About Battelle Memorial Institute
Battelle harnesses expertise in advanced materials, biology and chemistry to deliver scientific innovations that protect the nation, advance public health, safeguard the environment and strengthen critical infrastructure. Battelle is the world's largest independent non-profit applied science organization.
Focus Areas
EnvironmentHealthIndustry/Technology CommercializationInfrastructureNational SecuritySTEM Education
Who They Fund
students (STEM-focused)scholarship recipients / individual learnerscommunities affected by wildfiresnonprofit organizations (as general operating grantees)
Funding Style
general operating / unrestricted support
About Battelle Memorial Institute
Battelle Memorial Institute pairs a large annual grant budget with a clear pattern of sustaining local and national STEM and community partners over multiple years. Its recent giving includes major operating support for The Columbus Foundation across 2023, 2024, and 2025, alongside sizable support for the Oak Ridge Foundation and Regional Development Corporation. Those awards sit within a broader philanthropic portfolio that the organization describes as more than $14 million annually in U.S. STEM programming and nonprofits. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches beyond education. Recent awards support nonprofit operating budgets, STEM learning, and capacity-building work tied to community institutions in Ohio, Tennessee, New Mexico, Idaho, and Virginia. In its program descriptions, Battelle emphasizes U.S. STEM programming and nonprofit partners, and notes annual philanthropic investments supporting employee giving initiatives as well. Battelle Memorial Institute also maintains a strong recurring relationship with some recipients. The Columbus Foundation appears in each of the three latest years, while Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation and Regional Development Corporation each appear across multiple years. That repeated support suggests a funder that uses multiyear operating grants to back institutions it already knows, rather than relying only on isolated one-time awards.
What Battelle Memorial Institute Funds
A central theme in Battelle Memorial Institute’s giving is STEM education. The foundation’s active programs describe annual philanthropic investments supporting U.S. STEM programming, and 2025 grantmaking included 194 grants totaling $900,000 for Ohio schools to enhance STEM learning in classrooms. Another 2025 award went to Oak Ridge Schools for STEM education. Battelle also funds nonprofit capacity and general operating needs. Recent examples include operating support for the Regional Development Corporation in Santa Fe and the United Way of Northern New Mexico in Los Alamos. The foundation also gave operating support to East Tennessee Foundation in Knoxville. In community-based education and development, Battelle supported the Oak Ridge Foundation with education/economic development funding in 2023 and continued support in later years. It also made a STEM education grant to Emory Valley Center in Oak Ridge, showing that the education emphasis reaches beyond school systems into local nonprofits and community organizations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$17.9M
Total Assets
$1.9B
Total Revenue
$13.5B
Total Expenses
$13.4B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $20K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
National34 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
LEWIS VON THAER
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