Public Charity

Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education

Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education, of Princeton, NJ, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.0M in revenue, $5.7M in expenses, $7.2M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 105 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $37.0M.

EIN: 461439784 Princeton, NJ Private Independent Foundations NTEE: T22 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.0M
Total Expenses$5.7M
Total Assets$7.2M
Grants Given105
Grant Total$37.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 2012 AS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN, GRANT-MAKING ORGANIZATION, THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, INC ("FEHE") FUNDS AND ADVISES PROGRAMS AT ELITE UNIVERSITIES WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULTURAL LEADERS ARE FORMED. WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION OF ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL RENEWAL BY BUILDING INTERNAL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY EXTERNAL INSTITUTES, FORMING EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IN CHARACTER AND VIRTUE THROUGH CLOSE MENTORSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL FRIENDSHIP, NETWORKING THESE STUDENTS WITH SELECT FACULTY, INDUSTRY LEADERS, AND WITH EACH OTHER, AND MULTIPLYING THEIR IMPACT ACROSS INDUSTRIES, GEOGRAPHIES, AND GENERATIONS.

Where $100 goes at Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education

How Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$96 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $96 for programs

$96
In the 2024-25 academic year, FEHE's network sponsored 85 for-credit courses for almost 3,500 students, and hosted over 1,650 seminars, lectures, and conferences for about 40,000 attendees
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,500 students; 40,000 attendees; 140,000 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education

Preselected only Doesn't accept unsolicited requests for funds, per its 2020 Form 990-PF.

Rarely funds new orgs 10% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2023–2025).

Who to contact, what to include, deadlines, typical grant size and geographic focus are available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Boyd Smith
SECRETARY Donald Readlinger
CHAIRMAN Francis Hager
trustee (term 02/26//2025) G David Bednar
ASST. TREASURER John Doherty
TRUSTEE Keith Fullenweider

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$28,142,051 91 grants
Education
$6,316,604 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,638,500 2 grants
Training & Professional Development
$666,550 2 grants
Unspecified
$240,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.0M $5.7M $7.2M
2024 $7.3M $9.8M $11.7M
2023 $7.9M $10.3M $13.3M
2022 $12.6M $8.9M $14.4M
2020 $6.0M $10.7M $8.6M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $6.0M to $5.0M (-16%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, CT, DE, IL, MA, MD, and 4 other states.

CACTDEILMAMDNCNJNYPA

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