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Northwestern University

Grantmaking foundation in Evanston, Illinois · EIN 36-2167817

Total giving
$780MTax year 2025
Total assets
$21BLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

Northwestern is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$610M2019
$620M2020
$660M2021
$660M2022
$710M2023
$750M2024
$780M2025

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
University of Chicago$8.6M2023
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$5.7M2023
Stanford University$4.7M2023
University of Illinois at Chicago$4.6M2023
Erie Family Health Center$3.4M2023

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

Website: swe.mccormick.northwestern.edu

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