Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Biotechnology Innovation Organization
The BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION (bio) represents approximately 1,000 companies and organizations in washington dc, state capitals, and international fora. Bio is founded on the principle that policy must nurture innovation in the life sciences to overcome challenges in health care, agriculture, industry, and the environment.…
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $195,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 79
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 29
- Total assets, FY2024
- $170M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Biotechnology Innovation Organization funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 60 | $1.5M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $766k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $499k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 79 | $2.1M | 49% |
| FY2020 | 59 | $3.0M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 70 | $3.2M | 47% |
| FY2018 | 60 | $2.6M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $779k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber of Commerce of the USA | $1,330,000 | 6 | 1% |
| California Life Sciences Association | $785,500 | 6 | 4% |
| One Nation | $750,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hawaii Crop Improvement Association | $626,500 | 3 | 71% |
| Majority Forward | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fuelsamerica | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Health Council Inc | $468,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation | $455,000 | 4 | 100% |
| Republican Governors Association | $420,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Lupus Foundation of America Inc | $349,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 191 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Biotechnology Innovation Organization supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 161 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: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Advanced Medical Technology Association · Edison Electric Institute Inc · Croplife America · The Business Roundtable Inc · Association for Accessible Medicines · Motion Picture Association Inc · American Petroleum Institute · AARP · American Gas Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · American Property Casualty Insurance Association
How this is measured
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About Biotechnology Innovation Organization
- How much does Biotechnology Innovation Organization give?
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization reported 61 itemized grants totaling $1,451,600, out of $2,331,287 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 79 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Biotechnology Innovation Organization fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (34%), Public Benefit (21%), Community Improvement (21%).
- Who are Biotechnology Innovation Organization's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chamber of Commerce of the USA ($1.3M), California Life Sciences Association ($786k), One Nation ($750k).
- Does Biotechnology Innovation Organization fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Biotechnology Innovation Organization?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Advanced Medical Technology Association, Edison Electric Institute Inc.
- Where is Biotechnology Innovation Organization based?
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization is based in DC.
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