· Private foundation
Act for Nih Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $257k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ADOPT A SCIENTIST | $50,000 |
| OZUAH FAMILY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| UT FOUNDATION | $48,500 |
| RESEARCH AMERICA | $26,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $26,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $26,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH | $26,000 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $18,000 |
| USAGAINST ALZHEIMERS | $18,000 |
| BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | $18,000 |
| BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S THEATRE | $10,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR NIH | $10,000 |
| JEWISH FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE | $10,000 |
| SOUTHFORK NATURAL HISTORY | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $281k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFriends of Cancer Research4× · 2019–2024 · $302k · revenue +42%
- RRESEARCHAMERICA5× · 2020–2024 · $152k · revenue +101%
- SFSOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY3× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- HHHALO HOUSEone grant, 2022 · $111k
- BCBAYLOR COLLEGE MEDICINEone grant, 2023 · $100k
- UUTMDACCone grant, 2022 · $80k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Please see schedule o
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.
How this is measured
29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Friends of Cancer Research ↗
- Who funds RESEARCHAMERICA ↗
- Who funds USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S ↗
- Who funds ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds ADOPT-A-SCIENTIST ↗
- Who funds OZUAH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC PHILIP OZUAH DIRECTOR ↗
- Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S INN AT NIH INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
- Who funds The George Washington University ↗
- Who funds Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Halo House Foundation ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE ↗
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: Andrew Sabin Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Act for Nih Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Act for Nih Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
- Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
- The American Society for Cell Biology: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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