University Finances


A Reluctant Fight: Inside Harvard’s War With Washington

At a campus now used to crisis, Garber’s words found their mark, not for what he said, but for what he seemed to represent: control, clarity, and a kind of reluctant bravery. After trying backchannel conversations with White House officials, a letter — apparently sent by mistake — with unprecedented demands forced Garber’s hand.


Trump Administration Threatens To Pull Last of Harvard’s Federal Contracts

The Trump administration is prepared to direct federal agencies to cancel an estimated $100 million in remaining federal contracts with Harvard and seek alternative vendors, The New York Times reported Tuesday morning.


House Narrowly Passes GOP Tax Bill Targeting Harvard’s Endowment with 21 Percent Tax

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping Republican-backed tax and spending bill Thursday that would impose a 21 percent tax on Harvard’s endowment returns — the latest in a series of federal measures inflicting harsh financial penalties on the University.


Harvard FAS Announces New Funding Program for Research Impacted by Trump Cuts

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced a new program to fund senior and tenure-track FAS professors whose grants have been terminated by the Trump administration in a Friday message.


Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard

More than 100 Harvard researchers received termination notices for federally funded research projects on Thursday, as sweeping cuts to the majority of Harvard’s federal grants begin taking effect across the University’s labs.


Harvard Paid Claudine Gay $1.3 Million in 2023, Financial Disclosures Show

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay earned more than $1.3 million in 2023 — which spanned the end of her term as Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean and all six months of her short-lived presidency — according to the University’s annual tax disclosures.


HMC Backs Out of Big Tech, Increases Stakes in Microsoft and Booking at Beginning of 2025

Harvard Management Company pulled back on many of its recent tech investments during the first quarter of 2025 while significantly increasing its stakes in Microsoft and Booking Holdings in a major shakeup of its directly held public equities portfolio.


Trump Doubles Down on Threat to End Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

United States President Donald Trump wrote on Friday that he would pull Harvard’s tax-exempt status — his second social media vow to weaponize the Internal Revenue Service in the White House’s standoff with the University.


House Republicans Threaten To Subpoena Harvard in Antitrust Probe, Despite Extended Document Submission Deadline

The House Judiciary Committee is prepared to subpoena Harvard for allegedly failing to submit documents requested as part of an antitrust tuition collusion investigation launched earlier this month, according to a House staffer familiar with the plans.


HMC Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes

Harvard Management Company is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of private equity fund stakes, liquidating nearly 5 percent of its private equity portfolio amid mounting threats to the University’s finances by its critics in Washington.


Harvard Will Create Process To Centralize Protest Discipline Cases Under University President

Harvard will create a process for University President Alan M. Garber ’76 to call a faculty panel to investigate and impose penalties in cross-school disciplinary cases, Garber announced in a Thursday evening email to Harvard affiliates.


Harvard Asks Judge to Expedite Lawsuit Against Trump Admin, Declines to Request Emergency Injunction

Harvard asked a federal judge to fast-track its legal challenge against the Trump administration’s decision to freeze more than $2 billion in grants and contracts, calling for quick action to mitigate harm to research and academic projects.


Harvard Spends Record Amount on Lobbying in First Quarter of 2025 As It Fends Off Federal Threats

Harvard spent $230,000 on federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2025 — its highest quarterly total since George W. Bush’s presidency — as the University tries to fortify itself against attacks from Congress and the White House.


HSPH Asks Labs To Describe Funding Streams As It Braces for Financial Troubles

The Harvard School of Public Health is asking all research labs to describe their funding streams to determine how to allocate “scarce internal resources” in the wake of the Trump administration’s multibillion dollar cut to federal grants and contracts.


NIH Pauses Awards to Harvard, Other Schools With Frozen Funding

The National Institutes of Health has been instructed not to make grant payments to Harvard and other universities whose funds have been frozen, according to an internal email reported by several news outlets.


Hour by Hour: How Harvard’s Donations Surged After Garber Challenged Trump

Contributions to Harvard spiked after the University refused demands from the White House on Monday. Read an hour-by-hour breakdown, according to a giving update produced by Harvard’s fundraising office and obtained by the Crimson.


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