Grants for public health programs

Name: Top 25 grants made to public health organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,130 public health organizations received at least $92.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 832 grants made from 639 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,702. Of these 639 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to public health orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more public health orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$92,092,499

Total grant dollars given to public health programs

832

Number of grants made annually to public health programs

639

Number of grantmakers funding public health programs

$1,702

Median grant size to public health programs

Foundations that support public health organizations

Out of all grants made to public health programs, 67% 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 public health orgs. Foundations funding public health orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, youth development programs, universities, community clinics, and international humanitarian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	433
Medium	86
Large	120

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	34
Private	472
Corporate	38
Other	95

Grants made

Grants made to public health orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	564
2-3	58
4-10	12
11+	5

Top 10 foundations supporting public health organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to public health orgs	Number of grants made to public health orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	20	$95
Liberty Hill Foundation	CA	Metro	0.2%	16	$850
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	12	$1,100
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	12	$454
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	8	$2,915
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	8	$390
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	WA	National	0.6%	6	$4,415,589
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	6	$3,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	6	$162

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Public health organizations grantees

Public health programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 86% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 26% of all public health orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	811
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	21

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,860
$100k-$500k	$1,700
$500k-$1M	$1,450
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$2,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	148
New York	100
Illinois	43
Texas	41
Other	500

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	91
Los Angeles	71
San Francisco	44
Washington DC	41
Other	524

Top 25 grants made to public health programs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Public Health Institute	$14,285,889	Research	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Jsi Research and Training Institute	$8,072,263	Delivery of Solutions To Improve Global Health; Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; Family Planning; Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis; Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health; MNCH Discovery and Tools; Pneumonia; Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jsi Research and Training Institute	$6,108,768	Delivery of Solutions To Improve Global Health; Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; Global Health and Development Public Awareness and Analysis; Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health; MNCH Discovery and Tools; Nutrition; Pneumonia; Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach	$4,876,118	FMV	Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach	$4,876,118	Operational Support	Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation
CDC Foundation / National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc	$4,725,475	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Thinkwell Institute	$4,105,704	Delivery of Solutions To Improve Global Health; Family Planning	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Primary School Lab	$3,926,000	Education	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
ChangeLab Solutions	$3,800,000	76365 Scaling Changelab Solutions' Reach To and Su	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Malaria Consortium	$3,564,835	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Muskegon Community Health Project	$3,521,720	Per Books	Mercy Health Partners
Muskegon Community Health Project	$3,521,720	Community Benefit	Mercy Health Partners
Last Mile Health	$3,000,000	International Development and Foreign Affairs	New Venture Fund
Last Mile Health	$3,000,000	International Development and Foreign Affairs	New Venture Fund
Prevention Institute	$2,943,704	To Provide Funding for Mental Health Services and Programs	Movember Foundation (MF)
Health Care Centers in Schools (HCS)	$2,900,000	General Support	Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Community Partners / Paul Vandeventer	$2,692,416	Disaster Response	California Community Foundation
Keswick	$2,638,050	FMV	Keswick Foundation
Keswick	$2,638,050	Program and Operating Support	Keswick Foundation
Keswick	$2,638,050	FMV	Keswick Foundation
Jsi Research and Training Institute	$2,502,196	Family Planning; Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Keep Life Moving	$5,000	Maple Street Shelter	Meena Duggirala Foundation
Harold W Mcmillen Center for Health Education	$5,000	Assist Various Organization Needs	3rivers Credit Union Foundation
San Francisco Study Center	$5,000	Josie's Place Program	The Upjohn Fund of San Francisco
Citrine Health	$5,000	Public Support of Organization's Mission	The Ernest G Herman Foundation

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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 "Public health programs" category for this page is determined by the "E70: Public Health Programs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.