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Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education Inc

Grantmaking foundation in Princeton, New Jersey · EIN 46-1439784

Total giving
$9.2MTax year 2024
Grants made
17Tax year 2024
Total assets
$12MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2024Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 2012 AS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN, GRANT-MAKING ORGANIZATION, THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, INC ("FEHE") FUNDS AND ADVISES PROGRAMS AT ELITE UNIVERSITIES WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULTURAL LEADERS ARE FORMED. WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION OF ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL RENEWAL BY BUILDING INTERNAL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY EXTERNAL INSTITUTES, FORMING EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IN CHARACTER AND VIRTUE THROUGH CLOSE MENTORSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL FRIENDSHIP, NETWORKING THESE STUDENTS WITH SELECT FACULTY, INDUSTRY LEADERS, AND WITH EACH OTHER, AND MULTIPLYING THEIR IMPACT ACROSS INDUSTRIES, GEOGRAPHIES, AND GENERATIONS.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$10M2020
$7.7M2021
$8.3M2022
$9.7M2023
$9.2M2024

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
The Trustees of Columbia University$1.3M2024
The Morningside Institute$620K2024
The Abigail Adams Institute$490K2024
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania$420K2024
Collegium Institute$380K2024

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list (17 grants in 2024) is available with a free account.

Website: www.excellenceinhighered.org

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2024. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.