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Christopher Reeve Foundation

The christopher and dana reeve foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis.

$4.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
145
Grants FY2025still arriving
43
States reached
$186k
Largest
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$13MEducation$9.3MRecreation & Sports$8.7MHuman Services$3.0MEmployment$1.3MScience & Tech$875kArts & Culture$860kEnvironment$392kOther$0
02FY2025 · 145 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 145 grants below total $3,860,691, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,187,651 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $326,960 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k125 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $945k
$24,800
Median grant
43
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PSYCHOGENICS INC$185,950
UPSTATE-CAROLINA ADAPTIVE GOLF$100,000
ADAPTIVE FITNESS LEGION$100,000
CUTTING FENCES FOUNDATION$98,826
NEUROWORX-DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC$87,250
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$67,500
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$55,000
ATLANTIS COMMUNITY INCADAPT (CIL)$50,000
SCIBOSTON$50,000
RAMP - REGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT (CIL)$50,000
SHAKE-A-LEG MIAMI INC$50,000
ACCESS TO INDEPENDENCE INC (CIL)$50,000
BAY AREA OUTREACH & RECREATION PROGRAM (BORP)$40,000
PUSHING FORWARD$40,000
RANCHO RESEARCH INSTITUTE (RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER$40,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CUTTING FENCES FOUNDATION: $99k → 9%TRANSITIONAL PATHS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING (TRPIL): $40k → 12%DISABILITY OPTIONS NETWORK: $25k → 13%THE JERRY AND PAULA BAKER FOUNDATION TUOLUMNE TRAILS: $39k → 14%ANGEL CITY SPORTS: $25k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 7%CUTTING FENCES FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%TRANSITIONAL PATHS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING (TRPIL): $25k → 12%WESTCHESTER INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER (CIL): $25k → 9%ADAPT ABILITY INC: $25k → 20%SILICON VALLEY INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER (CIL): $40k → 8%MISSION TO ASSIST AND PROVIDE FOR SENIORS (MAPS CHARITIES): $25k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%COMMUNITIES ACTIVELY LIVING INDEPENDENT & FREE (CALIF) (CIL): $40k → 14%COMMUNITIES ACTIVELY LIVING INDEPENDENT & FREE (CALIF): $40k → 14%COMMUNITIES ACTIVELY LIVING INDEPENDENT & FREE (CALIF) (CIL): $40k → 14%NEURO FITNESS FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%GRACE RIDES INC: $25k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%BLOC LIFE INC: $25k → 8%ACCESS II INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER (CIL): $25k → 15%ON MY OWN INC: $50k → 18%ACCESS TO INDEPENDENCE INC (CIL): $50k → 10%HORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES DBA TECHACCESS OF RI: $75k → 14%ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: $50k → 9%CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (CIL): $40k → 12%SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $50k → 17%JOYCE L SOBEL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER (AKA SAN JUAN ISLAND FAMILY RESOURCE: $40k → 10%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $28k → 4%HANDI-WHEELS TRANSPORTATION: $30k → 12%FREE- FOUNDATION FOR REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT & ENDOWMENT: $40k → 8%LOUISIANA ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS NETWORK (LATAN): $100k → 19%INDEPENDENCE PLACE (CIL): $50k → 15%RYAN HOUSE: $30k → 11%SCIBOSTON: $50k → 8%UPSTATE-CAROLINA ADAPTIVE GOLF: $100k → 10%DISABILITY RESOURCE ASSOCIATION INC (CIL): $30k → 9%INDEPENDENCE FIRST (CIL): $40k → 17%CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $40k → 12%SERVICES FOR INDEPEDENT LIVING: $29k → 17%ART SPARKS TEXAS: $75k → 10%DISABILITYSA: $30k → 16%INDEPENDENCEFIRST (CIL): $40k → 17%PATSY REEVE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%NEW HORIZONS INC: $30k → 11%MOUNTING HORIZONS INC: $50k → 16%ATLANTIS COMMUNITY INCADAPT (CIL): $50k → 12%ABILITY360 (CIL): $40k → 11%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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AR
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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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 189 repeat orgs$18M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

189 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 133 since wound down; 89 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

189
709

Total granted

$20M
$16M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+20%

Still filing today

87%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UO
    University of Louisville Research Foundation
    6× · 2017–2022 · $6.8M · revenue +61%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    9× · 2017–2025 · $412k · revenue +96%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $359k · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • IM
    Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -12%
  • LW
    LIFE WATERSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +58% · 62% of their budget
  • AS
    ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -8%
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
Accessible Alpine Adventure Tours
Health
2
National Ability Center

The national ability center (the center) empowers individuals with disabilities by building self-esteem, confidence and lifetime skills through sport, recreation and educational programs.

Recreation & Sports
3
Summit Adaptive Sports Inc

The organization's goal is to foster a healthy lifestyle through outdoor sports for individuals with disabilities in a fun, accessible, and inclusive environment.

Human Services
4
Alliance of Disability Advocates

To serve all north carolinians with significant disabilities by ensuring they can live independently in a barrier-free community of their choice through consumer-controlled, self-directed services.

Religion
5
Cerebral Palsy Inc

Celebrating all abilities and unlocking potential.

Health
6
Cape Abilities Inc

To serve individuals with disabilities by educating, counseling, providing residential, social, therapeutic and employment supports, so as to empower them to achieve meaningful and valued roles in society.

Human Services
7
Via Rehabilitation Services Inc

Our mission is to empower people with disabilities and their families to grow, develop, and thrive by providing essential skill-building, therapeutic, and recreational programs.

Health
8
Special Equestrians Inc

To provide therapeautic benefits to handicapped citizens through a horseback riding program.

Health
9
Dakotabilities Inc

Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.

Human Services
10
Adaptive Sports Connection Corder

To enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities by providing sports and recreational activities and to offer opportunities for empowerment through education, leadership, and training in collaboration with community-based…

Human Services
11
Abilities Inc

Abilites Inc is a non-profit agency dedicated to facilitating integrated employment and full participation of persons with disabilities in their work and living communities. Employment is accomplished through direct service to youth and…

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12
Granite State Adaptive

Provide disabled individuals with opportunities to develop independence, confidence, life skills, and fitness through participation in sports, therapy, training and recreation programs.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Madison Art Gallery. 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

811 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. 811 of the 989 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.

35
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
211
Early backer (in before they grew)
791/811
Grantees still filing
562/811
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Louisville Research Foundation: $6,814,213 · EducationUniversity of Louisville Research Foundatio…University of Miami: $411,986 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $358,846 · Education+16 more: $1,316,883 · Education+16 moreMETHODIST HOSPITAL: $642,078 · OtherMETHODIST HOSPITALREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $637,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFO…PSYCHOGENICS INC: $468,500 · OtherPSYCHOGENICS INCUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $400,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON: $246,134 · Other+71 more: $4,829,548 · Other+71 moreHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $286,987 · HealthHENRY M JACKSO…NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $124,999 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $119,025 · HealthALS UNITED GREATER CHICAGO: $112,560 · HealthTHE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC: $112,250 · Health+40 more: $2,286,869 · Health+40 moreCUTTING FENCES FOUNDATION: $123,826 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES ACTIVELY LIVING INDEPENDENT & FREE: $120,000 · Human ServicesUPSTATE CAROLINA ADAPTIVE GOLF: $112,000 · Human ServicesINDEPENDENCE FIRST INC: $104,999 · Human ServicesLOUISIANA ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS NETWORK: $100,000 · Human Services+39 more: $2,000,654 · Human Services+39 moreADAPTIVE FITNESS LEGION: $121,750 · Recreation & SportsInclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsCatalyst Sports Inc: $65,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $63,950 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES ADAPTIVE RECREATION CENTER: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsCalifornia Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center Inc: $49,999 · Recreation & SportsPALMS TO PINES PARASPORTS: $49,999 · Recreation & SportsBRIDGE II SPORTS INC: $49,999 · Recreation & SportsTRAIL ACCESS PROJECT: $45,072 · Recreation & SportsThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $300,000 · Science & TechUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $75,000 · Science & TechABLE SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $90,000 · PhilanthropyIllinois Assistive Technology Program: $74,935 · PhilanthropySabrina Cohen Foundation Inc: $41,000 · PhilanthropyIM ABLE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Education$8,901,928Other$7,223,760Health$3,042,690Human Services$2,561,479Recreation & Sports$695,769Science & Tech$375,000Philanthropy$245,935

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation: $6,814,213 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $411,986 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $358,846 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $286,987 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $124,999 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADAPTIVE FITNESS LEGION: $121,750 over 2y, 65% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $121,441 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES ACTIVELY LIVING INDEPENDENT & FREE: $120,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $119,025 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER CHICAGO: $112,560 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetTHE DR DALE B HULL FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION INC: $112,250 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUPSTATE CAROLINA ADAPTIVE GOLF: $112,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $105,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINDEPENDENCE FIRST INC: $104,999 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE WATERS: $100,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLOUISIANA ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS NETWORK: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMarquette University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $99,999 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $99,961 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $99,891 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $99,711 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE ON AGING INC: $97,585 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $97,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDisability Action Center NW Inc: $94,458 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATIONIOWA CHAPTER: $92,308 over 1y, 10% of budgetABLE SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $90,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetRancho Research Institute: $88,742 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSpecial Kids-Special Families Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $80,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Whole Person Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALS UNITED MID-ATLANTIC: $79,877 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $78,524 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetHORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR ASSISTIVE SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $75,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNorth Dakota Assistive: $75,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTERS OF HAWAII: $75,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC: $74,989 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $73,880 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetRESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare: $67,100 over 2y, 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.

Move UnitedMD111.9× affinity66 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Move United · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn · Rei Cooperative Action Fund · The Hanger Charitable Foundation · Dralla Foundation Inc · Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust · Oliver-Hoffmann Foundation · Kessler Foundation Inc · Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation · Disabled Veterans National Foundation · The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc · Special People in Need

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 Christopher Reeve Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christopher Reeve Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 44%
  • Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: 100% of income from government
  • Community Vision Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Triangle Inc: 90% of income from government
  • South Florida Institute On Aging Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Kessler Foundation Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Abilitree: 44% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Bay Area Center for Independent Living Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Cheshire Home Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Gaylord Hospital Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • New Horizons Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely on government for over half their income
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 989 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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