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $81,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc | $65,950 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc | $60,250 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Houston | $51,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Houston College of Business | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Texas | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community of Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Kirby District Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Urban Land Institute
- How much does The Urban Land Institute give?
- The Urban Land Institute reported 5 itemized grants totaling $1,490,648, out of $1,772,418 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Urban Land Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Social Science (95%), Education (2%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Who are The Urban Land Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Uli Foundation ($8.6M), Livable Streets Transportation Alliance of Boston Inc ($100k), Texas A&M Foundation ($81k).
- Does The Urban Land Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Urban Land Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Urban Land Institute based?
- The Urban Land Institute is based in DC.
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