Brandeis University

About Brandeis University

A defining feature of Brandeis University’s grantmaking is its focus on research, with large awards reaching universities, hospitals, and policy research organizations. The biggest recent grant in the data is $646,969 to President and Fellows of Harvard College for research, followed by $601,841 to the same institution in 2024. Other large research awards went to the Regents of the University of California, New York University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and NORC, showing a portfolio that moves across academic, medical, and social-science settings. The foundation’s stated focus areas include higher education, arts and culture, museum exhibitions and collections, research, and student financial aid and fellowships. Its topic taxonomy adds social policy, public health, Middle East studies, and humanitarian and social services research. Beneficiaries include college and graduate students, academic researchers and scholars, policy practitioners, government agencies, humanitarian and social service organizations, and public health professionals. The existing summary for Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum also points to a values-based orientation: community, experimentation, new knowledge, freedom of expression, global diversity, and social justice. That combination helps explain why many of the largest awards in the file support research rather than direct service delivery.

What Brandeis University Funds

In higher education and research, Brandeis University supported a broad set of institutions, including $298,380 to the Regents of the University of Michigan for research and $268,516 to Trustees of Tufts College for research. Those awards fit a pattern of funding scholars and academic centers across multiple universities rather than concentrating on one campus. Public health appears as another clear thread. The foundation gave $149,173 to Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc for research, $132,224 to Comagine Health for research, and $104,391 to Oregon Health & Science University for research. These grants show support for applied work tied to health systems and recovery. Social policy and humanitarian or social services research also show up in the portfolio. One example is $100,868 to Kennell and Associates Inc for research, alongside $83,137 to Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc for research. The topic mix suggests the foundation uses research grants to inform practice in policy, health, and service settings.

How Brandeis University Gives