Northeastern University

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → Boston, MA EIN 04-1679980

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2025–2026

Total received

$26.9M

Foundation funders

179

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2025–2026

Who funds Northeastern University?

Northeastern University is funded by 179 grantmakers, led by President and Fellows of Harvard College ($2.8M), The Roux Family Foundation ($2.1M), University of Southern California ($1.6M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $26.9M in grants to Northeastern University between 2025–2026.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
President and Fellows of Harvard College$2,835,50512025
The Roux Family Foundation$2,100,00012025
University of Southern California$1,562,89312025
Trustees of Tufts College$1,057,72612025
Ray of Hope Foundation$1,000,00012025
University of Pittsburgh$989,43212025
Ruby W and Lavon P Linn Foundation$949,39912025
The Chicago Community Trust$759,62712025
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$722,63312025
Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc$577,56412025
Good Ventures Foundation$547,50912025
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$541,59312025
Deloitte Foundation$527,43312025
The Howard University$498,53812025
Washington University$430,63412025
The Lowell Institute$404,24512025
Yale University$381,67712025
WK Kellogg Foundation$300,00012025
National Philanthropic Trust$283,25012025
The Computing Research Association Inc$264,10412025
The Broad Institute Inc$261,07912025
Carnegie Corporation of New York$260,00012025
Cornell University$259,04912025
Gitlab Foundation$250,00012026
Violet M Johnson Family Foundation$250,00012025
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Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc$250,00012025
The Stanton Foundation$244,39322025
University of Notre Dame du Lac$230,99312025
The Ayco Charitable Foundation$222,64512025
The Nature Conservancy$203,25412025
The Dolce Family Foundation Trust$200,00012025
Education Development Center Inc$199,88412025
Johns Hopkins University$194,61712025
Northwestern University$189,19012025
The George Washington University$187,63812025
The Charles Irwin Travelli Fund$184,00012025
Trustees of Boston University$173,55512025
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc$170,47212025
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc$168,99812025
Ttee Uw of Frank M Noonan$158,27512025
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$150,00012025
Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education$149,08912025
Boston Foundation Inc$147,50022025
Uw Harold S Geneen Charitable Tr$140,00012025
MaineHealth$138,85112025
Marine Biological Laboratory$133,56112025
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$126,77022025–2026
Avangrid Foundation Inc$125,00012025
Hannaford Charitable Foundation$125,00012025
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$120,31512025
ChangeLab Solutions$120,00012025
Charities Aid Foundation America$113,50812025
The Commonwealth Fund$111,28512025
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$111,12512025
Russell Sage Foundation$109,97322025
Alice S Ayling Scholarship Foundation$104,50012025
Cathy and George Sakellaris Family$100,00012025
The Elfenworks Foundation$100,00012025
Edward P Evans Foundation$100,00012025
Hermann Foundation Inc$100,00012025
Rowland Foundation Inc$100,00012025
Tomlinson Family Foundation$100,00012025
National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Inc$99,27112025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$98,17612025
Phi Gamma Pi Alumni Association Inc$92,31912025
Boston After School & Beyond Inc$90,31512025
Joseph F and Clara Ford Foundation$89,38412025
Boston Medical Center Corporation$87,85412025
Shuo Yang and Wenke Wang Family Foundation$82,00122025
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$79,42012025
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc$77,58012025
Edwin S & Ruth M White Fund Co Law$70,00012025
The Richard and Clare Lesser Family Foundation$70,00042025
American Heart Association Inc$69,54812025
Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc$65,40012025
Emory University$62,63912025
Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation$60,00012025
Brandeis University$59,61812025
The San Francisco Foundation$59,26012025
Foundation for Advancement in Conservation$57,82912025
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$57,11922025
Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr$55,00012026
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation$52,00022025
Co Tua Joseph L Amodeo Char - a$51,91322025–2026
The Spencer Foundation$50,00012025
Rea-O'Keefe Family Foundation #0771334$50,00012025
Ethan Allan Brown Scholarship Fund$50,00012025
Bangor Savings Bank Foundation$50,00012025
Motorola Solutions Foundation$50,00012025
The Electrochemical Society Inc$50,00012025
Neil S Hirsch Foundation$50,00012025
Tapper Charitable Foundation$50,00012025
Maine Space Grant Consortium$49,13312025
University of Chicago$44,74212025
The Israel Institute Inc$44,42512025
Baylor University$43,66922025
Thomas Jefferson University$39,81512025
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts$38,68212025
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$38,02612025
Whitehall Foundation Inc$38,00042025
Gerontological Society of America$37,32912025
Mary E Armstrong Trust$34,00052025
C & S Patient Education Foundation$32,58512025
Carnegie Mellon University$30,53412025
Harry & Suzanne Toufayan Foundation Inc$30,00012025
The David and Diana Salmon Foundation$30,00012025
Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund$30,00012025
Folds of Honor Foundation$28,00012025
Chapman University$27,37012025
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma$26,20012025
The Minneapolis Foundation$25,96312025
Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation$25,00012025
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc$25,00012025
Kontogouris-Djokic Foundation$25,00012025
Sociological Initiatives Foundation Inc$20,00012025
Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation$20,00012025
Coastal Athletic Association$18,79612025
The Jennison Charitable Foundation$18,50012025
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc$17,37512025
Wellcome Leap Inc$16,17812025
Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation$16,00022025
The Jireh Foundation$15,00012025
Jean C Tempel Foundation$15,00012025
Professional Women in Construction Boston Chapter Incorporated$14,00012025
KPMG US Foundation Inc$13,10012025
Curry & Downey Scholarship Trust Charitable T$13,00012025
Vaselios H Thomas Charitable Foundation$12,59012025
Drexel University$12,41512025
The Olga D Rasmussen Award$12,00012026
Lake Charitable$12,00012025
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$12,00012025
John J Signer Memorial Trust Fund$11,00012025
Everett & Marion Mitchell Foundation$10,33812025
Indium Corporation and Macartney Family$10,00012025
MutualOne Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
Chang and Woo$10,00012025
Mary D Costa Scholarship$10,00012025
Ernst & Young Foundation$10,00012025
Alan D & Judith Tobin Charitable$10,00012025
Robert C Carco 31 Charitable Foundation$10,00012025
Mary T Lane Foundation Charitable Trust$10,00012025
International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation Inc$10,00012025
National Collegiate Athletic Association$10,00012025
John P Battista Foundation$9,60012025
Helen Woodman Charitable Trust$9,18912025
The Dicenso Family Charitable Trust$8,40012025
John C & Bernice a Rieg Charitable$8,00012025
Winncompanies Charitable Scholarship$7,62912025
The Tr Uw Rachel Fiero Clarke up 12$7,50012025
Rare$7,15512025
Quincy Women's Club Trust$7,00022025–2026
O'Meara Foundation Inc$7,00012025
Gilmore Family Scholarship Fdn$6,70012025
The Ash Scholarship Trust$6,00012025
Dune Foundation a NJ Nonprofit Corporation$5,79712025
Central New York Community Foundation Inc$5,76012025
Charlotte & Raymond W Marshall FD$5,40012025
Florence Evans Bushee Foundation Inc$5,20012025
Margaret & Dom Barillaro Schol Tr$5,20012025
The Edith S Wheeler Trust$5,10012025
The Crimson Riverstone Foundation$5,00012025
Hatfield Foundation$5,00012025
The Meeker Rom Grausz Family Foundation$5,00012025
The Sidewater Family Foundation Inc$5,00012025
The Taymor Family Foundation Trust$5,00012025
The Robert and Dorothy Goldberg$5,00012025
R Elaine Croston Tuw$5,00012025
Sholley Foundation$5,00012025
Sargent Family Foundation Inc$5,00012025
Petsas Charitable Trust UA$4,38812025
Rosa C & Henry a Sauter SCHL FD #8$4,06312025
Emilio a & Mary a Difelice Scholarship Trus$4,00012025
Simon Guggenheim Scholarship Fu$4,00012025
Herbert Fales Educational Trust$4,00012025
Mass Society for Univ$4,00012025
Henry Brooks Trust C$4,00012025
William Harold Francis Austin Trust Uw Chari$3,50012025
The Bookbuilders of Boston Educational$3,50012025
American Savings Foundation Inc$3,25012025

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$10M$20M$30M194 grants2025 6 grants2026

From 2025 to 2026, annual grant giving ranged from $413K (2026) to $26.5M (2025). In 2026 it made 6 grants totaling $413K.

What grants has Northeastern University received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2026Gitlab FoundationTO SUPPORT NEW JERSY PILOT PROJECT$250,000
2026Hispanic Scholarship FundTO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS$60,970
2026Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable TrGENERAL$55,000
2026Co Tua Joseph L Amodeo Char - aUNRESTRICTED GENERAL$33,233
2026The Olga D Rasmussen AwardSCHOLARSHIPS$12,000
2026Quincy Women's Club TrustSCHOLARSHIPS$2,000
2025President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION & SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD$2,835,505
2025The Roux Family FoundationGENERAL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION FOR EDUCATION$2,100,000
2025University of Southern CaliforniaRESEARCH SUBAWARD$1,562,893
2025Trustees of Tufts CollegeSUBCONTRACT GRANT AWARD$1,057,726
2025Ray of Hope FoundationPortland Campus Development Fund$1,000,000
2025University of PittsburghRESEARCH- SUBCONTRACT$989,432
2025Ruby W and Lavon P Linn FoundationGeneral Support$949,399
2025The Chicago Community TrustGeneral support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes$759,627
2025Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center IncRESEARCH SUBCONTRACT$722,633
2025Massachusetts Service Alliance IncSUB-GRANT OF CNCS FEDERAL FUNDING AWARD$577,564
2025Good Ventures FoundationRESEARCH ON THE INTERPRETABILITY OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS$547,509
2025The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearch$541,593
2025Deloitte FoundationDELOITTE FOUNDATION ACCOUNTING SCHOLARS PROGRAM$527,433
2025The Howard UniversitySUPPORT & EDUCATION$498,538
2025Washington UniversityRESEARCH$430,634
2025The Lowell InstituteGeneral Purpose$404,245
2025Yale UniversitySUBAWARD - SPONSORED RESEARCH$381,677
2025WK Kellogg FoundationHealth and Health Equity$300,000
2025National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION$283,250
2025The Computing Research Association IncRESEARCH$264,104
2025The Broad Institute IncRESEARCH$261,079
2025Carnegie Corporation of New YorkFor a one-time project on transnational political networks as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order$260,000
2025Cornell UniversityResearch$259,049
2025Violet M Johnson Family FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT$250,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Northeastern University?

Northeastern University is funded by 179 grantmakers, led by President and Fellows of Harvard College ($2.8M), The Roux Family Foundation ($2.1M), University of Southern California ($1.6M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $26.9M in grants to Northeastern University between 2025–2026.

Who is Northeastern University's largest funder?

President and Fellows of Harvard College is the largest recorded funder of Northeastern University, with $2.8M across 1 grant (2025).

How much grant funding has Northeastern University received?

IRS 990 filings record $26.9M in grants to Northeastern University across 200 grants from 179 funders between 2025–2026. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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