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Who funds medical research: 3,031 foundations in 51 states, $508.4 million in grants

Name: Foundation grants to medical research nonprofits
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3,031 private foundations paid $508,377,202 to medical research nonprofits in 51 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.

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3,031Foundations
$508,377,202Total granted

By state

The state is where the recipient is.

State	Foundations	Grants	Total
New York	618	909	$59,090,297
Massachusetts	554	731	$163,662,263
California	373	587	$108,123,971
Texas	187	335	$9,074,766
Maryland	179	252	$15,724,213
Illinois	172	284	$7,722,690
District of Columbia	170	196	$16,936,107
Florida	153	247	$4,924,729
Pennsylvania	153	258	$18,368,149
North Carolina	147	206	$17,262,247
Virginia	76	117	$2,121,933
Utah	75	88	$1,955,081
Georgia	74	106	$2,450,099
Colorado	61	88	$2,021,213
Ohio	57	117	$1,218,997
Minnesota	57	86	$4,922,932
Connecticut	56	81	$1,247,199
Arizona	54	111	$3,268,604
New Jersey	52	101	$3,459,028
Missouri	49	75	$2,937,004
Maine	48	55	$5,793,351
South Carolina	44	80	$11,229,118
Michigan	42	77	$1,136,214
Oklahoma	42	54	$1,260,105
Washington	35	75	$5,956,788
Wisconsin	30	59	$30,071,606
Hawaii	30	42	$1,853,741
Tennessee	27	46	$295,658
Louisiana	25	40	$193,720
Indiana	17	40	$81,387
Rhode Island	15	18	$340,298
Kansas	11	23	$38,312
Nebraska	11	18	$116,718
Alabama	11	16	$38,115
Iowa	10	23	$182,190
Oregon	10	28	$668,517
Kentucky	9	15	$37,716
New Mexico	9	17	$48,971
New Hampshire	8	9	$37,356
South Dakota	8	10	$885,675
Idaho	6	12	$473,462
Arkansas	6	13	$44,563
Wyoming	5	5	$28,917
Montana	4	8	$22,014
Vermont	4	6	$932,445
Mississippi	4	7	$90,928
Delaware	3	10	$2,184
Alaska	3	3	$25,178
Nevada	1	3	$206
North Dakota	1	2	$125
West Virginia	1	2	$102

Largest funders

Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.

Foundation	Based in	Total	Source
Stanley Family Foundation	Briarcliff Manor, NY	$60,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Gates Foundation	Seattle, WA	$48,527,385	apps.irs.gov
Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust	La Jolla, CA	$36,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Tosa Foundation	Portola Valley, CA	$25,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$20,225,000	apps.irs.gov
Sergey Brin Family Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$17,580,387	apps.irs.gov
The Pentecost Foundation	Bradenton, FL	$12,065,000	apps.irs.gov
Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation	St Louis, MO	$12,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Crankstart Foundation	San Jose, CA	$10,300,000	apps.irs.gov
Emmet Family Charitable Foundation	Newark, DE	$10,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$9,950,000	apps.irs.gov
The Ambrose Monell Foundation	New York, NY	$9,650,000	apps.irs.gov
The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation	Baltimore, MD	$8,458,000	apps.irs.gov
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust	New York, NY	$6,961,072	apps.irs.gov
The Duke Endowment	Charlotte, NC	$6,357,252	apps.irs.gov
Druckenmiller Foundation	New York, NY	$6,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Lilly Endowment Inc	Indianapolis, IN	$5,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation	Villa Park, CA	$4,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Klarman Family Foundation	Boston, MA	$3,850,841	apps.irs.gov
Skylight Charitable Trust	Scottsdale, AZ	$3,609,523	apps.irs.gov
The Cuta-Papa Foundation Inc	Tinton Falls, NJ	$3,174,393	apps.irs.gov
Hillman Family Foundations	Pittsburgh, PA	$3,100,000	apps.irs.gov
Good Ventures Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$3,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Tiny Blue Dot Inc	West Hollywood, CA	$2,726,044	apps.irs.gov
Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation	Needham, MA	$2,655,976	apps.irs.gov
The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers Charitable Foundation	Rye Brook, NY	$2,635,989	apps.irs.gov
Freedom Together Foundation	New York, NY	$2,500,000	apps.irs.gov
DRS Bruce & Lee Foundation	Florence, SC	$2,500,000	apps.irs.gov
Harold Alfond Foundation	Portland, ME	$2,500,000	apps.irs.gov
William K Bowes Jr Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$2,350,000	apps.irs.gov
The Polsky Foundation	Chicago, IL	$2,296,198	apps.irs.gov
The Simons Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$2,266,142	apps.irs.gov
The John Martin Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$2,250,000	apps.irs.gov
Adam R Scripps Foundation	Ft Mitchell, KY	$2,218,333	apps.irs.gov
The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation	Omaha, NE	$2,105,306	apps.irs.gov
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc	Stamford, CT	$2,074,900	apps.irs.gov
Richard K Lubin Family Foundation	Boston, MA	$2,068,317	apps.irs.gov
Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation	West Conshohocken, PA	$2,010,000	apps.irs.gov
The George Gund Foundation	Cleveland, OH	$2,005,000	apps.irs.gov
Linde Family Foundation	Boston, MA	$2,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Gray Foundation	Albany, NY	$1,817,822	apps.irs.gov
The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation	New York, NY	$1,750,000	apps.irs.gov
Tao Jones Charitable Foundation Inc	Miami Beach, FL	$1,700,000	apps.irs.gov
Manton Foundation	New York, NY	$1,664,375	apps.irs.gov
Circle of Service Foundation	Chicago, IL	$1,620,793	apps.irs.gov
Additional Ventures Foundation	Palo Alto, CA	$1,593,031	apps.irs.gov
Providence Initiatives Foundation Inc	Reddick, FL	$1,478,584	apps.irs.gov
Troper Wojcicki Foundation	San Francisco, CA	$1,327,334	apps.irs.gov
M J Murdock Charitable Trust	Vancouver, WA	$1,230,500	apps.irs.gov
The Martino Family Foundation Co Michael E Martino	New Canaan, CT	$1,200,000	apps.irs.gov
The Willard TC Johnson Foundation Inc	New York, NY	$1,160,000	apps.irs.gov
Milky Way Research Foundation	Washington, DC	$1,150,000	apps.irs.gov
Laura and John Arnold Foundation	Houston, TX	$1,120,815	apps.irs.gov
RH Growth Foundation	Sioux Falls, SD	$1,100,000	apps.irs.gov
Wayne and Nan Kocourek Foundation	Buffalo Grove, IL	$1,100,000	apps.irs.gov
The Stowers Foundation	Leawood, KS	$1,084,770	apps.irs.gov
John and Daria Barry Foundation	Miami, FL	$1,015,725	apps.irs.gov
The Leo & Anne Albert Charitable Trust	Palm Harbor, FL	$1,010,569	apps.irs.gov
Schwarz Foundation	Mountainside, NJ	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Jaket Foundation	Boston, MA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Gordon & Llura Gund 1993 Charitable Foundation	Concord, MA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc	Bethesda, MD	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
The Della Pietra Foundation	Jericho, NY	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
JMR Barker Foundation	Waltham, MA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment	Boston, MA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Rush and Kathryn Adams Limbaugh Family Foundation Inc	Palm Beach Gardens, FL	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Fund for Science and Technology	Seattle, WA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Washington Research Foundation	Seattle, WA	$1,000,000	apps.irs.gov
Firethorn Foundation Inc	Rockville, MD	$996,002	apps.irs.gov
John Templeton Foundation	West Conshohocken, PA	$895,274	apps.irs.gov
Donald M James Family Foundation	Pensacola, FL	$881,000	apps.irs.gov
Margaret D and Jeremy M Jacobs Family Foundation	Buffalo, NY	$853,124	apps.irs.gov
WWWW Foundation	Dallas, TX	$795,000	apps.irs.gov
Apex Foundation	Bellevue, WA	$775,000	apps.irs.gov
Wilson Charitable Found Trust XXXXX1008	Chicago, IL	$761,500	apps.irs.gov
Wellcome Leap Inc	San Diego, CA	$754,676	apps.irs.gov
Schuster Family Foundation	Newton, MA	$750,000	apps.irs.gov
The Conrad Prebys Foundation	San Diego, CA	$750,000	apps.irs.gov
Foundation 214 Inc	Williamsville, NY	$725,200	apps.irs.gov
Conrad N Hilton Foundation	Westlake Village, CA	$722,450	apps.irs.gov
Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation	Orchard Park, NY	$701,677	apps.irs.gov
Warren Alpert Foundation	Providence, RI	$700,750	apps.irs.gov
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Princeton, NJ	$694,044	apps.irs.gov
Michelson Philanthropies Inc	Los Angeles, CA	$690,000	apps.irs.gov
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc	Boston, MA	$680,150	apps.irs.gov
The Ellison Foundation Mutl FD & LP XXX-XX-XXXX	Boston, MA	$650,000	apps.irs.gov
With Foundation	San Mateo, CA	$610,000	apps.irs.gov
Cammarata Family Foundation Ua 5/29/97	Boca Raton, FL	$604,522	apps.irs.gov
The Esther A & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc	New York, NY	$600,000	apps.irs.gov
The James M Stanton Foundation	Bloomington, MN	$600,000	apps.irs.gov
Martha P Mack Foundation	Detroit, MI	$600,000	apps.irs.gov
Rga Foundation	Chesterfield, MO	$600,000	apps.irs.gov
Amazonsmile Foundation	Seattle, WA	$586,436	apps.irs.gov
Rainwater Charitable Foundation	Fort Worth, TX	$580,702	apps.irs.gov
James B Pendleton Charitable Trust	Bellevue, WA	$575,000	apps.irs.gov
United Health Foundation	Eden Prairie, MN	$556,000	apps.irs.gov
Orr Family Foundation	Saratoga, CA	$550,000	apps.irs.gov
Zellis Family Foundation	Chicago, IL	$550,000	apps.irs.gov
Hooter's Community Endowment Fund Inc	Atlanta, GA	$542,961	apps.irs.gov
Goldberg Family Foundation	Woodside, CA	$520,000	apps.irs.gov

Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.