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EIN 06-6034840

The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
0
City
New Haven
State
Connecticut
Year formed
1946
Most recent tax filings
2025-06-01
NTEE code, primary
T20: Private Foundations
Description
The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research is a nonprofit family foundation based in New Haven, CT, that honors the memory of Jane Coffin Childs. It supports fundamental scientific research aimed at understanding the causes, treatments, and cures for human disease, originally focusing on cancer. The Fund provides three years of salary support to exceptional postdoctoral fellows engaged in biomedical research and has made 64 grants in the past year to various grantees, including the National Cancer Institute.
Total revenues
$6,502,028
2025
Total expenses
$5,767,148
2025
Total assets
$59,956,396
2025
Num. employees
0
2025

Program areas at The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

Grantmaking
Convening conferences

Grants made by The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Synthetic Protein Circuits A Conditional Triggers of Anti-Tumor Immunity$107,417
Columbia UniversityNeuronal and Immunological Dissection of Antidepresant Responsiveness$106,000
The Rockefeller UniversityUnraveling Lipid Transport Across the Mycobacterial Cell Envelope$76,000
...and 30 more grants made totalling $2,113,032

Who funds The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Good Ventures FoundationGeneral Support$238,000
DAFgiving360Health$200,000
Select Equity Group FoundationCelebration Grant$82,440
...and 4 more grants received

Financials for The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

RevenuesFYE 06/2025
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,215,519
Investment income and dividends$790,760
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$4,400,749
Gross sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$95,000
Total revenues$6,502,028

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Data update history
May 24, 2026
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $82,440 from Select Equity Group Foundation
May 2, 2026
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2025
April 21, 2026
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
February 3, 2026
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $27,464 from Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
July 1, 2025
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $91,600 from Select Equity Group Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsFamily foundationsPrivate non-operating foundationsCharities
Issues
HealthDiseases and disorders
Characteristics
Provides grantsPartially liquidatedTax deductible donationsNo full-time employeesAccepts online donations
General information
Address
333 Cedar St SHM L300
New Haven, CT 06510
Metro area
New Haven-Milford, CT
County
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT
Website URL
jccfund.org/ 
Phone
(203) 785-4612
Facebook page
JaneCoffinChildsFund 
IRS details
EIN
06-6034840
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990-PF
Year formed
1946
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T20: Private Foundations
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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