Funding search · EIN 042708045 · Boston, MA
Health Effects Institute
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 71
- grants reported
- $18.1M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $210,765
- 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.
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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 Texas3 grants · $2.1M
- Colorado State University3 grants · $1.4M
- Boston University4 grants · $1.3M
- University of Texas at Austin1 grant · $1.1M
- Yale Unversity3 grants · $980,256
- Harvard University3 grants · $961,980
- George Mason University3 grants · $925,605
- University of Washington4 grants · $922,951
- University of Southern California4 grants · $904,477
- Oregon State University3 grants · $886,477
Giving over time
Grant history
All 71 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.1M
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Scientific research
- $867,791
University of Texas · Austin, TX · 2023
Scientific research
- $844,737
University of Texas · Austin, TX · 2022
Scientific research
- $620,207
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Scientific research
- $598,327
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Scientific research
- $510,511
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2021
Scientific research
- $509,631
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Scientific research
- $480,617
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Scientific research
- $440,630
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Scientific research
- $437,199
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Scientific research
- $421,707
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Scientific research
- $411,902
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Scientific research
- $410,393
Yale Unversity · New Haven, CT · 2022
Scientific research
- $409,028
George Mason University · Fairfox, VA · 2023
Scientific research
- $399,640
Oregon State University · St Corvallis, OR · 2023
Scientific research
- $393,773
Yale Unversity · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scientific research
- $385,480
University of Texas · Austin, TX · 2021
Scientific research
- $350,116
Georgia Tech Research Corp · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scientific research
- $344,034
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
Scientific research
- $314,885
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scientific research
- $306,285
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Scientific research
- $301,565
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Scientific research
- $293,618
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Scientific research
- $278,229
University of California · Davis, CA · 2022
Scientific research
- $260,567
Oregon State University · St Corvallis, OR · 2022
Scientific research
- $258,121
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Scientific research
- $250,188
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scientific research
- $247,160
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Scientific research
- $241,507
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Scientific research
- $236,939
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Scientific research
- $236,178
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Scientific research
- $235,634
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Scientific research
- $226,270
Oregon State University · St Corvallis, OR · 2021
Scientific research
- $221,475
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scientific research
- $216,330
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Scientific research
- $210,765
University of Massachusetts · Amherst, MA · 2023
Scientific research
- $205,692
Georgia Tech Research Corp · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scientific research
- $194,466
University of California · Davis, CA · 2023
Scientific research
- $194,015
University of California · Davis, CA · 2021
Scientific research
- $186,667
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Scientific research
- $179,749
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
Scientific research
- $176,090
Yale Unversity · New Haven, CT · 2021
Scientific research
- $166,426
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Scientific research
- $161,075
Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scientific research
- $150,934
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2024
Scientific research
- $149,723
University of Michigan · St Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Scientific research
- $147,398
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Scientific research
- $144,462
University of Massachusetts · Amherst, MA · 2022
Scientific research
- $135,034
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Scientific research
- $125,000
University of Massachusetts · Amherst, MA · 2024
Scientific research
- $118,175
Penn State University State College · University Park, PA · 2022
Scientific research
- $107,495
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2021
Scientific research
- $106,797
Penn State University State College · University Park, PA · 2023
Scientific research
- $104,652
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Scientific research
- $103,637
Georgia Tech Research Corp · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Scientific research
- $102,624
University of Michigan · St Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Scientific research
- $100,000
Texas a&M University · St College Station, TX · 2023
Scientific research
- $97,874
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Scientific research
- $92,907
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Scientific research
- $89,558
Penn State University State College · University Park, PA · 2021
Scientific research
- $79,378
George Mason University · Fairfox, VA · 2022
Scientific research
- $78,404
Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2021
Scientific research
- $73,038
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scientific research
- $57,368
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research
- $41,085
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Scientific research
- $40,651
University of Florida · Gainsville, FL · 2024
Scientific research
- $38,491
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Scientific research
- $27,099
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Scientific research
- $24,090
Georgia Tech Research Corp · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Scientific research
- $19,773
University of Massachusetts · Amherst, MA · 2021
Scientific research
- $15,135
University of Michigan · St Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Scientific research
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- 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 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation13,555 grants · $2.27B
- Mayo Clinic Group Return834 grants · $5.43B
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation1,530 grants · $3.56B
Similar grant size
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting3,863 grants · $2.33B
- The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation5,652 grants · $1.75B
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