Funding search · EIN 656301255 · Orlando, FL
McKnight Brain Research Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 27
- grants reported
- $11.3M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $150,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
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.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Grant history
All 27 reported grants, largest first.
- $2.6M
American Federation for Aging Research · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of research
- $1.5M
American Federation for Aging Research · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of research
- $1.2M
Foundation for the Nih · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
Funding of research
- $1.2M
Foundation for the Nih · North Bethesda, MD · 2022
Funding of research
- $1.0M
Foundation for the Nih · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Funding of research
- $1.0M
Foundation for the Nih · North Bethesda, MD · 2021
Funding of research
- $534,500
American Federation for Aging Research · New York, NY · 2021
Funding of research
- $330,000
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss
- $296,250
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss
- $276,253
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss
- $247,500
American Brain Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss
- $197,063
University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB
- $172,588
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Funding of research
- $150,000
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2021
Funding of research
- $111,684
University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB
- $106,488
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Funding of research
- $104,100
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Funding of research
- $96,711
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona
- $94,270
University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB
- $57,098
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona
- $49,828
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Funding of research
- $32,005
University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2021
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB
- $22,047
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Funding of research
- $17,832
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Funding of research
- $5,594
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona
- $1,232
University of Arizona - Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona
- $250
Grand Canyon Conservancy · Grand Canyon, AZ · 2021
Funding of research
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Dechomai Foundation224 grants · $1.36B
- Ncf Charitable Trust43 grants · $1.44B
- Baptist Health South Florida510 grants · $1.14B
Similar grant size
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
- John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)7,100 grants · $1.67B
- Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.

