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J Craig Venter Institute

J. Craig venter institute (jcvi) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advancing the science of genomics committed to accelerating foundational scientific research to drive advances in human health and environmental sustainability. This past year jcvi committed research efforts in human health, environmental sustainability,…

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$98,012
Largest grant, FY2024
$354,924
Organizations funded a year
11 to 17
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$39M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations J Craig Venter Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationScience & TechHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2024still arriving10$1.5M30%
FY202311$2.3M0%
FY202217$2.9M12%
FY202116$2.7M38%
FY202013$2.5M31%
FY201912$2.4M25%
FY201814$1.9M43%
FY201711$1.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$14MHealth$2.5MEducation$1.6MFood & Nutrition$8k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MA
OH
RI
CA
CO
MO
MD
NM
TN
NC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$4,551,9848n/a
Colorado State University$1,989,5316n/a
Rhode Island Hospital$1,562,82460%
Vanderbilt University$1,477,08660%
Case Western Reserve University$1,003,43330%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$955,4445n/a
Global Algae Innovations$900,0004n/a
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute$592,12330%
Duke University$440,27140%
Emory University$354,92410%
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of J Craig Venter Institute by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$4,551,9848n/a
Colorado State University$1,989,5316n/a
Rhode Island Hospital$1,562,82460%
Vanderbilt University$1,477,08660%
Case Western Reserve University$1,003,43330%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$955,4445n/a
Global Algae Innovations$900,0004n/a
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute$592,12330%
Duke University$440,27140%
Emory University$354,92410%
University of Maryland College Park$338,7984n/a
Washington University$327,44750%
Santa Fe Institute$295,79951%
Synthetic Genomics$287,7522n/a
Lawrence Livermore Natl Laboratory$282,7704n/a
Geneva Foundation$264,57710%
Northwestern University$240,11230%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$225,21130%
MRIGlobal$143,27520%
University of Alabama at Birmingham$120,8353n/a
Nova Southeastern University Inc$90,48720%
Cal Poly Corporation$66,62830%
Art Center College of Design$46,83620%
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston$42,8833n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$35,7492n/a
Trustees of Boston University$27,84820%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$25,42320%
Regents Univ of California$18,9502n/a
Ut Southwestern Med Ctr$10,5691n/a
Cleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation$10,08910%
Usda Agricultural Research Services$8,0761n/a
Carleton College$7,27910%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$6,9401n/a
Sequella Foundation Inc$5,3781n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($497k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Craig Venter Institute supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRhode Island Hospital: $1,562,824 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,477,086 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $1,003,433 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: $592,123 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDuke University: $440,271 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $354,924 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $327,447 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Fe Institute: $295,799 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGeneva Foundation: $264,577 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorthwestern University: $240,112 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $225,211 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMRIGlobal: $143,275 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $90,487 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCal Poly Corporation: $66,628 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArt Center College of Design: $46,836 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $27,848 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $25,423 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation: $10,089 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCarleton College: $7,279 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 19.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Johns Hopkins Univers…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johns Hopkins University · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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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How do I get to J Craig Venter Institute?

Find your warmest path to J Craig Venter Institute through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About J Craig Venter Institute

How much does J Craig Venter Institute give?
J Craig Venter Institute reported 10 grants totaling $1,536,818 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does J Craig Venter Institute fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (78%), Health (13%), Education (9%).
Who are J Craig Venter Institute's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($4.6M), Colorado State University ($2.0M), Rhode Island Hospital ($1.6M).
Does J Craig Venter Institute fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as J Craig Venter Institute?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is J Craig Venter Institute based?
J Craig Venter Institute is based in CA.

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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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