The Troper Wojcicki Foundation concentrates almost exclusively on high‑impact biomedical research, with a clear emphasis on translational cancer science. Grants target major research centers and institutes to accelerate development of lung cancer therapies and tumor‑agnostic T cell receptor (TCR) approaches, and to equip labs with advanced mass‑spectrometry instrumentation for personalized immunotherapy. Their giving is strategic and project‑driven, aimed at enabling specific technology acquisition and therapy development milestones rather than broad general operating support.
Troper Wojcicki Foundation’s most distinctive recent pattern is its concentration of large, project-specific grants for cancer research, especially translational work in lung cancer and tumor-agnostic TCR development. The foundation backed H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation with $1,980,000 for next-generation TIL therapies for lung cancer, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center with $1,305,304 for tumor-agnostic development of TCR targets for lung cancer and solid tumors. It also supported Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center with a $1,000,000 first-in-human clinical trial in metastatic NSCLC, showing a preference for work that moves from discovery toward clinical testing. Other biomedical awards point to the same pattern: the foundation funded the Broad Institute Inc for advanced mass-spectrometry instrumentation to support personalized immunotherapy, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for AMPVAX, a personalized cancer vaccine. The grant list also shows support for research infrastructure and specialized scientific tools, rather than broad general operating support in the cancer portfolio. Alongside that core biomedical work, the foundation’s recent giving includes humanitarian, climate, conservation, and education grants.
In lung cancer therapeutics, the foundation gave $1,980,000 to H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation for next-generation TIL therapy development, and $1,000,000 to Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center for a first-in-human clinical trial in metastatic NSCLC. For tumor-targeting research, it awarded $1,305,304 to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for tumor-agnostic development of TCR targets for lung cancer and solid tumors. Personalized immunotherapy appears in its support for the Broad Institute Inc, which received $1,450,000 to acquire advanced instrumentation for mass-spectrometry-based initiatives. The foundation also funded AMPVAX work through Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc, tying its cancer portfolio to vaccine and immunotherapy development. Beyond cancer, the foundation has supported conservation, including Friends of the Osa for Osa conservation in Costa Rica.
The foundation’s typical grant size is $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $250,000 at the median, and $500,000 at the 75th percentile, with a recent range that includes both seven-figure research awards and smaller institutional gifts. Its DAF classification is Regular Funder, and the grant list shows repeated support to several recipients across multiple years, including Partners in Health, Rainforest Trust, Room to Read, California Academy of Sciences, Earthjustice, and Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated. The pattern is project-driven in the research portfolio, while some other awards are general support. It funds individuals as well as organizations, and the active-program data indicates unsolicited applications are not accepted.
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$339.3M
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$21.7M
Most grants fall between $50K and $500K, with a median of $250K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$250K
75th Percentile
$500K
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Troper Wojcicki Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 155 | $45.1M | 96.9% |
| 2 | Switzerland |
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Highly concentrated: very few, large grants to elite research institutions and cancer centers focused on specific research projects or capital equipment purchases rather than many small or diversified grants.
Notable grantees: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation, Broad Institute, Inc., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Grantmaking is national, with 96.9% of grants going to U.S. recipients and a 46% share of grants to recipients in California. Recent awards also land in Texas, Massachusetts, Florida, Virginia, New York, and Washington, DC. Within California, San Francisco and San Jose appear repeatedly, while Houston and Tampa stand out in the research portfolio. Outside the United States, the recipient distribution includes three grants to SZ and two to the UK.
Its strongest pattern is biomedical research, especially cancer. Recent grants support lung cancer therapy development, tumor-agnostic TCR target discovery for solid tumors, personalized immunotherapy infrastructure, and personalized cancer vaccine work. The broader active-program list also includes climate, human rights, humanitarianism, and Bay Area funding.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution shows a 25th percentile of $50,000, a median of $250,000, and a 75th percentile of $500,000. Recent awards also include larger seven-figure grants, such as $1,980,000 and $1,450,000, alongside many $500,000 to $750,000 gifts.
Yes. The recent-grants list includes repeated support across multiple years for Partners in Health, Rainforest Trust, Room to Read, California Academy of Sciences, Earthjustice, and Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated. Some of these appear as general support in more than one year.
The active-program data indicates no for unsolicited applications across the listed programs. The foundation’s support is described as targeted and non-solicited in the human rights and humanitarian areas, and the other program entries also state that unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Giving is national, but California receives the largest share of grants, at 46% of recipients in the HQ state. Texas is the top state by grant count, and recent recipient cities include San Francisco, San Jose, Houston, Tampa, Boston, New York, Cambridge, and Warrenton.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 3 |
| $60K |
1.9% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 2 | $150K | 1.3% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINFOREST TRUST | WARRENTON, VA | $1,000,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | A FIRST-IN-HUMAN CLINICAL TRIAL OF ENGINEERED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES WITH MEMBRANE BOUND IL15 PLUS ACETAZOLAMIDE IN METASTATIC NSCLC |
| ROOM TO READ | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $1,000,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC | SAN JOSE, CA | $750,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PARTNERS IN HEALTH | BOSTON, MA | $750,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC | BOSTON, MA | $606,667 | 2025 | AMPVAX: A DISRUPTIVE PERSONAL CANCER VACCINE |
| EARTHJUSTICE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HAMILTON FAMILIES | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY | LA JOLLA, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT EFFICIENT ISOLATION AND VALIDATION OF NEOAG-SPECIFIC TCRS FROM PRIMARY PBMC |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $500,000 | 2025 | CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY SEED GRANT PROGRAM |
| CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT ($470K/YEAR) AND SCIENCE TRUSTEES TABLE AT THE ANNUAL GALA ($30K/YEAR) |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $460,000 | 2025 | CLINICAL TUMOR TME ACQUIRED RESISTANCE |
| DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC | BOSTON, MA | $414,000 | 2025 | IMPROVING TREATMENT OF ERBB2 LUNG CANCERS (IDENTIFYING SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION VIA CRISPR SCREEN) |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $400,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION | BERKELEY, CA | $400,000 | 2025 | MARCO TROPER SCHOLARSHIP |
| MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $333,333 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HAPPY LUNGS PROJECT | AUSTIN, TX | $306,667 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $300,816 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY HER2 MUTATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HER2 TKI SENSITIVITY UNDER THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE CHAIR OF THORACIC/HEAD AND NECK MEDICAL ONCOLOGY |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY | STANFORD, CA | $300,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT THE TROPER-WOJCICKI FOR TIL CELL THERAPY RESEARCH FUND IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | SACRAMENTO, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| THE MALALA FUND | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA | MENLO PARK, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF THE OSA | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & LIFESKILLS PROGRAMS (MAVERICK PORTFOLIO) |
| WATER ORG INC | KANSAS CITY, MO | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | SAN JOSE, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | NASHVILLE, TN | $228,000 | 2025 | CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL DERIVED ORGANOIDS FOR NSCLC |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $220,243 | 2025 | ANTIBODY DIRECTED RELEASE OF TARGETED THERAPIES FOR OVERCOMING ON-TARGET TOXICITY IN HER2-MUTANT NSCLC |
| SEMPERVIRENS FUND | LOS ALTOS, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ISRAAID US INC | PALO ALTO, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| IOGENETICS | MADISON, WI | $166,230 | 2025 | IN VITRO MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF PEPTIDE CLEAVAGE |
| AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC | WEST CHESTER, PA | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER | DENVER, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | YOUNG INVESTIGATORS GRANT PROGRAM |
| CODEORG | SEATTLE, WA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| LIFEMOVES | SANTA CLARA, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| CAMFED USA FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | CAMBRIDGE | $75,000 | 2025 | FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE LUNG CANCER WORKSHOP BEING ORGANIZED BY THE EARLY CANCER INSTITUTE |
| TEENSMART INTERNATIONAL | MORRISVILLE, NC | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GROWING TOGETHER BAY AREA INC | PINOLE, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | FARMS TO COMMUNITIES PROGRAM |
| HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION | BERKELEY, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF GRIZZLYCORPS |
| THE CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE INC | STANFORD, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE | PALO ALTO, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| GRASSROOTS ECOLOGY | PALO ALTO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
| TAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT |
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$1,000,000A FIRST-IN-HUMAN CLINICAL TRIAL OF ENGINEERED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES WITH MEMBRANE BOUND IL15 PLUS ACETAZOLAMIDE IN METASTATIC NSCLC
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC
$750,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
PARTNERS IN HEALTH
$750,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AMPVAX: A DISRUPTIVE PERSONAL CANCER VACCINE
TO SUPPORT EFFICIENT ISOLATION AND VALIDATION OF NEOAG-SPECIFIC TCRS FROM PRIMARY PBMC
CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY SEED GRANT PROGRAM
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT ($470K/YEAR) AND SCIENCE TRUSTEES TABLE AT THE ANNUAL GALA ($30K/YEAR)
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$460,000CLINICAL TUMOR TME ACQUIRED RESISTANCE
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC
$414,000IMPROVING TREATMENT OF ERBB2 LUNG CANCERS (IDENTIFYING SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION VIA CRISPR SCREEN)
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION
$400,000MARCO TROPER SCHOLARSHIP
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
$300,816TO SUPPORT THE INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY HER2 MUTATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HER2 TKI SENSITIVITY UNDER THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE CHAIR OF THORACIC/HEAD AND NECK MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
SUPPORT THE TROPER-WOJCICKI FOR TIL CELL THERAPY RESEARCH FUND IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$250,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & LIFESKILLS PROGRAMS (MAVERICK PORTFOLIO)
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$220,243ANTIBODY DIRECTED RELEASE OF TARGETED THERAPIES FOR OVERCOMING ON-TARGET TOXICITY IN HER2-MUTANT NSCLC
SEMPERVIRENS FUND
$200,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
IOGENETICS
$166,230IN VITRO MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF PEPTIDE CLEAVAGE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER
$100,000YOUNG INVESTIGATORS GRANT PROGRAM
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION
$100,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
$75,000FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE LUNG CANCER WORKSHOP BEING ORGANIZED BY THE EARLY CANCER INSTITUTE
GROWING TOGETHER BAY AREA INC
$50,000FARMS TO COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION
$50,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF GRIZZLYCORPS
THE CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE INC
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT