New Jersey · Nonprofit
BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP
BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,021 to it, the largest being MAYFIELD EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $51k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $58k
What Brain and Spine Group does
Mission
Brain and Spine Group, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing education, mentorship, and research in the neurosciences. The organization empowers students, trainees, and professionals through accessible educational resources, training & mentorship programs, and collaborative initiatives that help students develop necessary careers skills in the neurosciences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Education Program: Delivered online and in-person education through the BSG Learn platform, virtual courses, and Neurosurgery Training Camps. Over 400 registered users participated in self-paced courses. In 2024, two in-person Neurosurgery Training Camps were hosted in partnership with Mayfield Brain & Spine and the University at Buffalo, with 67 students in attendance and faculty from 25+ institutions.
$8,902 spent40% of program spendingMentorship Program: Provided virtual mentorship through the NERVE and END programs, supporting over 55 students across 46 institutions. Programming emphasized equitable access to career guidance in neurosurgery, neurology, and psychiatry. Curriculum includes case discussions, research literacy, and structured mentorship for students underrepresented in neuroscience fields.
$4,816 spent22% of program spendingResearch Program: Supported 76 student researchers across 64 projects in 2024. Fifty-five peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts published to-date through mentored student authorship. In addition, this year dozens of additional abstracts were presented at national meetings. Research areas included global neurosurgery, stroke, neurotrauma, and surgical education. Students received hands-on training in research methodology, data analysis, and manuscript writing using public datasets and collaborative cloud tools.
$8,662 spent39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,380.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Ryan E Radwanski MD
President, Board of Directors & Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP?
- BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,021 to it, the largest being MAYFIELD EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $50,021 in grants to BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP?
- MAYFIELD EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing