Who funds Howard University?

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 53-0204707 · NTEE B430 · 501(c)(3)

215 private foundations paid Howard University 455 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $55M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE B430) places it in education.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

The 200 largest by total, of 218 on file.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• Lilly Endowment Inc · 2025 - Pathways for tomorrow initiative$5,000,000
• The Karsh Family Foundation · 2022 - Education$3,269,600
• Jerome L Greene Foundation Inc · 2024 - Further 501(C)(3) charitable purpose$3,000,000
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · 2024 - Science: precision health$2,300,000
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · 2023 - To engage historically black medical colleges (hbmcs) and the communities they serve to address significant gaps in genomics research,…$2,300,000
• The Karsh Family Foundation · 2025 - Education$2,000,000
• The Ford Foundation · 2024 - Core support for the center for journalism and democracy to help strengthen americas democracy by training and supporting generations of…$2,000,000
• The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - Financial aid for medical students$1,900,000
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2024 - Supporting the center for journalism & democracy to continue investigative reporting that addresses health disparities and advances health…$1,330,000
• Lilly Endowment Inc · 2024 - Compelling preaching initiative$1,250,000
• The Karsh Family Foundation · 2023 - Education$1,250,000
• Mastercard Impact Fund · 2024 - Data for social impact$1,066,000
• Iger Bay Foundation Ea0210983 · 2023 - General$1,000,000
• The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2023 - To support the moorland-spingarn research center in collection processing, digitization, and the planning/development of a conservation lab$1,000,000
• The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · 2023 - Skills - investment to equip young people with skills, training, and experiences to thrive personally and professionally$1,000,000
• Bedford Falls Foundation · 2025 - To further the exempt purpose of the organization$950,000
• Bedford Falls Foundation · 2024 - To further the exempt purpose of the organization$950,000
• Dume Wolverine Foundation · 2024 - Charitable purposes of the organization$887,012
• Dume Wolverine Foundation · 2025 - Charitable purposes of the organization$875,000
• Dume Wolverine Foundation · 2023 - Charitable purposes of the organization$875,000
• Delta Dental Community Care Foundation · 2023 - Community giving- dental$772,353
• The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2023 - To support a collaboration between howard and georgetown universities to establish a joint center in health humanities grounded in the…$750,000
• Egg Foundation Dba Cameron Schrier Foundation · 2024 - General support$700,000
• Egg Foundation Dba Cameron Schrier Foundation · 2023 - General support$700,000
• Novartis US Foundation · 2024 - Operate a clinical trial center of excellence$595,134

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• Spelman CollegeAtl, GA · 42 shared funders
• American UniversityWashington, DC · 30 shared funders
• Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, GA · 24 shared funders
• Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · 37 shared funders
• Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI · 32 shared funders
• Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA · 31 shared funders
• Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · 31 shared funders
• University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA · 51 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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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 53-0204707
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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