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

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Texas, currently Baylor Health Care System Foundation, Baylor University Medical Center, Children's Medical Center Foundation. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.

Who is the largest medical research funder in Texas?

Baylor Health Care System Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in Texas, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to medical research in Texas?

$141M reached 104 medical research organizations in Texas, from 523 funders. 59% came from funders also based in Texas.

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 · Texas · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Texas

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

$141M

granted

104

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

523 funders gave $141M to 104 medical research organizations in Texas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% of that came from funders also based in Texas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Texas is Baylor Health Care System Foundation, at $16M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Baylor Research Institute, at $39M.

Largest funders of medical research in Texas

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

1Baylor Health Care System Foundation$16M 2Baylor University Medical Center$16M 3Children's Medical Center Foundation$13M 4Research Development Foundation$8M 5Wwww Foundation$5M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 7Foundation for Research$4M 8International AIDS Vaccine$4M 9Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation$4M 10American Online Giving Foundation Inc$3M

Medical research organizations in Texas that draw the most

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

Baylor Research Institute$39M Texas Biomedical Research Institute$27M

94 other medical research organizations$25M

Children's Medical Center Research Institute at the Utsw Medical Center$13M Clayton Foundation For Research$12M Texas Heart Institute$5M

How to find medical research funders in Texas

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Start with the funders already active in Texas
The funders giving the most to medical research in Texas are Baylor Health Care System Foundation, Baylor University Medical Center, Children's Medical Center 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
41% of medical research money in Texas comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Texas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Texas?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Texas, currently Baylor Health Care System Foundation, Baylor University Medical Center, Children's Medical Center Foundation. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Texas from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Texas?: Baylor Health Care System Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in Texas, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Texas?: $141M reached 104 medical research organizations in Texas, from 523 funders. 59% came from funders also based in Texas.
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.