Grants for disease-focused nonprofits

Name: Top 25 grants made to medical disease and disorder focused nonprofits
Creator: Cause IQ
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4,576 medical disease and disorder focused nonprofits received at least $716.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 13,296 grants made from 6,035 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $900. Of these 6,035 foundations, 69% made just a single grant to disease-focused orgs, and 6% made grants to four or more disease-focused orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$716,243,650

Total grant dollars given to disease-focused nonprofits

13,296

Number of grants made annually to disease-focused nonprofits

6,035

Number of grantmakers funding disease-focused nonprofits

$900

Median grant size to disease-focused nonprofits

Foundations that support medical disease and disorder focused nonprofits

Out of all grants made to disease-focused nonprofits, 84% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 83% of the dollar-value of grants to disease-focused orgs. Foundations funding disease-focused orgs also made grants to cancer organizations, multiservice human service organizations, scholarship organizations, colleges, and animal shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	5,076
Medium	563
Large	392

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	88
Private	5,226
Corporate	238
Other	483

Grants made

Grants made to disease-focused orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	4,196
2-3	1,451
4-10	320
11+	68

Top 10 foundations supporting medical disease and disorder focused nonprofits

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to disease-focused orgs	Number of grants made to disease-focused orgs	Median grant size
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	1.5%	472	$100
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.9%	460	$147
Baird Foundation	WI	National	3.7%	424	$50
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	222	$400
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	189	$100
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	1.0%	171	$500
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	1.3%	155	$500
Baxter	IL	National	0.6%	154	$75
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	4.2%	136	$20
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.3%	113	$15

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Medical disease and disorder focused nonprofits grantees

Disease-focused nonprofits with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 51% of all disease-focused orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	13,246
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	50

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	3,012
Texas	1,395
California	1,179
Illinois	1,127
Other	6,583

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	3,197
Chicago	1,097
Dallas	972
Washington DC	835
Other	6,931

Top 25 grants made to disease-focused nonprofits

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$63,558,547	Gaap	Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$63,558,547	Gaap	Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$55,000,000	Gaap	Baylor Scott and White Health
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$55,000,000	Gaap	Baylor Scott and White Health
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$55,000,000	General Support	Baylor Scott and White Health
Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation	$46,047,421		BJC Health System
The Foundation of The American Academy of Ophthalmology	$30,893,678	Book Value	American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
The Foundation of The American Academy of Ophthalmology	$30,893,678	Recorded Book Value	American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	$27,264,760	Cost	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	$27,264,760	Cost	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Huntsman Cancer Foundation (HCF)	$21,672,117	General Support	Five for the Fight Foundation
Massachusetts Eye and Ear	$15,083,409		Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital	$12,250,000	Cash	Lifespan
Clinton Health Access Initiative	$11,649,786	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$9,376,244	Gaap	Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$9,376,238	General Support	Baylor Scott & White Health
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network	$9,376,238	Gaap	Baylor Scott & White Health
American Cancer Society (ACS)	$8,950,000	Challenge Grant	Community Foundation of Collier County
Entertainment Industry Foundation	$8,389,579	Pancreatic Cancer Research	Cure Pancreatic Cancer Lustgarten Foundation
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital	$8,256,745	Accrual	Lifespan
Fighting Infectious Diseases in	$7,085,945	Polio	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cancer Research And Biostatistics	$6,931,763	Public Health Sciences	Fred Hutch (FHCRC)
United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties (UCPLA)	$6,410,000	To Support the Cost of Momentum's Various Program Activities.	Spastic Children's Endowment Foundation
Helen Keller International (HKI)	$6,252,078		Fhi 360
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation	$6,096,691	Operational Support	Jsi Research and Training Institute

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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 "Disease-focused nonprofits" category for this page is determined by the "G00: Disease, Disorders, Medical Disciplines: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.