Illinois · Public charity
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
The PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION is committed to accelerating research, empowering our community, and transforming care so that everyone with pulmonary fibrosis can live a better life. Our ultimate goal is to find a cure for pulmonary fibrosis.
- $620k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $600k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $600k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $400k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $300k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $250k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $200k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $200k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $108k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $207,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $157,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $106,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $207,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $157,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $106,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Jewish Health | $83,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $57,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
- How much does Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation give?
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $600,000, out of $620,294 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (69%), Education (29%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($207k), University of California San Francisco ($200k), University of Chicago ($175k).
- Does Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation based?
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation is based in IL.
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