Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
Invitation OnlyHouston, Texas · EIN 45-4696263 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2024)$25.6M
Organizations funded116
Typical grant$155,401
Total assets$83M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $54,773 and $273,936.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
92% of grants went outside Texas.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | General support | $1,302,634 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | General support | $1,168,922 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | General support | $1,010,159 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | General support | $1,008,594 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | General support | $806,807 |
| Ut Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas, TX | General support | $706,703 |
| Lmu Klinkikum Der Universitat Munchen | Munchen, GM | General support | $587,386 |
| Washington University in St Louis | St Louis, MO | General support | $576,360 |
| Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (Fsp) | Madrid, SP | General support | $563,179 |
| The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, UK | General support | $514,274 |
| Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin | Berlin, GM | General support | $501,424 |
| University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | General support | $499,915 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | General support | $497,370 |
| Max Delbruck Centre for Molecular Medicine | Berlin, GM | General support | $491,930 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston, TX | General support | $466,928 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | General support | $445,566 |
| University of Colorado - Boulder | Denver, CO | General support | $422,386 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | General support | $417,734 |
| Karolinska Institutet | Stockholm, SW | General support | $391,724 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | General support | $378,375 |
| Imperial College London | London, UK | General support | $351,719 |
| University Medical Center Gottingen | Gottingen, GM | General support | $341,301 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | General support | $322,570 |
| University of Cambridge | Cambridge, UK | General support | $311,628 |
| The University of Manchester | Manchester, UK | General support | $294,323 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | General support | $292,341 |
| Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd | Haifa, IS | General support | $287,090 |
| University Medical Center Utrecht | Utrecht, NL | General support | $283,738 |
| Netherlands Heart Institute | Utrecht, NL | General support | $281,731 |
| Heidelberg University | Heidelberg, GM | General support | $273,936 |
| Medizinische Universitat Wien | Wien, AU | General support | $271,145 |
| Inserm | Paris, FR | General support | $246,800 |
| The Ohio State University | Detroit, MI | General support | $246,042 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | General support | $227,490 |
| De Duve Institute | Brussels, BE | General support | $216,410 |
| University of Hamburg-Eppendorf | Hamburg, GM | General support | $215,614 |
| Amsterdam University Medical Center | Amsterdam, NL | General support | $211,671 |
| Instituto de Medicina Molecular | Lisbon, PO | General support | $203,013 |
| Fondazione Per LA Ricerca Biomedica Onlus | Torino, IT | General support | $202,521 |
| University of Potsdam | Potsdam, GM | General support | $201,394 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | New York, NY | General support | $200,761 |
| Kyoto University | Sakyoku, JA | General support | $198,060 |
| Hannover Medical School | Hanover, GM | General support | $197,431 |
| Istituto Auxologico Italiano | Milano, IT | General support | $195,117 |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute | Bethesda, MD | General support | $191,598 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Dallas, TX | General support | $190,922 |
| University of Leicester | Leicester, UK | General support | $190,880 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | General support | $187,000 |
| The University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | General support | $178,054 |
| Universita Degli Studi Di Milano | Milano, IT | General support | $177,775 |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | General support | $176,604 |
| The Research Institute of the Mcgill University Health Centre | Montreal, CA | General support | $172,106 |
| The Rockefeller University | New York, NY | General support | $170,743 |
| Lund University | Lund, SW | General support | $170,712 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | General support | $169,874 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | General support | $168,282 |
| Aachen University | Aachen, GM | General support | $158,886 |
| Fundacio Institut de Recerca Contra LA Leucemia Josep Carreras | Barcelona, SP | General support | $156,967 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | General support | $155,401 |
| Uppsala Universitet | Uppsala, SW | General support | $154,599 |
Showing the 60 largest of 116 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25,565,310 | 116 |
| 2023 | $25,298,079 | 123 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 11, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543159349102429
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 45-4696263
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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