2,744 private foundations reported health & medical grants on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 2,744 private foundations reported 12,568 grants for health & medical totaling $4,103,432,247 to 9,228 organizations nationwide. Recipients span 51 states and territories, concentrated in California, New York, Texas. Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance Foundation Inc reported the most health & medical giving — $965,733,938 across 1 grant. The median grant was $13,328.
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States whose organizations received the most reported health & medical grants.
| State | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1,633 | $306,341,341 |
| New York | 1,235 | $315,628,272 |
| Texas | 742 | $114,298,595 |
| Massachusetts | 667 | $419,345,066 |
| Florida | 595 | $49,065,526 |
| Illinois | 552 | $61,594,616 |
| District of Columbia | 452 | $247,810,894 |
| North Carolina | 445 | $93,954,727 |
| Pennsylvania | 435 | $29,963,348 |
| Maryland | 370 | $92,814,041 |
| Ohio | 370 | $26,753,540 |
| Wisconsin | 370 | $16,438,763 |
| Virginia | 291 | $66,425,623 |
| Tennessee | 290 | $8,214,785 |
| Washington | 285 | $97,136,273 |
| Georgia | 278 | $150,613,397 |
| Minnesota | 258 | $185,773,705 |
| Colorado | 253 | $11,978,281 |
| Michigan | 249 | $17,835,210 |
| Connecticut | 227 | $12,973,350 |
| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance Foundation Inc | 1 | $965,733,938 |
| Gates Foundation | 455 | $946,036,217 |
| Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation Inc | 1 | $351,039,575 |
| NSN Foundation Inc | 2 | $215,000,000 |
| ANI Rare Disease Patient Assistance Program Inc | 1 | $161,781,080 |
| The California Endowment | 471 | $91,472,168 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | 18 | $88,504,000 |
| The Duke Endowment | 265 | $78,015,838 |
| M&T Charitable Foundation | 1 | $48,037,488 |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | 29 | $41,358,500 |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | 35 | $38,147,957 |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | 22 | $36,932,329 |
| Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust | 6 | $36,421,900 |
| Freedom Together Foundation | 35 | $36,180,000 |
| DR Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | 28 | $34,831,687 |
| Recipient | Location | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Medical Research Institute | Cambridge, MA | 1 | $276,581,817 |
| Donations US | Baudette, MN | 1 | $161,781,080 |
| High Q Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp | Roseland, NJ | 1 | $115,000,000 |
| CHDI Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp | Roseland, NJ | 1 | $100,000,000 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | 14 | $52,853,666 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 22 | $49,895,763 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | 18 | $48,602,168 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | 6 | $46,506,414 |
| Gary and Mary West Health Institute | La Jolla, CA | 1 | $36,000,000 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | 13 | $27,742,244 |
| Resolve to Save Lives Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $26,972,615 |
| Path | Seattle, WA | 25 | $25,623,819 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 30 | $24,823,918 |
| Task Force for Global Health Inc the | Decatur, GA | 5 | $24,256,279 |
| The John Hopkins Wilmer EYE Institute | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $20,000,000 |
| NEW Venture Fund | Washington, DC | 13 | $19,534,945 |
| Co-impact Philanthropic Funds Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $18,500,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | 27 | $18,143,475 |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc | Boston, MA | 16 | $17,356,646 |
| Carter Center Inc the | Atlanta, GA | 3 | $17,279,731 |
2,744 private foundations reported health & medical grants on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $4,103,432,247. The largest by reported dollars were Johnson & Johnson Patient Assistance Foundation Inc, Gates Foundation, Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation Inc. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
9,228 distinct organizations appear as recipients, led by Gates Medical Research Institute, Donations US, High Q Foundation Inc Attn Ken Slutsky Tax Exempt Inst Grp. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported health & medical grant was $13,328, and the largest single reported grant was $965,733,938. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
