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Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation

To end suffering and death due to melanoma by collaborating with all stakeholders to accelerate powerful research, advance cures for all patients, and prevent more melanomas.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$39MScience & Tech$27MEducation$4.0MEmployment$149kRecreation & Sports$100k
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $11,922,010, the rows itemized in this filing. The $13,359,283 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,437,273 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+16 grants · $11M
$255,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER$1,155,000
H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$1,155,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER (MSK)$1,088,210
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL (MASS GENERAL)$1,025,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO$1,000,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$975,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$900,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$900,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES$627,500
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$264,999
EMORY UNIVERSITY$255,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$255,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$255,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$255,000
THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER$255,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INC: $855k → 16%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $450k → 12%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $900k → 7%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $1.2M → 17%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $725k → 16%H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1.2M → 13%YALE UNIVERSITY: $1.8M → 12%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1.3M → 19%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $495k → 8%BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $600k → 16%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANDFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $835k → 7%THE REGENTS OF UCLA: $1.1M → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $920k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $600k → 16%H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1.1M → 13%YALE UNIVERSITY: $600k → 12%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $900k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - KOCH INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE CANC: $450k → 8%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $1.1M → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $900k → 17%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $450k → 16%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $750k → 19%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $970k → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $800k → 17%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $443k → 19%PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: $600k → 8%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $910k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $675k → 14%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $900k → 14%DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $1.4M → 16%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $628k → 14%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER: $1.2M → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE: $450k → 19%THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION DBA MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1.2M → 16%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $975k → 16%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $975k → 22%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $520k → 14%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL (MASS GENERAL): $1.0M → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER (MSK): $1.1M → 17%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $700k → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $970k → 17%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $975k → 16%THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $900k → 17%DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $600k → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $670k → 17%THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION DBA MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $823k → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETERING CANCER CENTER: $555k → 17%ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $900k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $1.4M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$1.1M · 73% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD · TEAM SCIENCE AWARD

East Asia and the Pacific$150k · 10% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: DERMATOLOGY CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

North America (Canada and Mexico)$135k · 9% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: NEXT STEPS: ADVANCING DRUG DISCOVERY TO IDENTIFY NEW THERAPIES

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$97k · 7% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: NEXT STEPS: ADVANCING DRUG DISCOVERY TO IDENTIFY NEW THERAPIES

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55M · 36 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
22

Total granted

$55M
$4.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+18%

Still filing today

53%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthScience & TechRecreation & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NY
    New York University
    6× · 2018–2023 · $4.1M · revenue +59%
  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +121%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $3.9M · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
    one grant, 2018 · $450k
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $375k · revenue +9%
  • SU
    State University of Iowa
    one grant, 2023 · $375k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
2
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
3
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
7
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
8
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
9
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the brown university health system, rih is committed to its mission: delivering health with care.

Health
10
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
11
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornell University; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/46
Grantees still filing
41/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $6,147,500 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIAMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $4,790,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $4,260,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOUTMD ANDERSON: $2,524,459 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $2,050,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $1,075,000 · Other+23 more: $8,396,940 · Other+23 moreNew York University: $4,103,263 · EducationNew York UniversityJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $3,931,985 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYYale University: $3,825,000 · EducationYale UniversityTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,874,647 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFO…THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $1,805,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $1,654,159 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAITHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,505,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,125,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,075,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $975,000 · Education+14 more: $4,541,412 · Education+14 moreMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $4,048,195 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERI…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,775,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Ins…H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $3,101,320 · HealthH LEE MOFFITT CANCER C…Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $510,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $475,000 · Health+11 more: $1,997,361 · Health+11 moreNorthwestern University: $660,027 · Recreation & SportsThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $225,000 · Science & TechCORIELL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $50,000 · Science & Tech
Other$29,243,899Education$26,415,466Health$13,906,876Recreation & Sports$660,027Science & Tech$275,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York University: $4,103,263 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $4,048,195 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $3,931,985 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $3,825,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,775,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetH LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $3,101,320 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,874,647 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $1,805,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $1,654,159 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,505,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,075,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $975,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $825,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $750,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $675,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $660,027 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $580,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $545,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $510,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $475,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research: $455,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $375,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $325,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $255,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $255,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $254,862 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $237,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $225,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $225,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $112,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORIELL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $19,412 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds The Institute For Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Mayo ClinicAmerican Cancer Socie…The Trustees of Colum…The V FoundationAmerican Lung Associa…Alzheimer's Disease &…Vanderbilt University…Northwestern Universi…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Mayo ClinicMN17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic · American Cancer Society Inc · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · The V Foundation · American Lung Association · Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Northwestern University · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Coriell Institute for Medical Research Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 72 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home