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CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,511 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($79,026). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2017
$125M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$91k
Net assets
$0
2/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc does

Mission

The mission is to cure cystic fibrosis and to provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Cystic fibrosis foundation therapeutics is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of the cystic fibrosis foundation (ein 13-1930701), its supported organization.

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $23k → $61.

1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $116M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Cystic Fibrosis Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC raised.

From the IRS filings of CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS 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

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC.

87%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 89% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

87% of CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $11k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 5 states.

RI
CA
TN
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’20
’22
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79k 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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91k to it.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 30 science & tech nonprofits over $100M, FY2017

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC?
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,511 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($79,026). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $90,511 in grants to CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $79,026 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 7 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