Brandeis University

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Waltham, MA EIN 04-2103552

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2024–2026

Total received

$27.6M

Foundation funders

176

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2024–2026

Who funds Brandeis University?

Brandeis University is funded by 176 grantmakers, led by Jewish Communal Fund ($3.0M), National Philanthropic Trust ($2.8M), Midwest Vision Research Foundation DBA Lifelong Vision Foundation ($1.9M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $27.6M in grants to Brandeis University between 2024–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
Jewish Communal Fund$3,037,94042024–2025
National Philanthropic Trust$2,834,31922024–2025
Midwest Vision Research Foundation DBA Lifelong Vision Foundation$1,905,61812024
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$1,791,61232024–2025
TBL Charitable Foundation$1,500,00012024
Gates Foundation$1,371,12222024
Blavatnik Family Foundation$1,250,00012024
Areivim Philanthropic Group Inc$1,148,71122024–2025
Winokur Foundation$1,117,00022024–2025
The Hans & Mavis Lopater Fdn 182769-000$840,00022024–2025
Trustees of Boston University$782,76712025
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$750,00012024
The Kavli Foundation$550,00012024
WK Kellogg Foundation$550,00012024
Samueli Foundation$547,31912024
Norman and Mary Pattiz Fdtn$500,00012025
Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation$500,00012024
Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation$400,00012025
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family$400,00012024
Joseph F and Clara Ford Foundation$362,00812025
President and Fellows of Harvard College$329,08212025
Wake Forest University$316,63212025
Edelstein Family Foundation 984609$303,50612025
The Judy and Michael Steinhardt$250,00012025
The Pew Charitable Trusts$245,77232025
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Bachman George Ta$155,06512025
The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation$150,00012025
Abe and Esther Manaster - Dr Chales H Solom$142,00012025
With Foundation$140,00012025
The Chicago Community Trust$136,50012025
The Swartz Foundation$135,00012025
Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation$135,00012025
Northeastern University$123,78612025
Young-Rourke Charitable Trust$110,00012025
Joseph J Jaroschak Foundation Inc$103,47512025
Tapper Charitable Foundation$100,00012025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$98,50012025
Trustees of Tufts College$95,63812025
ABE&ESTHER Manaster Scholarship FD$95,00012025
Boston Foundation Inc$88,69722025
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago$83,97322025
Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor$72,18112025
University of Notre Dame du Lac$70,19912025
Further Forward Foundation Inc$62,00022025
Brown University$61,75122025
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$61,47022025–2026
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$55,39512025
Harry Swarts & Dolly Swarts Memorial FD$51,39222025–2026
Jackson & Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust$50,00012025
Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation$50,00012025
The Spencer Foundation$50,00012025
Ronald and Deborah Ratner Family$50,00012025
Helen & William Mazer Foundation$50,00012025
Peter G Peterson Foundation$50,00012025
October Mountain Foundation Inc$50,00012025
Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation$50,00012025
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$43,75912025
The Jed Foundation$42,36912025
The Rosenstiel Foundation$40,00012025
Eris & Larry Field Family Foundation$40,00012025
The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for$39,00012025
Alphawood Foundation$37,50012025
Abraham Kaplan Charitable Foundation$37,00012025
The Jerome a Schiff Charitable Trust$31,00012025
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia$30,10012025
Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$30,00012025
Estelle Knapp Charitable Trust XXXXX4005$28,67312025
The San Diego Foundation$28,18412025
Charities Aid Foundation America$28,09812025
Lee Perelstine Kagan Charitable Tr$27,50012025
Gladys & Sy ZIV Foundation Inc$25,00012025
Josiah Macy Jr Foundation$25,00012025
Ann B & Thomas L Friedman Family Found$25,00012025
The Haldeman Family Foundation$25,00012025
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$24,00012025
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester NY Inc$22,50012025
Charles E Shepard Charitable Tr Uw$22,00012025
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$21,60022025–2026
Greater Washington Community Foundation$20,00012025
Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc$20,00012025
The Robert S Rifkind$20,00012025
Cornell University$18,24412025
Rebecca Davis TW for Charity$17,55212025
Houston Jewish Community Foundation$17,00012025
Jewish Federation of Delaware Inc$16,00012025
The Michael S Applestein$16,00012025
The Chatham Valley Foundation 2016 Inc$15,00012025
George Backer Family Foundation Inc$15,00012025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$15,00012025
Leonard and Shirley Sterling Char FD FB203$14,49312025
HTC Cottee Anna and Isidore Roseman Foundatio$14,21522025–2026
Mirrel Davis TW for Charity$13,66612025
Bryn Mawr College$13,08812025
Sandler H FBO Various Charities$11,82512025
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma$11,80012025
Asher Myers-Residuary Tuwr 269-3000485$10,21612025
California Healthcare Foundation$10,00012025
Morgan Family Legacy Foundation$10,00012025
Harry & Bessye Rosenberg Charitable Trust$10,00012025
Sea Stone Foundation$10,00012025
The V & L Marx Foundation$10,00012025
Suzanne Feld Zalk Charitable Trust$10,00012025
WGBH Educational Foundation$9,54012025
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ$9,20012025
Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation$9,00012025
The Israel Institute Inc$8,96012025
Perpetual Kindness Foundation$8,30012025
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc$8,00012025
Rube S Fishman Foundation XXXXX0003$7,79012025
Max & Sophie Mydans Fndn Ui$7,57812025
Mattina R Proctor Foundation$7,50012025
Frank R Fuller U Art X O W$7,50012025
Goldberg Joseph FBO Charities Tuw$7,28612025
Thomas Jefferson University$7,11812025
California Community Foundation$7,00012025
FJN Charitable Foundation$7,00012025
Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T$6,50012025
Rubens Family Foundation$6,00012025
Herbert Fales Educational Trust$6,00012025
Harvey H & Catherine Moses Education Fund$6,00012025
United Way of Rhode Island Inc$5,05412025
The Carla and Stephen Schwartz$5,00012025
Marilyn Senn Moll Charitable Trust$5,00012025
Penny Fischbach Cutler$5,00012025
Joseph Persky Foundation$5,00012025
The Clinton Family Foundation$5,00012025
Fine Family Charitable Foundation$5,00012025
Anthony Richard Tilghman Memorial Scholarship Trust$5,00012025
Gradison Foundation$5,00012025
Tony J Difebbo and Jean H Difebbo$4,50012025
Civic Foundation Inc$4,00022025–2026
Mass Society for Univ$4,00012025
The so Charitable Trust$3,60012025
Nathan Lesnie Successor Trustee$3,59912025
The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc$3,50022025
Stanley F Goldfein Foundation Inc$3,00022025–2026
Jack Chester Foundation$3,00012025
The Hoffman-Bravy Charitable Foundation$3,00012025
The Leona Karp Family Foundation$3,00012025
David Gopen Foundation$3,00012025
Richard F Walshalfred W Ditolla$2,50012025
The Maxine and Allan Kurtzman Foundation$2,50012025
Rose & Isadore Zeman Foundation$2,50012025
Silverman Fam Foundation Trust$2,50012025
M Fletcher Tkacyzk & E Mahaney Memorial$2,40012025
TW Shrago Foundation$2,33912025
Ullman Family Foundation$2,00012025
June B Gelbart Foundation$2,00012025
The Martin Family Fund Inc$2,00012025
John C & Bernice a Rieg Charitable$2,00012025
The Jennie & Samuel J Costa Education Fund$2,00012025
Rackham Foundation Limited$1,80012025
Ostern S Char$1,60012025
Polk Bros Foundation Inc$1,25012025
Sherwat Charitable Trust$1,20012025
Joseph Perlman Family Foundation$1,00012025
The Akers Foundation$1,00012025
Herbert and Lillian Heilpern Family Foundation$1,00012025
Ziffrin Abbott Family Foundation$1,00012025
Silton Family Foundation$1,00012025
Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc$1,00012025
PPL Foundation$1,00012025
The Arons Family Foundation$1,00012025
The Bar-Levav Family Foundation$50012025
The Midvale Foundation$50012025
Stephanie Kamenski Tr Uw$50012025
The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels$50012025
Anna C Bohorad Trust B$40022025–2026
Stanley M & Luella G Goldberg$36012025
Musikantow Foundation$25012025
Arthur E and Tina S Mallock Family$18012025
Hertz Family Foundation$11812025
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$10012025
Tillie & Alfred Shemanski Foundation$10012025
McKean Family Foundation Inc$6012025
Gefen-Jaffe Family Foundation Inc$6012025

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$5M$10M$15M18 grants2024 175 grants2025 7 grants2026

From 2024 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $98K (2026) to $14.5M (2024). In 2026 it made 7 grants totaling $98K.

What grants has Brandeis University received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026Hispanic Scholarship FundTO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS$50,731
2026Harry Swarts & Dolly Swarts Memorial FDUNRESTRICTED GENERAL$27,886
2026T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMULTIPLE$7,800
2026HTC Cottee Anna and Isidore Roseman FoundatioENTITY SUPPORT$7,193
2026Civic Foundation Incendowed scholarship$2,000
2026Stanley F Goldfein Foundation IncCHARITABLE$2,000
2026Anna C Bohorad Trust BGENERAL SUPPORT$200
2025National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION$1,858,921
2025Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncDAF - Education$784,190
2025Trustees of Boston UniversityRESEARCH$782,767
2025Areivim Philanthropic Group IncJEWISH FOOD SOCIETY SUPPORT GRANT.$683,900
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$612,225
2025Jewish Communal FundIN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE$612,225
2025Winokur FoundationJULIE C. CONNIG PROFESSORSHIP IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE$600,000
2025Norman and Mary Pattiz FdtnUNRESTRICTED GENERAL$500,000
2025The Hans & Mavis Lopater Fdn 182769-000NEEDS BASED UNDERGRADUATE$440,000
2025Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting FoundationJACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES$400,000
2025Joseph F and Clara Ford FoundationEDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH$362,008
2025President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeSPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD$329,082
2025Wake Forest UniversityResearch Subcontract$316,632
2025Edelstein Family Foundation 984609PROGRAM SUPPORT$303,506
2025The Judy and Michael SteinhardtTO AID DONEE IN FULFILLING THEIR TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE$250,000
2025Bachman George TaGENERAL OPERATING$155,065
2025The Sarah and Daniel Rueven FoundationBRANDEIS FUND/UNRESTRICTED$150,000
2025The Pew Charitable TrustsPolicy$150,000
2025Abe and Esther Manaster - Dr Chales H SolomSCHOLARSHIP$142,000
2025With FoundationPROJECT SUPPORT$140,000
2025The Chicago Community TrustGeneral support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes$136,500
2025The Swartz FoundationFund Research$135,000
2025Richard & Susan Smith Family FoundationMEDICAL RESEARCH$135,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Brandeis University?

Brandeis University is funded by 176 grantmakers, led by Jewish Communal Fund ($3.0M), National Philanthropic Trust ($2.8M), Midwest Vision Research Foundation DBA Lifelong Vision Foundation ($1.9M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $27.6M in grants to Brandeis University between 2024–2026.

Who is Brandeis University's largest funder?

Jewish Communal Fund is the largest recorded funder of Brandeis University, with $3.0M across 4 grants (2024–2025).

How much grant funding has Brandeis University received?

IRS 990 filings record $27.6M in grants to Brandeis University across 200 grants from 176 funders between 2024–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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