Massachusetts · Nonprofit
TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $447,825 to it, the largest being THE MIDDAY FOUNDATION ($300,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $448k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Trauma Research Foundation Inc does
Mission
Trauma research foundation, inc. (the "organization"), is a not-for-profit corporation and is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. The organization was organized to promote clinical, scientific, and educational projects by supporting non-partisan research, education, and informational activities to help children and adults heal from traumatic experiences. Other activities are funded through donor contributions and public support. Approximately 80% of the organization's revenues are derived from admissions to educational programs. The organization services a global in-person and online audience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trauma research foundation is a community of researchers and clinicians who are committed to developing innovative methods for the treatment of people of all ages who have experienced trauma. In order to carry out our mission, we perform scientific research that translates into innovative body-based treatment modalities that can be used to help people heal from the impacts of trauma. Through our international trauma conference, certificate program in traumatic stress studies, and a variety of workshops led by our experienced faculty members and the trauma research foundation therapeutic alliance, we are able to reach a broad and diverse audience.
$2,986,127 spentof which $506,270 as grants$1,605,747 earned by the program100% of program spendingTrauma research foundation is the fiscal agent for an organization that conducts clinical trials in therapeutic areas in consortium with other non-profit research & education organizations.
$3,847 spent$1,234 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,989,974.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $2.6M to $4.9M (+90%).
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.
11% of TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Bruce Dixon
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $106k → $35k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 94% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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.
Where its funders are
TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TRAUMA RESEARCH 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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 TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC?
- TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $447,825 to it, the largest being THE MIDDAY FOUNDATION ($300,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $447,825 in grants to TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MIDDAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 10 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