Average grant size at major medical research foundations
The typical grant from the 20 largest medical research foundations is about $75K. Across all 160 medical research funders on file, the typical grant is about $5K. Fritz B Burns Foundation 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 medical research funders
| Foundation | State | Typical grant | Grants a year | Total giving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz B Burns Foundation | CA | $250K | 34 | $14M |
| DOVE FAMILY FOUNDATION | AL | $5K | 29 | $12M |
| TORREY COAST FOUNDATION | CA | $250K | 25 | $11M |
| SONTAG FOUNDATION | FL | $113K | 35 | $7.2M |
| PILARA FAMILY FOUNDATION | CA | $100K | 29 | $6.1M |
| THE PAUL & KAREN LEVY FAMILY FOUNDATION | FL | $10K | 31 | $5.5M |
| The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for | CT | $74K | 58 | $4.1M |
| MAX AND MINNIE TOMERLIN VOELCKER FUND | TX | $150K | 24 | $3.5M |
| JOSIAH MACY JR FOUNDATION | NY | $72K | 47 | $3.2M |
| SHARON AND CLAUDE B PENNINGTON | LA | $5K | 48 | $3.1M |
| EDWARD J MALLINCKRODT JR FOUNDATION | MO | $75K | 33 | $3.0M |
| THE ELLWOOD FOUNDATION | TX | $30K | 66 | $2.7M |
| CHARLES H HOOD FOUNDATION | MA | $100K | 22 | $2.5M |
| DAFTUAR FAMILY FOUNDATION | NY | $100K | 13 | $2.4M |
| FICHTENBAUM CHARITABLE TRUST | TX | $25K | 56 | $2.2M |
| SMITH BROTHERS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC | KY | $6K | 16 | $1.9M |
| THE INTERNATIONAL RETINAL RESEARCH | AL | $78K | 9 | $1.7M |
| THE FULLERTON FOUNDATION | SC | $10K | 54 | $1.5M |
| THE ROBERT M SINSKEY FOUNDATION | CA | $150K | 10 | $1.5M |
| THE JOHN F NAGEL FOUNDATION | ID | $60K | 20 | $1.4M |
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