Funding search · EIN 261636099 · Washington, DC
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 75
- grants reported
- $27.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $255,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- The Regents of the University of California San Francisco3 grants · $2.2M
- Yale University3 grants · $2.0M
- Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $1.6M
- H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute2 grants · $1.5M
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai3 grants · $1.4M
- The General Hospital Corporation Dba Massachusetts General Hospital1 grant · $1.2M
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center1 grant · $1.2M
- Regents of the University of California Los Angeles2 grants · $1.1M
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Msk)1 grant · $1.1M
- Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General)1 grant · $1.0M
Giving over time
Grant history
All 75 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.8M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
2 team science awards, 1 young investigator award
- $1.2M
The General Hospital Corporation Dba Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
1 young investigator award, 1 team science award, 1 dermatology fellows award
- $1.2M
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
1 team science award, 1 young investigator award
- $1.2M
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute · Tampa, FL · 2024
1 team science award, 1 young investigator award
- $1.1M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Msk) · New York, NY · 2024
2 pilot award, 1 team science award
- $1.1M
Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
1 team science award, 2 dermatology fellows awards, 1 dermatology junior faculty/clinical instructor award
- $1.0M
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) · Boston, MA · 2024
1 next steps: advancing drug discovery to identify new therapies award, 1 team science award
- $1.0M
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
1 team science award, 1 pilot award
- $975,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
1 team science award, 1 next steps: melanoma biomarker development award
- $935,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
1 dermatology fellows award, 1 team science award
- $900,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Team science award
- $900,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Team science award
- $899,999
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Team science academic-industry partnership award
- $855,000
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
1 young investigator award, 1 team science award
- $800,000
New York University Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
1 dermatology fellows award, 2 established investigator awards
- $627,500
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
1 pilot award, 1 team science award, 1 young investigator award
- $600,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Team science award
- $442,500
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Young investigator award
- $375,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Established investigator award
- $375,000
The University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Established investigator award
- $375,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Established investigator award
- $375,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Established investigator award
- $375,000
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2023
Established investigator award
- $355,000
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute · Tampa, FL · 2022
1 pilot award, 1 young investigator award
- $354,160
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
1 pilot award, 1 young investigator award
- $290,000
Regents of the University of Colorado Denver · Aurora, CO · 2022
1 dermatology fellows award, 1 young investigator award
- $264,999
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
1 partnership award, 1 pilot award, 1 next steps: melanoma biomarker development award
- $255,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Young investigator award
- $255,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Young investigator award
- $255,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Young investigator award
- $255,000
The Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Young investigator award
- $255,000
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Young investigator award
- $255,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Young investigator award
- $255,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Young investigator award
- $255,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
Young investigator award
- $255,000
The General Hospital Corporation Dba Massachusetts General · Boston, MA · 2023
Young investigator award
- $255,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Young investigator award
- $255,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Young investigator award
- $255,000
The Regents of the University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2022
Young investigator award
- $255,000
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022
Young investigator award
- $254,862
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Young investigator award
- $254,842
Oregon Health & Science University - Ohsu · Portland, OR · 2024
Young investigator award
- $241,320
Hlee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute · Tampa, FL · 2023
Young investigator award
- $187,500
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Established investigator award
- $150,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Next steps: melanoma biomarker development award
- $150,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Next steps: melanoma biomarker development award
- $149,999
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · Boston, MA · 2024
Next steps: melanoma biomarker development award
- $149,999
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
2 pilot awards
- $149,460
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Dermatology career development award
- $125,000
Northwestern University - Chicago Campus · Evanston, IL · 2024
Next steps: advancing drug discovery to identify new therapies award
- $110,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Mra in transit melanoma consortium award
- $100,000
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Pilot award
- $100,000
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
Pilot award
- $100,000
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (Sitc) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Partnership award
- $100,000
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Next steps: advancing drug discovery to identify new therapies award
- $100,000
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Pilot award
- $100,000
Institute of Cancer Research Dba the Research Ins of Fox Chase Cancer Ctr · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Pilot award
- $100,000
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Pilot award
- $100,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Pilot award
- $100,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Pilot award
- $100,000
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Pilot award
- $85,000
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Young investigator award
- $85,000
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2022
1 pilot award, 1 dermatology fellows award
- $69,710
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
2 dermatology fellows awards
- $50,000
Coriell Institute for Medical Research · Camden, NJ · 2023
Pilot award
- $50,000
Lewis Katz Schoolof Medicine Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Pilot award
- $50,000
Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Dermatology fellows award
- $50,000
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023
Dermatology fellows award
- $50,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Dermatology fellows award
- $40,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Mra in transit melanoma consortium award
- $35,000
Mayo Clinic Arizona · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Dermatology fellows award
- $35,000
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Dermatology fellows award
- $35,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Dermatology fellows award
- $25,000
American Society for Clinical Oncology Conquer Cancer Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Partnership award
- $12,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Team science award
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