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    Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1873. It is named for Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and railroad magnate who gave it its initial $1 million endowment.

    EIN: 62-0476822vanderbilt.edu
    Chancellor
    Daniel Diermeier

    Key facts

    Founded
    1873source
    Endowment
    Grew from $6.9 billion to more than $10 billion since Diermeier's arrivalsource
    Chancellor
    Daniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt's ninth chancellor, stepped into the role in July 2020; contract extended until 2035source
    Total revenue, Form 990 for fiscal year ending June 2025
    $2,818,556,976source
    Total assets, Form 990 for fiscal year ending June 2025
    $14,819,492,400source

    WYDE coverage of Vanderbilt University

    WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Vanderbilt University, from Jul 23, 2026 to Jul 25, 2026. Vanderbilt University is a recipient in 2 stories. The most recent is Global hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals..

    WYDE Weekly

    Global hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals.

    WYDE Weekly: the UN's third straight drop in global hunger to 645 million, the AI Kill Switch and FRONTIER oversight bills, a judge's approval of Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement, a record 55,362 schools serving free meals, and a GAO finding of up to $521 billion in yearly federal fraud.

    Jul 25, 2026 · 7 min read · Recipient

    Philanthropy

    Jensen and Lori Huang Give Vanderbilt $75 Million for a New San Francisco Arts College

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Lori Huang gave Vanderbilt University $75 million to launch a San Francisco college of art, architecture and design, replacing the shuttered California College of the Arts.

    Jul 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Recipient

    Reported alongside Vanderbilt University

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