Funding search · EIN 522396428 · Wellesley Hills, MA

Alzheimer'S Disease Research Foundation

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

448
grants reported
$100.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$201,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Massachusetts General Hospital72 grants · $21.9M
  • Washington University in St Louis35 grants · $7.4M
  • Brigham and Women'S Hospital18 grants · $5.1M
  • Washington University17 grants · $3.8M
  • University of Virginia13 grants · $2.5M
  • Mayo Clinic Jacksonville12 grants · $2.4M
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai13 grants · $2.3M
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University9 grants · $2.1M
  • University of California Irvine8 grants · $2.1M
  • Northwestern University9 grants · $2.0M

Giving over time

$18.9M
2022
$23.1M
2023
$24.2M
2024
$33.8M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 448 grants.

  • $2.0M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    The curealz alzheimer's genome project

  • $2.0M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    The curealz alzheimer's genome project

  • $2.0M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    The curealz alzheimer's genome project

  • $2.0M

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Charlestown, MA · 2022

    Thecurealzalzheimers genome project

  • $575,000

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Apoe4 accelerates cd8 exhaustion via glucocorticoid signaling in alzheimer's female carriers

  • $575,000

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Apoe: apoe4 accelerates cd8 exhaustion via glucocorticoid signaling in alzheimer's female carriers

  • $431,250

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    A new model of microglia genetic perturbation in vivo to screen all risk factors associated with alzheimer's disease

  • $431,250

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    A new model of microglia genetic perturbation in vivo to screen all risk factors associated with alzheimer's disease

  • $402,500

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    Non-invasive modulation of microglia gene expression using peripherally administered antibody conjugates

  • $402,500

    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2025

    Sex-biased tlr7 signaling in demyelination and its inhibition by small molecules

  • $402,500

    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2024

    Sex-biased tlr7 signaling in demyelination and its inhibition by small molecules

  • $402,492

    University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2025

    Proteomic signatures of cerebrovascular neuropathology in down syndrome with alzheimer disease

  • $398,521

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025

    Utilizing heterogeneous mouse models to discover mechanisms underlying caloric restriction (cr) on cognitive outcomes

  • $345,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Apoe consortium: investigating potential cell autonomous neuroprotection of apoe protective variants

  • $345,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Bee: meningeal mast cell control of csf dynamics in homeostasis and alzheimer's disease

  • $345,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Bac: identifying age-related proteomic changes that predict future onset of amyloid-beta aggregation in alzheimer's disease

  • $345,000

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Mbc: interaction of the microbiome with astrocytes and amyloid pathology

  • $345,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Apoe: investigating potential cell autonomous neuroprotection of apoe protective variants

  • $345,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Bee: meningeal mast cell control of csf dynamics in homeostasis and alzheimer's disease

  • $345,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Neuroprotective effects of the exercise hormone irisin in alzheimer's disease

  • $345,000

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Mbc: interaction of the microbiome with astrocytes and amyloid pathology

  • $345,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Apoe consortium: role of apoe isoforms in immune responses in a model of tauopathy

  • $345,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Bee: crosstalk of cns barriers and clearance routes in homeostasis and alzheimer's disease

  • $345,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Bee: crosstalk of cns barriers and clearance routes in homeostasis and alzheimers disease

  • $345,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Apoe consortium: role of apoe isoforms in immune responses in a model of tauopathy

  • $344,528

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Nic: effects of peripheral inflammation on myeloid cell function in alzheimer's disease

  • $344,085

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Nic: effects of peripheral inflammation on myeloid cell function in alzheimer's disease

  • $327,501

    The McLean Hospital Corporation · Belmont, MA · 2025

    Expanding postmortem brain resources for alzheimer's disease in diverse populations

  • $320,033

    Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2025

    Utility of blood based markers for predicting aria and its course in mci and ad subjects undergoing routine clinical treatment with amyloid-directed antibodies

  • $307,500

    Whitehead · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Circuits: impact of epigenetic and cellular variants on alzheimers disease pathology

  • $301,069

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Air pollution and ad risk interact with premature aging of neural stem cells and apoe alleles

  • $300,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Understanding human brain resilience to alzheimer's pathology

  • $300,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Understanding human brain resilience to alzheimer's pathology

  • $300,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Dissecting microglial state dynamics in alzheimer's disease

  • $300,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Understanding human brain resilience to alzheimer's pathology

  • $300,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Circuits: dissecting microglial state dynamics in alzheimer's disease

  • $300,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Nic: understanding the consequences of non-coding ad risk alleles on microglia function

  • $287,673

    National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke · Bethesda, MD · 2025

    Bee: high-resolution mri of the brain borders

  • $287,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Bee: human 3d neuro-vascular interaction and meningeal lymphatics models with application to alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    New York University School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2025

    Nic: astrocyte inflammatory contributions to ad

  • $287,500

    Regents of the University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2025

    Nic: mechanisms mediating microglia sensing of peripheral inflammation

  • $287,500

    Regents of the University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2025

    Bee: how does vascular fatty acid metabolism regulate the pathophysiology of alzheimer's disease?

  • $287,500

    Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2025

    Bac: choroid plexus aging and alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2025

    Bee: does slym failure compromise glymphatic clearance in alzheimer's disease?

  • $287,500

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Bac: brain region and cell-type specific aging from accelerated to resilient trajectories

  • $287,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Bee: human 3d neuro-vascular interaction and meningeal lymphatics models with application to alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Alzheimer's disease tau consortium: toxic consequences of early tau seeding

  • $287,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Mbc: microbial profiling of human brain and gut microbiomes in alzheimer's disease.

  • $287,500

    National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Bee: high-resolution mri of the brain borders

  • $287,500

    New York University School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024

    Neuroimmune consortium: astrocyte inflammatory contributions to alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Bee: how does vascular fatty acid metabolism regulate the pathophysiology of alzheimer's disease?

  • $287,500

    University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Bee: does slym failure compromise glymphatic clearance in alzheimer's disease?

  • $287,500

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Mbc: the role of gut microbial metabolism in tau-mediated neurodegeneration

  • $287,500

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023

    Apoe consortium: modulation of selective neuronal vulnerability in alzheimer's disease by apoe

  • $287,500

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Apoe consortium: apoe4-mediated dysfunction of cd8 t cell-microglia crosstalk in alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Mbc: harnessing diet-microbe interactions to prevent alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

  • $287,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Mbc: microbial profiling of human brain and gut microbiomes in alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Bee: identifying the blood-brain barrier changes during alzheimer's disease

  • $287,500

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Nic: mechanisms mediating microglia sensing of peripheral inflammation

  • $287,500

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Mbc: the role of gut microbial metabolism in tau-mediated neurodegeneration

  • $287,500

    Weill Cornell · New York, NY · 2023

    Bee: biochemical and functional analysis of csf and lymph following changes in brain fluid dynamics

  • $287,500

    Brigham and Women'S · Boston, MA · 2022

    Apoe consortium: apoe4-mediated dysfunction of cd8 t cell-microglia crosstalk in alzheimers disease

  • $287,500

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Charlestown, MA · 2022

    Nic: biomarker tool development in caf neuroimmune consortium

  • $287,500

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    Bee: identifying the blood-brain barrier changes during alzheimers disease

  • $287,500

    Weill Cornell · New York, NY · 2022

    Bee: biochemical and functional analysis of csf and lymph following changes in brain fluid dynamics

  • $287,499

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Bac: establishing isogenic models of human neuron aging and pathways relevant for alzheimer's disease

  • $287,493

    University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023

    Nic: examining the impact of peripherally derived human macrophages in ad pathogenesis

  • $287,490

    University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2025

    Nic: examining the impact of peripherally derived human macrophages in ad pathogenesis

  • $287,477

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    Bac: investigating lipidomic perturbations in the csf with age and alzheimer's disease progression: toward mechanistic insights and accessible lipid biomarkers

  • $287,276

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Alzheimer's disease tau consortium: strain replication in mouse and cell models

  • $287,169

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Adtc: how do soluble tau species replicate?

  • $287,000

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Adtc: role of vcp/p97 in tau prion replication

  • $287,000

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Adtc: the role of vcp/p97 in tau prion replication

  • $286,595

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Charlestown, MA · 2022

    Adtc: how do soluble tau species replicate?

  • $286,559

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Alzheimer's disease tau consortium: the role of ab - induced membrane damage in tau pathology

  • $286,466

    University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2025

    Nic: impact of ad polygenic risk score on microglial response to peripheral inflammation

  • $286,448

    Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Adtc: the role of a-induced membrane damage in tau pathology

  • $286,357

    Northwestern · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Adtc: the role of a-induced membrane damage in tau pathology

  • $285,952

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Apoe: cell autonomous roles of protective apoe variants in microglia responding to amyloid pathology

  • $285,851

    University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024

    Neuroimmune consortium: impact of ad polygenic risk score on microglial response to peripheral inflammation

  • $284,678

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Apoe consortium: cell autonomous roles of protective apoe variants in microglia responding to amyloid pathology

  • $275,500

    Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Mbc: harnessing diet-microbe interactions to prevent alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

  • $271,375

    University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Expanding deep south inclusion in the uab adrc neuropathology core brain bank

  • $268,750

    Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2024

    Plasma proteins, sex and alzheimer's diease: proteomewide analyses of the uk biobank and framingham heart study

  • $264,500

    Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Bee: neuroinflammation at the choroid plexus in alzheimer's disease (supplement)

  • $258,750

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Alzheimer's disease tau consortium: toxic consequences of early tau seeding (cfsf supplement)

  • $258,750

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Exploring novel drug candidates for alzheimer's disease through integrative pathway analysis and validation in 3d cellular models (cfsf supplement)

  • $258,750

    University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

    The role of planar cell polarity proteins in tau oligomer-induced synapse degeneration (cfsf supplement)

  • $258,750

    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2025

    A three-dimensional tissue model linking tau tangles, ab and microglial cd33- isoform state to gene- and isoform-expression dysregulation (cfsf supplement)

  • $258,750

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Dissecting alzheimer's disease phenotypes in directly reprogrammed patient-derived neurons

  • $258,750

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Functional changes to cerebrospinal fluid immune cells resulting from bacillus calmette-gurin (bcg) vaccination in older adults with and without alzheimer's disease

  • $258,615

    Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Decoding protein transport across the blood-brain barrier to enable new alzheimer's therapies (cfsf supplement)

  • $258,573

    Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Developing cell-type-specific enhancer-aav vectors to characterize and restore ab- and tau-dependent circuit and cognitive deficits in humanized alzheimer's mouse models (cfsf supplement)

  • $252,077

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Apoe: assessing the added diagnostic value of peripheral apoe protein levels in current blood-based biomarker assays for cns amyloidosis

  • $252,076

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Menopause and related midlife risk factors and their impact on pathology and cognition - the whimsyad study

  • $250,000

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Microbiome consortium: temporal relationships between gut dysbiosis, brain ab metabolism and microglia cell activation following antibiotic treatment

  • $250,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Mbc: temporal relationships between gut dysbiosis, brain ab metabolism and microglia cell activation following antibiotic treatment

  • $250,000

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Cellular and molecular studies of apoe regulation of blood-brain barrier, synaptic and neuronal functions and protection strategies in mouse models with and without alzheimer's pahtology

  • $250,000

    Weill Cornell · New York, NY · 2023

    Development of human cgas inhibitors to treat alzheimer's disease

  • $250,000

    Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2022

    Nic: assessing the links between the ms4a risk genes, microglia, and alzheimers disease

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