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Altarum Institute

American Nonprofit research organization

Altarum is a nonprofit research and consulting organization that serves government health insurers, health foundations, and other nonprofit clients that focus on health and health care. Altarum traces its history back to 1946 as Willow Run Laboratory in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 1972, Willow Run became the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1946Founded1

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Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Altarum is a nonprofit research and consulting organization that serves government health insurers, health foundations, and other nonprofit clients that focus on health and health care. Altarum traces its history back to 1946 as Willow Run Laboratory in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 1972, Willow Run became the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM). In 2001, ERIM acquired Vector Research, Inc., a health care information system company, and changed its name to Altarum.2

Corporate structure

Altarum Institute sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • health care

Listed on Wikidata.1

Altarum conducts research related to vulnerable and publicly insured populations. In 2018, Altarum released a report funded by the Kellogg Foundation on the economic benefits of eliminating racial disparities. It also estimated the economic cost of the opioid crisis to have reached $1 trillion from 2001 through 2017. Altarum also analyzes health sector spending, prices and employment.

From Wikipedia’s article on Altarum Institute, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1946Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$816.1M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $816.1M in all. Federal grants $77.7M; PPP loans $2.5M; Federal contracts $735.9M.$0$20M$40M$60M$80M2008 · Federal grants: $655.6K2008 · Federal contracts: $48.7M20082009 · Federal grants: $65.3K2009 · Federal contracts: $51.7M2010 · Federal grants: $21.2M2010 · Federal contracts: $55.0M20102011 · Federal grants: $652.3K2011 · Federal contracts: $56.6M2012 · Federal grants: $3.7M2012 · Federal contracts: $52.6M20122013 · Federal grants: $3.8M2013 · Federal contracts: $38.6M2014 · Federal grants: $8.9M2014 · Federal contracts: $33.5M20142015 · Federal grants: $5.5M2015 · Federal contracts: $41.2M2016 · Federal grants: $3.9M2016 · Federal contracts: $45.8M20162017 · Federal grants: $744.1K2017 · Federal contracts: $37.8M2018 · Federal grants: $672.9K2018 · Federal contracts: $34.3M20182019 · Federal grants: $1.7M2019 · Federal contracts: $36.9M2020 · Federal grants: $2.8M2020 · PPP loans: $2.5M2020 · Federal contracts: $37.1M20202021 · Federal grants: $6.1M2021 · Federal contracts: $42.5M2022 · Federal grants: $3.3M2022 · Federal contracts: $39.9M20222023 · Federal grants: $6.3M2023 · Federal contracts: $41.8M2024 · Federal grants: $2.7M2024 · Federal contracts: $32.8M20242025 · Federal grants: $2.5M2025 · Federal contracts: $1.9M2026 · Federal grants: $2.6M2026 · Federal contracts: $7.3M2026
Without federal contracts$80.2M 2008–2026
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2008–2026: $80.2M in all. Federal grants $77.7M; PPP loans $2.5M.$0$10M$20M$30M2008 · Federal grants: $655.6K20082009 · Federal grants: $65.3K2010 · Federal grants: $21.2M20102011 · Federal grants: $652.3K2012 · Federal grants: $3.7M20122013 · Federal grants: $3.8M2014 · Federal grants: $8.9M20142015 · Federal grants: $5.5M2016 · Federal grants: $3.9M20162017 · Federal grants: $744.1K2018 · Federal grants: $672.9K20182019 · Federal grants: $1.7M2020 · Federal grants: $2.8M2020 · PPP loans: $2.5M20202021 · Federal grants: $6.1M2022 · Federal grants: $3.3M20222023 · Federal grants: $6.3M2024 · Federal grants: $2.7M20242025 · Federal grants: $2.5M2026 · Federal grants: $2.6M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsPPP loansFederal contractsTotal
2026$2.6M–$7.3M$9.9M
2025$2.5M–$1.9M$4.3M
2024$2.7M–$32.8M$35.5M
2023$6.3M–$41.8M$48.1M
2022$3.3M–$39.9M$43.2M
2021$6.1M–$42.5M$48.6M
2020$2.8M$2.5M$37.1M$42.5M
2019$1.7M–$36.9M$38.7M
2018$672.9K–$34.3M$35.0M
2017$744.1K–$37.8M$38.5M
2016$3.9M–$45.8M$49.6M
2015$5.5M–$41.2M$46.7M
2014$8.9M–$33.5M$42.3M
2013$3.8M–$38.6M$42.4M
2012$3.7M–$52.6M$56.4M
2011$652.3K–$56.6M$57.2M
2010$21.2M–$55.0M$76.2M
2009$65.3K–$51.7M$51.8M
2008$655.6K–$48.7M$49.3M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 2 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Sep 1, 2010$800.0K from Office of Justice Programs: Public Safety Partnership And Community Policing G; Public Safety Partnership And Community Policing Grants6 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award 2010CKWXK029
  2. Sep 1, 2012$231.6K from Offices, Boards and Divisions: Public Safety Partnership And Community Policing Grants7 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award 2012CKWXK035
  3. Sep 1, 2011$150.0K from Office of Justice Programs: Public Safety Partnership And Community Policing Grants8 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award 2011CKWXK004
  4. Mar 1, 2009$65.3K from National Institutes of Health: Extramural Research Programs In The Neurosciences And Neurological Disorders9 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award R13NS065622
  5. Sep 30, 2014$26.0K from Offices, Boards and Divisions: Public Safety Partnership And Community Policing G; Public Safety Partnership And Community Policing Grants10 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award 2014CKWXK055

Largest contracts

  1. Mar 1, 2022$37.4M from National Institutes of Health: Communications, outreach, orchestration, and logistic support for the all of us research program, office of the director national institutes11 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award 75N98022F00001
  2. Feb 27, 2019$36.0M from National Institutes of Health: Palladian partners inc:1108361 [19-002119]12 To PALLADIAN PARTNERS, INC. Award 75N98019F00847
  3. Aug 27, 2007$18.5M from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Technical assistance for vouchersrftop 270-07-018413 To ALTARUM INSTITUTE Award HHSS28300001T
  4. Mar 17, 2021$17.5M from Defense Health Agency: To provide subject matter expertise services to support executive management decisions and health plan policy development/implementation thr14 To ALTARUM INSTITUTE Award HT001121F0025
  5. Sep 29, 2009$17.4M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Base period ubo support services&odcs15 To ALTARUM INSTITUTE Award 0009

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA16. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 15, 2020$2.5M PPP loan (first draw) from Fifth Third Bank16To ALTARUM INSTITUTE, Ann Arbor MI; $2.5M forgiven Jun 17, 2021

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