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Usagainstalzheimer's

USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S is engaged in a relentless pursuit to end alzheimer's, the sixth leading killer in america.

$171k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$3.5MArts & Culture$134kHuman Services$45kSocial Science$30kCivil Rights$8kEducation$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$5k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $100,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $170,819 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $70,819 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY$25,000
CARINGKIND$25,000
EXPOSE DEMENTIA$10,000
LUMIND IDSC FOUNDATION$10,000
ALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION$10,000
BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $42k → 10%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $35k → 10%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $30k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC

Grants abroad, by region: $42k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$42k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: SPONSORSHIP FOR AD/PD CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
18

Total granted

$1.2M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+67%

Still filing today

92%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPublic BenefitSocial ScienceHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $275k · revenue +51%
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $135k · revenue +25%
  • U
    USAGING
    4× · 2017–2020 · $118k · revenue +313%

Funded once

  • DA
    DAVOS ALZHEIMER'S COLLABORATIVE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2.3M · revenue -14%
  • TF
    THE FORGET ME NOT PROJECT
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -81% · 37% of their budget
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alzheimers Research Association
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2
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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3
Neurolinx Research Institute

Neuroscience research

Health
4
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
5
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Promote and fund research into developing better diagnostic processes, therapies, and cures for frontotemporal degeneration (ftd); provide information, education, support and advocacy to persons diagnosed with ftd, their families and…

Health
6
American Neuromuscular Foundation

The american neuromuscular foundation was established to improve the quality of care for people with disorders of skeletal muscle, neuromuscular function, and central and peripheral nervous systems through the promotion of research and…

Health
7
Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc

To support all members of the ae community so no one faces ae alone.

Health
8
Lupus Research Alliance Inc

Putting people with lupus at the center of all we do, the lupus research alliance drives the discovery & development of next generation lupus diagnostics and curative treatments through innovative research & collaborations.

Health
9
The American Association of Immunologists Inc

The american association of immunologists (aai) is an international association representing professionally trained scientists who conduct basic and clinical research on the biology of the immune system. aai is dedicated to advancing the…

Health
10
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
11
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc

The alzheimer's association leads the way to end alzheimer's and all other dementia - by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

Health
12
Access to Advanced Health Institute

Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dementia Alliance International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAVOS ALZHEIMER'S COLLABORATIVE INC: $2,251,108 · HealthDAVOS ALZHEIMER'S COLLABORATIVE INCFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $135,000 · HealthBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $115,000 · HealthTHE FORGET ME NOT PROJECT: $100,000 · Health+5 more: $93,500 · HealthUSAGING: $117,500 · OtherUSAGINGRESEARCHAMERICA: $110,000 · OtherRESEARCHAMERICAALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH: $94,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR AGI…GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $80,000 · OtherGERONTOLOGICAL S…TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOST…GLOBAL COALITION ON AGING LLC: $30,000 · OtherVITAL TRANSFORMATION LLC: $25,000 · OtherTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Other+7 more: $47,500 · Other+7 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $275,000 · Education+1 more: $7,000 · EducationALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $115,000 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $76,325 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $30,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY: $35,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS' RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS: $33,500 · Arts & CultureCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public BenefitDEMENTIA ACTION ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Health$2,694,608Other$579,000Education$282,000Social Science$120,000Human Services$106,325Community Improvement$35,000Arts & Culture$33,500Public Benefit$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDAVOS ALZHEIMER'S COLLABORATIVE INC: $2,251,108 over 1y, 16% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $275,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUSAGING: $117,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRESEARCHAMERICA: $110,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FORGET ME NOT PROJECT: $100,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetALLIANCE FOR AGING RESEARCH: $94,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetGERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $80,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $76,325 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $57,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS' RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS: $33,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $30,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUTH MOVEMENT AGAINST ALZHEIMERS: $10,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetTHE LATINO ALZHEIMERS AND MEMORY DISORDERS ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLuMind IDSC Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDementia Alliance International: $6,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetKIM AND GLEN CAMPBELL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

AARPPharmaceutical Resear…Retirement Research F…The John a Hartford F…Amazonsmile Foundation
AARPDC16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Usagainstalzheimer's funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Usagainstalzheimer's. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 34 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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