Funding search · infectious disease · California
Who funds infectious disease work in California
15 funders have a record of paying for infectious disease work by California recipients: 68 grants totaling $18.9M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ($3.8M), Direct Relief ($1.2M) and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ($3.1M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to California recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterSeatle, WACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2022Largest: $642,540 to REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF CALIFORNIA — vaccine and infectious disease research
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $300,677 to SYMBA CENTER — pfizer infectious disease awards, access to mental health care awards-teva
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2021Largest: $1.5M to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — vaccine and infectious disease
Largest: $150,000 to UCSF FOUNDATION — ivanoff-carroll tumor-immune system interactions fund
Largest: $83,265 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — drafting an atlas of prokaryotic immune strategy in the global oceans
Wm Keck FoundationLos Angeles, CA
3 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO — to understand t cell immune-education outside of the thymus
Concern FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — research into ethnic differences among breast cancer patient immune responses
Largest: $2.0M to LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY — study of monkeypox adaptive immunity and discordant covid infections
Largest: $1.1M to TIDES FOUNDATION — making technical education practical and accessible for rural communities anova health institute npc caribbean vulnerable communities coalition centre for infectious disease resear…
Largest: $500,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — study on the mechanisms and uses of immune responses and bacteria
Largest: $123,750 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO — genomic sequencing and deep phenotyping to improve the care for pregnancies with non-immune hydrops fetalis
Largest: $50,000 to CEDARS SINAI — dr. stanley jodran - understanding adaptive immune responses to sars-cov-2 infections and vaccines
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