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Alzheimers Research Association

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$41kReligion$7kFood & Nutrition$6kArts & Culture$5kInternational$3kEducation$2kPhilanthropy$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$331k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Temple Israel of City of NY$1,460
Alzheimers Association$500
American Museum of Natural History$80
Seattle Art Museum$56
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Canavan Foundation: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
NY
IA
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CA
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VA
MD
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41k · 13 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
46

Total granted

$41k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+15%

Still filing today

62%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +13%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +10%
  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • AA
    Alzheimers Assoc Chicago
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +117%
  • PL
    PEARSON LAKES ART CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -49%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
5
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
10
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Canavan Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Alzheimers Assoc Chicago: $7,500 · OtherAlzheimers Assoc ChicagoSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $4,030 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKTEMPLE ISRAEL INC: $3,540 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL INCTemple Israel of City of NY: $1,460 · OtherUnited Jewish Federation: $1,115 · Other+38 more: $13,935 · Other+38 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,600 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCI…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $2,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER+4 more: $1,220 · HealthPEARSON LAKES ART CENTER: $1,800 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,230 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $600 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $375 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $191 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $3,000 · InternationalCornell University: $1,000 · EducationTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND: $180 · EducationCanavan Foundation Inc: $1,030 · Human ServicesUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF UTAH: $500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $50 · Philanthropy
Other$31,580Health$28,820Arts & Culture$4,196International$3,000Education$1,180Human Services$1,030Philanthropy$550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $4,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEARSON LAKES ART CENTER: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,230 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $736 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF UTAH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $480 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR THE KIDS ORG: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $56 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVIATION HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM OF NEW JERSEY: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PEARSON LAKES ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds Canavan Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF UTAH ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOR THE KIDS ORG ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundNY13.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alzheimers Research Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alzheimers Research Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Alzheimers Research Association?

Find your warmest path to Alzheimers Research Association through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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