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University Foreign Money

Sweden

$593.4 milliondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
1,290transactions
99recipient 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

1Duke UniversityNC$80,053,768272013 to 2026
2Stanford UniversityCA$55,930,1771362002 to 2026
3University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$37,990,397832010 to 2026
4Harvard UniversityMA$30,671,251812000 to 2026
5Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$26,265,6441002008 to 2026
6University of California-San DiegoCA$23,157,017512004 to 2025
7Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA$22,770,643341997 to 2025
8Brown UniversityRI$21,438,058342019 to 2026
9Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY$18,842,026562002 to 2024
10New York UniversityNY$16,975,522242009 to 2024
11Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVA$16,467,436102012 to 2024
12Washington University in St LouisMO$15,685,352272002 to 2026
13University of Alabama at BirminghamAL$13,804,355732012 to 2021
14Cornell UniversityNY$13,523,086592014 to 2024
15University of California-San FranciscoCA$10,458,751202019 to 2026
16University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolMA$8,602,71612019
17University of Southern CaliforniaCA$8,469,624152013 to 2025
18University of Virginia-Main CampusVA$8,318,590292015 to 2025
19University of California-Los AngelesCA$7,770,369372007 to 2026
20Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNY$6,621,84292009 to 2023
21University of California-BerkeleyCA$6,254,813162000 to 2021
22University of California-DavisCA$6,082,28652009 to 2024
23Hult International Business SchoolMA$6,000,00012025
24Northwestern UniversityIL$5,584,747102016 to 2026
25University of ChicagoIL$5,556,63872013 to 2026

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

By Transaction Year

$0$25m$50m$75m$100m1997: $8.8 million19971998: $1.0 million1999: $275,0002000: $1.2 million20002001: $549,9902002: $3.8 million2003: $1.3 million20032004: $2.9 million2005: $2.6 million2006: $3.5 million20062007: $4.1 million2008: $6.2 million2009: $6.5 million20092010: $5.9 million2011: $11.8 million2012: $32.4 million20122013: $20.8 million2014: $49.0 million2015: $42.3 million20152016: $28.9 million2017: $30.3 million2018: $25.5 million20182019: $42.7 million2020: $46.6 million2021: $27.8 million20212022: $26.0 million2023: $43.6 million2024: $43.1 million20242025: $54.2 million2026: $19.7 million2026
Amount by transaction year, 1997 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.