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12 funders with a record of paying for “degeneration”
Where the money went Brightfocus Foundation → Leland Stanford Junior University: $819K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Kaplen Brothers Fund Inc → Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Emory University: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Washington University in St Louis: $381K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → University of Virginia: $309K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund → Foundation Fighting Blindness: $275K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Milburn Foundation → Health Resources in Action: $210K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Prevention of Blindness Society of → Georgetown University: $92K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Michigan Flint: $78K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Muskingum County Community Foundation → The Ohio State University Foundation: $67K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Suhor Family Foundation → Brightfocus Foundation: $32K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Hi Foundation Inc → American Macular Degeneration Foundation: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Brightfocus Foundation → The University of Iowa: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation → Emory University: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Umass Memorial Foundation (U Mass Medical School): $265K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Kaplen Brothers Fund Inc → Columbia University Dept of Ophthalmology: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Mayo Clinic Jacksonville: $201K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund → Retina Foundation of the Southwest: $195K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Michigan: $78K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Muskingum County Community Foundation → University of Wisconsin Foundation: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Prevention of Blindness Society of → National Eye Institute: $39K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Hi Foundation Inc → Macular Degeneration Resarch: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Milburn Foundation → Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (Aftd): $27K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Suhor Family Foundation → Brightfocus Foundation: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Brightfocus Foundation → Oregon Health & Science University: $599K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Vumc (Vanderbilt Eye Institute): $187K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → New York University: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Milburn Foundation → University of California San Francisco: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Iowa State University Foundation: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Muskingum County Community Foundation → Prevent Blindness Ohio: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Hi Foundation Inc → Brightfocus Foundation - Macular Degeneration Research: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Wisconsin-Madison: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $450K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → The University of Texas at Austin: $436K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Colorado: $429K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → William Marsh Rice University: $410K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: $410K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → National Eye Institute Nih: $409K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Washington: $391K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → University of California San Francisco: $382K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → University of California San Diego: $382K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → Washington University in Stlouis: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Michigan Medical Center: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → The Jackson Laboratory: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Brightfocus Foundation → Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → Boston Children's Hospital: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Pennsylvania: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Brightfocus Foundation → Duke University School of Medicine: $182K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → University of Idaho: $181K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → Yale University: $169K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Regents of the University of California San Diego: $151K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Carl Marshall Reeves and → University of Pittsburgh: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Carl Marshall Reeves and → John A Moran Eye Center: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Indiana University: $78K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Carl Marshall Reeves and → All May See Foundation Ucsf: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Carl Marshall Reeves and → University of Texas Medical Branch: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Wilmer Eye Institute (John Hopkins): $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Retina Foundation of the Southwest: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Carl Marshall Reeves and → The Cole Eye Institute: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brightfocus Foundation → University of California Irvine: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Carl Marshall Reeves and → Doheny Eye Institute (Ucla): $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Illinois Urbana: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Brightfocus Foundation: $8.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Brightfocus Foundation $8.4M Carl Marshall Reeves and: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Carl Marshall Reeves and $1.4M The Kaplen Brothers Fund Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Kaplen Brothers Fund Inc $1.0M Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Fo… $1.0M Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $836K on this topic. Open the funder. Alzheimer's Disease Research… $836K Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund: $470K on this topic. Open the funder. Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelc… $470K Milburn Foundation: $257K on this topic. Open the funder. Milburn Foundation $257K The Simons Foundation Inc: $182K on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $182K Muskingum County Community Foundation: $146K on this topic. Open the funder. Muskingum County Community Fo… $146K Prevention of Blindness Society of: $131K on this topic. Open the funder. Prevention of Blindness Socie… $131K Hi Foundation Inc: $70K on this topic. Open the funder. Hi Foundation Inc $70K Suhor Family Foundation: $34K on this topic. Open the funder. Suhor Family Foundation $34K Leland Stanford Junior University: received $819K on this topic Leland Stanford Junior Universi… $819K Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology: received $750K on this topic Columbia University Dept of Opt… $750K The University of Iowa: received $650K on this topic The University of Iowa $650K Oregon Health & Science University: received $599K on this topic Oregon Health & Science Univers… $599K Emory University: received $500K on this topic Emory University $500K Emory University: received $500K on this topic Emory University $500K University of Wisconsin-Madison: received $450K on this topic University of Wisconsin-Madison $450K University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: received $450K on this topic University of Georgia Research… $450K The University of Texas at Austin: received $436K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $436K University of Colorado: received $429K on this topic University of Colorado $429K William Marsh Rice University: received $410K on this topic William Marsh Rice University $410K University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: received $410K on this topic University of Oklahoma Health S… $410K National Eye Institute Nih: received $409K on this topic National Eye Institute Nih $409K University of California San Francisco: received $402K on this topic University of California San Fr… $402K University of Washington: received $391K on this topic University of Washington $391K University of California San Diego: received $382K on this topic University of California San Di… $382K Washington University in St Louis: received $381K on this topic Washington University in St Lou… $381K University of Virginia: received $309K on this topic University of Virginia $309K Foundation Fighting Blindness: received $275K on this topic Foundation Fighting Blindness $275K Umass Memorial Foundation (U Mass Medical School): received $265K on this topic Umass Memorial Foundation (U Ma… $265K Columbia University Dept of Ophthalmology: received $250K on this topic Columbia University Dept of Oph… $250K Retina Foundation of the Southwest: received $240K on this topic Retina Foundation of the Southw… $240K Health Resources in Action: received $210K on this topic Health Resources in Action $210K Mayo Clinic Jacksonville: received $201K on this topic Mayo Clinic Jacksonville $201K Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc: received $200K on this topic Schepens Eye Research Institute… $200K Washington University in Stlouis: received $200K on this topic Washington University in Stlouis $200K University of Michigan Medical Center: received $200K on this topic University of Michigan Medical… $200K The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine: received $200K on this topic The Pennsylvania State Universi… $200K The Jackson Laboratory: received $200K on this topic The Jackson Laboratory $200K Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: received $200K on this topic Johns Hopkins University School… $200K Boston Children's Hospital: received $200K on this topic Boston Children's Hospital $200K University of Pennsylvania: received $200K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $200K Vumc (Vanderbilt Eye Institute): received $187K on this topic Vumc (Vanderbilt Eye Institute) $187K Duke University School of Medicine: received $182K on this topic Duke University School of Medic… $182K University of Idaho: received $181K on this topic University of Idaho $181K New York University: received $175K on this topic New York University $175K Yale University: received $169K on this topic Yale University $169K Regents of the University of California San Diego: received $151K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $151K University of Pittsburgh: received $100K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $100K Georgetown University: received $92K on this topic Georgetown University $92K John A Moran Eye Center: received $90K on this topic John A Moran Eye Center $90K University of Michigan Flint: received $78K on this topic University of Michigan Flint $78K University of Michigan: received $78K on this topic University of Michigan $78K Indiana University: received $78K on this topic Indiana University $78K All May See Foundation Ucsf: received $77K on this topic All May See Foundation Ucsf $77K University of Texas Medical Branch: received $73K on this topic University of Texas Medical Bra… $73K The Ohio State University Foundation: received $67K on this topic The Ohio State University Found… $67K University of Wisconsin Foundation: received $64K on this topic University of Wisconsin Foundat… $64K Wilmer Eye Institute (John Hopkins): received $50K on this topic Wilmer Eye Institute (John Hopk… $50K National Eye Institute: received $39K on this topic National Eye Institute $39K The Cole Eye Institute: received $32K on this topic The Cole Eye Institute $32K Brightfocus Foundation: received $32K on this topic Brightfocus Foundation $32K American Macular Degeneration Foundation: received $30K on this topic American Macular Degeneration F… $30K Macular Degeneration Resarch: received $30K on this topic Macular Degeneration Resarch $30K Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (Aftd): received $27K on this topic Association for Frontotemporal… $27K University of California Irvine: received $25K on this topic University of California Irvine $25K Doheny Eye Institute (Ucla): received $20K on this topic Doheny Eye Institute (Ucla) $20K Iowa State University Foundation: received $17K on this topic Iowa State University Foundation $17K Prevent Blindness Ohio: received $14K on this topic Prevent Blindness Ohio $14K Brightfocus Foundation - Macular Degeneration Research: received $10K on this topic Brightfocus Foundation - Macula… $10K University of Illinois Urbana: received $8K on this topic University of Illinois Urbana $8K Brightfocus Foundation: received $2K on this topic Brightfocus Foundation $2K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “degeneration” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $598,868 to OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY — macular degeneration research by yali jia, phd, entitled: (m2023008i)
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Largest: $206,434 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS — macular degeneration research of the eye studies
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Largest: $78,152 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — non-archimedean methods in the study of complex degenerations
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Largest: $25,000 to ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION (AFTD) — frontotemporal degeneration research
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Largest: $175,000 to FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS — support age related macular degeneration research
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Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION FOUNDATION — to support basic and applied research and provide education for eye diseases.
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Largest: $35,812 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — general purposes & to support research to find a cure for (1) macular degeneration, wet & dry, (2) glaucoma, (3) any additional causes of blindness including cataracts, various can…
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Largest: $25,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — vision research grant - targeting lipid metabolism and drusen formation in age-related macular degeneration (amd).
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Largest: $250,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — research: retinal degeneration (boatright lab)
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Largest: $258,750 to UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — the role of planar cell polarity proteins in tau oligomer-induced synapse degeneration (cfsf supplement)
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Largest: $10,000 to BrightFocus Foundation — alzheimer, mascular degeneration and national glaucoma research.
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Largest: $250,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DEPT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY — age-related macular degeneration research
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