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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $3,845,550 | $3,850,852 | $3,962,273 | $20,286 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 34% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL | Funds Transferred from Van Andel. Regulation mechanism of thermosensitive receptors in nervous system. Principal Investigator: Juan Du, Ph.D. | $110,310 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Anderson | Director | 0.20 | $0 |
| Stephanie Duffy | Secretary/Treasurer | 0.20 | $0 |
| Catherine Dulac | Director | 0.20 | $1,000 |
| Michael D Ehlers MD PhD | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $20,286 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $3,800,550 | $3,799,393 | $3,799,393 | $25,588 | $25,588 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $3,766,000 | $3,772,957 | $3,772,957 | $24,431 | $24,431 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $3,600,000 | $3,593,792 | $3,593,792 | $31,388 | $31,388 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $3,464,000 | $3,456,850 | $3,456,889 | $25,180 | $25,180 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $3,700,000 | $3,691,942 | $3,705,694 | $18,030 | $18,030 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $3,699,000 | $3,707,780 | $3,707,780 | $9,972 | $9,972 |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC |
| Elucidating the Neural Basis of Pain Unpleasantness: Circuits and New Therapeutics to End the Dual Epidemic of Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction. Principal Investigator: Gregory Scherrer |
| $100,000 |
| 2023 |
| The Salk Institute for Biological StudiesLa Jolla, CA | Dissecting Striatal Patch and Matrix Compartments for Action Learning. Principal Investigator: Xin Jin | $100,000 | 2021 |
| Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | Mechanism and functions of repeat expansion self-exonization in C9orf72 ALS/FTD. Principal Investigator: Junjie Guo, Ph.D. | $100,000 | 2023 |
| Stanford University School of MedicinePalo Alto, CA | Neuron-to-OPC synapses in adaptive and maladaptive myelination. Principal Investigator: Juliet K. Knowles, MD, PhD | $100,000 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY | Circuit Mechanisms of Memory-Linking. Principal Investigator: Denise Cai | $100,000 | 2019 |
| Mass General Brigham IncorporatedBoston, MA | The Neurobiology of Glioma: Understanding Malignant Neural Circuits Instructing Tumor Growth. Principal Investigator: Humsa Venkatesh,Ph.D. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | Modular Enzymatic Barcoding. Principal Investigator: Kai Zinn | $100,000 | 2021 |
| University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA | Using New Approaches for Voltage Imaging to Test How Prefrontal Dopamine Receptors Contribute to Gamma Oscillations and Flexible Behavior. Principal Investigator: Vikaas Sohal | $100,000 | 2019 |
| Sam Sober and Muhannad BakirAtlanta, GA | Flexible electrode arrays for large-scale recordings of spikes from muscle fibers in freely behaving mice and songbirds | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI | Fast Panoptical Imaging of Brain Volumes via Time-tagged Quadrangular Stereoscopy. Principal Investigator: Iaroslav "Alex" Savtchouk | $100,000 | 2020 |
| California Institue of TechnologyPasadena, CA | Circuit Dynamics and Cognitive Consequences of General Anesthesia. Principal Investigator: Thanos Siapas | $100,000 | 2022 |
| University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | Neurotensin Mediated Regulation of Hedonic Feeding Behavior and Obesity. Principal Investigator: Stephan Lammel | $100,000 | 2022 |
| Boston UniversityBoston, MA | Artificially Modulating Positive and Negative Memories to Alleviate Maladaptive Fear Responses. Principal Investigator: Steve Ramirez | $100,000 | 2020 |
| Stanford University School of MedicinePalo Alto, CA | Neuron-to-OPC synapses in adaptive and maladaptive myelination. Principal Investigator: Juliet K. Knowles, MD, PhD | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Fred Gage & Matthew ShtrahmanSan Diego, CA | Using Deep In Vivo Two-Photon CA2+ Imaging to Study Temporal Pattern Separation | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Alexander SchierCambridge, MA | Recording the History of Neuronal Activity Through Genome Editing | $100,000 | 2018 |
| Regents of the University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA | Characterizing the Context: The Role of the Microenvironment in Shaping Human Glioblastoma. Principal Investigators: Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D. and Kunal Patel, M.D. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| UNC Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC | Elucidating the Neural Basis of Pain Unpleasantness: Circuits and New Therapeutics to End the Dual Epidemic of Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction. Principal Investigator: Gregory Scherrer | $100,000 | 2021 |
| Washington School of MedicineSt Louis, MO | The Neuronal Mechanisms of Information Seeking Under Uncertainty. Principal Investigator: Ilya Monosov | $100,000 | 2020 |
| Emory University and Georgia TechAtlanta, GA | Flexible electrode arrays for large-scale recordings of spikes from muscle fibers in freely behaving mice and songbirds. Principal Investigators: Sam Sober and Muhannad Bakir | $100,000 | 2019 |
| University of WashingtonWest Bend, WI | Massively parallel, high throughput engineering of optogenetic biosensors for neuronal signaling. Principal Investigator: Andre Berndt, Ph.D. | $100,000 | 2022 |
| Texas State University & Northwestern UniversitySan Marcos, TX | Does Superior Sleep Physiology Contribute to Superior Memory Function? Implications for Counteracting Forgetting. Principal Investigator: | $100,000 | 2021 |
| Boston University Dept of Psych & Brain SciBoston, MA | Artificially Modulating Positive and Negative Memories to Alleviate Maladaptive Fear Responses. Principal Investigator: Steve Ramirez | $100,000 | 2019 |
| Yale University School of MedicineMatched to this organization because 19 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.New Haven, CT | From Gut to Brain: Understanding the Propagation of Parkinson's Disease. Principal Investigator: Rui Chang & Sreeganga Chandra | $100,000 | 2023 |
| 0.20 |
| $1,000 |
| Vanessa Franke - Ruta | Director | 0.30 | $3,000 |
| Ming Guo MD PhD | Director | 1.10 | $5,000 |
| Kelsey Martin MD PhD | Vice President (through May 2024), President (beginning June 2024) | 1.10 | $6,000 |
| Markus Meister | Director | 0.40 | $3,000 |
| Richard Mooney | Vice President (beginning June 2024) | 1.10 | $5,000 |
| J Anthony Movshon PhD | President (through May 2024), Director | 1.30 | $11,000 |
| Leslie Vosshall | Director | 0.20 | $1,000 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.