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

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Washington, currently Virginia Mason Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.

How much grant money goes to medical research in Washington?

$67M reached 38 medical research organizations in Washington, from 123 funders. 60% came from funders also based in Washington.

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 · Washington · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Washington

Funding is concentrated: Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia alone draws 42% of every medical research grant dollar in Washington.

$67M

granted

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

123 funders gave $67M to 38 medical research organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Washington is Virginia Mason Medical Center, at $18M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia, at $28M.

Largest funders of medical research in Washington

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

1Virginia Mason Medical Center$18M 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$11M 3Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$5M 4The Shanahan Family Charitable$4M 5Seattle Children's Hospital$3M 6Howard Hughes Medical Institute$3M 7The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley$2M 8The Michael J Fox Foundation$2M 9Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$2M 10Tiny Blue Dot Inc$1M

Medical research organizations in Washington that draw the most

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

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia$28M Cancer Research and Biostatistics$16M Allen Institute$12M Seattle Institute for Biomedical$5M

How to find medical research funders in Washington

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Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to medical research in Washington are Virginia Mason Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 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
40% of medical research money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Washington, currently Virginia Mason Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Washington?: Virginia Mason Medical Center gives the most to medical research organizations in Washington, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Washington?: $67M reached 38 medical research organizations in Washington, from 123 funders. 60% came from funders also based in Washington.
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.