Mcknight Brain Research Foundation
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Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.
Only 40.7% of this funder's organizational grants could be linked to an IRS cause code.
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- 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.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose (as filed) | Amount | Tax yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Federation for Aging Research | New York, NY | Funding of research | $1,543,700 | 2024 |
| Foundation for the Nih | North Bethesda, MD | Funding of research | $1,000,000 | 2024 |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss | $247,500 | 2024 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | Funding of research | $172,588 | 2024 |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB | $94,270 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona | $57,098 | 2024 |
| American Federation for Aging Research | New York, NY | Funding of research | $2,578,200 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Nih | North Bethesda, MD | Funding of research | $1,158,343 | 2023 |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss | $276,253 | 2023 |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB | $197,063 | 2023 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | Funding of research | $106,488 | 2023 |
| University of Florida Foundation | Gainesville, FL | Funding of research | $104,100 | 2023 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | Funding of research | $17,832 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona | $5,594 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Nih | North Bethesda, MD | Funding of research | $1,155,230 | 2022 |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss | $296,250 | 2022 |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB | $111,684 | 2022 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona | $96,711 | 2022 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | Funding of research | $22,047 | 2022 |
| Foundation for the Nih | North Bethesda, MD | Funding of research | $1,000,000 | 2021 |
| American Federation for Aging Research | New York, NY | Funding of research | $534,500 | 2021 |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Funding scholarship in cognitive aging and memory loss | $330,000 | 2021 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | Funding of research | $150,000 | 2021 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | Funding of research | $49,828 | 2021 |
| University of Alabama Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Funding of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB | $32,005 | 2021 |
Grants to individuals are counted but not named.
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