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Medical research organizations

There are 6,076 medical research organizations in the United States. Combined, these medical research organizations employ 61,699 people, earn more than $20 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $80 billion.
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Types of medical research organizations

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Medical discipline research centers
 
1,267
 
$8,652,560,027
Organizations supporting multiple medical research organizations
 
1,008
 
$2,158,107,039
Cancer research organizations
 
954
 
$2,591,678,331
Medical research professional societies
 
374
 
$232,033,471
Medical research alliances and advocates
 
196
 
$38,717,510
Organizations supporting a single medical research nonprofit
 
153
 
$3,060,417,937
Nerve, muscle, and bone research organizations
 
150
 
$100,672,336
Medical research and public policy institutes
 
141
 
$210,372,288
Medical research technical and management assistance providers
 
25
 
$7,561,929
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Job trends for Medical research organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
1,023
1-10
 
404
11-25
 
113
26-100
 
128
101 to 1,000
 
73
1,000+
 
14
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Sizes of medical research organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
1,293
$250k to $1M
 
422
$1M to $5M
 
373
$5M to $25M
 
180
$25M to $100M
 
73
$100M+
 
31
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Directory of medical research organizations

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THE Breast Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc. is to prevent and cure Breast Cancer by advancing The world's most promising Research. Prevent and cure Breast Cancer by advancing The world's most promising Research.
Revenue
$117.4m
Assets
$199.1m
Employees
63
EIN
13-3727250
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Institute for Humane Studies

The Institute discovers, develops, and supports students, scholars, and other intellectuals who maintain the highest standard of academic excellence and who share an interest in the principles of the classical liberal tradition.
Revenue
$21.1m
Assets
$33.0m
Employees
96
EIN
94-1623852
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR)

The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) is America's most experienced, trusted and effective non-profit dedicated to improving human and animal health by promoting public understanding and support for biomedical research.
Revenue
$1.6m
Assets
$21.0m
Employees
2
EIN
04-2746997
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funding to pursue innovative cancer research.
Revenue
$54.7m
Assets
$170.4m
Employees
17
EIN
13-1933825
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Association for Anatomy (AAA)

The mission of American Association of Anatomists is to advance anatomical science through research, education, and professional development.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$15.5m
Employees
9
EIN
23-6239047
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Blood Cancer United Research Programs

The corporation was formed exclusively for one or more of the following objectives or purposes: to benefit, to perform the Research functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the leukemia & lymphoma society, Inc. tax id 13-5644916. Tax id #13-5644916.
Revenue
$0
Assets
$0
Employees
0
EIN
13-3470494
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Children's National Research Institute (CNHS)

The mission of Children's National Health System is to excel in care, advocacy, research and education.
Revenue
$102.1m
Assets
$28.7m
Employees
0
EIN
52-1654453
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alliance for Aging Research

The Alliance for Aging Research is the leading organization dedicated to accelerating the pace of scientific discoveries and their application to vastly improve the universal human experience of aging and health.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$6.3m
Employees
14
EIN
54-1379174
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cancer Research Institute (CRI)

Extend the lives of cancer patients and reduce cancer-related deaths by fueling the development of a new class of smarter, more effective treatments that mobilize our body's natural immune defenses against all types of cancer.
Revenue
$24.0m
Assets
$133.7m
Employees
32
EIN
13-1837442
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Association for Cancer Research

American Association for Cancer Research drives progress to prevent and cure cancer by advancing research, publishing journals, convening scientific meetings, and promoting education and advocacy.
Revenue
$137.4m
Assets
$291.8m
Employees
301
EIN
23-6251648
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology advances vision science worldwide through research funding, awards, travel grants, education, professional development, and global collaboration.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$22.9m
Employees
41
EIN
34-0812556
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Henry M Jackson Foundation For The Advancement of Military Medicine

Henry M Jackson Foundation advances military medicine by empowering researchers, facilitating industry collaborations, and supporting programs that benefit armed forces and civilians.
Revenue
$628.9m
Assets
$321.6m
Employees
2,839
EIN
52-1317896
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lupus Research Alliance (ALR)

The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is an American voluntary health organization based in New York City whose mission is to find better treatments and ultimately prevent and cure systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus).
Revenue
$18.6m
Assets
$93.3m
Employees
72
EIN
58-2492929
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Urological Association Education and Research

AUA Education and Research promotes urological education, research, and publication of scientific literature. Offers annual conference attracting thousands of professionals.
Revenue
$35.9m
Assets
$227.0m
Employees
172
EIN
43-0691437
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute ("Institute" or "hhmi") is the nation's largest private biomedical research institution, with almost $21 billion in net assets at the end of its 2018 fiscal year.
Revenue
$2.0b
Assets
$29.5b
Employees
2,627
EIN
59-0735717
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sabin Vaccine Institute

Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization made up of scientists, researchers, and advocates dedicated to reducing needless human suffering from vaccine preventable and neglected tropical diseases.
Revenue
$35.9m
Assets
$13.7m
Employees
76
EIN
06-1389829
IRS type
501(c)(3)

CURE Childhood Cancer

CURE Childhood Cancer is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through funding targeted research and through support of patients and their families.
Revenue
$11.8m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
34
EIN
58-1244138
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research

The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.
Revenue
$505.3m
Assets
$439.0m
Employees
325
EIN
13-4141945
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation's mission is to maximize dollars available for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center's most promising lifesaving research, treatment and prevention programs, while supporting the psychosocial needs.
Revenue
$32.9m
Assets
$162.8m
Employees
104
EIN
16-1391608
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)

The mission of the MMRF is to relentlessly pursue innovative means that accelerate the development of next-generation multiple myeloma treatments to extend the lives of patients and lead to a cure.
Revenue
$29.1m
Assets
$66.4m
Employees
72
EIN
06-1504413
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "H00: Medical Research: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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