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Foundations That Fund Medical Research in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 122 funders that made 501 grants totaling $648.4M to 47 medical research organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Medical Research Funding in Michigan

Total granted $648.4M
Funders 122
Grants 501
Organizations funded 47

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Van Andel Institute
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $286.3M · through 2023 · 95.5% of their giving
$607.4M
2. Team Lafontaine Ucancervive
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $461K · through 2024 · 36.7% of their giving
$939K
3. McMaster University
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $408K · through 2020 · 21.0% of their giving
$587K
4. Gladys Friant Trust Under Will
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2025 · 16.5% of their giving
$220K
5. Grand Rapids Community Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$1.7M
6. National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 21.9% of their giving
$170K
7. Intervalien Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $84K · through 2024 · 11.6% of their giving
$164K
8. Dmc Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $81K · through 2023 · 3.7% of their giving
$236K
9. Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $310K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$549K
10. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $446K · through 2023
$818K
11. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $302K · through 2024
$1.4M
12. St Baldrick's Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $335K · through 2022
$633K
13. Saint Marys Medical Staff Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2022 · 17.4% of their giving
$26K
14. Corewell Health Group Return
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $157K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$204K
15. Saving Tiny Hearts Society
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2022 · 3.6% of their giving
$75K
16. Hyundai Hope on Wheels
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $325K · through 2024
$325K
17. Credit Unions Chartered in the State of Michigan 48 Lake Michigan Credit Union
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 2.4% of their giving
$40K
18. Saint Mary's Foundation C/O Trinity Health Grand Rapids
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2021
$78K
19. Barnett Family Support Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2019 · 3.6% of their giving
$15K
20. United Jewish Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024
$276K
21. Michigan Health Endowment Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $147K · through 2024
$236K
22. American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022
$20K
23. Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $53K · through 2020
$78K
24. The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024
$63K
25. Priority Health Total Health Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2022
$30K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to medical research work in Michigan, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 9 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering medical research work, with an address in Michigan. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable medical research funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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