Organization · EIN 36-2477928 · Chicago, IL · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Who funds Brain Research Foundation?

26 private foundations reported paying Brain Research Foundation $373,930 on returns for tax year 2023.

26 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 26

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Beatrice P Delany Char Tr XXXXX7003
Chicago, IL
$70,000 GENERAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
Robert Galvin Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$50,000 PUBLIC CHARITY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$35,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Canning Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 TO FURTHER PROGRAM SERVICES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
J S Frank Foundation
Deerfield, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL FUND RAISING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
J Christopher and Anne N Reyes Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL · Preselected only
$25,000 2023 DISCOVERY EVENT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The McNamara Purcell Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 UNRESTRICTED Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gantz Family Foundation
Winnetka, IL · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Circle of Service Foundation
Chicago, IL
$20,000 MATCH/DISCRETIONARY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust XXXXX1008
Chicago, IL
$20,000 TO SUPPORT RESEARCH GRANT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation
Anchorage, AK · Preselected only
$10,000 CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arjun Kashmag Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · Preselected only
$8,000 RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Filed as “BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FDN”
Same address 0.77 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Thomas W Dower Foundation
Kenilworth, IL · Preselected only
$6,000 TO PROVIDE FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
The Walsh Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lamb Foundation
City of Industry, CA · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Niamogue Foundation
Chicago, IL
$5,000 ANNUAL EVENT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Marvin and Nancy Dennis Family Foundation
San Mateo, CA · Preselected only
$5,000 GENERAL PURPOSE OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ruttenberg Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$2,500 CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECEIPIENT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Daniel J Loepp Family Foundation
Grosse Pointe, MI · Preselected only
$2,500 GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kimberly Anne Wilson Foundation
Berkeley Hts, NJ · Preselected only
$1,500 FUND RESEARCH GRANTS THAT ACCELERATE DISCOVERIES AND TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Brain Research Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Brain Research Foundation, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Chicago, IL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $4.63M to them
  2. Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $160K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $1.5M to them
  4. Polk Bros Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $880K to them
  5. Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $860K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $72.8K to them
  7. Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation Oakbrook Terrace, IL
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $363K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The Allstate Foundation Northbrook, IL
    Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $1.37M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Big Shoulders Fund Chicago, IL
    8 shared funders · 98 funders in all
  2. Northwestern University Evanston, IL
    8 shared funders · 398 funders in all
  3. Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL
    6 shared funders · 110 funders in all
  4. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Bethesda, MD
    6 shared funders · 464 funders in all
  5. Music Institute of Chicago Evanston, IL
    5 shared funders · 27 funders in all
  6. Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago Chicago, IL
    5 shared funders · 55 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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