Stanford University got $1.63 billion in donations in 2015, more than any other U.S. college, according to a report from the Council for Aid to Education.
The stunning number includes $622 million worth of art given to the university in the last fiscal year, $801.6 million in cash donations, and $201.1 million for the support of the university’s two hospitals.
Harvard University, which raised $1.05 billion in gifts, ranked second, and was the only other university to raise more than a billion in a single year.
The report showed that U.S. universities raised $40.30 billion in 2015, up 7.6% from the year before and the largest amount on record.
But the report also revealed great differences between donations to individual universities. More than a quarter of the total — $11.6 billion — went to a small group of 20 mostly private universities.
Financial gifts from alumni made up a quarter of the overall amount. Roughly 15% came from corporations, the report showed.
Eight gifts to four of the universities exceeded $100 million in 2015 — more than all of the money raised by the 490 institutions with the smallest donations, combined.
Here is the top 10:
1. Stanford University: $1.63 billion
2. Harvard University: $1.05 billion
3. University of Southern California: $653.03 million
4. University of California-San Francisco: $608.58 million
5. Cornell University: $590.64 million
6. Johns Hopkins University: $582.68 million
7. Columbia University: $552.68 million
8. Princeton University: $549.84 million
9. Northwestern University: $536.83 million
10. University of Pennsylvania: $517.20 million
