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Philadelphia medical research organizations

There are 175 medical research organizations in the greater Philadelphia metro area, including the cities of Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Camden within the states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Combined, these Philadelphia metro medical research organizations employ 1,474 people, earn more than $445 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $971 million.
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Types of medical research organizations in Philadelphia

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Cancer research organizations
 
38
 
$355,235,324
Organizations supporting multiple medical research organizations
 
36
 
$923,787
Medical discipline research centers
 
21
 
$58,667,236
Medical research professional societies
 
12
 
$11,322,499
Medical research alliances and advocates
 
6
 
$0
Nerve, muscle, and bone research organizations
 
6
 
$6,589,536
Medical research and public policy institutes
 
4
 
$39
Organizations supporting a single medical research nonprofit
 
3
 
$3,275,169
Medical research technical and management assistance providers
 
2
 
$457,617
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Job trends for Philadelphia medical research organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
36
1-10
 
13
11-25
 
2
26-100
 
2
101 to 1,000
 
6
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of medical research organizations in Philadelphia

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
51
$250k to $1M
 
12
$1M to $5M
 
11
$5M to $25M
 
6
$25M to $100M
 
2
$100M+
 
1
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Directory of medical research organizations in Philadelphia

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American Association for Cancer Research

AACR researches, educates, and collaborates to prevent and cure cancer. They publish journals and host scientific meetings and workshops.
Revenue
$74.3m
Assets
$241.9m
Employees
277
EIN
23-6251648
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Monell Chemical Senses Center (MCSC)

Monell Chemical Senses Center's (MCSC) mission is to advance scientific understanding of the mechanisms and functions of the chemical senses to benefit human health and well-being.
Revenue
$18.8m
Assets
$41.7m
Employees
158
EIN
23-2020897
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology

To be recognized regionally and globally as one of the world's most important and productive engines of transformative biomedical discovery, with an impact on human health that is disproportionate to our size.
Revenue
$181.3m
Assets
$402.4m
Employees
457
EIN
23-6434390
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Coriell Institute for Medical Research

The Coriell Institute for Medical Research seeks to discover the causes of cancer and other genetic diseases in order to improve the health of humankind, through scientific research, banking of cell and tissues, and education.
Revenue
$23.4m
Assets
$29.7m
Employees
126
EIN
21-0672684
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR)

Lankenau Institute for Medical Research is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research center located in suburban Philadelphia. LIMR specializes in basic, clinical, and translational research on cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$17.9m
Employees
119
EIN
23-2175659
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Special Friends Foundation

Special Friends Foundation supports individuals with special needs and their families, providing resources, group homes, day services, and family services.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
52
EIN
11-3374927
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Baruch S. Blumberg Institute

To use discovery science to find new therapies and biomarkers for hepatitis B and liver cancer, to advance its research discoveries through traditional scholarship and educational opportunities, to nurture biotechnology.
Revenue
$12.8m
Assets
$10.5m
Employees
73
EIN
06-1671347
IRS type
501(c)(3)

1day Sooner

Advocacy group accelerating high-risk medical research including COVID-19 challenge trials, located in Delaware.
Revenue
$3.5m
Assets
$3.2m
Employees
9
EIN
85-1103820
IRS type
501(c)(3)

ECOG-ACRIN Medical Research Foundation

The purpose of ECOG-ACRIN Medical Research Foundation, is to foster clinical Research within the public, non-profit and private sectors for the detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer and other related diseases.
Revenue
$47.6m
Assets
$17.6m
Employees
130
EIN
46-0745339
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Association for Cancer Research Foundation

AACR Foundation supports the groundbreaking work of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) - the first and largest cancer research organization in the world with a membership of more than 35,000 professionals.
Revenue
$19.0m
Assets
$6.2m
Employees
0
EIN
23-3100004
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Society for Histocompati Bility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)

The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics is an international society of professionals dedicated to advancing the science, education and application of immunogenetics and transplant immunology.
Revenue
$2.8m
Assets
$5.2m
Employees
7
EIN
51-0173356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

The Abramson Cancer Research Institute conducts cancer research, diagnosis, education, specialized lab facilities, and clinical trials in Philadelphia.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$14.5m
Employees
14
EIN
23-2929823
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Neurological Association (ANA)

The American Neurological Association is a professional society of academic neurologists and neuroscientists devoted to advancing the goals of academic neurology; to training and educating neurologists and other physicians in the neurologic sciences.
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$10.6m
Employees
5
EIN
41-1488447
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rtog Foundation

Rtog Foundation funds clinical research in oncology to improve cancer outcomes, testing new therapies and radiotherapy delivery methods.
Revenue
$11.9m
Assets
$15.1m
Employees
0
EIN
46-0902111
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Society of Clinical Research Associates

Society of Clinical Research Associates instructs, trains, and hosts events with recognized authorities to improve capabilities in medical and research communities.
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$9.2m
Employees
13
EIN
61-1208981
IRS type
501(c)(3)

NCCN Foundation

Through philanthropy, the NCCN Foundation empowers people through knowledge and advances the mission of NCCN to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of cancer care, so that patients can live better lives.
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$7.3m
Employees
0
EIN
27-1536314
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)

The mission of Fox Chase Cancer Center is to prevail over cancer, marshaling heart and mind in bold scientific discovery, pioneering prevention, and compassionate care.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$52.7m
Employees
0
EIN
23-2003072
IRS type
501(c)(3)

KidneyCAN

KidneyCAN accelerates kidney cancer cures through advocacy, research collaboration, and financial support. They host summits and patient advocacy meetings.
Revenue
$790.8k
Assets
$1.5m
Employees
2
EIN
81-3352468
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ao North America Charitable Fund

Ao North America Charitable Fund promotes patient care excellence through education, mentorship and research, focusing on musculoskeletal disorders.
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$17.0m
Employees
0
EIN
83-0890149
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rothman Institute Orthopaedic Foundation

Rothman Institute Orthopaedic Foundation engages in and supports basic scientific clinical research in diseases of the skeletal system and related activities.
Revenue
$841.2k
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
0
EIN
22-2620085
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
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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