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Grants paid by Brightfocus Foundation, tax year 2022

EIN 23-7337229 · Clarksburg, MD · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE G00J

In tax year 2022, Brightfocus Foundation (EIN 23-7337229) reported 80 grants paid totaling $18,193,250. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2022

Grants reported by Brightfocus Foundation for tax year 2022
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2022The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, MEA$600,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY PATSY NISHINA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022016I)202202169349300015
2022Drusolv Theraputics Inc Philadelphia, PAA$500,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JOHN G. EDWARDS, MS/MBA, ENTITLED: (CM2022001)202202169349300015
2022University of South Florida Tampa, FLA$450,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY MANAS BISWAL, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022012N)202202169349300015
2022Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MDA$450,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY SRINIVASA RAO SRIPATHI, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022014N)202202169349300015
2022The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MIA$450,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY LEV PRASOV, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022011N)202202169349300015
2022The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MIA$450,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY THOMAS WUBBEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022008N)202202169349300015
2022Oregon Health & Science University Portland, ORA$449,323paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY YIFAN JIAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022009N)202202169349300015
2022University of Nevada Reno Reno, NVA$446,943paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ALBERT GONZALES, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022010N)202202169349300015
2022Stanford University Palo Alto, CAA$342,519paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2022001)202202169349300015
2022Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MAA$317,298paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BENJAMIN WOLOZIN, MD, PHD ENTITLED: (CA2020002)202202169349300015
2022Brigham Young University Provo, UTA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DAVID HANSEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022037S)202202169349300015
2022Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research Seattle, WAA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY NICOLE LIACHKO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022041S)202202169349300015
2022Colorado State University Fort Collins, COA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SEONIL KIM, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022039S)202202169349300015
2022Washington University in St Louis St Louis, MOA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY THOMAS BRETT, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022032S)202202169349300015
2022Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NYA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ALEJANDRO MARTIN TRUJILLO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022043S)202202169349300015
2022Hebrew Rehabilitation Center Boston, MAA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BRAD MANOR, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022042S)202202169349300015
2022University of Kansas Center for Research Inc Lawrence, KSA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LAN GUO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022036S)202202169349300015
2022University of California Irvine Irvine, CAA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KEVIN BEIER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022031S)202202169349300015
2022New York University School of Medicine New York, NYA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY OMONIGHO BUBU, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022033S)202202169349300015
2022Washington University in St Louis St Louis, MOA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KEITH HENGEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022038S)202202169349300015
2022Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MAA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SUSANNE VAN VELUW, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022051S)202202169349300015
2022Trustees of Boston University Boston, MAA$300,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JULIA TCW, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022049S)202202169349300015
2022Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, GAA$299,993paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANNABELLE SINGER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022048S)202202169349300015
2022Rice University Houston, TXA$299,943paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY STEPHANIE LEAL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022040S)202202169349300015
2022Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FLA$235,163paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH, ENTITLED: (CA2021010)202202169349300015
2022President & Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LIMOR COHEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022052F)202202169349300015
2022Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NYA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY GABRIELA FARIAS QUIPILDOR, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022007F)202202169349300015
2022Albany Medical College Albany, NYA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHARLY ABI GHANEM, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022001F)202202169349300015
2022Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NYA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANTOINE ANFRAY, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022003F)202202169349300015
2022Good Samaritan Foundation (lhs) Portland, ORA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KAZUHIRO KUROKAWA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022006S)202202169349300015
2022University of Rochester Rochester, NYA$200,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY KRISTEN BOWLES JOHNSON, PHD, OD, ENTITLED: (M2022007F)202202169349300015
2022University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BRANDON HOLMES, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022008F)202202169349300015
2022University of California Irvine Irvine, CAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHRISTIAN CROUZET, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022005F)202202169349300015
2022University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MEAGHAN VAN ALSTYNE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022025F)202202169349300015
2022University of California Davis Davis, CAA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY NICK MARSH-ARMSTRONG, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022016S)202202169349300015
2022Stanford University Stanford, CAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHING-CHIEH CHOU, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022004F)202202169349300015
2022Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NYA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SAHIL SHARMA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022020F)202202169349300015
2022Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CHAO LIU, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022011F)202202169349300015
2022Trustees of Boston University Boston, MAA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY HAIYAN GONG, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022013S)202202169349300015
2022Indiana University Bloomington, INA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MIGUEL MOUTINHO, PHRMD,PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022017F)202202169349300015
2022The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCA$200,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY YONGSU KWON, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022001F)202202169349300015
2022Emory University Atlanta, GAA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JIAXING WANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022012S)202202169349300015
2022University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANDREW YANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022027F)202202169349300015
2022University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY COURTNEY MARSHALL, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022012F)202202169349300015
2022Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANA RITA AGRA DE ALMEIDA QUADROS, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022002F)202202169349300015
2022University of California Irvine Irvine, CAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY TATSUKI NAKAGAWA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022018F)202202169349300015
2022University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY VIOLETA DURAN LAFORET, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022006F)202202169349300015
2022Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MDA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY THOMAS JOHNSON, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022005S)202202169349300015
2022Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HOANG LE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022009F)202202169349300015
2022Washington University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MOA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PETER MILLAR, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022014F)202202169349300015
2022Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NCA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY MYOUNGSUP SIM, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022010S)202202169349300015
2022Washington University in St Louis St Louis, MOA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ALEXANDRA LITVINCHUK, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022010F)202202169349300015
2022University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MIA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PETER TESSIER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022050S)202202169349300015
2022Northwestern University - Evanston Campus Chicago, ILA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY XIAOJING SUI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022023F)202202169349300015
2022The University of Iowa Iowa City, IAA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY MICHAEL ANDERSON, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022017S)202202169349300015
2022University of Washington Seattle, WAA$200,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DANIEL HASS, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022003F)202202169349300015
2022Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MAA$200,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY QIUCHEN ZHAO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022028F)202202169349300015
2022Indiana University Bloomington, INA$200,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JASON MEYER, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022014S)202202169349300015
2022Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WAA$200,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY LEAH VANDENBOSCH, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022006F)202202169349300015
2022The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TXA$200,000paidMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY STEFFI DANIEL, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2022005F)202202169349300015
2022Good Samaritan Foundation (lhs) Portland, ORA$199,992paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY HONGLI YANG, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022008S)202202169349300015
2022Michigan State University East Lansing, MIA$199,992paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY ANDRAS KOMAROMY, DVM, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022007S)202202169349300015
2022Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MAA$199,678paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HUIXIN XU, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022026F)202202169349300015
2022University of California Irvine Irvine, CAA$199,396paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LORENA SORDO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022021F)202202169349300015
2022Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CAA$199,381paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY SHAOMEI WANG, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022009S)202202169349300015
2022Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TNA$196,512paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY MICHAEL RISNER, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022011S)202202169349300015
2022Indiana University Bloomington, INA$150,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY CATIA GOMES, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022003F)202202169349300015
2022University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Fort Worth, TXA$150,000paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY PRABHAVATHI MADDINENI, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022004F)202202169349300015
2022Indiana University Bloomington, INA$147,339paidNATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY ALESSANDRA CARMICHAEL-MARTINS, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2022001F)202202169349300015
2022Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDA$123,767paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY QUINCY SAMUS, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2021001)202202169349300015
2022International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration Atlantic Beach, FLA$115,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH, ENTITLED: (CA2021011)202202169349300015
2022Foundation for the National Institutes of Health North Bethesda, MDA$100,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH, ENTITLED: (CA2021012)202202169349300015
2022Washington University School of Medicine Saint Louis, MOA$98,221paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY NICOLE MCKAY, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2022013F)202202169349300015
2022University of Denver Denver, COA$81,710paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANN CHARLOTTE GRANHOLM-BENTLEY, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2018010)202202169349300015
2022Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDA$67,582paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PETER ABADIR, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2019634S)202202169349300015
2022Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown, MAA$30,000paidALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY BECKY CARLYLE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2019182S)202202169349300015
2022Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MDA$15,240paid2022 TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES202202169349300015
2022Rd Meeting Inc Gainesville, FLA$12,358paidTRAVEL GRANTS FOR MACULAR DEGENERATION FAST TRACK MEETING202202169349300015
2022Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MDA$10,000paid2022 EYEFIND RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORSHIP202202169349300015
2022International Society for Eye Research San Francisco, CAA$5,900paidTRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE202202169349300015

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