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University Foreign Money

Hong Kong

$1.91 billiondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
2,916transactions
105recipient 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

1Harvard UniversityMA$254,929,4114652001 to 2024
2Yale UniversityCT$248,194,4081501999 to 2024
3Stanford UniversityCA$163,249,6112381993 to 2024
4Princeton UniversityNJ$134,364,3061071987 to 2024
5Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA$128,731,6221311996 to 2024
6University of ChicagoIL$125,833,8691542010 to 2024
7University of California-BerkeleyCA$114,968,8161162000 to 2024
8University of Southern CaliforniaCA$93,409,272642010 to 2024
9Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY$88,833,5501431999 to 2024
10Cornell UniversityNY$76,772,7391211995 to 2024
11University of PennsylvaniaPA$69,767,0631102012 to 2024
12California Institute of TechnologyCA$41,294,140172016 to 2024
13Chamberlain University-Administrative OfficeIL$32,910,11012019
14New York UniversityNY$26,723,177492010 to 2024
15University of California-Los AngelesCA$25,262,8303832011 to 2024
16University of LouisvilleKY$23,338,44562010 to 2018
17The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterTX$23,209,13892006 to 2024
18Brown UniversityRI$22,254,529652017 to 2024
19University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$21,921,127452003 to 2021
20Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA$14,600,00092016 to 2022
21Northwestern UniversityIL$10,749,337192017 to 2025
22Duke UniversityNC$10,231,204112013 to 2023
23Georgetown UniversityDC$9,431,000132008 to 2024
24Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$7,782,636372013 to 2024
25Haverford CollegePA$7,750,000632011 to 2024

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 105 institutions. Institution names are as reported; campuses that report separately appear separately.

By Transaction Year

$0$62m$125m$188m$250m1990: $019901991: $01992: $01993: $2.0 million19931994: $2.2 million1995: $19.9 million1996: $2.0 million19961997: $7.3 million1998: $01999: $2.9 million19992000: $2.1 million2001: $5.8 million2002: $2.8 million20022003: $4.1 million2004: $3.9 million2005: $19.5 million20052006: $20.6 million2007: $56.3 million2008: $18.6 million20082009: $13.2 million2010: $48.7 million2011: $21.6 million20112012: $41.4 million2013: $64.1 million2014: $69.9 million20142015: $113.7 million2016: $166.4 million2017: $167.6 million20172018: $194.9 million2019: $247.6 million2020: $97.4 million20202021: $163.4 million2022: $91.1 million2023: $106.8 million20232024: $124.1 million2025: $25,0002026: $02026
Amount by transaction year, 1990 to 2026 (2026 partial). 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.