The Charles a Dana Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 06-6036761. Reported 380 grants totalling $21.7M to 275 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$9,500median grant
$21.7Mgranted, 2021-2024
275organizations funded
34%of grantees funded again the next year
$279.4Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Charles a Dana Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $9,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $4,456,602. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 275 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached Schedule | Nyc, NY | $4,456,602 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,151,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives Inc | New York, NY | $1,402,004 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,142,971 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital (mgh) | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $354,406 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $353,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (aaas) | Washington, DC | $332,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $300,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $283,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| President & Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $268,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $262,998 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Brain Research Organization (ibro) | Paris | $252,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Boston, MA | $250,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Society for Neuroscience (sfn) | Washington, DC | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Hastings Center | Garrison, NY | $242,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $235,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $219,270 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Methods Innovation | Arcata, CA | $197,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $194,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $186,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (fens) | Berlin | $171,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $167,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $166,667 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $150,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Council on Science & Technology | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mass General Brigham Inc | Somerville, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Usagainstalzheimer's | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wake Forest University | Winstonsalem, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $149,906 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $149,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $149,883 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $149,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California at San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $149,679 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | $149,525 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $148,690 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | $147,630 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $142,504 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marshall University Research Corporation | Huntingon, WV | $130,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fjic | Boston, MA | $100,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Academies of Science | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neuromatch Inc | Beaverton, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan Medical School | Ann Arbor, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Neuroethics Society | Philadelphia, PA | $92,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Science Friday | New York, NY | $90,924 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Brain Bee | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | Charleston, SC | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | $76,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Knowable Mag | Palo Alto, CA | $75,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brunswick School | Greenwich, CT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of St Francis Xavier University | Belmont, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ibro International Brain Research Organization | Paris | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenwich Academy | Greenwich, CT | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Sailing Hall of Fame Museum Inc | Newport, RI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Newport Hospital Foundation Inc | Newport, RI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Research America | Arlington, VA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brain Mind Eyol | Watertown, MA | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Franklin Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healthy Brains Global Initiative Inc | Greenwich, CT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Reading Team Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Virginia School of Law Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Science Live Productions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $48,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icahn Scool of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $45,800 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Repertory Theater | Cambridge, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Brearley School | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston University College of Communications | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| European Brain Council | Brussels | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harvard Scholars at Risk | Cambridge, MA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute of Neuroethics Inc Ionx | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The College Foundation at the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $34,616 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cooper Union | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Museums of the Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Presbyterian Fund | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Campus at Willits | Basalt, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Historic Charleston Foundation | Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Yacht Club Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Jewish Associationfederation of Jewish Philanthropies | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Civic Association | Palm Beach, FL | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harvard Medical School | Cambridge, MA | $21,515 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | Snowmass Village, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Corporation | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Penland School of Crafts | Bakersville, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy New York (pny) | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roxbury Latin School | West Roxbury, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Thomas More Play Group | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Corning Museum of Glass | Corning, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Winsor School | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Glass | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center | Millville, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bard Graduate Center | New York, NY | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aspen Music Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Biobus | New York, NY | $16,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Council on Foundations (cof) | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Ny | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration | King of Prussia, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College of Charleston Foundation | Charleston, SC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York Presbyterianweill Cornell Medical Center | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rosemont College | Rosemont, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southampton Hospital Fund | Southampton, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Michael's Country Day School | Newport, RI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Aspen Institute | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chs North American Foundation Inc | Orinda, CA | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $10,250 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross National Headquarters | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooks School | North Andover, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chadwick Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Hampton Healthcare Foundation | East Hampton, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Frick Collection | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton | East Hampton, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harvard Art Museum | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| James C Ferrer Education Fund | Southhampton, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | Jupiter, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Paramus, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Postdoctoral Association | Bethesda, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neue Galerie New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nonprofit New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation | Simi Valley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rubin Museum of Art | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Andrews Preservation Foundation | Southampton, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Bernard's School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St George's School | Newport, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Weill Cornell Medicine Brain & Spine Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurology | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fresh Rx Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | Smithtown, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association | New York, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Buckley School | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carson Scholars Fund Inc | Towson, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charles River School | Dover, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Mountain College | Glenwood Springs, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia University Department of Ophthalmology | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation Milanollo | Lausanne | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Scholarship Education Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Middle East Investment Initiative (meii) | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Parkinson Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Preservation Society of Newport County | Newport, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rehabilitation Center for Children | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Andrew's Preservation Fund | Southampton, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boy's Club of New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Buckley School in the City of New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Abington, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools | Arlington, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of America | Phoenix, AZ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverside Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Animal Nations Dba Redrover | Sacramento, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chs North American Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $3,220 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Brain Coalition | Maple Grove, MN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lighthouse Guild International Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peak Grantmaking | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louis Armstrong House Museum | Corona, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Sandwich at a Time | White Plains, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Kidney Foundation | New York, NY | $2,256 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| ME2 Orchestra Inc | Charlestown, MA | $2,020 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Caringkind | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Pku Alliance | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Newport Festival Foundation | Newport, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stuyvesant Hs Alumni Association | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain Institute of Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Neurosciences Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Atlantic University Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Atlanta, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope College | Holland, MI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Center in Manhattan | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York University School of Medicine | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Noggin | Portland, OR | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nova Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scientists Inc | Smith Center, KS | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle University | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sky Science Festival | Bowling Green, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Society for Neuroscience Pacific Cascade Chapter | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California San Diego | San Diego, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Massachusetts | Amherst, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wyoming Families First | Cheyenne, WY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Murray Elementary School PTO | Murray, KY | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Society for Neuroscience Sun City Chapter | El Paso, TX | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Ignatius School | Bronx, NY | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| SUNY Stonybrook University | Stony Brook, NY | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Georgia | Dahlonega, GA | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Matthew Friedman Memorial Foundation | Morganville, NJ | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| PTA of Ps 452 Inc | New York, NY | $1,036 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Ballet | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Technical High School | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lupus Research Alliance | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Arts & Design | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
78 of 275 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 34%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mayo Clinic
DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH - Communities in Schools
EMPLOYEE MATCHING - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Brain Institute of Louisiana
BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK OUTREACH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 232 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $4,456,602 | $4,456,602 |
| 2022 | 177 | $5,843,442 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 99 | $2,579,911 | $7,000 |
| 2024 | 103 | $8,817,064 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Charles a Dana Foundation has 53 of them, worth $16.7M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital (mgh) | Boston, MA | $4,000,000 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000,000 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $750,000 |
| Society for Neuroscience (sfn) | Washington, DC | $220,000 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $218,000 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (aaas) | Washington, DC | $184,000 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $180,000 |
| Society for Neuroscience (sfn) | Washington, DC | $170,000 |
| Sigma Xi | Researrch Triangle Par, NC | $160,000 |
| American Brain Coalition | Maple Grove, MN | $153,000 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | $150,000 |
| Chicago Council on Science & Technology | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Mass General Brigham Inc | Somerville, MA | $150,000 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | $150,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 37% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $9,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Charles a Dana Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1270 Avenue of the Americas 12TH F, New York, NY, 10020. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 06-6036761 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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