The Sontag Foundation

• The Sontag Foundation is dedicated to advancing brain cancer research, so it is a strong fit only for organisations and investigators working in this field, including therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices and other technologies; its geographic focus is the United States and Canada.
• Around eight in ten of its grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $250,000, with a median grant of about $115,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though it has also made a single $3,000,000 grant to an organisation that regrants to others.
• Named programmes have set amounts: the Distinguished Scientist Award is $750,000, the ASCO Conquer Cancer - Sontag Foundation Young Investigator Award is $50,000, and the AACR-Sontag Foundation Brain Cancer Research Fellowship is $120,000.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and for the Distinguished Scientist Award this means applying through the online grant portal with recommendation letters and institutional officer approval uploaded by the deadline; this award does not fund projects focused on metastatic brain cancer or clinical trials research.
• The foundation appears quite relationship-led, since 91% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the previous two filings, so new applicants should be prepared for a competitive field and may wish to build a connection before applying.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Community Foundation of Northeast Florida · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $3,000,0002024 tax year
• Brigham and Women's Hospital · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $362,5002024 tax year
• Regents of the University of Michigan · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $350,0002024 tax year
• Mark Foundation for Cancer Research · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Boston Children's Hospital · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $262,5002024 tax year
• California Institute of Technology · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Regents Of Univ Of Ca-San Francisco · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $187,5002024 tax year
• Rice University · For the exempt purposes of this organization
  $150,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.