Grants for specific disease focused organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to organizations focused on specific diseases
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,102 organizations focused on specific diseases received at least $65.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,963 grants made from 1,771 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 1,771 foundations, 83% made just a single grant to named disease orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more named disease orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$65,733,753

Total grant dollars given to specific disease focused organizations

2,963

Number of grants made annually to specific disease focused organizations

1,771

Number of grantmakers funding specific disease focused organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to specific disease focused organizations

Foundations that support organizations focused on specific diseases

Out of all grants made to specific disease focused organizations, 81% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 93% of the dollar-value of grants to named disease orgs. Foundations funding named disease orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, scholarship organizations, educational service providers, colleges, and universities.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,439
Medium	173
Large	158

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	41
Private	1,483
Corporate	96
Other	151

Grants made

Grants made to named disease orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,487
2-3	234
4-10	32
11+	18

Top 10 foundations supporting organizations focused on specific diseases

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to named disease orgs	Number of grants made to named disease orgs	Median grant size
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.3%	112	$71
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	111	$150
Baird Foundation	WI	National	1.3%	92	$87
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	73	$290
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	62	$100
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.4%	47	$500
Baxter	IL	National	0.2%	40	$100
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	1.4%	39	$21
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.1%	30	$49
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	22	$960

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Organizations focused on specific diseases grantees

Specific disease focused organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 82% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all named disease orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,951
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	12

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	$600

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	696
Illinois	646
California	276
Virginia	141
Other	1,204

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	702
Chicago	641
Washington DC	167
Los Angeles	111
Other	1,272

Top 25 grants made to specific disease focused organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Clinton Health Access Initiative	$11,649,786	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Fighting Infectious Diseases in	$7,085,945	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation	$6,096,691	Operational Support	Jsi Research and Training Institute
Alzheimer's Impact Movement	$6,024,958	Public Policy	Alzheimer's Association
Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)	$5,059,201	Delivery of Solutions To Improve Global Health; Hiv	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Lifeworks at Wku	$5,057,937	To Provide Research, Service, and Lifelong Learning Opportunities for Students, Faculty, and Other Constituents As Well As Enriching the Quality of Life for Those Within Its Reach.	Wku Foundation
Clinton Health Access Initiative	$4,285,564	Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases; Pneumonia; Vaccine Delivery	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Clinton Health Access Initiative	$3,937,048	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)	$3,300,000	Hiv	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Pact	$3,000,000	Toward the Costs of Establishing A Smart Power Myanmar Facility To Accelerate the Spread of Decentralized Renewal Energy Solutions in Myanmar	Rockefeller Foundation
Clinton Health Access Initiative	$2,999,023	Launch New Products	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Easter Seals Coastal Fairfield Count	$2,834,167	Note Payable	Oak Hill / The Connecticut Institute for the Blind Inc
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation	$5,000	Ipads To Supportnon-Verbal	The A Montgomery Ward Foundation
AIDS United	$5,000	To End the Hiv Endemic in the United States	Tie the Knot
Autism Society of North Carolina	$5,000	Support Individuals and Families With Autism in North Carolina	Porter B. Byrum Charitable Trust
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC)	$5,000	General Support	Evans Charitable Foundation
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF)	$5,000	To Fund Medical Research	The John Whitehead Family Foundation
Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA)	$5,000	Medical Research	Howard and Barbara Farkas Foundation
Serra Project and Aid for AIDS and Serra Ancillary Care Corp and SP Housing	$5,000	Charitable	Conferencedirect Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)	$5,000	Donation	Monarch Charities
Alzheimer's Association	$5,000	Operations	Winstead Charitable Foundation Trust
Autism Speaks	$5,000	Support People With Autism	Professional Contract Services (PCSI)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)	$5,000	General Support	Baptist Healthcare System
Arthritis Foundation New England Region	$5,000	General Support	Baptist Healthcare System
Alzheimer's Association - Colorado Chapter	$5,000	General Donation To Support Organization Or Program	The Colorado Health 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 "Specific disease focused organizations" category for this page is determined by the "G80: Specifically Named Diseases" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.