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Boston medical research organizations

There are 224 medical research organizations in the greater Boston metro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro medical research organizations employ 3,770 people, earn more than $1 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Types of medical research organizations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Cancer research organizations
 
41
 
$32,822,360
Medical discipline research centers
 
40
 
$1,049,275,621
Organizations supporting multiple medical research organizations
 
40
 
$138,539,100
Medical research professional societies
 
13
 
$9,690,631
Organizations supporting a single medical research nonprofit
 
6
 
$4,967,069
Medical research alliances and advocates
 
6
 
$457,668
Medical research and public policy institutes
 
5
 
$17,389,816
Nerve, muscle, and bone research organizations
 
5
 
$318,663
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Job trends for Boston medical research organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
45
1-10
 
22
11-25
 
9
26-100
 
9
101 to 1,000
 
1
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of medical research organizations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
70
$250k to $1M
 
25
$1M to $5M
 
17
$5M to $25M
 
12
$25M to $100M
 
3
$100M+
 
2
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Directory of medical research organizations in Boston

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Pan-Massachusetts Challenge

Pan-Massachusetts Challenge raises funds through an annual bike-a-thon where approximately 5,800 cyclists ride and contribute to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund for cancer research, treatment, cure, and education.
Revenue
$73.7m
Assets
$4.3m
Employees
20
EIN
04-2746912
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Baim Institute for Clinical Research (HCRI)

To improve health and quality of life by collaborating with academic and industry sponsors to conduct high-quality clinical research in a professionally nurturing and world-class academic environment.
Revenue
$13.5m
Assets
$26.4m
Employees
84
EIN
04-3521077
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Founded in 1982, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is a non-profit research and teaching institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, dedicated to improving human health through basic biomedical research.
Revenue
$120.2m
Assets
$842.4m
Employees
378
EIN
06-1043412
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Count Me

Count Me In empowers cancer patients to accelerate biomedical research by sharing their samples, clinical information, and voices in order to transform cancer care and outcomes.
Revenue
$11.8m
Assets
$22.4m
Employees
0
EIN
83-0561457
IRS type
501(c)(3)

PolyBio Research Foundation

PolyBio rethinks biomedical research for complex chronic illness including Longcovid, ME/CFS & Post Treatment Lyme Disease, integrating multi-disciplinary expertise.
Revenue
$17.4m
Assets
$15.5m
Employees
1
EIN
84-5157239
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cbset

CBSET is a state-of-the-art biomedical research institute located in Lexington Massachusetts. Their mission is to advance biomedical research through innovative, high-quality services.
Revenue
$25.2m
Assets
$23.8m
Employees
0
EIN
20-4325286
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Va Research Institute (BVARI)

BVARI is a nonprofit foundation that was established to administer research and development funds from corporations, non-VA governmental agencies (such as the Department of Defense), other foundations, universities, and private donations.
Revenue
$17.1m
Assets
$28.1m
Employees
89
EIN
04-3081524
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Broad Institute

The Broad Institute propels progress in biomedicine by conducting research aimed at understanding and treating disease, and sharing scientific knowledge with the community to benefit the public.
Revenue
$860.4m
Assets
$2.7b
Employees
2,729
EIN
26-3428781
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF)

Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research with the highest probability of preventing, slowing or reversing Alzheimer's disease.
Revenue
$37.7m
Assets
$33.5m
Employees
36
EIN
52-2396428
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hobart Ames Foundation

The Hobart Ames Foundation operates the Ames Plantation near Grand Junction, TN for scientific and educational purposes.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$16.8m
Employees
0
EIN
04-6009940
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP)

The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) was founded in 2003, and is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the public and patients as partners in the clinical research process.
Revenue
$11.7m
Assets
$7.7m
Employees
65
EIN
20-0588190
IRS type
501(c)(3)

FRAXA Research Foundation

The FRAXA Research Foundation aims to discover effective treatments and a cure for Fragile X syndrome through direct funding of grant research. It funds programs that educate the public about the condition.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
3
EIN
04-3222167
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Break Through Cancer

Break Through Cancer funds innovative translational research in the toughest cancers, partnering with top cancer research centers.
Revenue
$2.4m
Assets
$73.2m
Employees
20
EIN
85-1681659
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Phare Bio

Phare Bio uses AI to rapidly develop new antibiotics against deadly infections and address antibiotic resistance, based in Boston.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$1.8m
Employees
3
EIN
85-1085804
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Food Allergy Science Initiative

The Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI) aims to elucidate the underlying biological basis of food allergy and to leverage these insights to drive advances in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$5.9m
Employees
8
EIN
85-1293789
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Amyloidosis Research Consortium

Amyloidosis Research Consortium accelerates systemic amyloidosis diagnosis, treatment and awareness through collaboration, targeted solutions, and education for patients and healthcare professionals.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
17
EIN
47-2589708
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vivli

Vivli enables global sharing of clinical research data through a platform that provides access to individual participant-level data and metadata.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$9.3m
Employees
13
EIN
81-4368586
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Life Science Cares

Life Science Cares fights poverty by uniting and donating the human and financial resources of the life science industry to local service organizations.
Revenue
$10.0m
Assets
$11.1m
Employees
30
EIN
81-2435939
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Digital Medicine Society

Digital Medicine Society advances ethical digital medicine through interdisciplinary collaboration, research, education to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
Revenue
$8.3m
Assets
$8.4m
Employees
40
EIN
83-4205470
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Health Effects Institute (HEI)

The Health Effects Institute is a non-profit corporation chartered in 1980 to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution. HEI receives balanced funding from government and industry.
Revenue
$15.0m
Assets
$16.8m
Employees
35
EIN
04-2708045
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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This category corresponds to 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.
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