Average grant size at major health care foundations
The typical grant from the 20 largest health care foundations is about $100K. Across all 1,215 health care funders on file, the typical grant is about $6K. PFIZER PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC gives the most in this field.
Every figure comes from the foundations’ own IRS filings. The largest funders in a field usually give far more per grant than the field as a whole, because they make fewer, larger awards to organizations and projects big enough to absorb that much money at once. Check before you ask. Open any foundation to see who it has funded, where and for how much.
The 20 largest health care funders
| Foundation | State | Typical grant | Grants a year | Total giving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFIZER PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC | NY | $3K | 45 | $1480M |
| MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC | NY | $200K | 601 | $173M |
| THE MEINDERS FOUNDATION | OK | $250K | 40 | $75M |
| THE LEON LEVINE FOUNDATION | NC | $60K | 522 | $58M |
| JAMES M COX FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC | GA | $100K | 101 | $43M |
| THE MCGEE FOUNDATION INC | OK | $200K | 15 | $42M |
| J BULOW CAMPBELL FOUNDATION | GA | $400K | 57 | $40M |
| The Commonwealth Fund | NY | $15K | 534 | $31M |
| Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | NJ | $150K | 74 | $29M |
| MERCURY FOUNDATION | CA | $3.0M | 6 | $28M |
| The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation | AZ | $250K | 55 | $26M |
| THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC | NY | $4K | 177 | $24M |
| Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation | TX | $55K | 57 | $24M |
| LARRY BENAROYA FAMILY FOUNDATION | WA | $15K | 18 | $17M |
| CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN | CA | $100K | 90 | $17M |
| MERANCAS FOUNDATION INC | NC | $50K | 140 | $16M |
| TOM AND JULIE WOOD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC | IN | $125K | 30 | $16M |
| RICHARD & SUSAN SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION | MA | $36K | 137 | $16M |
| THE JOHN M O'QUINN FOUNDATION | TX | $50K | 78 | $15M |
| UNIHEALTH FOUNDATION | CA | $100K | 108 | $13M |
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