Organization · EIN 56-0532129 · Durham, NC · Education
Who funds Duke University?
430 private foundations reported paying Duke University $132M on returns for tax year 2023.
430 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 430
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Duke Endowment Charlotte, NC |
$64,563,637 25 grant lines |
TO COMMEMORATE THE DUKE ENDOWMENT'S AND DUKE UNIVERSITY'S SHARED CENTENNIAL (ENDOWED). +23 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA |
$9,556,685 11 grant lines |
CREATE NOVEL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM CAPABILITIES; HIV +9 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program New York, NY · Preselected only |
$7,039,002 | SUPPORT FOR THE ROBERTSON SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY. | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 06/2024 |
| Lilly Endowment Indianapolis, IN |
$6,015,931 3 grant lines |
THRIVING CONGREGATIONS INITIATIVE +2 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Rubenstein Foundation Haverford, PA · Preselected only |
$2,611,311 | TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE RECIPIENT | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Michael and Karen Stone Family Foundation Wilmington, DE · Preselected only |
$2,071,667 6 grant lines |
Stone Family scholarship fund, FUQUA School of Business annual fund, Lily Renovation Reserve fund, Stone-Ubben professorship fund, and Clim… +5 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| John Templeton Foundation West Conshohocken, PA |
$1,810,716 7 grant lines |
THE EVOLUTION OF COMITY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION OF SHARED HUMANITY +6 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Charles Koch Foundation Arlington, VA |
$1,756,812 | General operating support | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The William R Kenan Jr Fund for Ethics Chapel Hill, NC · Preselected only |
$1,380,000 | SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF THE KENAN INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 06/2024 |
| Bhp Foundation Washington, DC · Preselected only |
$1,226,791 | ADVANCE THE TRANSFORMATION AND MODERNIZATION OF WATER DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE US THROUGH INTEGRATED AND SHARED INFORMATION AND DECISION-… | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 06/2024 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation New York, NY |
$1,094,927 8 grant lines |
TO SUPPORT THE JOEL L. FLEISHMAN PROFESSORSHIP FUND +7 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Simons Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,076,627 10 grant lines |
MATH+X INVESTIGATOR +9 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Jvz Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,057,323 | TO MEET THE TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Williams Family Private Foundation Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$1,050,000 | SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Marcus Foundation Atlanta, GA · Preselected only |
$1,027,100 | TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | TO SUPPORT A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN CAPABILITIES AND EXPERTISE NEEDED TO CONDUCT AI SOFTWARE (AIS) PROCUREMENT, INTEGRATION… | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Motamed Family Foundation Kiawah Island, SC · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | General Operations | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$844,279 6 grant lines |
TO DEVELOP AN EVIDENCE-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR A NATIONAL HEPATITIS C (HCV) ELIMINATION STRATEGY. +5 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Durham, NC |
$815,000 2 grant lines |
GENERAL SUPPORT +1 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Randall & Barbara Smith Foundation Englewood, NJ |
$675,000 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT | 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 Duke University
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Duke 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 Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $19.7M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - The Andrew W Mellon Foundation New York, NY
Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $22.8M to them - The Renaissance Foundation Portland, OR
Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $256K to them - The Heising-Simons Foundation Los Altos, CA
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $7.41M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Good Ventures Foundation Palo Alto, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $42.1M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - The Spencer Foundation Chicago, IL
Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $2.82M to them - Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $94.4K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Conrad N Hilton Foundation Westlake Village, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $4.49M to them
Organizations with the most funders in common
- President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
85 shared funders · 831 funders in all - Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
74 shared funders · 628 funders in all - Yale University New Haven, CT
74 shared funders · 550 funders in all - The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
63 shared funders · 568 funders in all - The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA
57 shared funders · 560 funders in all - Cornell University Ithaca, NY
59 shared funders · 463 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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