Rita Allen Foundation
A venture philanthropy investing in transformative ideas at their earliest stage, backing early career biomedical scholars, pain researchers, and civic science leaders
Financial profile
Rita Allen Foundation · EIN 13-6116429 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $8,340,526 | $10,562,214 | $189,867,122 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $7,613,238 | $11,248,065 | $175,627,316 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $23,878,841 | $9,836,624 | $219,012,202 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $6,416,455 | $10,093,012 | $192,154,106 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $6,688,420 | $9,422,919 | $183,115,177 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $2,360,277 | $9,131,974 | $152,150,417 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Rita Allen Foundation is read alongside.
EJKF
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund
A multigenerational Klingenstein family fund investing with patience and discipline in breakthrough…
MF
Mayday Fund
A focused fund devoted to a single human problem, physical pain, betting significant support on a handful of…
BWF
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
An independent biomedical foundation that backs scientists at pivotal career transitions and funds discovery…
HHWF
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
A biomedical research foundation that since 1947 has given early-career postdoctoral scientists independent…
1 companies named
WF
Whitehall Foundation
A foundation that since 1937 has funded basic research in vertebrate and invertebrate neurobiology, backing…
Who backs RAF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Rita Allen Foundation's peers, but not Rita Allen Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of Rita Allen Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Rita Allen Foundation's reviewed public records.
| Company | HHWF | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Merck & Co.,Inc. | Merck sponsored fellows | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
A venture philanthropy investing in transformative ideas at their earliest stage, backing early career biomedical scholars, pain researchers, and civic science leaders
- 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 Legacy and The Movement.
Strengths
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