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Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation: 38 grants to organizations, $40.8 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation, a private foundation in Needham, MA, paid 38 grants to organizations totaling $40,804,682 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $4,982,102 to University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA for medical research.
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- EIN
- 047023433
- Based in
- Needham, MA
- Assets
- $714,299
- Grants paid
- $40,804,682
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202543219349105549. It reported $40,804,682 in grants paid; 38 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Medical research | $4,982,102 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | Medical research | $3,353,535 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Medical research | $3,133,485 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | Medical research | $2,936,328 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Broad Institute | Cambridge, MA | Medical research | Medical research | $2,655,976 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Regents of the University of California SF | San Francisco, CA | Medical research | $2,491,738 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Johns Cancer Institute | Santa Monica, CA | Medical research | $1,773,025 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Medical research | Education | $1,599,745 | apps.irs.gov |
| Weizmann Institute of Science | Rehovot, IS | Medical research | $1,505,877 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oregon Health and Science University | Portland, OR | Medical research | $1,494,586 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | Medical research | $1,252,596 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cedars Sinai | Los Angeles, CA | Medical research | $1,200,022 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Children's Hospital Trust | Boston, MA | Medical research | $936,387 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imperial College of London | London, UK | Medical research | $800,888 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem, IS | Medical research | $767,849 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Medical research | $765,687 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, IS | Medical research | $752,010 | apps.irs.gov | |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center | Tampa, FL | Medical research | $750,848 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Medical research | Education | $699,447 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hadassah Hebrew University | Jerusalem, IS | Medical research | $648,625 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Medical School | Boston, MA | Medical research | $483,587 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Wistar Institute | Philadelphia, PA | Medical research | $453,406 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | Medical research | $425,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| South Carolina Research Foundation | Columbia, SC | Medical research | $402,106 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Medical research | Health care | $396,777 | apps.irs.gov |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Medical research | Education | $377,004 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Winifred Masterson Burke Neurological Institute | White Plains, NY | Medical research | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Medical research | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | Medical research | Education | $366,717 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Institute of Health | Bethesda, MD | Medical research | $349,960 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dzne Munich | Bonn, GM | Medical research | $342,666 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Technion Israel Institute of Technology | Haifa, IS | Medical research | $338,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Max Planck Institute | Gottingen, GM | Medical research | $334,501 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | Medical research | Education | $311,889 | apps.irs.gov |
| Leipzig University | Leipzig, GM | Medical research | $311,145 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester, MA | Medical research | $306,789 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | Medical research | $182,945 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Cambridge | Cambridge, UK | Medical research | $170,934 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $3,354,802 |
| Medical research | $2,655,976 |
| Health care | $396,777 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $12,471,632 |
| Massachusetts | $8,571,663 |
| Texas | $3,665,424 |
| Maryland | $3,483,445 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,585,810 |
| Oregon | $1,494,586 |
| New York | $1,074,447 |
| Florida | $750,848 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. 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.