Organization · EIN 36-2167817 · Evanston, IL · Recreation & sports
Who funds Northwestern University?
398 private foundations reported paying Northwestern University $67.2M on returns for tax year 2023.
398 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 398
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pritzker Family Foundation Chicago, IL · Preselected only |
$10,025,000 2 grant lines |
LAW SCHOOL OPERATIONS +1 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Sherman Fairchild Foundation Chevy Chase, MD · Preselected only |
$7,500,000 | Cryoelectron Microscopy Advancement | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA |
$7,041,279 6 grant lines |
K-12 EDUCATION +5 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Bernard Osher Foundation San Francisco, CA |
$3,466,005 3 grant lines |
OSHER ONLINE ENDOWMENT +1 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Simons Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$2,603,940 11 grant lines |
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THEORY AND MATHEMATICS IN BIOLOGY +9 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$2,485,990 3 grant lines |
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO DEVELOP AN OPEN-ACCESS STATE-OF-THE-ART BINARY-STAR MODELING TOOL THAT LEADS TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF STELLAR EVO… +2 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation New York, NY |
$2,226,000 4 grant lines |
TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE ONLY POSTSECONDARY COLLEGE IN PRISON PROGRAM FOR… +3 more | Same street 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Scanlan Family Foundation Chicago, IL · Preselected only |
$1,500,000 | ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FOR THE INTENT ESTABLISHED BY THE VARIOUS CHARITIES | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| John Templeton Foundation West Conshohocken, PA |
$1,318,010 2 grant lines |
NOVEL CRYOGENIC METHODS FOR FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS +1 more | Same street 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| IS15 Foundation Wilmington, DE · Preselected only |
$1,148,063 2 grant lines |
PROFESSORSHIP FUND WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AT WEINBERG COLLEGE +1 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Sacks Family Foundation Highland Park, IL · Preselected only |
$1,050,000 | PROGRAM SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Allstate Foundation Northbrook, IL |
$1,018,560 3 grant lines |
THE ALLSTATE FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM +2 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Beard Scholarship Fund Pennington, NJ · Preselected only |
$1,010,597 | GENERAL OPERATING | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 09/2024 |
| The Jpb Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation Chicago, IL · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$881,643 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Baxter International Foundation Deerfield, IL · Preselected only |
$802,465 3 grant lines |
BENCH TO CLASSROOM: BRINGING BIOTECHNOLOGY TO K-12 STUDENTS IN CHICAGOLAND +1 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Chicago Cred Chicago, IL · Preselected only |
$750,701 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA |
$525,000 4 grant lines |
Fellowships for Science and Engineering +1 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Hartman Family Foundation Garden City, NY · Preselected only |
$500,372 2 grant lines |
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.
Foundations that fund organizations like Northwestern University
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Northwestern University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.
- The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $13.6M to them - The Lazard Charitable Foundation New York, NY
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $23.7K to them - The Ford Foundation New York, NY
Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $8.19M to them - First Eagle Investments Foundation Wilmington, DE
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $110K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Laura and John Arnold Foundation Houston, TX
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $23.7M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - William Randolph Hearst Foundation New York, NY
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $1.32M to them - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, MI
Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $1.24M to them - Watson-Brown Foundation Thomson, GA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $144K to them
Organizations with the most funders in common
- University of Chicago Chicago, IL
81 shared funders · 356 funders in all - President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
69 shared funders · 831 funders in all - Greater Chicago Food Depository Chicago, IL
58 shared funders · 341 funders in all - The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
46 shared funders · 238 funders in all - Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Chicago, IL
56 shared funders · 1588 funders in all - Yale University New Haven, CT
58 shared funders · 550 funders in all
Where this comes from
Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.
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