Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation
Rolling Meadows, IL · EIN 46-2905743. Reported 132 grants totalling $8,893,250 to 63 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation, the IRS classifies it under medical research rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE H96) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 63 distinct organizations, with 10% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 50% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $60,000. Half of what it reported fell between $42,500 and $67,500; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $202,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $863,500 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $620,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $547,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $475,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $470,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $445,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $270,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $270,800 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $242,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $240,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $230,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $225,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation | Independence, OH | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | Cleveland, OH | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dignity Health | San Francisco, CA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upmc | Pittsburgh, PA | $129,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence, RI | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin - Board of Regents | Madison, WI | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $93,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesvle, VA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Juniata College | Huntingdon, PA | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indiana University - Office of Research Administration | Detroit, MI | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brotherhood Synagogue | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University of Providence | Providence, RI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | West Hollywood, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Shore University Hospital | Westbury, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence, RI | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University at Buffalo Neurosurgery | Buffalo, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | Charleston, SC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic | Lebanon, NH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Education and Research Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $27,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Semmes Murphey Foundation | Memphis, TN | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nuerosurgen Inc | Martinez, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | Kansas City, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc | Tampa, FL | $10,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas - MD Cancer | San Antonio, TX | $10,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loyola University Medical Center | Maywood, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
30 of 63 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Duke University
NREF 2021 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant - University of Miami
Medical Student Summer Research grants - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant - Rush University Medical Center
NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant - Globus Medical, NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant - Medtronic - Washington University - St Louis
NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant - Globus Medical, 2022-23 NREF & Henry G. Schwartz Research Fellowship Grant - Northwestern University
NREF Clinical Fellowship Grant, NREF Research Fellowship and Young Clinician Investigator Award
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 of 63 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | $1,634,250 | $60,000 |
| 2021 | 31 | $1,878,500 | $60,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,870,000 | $60,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,707,500 | $60,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $1,803,000 | $60,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
15% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $60,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 24 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 5550 Meadowbrook Industrial Court, Rolling Meadows, IL, 60008.
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