New Jersey · Nonprofit
CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION
CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 235 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,151,156 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($2,490,636). 115 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 235
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Christopher Reeve Foundation does
Mission
The christopher and dana reeve foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation's quality of life grants program began in 1999 and expanded in 2001 with the establishment of the paralysis resource center funded by a federal grant from the centers for disease control and now the administration for community living. Since then, appropriations have continued annually, the most recent, effective july 1, 2025 for $10,000,000.the resource center provides interactive information services to the paralysis community and their caregivers. They also award quality of life grants twice a year to organizations whose projects and initiatives foster inclusion, involvement and community engagement, while promoting health and wellness for those affected by paralysis.
$10,425,284 spentof which $3,507,826 as grants74% of program spendingOver the past four decades, we have invested more than $140 million in groundbreaking research that has helped pave the way for progress. Now, as 21st century technology and cumulative scientific gains converge, we are on the cusp of a new era in spinal cord injury research. Today, the reeve foundation is helping to facilitate rapid scientific advancement with partnerships and initiatives that seek to: catalyze: channel resources into a robust clinical pipeline to rapidly increase the number of potential treatments. Energize: drive progress and investment in spinal cord injury research by addressing the barriers that limit ambitious engagement. Educate: increase transparency throughout the field, because success depends on shared knowledge.
$915,783 spent6% of program spendingPublic education and advocacy is a cornerstone of the foundation. It maintains a constant presence in washington, dc. Speaking out and educating the public and legislators on behalf of the paralysis community. Community outreach through its website enables the foundation to educate the public on research initiatives currently underway.
$2,794,375 spentof which $679,825 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,135,442.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $25M (+126%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 60% · 2018 52% · 2019 51% · 2020 65% · 2021 56% · 2022 60% · 2023 53% · 2024 26% · 2025 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Margaret Goldberg
President and CEO
Board chair
James Calbi
Chairman of board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 51 funders to 81 funders, grant income rose $455k → $1.5M.
29 of 235 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 235 funders by total. 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
CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
66% 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 CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 14% · 2019 25% · 2020 17% · 2021 32% · 2022 20% · 2023 13% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
34% of CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.8M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 34 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states 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
CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$78.0M
- Department of Defense$2.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION
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.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 35 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Sci Ventures LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION?
- CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 235 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,151,156 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($2,490,636). 115 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 235 organizations giving $12,151,156 in grants to CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION, 115 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $2,490,636 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 235 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing