Looked up Confucius Institute (newly designated Communist China Foreign Mission) in the 'Foreign gifts to Universities' database. Never would have guessed this one: The largest recipient of Confucius lucre is….University of Kentucky??? Apolgies in advance for crappy formatting.

University of Kentucky $5,746,510.00

University of California, Los Angeles $2,140,511.00

George Washington University $1,388,744.00

Arizona State University $1,171,370.00

Middle Tennessee State University $1,066,491.00

University of Michigan Ann Arbor $977,012.00

Xavier University of Louisiana $896,391.00

University of Texas at Dallas $883,615.00

George Mason University $635,101.00

Emory University $607,953.00

University of Akron (The) $392,822.00

University of Utah $212,526.00

University of Texas at San Antonio $89,355.00

(Huge database warning)

https://studentaid.gov/data-center/school/foreign-gifts