McKnight Brain Research Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 65-6301255 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $7.6M
- Grants reported
- 14
- Median grant
- $184.8K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | $3.1M |
| 2023 | 8 | $4.4M |
Where McKnight Brain Research Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Federation for Aging Research | New York, NY | Funding of research | 2023 | $2.6M |
| American Federation for Aging Research | New York, NY | Funding of research | 2024 | $1.5M |
| Foundation for the NIH | North Bethesda, MD | Funding of research | 2023 | $1.2M |
| Foundation for the NIH | North Bethesda, MD | Funding of research | 2024 | $1M |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss | 2023 | $276.3K |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss | 2024 | $247.5K |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB | 2023 | $197.1K |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | Funding of research | 2024 | $172.6K |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | Funding of research | 2023 | $106.5K |
| University of Florida Foundation | Gainesville, FL | Funding of research | 2023 | $104.1K |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB | 2024 | $94.3K |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona | 2024 | $57.1K |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | Funding of research | 2023 | $17.8K |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona | 2023 | $5.6K |
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Foundations and Endowments Specialt
- Address
- c/o Truist Bank 333 S Garland Avenue 17th Floor Orlando, FL, 32801
- Phone
- 2028796319
- Deadlines
- None.
- Application materials
- No required format.
- Restrictions
- The following guidelines will be used in review of applications: - Innovative and efficient approaches to fundamental medical research of the brain on the mechanisms underlying the formation, storage and retrieval of memories, the impairment of these processes associated with aging, and the development of therapeutic strategies for the prevention and/or alleviation of these impairments in humans, intended principally for clinical application. - Seed grants to initiate promising new projects for medical research of the brain in age related memory loss. - Grants to charitable organizations or institutions involved in the medical research of the brain in age related memory loss. - Proposals for collaborative support between individual research scientists of different institutions and organizations in age related memory loss.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from McKnight Brain Research Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.