Harvard University
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In today's data
- Harvard University has the most founders of tracked companies on record as alumni: 252 founders of 304 companies — Wikidata records both the founder (P112) and the school (P69); a link to the school, not to the company · 26 tracked universities with at least one (Wikidata, 6 Nov 2026)
- Harvard University: $245M in grants in tax year 2024, +65% on 2023 — 337 grants · $149M in 2023 (IRS Form 990 / 990-PF, 30 Dec 2024)
- The followed universities' endowments held $356B at the end of tax year 2024, +7.8% on 2023 — 17 universities with returns for both years · the largest is Harvard University ($55.4B) · Form 990 Schedule D, the year-end endowment (IRS Form 990 / 990-PF, 30 Dec 2024)
- Harvard University endowment: $53.2B at the end of fiscal 2024, +4.9% on a year earlier — $50.7B in fiscal 2023 · largest of 27 tracked universities reporting fiscal 2024 (IPEDS institution surveys, 29 Jun 2024)
- Harvard University and Princeton University had the highest six-year graduation rate of the tracked universities: 98.0% (2023) — Harvard University +1.0 points on 2022 · highest of 26 tracked universities reporting 2023 (IPEDS institution surveys, 30 Dec 2023)
Charities
- RAND Corporation (Grant, since 2024)
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (Grant, since 2024)
- New America (Grant, since 2024)
- Bifrost Biosystems Inc (Grant, since 2024)
- Brigham and Women'S Hospital Inc (Grant, since 2024)
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Grant, since 2024)
- Assoc Phys Harv Med Phys at Bidmc (Grant, since 2024)
- Greater Kansas City Community Fdn (Grant, since 2024)
Affiliated people
- Jianfei Yang (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- Prem Natarajan (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- Edgar Dobriban (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- Peter Stone (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- Aleksandra Przegalińska (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- David C. Parkes (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- Bart van Merriënboer (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
- Tom Pollard (Affiliation named on papers, since 2026)
Alumni
- Ethan Mollick (Educated at, since 1993)
- Kentaro Toyama (Educated at, since 1987)
- Jeffrey S. Rosenschein (Educated at, since 1975)
- Marvin Minsky (Educated at, since 1946)
- Keith J. Krach (Studied at)
- Edward Gaylord (Studied at)
- Gérard Lignac (Studied at)
- Harald Mix (Studied at)
Employees
- Sham Kakade (Employee, since 2022)
- David Anthony Bau (Postdoctoral researcher, since 2021)
- Dominik Peters (Postdoctoral researcher, since 2020)
- Marinka Žitnik (Employee, since 2019)
- Katie Bouman (Employee, since 2018)
- Matthias Degroote (Employee, since 2018)
- Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis (Employee, since 2017)
- David Cox (Associate professor, since 2017)
Court cases
- Mejia v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Defendant, since 2026)
- Lilienthal v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Defendant, since 2026)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Harvard University (Defendant, since 2026)
- In Re Application for Order Enforcing a Subpoena (since 2026)
- United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (since 2026)
- Liang v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Defendant, since 2026)
- Gao v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Defendant, since 2026)
- United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (Defendant, since 2026)
Research partners
- Icarus Quantum Inc (STTR research partner, since 2023)
- Perceptronics Solutions, Inc (STTR research partner, since 2022)
- Magiq Technologies, Inc. (STTR research partner, since 2022)
- General Biologics, Inc. (STTR research partner, since 2021)
- American Nanotechnologies Inc (STTR research partner, since 2021)
- Freedom Photonics LLC (STTR research partner, since 2020)
- Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (STTR research partner, since 2020)
- Photonic Systems, Inc. (STTR research partner, since 2020)
Linked
- JPMorgan Chase Foundation (Grant, since 2025)
- Brookings Institution (Grant, since 2024)
- Urban Institute (Grant, since 2024)
- Mercatus Center (Grant, since 2024)
- Aspen Institute (Grant, since 2024)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant, since 2024)
- Simons Foundation (Grant, since 2024)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Grant, since 2024)
Subsidiaries
- Harvard College Observatory (Operated by (Wikidata P137))
- Center for Systems Biology
- Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
- Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Society of Fellows, Harvard University
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Board members
- David M. Rubenstein (Board member)
- Kenneth I. Chenault (Board member)
- Shirley M. Tilghman (Board member)
- Penny S. Pritzker (Board member)
- Timothy R. Barakett (Board member)
- Karen Gordon Mills (Board member)
- Robert E. Rubin (Board member)
Owns
- Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
Contracts with
- United States federal government (Federal grants and contracts revenue, since 2023)
Located in
- Cambridge