Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S
USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,158,130 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($4,018,547). 56 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Usagainstalzheimer's does
Mission
Usagainstalzheimer's is engaged in a relentless pursuit to end alzheimer's, the sixth leading killer in america. Our work centers on prevention, risk reduction, early detection and diagnosis, and access to treatments all regardless of gender, race, (continued on sch o) or ethnicity. Because alzheimer's disproportionately affects women, black communities, and latino communities, equity is embedded throughout our work to ensure that those most impacted by the disease have access to the information, care, resources, and opportunities they need. To achieve our mission, we elevate the voices of patients and caregivers while bringing together leaders from government, science, healthcare, the private sector, and allied organizations-the people who put the "us" in Usagainstalzheimer's.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Usagainstalzheimer's has worked across sectors to achieve important milestones, including:-advancing more representative clinical trials by convening a multi-sector committee of experts to improve the generalizability of alzheimer's disease clinical trials. Launched in november 2025, the initiative developed participant enrollment goals and guidance to help ensure clinical trial populations better reflect those most affected by alzheimer's disease.-expanding access to brain health resources via brainguide, a free online brain health platform, which surpassed one million visitors nationwide in 2025. (continued on schedule o) approximately 500,000 individuals completed the platform's memory questionnaire, taking an important first step toward understanding their cognitive health and seeking appropriate follow-up care.-promoting brain health equity through its center for brain health equity, which expanded access to trusted brain health information for communities disproportionately impacted by alzheimer's disease, reaching more than three million black and latino individuals through culturally tailored outreach and education efforts.-driving change by helping to advance the…
$14,164,295 spentof which $170,819 as grants$65,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $14,164,295.
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 2024 to 2025, from $10M to $14M (+36%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 3% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S’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. 2 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.
Board chair
George Vradenburg
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 34 funders, grant income fell $3.0M → $707k.
23 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Usagainstalzheimer's). These are real filings, and they are not money USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S raised.
From the IRS filings of USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
64% 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 USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 41% · 2019 65% · 2020 36% · 2021 41% · 2022 41% · 2023 42% — 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
43% of USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
52% of USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S'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 $6.8M that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 21 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 15 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
USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S 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 USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.9M
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 USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S
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 Washington, D.C.
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
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Alzheimers Disease Evidence Accelerator Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S: 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 USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S?
- USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,158,130 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($4,018,547). 56 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $14,158,130 in grants to USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S, 56 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,018,547 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 109 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