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Foundations That Fund Medical Research in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 310 funders that made 1,568 grants totaling $366.1M to 101 medical research organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Medical Research Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $366.1M
Funders 310
Grants 1,568
Organizations funded 101

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Curing Retinal Blindness Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019 · 11.6% of their giving
$50K
27. Prostate Cancer Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$823K
28. Nsabp Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 31.2% of their giving
$25K
29. Human Immunome Project Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2022 · 3.0% of their giving
$150K
30. Pennsylvania Medical Society
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$100K
31. Accessmatters
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2023
$455K
32. Swim Across America Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$331K
33. Ames True Temper Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 14.3% of their giving
$25K
34. The Philadelphia Foundation
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024
$870K
35. Stachestrong Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$126K
36. The Sarah Ralston Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$130K
37. The Johnny M Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2019 · 18.8% of their giving
$15K
38. Golf Fights Cancer Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$135K
39. The Wawa Foundation Inc
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$369K
40. Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $39K · through 2022 · 4.0% of their giving
$50K
41. Jewish Communal Fund
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$2.9M
42. Philadelphia Works Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $378K · through 2024
$717K
45. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $800K · through 2024
$800K
47. Hyundai Hope on Wheels
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$300K
50. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $346K · through 2022
$877K
53. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$609K
55. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023
$208K
58. The Oregon Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$550K
69. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024
$1.8M
71. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$400K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to medical research work in Pennsylvania, 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. 12 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 Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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