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

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Oregon, currently Knight Foundation, Promethean Genesis, Klimkiewicz Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.

Who is the largest medical research funder in Oregon?

Knight Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in Oregon, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to medical research in Oregon?

$6M reached 20 medical research organizations in Oregon, from 72 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Oregon.

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 · Oregon · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Oregon

Funding is concentrated: Fanconi Cancer Foundation alone draws 61% of every medical research grant dollar in Oregon. One funder dominates the giving, Knight Foundation, at 33% of the total.

$6M

granted

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

72 funders gave $6M to 20 medical research organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Oregon is Knight Foundation, at $2M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Fanconi Cancer Foundation, at $4M.

Largest funders of medical research in Oregon

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

1Knight Foundation$2M 2Promethean Genesis$800k 3Klimkiewicz Family Foundation$475k 4Kendall & Taylor Atkinson Foundation$313k 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$298k 6M J Murdock Charitable Trust$181k 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$165k 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$160k 9Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation$150k 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$147k

Medical research organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

Fanconi Cancer Foundation$4M Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach$952k Kauai Energy Institute$800k Qigong Sensory Training Institute$156k

How to find medical research funders in Oregon

1
Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to medical research in Oregon are Knight Foundation, Promethean Genesis, Klimkiewicz Family Foundation. 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
45% of medical research money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Oregon?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Oregon, currently Knight Foundation, Promethean Genesis, Klimkiewicz Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Oregon?: Knight Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in Oregon, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Oregon?: $6M reached 20 medical research organizations in Oregon, from 72 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Oregon.
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.