Grants for nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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237 arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy organizations received at least $1.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,154 grants made from 673 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $500. Of these 673 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to nerve disease orgs, and 4% made grants to four or more nerve disease orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$1,354,351

Total grant dollars given to nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations

1,154

Number of grants made annually to nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations

673

Number of grantmakers funding nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations

$500

Median grant size to nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations

Foundations that support arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy organizations

Out of all grants made to nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations, 79% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 11% of the dollar-value of grants to nerve disease orgs. Foundations funding nerve disease orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, international humanitarian organizations, cancer organizations, animal shelters, and food banks.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	537
Medium	65
Large	71

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	18
Private	572
Corporate	46
Other	37

Grants made

Grants made to nerve disease orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	584
2-3	59
4-10	19
11+	11

Top 10 foundations supporting arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to nerve disease orgs	Number of grants made to nerve disease orgs	Median grant size
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	71	$100
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	41	$100
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.2%	41	$13
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	28	$720
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	27	$50
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.3%	26	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	26	$417
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	25	$20
Baxter	IL	National	0.0%	24	$75
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	0.3%	15	$10

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Arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy organizations grantees

Nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 52% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 62% of all nerve disease orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,154
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$579
$500k-$1M	$800
$1M-$5M	$877
>$5M	$488

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	411
Georgia	110
Maryland	68
Virginia	66
Other	499

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	421
Washington DC	161
Atlanta	110
Los Angeles	50
Other	408

Top 25 grants made to nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Pennsylvania Keystone Chapter	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
Epilepsy Alliance Ohio	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
The Als Association - Central & Southern Ohio Chapter	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	General	Manning Family Foundation
Houston Area Parkinson Society	$5,000	Charitable Donation	Liatis Foundation
The Als Association - Als Association Kentucky Chapter	$5,000	Support for Als Patient Care Services Program	Norton Healthcare
Arthritis Foundation	$5,000	2015 Event	Secchia Family Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	Medical Research	Sons of Italy Foundation
Find-A-Cure for Children with Duchenne	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	The Kling Family Foundation
Arthritis Foundation	$5,000	Research for Treatment/cure	The Clive Cussler Foundation
Davis Phinney Foundation	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Community Foundation
Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Community Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	Program Support	Craig and Connie Thatcher Foundation
The Als Association - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association	$5,000	General Fund - Research Als and Support	Harris Rosen Foundation
Epilepsy Association	$5,000	2018 Support	Fairmount Santrol Foundation
Arthritis Foundation	$5,000	Operational Support	University of TN Medical Center
ALS Association of Georgia	$5,000	To Fund Research and Patient Care	Lockwood Partners Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation of Texas	$5,000	Operational	MZ Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	To Support General Operations.	Rodeki Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	To Assist the Organization in Carrying Out Its Exempt Purpose	Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$5,000	Charitable, General Operating Support	Innovia Foundation (INWCF)
Scleroderma Foundation	$5,000	General Purpose	Smart and Final Charitable Foundation
The Als Association - DC MD Va Chapter	$5,000	Assistance for People With Als	Julius Fleischman Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Nerve, muscle, and bone disease organizations" category for this page is determined by the "G50: Nerve, Muscle, and Bone Diseases" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.