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Milky Way Research Foundation

Name: Milky Way Research Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported: $63.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $575,000
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

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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.

2 grants matching “clock” · $2.0M

$1.0M
Epigenetic Clock Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2022
Medical research
$1.0M
Epigenetic Clock Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2021
Medical research

Top recipients

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

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University13 grants · $10.9M
Boston Children'S Hospital6 grants · $3.7M
University of Rochester4 grants · $3.5M
Salk Institute for Biological Studies4 grants · $3.5M
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research4 grants · $3.5M
Baylor College of Medicine4 grants · $3.5M
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine4 grants · $3.4M
Massachusetts General Hospital4 grants · $3.4M
Wellcome Sanger Institute4 grants · $3.0M
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center3 grants · $2.9M

Giving over time

$13.7M

2021

$26.9M

2022

$15.2M

2023

$7.9M

2024

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$1.2M
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
University of Lausanne · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$1.1M
Harvard Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$1.0M
Wellcome Sanger Institute · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$1.0M
Epigenetic Clock Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2022
Medical research
$1.0M
Epigenetic Clock Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2021
Medical research
$998,905
Wellcome Sanger Institute · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$948,750
The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$948,750
The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$776,250
The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$766,506
Fundacio Institut De Recerca Biomedica · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$640,598
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$575,000
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$574,822
Fundacio Institut De Recerca Biomedica · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$574,106
University of Pompeu Fabra · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$574,106
University of Pompeu Fabra · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$573,563
University of Lausanne · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$573,562
University of Lausanne · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$572,155
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$572,154
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$571,745
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$571,744
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$571,490
Va Palo Healthcare System · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$571,489
Va Palo Healthcare System · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$571,250
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$571,249
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$571,236
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$571,235
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$566,727
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$565,994
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$565,993
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$536,121
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Research grant
$536,121
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Medical research
$512,499
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$512,499
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$496,014
Wellcome Sanger Institute · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$496,013
Wellcome Sanger Institute · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$466,881
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Research grant
$460,787
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Research grant
$383,253
Fundacio Institut De Recerca Biomedica · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$376,586
Babraham Institute · 2022
Investigator award research grant
$333,333
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical research
$333,333
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Medical research
$301,508
University of Cambridge · 2023
Investigator award research grant
$301,508
University of Cambridge · 2021
Investigator award research grant
$166,900
Public Health England · 2021
Medical research
$166,667
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Medical research

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