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Top 25 University foundations based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 134 university foundations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,614 professional contacts across them, including 1,690 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.
This list covers university foundations headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
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The 25 largest university foundations based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 1,723 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1832, Lindenwood University is a place where potential meets purpose.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 328 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of Nebraska Foundation was created in 1936 by community leaders who wanted to create excellence at the University of Nebraska not solely possible through state…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 253 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We connect passion with possibility: The University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF) is a key partner with the University in building and sustaining excellence among students and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 244 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As the private fundraising organization for Oklahoma State University, the OSU Foundation exists to unite donor passions with university priorities to elevate the impact of OSU.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Mission: Advancing the University of Arizona by building relationships, securing philanthropic support and stewarding assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive of Northwestern University’s 12 schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The UMass Amherst Foundation (UMAF) helps the University realize its mission of access, affordability, and excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1950, the University of Montana Foundation has delivered on its mission to inspire philanthropic support to enhance excellence and opportunity at the University of Montana.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Mission & Who We Are The WSU Foundation builds on the enthusiasm, pride and loyalty of the Cougar family to grow philanthropic relationships, broaden the base of alumni and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of the UVM Foundation is to secure and manage private support for the benefit of the University of Vermont.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1951, the Ball State Foundation started off with just a handful of members and few thousand dollars to invest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We offer a range of study options for international students, including foundation years, undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Penn State Beaver offers the benefits of a world-class education in a close-knit setting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “While traditionally run as separate entities, the Washburn University Foundation and Washburn University Alumni Association have always shared common goals: promoting the Washburn…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of Oregon Foundation is a nonprofit corporation responsible for administering private gifts made to further the University's mission.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Medical College of Virginia Foundation was established in 1949 to inspire and steward philanthropy that supports VCU's five health sciences schools (Allied Health Professions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “It is the mission of the Georgia Tech Foundation, its Board of Trustees, officers and staff to foster and manage gifts given in support of academic excellence in the spirit and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Arts and Sciences Foundation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill exists to raise philanthropic support for the highest development priorities of the College of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since its founding in 1950, the University of Massachusetts Foundation has been dedicated to promoting the growth, progress, and general welfare of the University of Massachusetts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of Idaho Foundation supports the University of Idaho’s tradition of excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The NFA Foundation, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Institute connects Ave Maria University to the marketplace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The University of Virginia Foundation supports the University of Virginia in its efforts to maintain the distinction of being one of the top public universities in the nation by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Tower Foundation was established to encourage connections between alumni, donors and the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The 501(c)(3) charitable arm of Phi Kappa Psi, the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation was established in 1914 to foster the development of leaders and promote academic excellence in higher…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: university foundations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names university foundations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of university foundations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name university foundations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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University foundations based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 134 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among university foundations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “university foundations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names university foundations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among university foundations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,690 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names university foundations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many university foundations are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 134 university foundations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Lindenwood University, headquartered in St. Charles, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most university foundations?
Chicago leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Kingston (3) and Atlanta (2).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,690 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 134 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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