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Washington University

The WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

$651M
Granted FY2025still arriving
359
Grants FY2025still arriving
45
States reached
$6.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$328MHealth$188MEducation$85MRecreation & Sports$13MCommunity Improvement$3.7MInternational$2.5MPhilanthropy$2.2MYouth Development$1.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 359 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 359 grants below total $120,719,599, the rows itemized in this filing. The $650,637,135 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $529,917,536 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $222k
  • $10k–50k118 grants · $2.7M
  • $50k–250k117 grants · $14M
  • $250k+93 grants · $104M
$77,080
Median grant
45
States reached
$22.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$6,230,006
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$5,953,482
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$4,548,609
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA$4,139,042
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION DBA MGH$3,430,392
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$3,393,693
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$2,619,743
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNI$2,578,997
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE$2,403,565
BROAD INSTITUTE INC$2,216,740
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$2,202,989
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI$1,956,333
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1,929,473
BIOSTL$1,928,322
MAYO CLINIC$1,920,196
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.

area typical 10%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $41k → 16%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $38k → 16%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $38k → 16%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $38k → 16%INTERCHURCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DBA: $702k → 14%ST ANDREWS RESOURCES FOR SENIORS: $46k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ST: $51k → 21%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ST: $48k → 21%FLANCE MANAGEMENT INC: $50k → 21%BRIDGE INC: $65k → 17%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $56k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$572M · 487 repeat orgs$9.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

487 repeat relationships: 286 still active in FY2025, 201 since wound down; 62 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

487
243

Total granted

$572M
$7.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+11%

Still filing today

62%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureScience & TechCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    8× · 2017–2025 · $27M · revenue +44%
  • B
    BIOSTL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $14M · revenue +445% · 61% of their budget
  • Northwestern University
    8× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
    one grant, 2021 · $805k
  • IM
    INTERCHURCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $702k · revenue -43%
  • DF
    DEACONESS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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2
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
3
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
4
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
5
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
6
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meharry Medical College; the most unlike its peers is The Kranzberg Arts Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

509 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 509 of the 805 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
55
Early backer (in before they grew)
496/509
Grantees still filing
358/509
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $24,446,084 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $19,221,701 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $13,665,847 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $12,893,509 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $12,530,711 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $11,881,481 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $11,722,929 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $11,076,882 · Other+98 more: $207,496,823 · Other+98 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $27,158,944 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHBIOSTL: $13,512,201 · EducationBIOSTLDUKE UNIVERSITY: $9,409,590 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $8,885,102 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVE…ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $6,934,087 · EducationYale University: $6,789,688 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $6,593,164 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $6,219,818 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,205,871 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $5,368,437 · EducationEmory University: $5,309,378 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,285,085 · Education+29 more: $50,183,592 · Education+29 moreVanderbilt University Medical Center: $11,836,001 · HealthVanderbilt Unive…MAYO CLINIC: $11,534,475 · HealthMAYO CLINICThe Broad Institute Inc: $8,364,271 · HealthThe Broad Instit…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $6,448,397 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S H…Children's Hospital Corporation: $3,605,550 · HealthSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $3,400,753 · Health+36 more: $41,462,152 · Health+36 moreNorthwestern University: $12,480,559 · Recreation & SportsDELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,256,000 · Community ImprovementGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY: $838,727 · Community ImprovementCORTEX: $369,286 · Community ImprovementDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $724,491 · Science & TechHUGO W MOSER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT KENNEDY KRIEGER INC: $704,483 · Science & TechJ CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE: $647,153 · Science & TechUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $388,248 · Science & TechSLING HEALTH: $381,900 · Science & TechPROJECT PEANUT BUTTER: $1,975,693 · International
Other$324,935,967Education$157,854,957Health$86,651,599Recreation & Sports$12,480,559Community Improvement$3,464,013Science & Tech$2,846,275International$1,975,693

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $27,158,944 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBIOSTL: $13,512,201 over 8y, 61% of budgetNorthwestern University: $12,480,559 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $11,836,001 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $11,534,475 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $9,881,570 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $9,409,590 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $8,885,102 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $8,364,271 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $6,934,087 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $6,789,688 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $6,593,164 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $6,448,397 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $6,219,818 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,205,871 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $5,368,437 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $5,309,378 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,285,085 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,108,396 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,963,463 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $4,871,941 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $4,488,736 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $4,066,333 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $3,605,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $3,501,594 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $3,400,753 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,836,974 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,641,915 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $2,636,712 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $2,635,368 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Rehabilitation Center: $2,479,698 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $2,329,327 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $2,222,372 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,130,912 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $2,010,857 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $1,979,833 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT PEANUT BUTTER: $1,975,693 over 8y, 17% of budgetGEISINGER CLINIC: $1,785,747 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $1,712,215 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $1,588,744 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,561,140 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $1,492,633 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,463,449 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORK: $1,400,807 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,318,671 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $1,317,623 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH: $1,317,255 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,256,000 over 2y, 15% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds BIOSTL ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TR UA XXXXX0004 ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗

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 Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Trio Foundation of St…University of Pittsbu…World Wide Technology…The Trustees of Colum…Northwestern Universi…Yale UniversityBrown Dana Charitable…Cornell UniversityVanderbilt University…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO98× affinity110 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · University of Pittsburgh · World Wide Technology Foundation · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Northwestern University · Yale University · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Cornell University · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Washington University funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Washington University. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: 100% of income from government
  • Interchurch Medical Assistance Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center: 53% of income from government
  • Hugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • The Cooper Health System a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 805 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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