Brandeis University
Brandeis University is a public charity based in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it combines a liberal arts college with a research university and supports instruction, academic programs, and research.
Brandeis University at a glance
In short: Brandeis University gave $6.6M across 47 grants in 2025 (avg $140K), mostly in Massachusetts. 17% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $6,602,549
- +5.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 47
- -2.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $140,480
- +8.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,064
- Total assets
- $1,970,333,569
- +12.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 17% first-time grantees (8 of 47, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (60% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Brandeis University
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 9110, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Phone: (781) 736-2000
Website: https://brandeis.edu
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Brandeis University
Who Brandeis University funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Massachusetts General Hospital ($1.2M). Together the top 10 received $4.6M.
Grant Size Distribution
262 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 135 grants of 262 (52%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In filing year 2025, recipients in Massachusetts received 60% of grant dollars, followed by recipients in Illinois (8%), California (6%), Oregon (5%), and Michigan (4%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 47 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Brandeis University open to new grantees?
17%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 8 of 47 grantees (17%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $26K; repeat grants $164K. How we count
Medians: $23K first-time, $74K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3.7M (2020) to $6.6M (2025). In 2025 it made 47 grants totaling $6.6M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | Research | $1,166,219 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | Research | $856,864 |
| Trustees of Boston University Boston, MA | Research | $673,080 |
| Norc Chicago, IL | Research | $517,593 |
| Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR | Research | $353,868 |
| Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MA | Research | $284,426 |
| Cambridge Public Health Commission Cambridge, MA | Research | $232,166 |
| Regents of the University of California San Francisco, CA | Research | $200,716 |
| University of Massachusetts - Worcester Worcester, MA | Research | $189,154 |
| Magee Womens Research Institute & Foundation Pittsburgh, PA | Research | $168,330 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Brandeis University’s EIN is 04-2103552.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,970,333,569 | $496,910,407 | $548,898,836 | $6,602,549 | 47 | $8,996,502 |
| 2024 | $1,755,184,696 | $502,522,897 | $546,022,794 | $6,239,299 | 48 | $10,177,134 |
| 2023 | $1,729,108,819 | $478,693,199 | $516,290,241 | $5,158,938 | 46 | $7,633,059 |
| 2022 | $1,727,722,407 | $479,530,401 | $508,115,419 | $4,279,517 | 61 | $2,679,148 |
| 2021 | $1,811,655,582 | $399,602,478 | $459,328,785 | $4,204,610 | 60 | $5,401,330 |
| 2020 | $1,638,021,472 | $457,392,877 | $477,973,721 | $3,673,162 | 37 | $5,584,314 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Brandeis says it is dedicated to advancing the humanities, arts, and social, natural, and physical sciences, and to the value of a broad and critical education. Its filing describes research as interdisciplinary and collaborative and identifies basic research as an engine of innovation in human health and well-being.
The 2025 grants went to organizations whose stated missions include conducting research on societal issues and public policy, advancing reproductive biology and women’s health, supporting disability civil and human rights, providing health services, and researching human services and population health. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not Brandeis’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Brandeis reported 47 grants totaling $6,602,549. Grant amounts ranged from $8,438 to $1,166,219, with a median of $50,064. The largest grants were to Massachusetts General Hospital ($1,166,219), President and Fellows of Harvard College ($856,864), Trustees of Boston University ($673,080), NORC ($517,593), and Oregon Health & Science University ($353,868); each was designated for research.
No application process or instructions for outside applicants are stated in the available information.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Ronald Liebowitz as president through November 1, 2024, and Arthur Levine as interim president as of November 2024. Listed trustees include Lisa R. Kranc, chair; Ronald A. Ratner, vice chair as of July 2024; Cynthia D. Shapira and Curtis H. Tearte, vice chairs; and Leslie M. Aronzon, secretary.
Brandeis University is led by Ronald Liebowitz, President on every filing since 2020; 21 of 66 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ronald Liebowitz
President
On filings since 2020
60 hrs/week
$1.1M (2020) → $1.3M (2025)
Arthur Levine
Interim President
New on the 2025 filing
60 hrs/week
$161K (2025)
Lisa R. Kranc
Trustee - Chair
Trustee → Trustee - Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Hofmann
Director of Investments
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$409K (2025)
Adam Rifkin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara A. Dortch-Okara
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Z. Sander
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barton J. Winokur
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bram Shapiro
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol R. Saivetz
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia L. Berenson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel J. Jick
Vice Chair & Trustee
Trustee - Vice Chair → Vice Chair & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Bial
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ellen L. Kaplan
Trustee
Trustee - Secretary → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gregory A. Petsko
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lan Xue
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie M. Aronzon
Trustee - Secretary
Trustee → Trustee - Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lewis H. Brooks
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Madalyn E. Friedberg
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Malcom L. Sherman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark A. Surchin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martin R. Kupferberg
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mindy L. Schneider
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Monique L. Nelson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy A. Dreyer
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronald L. Kaiserman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen B. Kay
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen R. Reiner
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven M. Bunson
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sylvia M. Neil
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bing-Le Wu
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel H. Blumenthal
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Merle R. Carrus
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel S. Rueven
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen L. Berger
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan K. Feigenbaum
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd E. Soloway
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy L. Cohen
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jay S. Ruderman
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leonard X. Rosenberg
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lewin C. Wright
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marjorie Hass
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David A. Harris
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David L. Yale
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Richards Sachs
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anna Scherbina
Faculty
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$349K (2020) → $376K (2025)
James La Creta
Chief Information Officer
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$286K (2020) → $378K (2025)
Orla O'Brien
Assistant Secretary
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$126K (2020) → $136K (2025)
Samuel Solomon
CFO & Treasurer
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$307K (2020) → $387K (2025)
Steven Locke
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$236K (2020) → $359K (2025)
Stewart Uretsky
Executive Vice President Finance & Administration
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$527K (2020) → $585K (2025)
Carol Fierke
Provost & Executive Vice President Academic Affairs
Provost → Provost & Executive Vice President Academic Affairs, 2022
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$617K (2022) → $649K (2025)
Debarshi Nandy
Faculty
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$320K (2021) → $367K (2025)
Lois Stanley
Vice President Campus Operations
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$247K (2021) → $306K (2025)
Robin Switzer
Vice President Hr
Vice President of Hr → Vice President Hr, 2022
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$236K (2021) → $291K (2025)
Hannah Peters
Senior Vice President Inst Advncmnt
Interim Senior Vice President Advancement → Senior Vice President Institutional Advancement, 2023
Senior Vice President Institutional Advancement → Senior Vice President Inst Advncmnt, 2025
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$284K (2022) → $283K (2025)
Kathryn Appleby
Dean
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$434K (2022) → $507K (2025)
Tarek Saghir
Chief Investment Officer
Interim Chief Invest Officer → Chief Investment Officer, 2023
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$366K (2022) → $708K (2025)
Steven Karel
Vice Provost for Research
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$235K (2023) → $245K (2025)
Julie Jette
Senior Vice President Communications
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$175K (2024) → $198K (2025)
Meredith Ainbinder
Chief of Staff
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$231K (2024) → $235K (2025)
Jeffrey Shoulson
Dean
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$377K (2025)
Jennifer Walker
Vice President Enrollment
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$227K (2025)
Curtis H. Tearte
Trustee - Vice Chair
Trustee → Trustee - Vice Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia D. Shapira
Trustee - Vice Chair
Trustee → Trustee - Vice Chair, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ronald A. Ratner
Trustee - Vice Chair
Trustee → Trustee - Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Gina Turrigiano (2020–2024) — Faculty
- Former: Irving Epstein (2021–2024) — Faculty
- Former: Linda Heller Kamm (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Xiru Zhang (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Danial Kim (2022–2024) — Senior Vice President Communications
- Former: Jon Chilingerian (2020–2023) — Faculty
- Former: Jonathan G. Davis (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Lisa Lynch (2020–2023) — Faculty
- Former: Nicholas Warren (2020–2023) — Chief Investment Officer
- Former: William O'Reilly (2020–2023) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Zamira Korff (2020–2023) — Senior Vice President Advancement
- Former: Bonnie A. Berger (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Georg B. Muzicant (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jayne G. Beker (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Joshua M. Kraft (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Deborah Shufrin (2020–2021) — Director of Investments
- Former: Edward Hackett (2020–2021) — Vice President Research
- Former: Frances R. Bermanzohn (2020–2021) — Trustee - Vice Chair
- Former: Kathryn Graddy (2020–2021) — Dean
- Former: Louis Perlmutter (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Meyer Koplow (2020–2021) — Trustee - Chair
- Former: Dan Kim (2021) — Senior Vice President Communications
- Former: Ron Ratner (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Barbara Mandel (2020) — Trustee - Vice Chair
- Former: George D Krupp (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Ira Jackson (2020) — Executive Vice President Communications
- Former: James Gray (2020) — Vice President Operations
- Former: Perry Traquina (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Robin Nelson-Bailey (2020) — Vice President Hr
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.3M, to Ronald Liebowitz (President (Thru 11/1/24)). 21 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Brandeis University
How much does Brandeis University give each year?
Brandeis University gave $6.6M across 47 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $6.2M across 48 grants.
What is Brandeis University's typical grant size?
Brandeis University's median grant in 2025 was $50,064, and its average grant was $140,480, across 47 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Brandeis University that year got $26K on average.
Where does Brandeis University give grants?
Brandeis University gives mostly in Massachusetts: 60% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were Illinois (8%) and California (6%). The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (6 grants), Washington, DC (5 grants), Chicago, IL (2 grants) and Cambridge, MA (2 grants).
Does Brandeis University give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 47 grants with a stated purpose on Brandeis University's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Research" (47 grants).
Who are Brandeis University's largest grantees?
Brandeis University's largest 2025 grantees include Massachusetts General Hospital ($1,166,219), President and Fellows of Harvard College ($856,864) and Trustees of Boston University ($673,080), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 41% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Brandeis University?
Brandeis University reported $2.0B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $496.9M.
What does Brandeis University fund?
Brandeis says it is dedicated to advancing the humanities, arts, and social, natural, and physical sciences, and to the value of a broad and critical education. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Brandeis University?
Brandeis University has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check brandeis.edu for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Brandeis University's EIN?
Brandeis University's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2103552. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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