Minnesota · Public charity
American Brain Foundation
The AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION accelerates breakthrough research across brain diseases and disorders by investing in innovative science, early-career investigators, and cross-disease discoveries that advance treatments, cures, and brain health for all.
- $8.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,076,423
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations American Brain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $8.1M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $2.4M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $5.6M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2.2M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $2.6M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.8M | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Academy of Neurology Institute | $26,934,152 | 9 | 17% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $550,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $338,736 | 5 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tourette Association of America Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Society for Neuroscience | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $16,378 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilarity for Charity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SameYou Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Academy of Neurology Institute | $26,934,152 | 9 | 17% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $550,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $338,736 | 5 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tourette Association of America Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Society for Neuroscience | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $16,378 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilarity for Charity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SameYou Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $8,220 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Brain Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About American Brain Foundation
- How much does American Brain Foundation give?
- American Brain Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $8,135,005 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Brain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (99%), International (1%).
- Who are American Brain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Academy of Neurology Institute ($27M), National Multiple Sclerosis Society ($550k), American Heart Association Inc ($339k).
- Does American Brain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is American Brain Foundation based?
- American Brain Foundation is based in MN.
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