Who funds University of Chicago?
Chicago, Illinois · EIN 36-2177139 · NTEE B430 · 501(c)(3)
559 private foundations paid University of Chicago 1,349 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $264.1M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE B430) places it in education.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 561 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.
- James S & Paula H Crown Family Foundation · 2024 - General funding$42,611,684
- The Neubauer Family Foundation · 2022 - Program support$6,768,382
- The Neubauer Family Foundation · 2023 - Program support$5,610,714
- Dorothea Berggren Charitable Foundation · 2025 - Quantum center$4,250,250
- Dorothea Berggren Charitable Foundation · 2025 - Quantum center$4,250,250
- Donald R Wilson Jr Family Foundation · 2023 - General support$3,584,303
- The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · 2023 - To provide support for incubating a market shaping hub and concepts competition at uchicago.$3,500,000
- Donald R Wilson Jr Family Foundation · 2024 - General support$3,100,000
- Kiphart Family Foundation · 2024 - General purpose$2,539,860
- Anderson Family Foundation · 2024 - General support$2,500,000
- Lilly Endowment Inc · 2024 - Religion & cultural inst initiative$2,446,682
- The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · 2023 - Schmidt ai in science postdocs$2,289,944
- Wolfe and Gita Churg Foundation · 2024 - Education$2,108,238
- AbbVie Foundation · 2024 - Shaping the Future of Cancer Research and Care$2,000,000
- Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc · 2024 - General & Unrestricted$2,000,000
- Frank P Diassi and Marianne R Diassi Charitable Foundation Inc · 2024 - To provide organizational support$2,000,000
- Zell Family Foundation · 2024 - General support$2,000,000
- AbbVie Foundation · 2023 - Shaping the Future of Cancer Research and Care$2,000,000
- Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc · 2023 - General & Unrestricted$2,000,000
- Zell Family Foundation · 2023 - Zell freedom of expression series$2,000,000
- Lohengrin Foundation Inc · 2023 - General fund$2,000,000
- Fulk Family Foundation Inc · 2022 - Hiring a full-time social worker and establishing a corresponding patient assistance fund for uchicago medicine's genitourinary cancer…$2,000,000
- Revada Foundation · 2022 - Jazz program support$2,000,000
- Alper Family Foundation · 2024 - General purpose$1,935,612
- Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · 2023 - In support of research to develop a genetically encoded protein-based qubit quantum biosensor.$1,924,999
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL · 128 shared funders
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA · 66 shared funders
- Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · 82 shared funders
- Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL · 74 shared funders
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · 79 shared funders
- Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL · 61 shared funders
- Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN · 63 shared funders
- Duke UniversityDurham, NC · 82 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 163 | 154 | $19.8M |
| 2024 | 545 | 391 | $130M |
| 2023 | 555 | 371 | $91.6M |
| 2022 | 86 | 65 | $22.7M |
| 2021 | 17 | 12 | $11.9M |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $50K |
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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 36-2177139
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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