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Institute for Leadership in Capital Projects
United States
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San Antonio, TX
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Science & Technology
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Stichting Raad & Recht
Netherlands
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Uithoorn, North Holland
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Community Development
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MERI Japan
Japan
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Nagoya, Aichi
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Health
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Stichting LunchMaatjes
Netherlands
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Utrecht
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Education
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Brain Tumour Research
United Kingdom
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Milton Keynes, England
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Health
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Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand
New Zealand
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Auckland
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Science & Technology
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Stichting Wildlands Natuur- en Educatie Fonds
Netherlands
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Emmen
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Animal Welfare
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Northland Field Days Incorporated
New Zealand
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Dargaville, Northland
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Science & Technology
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Hannah Arendt Instituut voor burgerschap, stedelijkheid en diversiteit
Belgium
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Mechelen, Antwerp
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Education
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Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (r.a.)
Israel
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem District
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Science & Technology
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Bij' De Vieze Gasten
Belgium
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Ghent, East Flanders
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Education
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Regionaal Landschap Meetjesland en Leievallei
Belgium
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Eeklo, East Flanders
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Environment
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Haute Ecole de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg
Belgium
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Namur
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Education
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Belgian Association of Property Valuers
Belgium
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde, Brussels
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Education
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Theatre de la Guimbarde
Belgium
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Charleroi, Hainaut
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Arts & Culture
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WoonZorgGroep Arendonk
Belgium
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Arendonk, Antwerp
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Social Services
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Stichting Hoorn Wandelt
Netherlands
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Hoorn Nh, North Holland
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Health
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Stichting Breakthrough T1d Nederland
Netherlands
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Amersfoort
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Health
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European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education AISBL
Belgium
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Brussels, Brussels
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Education
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Groupe de Recherche et D'Information sur la Paix et la Securite
Belgium
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node, Brussels
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Science & Technology
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What is a research charity?
The research cause covers charities that fund or conduct research for public benefit: medical research funders, independent research institutes, fellowship programs, and social and policy research groups. The organizations listed here can be filtered by country and by size. Cause tags are assigned by GiveRadar from each charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification; they are not chosen by charities and cannot be bought.
A research charity is a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is funding or carrying out research for public benefit: medical research, scientific research, or social and policy research. The cause describes the issue an organization works on, not its sector, so the directory above spans disease-specific research funders, university-linked foundations, independent institutes, and think tanks constituted as nonprofits. Organizations whose broader sector is science itself are grouped under the science and technology category on our categories index; the research cause cuts across sectors and picks out any charity whose core work is producing or funding knowledge.
What do research charities do?
Research charities turn donations into studies, trials, and evidence. Typical work includes:
- Awarding grants to scientists and research teams, usually through a peer-review process
- Running their own laboratories, institutes, or long-term field studies
- Funding clinical trials, patient registries, and biobanks for specific conditions
- Supporting early-career researchers with fellowships, doctoral funding, and equipment
- Conducting social, economic, and policy research and publishing the findings
- Advocating for public research funding and for open access to results
- Translating findings into practical guidance for patients, practitioners, and policymakers
Disease-specific research funders usually carry a second cause tag for the condition they study, so you will also find many of them under causes such as cancer.
How to check a research charity before you give
The most useful question to ask about a research charity is how your money becomes research: whether the organization awards grants to outside scientists or runs its own programs, and whether it names what it has funded. Look for a published list of funded projects, grant recipients, or studies; a research funder that discloses where grants went is easier to evaluate than one that reports only totals. Read the filings on each profile with the timescale of research in mind: studies run for years, so several consecutive filings tell you more than any single year, and spending on peer review, lab staff, and equipment is the work itself, not overhead to be minimized. Check whether results are published where the public can read them. Each profile here pairs registration details and any filed financials with an integrity assessment built on disclosure alone: it does not judge the quality or impact of the science. The full five-step walkthrough is in our guide for donors.
Common questions
What is a research charity?
A research charity is a nonprofit whose primary work is funding or conducting research for public benefit, from medical and scientific research to social and policy studies. Typical forms include grant-making foundations, independent research institutes, and fellowship programs. Each one listed here has a profile with registration details, financials where filed, and an integrity assessment based on what it discloses.
How do I donate to medical research?
The most direct route is giving to a registered charity that funds or conducts research in the field you care about, whether a broad medical research funder or a condition-specific one. Before you give, confirm the organization is registered, look at its filings, and check whether it publishes what it funds; the organizations listed here can be filtered by country to find research charities you can support locally. Be aware that research is slow by nature: a serious funder will describe multi-year commitments rather than promise quick breakthroughs.
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