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The Charles A Dana Foundation Incorporated: 103 grants to organizations, $8.8 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Charles A Dana Foundation Incorporated, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 103 grants to organizations totaling $8,817,064 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 7, 2025. The largest was $2,000,000 to University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA for neuroscience & society.
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- EIN
- 066036761
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $279,373,672
- Grants paid
- $8,817,064
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 7, 2025, IRS object ID 202513119349100146. It reported $8,817,064 in grants paid; 103 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Neuroscience & society | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) | Boston, MA | Neuroscience & society | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Neuroscience & society | Education | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | Neuroscience & society | $354,406 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Neuroscience & society | $353,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | Neuroscience & society | Medical research | $283,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Neuroscience & society | $262,998 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | Neuroscience & society | Education | $235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Neuroscience & society | Employment | $219,270 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Neuroscience & society | $186,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | Neuroscience & society | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | Neuroscience & society | Education | $150,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chicago Council On Science & Technology | Chicago, IL | Neuroscience & society | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass General Brigham Inc | Somerville, MA | Neuroscience & society | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Neuroscience & society | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Usagainstalzheimer's | Washington, DC | Neuroscience & society | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Neuroscience & society | $149,906 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Neuroscience & society | $149,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (aaas) | Washington, DC | Neuroscience & society | $148,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | Neuroscience & society | $142,504 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Society for Neuroscience (SFN) | Washington, DC | Neuroscience & society | $135,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marshall University Research Corporation | Huntingon, WV | Neuroscience & society | Community improvement and capacity building | $130,100 | apps.irs.gov |
| International Brain Research Organization (ibro) | Paris, FR | Neuroscience & society | $126,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Science Friday | New York, NY | Neuroscience & society | $90,924 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Academies of Science | Washington, DC | Neuroscience & society | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | Neuroscience & society | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (fens) | Berlin, BE | Neuroscience & society | $66,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | Director recommended - general operating support | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | Medical research | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Neuroscience & society | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Icahn Scool of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Neuroscience & society | $37,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Methods Innovation | Arcata, CA | Neuroscience & society | $37,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of Neuroethics Inc Ionx | Atlanta, GA | Neuroscience & society | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| International Brain Bee | Washington, DC | Neuroscience & society | Youth development | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | Imaging | $34,616 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Museums of the Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | Director recommended - general operating support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| European Brain Council | Brussels, BE | Neuroscience & society | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of St Francis Xavier University | Belmont, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Healthy Brains Global Initiative Inc | Greenwich, CT | Director recommended - general operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Historic Charleston Foundation | Charleston, SC | Director recommended - general operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | Charleston, SC | Director recommended - general operating support | Medical research | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Virginia School of Law Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | Director recommended - general operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Science Live Productions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Neuroscience & society | Arts, culture and humanities | $22,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Corporation | Buffalo, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Philanthropy New York (pny) | New York, NY | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Council On Foundations (cof) | Washington, DC | General operating support | $16,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| College of Charleston Foundation | Charleston, SC | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Newport Hospital Foundation Inc | Newport, RI | Director recommended - general operating support | Health care | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Red Cross National Headquarters | Washington, DC | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Repertory Theater | Cambridge, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brearley School | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cooper Union | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Medical School | Cambridge, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | Jupiter, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Postdoctoral Association | Bethesda, MD | Neuroscience & society | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Sailing Hall of Fame Museum Inc | Newport, RI | Director recommended - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St George's School | Newport, RI | Director recommended - general operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Palm Beach Civic Association | Palm Beach, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fresh RX Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partners in Health A Nonprofit Corporation | Boston, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | Health care | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Biobus | New York, NY | Neuroscience & society | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | Clinical neuroscience research | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charles River School | Dover, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Scholars at Risk | Cambridge, MA | Director recommended - general operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Icahn Scool of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Neuroscience & society | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Israel Scholarship Education Foundation | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rosemont College | Rosemont, PA | Director recommended - general operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Thomas More Play Group | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Buckley School in the City of New York | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Abington, PA | Neuroscience & society | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | Director recommended - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Communities in Schools | Arlington, VA | Employee matching - general operating support | Education | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | Phoenix, AZ | Employee matching - general operating support | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riverside Park Conservancy | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | Environment | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Animal Nations Dba Redrover | Sacramento, CA | Employee matching - general operating support | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CHS North American Foundation Inc | Orinda, CA | Employee matching - general operating support | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lighthouse Guild International Inc | New York, NY | Director recommended - general operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peak Grantmaking | Washington, DC | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Sandwich at A Time | White Plains, NY | General operating support | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | Boston, MA | Employee matching - general operating support | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | Employee matching - general operating support | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Ignatius School | Bronx, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | Education | $1,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Matthew Friedman Memorial Foundation | Morganville, NJ | Employee matching - general operating support | Health care | $1,200 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stuyvesant HS Alumni Association | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York Road Runners Inc | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | $800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Bartholomew Catholic Church | Katy, TX | Employee matching - general operating support | Religion-related | $300 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | Brooklyn, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | Crime and legal-related | $253 | apps.irs.gov |
| United States Association of Unhcr | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | $247 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | Employee matching - general operating support | Human services | $240 | apps.irs.gov |
| Auricle Communications | Jersey City, NJ | Employee matching - general operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $1,366,100 |
| Medical research | $348,000 |
| Employment | $219,270 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $138,100 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $88,700 |
| Health care | $77,200 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 |
| Youth development | $35,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $3,003,000 |
| Massachusetts | $1,278,000 |
| Illinois | $900,000 |
| District of Columbia | $609,000 |
| Minnesota | $595,998 |
| New York | $458,268 |
| Rhode Island | $389,406 |
| Washington | $219,270 |
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Updated November 7, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.