Maryland · Nonprofit
MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,867,480 to it, the largest being GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ($9,412,981). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $74M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $32M
- Net assets
- $35M
What Medstar Health Research Institute Inc does
Mission
See schedule omedstar health research institute is dedicated to supporting the academic platform of medstar health by conducting high quality translational and health sciences research throughout the medstar system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule othe medstar health research institute's highly qualified scientists and investigators conduct cutting edge clinical research. The research covers many areas and types of research across the following comprehensive research networks: cardiovascular, healthcare delivery, cancer, medical and surgical services, orthopedics and sports medicine, neurosciences, rehabilitation and core services. From bench to bedside and into the community, associates across the research institute work to advance the scientific understanding of disease and point the way to better and more effective treatments. As the research focused entity of medstar health, this is our contribution to the healing work performed throughout the system and in the communities we serve. The research institute is home to more than 400 investigators and scientists who are nationally and internationally recognized for their expertise in epidemiology, healthcare delivery, health economics, human factors, medical engineering, implementation science, drug development, physiology, social work, and rehabilitation. They work alongside care teams to discover better clinical interventions, serve on editorial review boards…
$35,911,984 spent$26,784,657 earned by the program50% of program spendingSee schedule omedstar health research institute's healthcare delivery research is responsible for coordinating and performing research on all aspects of healthcare delivery (quality, safety, accessibility, equity, etc.) across the entire medstar health system. Specifically, the research is aimed to improve the way we deliver care in our healthcare facilities and in the community. Much of the research has focused on using human factors engineering principles, community engagement (such as how to reduce infant and maternal mortality), safety of electronic health record use and identifying unintended consequences, improved implementation in population health and how to achieve health equity for all aspects of our community.
$17,438,483 spent$16,341,493 earned by the program24% of program spendingCardiovascular research is responsible for coordinating and performing a wide variety of cardiology research dedicated to developing new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies to enhance patient care and save lives. Areas of specialization include interventional cardiology devices, cardiovascular imaging and applications of artificial intelligence, heart failure, arrythmias and outcomes research.
$19,123,020 spent$20,046,261 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $72,473,487.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $23M to $57M (+144%).
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: 2020 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
Sarah Greene Mph
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $1.6M → $3.7M.
6 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. 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
MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 79% · 2019 40% · 2020 44% · 2021 30% · 2022 31% · 2023 28% — 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
32% of MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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.
Government funding MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110.1M on record — $109.5M federal, $567k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$97.8M
- Department of Defense$11.6M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$66k
- Grant$567k
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 MEDSTAR HEALTH 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 65 related entities
- Church Home Corporation · exempt
- Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc · exempt
- Harbor Hospital Inc · exempt
- Medstar Health Inc · exempt
- Montgomery General Hospital · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
- MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,867,480 to it, the largest being GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ($9,412,981). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $31,867,480 in grants to MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $9,412,981 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE 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.
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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 62 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing