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The Milken Institute
THE MILKEN INSTITUTE is a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank determined to increase global prosperity by advancing collaborative solutions that widen access to capital, create jobs, and improve health. We do this through independent, data-drive research, action-oriented meetings and meaningful policy initiatives.
- $52M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 94%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $43M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $375,792
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,166,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 94% of the organizations The Milken Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31M 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 | 18 | $29M | 89% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $31M | 94% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $400k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $580k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $622k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $2.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Broad Institute Inc | $14,411,455 | 2 | 1% |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | $6,166,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $6,145,692 | 2 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $4,912,044 | 1 | 0% |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | $4,843,866 | 1 | 4% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $4,499,845 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Genome Center Inc | $4,411,628 | 1 | 5% |
| 23andMe Inc | $2,266,667 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,212,049 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $2,212,049 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Broad Institute Inc | $14,411,455 | 2 | 1% |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | $6,166,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $6,145,692 | 2 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $4,912,044 | 1 | 0% |
| The J David Gladstone Institutes | $4,843,866 | 1 | 4% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $4,499,845 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Genome Center Inc | $4,411,628 | 1 | 5% |
| 23andMe Inc | $2,266,667 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,212,049 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $2,212,049 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $2,212,049 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $2,212,049 | 1 | 0% |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | $1,800,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The George Washington University | $1,604,879 | 4 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $993,052 | 1 | n/a |
| Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance | $893,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Emory University | $600,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $599,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $599,998 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Rivers Community Trust | $575,000 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Chicago | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Egeria Corporation - Opengrants | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $190,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $180,048 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fundthrough USA Inc | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Verto Fx Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oze Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lipa Later Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baraqa Technologies Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Commerce Richesse Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catalyst Development Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Banyan Infrastructure Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $23,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Genh Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Horizons Technologies | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Now Matters LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University Health System Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Actionaid USA | $8,068 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Milken Institute supplied at peak.
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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: Gates Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Milken Institute
- How much does The Milken Institute give?
- The Milken Institute reported 31 itemized grants totaling $42,891,793, out of $52,388,884 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Milken Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (77%), Science & Tech (15%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are The Milken Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Broad Institute Inc ($14M), The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research ($6.2M), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($6.1M).
- Does The Milken Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 94% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Milken Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Milken Institute based?
- The Milken Institute is based in CA.
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