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Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma

Our mission is to drive research for treatments and a cure for sma, and to support and empower everyone impacted by sma today.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
9
Itemized grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$230,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$346,620
Organizations funded a year
16 to 24
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$11M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationScience & TechRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving7$1.2M14%
FY202419$1.2M0%
FY202320$1.6M10%
FY202220$1.4M15%
FY202116$1.1M6%
FY202021$1.6M43%
FY201924$2.2M67%
FY201820$2.1M95%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$11MEducation$4.2MScience & Tech$2.4MHuman Services$150k

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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Corporation$1,877,07970%
University of Rochester$1,276,53780%
Children's Research Institute$949,13870%
Johns Hopkins University$686,58540%
The Ohio State University$645,8735n/a
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$522,49020%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$450,00040%
University of Utah$398,6747n/a
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare$300,30070%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$300,0004n/a
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All grantees of Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Corporation$1,877,07970%
University of Rochester$1,276,53780%
Children's Research Institute$949,13870%
Johns Hopkins University$686,58540%
The Ohio State University$645,8735n/a
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$522,49020%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$450,00040%
University of Utah$398,6747n/a
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare$300,30070%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$300,0004n/a
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services$288,9402n/a
University of Alabama at Birmingham$226,6546n/a
Phoenix Children's Hospital$220,15050%
Arkansas Children's Research Institute$218,84360%
University of Wisconsin Madison$211,2471n/a
Duke University$209,51050%
Regents of the University of Colorado$201,8493n/a
Research Triangle Institute$197,94020%
University of Pittsburgh$190,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$175,0001n/a
Seattle Children's Hospital$163,67040%
Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp$153,00050%
Mayo Clinic$150,0001n/a
Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services$150,0001n/a
State University of Iowa$150,0001n/a
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso$150,0001n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$150,0001n/a
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$150,00010%
University of Texas$149,4953n/a
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$141,98150%
Washington University$133,07930%
Colorado Energy Office$126,2521n/a
The University of Kansas$125,0001n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$119,76340%
Regents of the University of Michigan$115,3972n/a
Regents Univ of California$109,0783n/a
The Nemours Foundation$107,60820%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$107,00030%
Northwestern University$105,00020%
State of Arizona$100,0001n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri$91,0003n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$83,25020%
Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr$75,0001n/a
Washington State Department of Health$67,9451n/a
Ut Southwestern Health Systems$60,00013%
University of Miami$50,84920%
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente$50,0001n/a
Children's Hospital Colorado$50,00010%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$50,00010%
University of Ut Health Butterfield Fund$50,0001n/a
CH Neurology Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Case Western Reserve University$44,16910%
Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine$37,50010%
University of New Mexico$30,0001n/a
Baylor College of Medicine$30,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $1,877,079 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $1,276,537 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Research Institute: $949,138 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $686,585 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $522,490 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $450,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGillette Children's Specialty Healthcare: $300,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $220,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Children's Research Institute: $218,843 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDuke University: $209,510 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Triangle Institute: $197,940 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $190,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Hospital: $163,670 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocate Health and Hospitals Corp: $153,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Children's Medical Center: $141,981 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $133,079 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $119,763 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nemours Foundation: $107,608 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc: $107,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $83,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUt Southwestern Health Systems: $60,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $50,849 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCH Neurology Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $44,169 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 30.

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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.

Cystic Fibrosis FoundationMD19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Association of Public Health Laboratories Inc · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Yale University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children · The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research Inc · The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc · Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Trustees of Boston University · Washington University

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.

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About Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma

How much does Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma give?
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma reported 9 itemized grants totaling $1,802,574, out of $2,564,862 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (62%), Education (24%), Science & Tech (14%).
Who are Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Hospital Corporation ($1.9M), University of Rochester ($1.3M), Children's Research Institute ($949k).
Does Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Association of Public Health Laboratories Inc, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Where is Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma based?
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma is based in IL.

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 58 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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