Private foundations · 990-PF data

Health foundations in the United States

18,673
foundations
$22.73B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
3,824
say they accept unsolicited
$6,900
median grant

Grantlas lists 18,673 private foundations across the United States that fund health, from their 990-PF filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $22.73 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 3,824 of them (20%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common home states are Florida (1,826), Texas (1,810) and California (1,648).

Top 25 of 18,673 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 3,799 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Health foundations in the United States
Genentech Patient FoundationSouth San Francisco, CA$3.45B$3.45BOne amountFY2024
Bayer US Patient Assistance FoundationWhippany, NJ$1.39B$1.43B$1.36B–$1.43BFY2025
The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ$40,000$622.6M$125–$12.2MFY2024
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI$100,000$303.9M$50–$5MFY2024
The Duke EndowmentCharlotte, NC$205,535$222.5M$5,000–$21.5MFY2023
O'Donnell FoundationDallas, TX$1M$187.4M$10,000–$38.4MFY2025
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York, NY$200,000$172.6M$100–$4.2MFY2024
Alexion Access FoundationNew Haven, CT$18.1M$131.9M$121,176–$70.4MFY2025
Harold Alfond FoundationPortland, ME$250,000$102.7M$150–$28MFY2024
The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS$495,000$102.1M$2,750–$25MFY2025
Johnson & Johnson Patient AssistanceNew Brunswick, NJ$524.3M$82.9M$82.9M–$965.7MFY2025
The Meinders FoundationOklahoma City, OK$200,000$74.6M$1,000–$18MFY2025
Fred C and Katherine B Andersen FoundationBayport, MN$60,000$72.5M$1,000–$10.7MFY2025
Wayne and Gladys Valley FoundationOakland, CA$25,000$63.1M$10,000–$20MFY2024
The Leon Levine FoundationCharlotte, NC$60,000$57.9M$10,000–$2.1MFY2024
Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN$55,000$57.2M$3,500–$4.2MFY2025
The Ryan FoundationGreenwood Village, CO$307,287$52M$30,000–$45.9MFY2024
The Diane and Bruce Halle FoundationScottsdale, AZ$100,000$47.7M$1,000–$2.4MFY2024
M&t Charitable FoundationBuffalo, NY$46.2M$44.4M$44.4M–$48MFY2025
The McGee Foundation IncOklahoma City, OK$200,000$42.3M$50,000–$13.4MFY2025
The Anne and Henry Zarrow FoundationTulsa, OK$20,000$37.3M$200–$2.2MFY2024
Argyros Family FoundationCosta Mesa, CA$25,000$33.8M$500–$6.3MFY2024
The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY$15,000$31.3M$75–$2.3MFY2024
The Ronda E Stryker and William DKalamazoo, MI$150,000$30.6M$250–$1.9MFY2025
Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationRahway, NJ$148,859$29.1M$25,000–$10.1MFY2025
  • Median grant and grant range come from the grant schedule of the 990-PF. A dash means that foundation filed none, and “one amount” means every grant it filed was for the same figure.

18,648 more foundations — see all in Grantlas

Data from 990-PF filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated September 20, 2026.