Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia
Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) is a public charity based in Seattle, Washington, and a nonprofit research institute within Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. It studies the immune system in health and disease, including autoimmune diseases, allergies, asthma, and cancer, and works with doctors and patients to connect research discoveries with patient care.
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia at a glance
In short: Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia gave $27.5M across 66 grants in 2025 (avg $417K), top state California. 3% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $27,493,153
- -23.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 66
- -17.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $416,563
- -7.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $105,194
- Total assets
- $95,460,605
- -0.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 3% first-time grantees (2 of 65, 2025)
- Primary geography
- California (43% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia
- Contact
Mailing address: 1201 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 342-6500
Website: https://benaroyaresearch.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was University of California San Francisco ($10.7M). Together the top 10 received $19.7M.
Grant Size Distribution
350 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 125 grants of 350 (36%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
BRI is based in Seattle, Washington. In 2025, the largest shares of grant dollars went to recipients in California (43%), Illinois (19%), Massachusetts (5%), Washington (5%), and North Carolina (4%). The filing also lists grants to organizations in Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 66 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia open to new grantees?
3%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 2 of 65 grantees (3%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $61K; repeat grants $434K. How we count
Medians: $61K first-time, $126K repeat.
- 95% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−6%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $11.9M (2021) to $36.0M (2024). In 2025 it made 66 grants totaling $27.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Los Angeles, CA | Medical Foundation Support | $10,655,420 |
| Azenta Life Sciences Carol STEAM, IL | Medical Foundation Support | $2,234,966 |
| Johns Hopkins University Chicago, IL | Medical Foundation Support | $1,836,533 |
| Duke University Charlotte, NC | Medical Foundation Support | $1,019,687 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | Medical Foundation Support | $771,732 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute Seattle, WA | Medical Foundation Support | $719,116 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado Aurora, CO | Medical Foundation Support | $663,196 |
| University of Wa Grants & Contracts Chicago, IL | Medical Foundation Support | $634,004 |
| Ohsu-Patient Business Svc Portland, OR | Medical Foundation Support | $577,891 |
| University of Michigan Pittsburgh, PA | Medical Foundation Support | $546,678 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
BRI’s filing states that Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is its sole corporate member and a supporting organization of BRI and Virginia Mason Medical Center. It also reports that Virginia Mason Medical Center holds endowment funds supporting BRI research in diabetes, rheumatology, immunology, and other areas; the stated balance was $36.0 million on both June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $95,460,605 | $81,277,408 | $80,732,627 | $27,493,153 | 66 | $810,788 |
| 2024 | $96,038,082 | $93,579,246 | $87,516,122 | $35,982,453 | 80 | $407,521 |
| 2023 | $94,354,363 | $82,465,243 | $83,326,987 | $29,308,331 | 66 | $282,812 |
| 2022 | $100,143,058 | $94,861,276 | $83,785,554 | $29,294,488 | 77 | $9,899,625 |
| 2021 | $103,998,179 | $37,835,331 | $37,139,481 | $11,925,409 | 61 | $171,371 |
| 2020 | $100,142,600 | $67,733,759 | $71,349,522 | $21,704,417 | 55 | $465,981 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
BRI’s mission is to advance the science to predict, prevent, reverse, and cure diseases of the immune system. Its website describes work on autoimmunity, allergies, asthma, cancer, and other immune-mediated diseases, alongside research into immune health and clinical studies of immune-targeted therapies.
The 2025 grants went to research and medical institutions. Examples include the University of California San Francisco and Duke University, each described in the filing as receiving support for “medical foundation support.” Among other grantees, Emory University describes its mission as applying knowledge in the service of humanity; the Allen Institute says it seeks to improve human health through bioscience research; and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center describes its mission as uniting research and care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not BRI’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, BRI reported 66 itemized grants totaling $27,493,153. Grant amounts ranged from $5,419 to $10,655,420, with a median of $105,194. The largest listed award was $10,655,420 to the University of California San Francisco. Other large awards included $2,234,966 to Azenta Life Sciences, $1,836,533 to Johns Hopkins University, $1,019,687 to Duke University, and $771,732 to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Additional 2025 recipients included Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute ($719,116), the Regents of the University of Colorado ($663,196), University of WA Grants & Contracts ($634,004), OHSU-Patient Business Services ($577,891), the University of Michigan ($546,678), Stanford University ($528,223), and Emory University ($503,696). The listed purposes for these largest grants are “medical foundation support.”
BRI’s website describes research collaborations and access to institutional resources, including biorepositories, tetramer reagents, and research cores.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Jane Buckner, MD, as president; Margaret McCormick, PhD, as executive director and COO; Ketul Patel as chief executive officer of VMFH; David Nosacka as treasurer and senior vice president and CFO of VMFH; and Miriam Chambliss as corporate secretary and vice president of division general counsel. It also lists Steven Ziegler, PhD, and Peter Linsley, PhD, as members of the Center for Fundamental Immunology; Carmen Mikacenic, MD, as an associate research member; Daniel Campbell, PhD, as director of the Center for Fundamental Immunology; and Jessica Hamerman, PhD, as director of academic affairs.
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia is led by Ketul Patel, Chief Executive Officer Vmfh since 2023 (on filings since 2022); 7 of 25 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ketul Patel
Chief Executive Officer Vmfh
Ex-Officio Director & Co-Ceo Vmfh → Chief Executive Officer Vmfh, 2023
On filings since 2022
4 hrs/week
$3.6M (2022) → $0 (2025)
Jane Buckner MD
President
Executive Officio & President → President, 2021
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$542K (2020) → $662K (2025)
Margaret McCormick PhD
Executive Director & COO
Executive Director Chief Operating Officer → Executive Director & COO, 2021
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$308K (2020) → $415K (2025)
Uli Chi PhD
Director & Chair
Chair → Director & Chair, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Campbell PhD
Director & Center for Fundamental Immunology
Center Director of Discovery Science → Director & Center for Fundamental Immunology, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$202K (2020) → $238K (2025)
Jessica Hamerman PhD
Director & Academic Affairs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$229K (2024) → $237K (2025)
Bob Carlile
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Corvi
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dennis Hunthausen
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diann Puls
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Oppenheimer
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Lee
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Lemon
Director & Vice Chair
Vice Chair → Director & Vice Chair, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tod Hamachek
Director
Board Member → Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregg Meyer Md Msc
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sister Ruth Goodwin Osf
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chuck Arnold
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anne McNamara Osf
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Hohimer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steven Ziegler PhD
Member & Center for Fundamental Immunology
Director of Academic Affairs → Director & Academic Affairs, 2022
Director & Academic Affairs → Member & Center for Fundamental Immunology, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$242K (2020) → $264K (2025)
Carmen Mikacenic MD
Associate Research Member
Associate Member → Associate Research Member, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$216K (2022) → $244K (2025)
Peter Linsley PhD
Member & Center for Fundamental Immunology
Member & Principal Investigator → Member & Center for Fundamental Immunology, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$220K (2024) → $228K (2025)
David Nosacka
Treasurer, Senior Vice President & CFO Vmfh
Treasurer, Senior Vice President & CFO Fhs → Treasurer, Senior Vice President & CFO Vmfh, 2023
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Miriam Chambliss
Corporate Secretary & Vice President Div General Counsel
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Tupponce
Interim President - Virgina Mason Medical Center
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (34)
- Former: Michael Labosier (2020–2024) — CFO
- Former: Marvin O'Quinn (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: William Kwok PhD (2022–2024) — Research Member
- Former: Michael Hoffman (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: James Lord (2023) — Research Assistant Member
- Former: Bolong Cao (2020–2022) — Director & Business Development
- Former: Gary Kaplan (2020–2022) — Ex-Officio Director & Co-Ceo Vmfh
- Former: David Butcherite (2021) — Treasurer & Interim Vp-Interim CFO
- Former: Gregg Meyer MD (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Robert Valencia (2021) — Corporate Secretary & Interim Vp-General Counsel-P
- Former: Sr Ruth Goodwin Osf (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Ben Reiber (2020) — Director
- Former: Brian Kotzin (2020) — Director
- Former: Carla DewBerry (2020) — Director
- Former: Carla Greenbaum (2020) — Director
- Former: Catherine Zimmerman (2020) — Director
- Former: Christopher Wilson MD (2020) — Director
- Former: Claire Bonilla (2020) — Director
- Former: David Aboulafia MD (2020) — Director
- Former: David Williams (2020) — Director
- Former: Diane St John (2020) — Director & Secretary
- Former: Erin Talbott (2020) — Director
- Former: Frank Dvorak PhD (2020) — Director & Vice Chair
- Former: Gerald Nepom MD PhD (2020) — Program Director & Itn
- Former: Jeffrey S Wortley (2020) — Director & Treasurer
- Former: Joyce Lammert MD PhD (2020) — Director
- Former: Kirk Nelson (2020) — Director
- Former: Nabil Istafanous (2020) — Director
- Former: Paul Hughes (2020) — Director
- Former: Philip Bernstein (2020) — Research Member
- Former: Proctor Schenk (2020) — Director
- Former: Robert Williams (2020) — Director
- Former: Tom Cohen (2020) — Director & Chair
- Former: William Kowk PhD (2020) — Research Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $662K, to Jane Buckner MD (President). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia
How much does Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia give each year?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia gave $27.5M across 66 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $36.0M across 80 grants.
What is Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's typical grant size?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's median grant in 2025 was $105,194, and its average grant was $416,563, across 66 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia that year got $61K on average.
Where does Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia give grants?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's top state is California, with 43% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Illinois (19%) and Massachusetts (5%). The most frequent recipient cities were Los Angeles, CA (6 grants), Boston, MA (5 grants), Seattle, WA (4 grants) and New York, NY (4 grants).
Does Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 66 grants with a stated purpose on Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Medical Foundation Support" (66 grants).
Who are Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's largest grantees?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's largest 2025 grantees include University of California San Francisco ($10,655,420), Azenta Life Sciences ($2,234,966) and Johns Hopkins University ($1,836,533), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 54% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia reported $95.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $81.3M.
What does Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia fund?
BRI’s mission is to advance the science to predict, prevent, reverse, and cure diseases of the immune system. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check benaroyaresearch.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's EIN?
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-0653422. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 7, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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