University Foreign Money
France
$2.16 billiondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
6,308transactions
162recipient institutions
Source: US Department of Education, Section 117 foreign gifts and contracts, release complete through September 30, 2026 (142,535 transactions). Self-reported by institutions and not verified by ED; records money, not conditions.
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Top Recipient Institutions
| 1 | University of Iowa | IA | $236,116,935 | 17 | 2006 to 2025 |
| 2 | University of Idaho | ID | $172,446,948 | 9 | 2015 to 2026 |
| 3 | Duke University | NC | $159,126,918 | 42 | 2013 to 2026 |
| 4 | Harvard University | MA | $138,060,528 | 263 | 1985 to 2026 |
| 5 | University of California-San Francisco | CA | $128,013,890 | 94 | 2000 to 2026 |
| 6 | Stanford University | CA | $65,026,748 | 280 | 1994 to 2026 |
| 7 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | $60,060,733 | 91 | 2010 to 2025 |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | CA | $58,591,943 | 126 | 2000 to 2026 |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | $55,902,986 | 129 | 2009 to 2026 |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | $53,482,745 | 194 | 1997 to 2026 |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | $47,583,886 | 322 | 1998 to 2026 |
| 12 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | TX | $42,465,351 | 44 | 2013 to 2023 |
| 13 | Yale University | CT | $39,500,995 | 96 | 1999 to 2026 |
| 14 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | $38,534,416 | 57 | 2019 to 2025 |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | $36,308,389 | 138 | 2014 to 2026 |
| 16 | Cornell University | NY | $34,376,881 | 84 | 2013 to 2026 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins University | MD | $31,689,724 | 145 | 2004 to 2025 |
| 18 | Northwestern University | IL | $29,042,302 | 89 | 2015 to 2026 |
| 19 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | CO | $28,745,162 | 112 | 2005 to 2026 |
| 20 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | IL | $28,157,516 | 14 | 2017 to 2025 |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | $25,536,922 | 55 | 2010 to 2026 |
| 22 | University of Chicago | IL | $25,477,137 | 93 | 2010 to 2026 |
| 23 | New York University | NY | $23,498,604 | 45 | 2001 to 2026 |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | $22,739,323 | 460 | 1992 to 2026 |
| 25 | St. John's University-New York | NY | $22,415,373 | 212 | 2004 to 2023 |
Source: US Department of Education, Section 117 foreign gifts and contracts, release complete through September 30, 2026 (142,535 transactions). Self-reported by institutions and not verified by ED; records money, not conditions. Top 25 of 162 institutions. Institution names are as reported; campuses that report separately appear separately.