Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,843,535
- Total expenses
- $11,025,024
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,608,054
- Grants paid
- $8,135,005
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $654,254
- Other revenue
- -$418,773
- Total assets, end of year
- $22,081,098
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,763,500
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $18,317,598
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $9,024,897
- Management and general expenses
- $733,770
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,266,357
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $9,024,897
Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$1,181,398
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$6,426,656
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$22,925
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3 · Investment income
total $638,380 · excluded $638,380
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $2,395,989
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $2,380,115
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets $15,874
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $15,874 · excluded $15,874
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$49,102
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$1,181,398
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$474,660
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$425,558 · excluded -$425,558
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $6,785 · excluded $6,785
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11e · Other revenue, total
$6,785
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $8,135,005 · program services $8,135,005
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $400,075 · program services $28,005 · management and general $180,034 · fundraising $192,036
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,151,460 · program services $494,690 · management and general $52,083 · fundraising $604,687
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $150,915 · program services $51,751 · management and general $21,554 · fundraising $77,610
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $115,046 · program services $48,808 · management and general $5,900 · fundraising $60,338
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $106,148 · program services $36,400 · management and general $15,160 · fundraising $54,588
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11a · Fees: management
total $153,987 · management and general $153,987
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11b · Fees: legal
total $37,450 · program services $19,589 · management and general $6,259 · fundraising $11,602
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $27,373 · program services $14,318 · management and general $4,575 · fundraising $8,480
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $74,283 · management and general $74,283
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11g · Fees: other
total $17,375 · program services $9,088 · management and general $2,903 · fundraising $5,384
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $201,265 · program services $106,321 · management and general $33,971 · fundraising $60,973
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13 · Office expenses
total $90,424 · program services $14,945 · management and general $40,884 · fundraising $34,595
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14 · Information technology
total $99,439 · program services $4,748 · management and general $10,573 · fundraising $84,118
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17 · Travel
total $160,024 · program services $50,071 · management and general $88,268 · fundraising $21,685
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23 · Insurance
total $12,813 · management and general $12,813
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE
total $60,158 · program services $8,324 · management and general $22,773 · fundraising $29,061
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24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EVENTS
total $11,309 · fundraising $11,309
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24c · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
total $10,643 · program services $1,473 · management and general $4,029 · fundraising $5,141
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $9,832 · program services $1,361 · management and general $3,721 · fundraising $4,750
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,027,870 · end of year $338,455
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,083,926 · end of year $3,697,977
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $4,270,938 · end of year $3,847,926
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $84,807 · end of year $11,372
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $40,021 · end of year $54,888
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$186,745
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$186,745
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $12,113,907 · end of year $14,130,480
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $127,764 · end of year $148,911
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $1,268,751 · end of year $3,614,589
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $7,431,093 · end of year $9,253,927
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $12,793,861 · end of year $9,063,671
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION ACCELERATES BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH ACROSS BRAIN DISEASES AND DISORDERS BY INVESTING IN INNOVATIVE SCIENCE, EARLY-CAREER INVESTIGATORS, AND CROSS-DISEASE DISCOVERIES THAT ADVANCE TREATMENTS, CURES, AND BRAIN HEALTH FOR ALL.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ACCELERATE BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH ON BRAIN DISEASE AND OPTIMIZE BRAIN HEALTH FOR ALL. ABF FUNDS THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST SCIENTISTS TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRAIN.
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THE FOUNDATION ADVANCED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN RESEARCH AND BRAIN HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, RESEARCH UPDATES, PATIENT AND CAREGIVER STORIES, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND DONOR ENGAGEMENT. THESE EFFORTS HELPED PEOPLE SEE THE CONNECTIONS AMONG BRAIN DISEASES, REDUCE STIGMA, AND UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY AND PROMISE OF RESEARCH. THROUGH ITS CURE ONE, CURE MANY APPROACH, THE FOUNDATION SHOWED HOW DISCOVERIES IN ONE BRAIN DISEASE CAN ACCELERATE PROGRESS ACROSS MANY, INSPIRING AWARENESS, ADVOCACY, AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT.
Expenses $889,892
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IN 2025, THE FOUNDATION INVESTED IN RESEARCH ACROSS MULTIPLE BRAIN DISEASES THROUGH ITS NEXT GENERATION RESEARCH GRANTS AND CURE ONE, CURE MANY INITIATIVES. IT FUNDED EARLY-CAREER INVESTIGATORS AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN ALS, ALD, ALZHEIMER'S AND AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE, EPILEPSY, FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION, LEWY BODY DISEASES, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE, NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH DISPARITIES, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, AND STROKE. THESE GRANTS HELP LAUNCH RESEARCH CAREERS; MORE THAN 95% OF NEARLY 330 FOUNDATION-FUNDED INVESTIGATORS HAVE SECURED FOLLOW-ON SUPPORT FROM NIH OR OTHER MAJOR FUNDERS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO ADVANCED TWO CROSS-DISEASE INITIATIVES TO TARGET SHARED MECHANISMS AND ACCELERATE DISCOVERIES FOR PATIENTS.
Expenses $8,135,005 · Grants $8,135,005
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Michelle HeritageMICHELLE HERITAGE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $400,075
- From this org
- $365,800
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,275
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $325,500
- Bonus
- $40,300
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $34,275
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $400,075
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Heather HeartHEATHER HEART
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $170,000
- From this org
- $170,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $168,000
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $170,000
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Julia Miglets-NelsonJULIA MIGLETS-NELSON
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH PROGRAMS & PARTNERSHIPS
- Total calculated
- $143,175
- From this org
- $131,435
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,740
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kimberly HowardKIMBERLY HOWARD
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $128,462
- From this org
- $128,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $462
- Hours/week
- 40
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Sean SansiveriSEAN SANSIVERI
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
-
Ben LenailBEN LENAIL
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alyx B Porter UmphreyALYX B PORTER UMPHREY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ralph R LeslieRALPH R LESLIE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Phyllis C ZeePHYLLIS C ZEE
EX OFFICIO VOTING DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Paul J CairnsPAUL J CAIRNS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Merit CudkowiczMERIT CUDKOWICZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
David W DodickDAVID W DODICK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Christina M FrancisCHRISTINA M FRANCIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jacqueline FrenchJACQUELINE FRENCH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Frances JensenFRANCES JENSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Bruce KahneBRUCE KAHNE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Thabele Leslie-MazwiTHABELE LESLIE-MAZWI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Matthew S PicardMATTHEW S PICARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Alfredo Quiones-HinojosaALFREDO QUIONES-HINOJOSA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Richard RansohoffRICHARD RANSOHOFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Joanne L SmikleJOANNE L SMIKLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY INSITUTE
$8,076,423
CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, SCIENTIFIC AWARDS, AND NON SCIENTIFIC AWARDS FOR WORK ON DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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PROGRAM SUPPORT
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$25,000
PROGRAM SUPPORT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 7 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202602229349301505
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