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THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES (Alabama) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,625 to it, the largest being THOMAS H LOWDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$265k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$187k
Net assets
$145k
4/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What The Tanner Foundation for Neurological Diseases does

Mission

The tanner center is a multidisciplinary clinic offering initial evaluations, second opinions, symptoms management, infusion therapy, rehabilitation, counseling, and clinical research.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The tanner center for ms is a full member of the consortorium of ms centers through providing comprehensive care of persons with ms and in leading research related to the disease. Through comprehensive services, research and educational opportunities for patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals, the center qualifies to be a part of the few distinguished centers offering excellence in ms care.

    $201,153 spent$208,339 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $201,153.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($376k) Expenses 100 ($330k) Net assets 100 ($88k)2018 Revenue 293 ($1.1M) Expenses 317 ($1.0M) Net assets 162 ($142k)2019 Revenue 332 ($1.2M) Expenses 383 ($1.3M) Net assets 144 ($126k)2020 Revenue 220 ($828k) Expenses 249 ($820k) Net assets 152 ($133k)2021 Revenue 186 ($701k) Expenses 172 ($569k) Net assets 303 ($266k)2022 Revenue 66 ($246k) Expenses 85 ($282k) Net assets 263 ($230k)2023 Revenue 70 ($265k) Expenses 99 ($326k) Net assets 194 ($170k)2024 Revenue 70 ($265k) Expenses 88 ($289k) Net assets 166 ($145k)
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Revenue (70)Expenses (88)Net assets (166)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $156k to $354k (+127%).

$156k
$354k
$299k
$304k
$311k
$252k
$177k
$159k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 69% · 2018 81% · 2019 88% · 2020 2% · 2021 42% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

102% of THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’17
$54k
’18
−$16k
’19
$7k
’20
$132k
’21
−$35k
’22
−$61k
’23
−$24k
’24
5.6
months of
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

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Listed66877878
Joined·+0+7+0+0+1+2+1
No longer listed·0510030
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $30k → $11k.

From the IRS filings of THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES’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

THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

78%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 83% · 2019 83% · 2020 82% · 2021 82% · 2022 52% · 2023 89% — growing more concentrated.

“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

20% of THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 4 states in all.

NY
AZ
AL
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Alabama out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES's revenue fell 30% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 5%Fundraising 26%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES: 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 TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES?
THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES (Alabama) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,625 to it, the largest being THOMAS H LOWDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $186,625 in grants to THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES?
THOMAS H LOWDER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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