Funding search · EIN 580566256 · Atlanta, GA

Emory University

Name: Emory University grants, 2021–2023
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,100
grants reported: $588.9M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $75,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

subcontract research sponsorship subcon

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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

Subawards on Emory-led federal biomedical research, mostly infectious disease
Transfers to affiliated Atlanta hospitals (Saint Joseph's, Emory Saint Joseph's)
Diagnostics and assay development contracts with commercial firms
Atlanta research consortium partners: Georgia Tech, CHOA, Morehouse, Grady, Georgia State
Multi-site clinical trial network sites at peer academic medical centers
Vaccine, HIV, and immunology trial coordination with Fred Hutchinson and HJF

Typical grant

Median payment is $75,000 and the middle half runs $20,602 to $310,291, which is the working range for a single-site subaward or a core service agreement. The eight-figure checks are two categories only: internal transfers to the affiliated Saint Joseph's hospital entities (about $70M combined) and prime-to-sub flows on very large federal programs like OraSure Technologies at $11.1M and Georgia Tech at $9.6M. With 1,100 payments to 654 recipients across three years, most partners appear more than once, consistent with multi-year project periods rather than annual re-competition.

Their words

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

“RESEARCH/SUBCONTRACT”
“Subcontract/Sponsorship”
“GRANT”

Positioning adjacent work

Target an Emory PI writing a federal proposal, not the institution; nearly all money moves as subawards.
Budget a first subaward in the $20K to $310K range; scale up on renewal years.
Lead with a capability Emory lacks: assay development, a trial site, or a specialized cohort.
Connect to their infectious disease and vaccine trial network spending, the clearest repeated theme.

Worth knowing: This is a university's outgoing sponsored research flow, not discretionary philanthropy, so the driver is a federal award already won by an Emory investigator. Georgia recipients dominate at 286 of 654, and two affiliated hospital entities absorb roughly 12 percent of all dollars, so the genuinely competitive pool is smaller than the $589M headline suggests.

1 grant matching “infectious disease” · $57,800

$57,800
Infectious Disease Specialists of Atlanta Pc · Decatur, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract

Top recipients

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

Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta2 grants · $61.1M
Emorysaint Joseph'S2 grants · $60.0M
Georgia Tech Research Corporation3 grants · $25.7M
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center3 grants · $24.5M
Emorysaint Joseph'S1 grant · $21.0M
Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta1 grant · $20.5M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta4 grants · $15.7M
Orasure Technologies2 grants · $14.2M
University of Georgia Research Foundation3 grants · $11.0M
Hjf Medical Research International3 grants · $10.2M

Giving over time

$160.6M

2021

$188.2M

2022

$240.1M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,100 grants.

$35.5M
Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grant
$34.8M
Emorysaint Joseph'S · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grant
$25.7M
Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Donation
$25.2M
Emorysaint Joseph'S · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Donation
$21.0M
Emorysaint Joseph'S · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Donation
$20.5M
Saint Joseph'S Hospital of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Donation
$11.1M
Orasure Technologies · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$9.6M
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$9.2M
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$8.6M
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$8.0M
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$7.9M
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$6.9M
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$6.5M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$4.9M
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$4.8M
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Research/subcontract
$4.8M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$4.7M
Dcn Diagnostics · Carlsbad, CA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$4.4M
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$4.3M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$4.0M
Hjf Medical Research International · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Research/subcontract
$4.0M
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$3.7M
University of Nebraska Board of Regents · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Research/subcontract
$3.7M
Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$3.6M
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
Research/subcontract
$3.5M
Hjf Medical Research International · Bethesda, MD · 2021
Research/subcontract
$3.4M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Research/subcontract
$3.3M
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$3.2M
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$3.1M
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2023
Research/subcontract
$3.1M
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$3.0M
Orasure Technologies · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.9M
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.9M
Unehealth · Omaha, NE · 2021
Research/subcontract
$2.8M
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2021
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
Hjf Medical Research International · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
University of Nebraska Board of Regents · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
Centers for Disease Control Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$2.7M
Family Health International · Durham, NC · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.6M
Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.5M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.5M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.5M
Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists · Chicago, IL · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.5M
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.5M
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.5M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.4M
Roh Fedeal Systems Division · Durham, NC · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.4M
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Research/subcontract
$2.4M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$2.4M
The Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.3M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.3M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.3M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.2M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$2.2M
The General Hospital Corporation · Somerville, MA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.1M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2021
Research/subcontract
$2.1M
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.1M
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Subcontract/Sponsorship
$2.0M
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research · Westbury, NY · 2023
Research/subcontract
$2.0M
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.9M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.9M
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.9M
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.8M
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.8M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.8M
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.8M
Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.7M
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.7M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.7M
Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.6M
The Regents of the University of California · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.6M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.6M
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.6M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.6M
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research · Westbury, NY · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.5M
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.5M
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.4M
Trustees of the Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.4M
Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.4M
Rho Federal Systems Division · Durham, NC · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.4M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.4M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.4M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · Galveston, TX · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Brigham and Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Sage Bionetworks · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Children'S Hospital Corporation Dba Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
Trustees of the Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.3M
University of Texas Southwestern Medical · Dallas, TX · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.2M
Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Research/subcontract
$1.2M
The General Hospital Corporation · Somerville, MA · 2022
Research/subcontract
$1.2M
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research · Westbury, NY · 2022
Research/subcontract

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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.