Massachusetts · Public charity
National Brain Tumor Society Inc
National brain tumor society unrelentingly invests in, mobilizes, andunites our community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments,and advocate for patients and care partners.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2021
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of National Brain Tumor Society Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Yale University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year National Brain Tumor Society Inc named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2021
- $2.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $173,750
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 7
- Total assets, FY2021
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 25% of the organizations National Brain Tumor Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $765k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $3.2M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd | $2,575,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Global Coalition for Adaptive Research Inc | $1,800,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $1,450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $1,325,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $900,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $760,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $558,800 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $278,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd | $2,575,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Global Coalition for Adaptive Research Inc | $1,800,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $1,450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Utmd Anderson | $1,325,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $900,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $760,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $558,800 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $278,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $227,750 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Oncoceutics Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $99,937 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Saint John's Cancer Institute | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Research Institute | $73,242 | 1 | n/a |
| Health Research Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Tempus Inc | $16,200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
National Brain Tumor Society Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
About National Brain Tumor Society Inc
- How much does National Brain Tumor Society Inc give?
- National Brain Tumor Society Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $2,637,437, out of $2,720,431 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does National Brain Tumor Society Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (59%), Science & Tech (40%), Education (1%).
- Who are National Brain Tumor Society Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd ($2.6M), Global Coalition for Adaptive Research Inc ($1.8M), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ($1.4M).
- Does National Brain Tumor Society Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Brain Tumor Society Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is National Brain Tumor Society Inc based?
- National Brain Tumor Society Inc is based in MA.
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