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University Foreign Money

Lebanon

$33.3 milliondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
61transactions
15recipient 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

1Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY$14,174,946172011 to 2024
2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA$5,100,00072015 to 2025
3University of ChicagoIL$5,000,00082017 to 2020
4Harvard UniversityMA$2,500,00012001
5University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolMA$1,799,96562015 to 2018
6University of PennsylvaniaPA$1,108,63572021 to 2023
7Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusGA$1,025,00032017 to 2020
8Boston UniversityMA$500,00011995
9Swarthmore CollegePA$500,00012019
10University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$400,00012014
11New York UniversityNY$390,00012014
12Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$267,89052015 to 2018
13Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$255,78212021
14University of California-BerkeleyCA$250,00012023
15University of LouisvilleKY$20012016

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

By Transaction Year

$0$1m$2m$4m$5m1995: $500,00019951996: $01997: $01998: $019981999: $02000: $02001: $2.5 million20012002: $02003: $02004: $020042005: $02006: $02007: $020072008: $02009: $02010: $020102011: $300,0002012: $02013: $020132014: $1.1 million2015: $804,3032016: $418,37920162017: $2.9 million2018: $2.9 million2019: $2.5 million20192020: $4.3 million2021: $4.7 million2022: $4.3 million20222023: $1.6 million2024: $2.0 million2025: $2.5 million20252026: $02026
Amount by transaction year, 1995 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.