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

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Massachusetts, currently Stanley Family Foundation, Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

How much grant money goes to medical research in Massachusetts?

$1.2B reached 117 medical research organizations in Massachusetts, from 1,537 funders. 31% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.

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 · Massachusetts · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Massachusetts

Funding is concentrated: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc alone draws 48% of every medical research grant dollar in Massachusetts. Massachusetts's medical research organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 13 funders each.

$1.2B

granted

117

organizations

31%

from in-state

The short version

1,537 funders gave $1.2B to 117 medical research organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
31% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Massachusetts is Stanley Family Foundation, at $178M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc, at $578M.

Largest funders of medical research in Massachusetts

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

1Stanley Family Foundation$178M 2Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$141M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$109M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$77M 5Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation$51M 6Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$27M 7National Philanthropic Trust$26M 8Richard and Susan Smith 1990 Charitable$20M 9The Starr Foundation$18M 10President and Fellows of Harvard College$18M

Medical research organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$578M The Broad Institute Inc$494M

107 other medical research organizations$42M

How to find medical research funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to medical research in Massachusetts are Stanley Family Foundation, Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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
69% of medical research money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Massachusetts, currently Stanley Family Foundation, Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Massachusetts?: Stanley Family Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in Massachusetts, $178M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Massachusetts?: $1.2B reached 117 medical research organizations in Massachusetts, from 1,537 funders. 31% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.
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.