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The Charles a Dana Foundation

Name: The Charles a Dana Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

379
grants reported: $17.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $9,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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University of California Los Angeles3 grants · $2.2M
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives1 grant · $1.4M
Loyola University of Chicago3 grants · $1.1M
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mgh)1 grant · $1.0M
Brown University1 grant · $354,406
University of California Berkeley1 grant · $353,500
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Aaas)2 grants · $332,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute4 grants · $300,000
American Brain Foundation2 grants · $283,250
President & Fellows of Harvard College1 grant · $268,000

Giving over time

$5.8M

2022

$2.6M

2023

$8.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 379 grants.

$2.0M
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$1.4M
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$1.0M
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mgh) · Boston, MA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$750,000
Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$354,406
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$353,500
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$283,000
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$268,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$262,998
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$250,060
Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022
Neuroscience
$250,000
Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$242,000
The Hastings Center · Garrison, NY · 2022
Neuroscience
$235,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$219,270
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$200,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$200,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Neuroscience
$186,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$184,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Aaas) · Washington, DC · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$180,000
University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$167,000
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Neuroscience
$160,000
Institute for Methods Innovation · Arcata, CA · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$150,700
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$150,000
Chicago Council On Science & Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$150,000
Mass General Brigham · Somerville, MA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$150,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$150,000
Usagainstalzheimer'S · Washington, DC · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$150,000
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Neuroscience
$150,000
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Neuroscience
$150,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Neuroscience
$149,906
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$149,900
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$149,883
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Neuroscience
$149,801
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Neuroscience
$149,679
University of California at San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Neuroscience
$149,525
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Neuroscience
$148,690
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Neuroscience
$148,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Aaas) · Washington, DC · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$147,630
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · 2022
Neuroscience
$142,971
Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Neuroscience
$142,504
Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$135,000
Society for Neuroscience (Sfn) · Washington, DC · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$130,100
Marshall University Research Corporation · Huntingon, WV · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$126,000
International Brain Research Organization (Ibro) · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$126,000
International Brain Research Organization (Ibro) · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$116,667
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Neuroscience
$100,100
Fjic · Boston, MA · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$100,000
Neuromatch · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$100,000
University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2022
Imaging
$100,000
University of Michigan Medical School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Imaging
$100,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2022
Neuroscience
$90,924
Science Friday · New York, NY · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$80,000
National Academies of Science · Washington, DC · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$75,600
Knowable Mag · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$75,000
Virginia Tech · Blacksburg, VA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$75,000
Ibro International Brain Research Organization · 2022
Neuroscience
$70,000
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Fens) · 2022
Neuroscience
$67,000
International Neuroethics Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$66,800
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Fens) · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$60,000
Society for Neuroscience (Sfn) · Washington, DC · 2022
Neuroscience
$57,000
Brain Mind Eyol · Watertown, MA · 2022
Neuroscience
$55,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$54,000
Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$50,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$50,000
Society for Neuroscience (Sfn) · Washington, DC · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$50,000
Brunswick School · Greenwich, CT · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
National Sailing Hall of Fame Museum · Newport, RI · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Research America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Neuroscience
$50,000
The Reading Team · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$40,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$40,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General operating support
$37,800
Icahn Scool of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$37,000
Institute for Methods Innovation · Arcata, CA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$35,000
Institute of Neuroethics Inc Ionx · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$35,000
International Brain Bee · Washington, DC · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$35,000
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (Fens) · 2023
Neuroscience & society
$35,000
The College Foundation at the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Boston University College of Communications · Boston, MA · 2022
Neuroscience
$34,616
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Imaging
$30,000
National Museums of the Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$30,000
Greenwich Academy · Greenwich, CT · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
Greenwich Academy · Greenwich, CT · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
European Brain Council · 2024
Neuroscience & society
$25,000
Friends of St Francis Xavier University · Belmont, MA · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
Healthy Brains Global Initiative · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
University of Virginia School of Law Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Director recommended - general operating support
$25,000
Brunswick School · Greenwich, CT · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Friends of St Francis Xavier University · Belmont, MA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Healthy Brains Global Initiative · Greenwich, CT · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
International Brain Bee · Washington, DC · 2023
Neuroscience & society

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