About Greenwall Foundation
Expand bioethics knowledge to improve clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice.
Focus Areas
bioethics researchclinical ethicsbiomedical ethicspublic health ethicspolicy translationdiversity, equity, and inclusion in bioethics
Who They Fund
pregnant people and people experiencing pregnancy loss/terminationadolescents (and parents) regarding electronic health informationpeople who are incarcerated or detained (prison/jail residents)clinicians and health professionals (obstetricians, nurses, peers in mental health)Black women and other historically marginalized racial groups
About Greenwall Foundation
The Greenwall Foundation’s recent grantmaking shows a clear pattern: it funds bioethics work that moves from research into real clinical and policy decisions. One of its largest recent grants went to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for practical guidance on integrating sustainability and conservation ethics into clinical decision-making, a sign that the foundation supports ethics questions that sit directly inside care delivery. Another major grant supported the University of California San Francisco for an ethnography of patient treatment during pregnancy losses, termination, and complications in post-Roe Indiana, linking bioethics to reproductive care in contested settings. The portfolio also reaches into emerging technologies and public systems. The foundation backed New Venture Fund for responsible design, development, and deployment of technologies, and the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus for ethics and conversational AI in health care. Across these projects, The Greenwall Foundation works at the intersection of clinical ethics, biomedical ethics, public health ethics, and policy translation, with recurring attention to people facing pregnancy loss, adolescents, people who are incarcerated, and other groups whose care raises difficult ethical questions. The emphasis is on practical guidance, interdisciplinary analysis, and moving findings into policy and practice.
What Greenwall Foundation Funds
Bioethics research is a central thread in The Greenwall Foundation’s portfolio. It supported the University of Chicago for simulating crisis standards of care and developing an equitable life support allocation protocol, and Indiana University for work on periviable decision-making dynamics when parents disagree. Both projects focus on how ethical reasoning shapes bedside decisions. Reproductive ethics is another visible area. Boston College School of Social Work received support for studying moral distress among obstetricians and gynecologists in the post-Roe era, while the University of California San Francisco project on pregnancy losses, termination, and complications in Indiana addresses how care is experienced after abortion restrictions. The foundation also funds ethics tied to data, technology, and public systems. Washington University was supported for sharing electronic health information with adolescents and parents, and University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus for ethics and conversational AI in health care. These grants connect bioethics to practical questions in clinical workflow and digital health.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.4M
Total Assets
$114M
Total Revenue
$4.8M
Total Expenses
$6.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $44K and $111K, with a median of $68K.
25th Percentile
$44K
Median
$68K
75th Percentile
$111K
Geographic Reach
National26 states funded
About 6% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Greenwall Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Greenwall Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 147 | $9.2M | 98.0% |
| 2 | Canada | 3 |
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