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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Phrma's mission is to conduct effective advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of important, new medicines for patients by biopharmaceutical research companies.

$43M
Granted FY2024still arriving
461
Grants FY2024still arriving
43
States reached
$6.8M
Largest
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$190MPublic Benefit$67MHuman Services$35MEducation$15MCivil Rights$7.6MCommunity Improvement$7.4MScience & Tech$6.6MSocial Science$2.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 461 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 461 grants below total $41,411,554, the rows itemized in this filing. The $43,264,315 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,852,761 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

  • Under $10k69 grants · $497k
  • $10k–50k277 grants · $5.5M
  • $50k–250k87 grants · $8.5M
  • $250k+28 grants · $27M
$20,000
Median grant
43
States reached
$349M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WE WORK FOR HEALTH$6,827,095
YALE UNIVERSITY$5,000,000
AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC$4,000,000
NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE INC$875,000
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF HEALTHCARE PURCHASER COALITION$850,000
PHRMA INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE$842,096
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT PATIENT HEALTH$660,000
COUNCIL FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE$615,000
REPUBLICAN STATE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE$550,000
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FOUNDATION$515,000
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION$500,000
MINNESOTANS FOR FREEDOM$500,000
PNW PHRMA PAC$417,500
DOMESTIC POLICIES CAUCUS$391,000
NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL$390,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $32.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEXT STEP: $26k → 8%HEALTHY MEN INC: $30k → 8%Fresno County Economic Opportunities: $45k → 19%NATIONAL COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY DISPENSING ASSOCIATION: $105k → 11%Old North State Medical Foundation: $30k → 12%Sisters in Birth Inc: $39k → 23%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $25k → 15%Next Step: $25k → 8%National Community Oncology Dispensing Association: $30k → 11%IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $35k → 17%National Community Oncology Dispensing Asso: $30k → 11%IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA: $25k → 17%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $30k → 12%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $115k → 10%NATIONAL COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY DISPENSING ASSOCIATION: $30k → 11%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $45k → 10%NATIONAL COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY DISPENSING ASSOCIATION: $30k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $25k → 17%Safe Call Now: $30k → 16%CENTER FOR BLACK EQUITY INC: $63k → 14%CALIFORNIA CHRONIC CARE COALITION: $250k → 12%CBE -PRIDE: $50k → 14%IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA: $25k → 14%Coalition of Texans with Disabilities: $25k → 10%California Chronic Care Coalition: $192k → 12%CALIFORNIA CHRONIC CARE COALITION: $153k → 12%California Chronic Care Coalition: $153k → 12%CALIFORNIA CHRONIC CARE COALITION: $152k → 12%California Chronic Care Coalition: $150k → 12%CALIFORNIA CHRONIC CARE COALITION: $135k → 12%Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America: $95k → 17%Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc: $35k → 17%Association of University Centers on Disabi: $30k → 8%Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America: $25k → 17%Association of Univ Centers on Disabilities: $30k → 8%ASSOC OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS ON DISABILITIES: $30k → 8%STREET SOCCER USA INC: $25k → 17%JORDANS GUARDIAN ANGELS: $25k → 12%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF URBAN INDIAN HEALTH: $30k → 14%AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC: $1.5M → 14%American Action Network: $7.5M → 14%American Action Network Inc: $6.5M → 14%AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC: $4.5M → 14%AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC: $4.0M → 14%AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC: $3.5M → 14%AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK INC: $2.5M → 14%Fight for Children Inc: $50k → 14%The Arc of the District of Columbia: $35k → 14%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$312M · 625 repeat orgs$21M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

625 repeat relationships: 322 still active in FY2024, 303 since wound down; 134 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

625
560

Total granted

$312M
$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+11%

Still filing today

74%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M 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
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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

  • AA
    American Action Network Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $30M · revenue +92%
  • CF
    CENTER FORWARD
    7× · 2017–2023 · $12M · revenue +124% · 37% of their budget
  • BI
    BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICA FIRST WORKS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2.5M · revenue -100%
  • NR
    NATIONAL REPUBLICAN REDISTRICTING TRUST
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M
  • UP
    UNLEASH PROSPERITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue +222% · 31% of their budget
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
National Coalition On Health Care

The mission of the national coalition on health care (nchc) is to support research and analysis, develop and promote policy solutions, build consensus, and engage the public in order to ensure that america has a high quality health system…

Health
4
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
5
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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6
The American Neurological Association

Advancing science, education, and careers to improve neurologic health for all.

Health
7
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

—
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
10
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
11
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mission Dental Virginia 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

967 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 967 of the 1,330 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.

68
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
263
Early backer (in before they grew)
922/967
Grantees still filing
616/967
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RX ABUSE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE: $63,025,000 · OtherRX ABUSE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVEWE WORK FOR HEALTH: $38,435,521 · OtherWE WORK FOR HEALTHHEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $6,529,766 · Other+108 more: $80,166,842 · Other+108 moreTHE ADDICTION POLICY FORUM: $18,051,000 · HealthTHE ADDICTION P…AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $1,891,050 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500,350 · Health+44 more: $19,794,699 · Health+44 moreAmerican Action Network Inc: $30,000,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Ac…California Chronic Care Coalition: $1,184,500 · Human Services+3 more: $879,550 · Human ServicesCENTER FORWARD: $11,763,424 · Public BenefitNATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE INC: $2,147,500 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $939,000 · Public Benefit+12 more: $4,590,000 · Public BenefitYale University: $10,030,000 · EducationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,735,000 · Education+5 more: $1,303,550 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE: $2,775,000 · Community ImprovementInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $1,321,700 · Community ImprovementCONSUMER ACTION FOR A STRONG ECONOMY INC: $835,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR A FREE ECONOMY INC: $507,000 · Community ImprovementCALIFORNIA BIO-PHARMA LABOR MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $430,500 · Community ImprovementCOALITION OF HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY PRACTICES: $357,000 · Community ImprovementTRADE ALLIANCE TO PROTECT PROSPERITY: $333,500 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL HISPANIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $280,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $862,810 · Community ImprovementTHE ORRIN G HATCH FOUNDATION: $2,140,000 · Arts & CultureTexas Conservative Coalition Research Institute: $359,000 · Arts & CultureMEN'S HEALTH NETWORK: $260,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$188,157,129Health$41,237,099Human Services$32,064,050Public Benefit$19,439,924Education$13,068,550Community Improvement$7,702,510Arts & Culture$2,759,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRX ABUSE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE: $63,025,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetWE WORK FOR HEALTH: $38,435,521 over 4y, 100% of budgetAmerican Action Network Inc: $30,000,000 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetTHE ADDICTION POLICY FORUM: $18,051,000 over 3y, 93% of budgetCENTER FORWARD: $11,763,424 over 7y, 37% of budgetYale University: $10,030,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $6,529,766 over 8y, 12% of budgetBIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION: $4,176,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE: $2,775,000 over 8y, 90% of budgetNATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE INC: $2,147,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetTHE ORRIN G HATCH FOUNDATION: $2,140,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetNational Health Council Inc: $1,959,747 over 6y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $1,891,050 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe AIDS Institute Inc: $1,861,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE FUTURE INC: $1,800,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,735,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC: $1,590,000 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500,350 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetINCUBATE: $1,435,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $1,321,700 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITMENT: $1,238,000 over 7y, 70% of budgetALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH: $1,204,250 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetFriends of Cancer Research: $1,200,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetCalifornia Chronic Care Coalition: $1,184,500 over 7y, 49% of budgetRETIRESAFE: $1,085,500 over 8y, 63% of budgetSchizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America: $1,072,500 over 6y, 38% of budgetIVI Foundation Inc dba Center for Innovation & Value Research: $1,045,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $1,005,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCAMPAIGN TO PROTECT PATIENT HEALTH: $960,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetRare Access Action Project Inc: $945,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetINFUSION ACCESS FOUNDATION: $942,500 over 6y, 65% of budgetNATIONAL HISPANIC COUNCIL ON AGING: $940,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $939,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NUTRITION & AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS: $886,000 over 8y, 31% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF HEALTHCARE PURCHASER COALITIONS INC: $850,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCONSUMER ACTION FOR A STRONG ECONOMY INC: $835,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetTHE HIV AND HEPATITIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $825,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetBIOSCIENCE LOS ANGELES COUNTY INC: $765,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetAMERICAN AUTOIMMUNE RELATED DISEASES ASSOCIATION: $731,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetThe Third Way Foundation Inc: $700,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetNAMI National: $681,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA FDN INC: $665,605 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetNATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS ASSOCIATION INC: $665,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDICINE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $650,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetDIABETES LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $644,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $637,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Biotechnology Foundation: $611,500 over 7y, 21% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION INC: $600,000 over 4y, 1.8% 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 RX ABUSE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds WE WORK FOR HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds American Action Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ADDICTION POLICY FORUM ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA FIRST WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ORRIN G HATCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Health Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The AIDS Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds INCUBATE ↗
  • Who funds Information Technology and Innovation Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITMENT ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds California Chronic Care Coalition ↗
  • Who funds RETIRESAFE ↗
  • Who funds Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America ↗
  • Who funds IVI Foundation Inc dba Center for Innovation & Value Research ↗

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.

Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationDC116.5× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Biotechnology Innovation Organization · Edison Electric Institute Inc · Ncta - the Internet & Television Association · Association for Accessible Medicines · Motion Picture Association Inc · Ctia - the Wireless Association · Nuclear Energy Institute Inc · Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc · The Business Roundtable Inc · Advanced Medical Technology Association · Pharmaceutical Care Management Association · National Association of Broadcasters

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 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Cpwr the Center for Construction Research and Training: 79% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Technology Council of Maryland: 2% of income from government
  • The Addiction Policy Forum: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 1330 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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