Virginia · Public charity
The Methuselah Foundation
Methuselah foundation works to accelerate technological breakthroughs in healthy human life extension through regenerative medicine and nutrition, research initiatives, start-up incubation, and open innovation challenges.
- $456k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $379k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Methuselah Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $379k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $4.4M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $4.2M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.4M | 88% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $152k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $179k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ichor Research Institute Inc | $6,613,336 | 3 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $1,050,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | $650,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives | $525,000 | 2 | 68% |
| Lifespan Extension Advocacy Foundation | $405,000 | 2 | 33% |
| Actual Food | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ADG Lilico LLC | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 21st Century Medicine Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center For the Advancement of Science In Space Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Healthspan Action Coalition Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 81% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ichor Research Institute Inc | $6,613,336 | 3 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $1,050,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | $650,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives | $525,000 | 2 | 68% |
| Lifespan Extension Advocacy Foundation | $405,000 | 2 | 33% |
| Actual Food | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ADG Lilico LLC | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 21st Century Medicine Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center For the Advancement of Science In Space Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Healthspan Action Coalition Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 81% |
| Orgonovo Holdings | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ADG LiliCo LLC | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Everest Health Partners LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Less Death Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Axolotl LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Contemporary Sciences Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 23% |
| Everest Health Partners LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amaranth LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oisin Biotechnologies Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifespan Research Institution | $34,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Ora Biomedical Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Life Labs LLC | $17,663 | 2 | n/a |
| Parvo Medics Inc | $16,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Kumu Thrive | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moral Injury of Health Care Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Methuselah Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Methuselah Foundation
- How much does The Methuselah Foundation give?
- The Methuselah Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $379,237, out of $456,237 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Methuselah Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (62%), Health (33%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are The Methuselah Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ichor Research Institute Inc ($6.6M), Albert Einstein College of Medicine ($1.1M), Buck Institute for Research on Aging ($650k).
- Does The Methuselah Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Methuselah Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Methuselah Foundation based?
- The Methuselah Foundation is based in VA.
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