Emory University

About Emory University

Emory University’s recent grantmaking is shaped by large research and hospital-related awards, with the biggest payments going to Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta Inc and Emorysaint Joseph's Inc. That pattern points to a funder that uses grants, donations, and research subcontracts as part of a broader academic and health system mission rather than a narrow charitable program. Its work reaches into higher education, biomedical and health research, public health, community engagement, and graduate and professional training. The scale is substantial: annual grants given are $589,160,673, and the latest 990 year on file is 2025. Emory University also makes program-related investments and is classified as a regular funder. In the recent-grants list, repeated awards to Georgia Tech Research Corporation and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center show that it supports multi-institution research relationships, while recurring funding to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc highlights an ongoing connection to pediatric health research. The recipient mix includes academic institutions, research laboratories, external research contractors, and project partners/subcontractors, which matches the foundation’s research-focused contracting and subcontract-based support profile.

What Emory University Funds

Biomedical and health research is a major theme. In 2025, Emory University gave $11,121,005 to Orasure Technologies Inc for research/subcontract activity, and it also funded Dcn Diagnostics with $4,652,269 for the same category. Those awards show direct support for outside research partners rather than individual researchers. The foundation also backs academic research infrastructure. Georgia Tech Research Corporation received $9,598,345 in 2025 and $9,178,271 in 2024, while the University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc received $4,874,867 in 2025 and $3,248,746 in 2023. That repeated funding suggests sustained institutional partnerships. Health-system and child health work is another clear thread. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc received $6,495,432 in 2025, $4,780,741 in 2024, and $4,399,033 in 2023. Public-health and professional-training priorities also align with awards to Family Health International, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

How Emory University Gives