Foundations · IRS 990 filings
Health foundations in the United States
- 24,869
- foundations
- $51.36B
- grants paid in all causes, FY2022–FY2025
- 4,918
- say they accept unsolicited
- $7,500
- median grant
Grantlas lists 24,869 foundations across the United States that fund health — 23,919 private foundations and 950 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $51.36 billion in grants across all causes in their latest filing year, and 4,918 of them (20%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common home states are California (2,373), Florida (2,348) and New York (2,281).
We read a grant’s purpose from the recipient and the purpose line on the 990-PF or Form 990, and 59% of the grant lines on file say enough to place. So each figure below is a floor — at least this much went to health — and the foundation may well have given more.
Top 25 of 24,869 foundations
Ranked by what each foundation gave to health in its latest filing.
| Funder | Unsolicited requests | Median grant | Health grants, latest filing | Grants paid, latest filing | Filing year | Fit score & contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanofi Cares North AmericaMorristown, NJ | Accepts | $4.15B | $4.15B | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Genentech Patient FoundationSouth San Francisco, CA | Accepts | $3.45B | $3.45B | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Novartis Patient AssistanceEast Hanover, NJ | Accepts | $3.1B | $3.1B | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Gates FoundationSeattle, WA | Accepts | $500,000 | $2.48B | $6.31B | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation IncNew York, NY | Accepts | $2,709 | $1.48B | $1.48B | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Bayer US Patient Assistance FoundationWhippany, NJ | Accepts | $1.39B | $1.43B | All of it | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ | Accepts | $351M | $351M | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationOmaha, NE | Invitation only | $503,118 | $309.8M | $1.46B | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Leona M and Harry B HelmsleyNew York, NY | Invitation only | $403,429 | $293.3M | $440.9M | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ | Accepts | $40,000 | $254.5M | $622.6M | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Scott & White HealthcareDallas, TX · Public foundation | Not stated | $5MOver $5k only | $178.1M | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Ani Rare Disease Patient Assistance ProgramBaudette, MN | Accepts | $161.8M | $161.8M | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Horowitz Family FoundationLas Vegas, NV | Invitation only | $548,000 | $146.1M | $147.5M | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Wellcome Leap IncSan Diego, CA | Invitation only | $594,038 | $145.4M | $145.9M | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Alexion Access FoundationNew Haven, CT | Accepts | $18.1M | $131.9M | All of it | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncNew York, NY | Invitation only | $1.5M | $101.4M | $1.02B | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| NSN Foundation IncRoseland, NJ | Invitation only | $100M | $100M | $279M | FY2023 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Robert W Woodruff Foundation IncAtlanta, GA | Accepts | $1.7M | $92.4M | $190.3M | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA | Invitation only | $100,000 | $89.5M | $141.5M | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Johnson & Johnson Patient AssistanceNew Brunswick, NJ | Accepts | $524.3M | $82.9M | All of it | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Sequoia Climate FoundationIrvine, CA | Invitation only | $1M | $76.2M | $305.4M | FY2023 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY | Accepts | $200,000 | $67.8M | $172.6M | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Douglas M Noble Family FoundationParamus, NJ | Invitation only | $65.9M | $65.9M | All of it | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Van Andel InstituteGrand Rapids, MI · Grantmaking charity | Not stated | $33.4MOver $5k only | $61.4M | $66.8M | FY2023 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Druckenmiller FoundationNew York, NY | Invitation only | $27,500 | $61.4M | $135.7M | FY2023 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
- Median grant comes from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
- A dash in that column means we could not read any health grants in this foundation's schedule — not that it gave nothing to health.
- A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.