University Foreign Money
United Nations
$64.7 milliondisclosed gifts and contracts, all years
380transactions
20recipient 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.
Open United Nations in the interactive chart
Top Recipient Institutions
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | $38,692,872 | 305 | 2009 to 2024 |
| 2 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $6,537,904 | 8 | 2009 to 2022 |
| 3 | Emory University | GA | $5,178,269 | 2 | 2016 to 2021 |
| 4 | Brandeis University | MA | $3,949,558 | 3 | 2022 to 2024 |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | $2,582,356 | 7 | 2016 to 2019 |
| 6 | University of Southern California | CA | $1,623,676 | 21 | 2015 to 2023 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Chicago | IL | $1,225,689 | 1 | 2014 |
| 8 | Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | $1,125,000 | 7 | 2011 to 2013 |
| 9 | Boston University | MA | $845,694 | 1 | 2012 |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | $810,336 | 10 | 2014 |
| 11 | Middlebury College | VT | $507,985 | 1 | 2012 |
| 12 | Northwestern University | IL | $426,559 | 1 | 2016 |
| 13 | University of Denver | CO | $349,999 | 4 | 2024 |
| 14 | Georgetown University | DC | $275,000 | 1 | 2023 |
| 15 | China Medical University | $260,000 | 1 | 2010 | |
| 16 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | $250,000 | 1 | 2012 |
| 17 | William & Mary | VA | $59,353 | 2 | 2020 to 2021 |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | $1,020 | 2 | 2019 |
| 19 | Westminster Theological Seminary | PA | $10 | 1 | 2018 |
| 20 | Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine | NJ | $0 | 1 | 2020 |
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.