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    Intuitive Foundation

    ActivoPhilanthropy & VoluntarismFinancia Individuos
    SUNNYVALE, CASitio web4085232100

    About Intuitive Foundation

    The Intuitive Foundation concentrates its giving into a very small number of large grants, primarily funding an online donor-advised giving platform and targeted professional medical training. Most dollars go to a repeat grantee that channels designated gifts to many charities, while a significant secondary commitment supports colorectal robotic surgery training in Europe—indicating interest in advancing surgical practice as well as enabling philanthropic flow-through. The foundation operates with high-dollar, focused investments rather than broad, grassroots grantmaking.

    Focus Areas

    Support for online donor-advised giving platforms / charitable giving infrastructureFunding designated-charity distributions via donor-advised fund channelsColorectal robotic surgery training and professional development (European surgical society)Capacity-building for medical professional societies' training programs

    Who They Fund

    surgical fellows and postgraduate surgical trainees (specialties: thoracic, colorectal, bariatric, urology, general)surgeons seeking robotic skills and continuing professional development

    About Intuitive Foundation

    The Intuitive Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a large, repeated commitment to the American Online Giving Foundation, which received the foundation’s biggest grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for general support for various designated charities. That flow-through pattern sits alongside a second major lane of funding: professional training in robotic surgery, including support for the European Society Coloproctology’s colorectal robotic surgery training program and other fellowship and research efforts tied to robotic-assisted procedures. The result is a grantmaking profile that combines charitable infrastructure with technical medical capacity building. Across its recent awards, the foundation backs both health-system professionals and intermediaries that move money to many charities. It has supported surgical societies, university programs, and research institutions, while also funding training and curriculum development connected to robotic surgery. Recent awards to Johns Hopkins University for da Vinci Research Kit development and support, and to the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons for robotic surgical fellowship work, show a focus on tools, training, and specialized clinical practice rather than broad unrestricted philanthropy. The foundation also funds individuals, which fits its emphasis on fellowships and professional development.

    What Intuitive Foundation Funds

    One clear theme is robotic surgery research and training. The foundation gave $749,759 to The Gog Foundation in Philadelphia for a randomized controlled trial of robotic versus open radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer, and it made a separate $365,000 grant to the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons for work on the adoption rate of robotic surgery in the European thoracic community. A second theme is fellowship support. Emory University in Atlanta received $212,390 for robotic surgical fellowships in colorectal surgery, while the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons also received $305,000 in 2024 for robotic surgical fellowship activity. The foundation also supports biomedical engineering and research infrastructure. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore received $220,000 in 2025 for the development and scholarly activity conducted by the da Vinci Research Kit, continuing earlier support for the same platform.

    How Intuitive Foundation Gives

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $14M

    Total Assets

    $122.7M

    Total Revenue

    $49.3M

    Total Expenses

    $16.5M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $25K and $102K, with a median of $30K.

    25th Percentile

    $25K

    Median

    $30K

    75th Percentile

    $102K

    Geographic Reach

    National28 states funded
    Intensidad de financiamiento
    Baja
    Alta
    Sede
    Funding intensity
    Low
    High

    Where Intuitive Foundation Funds

    Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Intuitive Foundation.

    RankCountryGrantsTotalShare
    1United StatesDomestic169$23.1M
    53.6%
    2India39

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    professional surgical societies and institutional programs (European societies, hospitals, medical schools)
    medical students (volunteer teachers) and underserved high-school students from lower-income households
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    Giving Approach

    Highly concentrated: very few, large grants (one grantee receives most funding through multiple gifts). Mix of repeat funding to a single platform-like intermediary and targeted single-purpose support for specialist medical training, including international grants.

    Funding Style

    capacity building (training & fellowships)research grant support (clinical trials & device research)programmatic support for professional societies and mergersgeneral/unrestricted support to designated charitiescompetition/team support and seed funding for initiatives

    Notable grantees: American Online Giving Foundation, European Society of Coloproctology

    Topics

    robotic surgery training and curriculum developmentsurgical fellowships across specialties (thoracic, colorectal, bariatric, urology, general)randomized clinical trials comparing robotic vs open proceduresbiomedical engineering education and diagnostics (Da Vinci research kit)simulation and skills-transfer programs (mentored clinical exposure, single-port robotics)global surgical training and professional society partnershipsSTEM/health education outreach to underserved high-school students

    The foundation’s typical grant size is tightly clustered around the low five figures, with a p25 of $25,000, a median of $30,137, and a p75 of $102,386. That distribution sits within a larger portfolio that also includes several six- and seven-figure awards. The grant list shows repeated support to the same recipients over multiple years, especially for designated-charity distributions and recurring research or training programs. It is classified as a regular funder, makes grants nationally, and funds individuals as well as organizations. The available program descriptions indicate both competitive and strategic grantmaking, and several active programs accept unsolicited applications.

    Where Intuitive Foundation Makes Grants

    Grantmaking is national, but the recipient map is concentrated in the United States, which accounts for 167 grants, or 57.2% of the recipient-country distribution. California is the top state by grant count, with 39% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent recipient cities include Newark, Philadelphia, Manchester, Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, and Los Angeles. Outside the U.S., the foundation also gives to recipients in Edinburgh and Utrecht, showing a mix of domestic and international medical and research partnerships.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Intuitive Foundation

    What kinds of organizations does Intuitive Foundation support?

    It supports surgical societies, universities, research foundations, and charitable intermediaries. Recent grants include support for robotic surgery training, clinical trials, da Vinci Research Kit development, and general support for various designated charities through a donor-advised giving platform.

    Does Intuitive Foundation fund individuals?

    Yes. The foundation is marked as funding individuals, and its program descriptions include fellowship support for surgical trainees, including robotic surgical fellowships and robotic bronchoscopy fellowships.

    What is the typical grant size?

    Its typical grant size is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $30,137 at the median, and $102,386 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also include much larger commitments, including multi-hundred-thousand-dollar and multi-million-dollar grants.

    Where does most of the giving go?

    By grant count, California is the top state, with 39% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient-country distribution is also heavily U.S.-based, with 167 grants, or 57.2%, going to U.S. recipients.

    Can organizations apply for grants directly?

    Some programs are open to unsolicited applications, including clinical research grants, robotic bronchoscopy fellowship grants, da Vinci Research Kit support, and several outreach and fellowship programs. Other programs, such as FIRST Robotics Sponsorship and Team Support, do not accept unsolicited requests.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    $1.1M
    12.4%
    3United Kingdom24$4.2M
    7.6%
    4Netherlands14$944K
    4.4%
    5South Korea8$361K
    2.5%
    6Singapore7$225K
    2.2%
    7Guatemala6$1M
    1.9%
    8Canada5$213K
    1.6%
    9Uganda4$1.2M
    1.3%
    10Sweden4$313K
    1.3%

    Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.

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    Robotic Surgery Fellowship Grants

    Robotic-assisted surgeryClinical surgical trainingClinical research+3 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Applicant programs must have an active robotic surgical program, adequate robotic clinical volume, a defined curriculum and evaluation methods, and research opportunities. Fellows must spend at least 10% of their time in clinical research. Applications must be submitted by a fellowship director or authorized institutional representative, not by a fellow. Fellowships must last 6-12 months. The program director must meet stated certification, institutional tenure, experience, and publication or presentation requirements.

    Fecha límite: Applications are accepted twice per year; submission deadlines are January 5, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outcomes are announced in February and August, respectively.

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    da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK) Hardware & Support Program

    Telerobotic surgeryMinimally invasive surgery researchSurgical robotics+5 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Institutions must be nonprofit education or research organizations. Teams should have hardware and software engineering capabilities and resources to build and maintain a complex research platform, with preference for demonstrated contributions to shared resources and open-source communities. Donated hardware is not for clinical use and may not be used on human patients.

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