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Universities Research Association

Name: Universities Research Association grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

55
grants reported: $940,059
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $15,461
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

research

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Illinois Institute of Technology3 grants · $80,174
University of Iowa3 grants · $70,047
Northwestern University1 grant · $49,795
University of Chicago2 grants · $49,749
Boston University3 grants · $47,565
Southern Methodist University1 grant · $46,182
University of Kentucky3 grants · $42,835
Columbia University2 grants · $35,126
Colorado State University2 grants · $31,994
University of Cincinnati1 grant · $30,405

Giving over time

$289,909

2021

$322,069

2022

$328,081

2023

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$49,795
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Research
$46,182
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2022
Research
$37,249
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Research
$36,134
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
Research
$34,599
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2021
Research
$33,300
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2023
Research
$30,405
University of Cincinnati · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Research
$29,609
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2021
Research
$25,210
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Research
$25,110
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Research
$23,189
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Research
$22,955
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Research
$21,639
Regents of University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research
$21,505
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Research
$21,419
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2021
Research
$20,902
University of California Santa Barbar · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Research
$20,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Research
$18,747
New Mexico State University · Las Cruces, NM · 2021
Research
$18,128
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
Research
$17,595
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Research
$17,179
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
Research
$17,168
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · 2023
Research
$17,071
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
Research
$16,269
University of Colorado-Boulder · Denver, CO · 2022
Research
$16,211
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Research
$15,912
University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX · 2023
Research
$15,577
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Research
$15,461
University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2023
Research
$15,000
Northern Illinois University · Dekalb, IL · 2021
Research
$14,923
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Research
$13,551
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Research
$12,500
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Research
$12,319
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Research
$12,219
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Research
$12,171
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Research
$11,156
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2021
Research
$10,740
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2021
Research
$10,238
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Research
$10,194
University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Research
$10,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Research
$9,625
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Research
$8,840
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
Research
$8,306
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2021
Research
$8,165
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2021
Research
$8,133
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2023
Research
$8,104
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ · 2022
Research
$8,080
Tufts University · Somerville, MA · 2021
Research
$7,688
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Research
$7,583
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · 2022
Research
$7,360
The University of Tennesse · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Research
$6,538
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Research
$5,999
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Research
$5,755
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
Research
$5,335
University of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Research
$5,017
University of Houston System · Houston, TX · 2021
Research

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.