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Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation

Cparf funds us-based research to change what's possible for people with cerebral palsy, implements proven science, and advances innovation to benefit all people with disabilities around the world.

$351k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$325k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$2.9MScience & Tech$941kEducation$767kSocial Science$50kRecreation & Sports$4k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
  • $250k+1 grant · $325k
$324,929
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CP NOW$324,929
Washington University in St Louis$22,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $60k → 11%University of Arizona: $41k → 15%NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY: $75k → 16%ANALYSIS GROUP: $50k → 16%Children's Hospital of Phila Research Institute: $38k → 22%UCP OF NORTH BAY: $31k → 9%UC IRVINE: $44k → 10%SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS: $70k → 11%SPINEX: $80k → 14%UCP of Central California: $31k → 19%UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY: $36k → 14%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $120k → 14%Washington University in St Louis: $105k → 21%AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR CEREBRAL PALSY & DEVELOPMENT: $35k → 17%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $45k → 11%RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE'S CHILDREN: $50k → 15%AMERICA ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $30k → 7%NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER: $63k → 8%KENNEDY KREIGER INSTITUTE: $60k → 19%PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $28k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $50k → 15%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL - THOUGHT TO SPEECH PROJECT: $73k → 16%CHOP RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $38k → 22%SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS: $60k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $152k → 14%UCP Central California: $99k → 19%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $70k → 14%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT ST LOUIS: $50k → 21%RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE'S CHILDREN: $40k → 15%AMERICA ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $30k → 7%NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER: $50k → 8%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $60k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL - THOUGHT TO SPEECH PROJECT: $40k → 16%UCP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $69k → 10%SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS: $35k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $64k → 14%Washington University in St Louis: $45k → 11%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT ST LOUIS: $50k → 21%NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER: $38k → 8%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $60k → 19%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL - THOUGHT TO SPEECH PROJECT: $33k → 16%UCP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $47k → 10%SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS: $25k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $64k → 14%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $60k → 19%UCP OF ORANGE COUNTY: $36k → 10%KENNEDY KREIGER INSTITUTE: $60k → 19%KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE: $60k → 19%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

NH
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 21 repeat orgs$407k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
12

Total granted

$3.9M
$407k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+51%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthEducationRecreation & SportsScience & TechOther
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

  • CN
    CP NOW
    4× · 2017–2025 · $839k · revenue +787% · 33% of their budget
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $320k · revenue +76%
  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $182k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • S
    SPINEX
    one grant, 2022 · $80k
  • NA
    NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
  • KK
    KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
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.

1
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children

To provide the highest quality care to improve the lives of children with orthopedic and related conditions and specific learning disabilities. texas scottish rite hospital for children focuses on patient care, research and education.

Health
2
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
3
Children's Research Institute

Children's research institute dba children's national research institute conducts and promotes translational and clinical medical research and education programs that lead to improved understanding, prevention, treatment, and care of…

Health
4
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
5
Curepsp Inc

To raise awareness, build community, improve care and find a cure for psp, cbd and msa.

Health
6
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
7
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
8
Child Neurology Society

The child neurology society is an inclusive professional organization whose mission is to promote the optimal care of children with neurological and developmental disorders by providing education, advocacy, and support for clinicians and…

Health
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
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
11
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
12
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Oc; the most unlike its peers is New England Institute of Developmental Pediatrics. 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

23 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. 23 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CP NOW: $838,613 · EducationCP NOWWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $320,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $303,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $180,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY+3 more: $57,063 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $472,597 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $189,798 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $181,787 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $145,758 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $131,380 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC: $107,000 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INCSPINEX: $80,000 · OtherNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $67,860 · OtherKENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 · Other+2 more: $70,000 · OtherSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $190,000 · HealthSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICA…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC: $182,277 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC O…Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $175,000 · HealthFoundation for the National I…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: $154,649 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIA…AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR CEREBRAL PALSY AND DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE: $116,264 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY FOR CEREBRAL…AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $90,000 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC…Phoenix Children's Hospital: $88,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's HospitalTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $75,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PH…+5 more: $105,949 · Health+5 moreHUGO W MOSER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT KENNEDY KRIEGER INC: $120,000 · Science & TechCEREBRAL PALSY SOCCER INC: $3,545 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $105 · Recreation & Sports
Education$1,698,976Other$1,581,180Health$1,177,139Science & Tech$120,000Recreation & Sports$3,650

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 budgetCP NOW: $838,613 over 4y, 33% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $320,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $303,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $190,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC: $182,277 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $180,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: $154,649 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHUGO W MOSER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT KENNEDY KRIEGER INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY FOR CEREBRAL PALSY AND DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE: $116,264 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $88,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY INC: $36,251 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF THE NORTH BAY INC: $30,998 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $23,914 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SACRAMENTO INC: $11,384 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $8,898 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY SOCCER INC: $3,545 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS: $3,402 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $3,165 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF MUSIC CITY: $105 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN6.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–90%
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.

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 35 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home