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Grants paid by Brightfocus Foundation, tax year 2025
EIN 23-7337229 · Clarksburg, MD · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE G00J
In tax year 2025, Brightfocus Foundation (EIN 23-7337229) reported 57 grants paid totaling $13,267,808. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Leland Stanford Junior University Palo Alto, CA | A | $409,500 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY CHARLES DEBOER, MD, PHD ENTITLED: M2025004N | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK | A | $409,500 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ANA J CHUCAIR-ELLIOTT, PHD ENTITLED: M2025002N | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA | A | $409,500 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY MOHAJEET BALVEER BHUCKORY, PHD ENTITLED: M2025007N | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | William Marsh Rice University Houston, TX | A | $409,500 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JERZY SZABLOWSKI, PHD ENTITLED: M2025001N | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | National Eye Institute Nih Bethesda, MD | A | $408,701 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY RUCHI SHARMA, PHD ENTITLED: M2025003N | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JAE-EUN MILLER, PHD ENTITLED: A2025016S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Research Foundation of Suny - University at Albany Albany, NY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DAMIAN ZULOAGA, PHD ENTITLED: A2025021S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JOHANNES SCHLACHETZKI, MD ENTITLED: A2024038S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KSENIA KASTANENKA, PHD ENTITLED: A2025014S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Washington University in Stlouis St Louis, MO | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY CYRIL POTTIER, PHD ENTITLED: A2025020S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Kentucky Research Foundation Lexington, KY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY LINDA VAN ELDIK, PHD ENTITLED: A2024039S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | The Ohio State University Columbus, OH | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY HONGJUN FU, PHD ENTITLED: A2025025S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JEROME MERTENS, PHD ENTITLED: A2024036S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY PETER FRIED, PHD ENTITLED: A2024034S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | The J David Gladstone Institutes San Francisco, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY KATERINA AKASSOGLOU, PHD ENTITLED: A2025013S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Leland Stanford Junior University Palo Alto, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY AMIRA LATIF HERNANDEZ, PHD ENTITLED: A2024035S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JACK HUMPHREY, PHD ENTITLED: A2025024S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JUSTIN MILLER, PHD ENTITLED: A2024037S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Northwestern University - Chicago Campus Chicago, IL | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JUSTYNA DOBROWOLSKA ZAKARIA, PHD ENTITLED: A2025019S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MONICA SANTISTEBAN, PHD ENTITLED: A2025011S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | A | $300,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY TODD J. COHEN, PHD ENTITLED: A2025026S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Indiana University Indianapolis, IN | A | $299,843 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MIGUEL MOUTINHO, PHARMD, PHD ENTITLED: A2025015S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA | A | $299,838 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY FENG TIAN, PHD ENTITLED: A2025017S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Indiana University Indianapolis, IN | A | $297,517 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY REBECCA WALLINGS, DPHIL ENTITLED: A2025023S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | A | $235,163 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: CA2021010 | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY DONG KYU KIM, PHD ENTITLED: A2024030F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY MARCOS SCHAAN PROFES, PHD ENTITLED: A2025003F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JOSEPH HERDY, PHD ENTITLED: A2025010F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY GHAZALEH ESKANDARI-SEDIGHI, PHD ENTITLED: A2025007F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Washington University in Stlouis Saint Louis, MO | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JOSHUA EMMERSON, PHD ENTITLED: A2025006F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Washington University in Stlouis St Louis, MO | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ASHISH SHARMA, PHD ENTITLED: A2024031F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY OMAR PEA-RAMOS, PHD ENTITLED: A2025002F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc Boston, MA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY SARAH ELISE HEUER, PHD ENTITLED: A2025005F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Columbia University New York, NY | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY EMILIANO ZAMPONI, PHD ENTITLED: A2024032F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | A | $200,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JOSHNA GADHAVI, PHD ENTITLED: A2024029F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $199,724 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY JR-JIUN LIOU, PHD ENTITLED: A2025009F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY DAN STAMER, PHD ENTITLED: G2025004S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY ROB NICKELLS, PHD ENTITLED: G2025003S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | The Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc Boston, MA | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY TATJANA JAKOBS, MD ENTITLED: G2025008S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY KARL JONAS WAHLIN, PHD ENTITLED: G2025002S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA | A | $182,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY JAESOO JUNG, PHD ENTITLED: M20250013F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY BENJAMIN XU, MD, PHD ENTITLED: G2025005S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Mayo Clinc Rochester Rochester, MN | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY GAVIN RODDY, MD, PHD ENTITLED: G2025001S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $182,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY VALENCIA FERNANDES, PHD ENTITLED: M2025008F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of California Irvine Irvine, CA | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY DOROTA SKOWRONSKA-KRAWCZYK, PHD ENTITLED: G2025009S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | A | $182,000 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY COLLEEN MCDOWELL, PHD ENTITLED: G2025010S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC | A | $182,000 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY DR. NOBUHIKO SHIRAKI, PHD ENTITLED: M2025011F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Good Samaritan Foundation Portland, OR | A | $181,798 | paid | NATIONAL GLAUCOMA RESEARCH BY BRAD FORTUNE, OD, PHD ENTITLED: G2025007S | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | University of Idaho Moscow, ID | A | $180,864 | paid | MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH BY ASHLEY FARRE, PHD ENTITLED: M2025012F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Indiana University Indianapolis, IN | A | $180,523 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH BY ANLLELY FERNANDEZ, PHD ENTITLED: A2025001F | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | The Fisher Center for Alzheimers Disease Research New York, NY | A | $133,597 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FUNDING | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | International Society for Molecular Neurodegeneration Atlantic Beach, FL | A | $115,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: CA2021011 | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Summerville, SC | A | $100,000 | paid | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH ENTITLED: CA2025003 | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | A | $75,000 | paid | RRESTORE CONSORTIUM RESEARCH FUNDING AND TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Helen Keller Foundation for Research & Education Birmingham, AL | A | $75,000 | paid | HELEN KELLER PRIZE FOR VISION RESEARCH FUNDING | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | International Society for Eye Research San Francisco, CA | A | $30,000 | paid | TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES AND RESEARCH SPONSORSHIP | 202522969349300607 |
| 2025 | Arvo Foundation for Eye Research Rockville, MD | A | $15,240 | paid | TRAVEL GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES | 202522969349300607 |
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