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Gates Foundation → Biological E Limited: $65M across 11 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Northwestern University: $8.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Marine Biological Laboratory: $4.1M across 8 grants, latest 2024Good Ventures Foundation → Future House Inc: $2.9M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → University of Glasgow Court: $2.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center → University of Washington: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2022Cornell University → Rockefeller University: $1.9M across 1 grant, latest 2022Life Sciences Research Foundation → Harvard Medical School: $902K across 3 grants, latest 2024Whitehall Foundation Inc → Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $875K across 5 grants, latest 2023Sage Bionetworks → Institute for Systems Biology: $669K across 2 grants, latest 2023Society for Conservation Biology → Duke University: $298K across 2 grants, latest 2023M J Murdock Charitable Trust → University of British Columbia: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd the: $12M across 4 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $3.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024Good Ventures Foundation → Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund: $2.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Marine Biological Laboratory: $2.3M across 14 grants, latest 2024The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Genome Research Limited for the Wellcome Sanger Institute: $1.4M across 5 grants, latest 2024Cornell University → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023Whitehall Foundation Inc → University of California San Diego: $850K across 4 grants, latest 2023Life Sciences Research Foundation → Rockefeller University: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2024Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center → Institute for Systems Biology: $446K across 5 grants, latest 2024Sage Bionetworks → Institute for Systems Biology: $319K across 2 grants, latest 2024Society for Conservation Biology → University of Kansas: $227K across 2 grants, latest 2024M J Murdock Charitable Trust → University of Portland: $51K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Cansino Biologics Inc: $10M across 1 grant, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $3.4M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Harvard University: $2.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024Good Ventures Foundation → Nuclear Threat Initiative: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2021The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → The University of Chicago: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2023Cornell University → Hospital for Special Surgery: $966K across 1 grant, latest 2023Whitehall Foundation Inc → Boston University: $837K across 4 grants, latest 2023Life Sciences Research Foundation → Stanford University: $633K across 3 grants, latest 2024Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center → Arizona State University: $396K across 3 grants, latest 2022Society for Conservation Biology → Regents of the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants: $224K across 2 grants, latest 2023Sage Bionetworks → Harvard Office of Sponsored Programs: $164K across 1 grant, latest 2023M J Murdock Charitable Trust → University of Puget Sound: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Limmatech Biologics Ag: $6.9M across 5 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Digital Biology Inc: $4.3M across 2 grants, latest 2023Gates Foundation → Just-Evotec Biologics Inc: $3.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Universitaet Wien: $3.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa: $3.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Asociacion Para La Conservacion De La Cuenca Amazonica: $2.6M across 1 grant, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → National Centre for Biological Sciences: $2.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Simons Foundation Inc → Georgia Tech Research Corporation: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Derecho Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Keystone Symposia On Molecular and Cellular Biology: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gates Foundation → Wistar Institute of Anatomy & Biology: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Conservation International Foundation: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2020The Simons Foundation Inc → Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University System of Maryland: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → American Society for Cell Biology: $969K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Ethz: $958K across 2 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of Colorado: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $785K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven: $771K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Simons Foundation Inc → Salk Inst for Biological Studies: $749K across 4 grants, latest 2023Whitehall Foundation Inc → University of Pittsburgh: $747K across 3 grants, latest 2023Whitehall Foundation Inc → University of California Los Angeles: $725K across 5 grants, latest 2023Cornell University → Health Research Inc: $714K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Mass General Brigham for the Massachusetts General Hospital: $706K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gates Foundation: $113M on this topic. Open the funder.Gates Foundation$113MGordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $29M on this topic. Open the funder.Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo…$29MThe Simons Foundation Inc: $16M on this topic. Open the funder.The Simons Foundation Inc$16MThe Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $7.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Leona M and Harry B Helms…$7.0MGood Ventures Foundation: $6.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Good Ventures Foundation$6.9MCornell University: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Cornell University$4.7MWhitehall Foundation Inc: $4.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Whitehall Foundation Inc$4.0MFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$2.9MLife Sciences Research Foundation: $2.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Life Sciences Research Founda…$2.2MSage Bionetworks: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Sage Bionetworks$1.2MSociety for Conservation Biology: $749K on this topic. Open the funder.Society for Conservation Biol…$749KM J Murdock Charitable Trust: $162K on this topic. Open the funder.M J Murdock Charitable Trust$162KBiological E Limited: received $65M on this topicBiological E Limited$65MBiologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd the: received $12M on this topicBiologicals and Vaccines Instit…$12MCansino Biologics Inc: received $10M on this topicCansino Biologics Inc$10MNorthwestern University: received $8.0M on this topicNorthwestern University$8.0MLimmatech Biologics Ag: received $6.9M on this topicLimmatech Biologics Ag$6.9MMarine Biological Laboratory: received $6.4M on this topicMarine Biological Laboratory$6.4MDigital Biology Inc: received $4.3M on this topicDigital Biology Inc$4.3MPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: received $3.9M on this topicPresident and Fellows of Harvar…$3.9MJust-Evotec Biologics Inc: received $3.6M on this topicJust-Evotec Biologics Inc$3.6MCalifornia Institute of Technology: received $3.4M on this topicCalifornia Institute of Technol…$3.4MUniversitaet Wien: received $3.2M on this topicUniversitaet Wien$3.2MGlaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa: received $3.1M on this topicGlaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa$3.1MRockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc: received $3.0M on this topicRockefeller Philanthropy Adviso…$3.0MFuture House Inc: received $2.9M on this topicFuture House Inc$2.9MMirror Biology Dialogues Fund: received $2.7M on this topicMirror Biology Dialogues Fund$2.7MRockefeller University: received $2.6M on this topicRockefeller University$2.6MAsociacion Para La Conservacion De La Cuenca Amazonica: received $2.6M on this topicAsociacion Para La Conservacion…$2.6MSalk Institute for Biological Studies: received $2.3M on this topicSalk Institute for Biological S…$2.3MNational Centre for Biological Sciences: received $2.3M on this topicNational Centre for Biological…$2.3MHarvard University: received $2.3M on this topicHarvard University$2.3MUniversity of Glasgow Court: received $2.1M on this topicUniversity of Glasgow Court$2.1MUniversity of Washington: received $2.0M on this topicUniversity of Washington$2.0MGeorgia Tech Research Corporation: received $2.0M on this topicGeorgia Tech Research Corporati…$2.0MDerecho Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales: received $1.7M on this topicDerecho Ambiente Y Recursos Nat…$1.7MKeystone Symposia On Molecular and Cellular Biology: received $1.6M on this topicKeystone Symposia On Molecular…$1.6MWistar Institute of Anatomy & Biology: received $1.5M on this topicWistar Institute of Anatomy & B…$1.5MGenome Research Limited for the Wellcome Sanger Institute: received $1.4M on this topicGenome Research Limited for the…$1.4MInternational Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: received $1.4M on this topicInternational Union for Conserv…$1.4MNuclear Threat Initiative: received $1.3M on this topicNuclear Threat Initiative$1.3MThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $1.2M on this topicThe Board of Trustees of the Le…$1.2MThe University of Chicago: received $1.1M on this topicThe University of Chicago$1.1MConservation International Foundation: received $1.1M on this topicConservation International Foun…$1.1MUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: received $1.1M on this topicUniversity of North Carolina at…$1.1MWoods Hole Oceanographic Inst: received $1.0M on this topicWoods Hole Oceanographic Inst$1.0MUniversity System of Maryland: received $1.0M on this topicUniversity System of Maryland$1.0MAmerican Society for Cell Biology: received $969K on this topicAmerican Society for Cell Biolo…$969KHospital for Special Surgery: received $966K on this topicHospital for Special Surgery$966KFederal Institute of Technology Zurich Ethz: received $958K on this topicFederal Institute of Technology…$958KHarvard Medical School: received $902K on this topicHarvard Medical School$902KAlbert Einstein College of Medicine: received $875K on this topicAlbert Einstein College of Medi…$875KUniversity of California San Diego: received $850K on this topicUniversity of California San Di…$850KBoston University: received $837K on this topicBoston University$837KRegents of the University of Colorado: received $800K on this topicRegents of the University of Co…$800KMassachusetts Institute of Technology: received $785K on this topicMassachusetts Institute of Tech…$785KKatholieke Universiteit Te Leuven: received $771K on this topicKatholieke Universiteit Te Leuv…$771KInstitute for Systems Biology: received $765K on this topicInstitute for Systems Biology$765KSalk Inst for Biological Studies: received $749K on this topicSalk Inst for Biological Studies$749KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $747K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$747KUniversity of California Los Angeles: received $725K on this topicUniversity of California Los An…$725KHealth Research Inc: received $714K on this topicHealth Research Inc$714KMass General Brigham for the Massachusetts General Hospital: received $706K on this topicMass General Brigham for the Ma…$706KInstitute for Systems Biology: received $669K on this topicInstitute for Systems Biology$669KStanford University: received $633K on this topicStanford University$633KArizona State University: received $396K on this topicArizona State University$396KDuke University: received $298K on this topicDuke University$298KUniversity of Kansas: received $227K on this topicUniversity of Kansas$227KRegents of the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants: received $224K on this topicRegents of the University of Co…$224KHarvard Office of Sponsored Programs: received $164K on this topicHarvard Office of Sponsored Pro…$164KUniversity of British Columbia: received $75K on this topicUniversity of British Columbia$75KUniversity of Portland: received $51K on this topicUniversity of Portland$51KUniversity of Puget Sound: received $36K on this topicUniversity of Puget Sound$36K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →