Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 184
- Grants FY2023
- 125
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Blackbaud Giving Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc named its own grantees at scale: 102 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $121,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 125
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 26
- Total assets, FY2023
- $711k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $304k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 125 | $1.0M | 91% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.0M | 57% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.2M | 87% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $460k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $331k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $390,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria | $225,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Girls Inc of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey | $200,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Greenlight for Girls | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emory University | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alliance Medical Ministry Inc | $165,932 | 2 | 3% |
| The Good Samaritan Health Center Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lumity | $140,000 | 2 | 6% |
| The American India Foundation | $130,000 | 2 | 1% |
| STEM GEMS Inc | $85,625 | 1 | 61% |
Show all 141 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 117 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · AbbVie Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Usg Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc with peer funders
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About Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc
- How much does Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc give?
- Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc reported 184 grants totaling $1,036,199 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 125 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Health (20%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc ($390k), Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria ($225k), Girls Inc of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey ($200k).
- Does Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, AbbVie Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc based?
- Avantor Sciences Foundation % Avantor Inc is based in PA.
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