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University Foreign Money

Spain

$956.5 milliondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
1,252transactions
88recipient 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

1University of IdahoID$225,000,00012020
2Indiana University-BloomingtonIN$122,965,482212005 to 2024
3Harvard UniversityMA$75,867,6631032003 to 2026
4University of California-RiversideCA$71,108,711822003 to 2025
5Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA$63,062,2571441997 to 2026
6University of FloridaFL$56,615,192212010 to 2024
7University of California-DavisCA$54,226,730242000 to 2023
8Yale UniversityCT$36,867,421212013 to 2022
9The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterTX$30,921,275252003 to 2021
10University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolMA$27,037,58422019 to 2021
11Oregon Health & Science UniversityOR$13,621,20722024
12Brown UniversityRI$12,082,81072018 to 2021
13The University of Texas at AustinTX$10,358,4321222007 to 2025
14Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$9,797,768512005 to 2024
15Georgetown UniversityDC$9,648,868242009 to 2026
16Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY$9,185,770272003 to 2025
17University of PennsylvaniaPA$8,477,136492014 to 2025
18Stanford UniversityCA$7,866,039782019 to 2026
19University of California-Los AngelesCA$7,773,644862011 to 2026
20University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$5,881,90782015 to 2025
21University of Notre DameIN$5,700,000102020 to 2026
22Babson CollegeMA$5,031,443312006 to 2023
23New York UniversityNY$4,654,100181995 to 2026
24Boston UniversityMA$4,438,705231995 to 2026
25University of ChicagoIL$4,342,924162019 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 88 institutions. Institution names are as reported; campuses that report separately appear separately.

By Transaction Year

$0$125m$250m$375m$500m1995: $3.4 million19951996: $833,9101997: $1.4 million1998: $019981999: $02000: $4.7 million2001: $6.1 million20012002: $02003: $13.4 million2004: $687,54520042005: $6.0 million2006: $6.0 million2007: $3.4 million20072008: $26.2 million2009: $12.9 million2010: $84.1 million20102011: $42.2 million2012: $13.9 million2013: $25.8 million20132014: $18.4 million2015: $18.3 million2016: $29.1 million20162017: $27.1 million2018: $43.8 million2019: $84.3 million20192020: $259.2 million2021: $59.9 million2022: $31.7 million20222023: $35.6 million2024: $56.3 million2025: $35.1 million20252026: $6.5 million2026
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.