Table 3. Largest private foundation supporters of health science research.

Foundation	Support per year, $millions
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	544.8
The Starr Foundation	50.2
The Lincy Foundation	46.8
Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation	35.1
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Inc.	25.7
Burroughs Wellcome Fund	21.0
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation	20.0
The Simons Foundation	13.8
The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.	12.0
James S. McDowell Foundation	11.3

Source: The Foundation Center. Note: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is not incorporated as a private foundation.