Funding search · EIN 131665552 · Chicago, IL
Muscular Dystrophy Association
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 775
- grants reported
- $52.0M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $36,969
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “adminstration” · $50,000
- $50,000
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach Attn Grant Adminstrator · Memphis, TN · 2023
Medical diagnosis
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute4 grants · $1.5M
- Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami4 grants · $1.3M
- University of Rochester3 grants · $1.3M
- The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles4 grants · $981,988
- University of Washington2 grants · $966,278
- Johns Hopkins University2 grants · $874,255
- The Regents of the University of California (Irvine)5 grants · $860,238
- University of Florida4 grants · $851,593
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine2 grants · $839,533
- Emory University5 grants · $827,677
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 775 grants.
- $866,005
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Medical diagnosis
- $650,000
Myosana Therapeutics · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research
- $641,819
University of Washington Medical Center · Seattle, WA · 2025
Medical diagnosis
- $629,682
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Research
- $578,750
Johns Hopkins University- Cg · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Medical diagnosis and research
- $509,357
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Research
- $508,290
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Research
- $505,832
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Research
- $485,202
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Research
- $481,076
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Research
- $457,145
Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research
- $456,085
Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research
- $410,998
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · La Jolla, CA · 2025
Medical diagnosis research and movr registry support
- $403,593
Massachusetts General Hospital Mass General · Boston, MA · 2023
Research
- $398,910
University of Rochester - · Rochester, NY · 2025
Research
- $378,997
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Research
- $378,730
Massachusetts General Hospital- Research · Boston, MA · 2024
Medical diagnosis and research
- $377,699
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Medical diagnosis and research
- $355,139
The University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Research & movr registry support
- $344,440
The Regents of the University of California -University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Research
- $331,243
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Research
- $320,990
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Research
- $298,052
The University of Iowa · Stiowa City, IA · 2023
Research
- $287,835
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Research
- $285,968
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Research
- $277,473
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Research
- $277,093
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Research
- $276,004
The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Medical diagnosis
- $274,944
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Univ of Illinoi at C · Chicago, IL · 2024
Research
- $272,950
Regents of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Research
- $258,963
Children'S Research Institute (Cnmc) · Washington, DC · 2025
Research
- $257,741
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Research
- $255,000
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Research
- $250,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2025
Research
- $247,500
Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2024
Medical diagnosis
- $242,500
Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Research
- $235,000
The Regents of the University of California (Irvine) · Irvine, CA · 2022
Research
- $227,716
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical diagnosis
- $227,625
The Regents of the University of California (Irvine) · Irvine, CA · 2024
Research
- $220,237
University of Washington Office of Sponsored Programs · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research
- $219,991
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Research
- $216,113
The Regents of the University of California (Irvine) · Hallirvine, CA · 2023
Research
- $206,922
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Medical diagnosis and movr registry support
- $202,170
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Medical diagnosis
- $200,792
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Medical diagnosis and registry support
- $200,000
Johns Hopkins University- Cg Johns Hopkins University Central Lockbox · Chicago, IL · 2023
Medical diagnosis
- $200,000
John Hopkins Unversity-Cg · Chicago, IL · 2022
Medical diagnosis
- $199,940
Myogene Bio Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Research
- $197,660
The Regents of the University of California-Contract and Grant Administrati · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Research
- $197,592
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Medical diagnosis and research
- $196,318
Columbia University Medical Center · New York, NY · 2025
Research
- $191,500
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Research
- $190,000
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Medical diagnosis
- $190,000
Ut Southwestern Medical Center Attn Susan Iannaccone and Jennifer Knight · Dallas, TX · 2023
Medical diagnosis
- $190,000
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
Medical diagnosis
- $189,996
Columbia University Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
Research
- $189,982
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Univ of Illinois at · Chicago, IL · 2025
Research
- $189,470
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Syracuse, NY · 2025
Research
- $189,278
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Research
- $188,722
The Regents of the University of California (University of California Davis · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Research
- $187,429
Children'S Research Institute (Cnmc) · Washington, DC · 2024
Research
- $175,000
The Trustees of Columbia University Sponsored Projects Finance · New York, NY · 2023
Medical diagnosis
- $170,000
Columbia University Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
Research
- $170,000
Massachusetts General Hospital - Research · Boston, MA · 2022
Medical diagnosis
- $169,996
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
Research
- $168,539
The Regents of the University of California -University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Research
- $168,538
The Regents of the University of California · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Medical diagnosis and research
- $162,500
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Research
- $159,918
Washington University in St Louis · Stlouis, MO · 2022
Research
- $159,603
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Research
- $157,732
Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Research
- $157,279
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Research
- $155,000
Massachusetts General Hospital- Research Bank of America Na · Boston, MA · 2023
Medical diagnosis
- $153,078
Columbia University Medical Center · New York, NY · 2022
Research
- $151,575
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco Ucsf Main Depos · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Medical diagnosis and registry support
- $151,098
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research
- $150,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Research
- $144,824
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Medical diagnosis and research
- $144,401
The University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2025
Research
- $142,459
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research
- $140,383
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Medical diagnosis and registry support
- $133,975
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · Davis, CA · 2025
Medical diagnosis research and movr registry support
- $131,500
Baylor College of Medicine · Dallas, TX · 2025
Medical diagnosis and research
- $130,188
Children'S Research Institute (Cnmc) · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
- $129,141
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research
- $128,050
University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Medical diagnosis and movr registry support
- $128,000
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Research
- $127,769
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Research
- $127,300
University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Research
- $125,550
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Medical diagnosis and movr registry support
- $125,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
Medical diagnosis
- $125,000
Friedreich'S Ataxia Research Alliance · Springfield, VA · 2024
Research
- $125,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Research
- $125,000
University of Miami Office of Research Administration · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Research
- $125,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dept of Finance Attn Steve Todd · Dallas, TX · 2023
Medical diagnosis and registry support
- $125,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $125,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Research
- $125,000
University of Miami · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Research
- $125,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dept of Finance · Dallas, TX · 2022
Medical diagnosis and registry support
- $124,991
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2024
Research
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