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Drexel University

Grantmaking foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · EIN 23-1352630

Total giving
$440MTax year 2025
Total assets
$2.9BLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

DREXEL UNIVERSITY FULFILLS ITS FOUNDER'S VISION OF PREPARING EACH NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS FOR PRODUCTIVE PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC LIVES WHILE ALSO FOCUSING ITS COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE ON SOLVING SOCIETY'S GREATEST PROBLEMS. DREXEL IS AN ACADEMICALLY COMPREHENSIVE AND GLOBALLY ENGAGED URBAN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, DEDICATED TO ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT WITH A VALUABLE, RIGOROUS, EXPERIENTIAL, TECHNOLOGY-INFUSED EDUCATION, ENRICHED BY THE NATION'S PREMIER CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$420M2019
$430M2020
$440M2021
$440M2022
$440M2023
$440M2024
$440M2025

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Regents of Univ of California Berkeley$2.2M2021
School District of Phila$1.4M2021
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania$1.2M2021
Regents of University of California Davis$1.2M2021
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles$920K2021

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: www.drexel.edu

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2025. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.