opeid int64 131k 3.81M | school_name stringlengths 17 43 | state stringclasses 10
values | transaction_type stringclasses 3
values | foreign_government_source stringclasses 2
values | attribution_country stringlengths 4 20 | amount float64 5.02k 56.6M | receipt_date stringdate 2024-12-31 00:00:00 2049-08-07 00:00:00 | contract_start_date stringdate 2004-06-01 00:00:00 2017-09-15 00:00:00 ⌀ | contract_end_date stringdate 2020-05-31 00:00:00 2026-06-30 00:00:00 ⌀ | restricted_transaction_foreign_government_legal_name stringclasses 4
values | restricted_transaction_foreign_government_name stringclasses 4
values | restricted_transaction_description stringclasses 4
values | institution_owned_by_foreign_source stringclasses 1
value | foreign_source_owner_name float64 | foreign_source_ownership_date float64 | changes_due_to_foreign_source_owner float64 | legacy bool 2
classes | receipt_year int64 2.02k 2.05k | country_of_concern bool 2
classes | ontology_oid stringclasses 7
values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
177,500 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | IL | Contract | null | SINGAPORE | 5,019 | 2049-08-07 | 2017-09-15 | 2020-08-15 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | true | 2,049 | false | null |
177,500 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | IL | Contract | null | MALAYSIA | 98,945 | 2049-03-07 | 2004-06-01 | 2020-05-31 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | true | 2,049 | false | null |
131,900 | University of California, San Francisco | CA | Restricted Gift | No | FRANCE | 190,000 | 2027-06-30 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,027 | false | org:UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO |
274,200 | Juilliard School (The) | NY | Contract | null | CHINA | 56,580,000 | 2026-06-30 | 2014-07-01 | 2026-06-30 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | true | 2,026 | true | org:JUILLIARD SCHOOL |
274,200 | Juilliard School (The) | NY | Contract | null | CHINA | 56,580,000 | 2026-06-30 | 2014-07-01 | 2026-06-30 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | true | 2,026 | true | org:JUILLIARD SCHOOL |
274,200 | Juilliard School (The) | NY | Contract | null | CHINA | 11,316,000 | 2026-06-30 | 2014-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | true | 2,026 | true | org:JUILLIARD SCHOOL |
488,200 | Oregon Health & Science University | OR | Gift | No | THAILAND | 84,000 | 2025-12-01 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,025 | false | null |
173,900 | Northwestern University | IL | Gift | No | HONG KONG | 25,000 | 2025-08-05 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,025 | true | null |
1,014,900 | Pepperdine University | CA | Gift | Yes | SWITZERLAND | 1,243,087 | 2025-01-25 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,025 | false | org:PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY |
3,814,400 | Soka University of America | CA | Gift | No | SOUTH KOREA | 500,000 | 2025-01-09 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,025 | false | null |
727,900 | Hawaii Pacific University | HI | Gift | Yes | INDONESIA | 425,000 | 2025-01-02 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,025 | false | org:HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY |
177,400 | University of Chicago (The) | IL | Gift | No | UNITED KINGDOM | 4,243,603 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | org:UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO |
146,900 | Florida Institute of Technology | FL | Gift | Yes | SAUDI ARABIA | 4,040,075 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | org:FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
177,400 | University of Chicago (The) | IL | Gift | No | RUSSIA | 1,500,000 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | true | org:UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO |
173,900 | Northwestern University | IL | Gift | No | CHINA | 1,000,000 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | true | null |
313,100 | University of Toledo | OH | Restricted Gift | Yes | SAUDI ARABIA | 814,925 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission | Saudi Arabia | Tuition payment for Saudi students | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
252,000 | Washington University in St. Louis | MO | Restricted Gift | No | HONG KONG | 775,000 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | Will provide support for the International Leaders Program, administered by the George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy. The International Leaders Program will provide leadership coaching for international students enrolled at Washington University. | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | true | org:WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS |
325,600 | Drexel University | PA | Restricted Gift | Yes | SAUDI ARABIA | 685,118 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | Tuition payments for multiple students during reporting period | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
146,900 | Florida Institute of Technology | FL | Gift | Yes | OMAN | 635,985 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | org:FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
270,700 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | Gift | No | HONG KONG | 550,000 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | true | null |
325,600 | Drexel University | PA | Restricted Gift | Yes | KUWAIT | 547,981 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | Embassy of the State of Kuwait | Kuwait | Tuition payments for multiple students during reporting period | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
131,200 | University of California, Berkeley | CA | Gift | No | DENMARK | 484,101 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
313,100 | University of Toledo | OH | Restricted Gift | Yes | OMAN | 401,638 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | Oman Embassy | Oman | Tuition payments for Oman students. | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
207,700 | Johns Hopkins University | MD | Gift | Yes | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 322,920 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
270,700 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | Gift | No | PAKISTAN | 299,950 | 2024-12-31 | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | false | 2,024 | false | null |
University Foreign Gift Ledger: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
117,152 foreign gifts and contracts worth $62.4B that 535 US colleges reported under Section 117, by institution, country and type.
Headline: Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires colleges to report foreign gifts and contracts of $250,000 or more a year.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 117,152 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/section117-foreign-gifts/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_state.csv |
row counts and totals by state across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by state (largest groups)
| State | rows | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 25,960 | 8,738,351,402 |
| TX | 11,562 | 3,793,786,155 |
| MA | 10,624 | 8,483,228,911 |
| NY | 9,136 | 7,197,564,573 |
| AL | 8,115 | 298,427,856 |
| PA | 5,150 | 6,763,508,034 |
| DC | 4,139 | 1,905,679,877 |
| MD | 3,740 | 1,730,810,905 |
| IL | 3,619 | 2,874,632,869 |
| CO | 3,070 | 1,494,905,422 |
| MI | 2,929 | 1,247,961,844 |
| OH | 2,553 | 1,055,629,261 |
| TOTAL | 117,152 | 62,400,473,316 |
Full table: summary_by_state.csv.
What the full file has
- 117,152 rows
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: Every Section 117 report the Department has made public, legacy system and the 2020+ portal. Department file through Feb 28, 2025 (latest posted); built 2026-11-06.
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Ledger file | $295 | The complete Section 117 ledger with flags and ontology IDs (CSV and Parquet). |
| Institution report | $950 | The ledger plus a peer benchmark for one institution: its transactions against 10 chosen peers by country, type and year. |
| Research security license | $3,000 a year | Ledger updates whenever the Department posts a new file, peer benchmarks for up to 25 institutions, and the ontology joins to federal awards and subawards. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/section117-foreign-gifts/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Sources
- US Department of Education, Section 117 Foreign Gift and Contract public records, complete file through Feb 28, 2025 (the latest the Department has posted as of Nov 2026)
- Tensorust Ontology organizations
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/section117-foreign-gifts/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com
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