About Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia
Our mission is to predict, prevent, reverse and cure diseases of the immune system.
Focus Areas
autoimmune diseasestype 1 diabetescancer immunologyasthma and allergiesclinical research and trialssystems immunology
Who They Fund
medical researchersresearch institutions (universities, labs)hospitals and medical centersmedical research foundations
Funding Style
research fundingproject-specific grantsinstitutional/organizational support
About Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia centers its giving on immune-system disease research, with a stated mission to predict, prevent, reverse and cure diseases of the immune system. Its recent grants show sustained support for medical research infrastructure and institutional capacity, especially for major research universities and hospitals. University of California San Francisco appears at the top of the recent-grants list with a 2025 grant of $8,492,043 for medical foundation support, followed by another large UCSF grant in 2024 and a 2023 award for medical research. Johns Hopkins University is another repeated recipient, receiving $4,770,126 in 2025 and $4,594,301 in 2024 for medical foundation support, plus a 2023 medical research award. The pattern suggests a funder that backs large-scale research environments rather than individual projects alone, with grants flowing to institutions that can carry out clinical and biomedical work across multiple years. Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia also supports collaborators beyond universities, including hospitals, research institutes, and life-science organizations tied to immune-disease research.
What Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Funds
Autoimmune disease and type 1 diabetes are among the clearest themes in the foundation’s focus areas, reflected in grants to major research institutions working on immune-system science. In clinical research and trials, it gave $1,767,347 to Duke University for medical foundation support and $964,527 to Duke University for medical research. Cancer immunology also appears in the portfolio through a $819,807 grant to Emory University for medical foundation support. Support for research infrastructure shows up in awards such as $2,405,904 to Azenta Life Sciences for medical foundation support and $940,742 to Infinity Biologix LLC for medical foundation support. Across these categories, the foundation funds organizations positioned to advance biomedical research and the systems that support it.
How Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Gives
Typical grants cluster in the six-figure range, with p25 at $40,004, median grant size at $116,097, and p75 at $362,812. The recent grants list also shows repeated awards to the same institutions across 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating recurring support rather than one-time gifts. Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia is a Pure DAF Provider, and its giving is institutional rather than directed to individuals. The portfolio includes both medical research and medical foundation support, with larger awards concentrated among a small set of recurring research institutions.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$36M
Total Assets
$96M
Total Revenue
$93.6M
Total Expenses
$87.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $40K and $363K, with a median of $116K.
25th Percentile
$40K
Median
$116K
75th Percentile
$363K
Geographic Reach
National33 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Intensidad de financiamiento
BajaAlta
Sede
Leadership
JANE BUCKNER MD
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