Grants for biological research centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to biology and life sciences research centers
Creator: Cause IQ
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250 biology and life sciences research centers received at least $235.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 537 grants made from 449 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 449 foundations, 91% made just a single grant to bio research centers, and 1% made grants to four or more bio research centers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$235,527,908

Total grant dollars given to biological research centers

537

Number of grants made annually to biological research centers

449

Number of grantmakers funding biological research centers

$1,000

Median grant size to biological research centers

Foundations that support biology and life sciences research centers

Out of all grants made to biological research centers, 76% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 89% of the dollar-value of grants to bio research centers. Foundations funding bio research centers also made grants to universities, colleges, scholarship organizations, land conservation groups, and high schools.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	343
Medium	41
Large	65

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	11
Private	372
Corporate	31
Other	35

Grants made

Grants made to bio research centers	Number of grantmakers
1	410
2-3	32
4-10	4
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting biology and life sciences research centers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to bio research centers	Number of grants made to bio research centers	Median grant size
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	14	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	11	$350
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	11	$250
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	WA	National	0.9%	7	$3,188,501
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	6	$200
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	5	$500
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	4	$50
J M Kaplan Fund	NY	State	0.2%	3	$4,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	3	$1,000
Florence V Burden Foundation	NY	National	0.4%	3	$1,000

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Biology and life sciences research centers grantees

Biological research centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 65% of all bio research centers.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	513
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	24

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,500
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	114
Virginia	53
Illinois	51
California	48
Other	271

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	98
Washington DC	94
Chicago	51
North Port	26
Other	190

Top 25 grants made to biological research centers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute	$44,621,754	Mission Support	Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute	$26,904,425	Released From Restriction	Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
TB Alliance (TB Alliance)	$23,850,000	Tuberculosis	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)	$12,838,392	Cash Value	The University of Chicago (UChicago)
Morgridge Institute for Research	$12,474,822	To Support Ongoing Research & Education	Morgridge Institute for Research
Morgridge Institute for Research	$12,474,822		Morgridge Institute for Research
New York Academy of Sciences	$12,244,488	Support for Scientific Research and Knowledge	Blavatnik Family Foundation
Morgridge Institute for Research	$11,800,000	See Program Service Accomplishments; Form 990, Part Iii, Line 4B	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
National Academy of Sciences	$10,600,000	For the Ford Fellowships Program for Predoctoral Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships	The Ford Foundation
Salk Institute for Biological Studies	$8,359,623	Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy	Hopewell Fund
Jackson Laboratory	$7,983,498	The Jackson Laboratory's Next-Generation Research Mouse Production Facility	Maine Technology Institute (MTI)
CGIAR System Organization	$6,396,694	Agricultural Development	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI)	$6,225,000	Daf - Environment	Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Research Triangle Institute (RTI)	$5,768,624	Sub-Award	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Foundation for the National Institute of Health (FNIH)	$5,294,112	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Southwest Research Institute	$3,819,121	Sub-Award	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
iBiology	$3,300,000	Open Access	Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Foundation for the National Institute of Health (FNIH)	$3,188,501	MNCH Discovery and Tools	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Truth Initiative	$3,150,000	Anti-Vaping Curriculum Truth Initiative	East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF)
Jackson Laboratory	$2,758,632	Research	The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation (MWRI)	$2,700,000	Community Grant	Hamot Health Foundation
Child Mind Institute	$2,647,560	Health	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Foundation for the National Institute of Health (FNIH)	$2,640,522	Tuberculosis	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Salk Institute for Biological Studies	$2,511,185	Health	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Gordon Research Conferences (GRC)	$5,000	Development of Solutions To Improve Global Health	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Biological research centers" category for this page is determined by the "U50: Biological, Life Science Research" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.