New Portal w/stats and data re: Foreign Contributions and contracts to US Universities. Total disclosed = $67.6B

Surprise! Qatar is the #1 contributor. Reminder, there are several colleges w/campuses IN Qatar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Qatar

Two random data sets:

Universities by Total Value of Transactions with Counterparties Located in Countries of Concern - top in the ALL category is '''Harvard : $610M'''

Funding of Universities from Foreign Entities on US Government Lists - Skolkovo Foundation tops the list: $51M

Data can be filtered by state.

https://www.foreignfundinghighered.gov/

From the Dept. of Ed: "Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. § 1011f), provides that institutions of higher education (IHEs) must file a disclosure report with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) whenever the institution is owned or controlled by a foreign source or receives a gift from or enters into a contract with a foreign source, the value of which is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source within a calendar year. "

https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2025-12-01/new-reporting-portal-reporting-foreign-gifts-and-contracts-under-section-117-higher-education-act-1965-implementation-planned-january-2026-and-reminder-january-reporting-deadline