Funding search · EIN 237337229 · Clarksburg, MD

Brightfocus Foundation

Name: Brightfocus Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

150
grants reported: $32.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
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

research entitled alzheimer disease glaucoma national degeneration macular

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Massachusetts General Hospital7 grants · $1.7M
University of California San Diego6 grants · $1.5M
University of California San Francisco6 grants · $1.1M
Leland Stanford Junior University3 grants · $1.1M
University of Southern California3 grants · $1.1M
Oregon Health & Science University3 grants · $998,868
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine4 grants · $996,426
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai4 grants · $993,526
University of Wisconsin-Madison4 grants · $964,000
Indiana University4 grants · $927,883

Giving over time

$11.7M

2022

$7.5M

2023

$13.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 150 grants.

$600,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by jinkook lee, phd, entitled: (ca2023001)
$598,868
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2022
Macular degeneration research by yali jia, phd, entitled: (m2023008i)
$450,000
The University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Macular degeneration research by kelly mulfaul, phd, entitled: (m2023011n)
$450,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Macular degeneration research by freya mowat, phd, entitled: (m2023010n)
$449,985
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
Macular degeneration research by heike kroeger, phd, entitled: (m2024010n)
$436,312
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Macular degeneration research by lyndsay leach, phd, entitled: (m2023012n)
$428,935
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Macular degeneration research by miguel flores-beliver, phd, entitled: (m2024008n)
$409,500
Leland Stanford Junior University · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Macular degeneration research by charles deboer, md, phd entitled: m2025004n
$409,500
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Macular degeneration research by mohajeet balveer bhuckory, phd entitled: m2025007n
$409,500
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Macular degeneration research by ana j chucair-elliott, phd entitled: m2025002n
$409,500
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
Macular degeneration research by jerzy szablowski, phd entitled: m2025001n
$408,701
National Eye Institute Nih · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Macular degeneration research by ruchi sharma, phd entitled: m2025003n
$300,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by peter fried, phd entitled: a2024034s
$300,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by jae-eun miller, phd entitled: a2025016s
$300,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by jack humphrey, phd entitled: a2025024s
$300,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by amira latif hernandez, phd entitled: a2024035s
$300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by ksenia kastanenka, phd entitled: a2025014s
$300,000
Northwestern University - Chicago Campus · Chicago, IL · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by justyna dobrowolska zakaria, phd entitled: a2025019s
$300,000
Research Foundation of Suny - University at Albany · Albany, NY · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by damian zuloaga, phd entitled: a2025021s
$300,000
The J David Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by katerina akassoglou, phd entitled: a2025013s
$300,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by hongjun fu, phd entitled: a2025025s
$300,000
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by todd j. Cohen, phd entitled: a2025026s
$300,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by jerome mertens, phd entitled: a2024036s
$300,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by johannes schlachetzki, md entitled: a2024038s
$300,000
University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by linda van eldik, phd entitled: a2024039s
$300,000
University of Washington School of Medicine · Seattle, WA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by justin miller, phd entitled: a2024037s
$300,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by monica santisteban, phd entitled: a2025011s
$300,000
Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by cyril pottier, phd entitled: a2025020s
$300,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by brittany butts, phd, entitled: (a2024024s)
$300,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by anna podlesny-drabiniok, phd, entitled: (a2024025s)
$300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by jaehong suh, phd, entitled: (a2024022s)
$300,000
Saint Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by andrew d. Nguyen, phd, entitled: (a2024028s)
$300,000
Tufts University · Boston, MA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by giuseppina tesco, md, phd, entitled: (a2024016s)
$300,000
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by alyssa coyne, phd, entitled: (a2023015s)
$300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by jingyuan chen, phd, entitled: (a2023011s)
$300,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by david gate, phd, entitled: (a2023003s)
$300,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by olga chechneva, phd, entitled: (a2023017s)
$300,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by subhojit roy, md, phd, entitled: (a2023023s)
$300,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by daniel c. Lee, phd, entitled: (a2023025s)
$300,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by carla rothlin, phd, entitled: (a2023022s)
$299,997
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by mercedes prudencio, phd, entitled: (a2024017s)
$299,843
Indiana University · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by miguel moutinho, pharmd, phd entitled: a2025015s
$299,838
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by feng tian, phd entitled: a2025017s
$299,141
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by paul seidler, phd, entitled: (a2023016s)
$297,517
Indiana University · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by rebecca wallings, dphil entitled: a2025023s
$297,336
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center · Roslindale, MA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by davide cappon, phd, entitled: (a2024027s)
$296,426
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by meaghan morris, md, phd, entitled: (a2023004s)
$235,163
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research entitled: ca2021010
$235,163
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research entitled: (ca2021010)
$200,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by omar pea-ramos, phd entitled: a2025002f
$200,000
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by sarah elise heuer, phd entitled: a2025005f
$200,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by emiliano zamponi, phd entitled: a2024032f
$200,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by joshna gadhavi, phd entitled: a2024029f
$200,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by marcos schaan profes, phd entitled: a2025003f
$200,000
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by joseph herdy, phd entitled: a2025010f
$200,000
University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by ghazaleh eskandari-sedighi, phd entitled: a2025007f
$200,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by dong kyu kim, phd entitled: a2024030f
$200,000
Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by ashish sharma, phd entitled: a2024031f
$200,000
Washington University in Stlouis · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by joshua emmerson, phd entitled: a2025006f
$200,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Macular degeneration research by neetu kushwah, phd, entitled: (m2024002f)
$200,000
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Macular degeneration research by krishna singh, phd, entitled: (m2024003f)
$200,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by md joynal abedin, phd, entitled: (a2024010f)
$200,000
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2023
National glaucoma research by diana lozano, phd, entitled: (g2024009s)
$200,000
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by paula sanchez-molina, phd, entitled: (a2024011f)
$200,000
Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Macular degeneration research by shintaro shirahama, md, phd, entitled: (m2024004f)
$200,000
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by hannah ennerfelt, phd, entitled: (a2024005f)
$200,000
Suny Upstate Medical University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
National glaucoma research by samuel herberg, phd, entitled: (g2024006s)
$200,000
The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine · Hershey, PA · 2023
Macular degeneration research by sandeep moothedath subrahmanian, phd, entitled: (m2024006f)
$200,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by sankalp shukla, phd, entitled: (a2024008f)
$200,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by sarah kaufman, md, phd, entitled: (a2024001f)
$200,000
University of Michigan Medical Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Macular degeneration research by john han, phd, entitled: (m2024001f)
$200,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
National glaucoma research by xiarong liu, phd, entitled: (g2024008s)
$200,000
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by danira toral-rios, phd, entitled: (a2024002f)
$200,000
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by wenhui qu, phd, entitled: (a2024003f)
$200,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by daheun chung, phd, entitled: (a2023002f)
$200,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by matthew isaacson, phd, entitled: (a2023006f)
$200,000
Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2022
National glaucoma research by rupalatha maddala, phd, entitled: (g2023008s)
$200,000
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
National glaucoma research by mark prausnitz, phd, entitled: (g2023007s)
$200,000
Indiana University Indianapolis · Bloomington, IN · 2022
National glaucoma research by weiming mao, phd, entitled: (g2023009s)
$200,000
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
National glaucoma research by jithin yohannan, md, entitled: (g2023010s)
$200,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by maria virtudes sanchez mico, phd, entitled: (a2023021f)
$200,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by zahra shirzadi, phd, entitled: (a2023001f)
$200,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by arun upadhyay, phd, entitled: (a2023013f)
$200,000
The Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Macular degeneration research by navdeep gogna, phd, entitled: (m2023001f)
$200,000
The University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Macular degeneration research by narendra pandala, phd, entitled: (m2023007f)
$200,000
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by david boyer, phd, entitled: (a2023010f)
$200,000
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Macular degeneration research by jaclyn swan, phd, entitled: (m2023003f)
$200,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Macular degeneration research by sangeetha kandoi, phd, entitled: (m2023005f)
$200,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by henry pan, phd, entitled: (a2023019f)
$200,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by kate foley, phd, entitled: (a2023020f)
$200,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Macular degeneration research by catharina grubaugh, phd, entitled: (m2023002f)
$200,000
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by ari sudwarts, phd, entitled: (a2023009f)
$200,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Macular degeneration research by rayne lim, phd, entitled: (m2023004f)
$200,000
Washington University in Stlouis · St Louis, MO · 2022
Macular degeneration research by james walsh, md, phd, entitled: (m2023006f)
$200,000
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by sung ji ahn, phd, entitled: (a2023014f)
$200,000
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by till zimmer, phd, entitled: (a2023008f)
$199,999
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
National glaucoma research by karthik shekhar, phd, entitled: (g2023004s)
$199,724
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Alzheimer's disease research by jr-jiun liou, phd entitled: a2025009f
$199,600
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Alzheimer's disease research by joost riphagen, md, phd, entitled: (a2023007f)
$193,526
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2023
Alzheimer's disease research by tatsuhiko naito, md, phd, entitled: (a2024004f)

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.