Massachusetts · Public charity
Life Science Cares Inc
Life science cares activates the financial and human capital of the life sciences industry and partners with nonprofits to disrupt the cycle of poverty and inequality in our communities. Lsc serves not only as a grant-making organization, but also a committed community engaging to help solve societal problems through a combination of…
- $5.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 91
- Grants FY2024
- 101
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $424,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 101
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Life Science Cares Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 | 90 | $5.2M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 101 | $5.1M | 37% |
| FY2022 | 74 | $3.6M | 34% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $2.7M | 65% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $2.6M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $751k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $620k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $372k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar | $667,805 | 5 | 51% |
| Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc | $649,600 | 4 | 13% |
| Food for Free Committee Inc | $574,493 | 7 | 2% |
| Glide Foundation | $548,285 | 5 | 1% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $465,300 | 7 | 1% |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | $434,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Jeremiah Program | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| San Diego Squared | $375,000 | 4 | 17% |
| The Possible Project Inc | $372,400 | 6 | 2% |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | $370,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 173 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Life Science Cares Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 167 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: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Wellington Management Foundation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill
How this is measured
About Life Science Cares Inc
- How much does Life Science Cares Inc give?
- Life Science Cares Inc reported 91 grants totaling $5,418,494 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 101 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Life Science Cares Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Youth Development (17%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Life Science Cares Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar ($668k), Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc ($650k), Food for Free Committee Inc ($574k).
- Does Life Science Cares Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Life Science Cares Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Life Science Cares Inc based?
- Life Science Cares Inc is based in MA.
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