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4 funders with a record of paying for “tauopathy”
Where the money went Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Alzheimer's Association: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Washington University: $690K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ghr Foundation → Washington University School of Medicine: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → The Scripps Research Institute: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Michael J Fox Foundation: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2022 Ghr Foundation → Washington University: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Weill Medical College of Cornell University: $282K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Regents of the University of California San Francisco: $1.3M across 8 grants, latest 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Mount Sinai: $217K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Children's Hospital Corporation: $726K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Regents of the University of California: $554K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Ut Southwestern Medical Center: $485K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $430K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Mass General Hospital: $425K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → University of Massachusetts Amherst: $340K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → University of Minnesota Foundation: $322K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System: $251K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: $242K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Brigham & Women's Hospital: $203K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Bluedolphin LLC: $203K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Weill Cornell: $201K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Augusta University Research Institute Inc: $201K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $201K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → University of Southern California: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Weill Cornell Medicine: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Northwestern University: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Regenerative Research Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Bluefield Project to Cure Ftd: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Scripps Research Institute: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Washington University School of Medicine: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → Washington University in St Louis: $176K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Ftd Disorders Registry LLC: $155K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Uk Dementia Research Institute at University College London: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Child Care Associates: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Oxiant Discovery Ab: $144K across 5 grants, latest 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation → University of Michigan: $103K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → University De Lille: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → North Texas Community Foundation: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → State University of Iowa: $41K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $34K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara: $34K across 6 grants, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Society for Neuroscience: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Brightfocus Foundation: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → The Regents of the University of California San Diego: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → University of Pennsylvania: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Ohio State University Foundation: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Gordon Research Conferences: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation → Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Rainwater Charitable Foundation: $12M on this topic. Open the funder. Rainwater Charitable Foundati… $12M Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. Alzheimer's Disease Research… $2.1M Ghr Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Ghr Foundation $1.0M The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for: $42K on this topic. Open the funder. The Jane Coffin Childs Memori… $42K Alzheimer's Association: received $2.0M on this topic Alzheimer's Association $2.0M Michael J Fox Foundation: received $1.5M on this topic Michael J Fox Foundation $1.5M The Regents of the University of California San Francisco: received $1.3M on this topic The Regents of the University o… $1.3M Children's Hospital Corporation: received $726K on this topic Children's Hospital Corporation $726K Washington University: received $690K on this topic Washington University $690K The Regents of the University of California: received $554K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $554K Washington University School of Medicine: received $500K on this topic Washington University School of… $500K Washington University: received $500K on this topic Washington University $500K Ut Southwestern Medical Center: received $485K on this topic Ut Southwestern Medical Center $485K Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: received $430K on this topic Icahn School of Medicine at Mou… $430K Mass General Hospital: received $425K on this topic Mass General Hospital $425K The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: received $350K on this topic The Chancellor Masters and Scho… $350K University of Massachusetts Amherst: received $340K on this topic University of Massachusetts Amh… $340K University of Minnesota Foundation: received $322K on this topic University of Minnesota Foundat… $322K Weill Medical College of Cornell University: received $282K on this topic Weill Medical College of Cornel… $282K The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System: received $251K on this topic The Board of Regents of the Uni… $251K The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford: received $242K on this topic The Chancellor Masters and Scho… $242K Mount Sinai: received $217K on this topic Mount Sinai $217K Brigham & Women's Hospital: received $203K on this topic Brigham & Women's Hospital $203K Bluedolphin LLC: received $203K on this topic Bluedolphin LLC $203K Weill Cornell: received $201K on this topic Weill Cornell $201K Augusta University Research Institute Inc: received $201K on this topic Augusta University Research Ins… $201K Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: received $201K on this topic Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc $201K University of Southern California: received $200K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $200K Weill Cornell Medicine: received $200K on this topic Weill Cornell Medicine $200K Albert Einstein College of Medicine: received $200K on this topic Albert Einstein College of Medi… $200K Northwestern University: received $200K on this topic Northwestern University $200K Regenerative Research Foundation: received $200K on this topic Regenerative Research Foundation $200K Regents of the University of California: received $200K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $200K The Bluefield Project to Cure Ftd: received $200K on this topic The Bluefield Project to Cure F… $200K The Scripps Research Institute: received $200K on this topic The Scripps Research Institute $200K University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio: received $200K on this topic University of Texas Health Scie… $200K Washington University School of Medicine: received $200K on this topic Washington University School of… $200K Washington University in St Louis: received $176K on this topic Washington University in St Lou… $176K Ftd Disorders Registry LLC: received $155K on this topic Ftd Disorders Registry LLC $155K Uk Dementia Research Institute at University College London: received $150K on this topic Uk Dementia Research Institute… $150K Child Care Associates: received $150K on this topic Child Care Associates $150K Oxiant Discovery Ab: received $144K on this topic Oxiant Discovery Ab $144K University of Michigan: received $103K on this topic University of Michigan $103K University De Lille: received $100K on this topic University De Lille $100K North Texas Community Foundation: received $100K on this topic North Texas Community Foundation $100K The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $47K on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Un… $47K The Scripps Research Institute: received $42K on this topic The Scripps Research Institute $42K State University of Iowa: received $41K on this topic State University of Iowa $41K The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $34K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $34K Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara: received $34K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $34K Society for Neuroscience: received $34K on this topic Society for Neuroscience $34K Brightfocus Foundation: received $15K on this topic Brightfocus Foundation $15K The Regents of the University of California San Diego: received $10K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $10K University of Pennsylvania: received $10K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $10K Ohio State University Foundation: received $6K on this topic Ohio State University Foundation $6K International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias Inc: received $6K on this topic International Society for Front… $6K Gordon Research Conferences: received $5K on this topic Gordon Research Conferences $5K Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai: received $3K on this topic Icahn School of Medicine at Mt… $3K 4 funders, 54 recipients, grants matching “tauopathy” only. 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