Rheumatology Research Foundation
Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-1654301. Reported 592 grants totalling $46.5M to 131 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 Rheumatology Research Foundation, by its IRS classification it exists to support one specific institution in medical research -- typically its own parent hospital, university or school (NTEE H110).
- How spread out its giving is. 131 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 72% 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 $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $37,499 and $100,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $788,724. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $3,350,568 | 24 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $2,702,153 | 23 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $1,922,482 | 20 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,816,791 | 21 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $1,732,475 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $1,713,288 | 23 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $1,709,286 | 18 | 4 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $1,604,944 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,484,429 | 19 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $1,270,045 | 24 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $1,250,942 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining | New York, NY | $1,113,500 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,111,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $1,083,140 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $1,003,000 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| American College of Rheumatology | Atlanta, GA | $934,200 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $803,999 | 21 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc | Boston, MA | $801,777 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $705,000 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $674,981 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $663,885 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | $625,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $615,681 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $600,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $597,693 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Samaritan Foundation | Portland, OR | $460,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $429,638 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $427,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $424,999 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $405,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $401,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia University | Philadelphia, PA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Attune Health Research Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $399,584 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $397,500 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $364,989 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $351,000 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH | $350,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $350,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $350,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $349,672 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $334,888 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $329,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $275,000 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | Boston, MA | $273,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $251,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $250,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Arizona | $250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | Charleston, SC | $240,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $215,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Childrens Hospital | Seattle, WA | $209,274 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Umass Medical School Bursar's Office | Worcester | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $199,999 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Medical Center Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $197,262 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Oklahoma Hlth Sciences Center | $181,762 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Louis University | Saint Louis, MO | $171,435 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research | Westbury, NY | $164,932 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Research Institute | Washington, DC | $158,952 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston, TX | $103,826 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indiana University | Detroit, MI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seattle Childrens Foundation | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $77,494 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Broad Institute Inc | Cambridge, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idaho Arthritis Center | Meridian | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Upmc | Pittsburgh, PA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $74,998 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Augusta University Research Institute Inc | Augusta, GA | $51,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The University of Tennessee | Memphis, TN | $50,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Larkin Community Hospital Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana | Shreveport, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rheumatology Solutions Pllc | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| The Nemours Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Lexington, KY | $49,172 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Healthpartners Institute | Minneapolis, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Hershey, PA | $39,523 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York University School of Medicine | Boston, MA | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Advanced Rheumatology of Houston | The Woodlands, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allergy Arts | Amarillo, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Consultants of Tidewater | Virginia Beacj, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asheville Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center Pa | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of Idaho Rheumatologists Inc | Boise, ID | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amicus Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Arthritis & Rheumatology of Metairie | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Carewell Arthritis Center | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Geisinger Clinic | Danville, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loma Linda University | Loma Linda, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naiara M Lvarez MD Pa | Mcallen, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Haven Rheumatology Pc | Guilford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raleigh Medical Group Pa | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rheumatology Center of San Diego Pc | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital | Kerrville, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Simedhealth LLC | Gainesville, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ssk Physician Associates Pa | Lufkin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rs Venuturupalli MD Inc | $24,999 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Olive View UCLA Education and Research Institute Inc | Sylmar, CA | $24,980 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rheumatology and Allergy Institute of Connecticut LLC | $24,931 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| South Charlotte Rheumatology Pllc | Charlotte, NC | $24,925 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Clinic of Cypress and Katy | Katy, TX | $24,922 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scott & White Clinic | Dallas, TX | $24,919 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cary Rheumatology & Arthritis Associates Pa | $24,902 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Overlake Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center | Bellevue, WA | $24,813 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | Traverse City, MI | $15,004 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nyu Langone Health System | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of South Carolina | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| University of Buffalo Pediatric Associates P C | Buffalo, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Denver Health Medical Center University of Colorado School of Medicine | Denver, CO | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pci Medical Associates Pllc | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| San Diego State University Foundation | San Diego, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Vermont Medical Center Inc | Burlington, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
71 of 131 (54%) 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.
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARD - BASIC - Boston University
Innovative Research Award - Health Services - Regents of the University of Michigan
INVESTIGATOR AWARD - TRANSLATIONAL - Mayo Clinic
Investigator Award - Clinical - Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARD - TRANSLATIONAL - University of Delaware
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARD - CLINICAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 of 131 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 | 143 | $10.7M | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 143 | $11.4M | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 144 | $12.2M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 162 | $12.1M | $50,000 |
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
18% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 $50,000 -- 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 Rheumatology Research 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 67 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 19 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: 2200 Lake Boulevard Ne, Atlanta, GA, 30319.
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