Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC
THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $424k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $199k
What The Many Brains Project Inc does
Mission
The many brains project, inc. Is organized and operated exlusively to (1) advance scientific knowledge in the fields of neuroscience and psychology through the development of open source tools, (2) advanceeducation in neuroscience and psychology, and (3) promote brain healthand mental health. The many brains project's core mission is to curateand broadly disseminate high-quality, open source, web-optimizedneurocognitive ("brain") tests for scientific research and educationaluse. By reducing the cost of precisely measuring cognitive and brainfunction in each individual person, the availability of such tests canaccelerate the accumulation of knowledge both in the basic sciences andin key applied research areas such as education and medicine. Further,making these technologies open source allows others to adapt and buildon technology developed by many brains, further facilitating theirdissemination, use, and contribution to the advancement of science.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The focus of our work has been a dramatic rise in the need for tools to conduct virtual cognitive assessments in clincical care and research. This is due to the changes in research and clinical care that occurred as a result of the covid19 pandemic, which interrupted research and clinical care across the globe. To meet this need, many brains has conducted the following activities: (1) dedicated resources to the development, validation, and maintenance of a free, online digital neuropsychology toolkit for use by clinicians and researchers. This has had steady use and devoted significant resources to helping support federally funded research studies transitioning to virtual environments. Thusfar, access has been requested by over 1300 researchers and clinicians, with 7,557 clinical evaluation batteries created through this infrastructure (launched in april 2020). (2)dedicated resources to the development, validation, and maintenance ofa few open research and education page. This page includes freelyavailable cognitive assessments for research and education, includingcurated open datasets that allow students, educators, and researchersto explore normative performance and aid in the…
$432,428 spent$114,154 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $432,428.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $202k to $520k (+158%).
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 2% · 2022 11% · 2023 51% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k 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
THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC is better cushioned than half of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$18k
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 THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC: 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 THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC?
- THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 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