Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private university located primarily in Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern has twelve undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools and colleges offering 123 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$117,167 Given
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

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  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Northwestern University Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$422,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of Northwestern University

View all lobbying data for Northwestern University Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

26 Mentions; 3 Submissions
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

The tables show occurrences of "Northwestern University" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Documents Submitted by the Organization
    • Submissions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 2 HHS Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators 2011
    • Toggle 1 HHSIG Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts 2011
    • Toggle 1 FDA Food Labeling; Calorie Labeling of Articles of Food in Vending Machines 2011
  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 4 EPA Phosphorus Water Quality Standards for Florida Everglades 2011
    • Toggle 3 FDA Citizens Petition-Investigation of Edwards Lifesciences, Northwestern University IRB, and Dr. Patrick McCathy 2011
    • Toggle 3 HHS Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators 2011
    • Toggle 2 CDC Draft Action Plan – A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial- Resistance 2011
    • Toggle 1 FDA Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 2011
    • Toggle 1 EPA Deferral of Application of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Programs to CO2 emissions from Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources 2011
    • Toggle 1 FDA Food Safety and Inspection Service 2011
    • Toggle 1 DOJ National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape 2011
    • Toggle 1 FDA Refrain from Approving Any Abbreviated New Drug Application for Which Dovonex® Cream (calcipotriene 0.005%) is The Reference Listed Drug Until Certain Conditions Are Satisfied 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife for the Gray Wolf ( Canis lupus ) in the Eastern United States 2011

Federal Spending

43 grants; 6 contracts; 571 loans
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's March 1, 2012 release

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
loan
 Northwestern University 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $186,582,931
View all grant & loan data for Northwestern University View all contract data for Northwestern University Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

114 people on 42 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

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Table shows employees of "Northwestern University" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 91 people on 24 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 11 people on 10 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 3 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 3 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Veterans Affairs 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Energy 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Commodity Futures Trading Commission 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Office of Science and Technology Policy 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Northwestern University