Funders › MD › Brightfocus Foundation › 2020
Grants paid by Brightfocus Foundation, tax year 2020
EIN 23-7337229 · Clarksburg, MD · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE G00J
In tax year 2020, Brightfocus Foundation (EIN 23-7337229) reported 79 grants paid totaling $16,054,162. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders Bethesda, MD | A | $599,286 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY AMIR KASHANI, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2020004) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA | A | $303,514 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BENJAMIN WOLOZIN, MD, PHD ENTITLED: (CA2020002) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHIA-CHEN LIU, MD, ENTITLED: (A20201542S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MARK EBBERT, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020161S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHADWICK HALES, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201057S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Harvard Medical School Boston, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MICHELE CAVALLARI, PHD , ENTITLED: (A2020653S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LIRONG YAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201411S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HENG DU, MD PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201159S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest University Winstonsalem, NC | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SHANNON MACAULEY, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201775S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KSENIA KASTANENKA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020833S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SAUL VILLEDA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201492S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PETER FRIED, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201288S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Worcester, MA | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHRISTELLE ANACLET, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020321S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SCOTT COUNTS, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201187S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PENG LI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020886S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MAKOTO ISHII, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020363S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | A | $285,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JOHN KOREN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201621S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Washington University St Louis, MO | A | $267,071 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY GANESH BABULAL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201142S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $251,432 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH (CA2017563) MOLECULAR DEGENERATION JOURNAL | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SIMONE CRIVELLI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201464F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ISABEL SALAS, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201645F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BRATI DAS, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201729F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Pennsylvania Philiadelphia, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SADAF AMIN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201312F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SARAH PICKLES, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020279F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CLAIRE CLELLAND, PHD, MD, MPHIL, ENTITLED: (A20201490F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SHUO WANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020845F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Washington University Saint Louis, MO | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MAUD GRATUZE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020257F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JUSTIN MILLER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020118F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY EUNHEE KIM, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020870F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SARAH HILL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201086F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Boston University Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MANVEEN SETHI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020687F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HONG XU, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201731F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MICHAEL MILLER, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201292F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HYUNJUN YANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020039F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Indiana University Bloomington, IN | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JUAN CODOCEDO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201166F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ALAINA REAGAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020677F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHRISTEL CLAES, PHD, ENTITLED: (A20201625F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ELISE MARSAN, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020443F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $199,953 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LYDIA LE PAGE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020928F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | A | $199,041 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY IVANA QUIROGA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020203F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Research Foundation for Suny On Behalf of University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | A | $195,818 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY AMY MILLEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020227) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA | A | $194,460 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LENORA HIGGINBOTHAM, MD, ENTITLED: (A20201577F) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $190,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KIMBERLY GOKOFFSKI, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020331) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JENNIFER CHAO, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020217) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Worcester, MA | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY CLAUDIO PUNZO, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020016) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY PRIYATHAM METTU, MD, ENTITLED: (M2020168) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, OK | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY WILLARD FREEMAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020207) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DOROTA SKOWRONSKA-KRAWCZYK, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020271) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JURGEN NAGGERT, MS, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020284) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Tulane University New Orleans, LA | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY SHUSHENG WANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020166) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | West Virginia University Research Corp Morgantown, WV | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JIANHAI DU, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020141) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of California Davis School of Medicine Davis, CA | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY GLENN YIU, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020247) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY AMIR MOHSENIN, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020216) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Washington University St Louis, MO | A | $185,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY PHILIP RUZYCKI, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020115) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR | A | $183,947 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY YALI JIA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020168) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Indiana University Indianapolis, IN | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JASON MEYER, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020369) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY RICHARD LIBBY, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020095) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | A | $180,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY BRADLEY GELFAND, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020114) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY SIAMAK YOUSEFI, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020374) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The National Institutes of Healthnational Eye Institute Bethesda, MD | A | $180,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY KAPIL BHARTI, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020258) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The City College of Cuny New York, NY | A | $180,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY MARK EMERSON, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020157) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JEFFREY BOATRIGHT, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020286) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JEFFREY GROSS, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020277) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JEFF MUMM, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020315) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $180,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY MALIA EDWARDS, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020174) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Schepens Eye Research Institute Boston, MA | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY PETR BARANOV, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020231) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Washington University St Louis, MO | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY PHILIP WILLIAMS, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020255) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY GARETH HOWELL, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020254) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JOHN FINGERT, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020119) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Schepens Eye Research Institute Boston, MA | A | $180,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KIN-SANG CHO, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020333) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | A | $179,930 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KAREN CURTIN, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2020317) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Washington University St Louis, MO | A | $100,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CARL FRIEDEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2020382S) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Milken Institute Santa Monica, CA | A | $100,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT FOR STUDY ON NEUROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Denver Denver, CO | A | $75,710 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANN CHARLOTTE GRANHOLM-BENTLEY, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2018010) | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Rd Meeting Inc Gainesville, FL | A | $40,000 | paid | CONFERENCE SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA ON RETINAL DEGENERATION | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | University of Pennsylvania Philiadelphia, PA | A | $14,000 | paid | TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE. | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MD | A | $10,000 | paid | 2020 TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MD | A | $10,000 | paid | 2020 EYEFIND RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORSHIP | 202022119349300707 |
| 2020 | The Milken Institute Santa Monica, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT FOR STUDY ON DEMENTIA | 202022119349300707 |
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Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
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