Funding desk · Funders & orgs
Funders & organizations, connected.
Who funds the field, who is doing the work, and which nonprofits are raising money for children right now.
Funder index, from the records on this desk.
Each funder that appears in the current calls and awards, how many records it has here, and the sum of the published amounts in those records. These are only the records on this desk, not a funder’s total giving.
| Funder | Records | Sum of listed amounts | Latest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIH NICHD | 174 | $108,470,546 | Oct 23, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| Paul Hamlyn Foundation | 108 | £20,297,918 | Dec 14, 2025 | 360Giving Datastore |
| The Wellcome Trust | 49 | £23,775,305 | Aug 31, 2026 | 360Giving Datastore |
| NIH NIMH | 34 | $15,233,546 | Sep 23, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | 30 | £4,711,522 | Oct 8, 2026 | 360Giving Datastore |
| NIH NHLBI | 28 | $25,959,709 | Sep 23, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NCI | 28 | $24,631,609 | Sep 22, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| Nuffield Foundation | 26 | £6,441,189 | May 28, 2026 | 360Giving Datastore |
| NSF | 23 | $12,846,631 | Aug 24, 2026 | NSF Award Search |
| NIH NIAID | 22 | $6,285,406 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| National Institutes of Health | 21 | $16,165,000 | Oct 29, 2026 | Grants.gov |
| ESRC | 19 | £5,472,102 | Feb 28, 2026 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| NIH NINDS | 10 | $7,027,628 | Sep 19, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention | 9 | $8,639,666 | Oct 9, 2026 | Grants.gov |
| NIH NIAMS | 7 | $2,159,383 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| AHRC | 7 | £1,788,820 | Apr 30, 2026 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| BBC Children in Need | 7 | £601,954 | Jan 1, 2024 | 360Giving Datastore |
| NIH NCCIH | 6 | $6,900,891 | Sep 21, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NINR | 6 | $3,151,203 | Sep 19, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIAAA | 6 | $3,927,757 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH FIC | 6 | $756,925 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| Innovate UK | 6 | £994,486 | Apr 30, 2026 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| NIH AHRQ | 5 | $1,846,379 | Sep 23, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIDCD | 4 | $1,832,894 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| UKRI FLF | 4 | £4,079,433 | Aug 30, 2026 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| MRC | 4 | £7,208,717 | Mar 1, 2026 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| EPSRC | 4 | £5,290,859 | Jan 1, 2026 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| NIH FDA | 3 | $2,324,850 | Sep 23, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIDA | 2 | $823,500 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NCIPC | 2 | $1,300,000 | Sep 11, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIGMS | 2 | $499,189 | Sep 10, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH VA | 1 | — | Sep 24, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIEHS | 1 | $810,988 | Sep 17, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH OD | 1 | $500,000 | Sep 10, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIDCR | 1 | $302,853 | Sep 10, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| NIH NIMHD | 1 | $332,676 | Sep 9, 2026 | NIH RePORTER |
| BBSRC | 1 | £1,136,844 | Nov 1, 2025 | UKRI Gateway to Research |
| Administration for Children and Families | 1 | $15,000,000 | Sep 21, 2026 | Grants.gov |
| Administration for Children and Families - ORR | 1 | $100,000,000 | Jun 5, 2026 | Grants.gov |
| Food and Drug Administration | 1 | $900,000 | Jul 11, 2025 | Grants.gov |
| Office to Monitor-Combat Trafficking in Persons | 1 | $10,000,000 | Jul 29, 2026 | Grants.gov |
Most active recipients in these awards.
The 40 universities, hospitals and charities with the most awards on this desk. A starting point for partnerships; see recent awards for each project.
| Recipient | Awards | Sum of listed amounts | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | 20 | $20,690,779 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Children'S Hosp of Philadelphia | 20 | $14,870,063 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh | 12 | $6,098,556 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 11 | $8,617,895 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| New York University | 11 | $1,856,763 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Washington University | 8 | $5,072,790 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 8 | $1,057,772 | Sep 19, 2026 |
| Stanford University | 7 | $4,256,232 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Hugo W. Moser Res Inst Kennedy Krieger | 7 | $4,053,100 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Pennsylvania State University, the | 7 | $3,831,075 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Arkansas Children'S Hospital Res Inst | 7 | $1,360,544 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Indiana University Indianapolis | 6 | $3,051,264 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| University of Minnesota | 6 | $1,757,365 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| University of Colorado Denver | 6 | $1,385,220 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr | 5 | $6,298,167 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | 5 | £5,482,934 | Feb 1, 2026 |
| Yale University | 5 | $2,508,065 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 5 | $2,405,939 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| University of California, San Francisco | 5 | $2,370,983 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Brown University | 5 | $2,065,412 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| University of Warwick | 5 | £1,856,719 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| King's College London | 5 | £579,729 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Queen Mary University of London | 5 | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| University of California, San Diego | 4 | $2,957,550 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| University of Rochester | 4 | $2,908,070 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| University of Glasgow | 4 | £2,217,492 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Emory University | 4 | $1,448,570 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| University of Edinburgh | 4 | £1,400,535 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 4 | $1,351,174 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | 4 | $1,232,068 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Columbia University Health Sciences | 3 | $3,607,474 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Boston Children'S Hospital | 3 | $3,487,700 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Children'S Research Institute | 3 | $2,890,256 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | 3 | $2,526,544 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Research Triangle Institute | 3 | $2,464,544 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Ohio State University | 3 | $1,639,188 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 3 | $1,574,574 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | 3 | £1,498,877 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 3 | $1,375,590 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| University of Oxford | 3 | £1,344,462 | Jul 14, 2026 |
Nonprofits behind the fundraisers, checked in IRS data.
US organizations running the listed children’s arts fundraisers, re-checked every 6 hours with ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (opens in a new tab). Revenue is from the latest filing ProPublica has processed.
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