Maryland · Public charity
Epilepsy Foundation of America
To improve the lives of peoples affected by epilepsy through education, advocacy, research, and connection.
- $328k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $138k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Epilepsy Foundation of America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 3 | $138k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $250k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $368k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.0M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $858k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $719k | 78% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Epilepsy Society | $800,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital of Orange County | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $517,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Brain Foundation | $411,491 | 9 | 2% |
| New York University | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Epitel | $270,330 | 2 | n/a |
| Embleena Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zeto Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advanced Scanners | $151,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eysz Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Epilepsy Society | $800,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital of Orange County | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $517,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Brain Foundation | $411,491 | 9 | 2% |
| New York University | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Epitel | $270,330 | 2 | n/a |
| Embleena Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zeto Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advanced Scanners | $151,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eysz Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phase Four Film LLC | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Soterya Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Talia Newman Wearables LLC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne State University | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neuroview Technology Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Innocentive Inc | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sbc Medsim LLC | $51,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curadite | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 4-H Clubs of Ozaukee County Leaders | $50,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Project Camp Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $25,040 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthappy Tech LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neurotech Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 37% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Alabama Inc | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Corticometrics LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Familiescn2a Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Epilepsy Foundation of America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Epilepsy Foundation of America
- How much does Epilepsy Foundation of America give?
- Epilepsy Foundation of America reported 3 itemized grants totaling $137,500, out of $327,949 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Epilepsy Foundation of America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (92%), Youth Development (3%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Epilepsy Foundation of America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Epilepsy Society ($800k), Children's Hospital of Orange County ($600k), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($517k).
- Does Epilepsy Foundation of America fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Epilepsy Foundation of America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Epilepsy Foundation of America based?
- Epilepsy Foundation of America is based in MD.
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