lifeasdaddy - HHMI: the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Q.  What's the second best endowed philanthropic organisation in the USA behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

A.  The Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Q.  What's the second best endowed medical or biological research foundation in the world after the Wellcome Trust.?

A. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The Institute commits almost $700 million a year for research and distributes $80 million in grant support for science education.