Grants for medical research organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to medical research organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,655 medical research organizations received at least $7.1 billion in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 5,074 grants made from 2,899 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 2,899 foundations, 78% made just a single grant to medical researchers, and 3% made grants to four or more medical researchers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$7,064,245,678

Total grant dollars given to medical research organizations

5,074

Number of grants made annually to medical research organizations

2,899

Number of grantmakers funding medical research organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to medical research organizations

Foundations that support medical research organizations

Out of all grants made to medical research organizations, 82% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 88% of the dollar-value of grants to medical researchers. Foundations funding medical researchers also made grants to cancer organizations, international humanitarian organizations, specialty hospitals, multiservice human service organizations, and colleges.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	2,379
Medium	271
Large	247

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	49
Private	2,490
Corporate	133
Other	227

Grants made

Grants made to medical researchers	Number of grantmakers
1	2,266
2-3	527
4-10	80
11+	26

Top 10 foundations supporting medical research organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to medical researchers	Number of grants made to medical researchers	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.5%	224	$250
Baxter	IL	National	0.4%	110	$51
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.6%	108	$100
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	102	$549
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.3%	90	$279
Baird Foundation	WI	National	1.2%	77	$125
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	60	$50
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	57	$1,000
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	1.4%	49	$20
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.1%	39	$150

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Medical research organizations grantees

Medical research organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all medical researchers.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	4,939
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	135

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	1,248
California	624
Illinois	448
Massachusetts	420
Other	2,334

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	1,288
Chicago	431
Los Angeles	408
Boston	401
Other	2,491

Top 25 grants made to medical 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
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	$323,593,000	FMV	Partners Healthcare System
The Broad Institute	$110,000,000	Sci & Med Research - To Support Biomedical and Genomic Research	The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy	$91,753,500	Health	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	$83,518,518	FMV	Partners Healthcare System
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
University of California San Francisco Foundation (UCSF)	$37,500,000	General Support	Gerson Bakar Foundation
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
Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF)	$32,507,200	Mental Health & Crisis Intervention	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Sante Health Foundation	$31,978,575	To Support Efforts To Recruit and Support Needed Specialists and Primary Care Physicians	Community Medical Centers
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN)	$29,902,718	FMV	American Cancer Society (ACS)
The Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)	$28,589,363	Research	Fox Chase Cancer Center
The Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)	$28,589,363	Actual Amount Received	Fox Chase Cancer Center
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
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	$18,627,395	TFR for Specific Uses	Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

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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 research organizations" category for this page is determined by the "H00: Medical Research: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.