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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 4 of 4

83. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019 · 3.5% of their giving
$50K
84. Cornell UniversityRegrantor
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $363K · through 2024
$1.0M
85. Academic Pediatric AssociationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$44K
86. American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$65K
87. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkRegrantor
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $254K · through 2024
$912K
88. University of PittsburghRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $371K · through 2024
$805K
89. American Cancer Society IncRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$802K
90. University of Kansas Medical Center Research InstituteRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $189K · through 2019
$189K
91. Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation HospitalRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 3.0% of their giving
$20K
92. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North AmericaRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$30K
93. American Society for MicrobiologyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2019 · 4.1% of their giving
$12K
94. Porter Hills FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2019 · 2.5% of their giving
$19K
95. National Pediatric Cancer Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $88K · through 2019
$88K
96. Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation IncRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $14K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$36K
97. Parkinson's Foundation IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2022
$157K
98. The Amyloidosis FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021 · 2.0% of their giving
$20K
99. American Heart Association IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $376K · through 2023
$649K
100. Northwestern UniversityRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $350K · through 2022
$439K
101. Carnegie Mellon UniversityRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $81K · through 2022
$262K
102. National Tuberous Sclerosis AssociationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022
$40K
103. American Foundation for Suicide PreventionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2020
$90K
104. Muscular Dystrophy Association IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2025
$162K
105. The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $193K · through 2022
$402K
106. Lmsarcoma Direct Research FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$10K
107. Vanderbilt University Medical CenterRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $82K · through 2022
$223K

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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