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 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

medicalresearch

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Top recipients

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  • 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

$34.5M
2022
$35.2M
2023
$40.8M
2024

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

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.