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Polybio Research Foundation Inc

We are a 501(c)3 transforming how complex chronic conditions like longcovid, me/cfs & post treatment lyme disease are studied, diagnosed, and treated. Polybio was founded by three scientists with complementary expertise (neuroscience, microbiology & genetics). We conceptualize research projects that identify root cause drivers of these…

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Itemized grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2023
71%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$12M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$290,025
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,503,518
Organizations funded a year
5 to 7
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$9.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Polybio Research Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$9.8M92%
FY20237$12M71%
FY20225$3.6Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$13MEducation$8.4MScience & Tech$7.6M

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of California San Francisco$5,078,5441n/a
J Craig Venter Institute$4,161,828314%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$3,503,51810%
Yale University$575,0001n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$345,00010%
Regents of the University of Colorado$304,0501n/a
Amici Lovanienses Inc$159,128116%
Georgetown University$129,30510%
Johns Hopkins University$114,81710%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$93,1281n/a
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All grantees of Polybio Research Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of California San Francisco$5,078,5441n/a
J Craig Venter Institute$4,161,828314%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$3,503,51810%
Yale University$575,0001n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$345,00010%
Regents of the University of Colorado$304,0501n/a
Amici Lovanienses Inc$159,128116%
Georgetown University$129,30510%
Johns Hopkins University$114,81710%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$93,1281n/a
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$67,80010%

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.

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About Polybio Research Foundation Inc

How much does Polybio Research Foundation Inc give?
Polybio Research Foundation Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $11,910,094, out of $13,813,525 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Polybio Research Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (45%), Education (29%), Science & Tech (26%).
Who are Polybio Research Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco ($5.1M), J Craig Venter Institute ($4.2M), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ($3.5M).
Does Polybio Research Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Polybio Research Foundation Inc based?
Polybio Research Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 23 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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