Pennsylvania · Public charity
Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research
The organization is committed to address the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries of the brain occurring primarily in sports activities. To that end, the foundation, through its board of directors will provide grants to non-profit tax exempt organizations to further research in the area of brain injury. The foundation will be…
- $881k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 5 | $875k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $630k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $600k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $453k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $379k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $730k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $563k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upmc | $1,400,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $1,153,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $380,000 | 3 | 0% |
| State of West Virginia | $228,936 | 3 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $177,589 | 2 | n/a |
| Highmark Health | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Upmc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upmc | $1,400,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $1,153,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $380,000 | 3 | 0% |
| State of West Virginia | $228,936 | 3 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $177,589 | 2 | n/a |
| Highmark Health | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Upmc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Association of Neurological Surgeons Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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 Heart Association Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research with peer funders
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About Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research
- How much does Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research give?
- Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research reported 10 grants totaling $880,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Upmc ($1.4M), University of Pittsburgh ($1.2M), Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation ($500k).
- Does Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Heart Association Inc, Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown, The Pittsburgh Foundation.
- Where is Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research based?
- Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research is based in PA.
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