Grants for medical practice research organizations

511 medical discipline research centers received at least $6.0 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,367 grants made from 999 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 999 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to medical institutes, and 2% made grants to four or more medical institutes. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$6,047,146,006
Total grant dollars given to medical practice research organizations
1,367
Number of grants made annually to medical practice research organizations
999
Number of grantmakers funding medical practice research organizations
$1,000
Median grant size to medical practice research organizations

Foundations that support medical discipline research centers

Out of all grants made to medical practice research organizations, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 95% of the dollar-value of grants to medical institutes. Foundations funding medical institutes also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, cancer organizations, specialty hospitals, colleges, and food banks.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
785
Medium
 
90
Large
 
123
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type Number of grantmakers
Community
 
21
Private
 
842
Corporate
 
51
Other
 
85

Grants made

Grants made to medical institutes Number of grantmakers
1
 
882
2-3
 
97
4-10
 
10
11+
 
10

Top 10 foundations supporting medical discipline research centers

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to medical institutes Number of grants made to medical institutes Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation IL National 0.2% 62 $304
JP Morgan Chase Foundation NY National 0.0% 31 $518
Shell Oil Company Foundation TX National 0.1% 22 $400
Salesforce Com Foundation CA National 0.0% 20 $75
Chubb Charitable Foundation PA National 0.1% 18 $100
Charity Partners Foundation MA National 0.4% 15 $14
Baird Foundation WI National 0.3% 13 $100
Synchrony Foundation CT National 0.0% 13 $150
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation WA National 2.8% 12 $5,474,968
Baxter IL National 0.0% 11 $75

Medical discipline research centers grantees

Medical practice research organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 69% of all medical institutes.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
1,293
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
74

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$1,000
$100k-$500k
 
$1,000
$500k-$1M
 
$1,000
$1M-$5M
 
$1,000
>$5M
 
$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
New York
 
414
Massachusetts
 
177
Illinois
 
143
California
 
123
Other
 
510

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
New York City
 
412
Boston
 
177
Washington DC
 
151
Chicago
 
143
Other
 
460

Top 25 grants made to medical practice research organizations

Grantee Grant size Purpose Grantmaker
Mayo Clinic $4,703,968,040 Gaap Mayo Clinic
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope (BRI) $349,931,002 See Part Iv City of Hope
The Broad Institute $110,000,000 Sci & Med Research - To Support Biomedical and Genomic Research The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine $60,000,000 Operating Subsidies Montefiore Medical Center
Ub Foundation Activities $55,783,380 Accrual University at Buffalo Foundation
Ub Foundation Activities $55,783,380 Education Support University at Buffalo Foundation
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub $54,425,000 Medical Research Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute $52,665,622 Discovery and Translational Sciences; Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; Malaria; MNCH Discovery and Tools; Research and Learning Opportunities; Tuberculosis Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mayo Clinic $41,934,093 Gaap Mayo Clinic
Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers- Capitol Area $34,500,000 General Support Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers- Capitol Area $34,500,000 Gaap Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White Medical Centers- Capitol Area $34,500,000 Gaap Baylor Scott & White Health
Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital $32,932,307 To Support Various Research Initiatives Nationwide Children's Hospital
The Translational Genomics Research Institute $26,636,923 See Part Iv City of Hope
MMV Medicines for Malaria Venture North America $20,000,000 Malaria Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation $17,660,067 Cash American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Diabetes Association Research Foundation $17,660,067 Research American Diabetes Association (ADA)
MMV Medicines for Malaria Venture North America $14,000,000 Malaria Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital $13,944,614 To Support Various Research Initiatives Nationwide Children's Hospital
Frontier Science Foundation $13,392,814 Research Sub-Award Harvard University
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research $13,174,869 General Support Northwell Health Foundation
Scripps Research Institute $10,000,000 Discovery and Translational Sciences Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Technion Society $10,000,000 Construction of Facilities, Recruitment and Research Projects The Helen Diller Foundation
The Broad Institute $10,000,000 Starr Cancer Consortium Starr Foundation
Loma Linda University Health $10,000,000 Vision 2020 for Hospital Expansion Troesh Family Foundation
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Medical practice research organizations" category for this page is determined by the "H90: Medical Specialty Research" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.