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Private foundation (trust)EIN 066036761Est. 1951-08

THE CHARLES A DANA FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 100201725

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$279.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$8.8M

FY 2024

Grants Made

103

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$86K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$100–$2M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$1.1M

Communications -website: the foundation's website features information about the organization; grants information; occasional stories and fact sheets on neuroscience; publications; links to social media; and the ability to subscribe to the foundation's monthly newsletter. The brain awareness week website offers partners and the public access to the international calendar of events; free downloadable materials and educational resources; and information about the annual campaign.social media: communications staff schedule and post regularly on the foundation's six social media platforms. Posts promote the foundation, foundation grants and grantmaking programs, its partners' initiatives, and provides resources to the public. Occasionally staff use paid promotion on the platforms to reach targeted audiences.

Program 2

$5.4M

Grants administration -the foundation administers programs to support its neuroscience and society focus, through the specifically designed objectives established by the foundation's board of directors. The foundation's principal interest is in neuroscience and society, but also supports qualified civic and cultural organizations and maintains a matching charitable gifts program for its employees.

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$3.4M

Total Expenses

$15.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$15.1M

Distributable Amount

$13.6M

Min. Investment Return

$13.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

103 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $10K to maximum $2M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $8.8M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
$2.3M
1 grant
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
$2.2M
3 grants
THE DANA ALLIANCE FOR BRAIN INITIATIVES INC
$1.4M
1 grant
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
$1.1M
3 grants
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL (MGH)
$1M
1 grant
SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE (SFN)
$405K
4 grants
BROWN UNIVERSITY
$354K
1 grant
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
$354K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
298
grants
$10–50K
129
grants
$50–250K
62
grants
$250K–1M
8
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

31 states

New York
$6.7M
31% of total
California
$3.6M
17% of total
Massachusetts
$2.8M
13% of total
District of Columbia
$1.5M
7% of total
Illinois
$1.3M
6% of total
Minnesota
$721K
3% of total
Rhode Island
$681K
3% of total
Pennsylvania
$634K
3% of total
Virginia
$446K
2% of total
Maryland
$352K
2% of total

+21 more states

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