Grants paid by The Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education
EIN 46-1439784 · Princeton, NJ · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE T22
The Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education of Princeton, NJ (EIN 46-1439784) reported 83 grants paid totaling $30,647,797 to 28 recipients in tax years 2020–2025, on Form 990, Schedule I. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$30,647,797
83 grants
Recipients
28
distinct organizations
Tax years
2020–2025
5 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 18 | $9,924,183 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | $5,158,556 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | $5,667,402 | — |
| 2024 | 17 | $5,547,565 | — |
| 2025 | 16 | $4,350,091 | — |
Top recipients
The 28 recipients receiving the most from The Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education, by grants paid, out of 28 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Institute 06-1165061 | D | Oxford | 1 | $4,572,444 | 2020 |
| The Trustees of Columbia University 13-5598093 | C | New York, NY | 2 | $2,500,000 | 2024 |
| The Abigail Adams Institute 47-1495965 | B | Cambridge, MA | 5 | $2,116,000 | 2025 |
| The Morningside Institute 82-1094056 | B | New York, NY | 5 | $2,056,224 | 2025 |
| Harvard University 04-2103580 | A | Cambridge, MA | 4 | $1,936,250 | 2025 |
| Collegium Institute 46-3047945 | B | Philadelphia, PA | 5 | $1,752,000 | 2025 |
| The Berkeley Institute 46-3482813 | B | Berkeley, CA | 5 | $1,493,528 | 2025 |
| The Witherspoon Institute 55-0835528 | B | Princeton, NJ | 4 | $1,472,615 | 2025 |
| Austin Institute Fsofc 46-2082757 | A | Austin, TX | 4 | $1,470,000 | 2025 |
| Elm Institute 47-1625610 | B | New Haven, CT | 5 | $1,453,124 | 2025 |
| Hyde Park Institute 47-5549775 | B | Chicago, IL | 5 | $1,349,275 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 23-1352685 | A | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | $1,174,000 | 2024 |
| Zephyr Institute 47-1979289 | B | Palo Alto, CA | 5 | $1,079,623 | 2025 |
| Duke University 56-0532129 | C | Durham, NC | 5 | $1,065,631 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University 52-0595110 | A | Baltimore, MD | 3 | $910,000 | 2025 |
| The American Academy of Sciences and Letters 92-3208317 | A | Dover, DE | 1 | $750,000 | 2023 |
| The Houston Institute 47-4634060 | B | Houston, TX | 5 | $617,366 | 2025 |
| Forbes Avenue Foundation 82-4121313 | A | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 | $500,000 | 2025 |
| The Aquinas Institute 83-1005620 | A | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $426,000 | 2023 |
| Academic Freedom Alliance 85-3780742 | B | Princeton, NJ | 3 | $415,061 | 2025 |
| Austin Institute Fsofc | U | Austin, TX | 1 | $391,500 | 2020 |
| Agora Trust | U | Cambridge | 1 | $348,798 | 2020 |
| Harvard University 04-3009105 | C | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $300,000 | 2020 |
| University of Illinois Foundation 37-6006007 | A | Champaign, IL | 2 | $251,000 | 2025 |
| John Hopkins University | U | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $125,000 | 2020 |
| The University of Texas at Austin 74-6000203 | A | Austin, TX | 1 | $72,358 | 2022 |
| Hippocratic Society 93-1411468 | A | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| American Public Philosophy Institute 22-3037480 | C | Dallas, TX | 1 | $25,000 | 2020 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 83 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Morningside Institute New York, NY | A | $624,619 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | The Abigail Adams Institute Cambridge, MA | A | $487,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Collegium Institute Philadelphia, PA | A | $475,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Austin Institute Fsofc Austin, TX | A | $325,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Elm Institute New Haven, CT | A | $310,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | The Berkeley Institute Berkeley, CA | A | $301,977 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Hyde Park Institute Chicago, IL | A | $250,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Zephyr Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $220,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Forbes Avenue Foundation Pittsburgh, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | University of Illinois Foundation Champaign, IL | A | $176,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | The Houston Institute Houston, TX | A | $119,995 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $110,000 | paid | General operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | Academic Freedom Alliance Princeton, NJ | A | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202621979349300247 |
| 2025 | The Witherspoon Institute Princeton, NJ | A | $100,000 | paid | General Operations | 202621979349300247 |
| 2024 | The Trustees of Columbia University New York, NY | A | $1,250,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | The Morningside Institute New York, NY | A | $622,215 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | The Abigail Adams Institute Cambridge, MA | A | $490,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $420,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Collegium Institute Philadelphia, PA | A | $377,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Elm Institute New Haven, CT | A | $332,424 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Austin Institute Fsofc Austin, TX | A | $325,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | The Berkeley Institute Berkeley, CA | A | $322,722 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Hyde Park Institute Chicago, IL | A | $250,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | The Witherspoon Institute Princeton, NJ | A | $208,000 | paid | General Operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Forbes Avenue Foundation Pittsburgh, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Zephyr Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $184,573 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | The Houston Institute Houston, TX | A | $125,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | University of Illinois Foundation Champaign, IL | A | $75,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $40,631 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2024 | Hippocratic Society Cambridge, MA | A | $25,000 | paid | General operations | 202522629349300127 |
| 2023 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $754,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | The American Academy of Sciences and Letters Dover, DE | A | $750,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Austin Institute Fsofc Austin, TX | A | $495,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $470,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | The Aquinas Institute Princeton, NJ | A | $426,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Collegium Institute Philadelphia, PA | A | $375,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Hyde Park Institute Chicago, IL | A | $321,600 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | The Berkeley Institute Berkeley, CA | A | $317,252 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | The Morningside Institute New York, NY | A | $312,850 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Elm Institute New Haven, CT | A | $260,700 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | The Abigail Adams Institute Cambridge, MA | A | $260,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $250,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Zephyr Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | The Houston Institute Houston, TX | A | $125,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2023 | Forbes Avenue Foundation Pittsburgh, PA | A | $50,000 | paid | General operations | 202422909349301402 |
| 2022 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | A | $1,036,250 | paid | Scholarship, general, human flourishing program | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | The Witherspoon Institute Princeton, NJ | A | $844,615 | paid | General Operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | The Abigail Adams Institute Cambridge, MA | A | $490,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $410,000 | paid | Paul Mchugh program for human flourishing | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Austin Institute Fsofc Austin, TX | A | $325,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | The Berkeley Institute Berkeley, CA | A | $301,577 | paid | general operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Collegium Institute Philadelphia, PA | A | $275,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Elm Institute New Haven, CT | A | $250,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Hyde Park Institute Chicago, IL | A | $250,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | The Morningside Institute New York, NY | A | $233,695 | paid | General operations, barry center | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $205,000 | paid | Civil Discourse Project | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Zephyr Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | The Houston Institute Houston, TX | A | $125,000 | paid | General operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Academic Freedom Alliance Princeton, NJ | A | $90,061 | paid | General Operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | A | $72,358 | paid | Postdoc Fellowship | 202302859349301025 |
| 2022 | Forbes Avenue Foundation Pittsburgh, PA | A | $50,000 | paid | Beatrice Institute General Operations | 202302859349301025 |
| 2020 | Canterbury Institute Oxford | D | $4,572,444 | paid | OXFORD SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM; SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMME IN OXFORD'S FACULTY OF LAW; GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | The Trustees of Columbia University New York, NY | C | $1,250,000 | paid | PROGRAM ON MEDICAL ETHICS FUND | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Austin Institute Fsofc Austin, TX | U | $391,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS; SEMINAR ON MORAL VIRTUE | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | The Abigail Adams Institute Cambridge, MA | B | $388,500 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS; SEMINAR ON INTERNET AND THE GOOD LIFE; MEDICAL ETHICS SEMINAR | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Agora Trust Cambridge | U | $348,798 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | The Witherspoon Institute Princeton, NJ | B | $320,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS; CANAVOX PROGRAM; PUBLIC DISCOURSE PROGRAM | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $300,000 | paid | IQSS HUMAN FLOURISHING PROGRAM FUND | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Elm Institute New Haven, CT | B | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Hyde Park Institute Chicago, IL | B | $277,675 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS; POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Zephyr Institute Palo Alto, CA | B | $275,050 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS; LECTURE AND SEMINAR ON PHILOSOPHY | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | The Morningside Institute New York, NY | B | $262,845 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | The Berkeley Institute Berkeley, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Collegium Institute Philadelphia, PA | B | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Duke University Durham, NC | C | $240,000 | paid | ARETE INITIATIVE | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | Academic Freedom Alliance Princeton, NJ | B | $225,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | John Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | U | $125,000 | paid | PAUL R. MCHUGH PROGRAM | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | The Houston Institute Houston, TX | B | $122,371 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS; PHILOSOPHY COURSES AT RICE UNIVERSITY | 202123079349100727 |
| 2020 | American Public Philosophy Institute Dallas, TX | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202123079349100727 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.2 | 202621979349300247 |
| 990 | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202522629349300127 |
| 990 | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.1 | 202422909349301402 |
| 990 | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202302859349301025 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.1 | 202123079349100727 |
Derived from IRS Form 990 e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/461439784.json.
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