Funders › MD › Brightfocus Foundation › 2021
Grants paid by Brightfocus Foundation, tax year 2021
EIN 23-7337229 · Clarksburg, MD · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE G00J
In tax year 2021, Brightfocus Foundation (EIN 23-7337229) reported 82 grants paid totaling $19,052,047. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $666,667 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY SIMON JOHN, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2020004) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $599,399 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY APARNA. LAKKARAJU, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021020I) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Northwestern University Chicago, IL | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY BENJAMIN THOMSON, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021018N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ANDREW BROWNE, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021013N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Northwestern University Chicago, IL | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JEREMY LAVINE, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021016N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Indiana University Bloomington, IN | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY MALLIKA VALAPALA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021019N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY TYSON KIM, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021015N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston, MA | A | $449,951 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ROSARIO FERNANDEZ GODINO, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021014N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $448,734 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY RINKI RATNAPRIYA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021017N) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA | A | $379,188 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BENJAMIN WOLOZIN, MD, PHD ENTITLED: (CA2020002) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $342,244 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY C. ROSS ETHIER, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2020001) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY NA ZHAO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021046S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KATHRYN BOWLES, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021021S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY WILFRIED ROSSOLL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021038S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MELANIE SAMUEL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021039S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc Boston, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LAURA COX, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021024S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JIE GAO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021028S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc Boston, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY OLEG BUTOVSKY, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021022S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SANDRO DA MESQUITA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021025S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine Cleveland, OH | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MASASHI TABUCHI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021043S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY TAKASHI SATO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021041S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JASON GESTWICKI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021029S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HONGJUN FU, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021027S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ERIN REED-GEAGHAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021036S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ULRICH HENGST, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021030S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Washington University St Louis, MO | A | $299,181 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LAURA IBANEZ, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021033S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Washington University St Louis, MO | A | $298,845 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ARISTEIDIS SOTIRAS, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021042S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $264,816 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY QUINCY SAMUS, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2021001) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Summerville, SC | A | $250,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021015) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Summerville, SC | A | $250,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021014) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $235,163 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021010) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $231,985 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY W. DANIEL STAMER, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2020002) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY THAO NGUYEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021012S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANA-CAROLINE RAULIN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021015F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANNA PODLESNY-DRABINIOK, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021014F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Yale University New Haven, CT | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY YIFEI CAI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021003F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY ROMAIN CARTONI, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021008S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY REVATHI BALASUBRAMANIAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021007S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | National Eye Institute Nih Bethesda, MD | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DAVIDE ORTOLAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021009F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California Davis Davis, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY ROBERT ZAWADZKI, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021017S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | The Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY MATTHEW VELDMAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021015S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LINDSEY GOODMAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021008F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ANTONIO ESCUDERO PANIAGUA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021004F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BEIKA ZHU, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021020F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, MO | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KARIN MEEKER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021012F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MOUSTAFA ALGAMAL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021001F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY NIRAN HADAD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021010F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | The Schepens Eye Research Institute Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DAISY SHU, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021010F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | J David Gladstone Institutes San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ZHAOQI YAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021019F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY APRIL DARLING, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021005F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY REBECCA WALLINGS, D.PHIL, ENTITLED: (A2021017F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Stanford University Redwood City, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY KE NING, MD, ENTITLED: (M2021008F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY SAYAN GHOSH, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021005F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Stanford University Redwood City, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY YOUNG JOO SUN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021011F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY XI CHEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021004F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Stanford University Redwood City, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HARINI IYER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021011F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY IAN PITHA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021013S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Brown University Providence, RI | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BENEDETTA ASSETTA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021002F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ROHINI M NAIR, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021007F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY YA-JU CHANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2021002F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $199,998 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY XIAOWEI WANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021018F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Scottsdale, AZ | A | $169,856 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CAMILA DE AVILA DAL BO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2021006F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $156,624 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JILL GOLDSTEIN, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2018607) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $155,716 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2017563) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | A | $150,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JI WON BANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021001F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, GA | A | $150,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY BABAK SAFA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021005F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | A | $149,989 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY NICHOLAS HANOVICE, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021002F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | A | $149,989 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KIMBERLY WONG, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021006F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $149,586 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY YI HUA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2021003F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration Atlantic Beach, FL | A | $115,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021011) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | The Milken Institute Santa Monica, CA | A | $100,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT FOR STUDY ON NEUROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health North Bethesda, MD | A | $100,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021012) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Access Circles Inc Greenwich, CT | A | $100,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH ACCESS MATTERS REPORT | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Tufts University - Boston Boston, MA | A | $85,544 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY WONHEE KIM, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2019021F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Denver Denver, CO | A | $81,210 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANN CHARLOTTE GRANHOLM-BENTLEY, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2018010) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $71,428 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY THOMAS KUKAR, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2019355S) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown, MA | A | $60,934 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MASATO MAESAKO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2019056F) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL | A | $50,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JOHN HETLING, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2019356) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY ROBERT W. NICKELLS, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2018166) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $20,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DOROTA SKOWRONSKA-KRAWCZYK, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020271) | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Meredith, NH | A | $10,000 | paid | TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE. | 202112149349300701 |
| 2021 | Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MD | A | $10,000 | paid | 2021 TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES | 202112149349300701 |
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