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Grants awarded

Who does Brightfocus Foundation fund?

Brightfocus Foundation has awarded $70 million across 313 grants to 100 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $200,000, with most between $182,000 and $300,000.

Total awarded
$69.7M
Typical grant
$200K
Grantees
100
Grants
313
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 100 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
U University of California San Francisco $3.3M132020–20242024CA
M Mass General Brigham Incorporated $3.0M132020–20242024MA
Washington University $3.0M132020–20242024MO
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $2.6M112020–20242024CA
Johns Hopkins University $2.6M122020–20242024MD
M Mayo Clinic Jacksonville $2.5M102020–20242024MN
I Indiana University $2.3M102020–20242024IN
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $2.2M82020–20242024NY
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $2.0M82020–20242024NY
Northwestern University $1.9M62020–20242024IL
R Regents of the University of California at Irvine $1.8M102020–20242024CA
R Regents of the University of California at San Diego $1.5M62022–20242024CA
O Oregon Health & Science University $1.4M42021–20232023— —
Baylor College of Medicine $1.3M52020–20242024TX
Duke University $1.3M82020–20242024NC
R Regents of the University of Michigan $1.3M42021–20232023MI
Trustees of Boston University $1.2M42020–20212021MA
University of Southern California $1.1M32022–20242024CA
U University of Wisconsin-Madison $1.0M52020–20242024— —
Jackson Laboratory $1.0M32020–20222022ME
Georgia Tech Research Corporation $950K52020–20232023GA
T The Ohio State University $900K32020–20242024OH
U University of Washington School of Medicine $891K42021–20242024— —
T The University of Iowa $850K32021–20222022— —
University of Kentucky Research Foundation $800K32022–20242024KY
M Mass General Brigham Incorporated $800K32020–20242024MA
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania $800K42020–20222022PA
W Weill Medical College of Cornell University $800K42021–20232023— —
Emory University $771K42020–20242024GA
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $750K42020–20232023CA
R Regents of the University of Colorado $716K32021–20232023CO
William Marsh Rice University $709K22021–20242024TX
Children's Hospital Corporation $700K42020–20232023MA
University of Pittsburgh $699K42020–20242024PA
Yale University $669K32020–20222022CT
U University of South Florida $650K22021–20222022— —
N National Eye Institute Nih $609K22020–20242024— —
Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium $600K32020–20242024MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center INC $600K220242024MA
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center $597K22021–20232023MA
S Schepens Eye Research Institute INC $582K32020–20242024MA
Good Samaritan Foundation $582K32021–20242024OR
G Georgia Institute of Technology $513K32020–20232023GA
Research Foundation for the State University of New York $500K22023–20242024NY
U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $500K22021–20242024NC
D Drusolv Theraputics INC $500K120212021— —
The J David Gladstone Institutes $500K22020–20242024CA
Vanderbilt University Medical Center $497K22021–20242024TN
International Society for Molecularneurodegeneration INC $469K52020–20242024FL
New York University $450K22020–20212021NY
University of Georgia Research Foundation INC $450K120232023GA
M Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary $450K120202020MA
B Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education $447K120212021NV
T The University of Texas at Austin $436K120222022— —
U University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center $410K120242024— —
R Regents Univ of California $400K22020–20222022CA
U University of California Davis $400K22020–20212021— —
Trustees of Tufts College $386K22020–20232023MA
M Medical University of So Carolina $300K120202020—
Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research $300K120212021WA
Case Western Reserve University $300K120202020OH
B Brigham Young University $300K120212021UT
St Louis University $300K120232023MO
N Northeast Ohio Medical University $300K120202020— —
University of Kansas Center for Research INC $300K120212021KS
Foundation for the National Institute of Health INC $300K32020–20222022MD
Shriners Hospitals for Children $300K120222022FL
C Colorado State University $300K120212021— —
M Mass General Brigham Incorporated $248K32020–20212021MA
Helen Keller Foundation for Research & Education INC $225K32022–20242024AL
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $200K120212021NY
Brown University of Providence $200K120202020RI
President and Fellows of Harvard College $200K120212021MA
Seattle Children's Hospital $200K120212021WA
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies $200K120242024CA
T The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center $200K120212021— —
The Medical College of Wisconsin INC $200K120202020WI
Cornell University $200K120222022NY
R Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia $200K120232023VA
U University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School $200K120212021— —
T The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine $200K120232023— —
A Albany Med Health System $200K120212021NY
U University of Florida $200K120202020FL
University of Rochester $200K120212021NY
M Michigan State University $200K120212021MI
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center $199K120212021CA
Mayo Clinic $182K120242024MN
R Regents of the University of Idaho $181K120242024ID
M Mayo Clinic Arizona $170K120202020MN
University of Denver $163K22020–20212021CO
U University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth $150K120212021— —
Zachary and Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research Fdn $134K120242024NY
The Milken Institute $100K120202020CA
A Access Circles INC $100K120202020CT —
The Arvo Foundation for Eye Research INC $76K62020–20242024MD
Lumind Idsc Foundation $65K120222022MA
T The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois $50K120202020IL
The International Society for Eye Research $44K32021–20242024IA
Rd Meeting INC $12K120212021PA
Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics $10K120202020IN

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