Who funds Carnegie Mellon University?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 25-0969449 · 501(c)(3)
235 private foundations paid Carnegie Mellon University 570 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $245.2M in all.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 235 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation · 2024 - Educational support$122,714,163
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd · 2023 - Toward ten-year support to construct a robotics innovation center at hazelwood green to accelerate robotics discovery and entrepreneurship…$9,500,000
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd · 2024 - Toward ten-year support of construction of a new building for sciences in oakland$7,500,000
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd · 2024 - Toward four-year support to establish a permanent manufacturing futures institute at hazelwood green$7,000,000
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd · 2023 - Toward four-year support to establish a permanent manufacturing futures institute at hazelwood green$7,000,000
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd · 2024 - Toward ten-year support to construct a robotics innovation center at hazelwood green to accelerate robotics discovery and entreprenuership…$5,500,000
- The Tepper Foundation · 2024 - General support$5,000,000
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Dtd · 2023 - Toward ten-year support of construction of a new building for sciences in oakland$5,000,000
- The Heinz Endowments · 2023 - To launch the center for shared prosperity at carnegie mellon university: (the "center"), a university-community partnership to address…$5,000,000
- Gates Foundation · 2024 - Postsecondary education$4,979,880
- Allegheny Foundation · 2023 - Capital support$4,250,000
- Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh · 2024 - Unrestricted/ general use$3,050,000
- Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh · 2023 - Unrestricted/ general use$3,025,000
- Allegheny Foundation · 2024 - Capital support$2,750,000
- The Norman R Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation · 2023 - Educational support$2,020,788
- Gates Foundation · 2024 - Digital public infrastructure; inclusive financial systems$1,604,365
- Gates Foundation · 2023 - Digital public infrastructure; financial services for the poor$1,512,613
- Alfred P Sloan Foundation · 2024 - To study the techno-economics of critical industries and their supply chains$1,479,024
- The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · 2024 - Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst$1,425,602
- The Tepper Foundation · 2023 - General support$1,300,000
- Hillman Family Foundations · 2023 - Construction of new location for the miller institute for contemporary art$1,250,000
- The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · 2023 - The lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst$1,193,428
- Founders Pledge Inc · 2023 - Foundations of cooperative ai lab (focal)$1,000,000
- HRH Foundation · 2023 - As donee sees fit$1,000,000
- Gates Foundation · 2023 - Postsecondary education$1,000,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
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- Greater Pittsburgh Community Food BankDuquesne, PA · 29 shared funders
- Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA · 26 shared funders
- Howard UniversityWashington, DC · 31 shared funders
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · 30 shared funders
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC · 26 shared funders
- Spelman CollegeAtl, GA · 24 shared funders
- Regents of the University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI · 29 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 62 | $2.8M |
| 2024 | 235 | 170 | $179.8M |
| 2023 | 242 | 166 | $60.3M |
| 2022 | 26 | 24 | $2.4M |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | $74K |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $3,000 |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 25-0969449
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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