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Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc

The mission of the Dravet Syndrome Foundation is to aggressively raise funds for Dravet syndrome & related epilepsies; support & fund research; increase awareness; & provide support to affected individuals & families. We understand the ongoing need to fund innovative research, the urgency in finding better treatments, the motivation of…

$3.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
9
Itemized grants FY2025
4
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$240,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$779,250
Organizations funded a year
2 to 6
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$9.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationScience & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving8$2.4M38%
FY20244$1.7M25%
FY20235$771k60%
FY20224$500k75%
FY20212$240k100%
FY20202$160k50%
FY20196$576kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$6.5MScience & Tech$437k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,404,2503n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,389,90030%
Regents of the University of Colorado$937,2314n/a
Allen Institute$449,7851n/a
Northwestern University$315,00020%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$250,00020%
University of Utah$239,6712n/a
Case Western Reserve University$216,16610%
University of Texas$215,0002n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$165,00010%
Show all 19 grantees
All grantees of Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,404,2503n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,389,90030%
Regents of the University of Colorado$937,2314n/a
Allen Institute$449,7851n/a
Northwestern University$315,00020%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$250,00020%
University of Utah$239,6712n/a
Case Western Reserve University$216,16610%
University of Texas$215,0002n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$165,00010%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$150,0001n/a
The Ohio State University$150,0001n/a
Washington University$150,00010%
Children's Research Institute$150,00010%
The Broad Institute Inc$100,00010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$77,50010%
Coriell Institute for Medical Research Inc$21,98620%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$11,00010%
The Boggy Creek Gang Inc$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $1,389,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $315,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $216,166 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $165,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Research Institute: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $77,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoriell Institute for Medical Research Inc: $21,986 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boggy Creek Gang Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.

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How do I get to Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc

How much does Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc give?
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $2,727,635, out of $3,290,753 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (94%), Science & Tech (6%).
Who are Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($1.4M), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($1.4M), Regents of the University of Colorado ($937k).
Does Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc based?
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 22 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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