Columbia University, established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2023 $23,551,142,933 $6,654,842,677 $6,436,351,941 View 2022 $23,190,224,660 $7,109,530,946 $5,968,317,813 View 2021 $24,655,584,077 $6,627,730,769 $5,578,205,320 View 2020 $20,956,690,344 $5,943,395,882 $5,533,207,364 View 2019 $19,924,189,461 $5,554,552,356 $5,268,492,284 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Number of Employees: 40081 Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Lawrence Gerald Lenke PROFESSOR OF SURGERY $5,555,734 Lee C Bollinger PRESIDENT (THROUGH 6/30/23) $4,994,815 Ronald Arthur Lehman JR PROFESSOR OF SURGERY $3,561,642 David N Silvers CLINICAL PROFESSOR $3,364,639 Emile Bacha Professor of Surgery $3,293,052 Craig Smith PROFESSOR OF SURGERY $3,204,119 Kim Lew CEO OF IMC $2,983,339 Amelia Alverson EXEC VP – UNIV DVLP&ALUM RLTS $1,715,414 Anil Rustgi INT EVP SCI (THROUGH 2/28/22) $1,712,502 Katrina Armstrong EVP HEALTH SCIENCES $1,331,361 Gerald M Rosberg SENIOR EXEC VICE PRESIDENT $1,083,372 Mary Boyce PROVOST (THROUGH 6/30/23) $1,018,651 Jane E Booth Chf Legal Off (As of 1/1/23) $1,013,891 Anne R Sullivan EXECUTIVE VP FOR FINANCE & IT $978,554 Amy Hungerford EXEC VP-A&S $964,041 David Greenberg EXEC VP FACILITIES $693,708 Felice Rosan GENERAL COUNSEL (AS OF 1/1/23) $615,250 Jerome Davis SECRETARY $547,514
More + Less – Grant Activity Grants Received Grants Given
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $4,428,723,255 Number of Grants: 21,975 Number of Funders: 3,758 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $47,241,007 2020 The Pindaros Foundation Inc To further donee's exempt purpose $41,620,616 2024 The Marianthi Foundation Inc C/o Cbiz Advisors LLC TO FURTHER DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE $23,502,666 2021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $16,273,273 2024 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $14,873,160 2023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $10,093,450 2022 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc EDUCATION $9,364,151 2020 National Institutes of Health Clinical and translational science award $9,164,270 2021 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $9,146,035 2023 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $9,000,000 2022 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation FOR THE CENTER FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY $8,403,692 2023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. EDUCATION $8,333,333 2024 The David Geffen Foundation GENERAL SUPPORT $8,333,333 2021 The David Geffen Foundation GENERAL SUPPORT $8,144,217 2022 Alfred I Dupont Radio Awards Foundation Dtd GENERAL $7,123,593 2020 National Philanthropic Trust Education $6,997,558 2023 Srcco UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR/TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY $6,980,176 2024 Srcco University Research $6,881,731 2022 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $6,789,445 2023 Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MEETING TARGETS AND MAINTAINING EPIDEMIC CONTROL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT $6,440,760 2022 Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MEETING TARGETS AND MAINTAINING EPIDEMIC CONTROL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT $6,301,820 2024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. EDUCATION $6,000,000 2021 The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust Endowment of Cardiology Department $5,985,810 2022 Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Fund Inc PROFESSORSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, RESEARCH $5,980,939 2020 National Institutes of Health Metformin in alzheimer's dementia prevention (map) $5,500,000 2023 The New York Community Trust for Columbia Climate School.
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $906,841,556 Number of Grants: 3,006 Number of Recipients: 936 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $13,132,926 2023 Columbia University Health Care Inc Capital Contribution $11,564,712 2020 Columbia University Health Care Inc Capital Contr $7,858,784 2023 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Research $7,192,723 2023 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa Recipients Edu/Research $6,946,549 2020 Anonymous Recipient Edu/Research $6,274,388 2022 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Research $6,240,451 2020 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Research $6,239,842 2021 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Research $5,754,105 2022 Columbia University Health Care Inc CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION $4,840,599 2022 Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. Research $4,690,885 2021 Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc Research $4,222,609 2020 Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc Program Services $4,204,192 2023 Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc Research $3,674,023 2022 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Research $3,231,924 2021 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa Recipients Edu/Research $3,202,869 2021 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Research $2,922,702 2023 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa Recipients Edu/Research $2,816,735 2023 Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Capital Contribution $2,802,088 2023 University of Colorado Denver Research $2,792,971 2023 New York Genome Center Inc Research $2,742,465 2023 University of California Berkeley Foundation Research $2,733,638 2022 Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION $2,718,392 2020 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Research $2,682,717 2023 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – Institute for Lab Animal Research Research $2,666,144 2023 Johns Hopkins University School Of Research
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