Florida · Nonprofit
NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC
NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,578,596 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($474,277). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $894k
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $682k
What Neuro Challenge Foundation Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life for people with parkinson's and their caregivers, today.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Care advising: a diagnosis of parkinson's disease can be overwhelming as is the amount of information available on the internet that often leaves a person asking, "what information do I need to help me or my family, starting today?" the ncf care advisor encourages families with parkinson's to seek "a better approach to parkinson's" by focusing on the things they can do today to best manage their symptoms and what therapies and services can be most useful. They connect families living with parkinson's with community resources that can help them live optimally at each stage of their disease, including therapists for services they may need in their care. Ncf care advisors work to educate families living with parkinson's so they can have a mor informed dialogue with their physicians and with each other.
$582,285 spent90% of program spendingEducation programs: ncf monthly and annual education programs provide information on both motor and non-motor symptoms of parkinson's and the most up to date treatments available, both medical and non-medical. The programs feature speakers who are parkinson's experts in the areas of medication management, therapy options, nutrition, exercise and non-motor aspects of the disease including but not limited to anxiety, depression and dementia, and the emotional and physical strain on the caregiver. These programs are offered virtually and in the 6-county service area. The distinguished speaker series is presented in each county served by neuro challenge, for an in-person dialogue with regional experts. National programs include the parkinson's symposium in collaboration with sarasota memorial health care institute for advance medicine and the parkinson's expo, the largest single-day educational conference of its kind, designed to educate, engage and empower the parkinson's community with nationally renowned thought leaders in emerging parkinson's treatments, therapies and outcomes.
$67,781 spent10% of program spendingSupport groups: a diagnosis of parkinson's can bring with it a wide range of emotions at ever-changing levels of intensity. It is important for people with parkinson's and their caregivers to know that they are not alone in their journey. A strong community can help those with parkinson's and their caregivers address the immediate and long-term emotional impact of a parkinson's diagnosis. Parkinson's families often experience social isolation due to physical and geographic limitations. Ncf provides opportunities for families to have a community of support among those on the same journey.
Therapeutic programs: ncf monthly therapeutic programs provide the most up-to-date ways to improve quality of life with various therapies and activities. People with parkinson's can take part in these programs, specific to their chronic disease and physician recommendations, to learn ways to help themselves, free of charge. Programs include: exercise, yoga and meditation, creative writing, expressive arts, and more. Other accomplishments: we are excited and honored to announce that through a competitive process, ncf was selected to participate in the patterson foundation's margin and mission ignition initiative to create and implement a social enterprise for earned revenue. Ncf raised startup funding to launch a revenue producing initiative called the neuro challenge network. This new business model focuses on educating the medical community and allied health care professionals to work more effectively with people with parkinson's and will generate a sustainable source of income to support this expansion. The first three training modules are currently in the pilot phase with test partners and will be offered to the public in the second quarter of 2022.
$70 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $650,136.
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 2019 to 2020, from $480k to $841k (+75%).
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: 2021 11% · 2022 10% · 2023 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Cynthia Miller
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $181k → $192k.
9 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
37% 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 NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 42% · 2019 33% · 2020 37% · 2021 29% · 2022 37% · 2023 31% — 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
52% of NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
70% of NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $870k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $3k
- EDUCATION/OUTREACH $500
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 NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC?
- NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,578,596 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ($474,277). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,578,596 in grants to NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC is the largest funder on record, with $474,277 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 45 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