Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Academyhealth
ACADEMYHEALTH improves health and health care for all by advancing evidence to inform policy and practice.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $57,681
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $311,597
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 32
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 20
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 91% of the organizations Academyhealth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 39 | $2.8M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $2.5M | 91% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $228k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $686,828 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $407,454 | 2 | n/a |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $371,125 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Carolina | $363,040 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $313,707 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Voices | $278,997 | 3 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $277,122 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $193,087 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $189,678 | 2 | n/a |
| Patient Advocate Foundation | $188,625 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $686,828 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $407,454 | 2 | n/a |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $371,125 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Carolina | $363,040 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $313,707 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Voices | $278,997 | 3 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $277,122 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $193,087 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $189,678 | 2 | n/a |
| Patient Advocate Foundation | $188,625 | 2 | 0% |
| Grayhall | $185,850 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association | $173,797 | 2 | n/a |
| Design Impact | $157,559 | 1 | 23% |
| Birthmatters | $118,564 | 2 | 10% |
| Moses-Weitzman Health System Inc | $116,537 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $110,269 | 2 | n/a |
| Genesis Birth Services | $94,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Mamatoto Village Inc | $87,016 | 2 | 1% |
| Association of Immunization Managers | $84,650 | 3 | 1% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $74,997 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $74,962 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $74,874 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $69,817 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $59,982 | 2 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $57,681 | 1 | n/a |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | $51,142 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopes Embrace | $48,482 | 2 | 25% |
| Innovation Horizon | $44,247 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Doulas Inc | $42,542 | 2 | n/a |
| Birth in Color Rva Foundation | $39,039 | 2 | 2% |
| Sarah Gordon Golden Standard Public Health | $38,017 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Maine System Inc | $37,513 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Center of Virginia | $36,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Immunize Colorado | $32,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Institute for Community Health Inc | $20,997 | 1 | 1% |
| Policy Viz | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Researchamerica | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lown Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of Family Planning | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fnu Fontier Nursing University Inc | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Academyhealth supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Academyhealth
- How much does Academyhealth give?
- Academyhealth reported 40 grants totaling $2,932,711 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 32 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Academyhealth fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (87%), Education (13%).
- Who are Academyhealth's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: University of Pittsburgh ($687k), University of Maryland College Park ($407k), Vcuvcu Health Campus ($371k).
- Does Academyhealth fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Academyhealth?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Academyhealth based?
- Academyhealth is based in DC.
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