University of Illinois

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U of I, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious campus in the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the second oldest public university in the state, second to Illinois State University. It is considered a Public Ivy and is a long-standing member of the Big Ten Conference.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$498,667 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.

covers through Q3 2012

  • 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 University of Illinois Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$700,000 Spent
Information

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 roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of University of Illinois

View all lobbying data for University of Illinois Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 230 dockets; Submitted to 25 dockets
Information

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 daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

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

Federal Spending

71 grants; 9 contracts
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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 Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

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
grant
 University Of Illinois 2012 National Institute Of Food And Agriculture Smith-Lever 3(b) and 3(c) Formula FY12 $9,497,167
grant
 University Of Illinois 2012 Energy, Department Of AN ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION OPTIONS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN-PHASE II $8,835,000
grant
 University Of Illinois 2011 Energy, Department Of AN ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION OPTIONS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN-PHASE II $6,707,000
grant
 University Of Illinois 2011 National Institute Of Food And Agriculture Smith-Lever 3(b) and 3(c) Formula $5,503,250
grant
 University Of Illinois 2012 National Institute Of Food And Agriculture Hatch Act of 1887 (Regular Research) Formula Funds, 2012-31100-06017 $5,434,451
grant
 University Of Illinois 2011 Student Financial Assistance Programs GRANT PROGRAM $4,589,025
grant
 University Of Illinois 2012 Energy, Department Of AN ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION OPTIONS IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN-PHASE II $4,400,000
grant
 University Of Illinois 2011 Education, Department Of READING FOR UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH INITIATIVE $3,954,898
grant
 University Of Illinois 2012 Education, Department Of READING FOR UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH INITIATIVE $3,953,254
grant
 University Of Illinois 2011 National Institute Of Food And Agriculture Smith-Lever 3(b) and 3(c) Formula Funds $3,934,751
View all grant & loan data for University of Illinois View all contract data for University of Illinois Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

276 people on 60 committees
Information

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.

covers through 2011

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

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 234 people on 33 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 18 people on 11 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 11 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 4 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle Department of Agriculture 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Energy 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Justice 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Education 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for University of Illinois