Burroughs Wellcome Fund
An independent biomedical foundation that backs scientists at pivotal career transitions and funds discovery in the frontiers of greatest need
Financial profile
Burroughs Wellcome Fund · EIN 23-7225395 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $28,040,204 | $36,957,017 | $689,043,009 | Aug 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $48,287,251 | $42,069,368 | $664,849,251 | Aug 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $86,337,046 | $48,110,001 | $824,031,992 | Aug 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $28,994,003 | $31,859,719 | $679,706,109 | Aug 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $28,873,699 | $55,902,132 | $639,521,829 | Aug 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $52,302,302 | $63,580,280 | $619,613,954 | Aug 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Burroughs Wellcome Fund is read alongside.
JCCMF
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
A memorial fund staking early scientific careers on fundamental discovery
1 companies named
APSF
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
A New York foundation established in 1934 by industrialist Alfred P. Sloan Jr. to advance scientific…
WMKF
W. M. Keck Foundation
A major foundation that funds pioneering science, engineering, and medical research at the riskiest edge of…
SF
Sontag Foundation
A brain cancer research funder that bets on brilliant early career scientists chasing bold, high risk ideas…
GFMR
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
A research funder singularly focused on the biology of aging, seeding Glenn Centers and awards to extend the…
Who backs BWF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Burroughs Wellcome Fund's peers, but not Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Companies named publicly by at least one of Burroughs Wellcome Fund's five peer societies, and not found in Burroughs Wellcome Fund's reviewed public records.
| Company | JCCMF | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Merck and Company | Named | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
An independent biomedical foundation that backs scientists at pivotal career transitions and funds discovery in the frontiers of greatest need
- Authority
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Frontier
At home at the edge of what comes next.
The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.
Also reads toward The Guild and The Legacy.
Strengths
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