Four campuses of the University of California were among the top 20 public institutions, and three California universities were among the top 20 private nonprofit institutions, for the amount raised in private donations in the 2018 fiscal year. Together, the 40 institutions listed here raised more than 40 percent of the nearly $47 billion in voluntary support given to American colleges in that fiscal year.
Public institutions
| Rank | Institution | Amount raised |
| 1. | U. of California at Los Angeles | $786,650,878 |
| 2. | U. of California at San Francisco | $730,268,012 |
| 3. | U. of Washington | $711,063,379 |
| 4. | U. of Michigan (all campuses) | $490,035,112 |
| 5. | Ohio State U. | $436,973,769 |
| 6. | U. of California at Berkeley | $419,365,625 |
| 7. | Indiana U. (all campuses) | $408,461,793 |
| 8. | U. of Minnesota (all campuses) | $388,635,038 |
| 9. | U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $374,533,679 |
| 10. | U. of Texas at Austin | $357,949,721 |
| 11. | U. of Florida | $339,867,452 |
| 12. | U. of Colorado (all campuses) | $328,346,971 |
| 13. | Texas A&M U. at College Station | $305,656,502 |
| 14. | U. of California at San Diego | $280,001,960 |
| 15. | U. of Arizona | $277,938,236 |
| 16. | Pennsylvania State U. (all campuses) | $277,660,663 |
| 17. | U. of Virginia | $275,712,272 |
| 18. | U. of Wisconsin at Madison | $274,966,238 |
| 19. | U. of Utah | $234,015,542 |
| 20. | U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $233,315,831 |
| | Top 20 public institutions | $7,931,418,673 |
Private nonprofit institutions
| Rank | Institution | Amount raised |
| 1. | Harvard U. | $1,418,702,174 |
| 2. | Stanford U. | $1,097,060,553 |
| 3. | Columbia U. | $1,009,762,418 |
| 4. | Johns Hopkins U. | $723,599,227 |
| 5. | U. of Pennsylvania | $717,529,290 |
| 6. | U. of Southern California | $649,970,748 |
| 7. | Yale U. | $585,947,376 |
| 8. | U. of Chicago | $576,037,944 |
| 9. | Duke U. | $516,890,154 |
| 10. | Cornell U. | $507,295,262 |
| 11. | U. of Notre Dame | $502,771,320 |
| 12. | New York U. | $502,407,219 |
| 13. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $469,932,565 |
| 14. | Northwestern U. | $397,112,898 |
| 15. | Washington U. in St. Louis | $346,972,749 |
| 16. | Dartmouth College | $272,618,951 |
| 17. | Princeton U. | $269,924,465 |
| 18. | Emory U. | $252,223,373 |
| 19. | California Institute of Technology | $236,009,812 |
| 20. | Brown U. | $233,811,843 |
| | Top 20 private nonprofit institutions | $11,286,580,341 |
Note: Data on private giving are based on survey responses from 929 public and private nonprofit institutions, which raised nearly 80 percent of all private support to American higher-education institutions in the 2017-18 academic fiscal year. The survey tracked gifts that were received, not just pledged, during that fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2018, for most institutions. More data can be found here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to Ruth Hammond.
Sources: “Voluntary Support of Education, 2017-18,” Council for Advancement and Support of Education
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