Funding search · EIN 047023433 · Needham, MA
Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 113
- grants reported
- $110.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $529,559
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of California Los Angeles3 grants · $12.2M
- Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $9.3M
- Md Anderson Cancer Center3 grants · $7.9M
- The Regents of the University of California Sf3 grants · $7.4M
- The Broad Institute3 grants · $7.1M
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute3 grants · $6.9M
- St Johns Cancer Institute3 grants · $4.8M
- Weizmann Institute of Science3 grants · $4.5M
- University of Southern California3 grants · $4.2M
- Massachusetts General Hospital3 grants · $3.8M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 113 grants.
- $5.0M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Medical research
- $4.0M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Medical research
- $3.4M
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Medical research
- $3.3M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Medical research
- $3.1M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Medical research
- $3.1M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Medical research
- $3.1M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Medical research
- $2.9M
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024
Medical research
- $2.7M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Medical research
- $2.6M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Medical research
- $2.5M
The Regents of the University of California Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Medical research
- $2.5M
The Regents of the University of California Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Medical research
- $2.5M
The Regents of the University of California Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Medical research
- $2.4M
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Medical research
- $2.3M
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2023
Medical research
- $2.2M
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Medical research
- $1.9M
The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Medical research
- $1.8M
St Johns Cancer Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Medical research
- $1.7M
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2022
Medical research
- $1.6M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Medical research
- $1.6M
St Johns Cancer Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Medical research
- $1.5M
Weizmann Institute of Science · 2024
Medical research
- $1.5M
Weizmann Institute of Science · 2023
Medical research
- $1.5M
Weizmann Institute of Science · 2022
Medical research
- $1.5M
Oregon Health and Science University · Portland, OR · 2024
Medical research
- $1.4M
St Johns Cancer Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Medical research
- $1.3M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Medical research
- $1.3M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical research
- $1.3M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Medical research
- $1.3M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Medical research
- $1.3M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Medical research
- $1.2M
Cedars Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Medical research
- $1.2M
Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2023
Medical research
- $1.2M
Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical research
- $1.1M
Oregon Health and Science University · Portland, OR · 2022
Medical research
- $1.1M
Oregon Health and Science University · Portland, OR · 2023
Medical research
- $1.0M
Cedars Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Medical research
- $936,387
Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2024
Medical research
- $800,888
Imperial College of London · 2024
Medical research
- $778,849
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 2022
Medical research
- $776,810
Technion Israel Institute of Technology · 2022
Medical research
- $770,610
Technion Israel Institute of Technology · 2023
Medical research
- $767,849
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 2024
Medical research
- $767,849
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 2023
Medical research
- $765,687
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Medical research
- $758,922
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Medical research
- $752,701
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Medical research
- $752,010
Tel Aviv University · 2024
Medical research
- $750,848
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center · Tampa, FL · 2024
Medical research
- $747,341
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center · Tampa, FL · 2023
Medical research
- $743,936
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center · Tampa, FL · 2022
Medical research
- $699,573
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Medical research
- $699,447
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Medical research
- $699,423
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Medical research
- $648,625
Hadassah Hebrew University · 2024
Medical research
- $648,625
Hadassah Hebrew University · 2023
Medical research
- $529,559
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Medical research
- $518,472
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Medical research
- $511,548
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Medical research
- $483,587
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024
Medical research
- $453,406
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Medical research
- $448,357
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Medical research
- $443,407
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Medical research
- $425,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Medical research
- $425,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Medical research
- $425,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Medical research
- $412,068
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2023
Medical research
- $405,537
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical research
- $402,106
South Carolina Research Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2024
Medical research
- $398,625
Hadassah the Women'S Zionist Organization · New York, NY · 2022
Medical research
- $396,777
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Medical research
- $396,583
South Carolina Research Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2023
Medical research
- $391,712
South Carolina Research Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2022
Medical research
- $377,004
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Medical research
- $375,000
The Winifred Masterson Burke Neurological Institute · White Plains, NY · 2024
Medical research
- $375,000
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Medical research
- $375,000
The Winifred Masterson Burke Neurological Institute · White Plains, NY · 2023
Medical research
- $375,000
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Medical research
- $375,000
The Winifred Masterson Burke Neurological Institute · White Plains, NY · 2022
Medical research
- $371,914
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Medical research
- $369,372
University of Massachusetts Medical School · Worcester, MA · 2022
Medical research
- $369,191
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Medical research
- $367,700
Tel Aviv University · 2023
Medical research
- $367,700
Tel Aviv University · 2022
Medical research
- $367,561
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Medical research
- $366,717
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Medical research
- $362,585
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Medical research
- $360,431
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Medical research
- $354,267
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Medical research
- $353,464
National Institute of Health · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Medical research
- $349,960
National Institute of Health · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Medical research
- $346,681
Max Planck Institute · 2022
Medical research
- $346,179
National Institute of Health · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Medical research
- $342,666
Dzne Munich · 2024
Medical research
- $342,666
Dzne Munich · 2023
Medical research
- $342,666
Dzne Munich · 2022
Medical research
- $338,500
Technion Israel Institute of Technology · 2024
Medical research
- $334,501
Max Planck Institute · 2024
Medical research
- $334,501
Max Planck Institute · 2023
Medical research
- $324,434
Leipzig University · 2023
Medical research
Who else funds this kind of work
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- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston4,151 grants · $943.7M
- Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund3,620 grants · $914.9M
- Mass General Brigham Incorporated &472 grants · $3.11B
Similar purposes
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
- Dignity Health978 grants · $1.25B
Similar grant size
- The Andrew W Mellon Foundation2,231 grants · $1.59B
- The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley2,251 grants · $1.69B
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation13,441 grants · $18.24B
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