Grants for scientific research centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to science and technology research centers
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,270 science and technology research centers received at least $439.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,878 grants made from 1,349 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,200. Of these 1,349 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to research centers, and 3% made grants to four or more research centers. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$439,433,588

Total grant dollars given to scientific research centers

1,878

Number of grants made annually to scientific research centers

1,349

Number of grantmakers funding scientific research centers

$1,200

Median grant size to scientific research centers

Foundations that support science and technology research centers

Out of all grants made to scientific research centers, 76% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 65% of the dollar-value of grants to research centers. Foundations funding research centers also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, international humanitarian organizations, universities, food banks, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,027
Medium	146
Large	174

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	39
Private	1,113
Corporate	68
Other	129

Grants made

Grants made to research centers	Number of grantmakers
1	1,165
2-3	142
4-10	31
11+	11

Top 10 foundations supporting science and technology research centers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to research centers	Number of grants made to research centers	Median grant size
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	41	$540
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	35	$308
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	28	$350
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	22	$1,315
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	21	$50
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.6%	19	$1,000
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	17	$10
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	16	$324
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	WA	National	1.1%	12	$3,081,750
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.1%	12	$1,950

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Science and technology research centers grantees

Scientific research centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 53% of all research centers.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,824
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	54

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	279
Massachusetts	232
California	225
Virginia	94
Other	1,048

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	275
Boston	178
Washington DC	169
Chicago	80
Other	993

Top 25 grants made to scientific 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
Internet Society Foundation	$32,505,894	General Support	Public Interest Registry (PIR)
OpenAI	$30,000,000	Sciences	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
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
OpenAI	$16,028,500	General Support	Yc Org
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
Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health	$12,467,605	Change in Acct	Baptist Health South Floridainc
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)
Cicp Foundation	$7,360,812	FMV	Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP)
National Academy of Sciences	$7,306,007	Cash	National Academy of Engineering Fund (NAE)
US Ignite	$6,805,894	Sub-Award	Northeastern University (NU)
Waterford Institute	$6,700,000	To Provide Covid-19 Support	Blue Meridian Partners
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)
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	$5,471,008	Research/subcontract	Emory University
Foundation for the National Institute of Health (FNIH)	$5,294,112	Malaria	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SRI International	$5,036,570	Sub-Award	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

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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 "Scientific research centers" category for this page is determined by the "U00: Science and Technology Research: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.