Funding search · arthritis and autoimmune disease · Massachusetts
Who funds arthritis and autoimmune disease work in Massachusetts
14 funders have a record of paying for arthritis and autoimmune disease work by Massachusetts recipients: 45 grants totaling $6.4M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Lupus Research Alliance ($4.7M), The Peabody Foundation ($40,000) and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation ($701,250).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Massachusetts recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Lupus Research AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $4.7M · through 2024Largest: $935,996 to BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL — lupus research
Largest: $10,000 to ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION - MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER — to benefit handicapped children &/related research.
Largest: $220,000 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED XXX-XX-XXXX (BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S) — targeting fibrosis in treatment-resistant rheumatoid arthritis
Largest: $50,000 to BRIGHAM WOMEN'S HOSPITAL — medical research therapeutics & rheumatoid arthritis
Largest: $20,000 to ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — general operating
Largest: $200,000 to BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPTIAL — general operating support for the lupus center
Charles H Hood FoundationManchesterbythesea, MA
2 matching grants · $182,500 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — child health research award - nanobody-based immunotherapy for modulating inflammation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Largest: $5,285 to IGG4 WARD FOUNDATION INC — for autoimmune research
Systemic Jia FoundationCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $60,000 · through 2023Largest: $60,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — this grant has been provided to fund the research to find treatments and cure of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Largest: $35,000 to LOURDES PEREZ-CHADABRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL — pilot research grant for psoriatic arthritis
Largest: $2,500 to VOZZYS LEGACY FOR LUPUS INC — donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
Largest: $17,135 to various small contributions — helping under-served people including semper fi lupus foundation local food-banks...
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