Funding search · EIN 042103580 · Cambridge, MA

President and Fellows of Harvard College

Name: President and Fellows of Harvard College grants, 2021–2024
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A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,360
grants reported: $757.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $97,338
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

award research sponsored distribution community gift rsrch spons

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Research and non-sponsored awards to Harvard-affiliated Boston teaching hospitals
Sponsored research sub-awards to universities on Harvard-led multi-site studies
Clinical trial data coordination and survey contractors (Frontier Science, Westat)
Non-sponsored awards to Harvard Medical School physician organizations
Donor-advised fund distributions to community foundations and cultural institutions
Local charitable contributions in Boston and Cambridge

Typical grant

Median is $97,338, with the middle half between $25,120 and $348,442. The eight-figure checks go almost entirely to Harvard's own affiliated hospitals (MGH at $27.4M, Brigham at $24.7M, Dana-Farber at $18.6M); the sub-$500K range is where outside universities and research sites sit. Because these are sub-awards on multi-year sponsored projects, the same recipients recur year over year for the life of the parent grant.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SPONSORED RESEARCH SUB-AWARD”
“NON-SPONSORED AWARD”
“RSRCH & NON-SPONS. AWARD”
“CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION”
“DAF DISTRIBUTION”

Positioning adjacent work

Approach the Harvard faculty PI, not a grants office; money moves as sub-awards on their federal projects.
Position as a performance site on a multi-center study, the pattern for Baylor, Pittsburgh, Colorado, Emory.
Budget a site scope in the $200K to $900K range; that is where peer universities land.
Lean into biomedical and clinical trial infrastructure; that is where nearly all dollars flow.

Worth knowing: This is not discretionary philanthropy. It is largely pass-through of sponsored research funds, and the top ten recipients, nearly all Harvard-affiliated Boston hospitals, absorb the great majority of the $758M. Massachusetts recipients outnumber the next state three to one, and access runs entirely through existing faculty collaborations.

9 grants matching “dartmouth” · $4.8M

$456,661
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$54,066
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Lebanon, NH · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.2M
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$80,993
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Lebanon, NH · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.0M
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$67,300
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Lebanon, NH · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.9M
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021
Daf distribution/charitable contributions and sponsored research sub-award
$62,376
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Lebanon, NH · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$56,830
Dartmouth Medical School · Hanover, NH · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Brigham and Women'S Hospital4 grants · $67.0M
Frontier Sci Tech Fdn4 grants · $66.2M
Massachusetts General Hospital4 grants · $60.7M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 grants · $28.4M
Children'S Hospital Boston3 grants · $21.7M
Dana Farber Cancer Inst1 grant · $18.6M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute3 grants · $15.2M
The Broad Institute4 grants · $15.0M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center4 grants · $14.2M
Children'S Hospital Corporation4 grants · $14.2M

Giving over time

$157.5M

2021

$145.3M

2022

$181.7M

2023

$273.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,360 grants.

$27.4M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Rsrch & non-spons. Award
$24.7M
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Rsrch & non-spons. Award
$18.7M
Frontier Sci Tech Fdn · Boston, MA · 2024
Research sub-award
$18.6M
Dana Farber Cancer Inst · Boston, MA · 2024
Daf distr. & rsrch award
$17.5M
Frontier Sci Tech Fdn · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
Research sub-award
$15.2M
Frontier Sci Tech Fdn · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$14.8M
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$14.7M
Frontier Sci Tech Fdn · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$14.2M
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$13.3M
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Research sub-award
$12.2M
Children'S Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2024
Rsrch & non-spons. Award
$11.4M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$11.3M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$10.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$10.7M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Research sub-award
$7.8M
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$7.8M
Mens & Womens Hebrew Assoc · New York, NY · 2023
Daf distribution
$7.7M
American Repertory Theatre · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Daf distr. & char. Contrib.
$7.5M
Childrens Hospital Pediatric Assoc · Boston, MA · 2024
Non-sponsored award
$7.3M
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$7.3M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$6.8M
Assoc Phys Harv Med Phys at Bidmc · Boston, MA · 2024
Non-sponsored award
$6.5M
Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Research sub-award
$6.5M
Bifrost Biosystems · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Research sub-award
$6.2M
Greater Kansas City Community Fdn · St Louis, MO · 2024
Daf distribution
$6.0M
City of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5.6M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$5.4M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Rsrch & non-spons. Award
$5.2M
Latham Biopharm Group · Elkridge, MD · 2023
Research sub-award
$5.2M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Res. Award & char. Contrib.
$5.2M
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · Boston, MA · 2024
Rsrch & non-spons. Award
$5.2M
Allen Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$5.0M
Allen Inst for Brain Science · Seattle, WA · 2023
Research sub-award
$4.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award & non-sponsored award
$4.9M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Research sub-award
$4.8M
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$4.7M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$4.5M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$4.5M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award & non-sponsored award
$4.1M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$3.7M
Blastid · Boston, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$3.4M
Umass Medical School · Worcester, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$3.3M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$3.1M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$3.0M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.9M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.8M
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution & sponsored research sub-award
$2.8M
Boston Redevelopment Authority · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2.8M
United States Bureau of the Census · Suitland, MD · 2021
Research sub-award
$2.7M
Ragon Institute of Mgh MIT and Harvard · Charlestown, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$2.6M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Research sub-award
$2.5M
Umass Memorial Health Care · Worcester, MA · 2021
Research sub-award
$2.4M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.3M
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Research sub-award
$2.3M
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.2M
University of Massachusetts · Amherst, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.2M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.1M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$2.1M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.9M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.9M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research sub-award
$1.9M
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021
Daf distribution/charitable contributions and sponsored research sub-award
$1.8M
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.8M
Regents of the University of Colorado · Aurora, CO · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.8M
Social Science Research Solutions · Media, PA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.8M
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · Worcester, MA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.8M
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.8M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Ragon Institute of Mgh MIT and Harvard · Charlestown, MA · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Ragon Institute of Mgh MIT and Harvard · Charlestown, MA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Quera Computing · Somerville, MA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Regents of the University of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.7M
Childrens Orthopaedic Surgery Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Non-sponsored award
$1.6M
Ann and Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
Ann and Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
Regents of the University of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
The McLean Hospital Corporation · Belmont, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award & non-sponsored award
$1.6M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
Regents of the University of California - San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.6M
United States Bureau of the Census · Washington, DC · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.5M
Regents of the University of California - San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.5M
Westat Corporation · Rockville, MD · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.5M
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1.5M
Regents of the University of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.5M
United States Bureau of the Census · Suitland, MD · 2023
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.5M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.5M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.4M
United States Bureau of the Census · Suitland, MD · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.4M
X-Chem · Waltham, MA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.4M
Ragon Institute of Mgh MIT and Harvard · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.4M
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.4M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.4M
Mass General Brigham · Somerville, MA · 2024
Sponsored research sub-award & non-sponsored award
$1.3M
Westat Corporation · Rockville, MD · 2022
Sponsored research sub-award
$1.3M
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2021
Sponsored research sub-award

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.