Who funds Northwestern University
1,157 institutional funders have given since 2022, 982 of them directly, through tax year 2024.
Its two largest direct donors
- Big Ten Conference Inc$201.4M2022–2024
- Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$117.8M2022–2024
A free account names its 5 largest direct donors, and the funders behind them.
Unlock potential prospectsFinances
Latest return: tax year 2024, Form 990.
| Tax year | Revenue | Expenses | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1B | $4.3B | $16.2B |
| 2023 | $4.2B | $3.9B | $15.6B |
| 2022 | $3.3B | $3.7B | $14.9B |
| 2021 | $4.0B | $3.3B | $15.4B |
| 2020 | $3.7B | $3.0B | $16.1B |
Contributions and grants received in 2024: $497.3M.
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Built from the organization’s public IRS Form 990 filings and the gifts other organizations report on theirs, processed by Aprize. Institutional donors only: individual donors are never shown. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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