Connecticut · Public charity
CACNA1A Foundation
To find specific treatment options and a cure for CACNA1A patients. (See Schedule O for full mission)
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,360
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations CACNA1A Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 4 | $117k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $55k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| State University of Iowa | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Broad Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Combinedbrain Inc | $24,091 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
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About CACNA1A Foundation
- How much does CACNA1A Foundation give?
- CACNA1A Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $97,853 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does CACNA1A Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (53%), Health (32%), Education (14%).
- Who are CACNA1A Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: State University of Iowa ($50k), The Broad Institute Inc ($50k), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return ($28k).
- Does CACNA1A Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is CACNA1A Foundation based?
- CACNA1A Foundation is based in CT.
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