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University of Southern California

Name: University of Southern California grants, 2021–2024
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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.

766
grants reported: $427.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $113,279
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

subaward research

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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

Multi-site Alzheimer's and dementia clinical trial site subawards
Defense, aerospace and microelectronics engineering subcontracts to industry
Biomedical research subawards to academic medical centers and children's hospitals
Population and public health research through large intermediary institutes
Direct contributions to the affiliated USC Health System
Physical sciences and computing subawards to peer research universities

Typical grant

Median award is $113,279, with the middle half falling between $25,000 and $490,494, so most of the 766 payments are ordinary site-level or single-investigator subaward slices. The very large checks, from roughly $2M up to the $31.3M to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp, go to prime industrial partners on defense engineering work and to coordinating institutions on large multi-site trial networks such as Banner Health, C2N Diagnostics, and the UC campuses. Because these are subawards on multi-year sponsored projects, the same institutions recur year over year; 766 grants spread across only 436 recipients means repeat funding is the norm.

Their words

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

“RESEARCH SUBAWARD”
“CONTRIBUTION”
“Research Foundation”
“Research Institute”
“Medical Research”

Positioning adjacent work

Target a USC principal investigator leading a consortium, not the institution; every dollar here flows through an existing sponsored project.
For clinical work, connect to the Alzheimer's trial network feeding Banner Health, Butler Hospital, Rush, Wake Forest and the Florida sites.
For engineering, position as a subcontractor on defense and microelectronics work alongside Northrop Grumman, Teledyne and PDF Solutions.
Size a first site-level ask between $25,000 and $500,000; seven-figure amounts go to coordinating centers and primes.

Worth knowing: This is not discretionary philanthropy. Nearly every line is labeled RESEARCH SUBAWARD, meaning USC is passing federal and sponsored funds to collaborators already written into approved proposals, so the entry point is a USC PI's budget rather than any foundation process. Geography reflects that: 303 of the recipients are in California, and the unusual Florida cluster (K2 Medical Research, Charter Research, Compass Research, Alzheimer's Research and Treatment Center) is almost entirely dementia trial sites.

Top recipients

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

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp2 grants · $32.5M
C2n Diagnostics2 grants · $18.8M
Public Health Institute2 grants · $12.1M
Regents of the University of Michigan2 grants · $10.7M
Usc Health System2 grants · $9.9M
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles2 grants · $9.1M
Yale University2 grants · $9.0M
Regents of the University of Ca Irvine2 grants · $8.8M
Regents of the University of Ca San Diego2 grants · $7.7M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr U2 grants · $7.6M

Giving over time

$2.5M

2021

$2.9M

2022

$173.1M

2023

$249.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 766 grants.

$31.3M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp · Redondo Beach, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$13.3M
C2n Diagnostics · St Louis, MO · 2023
Subaward
$9.6M
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$8.9M
Usc Health System · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Contribution
$7.2M
Regents of Univ Calos Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$6.6M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Research subaward
$5.5M
C2n Diagnostics · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research subaward
$5.2M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Research subaward
$5.1M
Regents University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Subaward
$4.9M
Regents of the University of Ca Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$4.7M
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$4.5M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr U · Stanford, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$4.4M
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Subaward
$4.4M
Regents of the University of Ca San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$4.2M
Regents of the University of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$4.1M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Subaward
$3.9M
Regents of the University of Ca Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023
Subaward
$3.8M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Subaward
$3.8M
Regents Uccontroller'S Ofc Ucsf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$3.6M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$3.3M
Banner Health · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Research subaward
$3.3M
Regents of the University of Ca San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Subaward
$3.2M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Research subaward
$3.2M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr U · Stanford, CA · 2023
Subaward
$3.2M
Banner Health · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Subaward
$2.8M
The Regents of the Univ of Ca San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Subaward
$2.8M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Subaward
$2.6M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Research subaward
$2.5M
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Research subaward
$2.5M
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Subaward
$2.5M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Research subaward
$2.4M
Gonzalez Md & Aswad Md Health Services · Miami, FL · 2023
Subaward
$2.4M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Research subaward
$2.4M
Pdf Solution · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$2.4M
K2 Medical Research Llc · Maitland, FL · 2023
Subaward
$2.3M
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Subaward
$2.3M
Board of Regents of the Univ of Wisconsin Sys · Madison, WI · 2024
Research subaward
$2.3M
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Subaward
$2.3M
University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Research subaward
$2.2M
University of Kansas Medical Ctr Inst · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Research subaward
$2.2M
Board of Regents of the Univ of Wisconsin Sys · Madison, WI · 2023
Subaward
$2.2M
Alzheimer'S Research and Treatment Center · Wellington, FL · 2024
Research subaward
$2.2M
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research subaward
$2.2M
Indiana University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Research subaward
$2.1M
Wake Forest Univ Health Sciences · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Research subaward
$2.1M
Gonzalez Md & Aswad Md Health Services · Miami, FL · 2024
Research subaward
$2.1M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Research subaward
$2.1M
Alzheimer'S Research and Treatment Center · Wellington, FL · 2023
Subaward
$2.0M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Subaward
$2.0M
Regenerative Patch Technologies Llc · Portola Valley, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$2.0M
University of Kansas Medical Ctr Inst · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Subaward
$2.0M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Subaward
$2.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.9M
K2 Medical Research Llc · Maitland, FL · 2024
Research subaward
$1.9M
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Research subaward
$1.9M
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.8M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Subaward
$1.8M
Diagnostic Consulting Network Llc · Carlsbad, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.8M
Med-Ally Llc · Goose Creek, SC · 2024
Research subaward
$1.7M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Research subaward
$1.7M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Subaward
$1.7M
Lowcountry Center for Veterans Research · Charleston, SC · 2024
Research subaward
$1.7M
Usc Health System · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$1.7M
Indiana University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Subaward
$1.7M
Central States Research · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Research subaward
$1.7M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Research subaward
$1.7M
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Research subaward
$1.6M
Charter Research Llc · Orlando, FL · 2024
Research subaward
$1.6M
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Subaward
$1.6M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.6M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Subaward
$1.6M
Northeastern Univ · Boston, MA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.6M
Butler Hospital · Providence, RI · 2024
Research subaward
$1.6M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Research subaward
$1.6M
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Research subaward
$1.5M
University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subaward
$1.5M
Wake Forest Univ Health Sciences · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Subaward
$1.5M
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2024
Research subaward
$1.5M
Trustees of Columbia Univ in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2023
Subaward
$1.5M
Sharp Healthcare Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Subaward
$1.5M
Trustees of Columbia Univ in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2024
Research subaward
$1.5M
The Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Subaward
$1.5M
University of Louisville Research Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
Sharp Healthcare Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.4M
Butler Hospital · Providence, RI · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.4M
The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.4M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Subaward
$1.4M
Med-Ally Llc · Goose Creek, SC · 2023
Subaward
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Subaward
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Subaward
$1.3M
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Research subaward
$1.3M
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Subaward
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2024
Research subaward
$1.3M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Subaward
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Ca Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024
Research subaward

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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.