Minnesota · Public charity
National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated
The National Ataxia Foundation's mission is to accelerate the development of treatments and a cure while working to improve the lives of those living with Ataxia.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $196,568
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $529k 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 | 28 | $1.7M | 39% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $1.5M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.0M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $551k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $465k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $1.0M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $292k | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $977,955 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $660,800 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $508,261 | 8 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $498,120 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $462,050 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $418,092 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $335,665 | 6 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $322,735 | 8 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $322,219 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $300,884 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $977,955 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $660,800 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $508,261 | 8 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $498,120 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $462,050 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $418,092 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $335,665 | 6 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $322,735 | 8 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $322,219 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $300,884 | 7 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wayne State University | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $185,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Emory University | $182,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $166,125 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $157,400 | 6 | n/a |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $128,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Greenwood Genetic Center Inc | $107,600 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | $107,393 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $104,033 | 4 | n/a |
| Duke University | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $91,147 | 3 | n/a |
| American Brain Foundation | $86,666 | 2 | 2% |
| The Rockefeller University | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Methodist Hospital | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| GeneMatters | $63,256 | 1 | n/a |
| Science Coach Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | $57,650 | 2 | 2% |
| Oakland University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mayo Clinic | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baylor University Medical Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State University of New York College at Purchase | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Georgia | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota - Duluth | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rush University Medical Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | $17,947 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DNAVisit | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($248k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated supplied at peak.
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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: President and Fellows of Harvard College · American Cancer Society Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
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About National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated
- How much does National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated give?
- National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated reported 31 itemized grants totaling $1,834,987, out of $2,459,416 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (46%), Health (43%), Education (7%).
- Who are National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($978k), Regents Univ of California ($661k), University of Florida ($508k).
- Does National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include President and Fellows of Harvard College, American Cancer Society Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated based?
- National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated is based in MN.
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