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Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc

Formed as a supporting organization of president and fellows of harvard college to conduct, support and develop research and inventions in the life sciences and engineering.

$9.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$9.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$1,051,207
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,693,161
Organizations funded a year
12 to 21
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$479M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $844k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$7.9M9%
FY202412$5.6M8%
FY202313$5.2M15%
FY202215$4.3M13%
FY202114$12M21%
FY202018$4.8M17%
FY201921$5.8M14%
FY201821$7.9M14%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$39MScience & Tech$21MEducation$9.2MFood & Nutrition$1.8MRecreation & Sports$253kArts & Culture$54k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
KY
MD
AZ
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Corporation$8,925,36490%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$7,060,1239n/a
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$5,986,93260%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$5,674,97990%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$5,641,7339n/a
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$4,541,38331%
University of Maryland College Park$3,112,6442n/a
J Craig Venter Institute$3,055,366712%
Trustees of Boston University$2,750,90690%
Attivare Therapeutics Inc$2,536,7242n/a
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All grantees of Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Corporation$8,925,36490%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$7,060,1239n/a
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$5,986,93260%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$5,674,97990%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$5,641,7339n/a
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$4,541,38331%
University of Maryland College Park$3,112,6442n/a
J Craig Venter Institute$3,055,366712%
Trustees of Boston University$2,750,90690%
Attivare Therapeutics Inc$2,536,7242n/a
Metis Foundation$1,830,113310%
Emulate Inc$1,179,8441n/a
Readcoor Inc$1,114,2601n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$1,098,47890%
Regents of the University of California$1,062,5563n/a
Enplusone Biosciences Inc$1,051,2071n/a
Raytheon Bbn Technologies Corp$762,1183n/a
CFD Research Corporation$747,2805n/a
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$677,82170%
Cornell University$481,40830%
Northeastern University$452,84720%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$441,79740%
University of Pittsburgh$390,63540%
The Trustees of Princeton University$303,04550%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$267,48530%
New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc$252,9092n/a
University of Massachusetts$215,0644n/a
The Cloud Artscience Foundation$126,50128%
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary$104,9983n/a
Adaptive Surface Tech Inc (Formerly Slips Tech$74,7351n/a
Arizona State University$70,7681n/a
University of Louisville Research Foundation$55,86220%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$36,2382n/a
Nucleate Bio Inc$30,00031%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$23,10920%
Washington University$21,28710%
Regents of the University of Michigan$20,0001n/a
Institute for International Research$12,8002n/a
GSAS Harvard BioTechnology Club$10,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $8,925,364 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $5,986,932 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,674,979 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $4,541,383 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetJ Craig Venter Institute: $3,055,366 over 7y, 12% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $2,750,906 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMetis Foundation: $1,830,113 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,098,478 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $677,821 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $481,408 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $452,847 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $441,797 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $390,635 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $303,045 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $267,485 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cloud Artscience Foundation: $126,501 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation: $55,862 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNucleate Bio Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $23,109 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $21,287 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Johns Hopkins UniversityMD12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc

How much does Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc give?
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $9,249,939, out of $9,605,705 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Science & Tech (29%), Education (13%).
Who are Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Hospital Corporation ($8.9M), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($7.1M), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ($6.0M).
Does Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University.
Where is Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc based?
Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ Inc is based in MA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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