Massachusetts · Public charity
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Whitehead institute forges new frontiers in science, uncovering insights today that unlock the potential of tomorrow. Our advances in genetics and genomics are now enabling us to tackle the complexities of life with unprecedented depth and breadth.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $312,383
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $592,946
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $973M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 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; $478k 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 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $2.2M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $43k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $910k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $826k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $1.7M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $4,149,327 | 7 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $2,160,326 | 5 | 0% |
| The Broad Institute Inc | $1,358,456 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $997,409 | 6 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $865,032 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $657,846 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $477,986 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $444,809 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $400,299 | 4 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $349,054 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $4,149,327 | 7 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $2,160,326 | 5 | 0% |
| The Broad Institute Inc | $1,358,456 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $997,409 | 6 | n/a |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $865,032 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $657,846 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $477,986 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $444,809 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $400,299 | 4 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $349,054 | 5 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $103,080 | 1 | n/a |
| University System of New Hampshire | $90,732 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $69,733 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
- How much does Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research give?
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research reported 9 itemized grants totaling $2,557,603, out of $3,037,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Science & Tech (45%), Education (6%).
- Who are Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($4.1M), Trustees of Tufts College ($2.2M), The Broad Institute Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research based?
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is based in MA.
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