How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in California?

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in California, currently City of Hope, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation, Dechomai Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

Who is the largest medical research funder in California?

City of Hope gives the most to medical research organizations in California, $139M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to medical research in California?

$905M reached 240 medical research organizations in California, from 1,228 funders. 61% came from funders also based in California.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · California · Medical research

Who funds medical research in California

California's medical research organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$905M

granted

240

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

1,228 funders gave $905M to 240 medical research organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in California is City of Hope, at $139M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, at $158M.

Largest funders of medical research in California

The funders giving the most to medical research organizations in California, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1City of Hope$139M 2Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation$137M 3Dechomai Foundation Inc$65M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$40M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$39M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$31M 7Gladstone Foundation$29M 8Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust$22M 9Silicon Valley Community Foundation$22M 10Gary and Mary West Health Endowmentinc$17M

Medical research organizations in California that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

230 other medical research organizations$217M

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope$158M Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc$143M Arc Research Institute$115M The J David Gladstone Institutes$82M The Scripps Research Institute$63M Gary and Mary West Health Institute$39M Multidisciplinary Association For$29M Norn Group$27M

How to find medical research funders in California

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Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to medical research in California are City of Hope, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation, Dechomai Foundation Inc. A funder already writing medical research checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
39% of medical research money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in California, currently City of Hope, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation, Dechomai Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in California?: City of Hope gives the most to medical research organizations in California, $139M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in California?: $905M reached 240 medical research organizations in California, from 1,228 funders. 61% came from funders also based in California.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.