Illinois · Public charity
Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation
NREF supports basic science and clinical research, as well as life-long education, to foster improved outcomes for our patients with neurosurgical diseases.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $143,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% 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 | 20 | $1.8M | 70% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $1.7M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.8M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.8M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $1.5M | 53% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $1.1M | 31% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $1.1M | 58% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami | $1,313,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $1,117,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Duke University | $822,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $810,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $717,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington University | $702,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $590,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $360,800 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation | $330,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $307,500 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami | $1,313,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $1,117,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Duke University | $822,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $810,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $717,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington University | $702,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $590,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $360,800 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation | $330,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $307,500 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $285,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $275,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $270,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Upmc | $266,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $240,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $230,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $190,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $190,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $180,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rhode Island Hospital | $180,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation | $180,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dignity Health | $172,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $165,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Cincinnati | $165,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $145,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $130,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New York University | $82,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Juniata College | $82,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Neurosurgery Foundation at Goodman Campbell Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 11% |
| University of Cincinnati | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Shore University Hospital | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brotherhood Synagogue | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University At Buffalo Neurosurgery | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $42,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mayo Clinic | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westchester Medical Center Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Semmes Murphey Foundation | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Education and Research Foundation | $27,000 | 1 | 71% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Loyola University Medical Center | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa | $10,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc | $10,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Albany Med Health System | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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.
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How this is measured
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About Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation
- How much does Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation give?
- Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $1,795,228 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (89%), Education (9%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Miami ($1.3M), Rush University Medical Center ($1.1M), Duke University ($823k).
- Does Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Cancer Society Inc, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Mayo Clinic.
- Where is Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation based?
- Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation is based in IL.
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