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Foundations That Fund Medical Research in Washington

Imperigo has identified 106 funders that made 527 grants totaling $149.8M to 52 medical research organizations in Washington, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Medical Research Funding in Washington

Total granted $149.8M
Funders 106
Grants 527
Organizations funded 52

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

52. American Orthotic and Prosthetic AssociationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $156K · through 2021 · 64.1% of their giving
$251K
53. American Leprosy Missions IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $139K · through 2020 · 17.6% of their giving
$248K
54. Breakthrough T1dRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$2.9M
55. The George Washington UniversityRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $484K · through 2024
$2.3M
56. Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $384K · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$911K
57. American Lung AssociationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $157K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$870K
58. American Diabetes Association Research Foundation IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $190K · through 2021 · 1.5% of their giving
$480K
59. Washington Global Health AllianceRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2021 · 44.1% of their giving
$35K
60. Thomas Jefferson UniversityRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $261K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$651K
61. National Scleroderma Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2022 · 3.2% of their giving
$200K
62. The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $486K · through 2024
$1.5M
63. Lupus Research Alliance IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $574K · through 2022
$597K
64. Swedish Health ServicesRegrantor
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $270K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$342K
65. The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$1.8M
66. National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $315K · through 2024
$744K
67. Johns Hopkins UniversityRegrantor
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024
$3.0M
68. LA Jolla Institute for ImmunologyRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $227K · through 2024
$291K
69. Vanderbilt University Medical CenterRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.2M
70. Benaroya Research Institute at VirginiaRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $353K · through 2024
$545K
71. Carnegie Mellon UniversityRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $243K · through 2024
$560K
72. Trustees of Boston UniversityRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $379K · through 2023
$945K
73. The Brighton Jones Richer Life FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$30K
74. Discovery InstituteRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2019 · 1.7% of their giving
$72K
75. American Diabetes AssociationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $114K · through 2024
$341K
76. Brightfocus FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2021
$300K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to medical research work in Washington, 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. 10 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 Washington. 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 Washington, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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