Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,167,467 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($809,338). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Boston Va Research Institute Inc does
Mission
To serve veterans by advancing quality healthcare through inquiry, innovation, and continuous achievement in research and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Basic research: in 2025, bvari facilitated 16 basic research projects that explored various areas of health, including oncology, alzheimer's disease, sleep, and vision.
$2,370,101 spent19% of program spendingClinical research: in 2025, bvari administered 71 clinical research projects focused on improving the health and healthcare of veterans, including 20 data science and epidemiologic studies.
$9,569,936 spent$208,046 earned by the program78% of program spendingEducation: in 2025, bvari supported 11 educational events and programs that enhanced the skills of healthcare professionals and trainees who care for veterans, including coordinating and facilitating attendance at lectures, trainings, and conferences.
$152,839 spent$2,137,342 earned by the program1% of program spendingAll other research activities.
$197,144 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,290,020.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $29M to $26M (−12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 74% · 2022 73% · 2023 76% · 2024 78% · 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Patricia Mcnulty Ms
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.1M → $105k.
1 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
65% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 58% · 2019 43% · 2020 44% · 2021 31% · 2022 48% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $420k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $38.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$19.1M
- Department of Defense$19.0M
- National Science Foundation$305k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Va Boston Healthcare System · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
- BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,167,467 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($809,338). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,167,467 in grants to BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
- JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $809,338 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing