Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Usagainstalzheimer's
USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S is engaged in a relentless pursuit to end alzheimer's, the sixth leading killer in america. Our work centers on prevention, risk reduction, early detection and diagnosis, and access to treatments all regardless of gender, race, (continued on sch o) or ethnicity. Because alzheimer's disproportionately affects women,…
- $171k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $100k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Usagainstalzheimer's funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 7 | $100k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $157k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $159k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $90k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.4M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $45k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $223k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $335k | 54% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative Inc | $2,251,108 | 1 | 16% |
| Duke University | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Usaging | $117,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $115,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Brightfocus Foundation | $115,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Researchamerica | $110,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Forget Me Not Project | $100,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Alliance for Aging Research | $94,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Gerontological Society of America | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 33 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Usagainstalzheimer's supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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: AARP · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging · The John a Hartford Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Usagainstalzheimer's
- How much does Usagainstalzheimer's give?
- Usagainstalzheimer's reported 7 itemized grants totaling $100,000, out of $170,819 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Usagainstalzheimer's fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (94%), Arts & Culture (4%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Usagainstalzheimer's's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative Inc ($2.3M), Duke University ($275k), Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ($135k).
- Does Usagainstalzheimer's fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Usagainstalzheimer's?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AARP, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging.
- Where is Usagainstalzheimer's based?
- Usagainstalzheimer's is based in DC.
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