Public Charity

WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

Based in CAMBRIDGE, MA, WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $222.3M in revenue, $174.3M in expenses, $973.2M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 173 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $38.7M.

EIN: 061043412 CAMBRIDGE, MA Biomedicine & Bioengineering Research NTEE: H92 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$222.3M
Total Expenses$174.3M
Total Assets$973.2M
Grant Records173
Funding Total$38.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FORGES NEW FRONTIERS IN SCIENCE, UNCOVERING INSIGHTS TODAY THAT UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF TOMORROW. OUR ADVANCES IN GENETICS AND GENOMICS ARE NOW ENABLING US TO TACKLE THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE WITH UNPRECEDENTED DEPTH AND BREADTH.

Where $100 goes at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

How Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is an independent nonprofit research institution located in Cambridge, massachusetts
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Dr Deborah Dunsire
DIRECTOR Dr Dennis Langer
MEMBER (FACULTY) Dr Harvey Lodish
MEMBER (FACULTY) Dr Iain Cheeseman
DIRECTOR Dr Kevin Churchwell
DIRECTOR/BOARD VICE CHAIR Dr Paul Joskow

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$17,388,872 44 grants
General Support
$6,932,983 48 grants
Research & Policy
$5,530,022 41 grants
Education
$3,605,835 15 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$1,148,324 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $222.3M $174.3M $973.2M
2024 $164.9M $145.7M $903.4M
2023 $120.2M $122.9M $842.4M
2022 $110.9M $110.2M $806.8M
2021 $97.6M $96.7M $896.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $97.6M to $222.3M (+128%), with total assets most recently reported at $973.2M.

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