Massachusetts · Public charity
Health Effects Institute
HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE's mission is to conduct independent research to provide high-quality, impartial and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution. This is done by identifying the highest priority areas for health effect research; funding and overseeing research; providing independent review of related research…
- $7.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $258,121
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,122,489
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Health Effects Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $4.3M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $4.2M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $3.6M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $2.2M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $402k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $778k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $833k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas | $3,754,051 | 9 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $1,371,968 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,278,151 | 4 | 0% |
| Oregon State University | $1,253,668 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $1,144,494 | 6 | n/a |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $1,038,845 | 7 | 0% |
| Emory University | $1,003,053 | 5 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $934,737 | 4 | n/a |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | $925,605 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $741,710 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas | $3,754,051 | 9 | n/a |
| Colorado State University | $1,371,968 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,278,151 | 4 | 0% |
| Oregon State University | $1,253,668 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $1,144,494 | 6 | n/a |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | $1,038,845 | 7 | 0% |
| Emory University | $1,003,053 | 5 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $934,737 | 4 | n/a |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | $925,605 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $741,710 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $739,466 | 6 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $725,334 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $640,587 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $500,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Drexel University | $452,503 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $452,349 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $447,849 | 4 | n/a |
| East Carolina University | $397,084 | 3 | n/a |
| Duke University | $391,259 | 1 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $295,515 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas A&M Transportation Institute | $250,934 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $235,634 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston University | $199,511 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $136,236 | 2 | 0% |
| Dri Research Foundation | $116,840 | 2 | 13% |
| The George Washington University | $116,400 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $92,768 | 3 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Health Effects Institute supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Health Effects Institute
- How much does Health Effects Institute give?
- Health Effects Institute reported 18 itemized grants totaling $5,746,190, out of $7,150,898 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Health Effects Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (100%).
- Who are Health Effects Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Texas ($3.8M), Colorado State University ($1.4M), Trustees of Boston University ($1.3M).
- Does Health Effects Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Health Effects Institute based?
- Health Effects Institute is based in MA.
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