American Lung Association

EIN 131632524 Public Charity

Chicago, IL 60601

https://www.lung.org
Annual Giving
$69.1M
304 grants · avg $11.5M/yr
public charity (Form 990), grant-level detail not in 990-PF database
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$200K
typical big bets · $148K–$236K
grant size
52%
supporter · 67/128 multi-year
repeat
128
Distinct Recipients

About

The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy, and research. Focus areas include smoking cessation, asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and clean air.

Focus Areas

Lung disease research Asthma programs Tobacco cessation Clean air advocacy Lung cancer awareness

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Yes
How to Apply ALA runs Research Grants program (fellowships, career investigator, innovation awards) for academic researchers. Community partnerships through local ALA markets. Cycles at lung.org/research/awards-and-grants.

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 304 grants on record

Minimum
$3K
25th Pctl
$148K
Median
$200K
Average
$227K
75th Pctl
$236K
Maximum
$1.5M

Geographic Distribution


Texas Counties Served

6.9% of US grants · Rank #4 of 37 states $4.5M across 21 grants 6 of 254 counties

Top 6 counties

  1. 1 Harris 12 grants · $2.8M
  2. 2 Bexar 3 grants · $715K
  3. 3 Galveston 3 grants · $500K
  4. 4 Lubbock 1 grant · $200K
  5. 5 Dallas 1 grant · $150K
  6. 6 Brazos 1 grant · $100K

Grants Awarded (304 total)

Purpose
Entertainment Industry Foundation (Stand Up 2 Cancer) Los Angeles, CA $1,500,000 RESEARCH 2022
Northwestern University Evanston, IL $1,261,298 RESEARCH 2020
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD $1,170,000 RESEARCH 2022
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD $1,072,500 RESEARCH 2023
Northwestern University Evanston, IL $1,056,242 RESEARCH 2023
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD $925,072 RESEARCH 2021
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD $898,500 RESEARCH 2018
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York City, NY $845,000 RESEARCH 2023
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD $797,792 RESEARCH 2020
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD $698,505 RESEARCH 2019
Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR $678,600 RESEARCH 2021
The Regents of the University of Michigan Annarbor, MI $622,497 RESEARCH 2023
Duke University Durham, NC $585,462 RESEARCH 2023
University of Texas - Md Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX $550,000 RESEARCH 2019
Brigham and Women'S Hospital Inc Boston, MA $547,500 RESEARCH 2023
Yale University New Haven, CT $500,000 RESEARCH 2020
University of Illinois Chicago, IL $500,000 RESEARCH 2020
Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, TX $500,000 RESEARCH 2023
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX $494,622 RESEARCH 2023
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL $464,289 RESEARCH 2022
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL $461,990 RESEARCH 2021
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana, IL $450,000 RESEARCH 2021
Duke University Durham, NC $441,078 RESEARCH 2022
National Jewish Medical and Research Center Denver, CO $424,500 RESEARCH 2020
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI $418,743 RESEARCH 2022

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