Saving and improving lives by repurposing drugs
Every Cure Inc centers its grantmaking on building a unified biomedical knowledge graph to accelerate drug repurposing. In 2025, its largest recent award was $971,372 to the University of North Carolina, where the team is co-leading development of the integration layer that connects diverse datasets, defines ontology standards, and handles manual curation. The pattern is technical and infrastructure-heavy: the foundation backs collaborators that can contribute data harmonization, APIs, ontology mapping, and computational methods to a shared repurposing platform. Other large grants show the same design. The Scripps Research Institute received $362,247 to integrate its Biothings Explorer platform into Every Cure’s knowledge graph, while the Institute for Systems Biology received $309,022 for curation, evaluation, and ontology harmonization of large biomedical datasets. Penn State University and the University of Alabama Birmingham were also funded for computational tooling and patient-level data integration. Across these awards, Every Cure Inc supports the research stack behind candidate prioritization, validation, and translation rather than isolated single-project work.
A central theme is biomedical data infrastructure. Every Cure Inc gave $971,372 to the University of North Carolina for an integration layer that connects diverse datasets into a unified biomedical knowledge graph, with ontology standards and manual curation built into the work. The foundation also funds platform interoperability. The Scripps Research Institute received $362,247 to bring its Biothings Explorer platform into the knowledge graph, contributing APIs, data evaluation, and ontology mapping expertise. Computational drug repurposing is another clear emphasis. Penn State University was awarded $303,699 to develop advanced computational tools, including algorithms to predict repurposing opportunities within the knowledge graph. Patient-level data integration appears in the portfolio as well. The University of Alabama Birmingham received $235,161 to contribute biomedical data and integrate patient-level, genomic, and clinical datasets for validation of predicted therapies.
Every Cure Inc’s recent awards range from $235,161 to $971,372, with a median grant of $309,022 and a lower quartile of $303,699. The distribution points to a small set of substantial, project-specific awards rather than a large number of small grants. The grant list shows a collaborative model: each recipient is tied to a technical role in a shared research platform, from curation and ontology work to computational prediction and data integration. All five recent grants are to U.S. recipients, and the organization is a public charity. The data does not show individual funding or program-related investments.
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About 20% of grants go to recipients in AL.
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Every Cure Inc’s recent grants are entirely U.S.-based, with five grants and 100% going to recipients in the United States. Recent awards reached Chapel Hill, La Jolla, Seattle, University Park, and Birmingham, showing a broad spread across research universities and institutes rather than one local cluster. The largest grant went to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and other recipients were located on the West Coast, in the Northeast, and in the South. No non-U.S. recipient countries appear in the recent grant list.
Its recent grants support biomedical knowledge graph infrastructure, ontology standards, manual curation, APIs, data harmonization, drug repurposing prediction, and integration of patient-level genomic and clinical data. The awards are framed around building a shared platform for identifying and validating repurposed therapies.
Among the five recent grants, the median award is $309,022. The range runs from $235,161 to $971,372, which shows that the foundation is making mid- to large-sized project grants.
Recent recipients include the University of North Carolina, The Scripps Research Institute, the Institute for Systems Biology, Penn State University, and the University of Alabama Birmingham. Each recipient is tied to a technical role in the knowledge-graph and drug-repurposing effort.
The recent grant list is entirely U.S.-based: 5 grants and 100.0% to recipients in the United States. No non-U.S. recipient countries appear in the recent data.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA | CHAPEL HILL, NJ | $1,222,086 | 2026 | CO-LEAD DEVLEOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATION LAYER THAT CONNECTES DIVERSE DATASETS |
| THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | LA JOLLA, CA | $492,388 | 2026 | INTEGRATE ITS BIOTHINGS EXPLORER PLATFORM INTO EVERY CURE'S KNOWLEDGE GRAPH |
| INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY | SEATTLE, WA | $391,997 | 2026 | CURATE, EVALUATE AND INTEGRATE LARGE BIOMEDICAL DATASETS |
| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | UNIVERSITY PARK, PA | $371,233 | 2026 | LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM | BIRMINGHAM, AL | $309,630 | 2026 | CONTRIBUTE SPECIALIZED BIOMEDICAL DATA AND EXPERTISE |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA | CHAPEL HILL, NJ | $971,372 | 2025 | UNC WILL CO-LEAD DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATION LAYER THAT CONNECTS DIVERSE DATASETS INTO A UNIFIED BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH. THEY WILL DEFINE ONTOLOGY STANDARDS, CONDUCT MANUAL CURATION, AND LEAD HARMONIZATION ACROSS DRUG, DISEASE, AND MOLECULAR DATA TYPES. THEIR ROLE ENSURES THE ROBOKOP AND MONARCH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS AND PROPRIETARY DATASETS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY ALIGNED TO EVERY CURE'S COMPUTATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. |
| THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | LA JOLLA, CA | $362,247 | 2025 | SCRIPPS WILL INTEGRATE ITS BIOTHINGS EXPLORER PLATFORM INTO EVERY CURE'S KNOWLEDGE GRAPH, CONTRIBUTING APIS, DATA EVALUATION, AND ONTOLOGY MAPPING EXPERTISE. THEY WILL IDENTIFY PROPRIETARY DATASETS, EVALUATE THEIR UTILITY, AND REFINE INTEGRATION PROCESSES FOR CLINICAL AND PATIENT-LEVEL DATA. THEIR WORK STRENGTHENS INTEROPERABILITY AND ENSURES HIGH-VALUE BIOMEDICAL DATA IS CONNECTED ACROSS THE MATRIX PROJECT. |
| INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY | SEATTLE, WA | $309,022 | 2025 | ISB WILL CURATE, EVALUATE, AND INTEGRATE LARGE BIOMEDICAL DATASETS INTO EVERY CURE'S KNOWLEDGE GRAPH, FOCUSING ON DATA QUALITY AND ONTOLOGY HARMONIZATION. THEY WILL PERFORM MANUAL CURATION, CROSS-VALIDATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE RELIABLE DRUG, DISEASE, AND MOLECULAR ASSOCIATIONS. THEIR WORK ENSURES THE SPOKE DATABASE AND OTHER KEY SOURCES ARE INCORPORATED INTO A ROBUST COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DRUG REPURPOSING. |
| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | UNIVERSITY PARK, PA | $303,699 | 2025 | PENN STATE WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS, INCLUDING ALGORITHMS TO PREDICT DRUG REPURPOSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH. THEY WILL WORK ON DATA EXTRACTION, HARMONIZATION, AND MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DEVELOPMENT TO RANK CANDIDATE DRUGS. THEIR ROLE PROVIDES THE COMPUTATIONAL "ENGINE" THAT DRIVES PRIORITIZATION OF PROMISING THERAPIES. |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM | BIRMINGHAM, AL | $235,161 | 2025 | UAB WILL CONTRIBUTE SPECIALIZED BIOMEDICAL DATA AND EXPERTISE IN INTEGRATING PATIENT-LEVEL, GENOMIC, AND CLINICAL DATASETS INTO THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH. THEY WILL SUPPORT VALIDATION OF PREDICTED DRUG-DISEASE ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS. THEIR WORK ENSURES THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH IS GROUNDED IN HIGH-QUALITY CLINICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE. |
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
$1,222,086CO-LEAD DEVLEOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATION LAYER THAT CONNECTES DIVERSE DATASETS
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
$492,388INTEGRATE ITS BIOTHINGS EXPLORER PLATFORM INTO EVERY CURE'S KNOWLEDGE GRAPH
CURATE, EVALUATE AND INTEGRATE LARGE BIOMEDICAL DATASETS
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
$371,233LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM
$309,630CONTRIBUTE SPECIALIZED BIOMEDICAL DATA AND EXPERTISE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
$971,372UNC WILL CO-LEAD DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATION LAYER THAT CONNECTS DIVERSE DATASETS INTO A UNIFIED BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH. THEY WILL DEFINE ONTOLOGY STANDARDS, CONDUCT MANUAL CURATION, AND LEAD HARMONIZATION ACROSS DRUG, DISEASE, AND MOLECULAR DATA TYPES. THEIR ROLE ENSURES THE ROBOKOP AND MONARCH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS AND PROPRIETARY DATASETS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY ALIGNED TO EVERY CURE'S COMPUTATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
$362,247SCRIPPS WILL INTEGRATE ITS BIOTHINGS EXPLORER PLATFORM INTO EVERY CURE'S KNOWLEDGE GRAPH, CONTRIBUTING APIS, DATA EVALUATION, AND ONTOLOGY MAPPING EXPERTISE. THEY WILL IDENTIFY PROPRIETARY DATASETS, EVALUATE THEIR UTILITY, AND REFINE INTEGRATION PROCESSES FOR CLINICAL AND PATIENT-LEVEL DATA. THEIR WORK STRENGTHENS INTEROPERABILITY AND ENSURES HIGH-VALUE BIOMEDICAL DATA IS CONNECTED ACROSS THE MATRIX PROJECT.
ISB WILL CURATE, EVALUATE, AND INTEGRATE LARGE BIOMEDICAL DATASETS INTO EVERY CURE'S KNOWLEDGE GRAPH, FOCUSING ON DATA QUALITY AND ONTOLOGY HARMONIZATION. THEY WILL PERFORM MANUAL CURATION, CROSS-VALIDATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE RELIABLE DRUG, DISEASE, AND MOLECULAR ASSOCIATIONS. THEIR WORK ENSURES THE SPOKE DATABASE AND OTHER KEY SOURCES ARE INCORPORATED INTO A ROBUST COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DRUG REPURPOSING.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
$303,699PENN STATE WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS, INCLUDING ALGORITHMS TO PREDICT DRUG REPURPOSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH. THEY WILL WORK ON DATA EXTRACTION, HARMONIZATION, AND MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DEVELOPMENT TO RANK CANDIDATE DRUGS. THEIR ROLE PROVIDES THE COMPUTATIONAL "ENGINE" THAT DRIVES PRIORITIZATION OF PROMISING THERAPIES.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM
$235,161UAB WILL CONTRIBUTE SPECIALIZED BIOMEDICAL DATA AND EXPERTISE IN INTEGRATING PATIENT-LEVEL, GENOMIC, AND CLINICAL DATASETS INTO THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH. THEY WILL SUPPORT VALIDATION OF PREDICTED DRUG-DISEASE ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS. THEIR WORK ENSURES THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH IS GROUNDED IN HIGH-QUALITY CLINICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.