Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-1462312. Reported 210 grants totalling $108.7M to 82 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E24) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 82 distinct organizations, with 42% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 80% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $83,939. Half of what it reported fell between $23,475 and $362,709; the smallest was $5,581 and the largest $15.2M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $46.0M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School | Norfolk, VA | $6,823,385 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | $6,360,141 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oak Crest Institute of Science | Monrovia, CA | $6,044,690 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Population Council Inc | New York, NY | $5,998,700 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Upmc | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,807,897 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Research Triangle Institute | Durham, NC | $3,725,374 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $2,508,031 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $2,296,437 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $2,042,637 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Health International | Durham, NC | $1,998,180 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Path | Seattle, WA | $1,562,255 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $1,502,582 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | $1,353,614 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,181,171 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $1,033,080 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Inc | New York, NY | $990,684 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $981,934 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $960,859 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $959,089 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $914,053 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Healthy Start Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $796,814 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $626,715 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $543,924 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $430,133 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell Univesity | New York, NY | $401,071 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $367,187 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Naima Health LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | $364,972 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $316,361 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $247,932 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $214,102 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $213,977 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $208,814 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $208,434 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | Morgantown, WV | $191,763 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | Menands, NY | $173,422 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine Inc | Atlanta, GA | $149,522 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $149,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maya Organization | Swissvale, PA | $136,069 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research | Seattle, WA | $132,388 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $104,455 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ppd Development Lp | Pittsburgh, PA | $99,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beverlys Pgh | N Huntingdon, PA | $95,833 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City and County of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $93,804 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | Irvine, CA | $88,177 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hektoen Institute for Medical Research | Chicago, IL | $68,381 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $67,643 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc | Tampa, FL | $62,859 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $60,253 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $57,133 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| San Diego State University Foundation | San Diego, CA | $56,937 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $52,493 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $51,945 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ponce Medical School Foundation Inc | Ponce, PR | $51,690 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pittsburgh Public Schools | Pittsburgh, PA | $49,892 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $47,828 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Three Rivers Mothers Milk Bank | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,016 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Van Andel Research Institute | Grand Rapids, MI | $44,735 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | Oakland, CA | $41,503 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | Charleston, SC | $37,852 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | La Jolla, CA | $35,758 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lutran Inc | San Jose, CA | $34,970 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | Lebanon, NH | $31,439 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | Kansas City, KS | $30,860 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $30,505 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| International Partnership for Microbicides Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $30,433 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allegheny County Health Department | Pittsburgh, PA | $29,057 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $28,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Infertility Center of St Louis | Chesterfield, MO | $26,878 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| High Risk Obstetrical Consultants Pllc | Knoxville, TN | $25,764 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $23,611 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $22,730 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $22,276 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denver Health & Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $21,306 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $19,824 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Highmark Health | Pittsburgh, PA | $18,078 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thiel College | Greenville, PA | $14,494 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | $13,940 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Health Global Access Project Incorporated | New York, NY | $12,661 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $10,960 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | Pittsburgh, PA | $9,776 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | $8,003 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
57 of 82 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Healthy Start Inc
Participant recruiting for research study
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 of 82 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 53 | $19.1M | $74,128 |
| 2021 | 55 | $20.2M | $94,784 |
| 2022 | 51 | $35.4M | $85,277 |
| 2023 | 51 | $34.0M | $86,808 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
51% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $83,939 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 50 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3240 Craft Place Suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213.
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