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Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation
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- $344k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,993
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $83,880
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 | 8 | $302k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $326k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $408k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $411k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $215k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $223k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $167k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $251k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 | $343,908 | 6 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $243,037 | 6 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $158,406 | 3 | n/a |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $150,428 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $128,820 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $111,111 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $101,013 | 3 | n/a |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $97,135 | 3 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $91,834 | 2 | 0% |
| American Society for Radiation Oncology | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $343,908 | 6 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $243,037 | 6 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $158,406 | 3 | n/a |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $150,428 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $128,820 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $111,111 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $101,013 | 3 | n/a |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $97,135 | 3 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $91,834 | 2 | 0% |
| American Society for Radiation Oncology | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $84,993 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington University | $83,880 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $81,420 | 4 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $76,038 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $71,557 | 2 | n/a |
| Mayo Clinic | $66,968 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | $52,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $50,971 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents Univ of California | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $49,048 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $47,634 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $33,484 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine Inc | $23,682 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $23,058 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation
- How much does Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation give?
- Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $343,746 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (67%), Science & Tech (21%), Education (11%).
- Who are Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($344k), Utmd Anderson ($243k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($158k).
- Does Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation based?
- Speed of Light - the Astro Foundation is based in VA.
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