George Washington University

George Washington University is a private research university in Washington, D.C.

At-A-Glance

Website: www.gwu.edu
Location:

Washington, D.C.

Location: Washington, DC View on map
Tax ID: 53-0196584
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $5,460,399,051 Revenue: $2,041,697,367 Expenses: $2,032,943,695

George Washington University is a private research university in Washington, D.C.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $5,460,399,051 $2,041,697,367 $2,032,943,695 View
2024 $5,137,206,610 $1,912,174,697 $1,871,220,964
2023 $4,984,564,537 $1,803,011,076 $1,749,076,031 View
2022 $4,854,587,342 $1,730,337,567 $1,665,300,765 View
2021 $5,052,548,646 $1,577,044,473 $1,529,825,645 View
2020 $4,920,138,728 $1,667,611,791 $1,698,549,530 View
2019 $4,563,094,483 $1,665,636,831 $1,679,146,901 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 15227

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Ellen GranbergPresident – Ex Officio$1,907,439
Shahram SarkaniDirector and Professor of EMSE$1,565,458
Barbara Lee BassVP for Health Affairs and Dean of SMHS$1,501,840
Christopher BraceyProvost and EVP for Academic Affairs$1,078,297
Bruno FernandesExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$1,068,130
Julie BaumanGW Cancer Center$1,027,218
Christian CaputoMens' Basketball Coach$997,424
Thomas A MazzuchiChair, Dept. of Engineering$877,041
Donna ArbideVP for Development and Alumni Relations$828,706
Charles BarberVP and General Counsel$823,344
Lynn GoldmanDean, Milken Institute School of Public Health$688,022
Paul J WahlbeckDean, CCAS$603,814
Scott MorySenior VP & Chief of Staff$505,672
Jonathan PostVice President for Board Relations and Secretary of the University$363,005

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $191,167,508
  • Number of Grants: 1,389
  • Number of Funders: 584

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$9,368,9532022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$7,384,6772023 National Gallery of ArtRenovations and to support the creative interdisiplinary innovation in the arts and design
$7,000,0002021 RCHN Community Health FoundationGEIGER GIBSON PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY HEALTH POLICY AT MILKEN INSTITUTE SPH
$3,656,0152022 Family Health International IncHIV/ AIDS PREVENTION
$2,400,0002024 The William and Flora Hewlett Foundationfor a series of forums on civic teaching as a core principle in education
$2,224,0542021 Family Health International IncHIV/ AIDS PREVENTION
$2,000,0002020 Clark Charitable Foundation Inc DBA a James & Alice B Clark FoundationCLARK SCHOLARS PROGRAM
$1,995,2582023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$1,884,0872024 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$1,423,3082020 Family Health International IncHIV RELATED RESEARCH
$1,275,0002023 The Chicago Community Trustsupport for the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center's work in reducing antibiotic use in food animal production by educating and mobilizing prominent purchasers of meat and poultry products; creating a network of influencers; ensuring credible verification for the "Raised without Antibiotics" label; and ensuring project goals and strategies are supported and amplified by existing campaigns and allies, Epilepsy Research Fund, Fund #SM463, support for The George Washington University Dr. Robert M Entman Award in Democracy and Political Communication (EC447)
$1,200,0002024 East Bay Community FoundationHEALTH HOUSING & JUSTICE: MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
$1,178,0002025 John Templeton FoundationRegulatory policy has never been more prominent and important in American governance. We will execute a series of projects in two general categories: (i) laying the groundwork for addressing emerging regulatory issues and (ii) improving public education and information. For the first category, the project will include the writing of papers and hosting of research roundtables to focus the best academic minds on timely applied emerging topics-alternatives to traditional regulation for rapidly evolving technologies and business models, and a positive vision for the realignment of longstanding legal doctrines that promise to disrupt executive agencies' entrenched procedures. The results will not only be published in academic journals, but shared in public forums aimed at policy officials, practitioners, and the media. We also will submit at least 20 substantive comments to improve regulatory proposals before they are finalized. The second category addresses the challenge that those responsible for making policy may not understand history or regulatory impacts. We will offer policy officials and practitioners education sessions to help them better understand regulatory process, agency decision-making, effective regulatory commenting, cost-benefit analysis, and relevant legal doctrines. We will update, enhance and expand access to our widely-cited repository of regulatory statistics which provide media, policy officials and academics insights into regulatory activity and trends. We also will digitize and create a web presence for the unique regulatory records, information, and data we have collected dating back to the Nixon administration, which will serve as valuable resources for researchers and practitioners. We also propose to update Regulation: A Primer, a short, accessible overview of federal regulation, covering theory, policy, analysis, and practice
$1,103,0422023 Animal Legal Defense FundANIMAL PROTECTION
$1,102,0772021 Israel Education Resource Center IncSUPPORT OF GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ISRAEL EDUCATION
$1,101,1002020 International Brotherhood of TeamstersFINANCIAL SUPPORT
$1,100,0002020 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Supplemental Benefits TrFINANCIAL SUPPORT
$1,095,0352021 Robert Wood Johnson FoundationTo develop, test, and promote effective narratives that demonstrate how structural racism amplifies the health harms of climate change and that help empower collective action.
$1,090,6002023 National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION
$1,083,0882022 Israel Education Resource Center IncSUPPORT OF GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ISRAEL EDUCATION
$1,020,6842022 IAVIRESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
$1,000,2502025 The Chicago Community TrustGeneral support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$1,000,0002020 The Chicago Community TrustGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$938,5812023 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$917,5392023 INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INCEDUCATION EXCHANGE

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $550,453,689
  • Number of Grants: 1,748
  • Number of Recipients: 538

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$3,989,0002022 Medical Faculty Associates Incsubaward
$3,925,0002023 Medical Faculty Associates Incsubaward
$3,529,0002021 Regents of the University of Minnesotasubaward
$3,526,0002024 Medical Faculty Associates IncSUBAWARD
$3,418,1332025 Medical Faculty Associates IncSUBAWARD
$3,250,0002020 Medical Faculty Associates IncSubaward
$3,240,0002021 Medical Faculty Associates Incsubaward
$2,783,0002020 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkSubaward
$2,227,0002021 Mass General Brigham Incorporatedsubaward
$2,222,0002023 Whitman-Walker Institute Incsubaward
$2,178,1622025 Whitman-Walker Institute IncSUBAWARD
$2,141,9632024 Whitman-Walker Institute IncSUBAWARD
$2,114,0002021 University of Texassubaward
$2,018,0002021 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYsubaward
$1,987,0002022 Regents of the University of Minnesotasubaward
$1,941,0002022 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New Yorksubaward
$1,899,0002021 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New Yorksubaward
$1,818,5842025 Northwestern UniversitySUBAWARD
$1,660,6622025 Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoSUBAWARD
$1,620,0002022 University of North Carolinasubaward
$1,603,8042024 Emory UniversitySUBAWARD
$1,567,0002021 University of Alabama at Birminghamsubaward
$1,529,0002020 Kaiser Foundation Research InstituteSubaward
$1,525,0002020 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYSubaward
$1,515,1642024 Northwestern UniversitySUBAWARD