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Grants paid by Brightfocus Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 23-7337229 · Clarksburg, MD · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE G00J
In tax year 2023, Brightfocus Foundation (EIN 23-7337229) reported 58 grants paid totaling $11,707,740. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $600,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JINKOOK LEE, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2023001) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR | A | $598,868 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY YALI JIA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023008I) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY KELLY MULFAUL, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023011N) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | A | $450,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY FREYA MOWAT, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023010N) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | A | $436,312 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY LYNDSAY LEACH, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023012N) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Yale University New Haven, CT | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CARLA ROTHLIN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023022S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JINGYUAN CHEN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023011S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DANIEL C. LEE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023025S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DAVID GATE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023003S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California Sacramento, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY OLGA CHECHNEVA, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023017S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ALYSSA COYNE, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023015S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SUBHOJIT ROY, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023023S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $299,141 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PAUL SEIDLER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023016S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD | A | $296,426 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MEAGHAN MORRIS, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023004S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $235,163 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021010) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY CATHARINA GRUBAUGH, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023002F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Indiana University Indianapolis Bloomington, IN | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY WEIMING MAO, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2023009S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SUNG JI AHN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023014F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JACLYN SWAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023003F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Washington University in Stlouis St Louis, MO | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JAMES WALSH, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023006F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DAHEUN CHUNG, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023002F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY RAYNE LIM, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023004F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MATTHEW ISAACSON, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023006F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY NARENDRA PANDALA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023007F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY TILL ZIMMER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023008F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ZAHRA SHIRZADI, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023001F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HENRY PAN, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023019F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY NAVDEEP GOGNA, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023001F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KATE FOLEY, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023020F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JITHIN YOHANNAN, MD, ENTITLED: (G2023010S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DAVID BOYER, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023010F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, GA | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY MARK PRAUSNITZ, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2023007S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC | A | $200,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY RUPALATHA MADDALA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2023008S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ARI SUDWARTS, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023009F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ARUN UPADHYAY, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023013F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY SANGEETHA KANDOI, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023005F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MARIA VIRTUDES SANCHEZ MICO, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023021F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA | A | $199,999 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KARTHIK SHEKHAR, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2023004S) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | A | $199,600 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JOOST RIPHAGEN, MD, PHD, ENTITLED: (A2023007F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Yale University New Haven, CT | A | $168,917 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ABDELILAH MAJDOUBI, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2023013F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $166,666 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY SIMON JOHN, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2020004) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA | A | $150,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY SHUBHAM MAURYA, PHD, ENTITLED: (G2023001F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | A | $150,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KAZUYA OIKAWA, PHD, BVSC, ENTITLED: (G2023003F) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration Atlantic Beach, FL | A | $115,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: (CA2021011) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health North Bethesda, MD | A | $100,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SJOERD FINNEMA, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2021012) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of Colorado Aurora, CO | A | $87,500 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LOTTA GRANHOLM, PHD, ENTITLED: (CA2018010) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | A | $85,561 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY C. ROSS ETHIER, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2020001) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Helen Keller Foundation for Research & Education Birmingham, AL | A | $75,000 | paid | 2022 HELEN KELLER PRIZE FOR VISION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Helen Keller Foundation for Research & Education Birmingham, AL | A | $75,000 | paid | 2022 CONFERENCE SUPPORT | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Stanford University Palo Alto, CA | A | $74,023 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2022001) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Lumind Idsc Burlington, VT | A | $65,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH RELATED TO DOWN SYNDROME | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Duke University Durham, NC | A | $52,324 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY W. DANIEL STAMER, PHD, ENTITLED: (CG2020002) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $25,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DOROTA SKOWRONSKA-KRAWCZYK, PHD, ENTITLED: (M2020271) | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MD | A | $15,240 | paid | 2022 TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MD | A | $10,000 | paid | 2022 EYEFIND RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORSHIP | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration Atlantic Beach, FL | A | $9,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE | 202302219349301750 |
| 2023 | International Society for Eye Research San Francisco, CA | A | $8,000 | paid | TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE | 202302219349301750 |
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