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Who funds medical research in Washington: 35 foundations, $6 million in grants
35 private foundations paid 75 grants totaling $5,956,788 to medical research nonprofits in Washington, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. The largest funder is Fund for Science and Technology, with $1,000,000 in 1 grant.
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- Cause
- Medical research
- Recipients in
- Washington
- Foundations
- 35
- Grants
- 75
- Total granted
- $5,956,788
Foundations that funded medical research in Washington
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients.
| Foundation | Based in | Grants | Total | Largest grant | Largest grant to | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Science and Technology | Seattle, WA | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Bioscience | apps.irs.gov |
| Washington Research Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Allen Institute | Ai: levi: phase iii | apps.irs.gov |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Vancouver, WA | 2 | $830,500 | $525,000 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Nucleic acids sequencing, microscopy, and imaging equipment | apps.irs.gov |
| Apex Foundation | Bellevue, WA | 2 | $775,000 | $750,000 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Health promotion and medical research | apps.irs.gov |
| Tiny Blue Dot Inc | West Hollywood, CA | 1 | $526,044 | $526,044 | Allen Institute | Grant supports a Science of Perception Box study at The Allen Institute titled "Comprehensive Survey of Neuronal Cell Types Activated by Psychedelics in Mice." The project aims to map brain cell activ | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $441,200 | $218,200 | Allen Institute | Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $379,135 | $379,135 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Mechanisms of autoantibody reversion in at-risk subjects | apps.irs.gov |
| Kenneth Rainin Foundation | Oakland, CA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Integrin autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis | apps.irs.gov |
| The Esther A & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Allen Institute | Neuroscience | apps.irs.gov |
| Oscar T and Olivann Hokold Foundation | Lakewood, WA | 1 | $100,934 | $100,934 | South Sound Care Foundation | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The R B Nordick Foundation | West Fargo, ND | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | South Asia Advocates | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $80,000 | $80,000 | Allen Institute | Support the open data in neurophysiology conference | apps.irs.gov |
| Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc | East Falmouth, MA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Cari | Tacoma, WA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | South Sound Care Foundation | Beer & bites 2025 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michael Whitman Charitable Trust XXX-XX-XXXX | St Louis, MO | 1 | $43,852 | $43,852 | Friends of FSH Research | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research | Houston, TX | 1 | $35,923 | $35,923 | Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Melsness Family Foundation | Stevensville, MT | 1 | $34,000 | $34,000 | South Sound Care Foundation | South sound care foundation brings the opportunity for life saving, cutting edge cancer clinical trials to all patients in the south sound. | apps.irs.gov |
| Anderson Foundation | Kirkland, WA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Cush It To the Limit | Research health and medicine | apps.irs.gov |
| Names Family Foundation | Fircrest, WA | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | South Sound Care Foundation | Compassionate use/expanded access | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation | Buffalo, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Fam177a1 Research Fund | Medical research | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dean Witter Foundation | San Rafael, CA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Northwest Association for Biomedical Research | For the camp biomed platform in eastern washington | apps.irs.gov |
| The Foster Foundation | Kirkland, WA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Medical | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rittenberg Family Foundation | White Plains, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Dyslexic Advantage | General Purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle, WA | 37 | $8,175 | $1,614 | Friends of FSH Research | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Fuchsg & M FDN Tai | Eagan, MN | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | South Sound Care Foundation | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Kilworth Florence Char Trust FNDN | Eagan, MN | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | South Sound Care Foundation | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| DV & Ida McEachern Charitable Trust | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Marvin Thomas Memorial | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| J F Shea Company Foundation | Walnut, CA | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | South Sound Care Foundation | To further exempt activities | apps.irs.gov |
| John H Harmon Jr and Jane H Harmon Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc | Davidsonville, MD | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Adnp Kids Research Foundation | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $600 | $600 | Adnp Kids Research Foundation | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward Jones Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $500 | $500 | Pursuit for Patterson | Medical research | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitaker Foundation | Snoqualmie, WA | 1 | $250 | $250 | Hope Heart Institute | To provide support to exempt organization | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100 | $100 | Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Matching contribution (general operating support) | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Sound Energy Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $75 | $75 | Pursuit for Patterson | General & unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
Largest grants
| Foundation | Recipient | Recipient location | Purpose | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Research Foundation | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | Ai: levi: phase iii | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fund for Science and Technology | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | Bioscience | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Apex Foundation | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | Health promotion and medical research | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tiny Blue Dot Inc | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | Grant supports a Science of Perception Box study at The Allen Institute titled "Comprehensive Survey of Neuronal Cell Types Activated by Psychedelics in Mice." The project aims to map brain cell activ | $526,044 | apps.irs.gov |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | Nucleic acids sequencing, microscopy, and imaging equipment | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | Mechanisms of autoantibody reversion in at-risk subjects | $379,135 | apps.irs.gov |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Access To Advanced Health Institute | Seattle, WA | Analytical equipment | $305,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kenneth Rainin Foundation | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | Integrin autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | Multi-regional analysis of neural dynamics underlying memory-guided behavior | $218,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | Mechanisms and function of sensory cognitive maps | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Esther A & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | Neuroscience | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oscar T and Olivann Hokold Foundation | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | General operations | $100,934 | apps.irs.gov |
| The R B Nordick Foundation | South Asia Advocates | Kirkland, WA | General Support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | Support the open data in neurophysiology conference | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Cari | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | Beer & bites 2025 | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michael Whitman Charitable Trust XXX-XX-XXXX | Friends of FSH Research | Kirkland, WA | General support | $43,852 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research | Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research | Seattle, WA | General support | $35,923 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Melsness Family Foundation | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | South sound care foundation brings the opportunity for life saving, cutting edge cancer clinical trials to all patients in the south sound. | $34,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anderson Foundation | Cush It To the Limit | Sammamish, WA | Research health and medicine | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Apex Foundation | Diabesity Institute | Seattle, WA | Health promotion and medical research | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | 20242025 shenoy undergraduate research fellowship in neuroscience | $23,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Names Family Foundation | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | Compassionate use/expanded access | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rittenberg Family Foundation | Dyslexic Advantage | Edmonds, WA | General Purpose | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation | Fam177a1 Research Fund | Mercer Island, WA | Medical research | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dean Witter Foundation | Northwest Association for Biomedical Research | Seattle, WA | For the camp biomed platform in eastern washington | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Foster Foundation | Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Seattle, WA | Medical | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fuchsg & M FDN Tai | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | General operating | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kilworth Florence Char Trust FNDN | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | General operating | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| DV & Ida McEachern Charitable Trust | Marvin Thomas Memorial | Seattle, WA | General operating | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| John H Harmon Jr and Jane H Harmon Foundation | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | General & Unrestricted | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| J F Shea Company Foundation | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | To further exempt activities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Friends of FSH Research | Kirkland, WA | General support | $1,614 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc | Adnp Kids Research Foundation | Brush Prairie, WA | Charity | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Adnp Kids Research Foundation | Brush Prairie, WA | General support | $951 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Pacific Northwest Research Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | $669 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc | Adnp Kids Research Foundation | Brush Prairie, WA | General purpose | $600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | General support | $557 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Doctors Opposing Circumcision | Seattle, WA | General support | $547 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward Jones Foundation | Pursuit for Patterson | Maple Valley, WA | Medical research | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Seattle, WA | General support | $405 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Avery Huffman Dipg Foundation | Auburn, WA | General support | $385 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Dylan Jude Harrell Dipg Foundation | Long Beach, WA | General support | $295 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | T Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Foundation | Seattle, WA | General support | $281 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitaker Foundation | Hope Heart Institute | Redmond, WA | To provide support to exempt organization | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Hope for NKH | Steilacoom, WA | General support | $245 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Cancer Research and Biostatistics | Seattle, WA | General support | $241 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Quinn Driscoll Foundation | Vancouver, WA | General support | $234 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Cush It To the Limit | Sammamish, WA | General support | $220 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Dyslexic Advantage | Edmonds, WA | General support | $165 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Sort 4 the Cause | Moxee, WA | General support | $151 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Tasha Mitchell Otters Fund | Poulsbo, WA | General support | $145 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | $132 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Prostate Cancer Treatment Center Foundation | Edmonds, WA | General support | $125 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Yorkshire Terrier Club of America Foundation Inc | Arlington, WA | General support | $117 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | General support | $104 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Seattle, WA | Matching contribution (general operating support) | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
| Puget Sound Energy Foundation | Pursuit for Patterson | Maple Valley, WA | General & unrestricted | $75 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research | Seattle, WA | General support | $71 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Kiwanis Childrens Cancer Program-Seattle | Des Moines, WA | General support | $69 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | The Diabesity Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | $55 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Access To Advanced Health Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | $48 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Teamjulia | Bellingham, WA | General support | $47 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Polis Recovery Project | Seattle, WA | General support | $38 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Allen Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | $33 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Cure First | Seattle, WA | General support | $33 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle Science Foundation | Seattle, WA | General support | $33 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Tahoma Clinic Foundation | Tukwila, WA | General support | $30 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Zubins Wish | Seattle, WA | General support | $29 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Pursuit for Patterson | Maple Valley, WA | General support | $23 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Rehabilitation Research Institute | Seattle, WA | General support | $21 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Beststart Washington | Mercer Island, WA | General support | $19 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Phagebiotics Research Foundation | Olympia, WA | General support | $16 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Post-Acute Therapeutics and Health Clinical Research Institute | Sammamish, WA | General support | $16 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Col Patrick S Madigan MD Foundation | Lakewood, WA | General support | $11 | apps.irs.gov |
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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.