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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 3 of 4

58. The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$5.3M
59. Precede Foundation IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $164K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$210K
60. Cure VCP Disease IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2023 · 58.3% of their giving
$142K
61. Karmanos Cancer FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$124K
62. Venture Global Engineering FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2019 · 38.3% of their giving
$120K
63. Trinity Health - MichiganRegrantor
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$605K
64. Seattle Children's HospitalRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $794K · through 2023
$1.9M
65. American Neuromuscular FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$100K
66. The Chip Miller Charitable FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 18.0% of their giving
$60K
67. Life Raft Group IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 64.3% of their giving
$45K
68. Public Health InstituteRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.3M
69. Cp NowRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2024 · 42.2% of their giving
$34K
70. United Way for Southeastern MichiganRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $505K · through 2023
$1.1M
71. Sky Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $71K · through 2019 · 7.5% of their giving
$71K
72. Defeat Msa Alliance Defeat Multiple System Atrophy AllRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 33.3% of their giving
$25K
73. Greentown Collaborative IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$100K
74. Washington UniversityRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $623K · through 2024
$1.5M
75. Amer Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology c/o American College of SurgeonsRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022 · 10.5% of their giving
$40K
76. Yale UniversityRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $589K · through 2024
$1.6M
77. Wishes For Elliott DBA International SCN8A AllianceRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 24.7% of their giving
$20K
78. Rebecca a Copeland Fund for Social JusticeRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 18.3% of their giving
$20K
79. Johns Hopkins UniversityRegrantor
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $984K · through 2024
$2.6M
80. University of DelawareRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $341K · through 2022
$612K
81. The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$180K
82. Emory UniversityRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $545K · through 2023
$1.4M

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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