California · Private foundation
Children's Brain Disease Foundation
RAISE FUNDS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENTS OF BATTEN DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES AFFLICTING CHILDREN Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $548k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $282,958
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Children's Brain Disease Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k 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 | 8 | $548k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $508k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $557k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $626k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $555k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $530k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $511k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $32k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $1,359,562 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,241,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Mary's Medical Center Foundation | $202,500 | 6 | 2% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mexican Museum | $30,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Batten Disease Support & Research Association | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Book Bank USA Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tahoe Expedition Academy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caminar | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $1,359,562 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,241,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Mary's Medical Center Foundation | $202,500 | 6 | 2% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mexican Museum | $30,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Batten Disease Support & Research Association | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Book Bank USA Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tahoe Expedition Academy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caminar | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenyon College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Willamette University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oberlin College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Children's Brain Disease Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Children's Brain Disease Foundation with peer funders
About Children's Brain Disease Foundation
- How much does Children's Brain Disease Foundation give?
- Children's Brain Disease Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $547,958 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Children's Brain Disease Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (69%), Health (27%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Children's Brain Disease Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southern Methodist University ($1.4M), University of Chicago ($1.2M), St Mary's Medical Center Foundation ($203k).
- Does Children's Brain Disease Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Children's Brain Disease Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Children's Brain Disease Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Children's Brain Disease Foundation based?
- Children's Brain Disease Foundation is based in CA.
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