GrantExec

The Mcknight Endowment Fund For Neuroscience

EIN: 411563321
Accepts Applications
Total Assets
$26K
Key Financial Metrics (2024)

Total Giving

$3.2M

Number of Grants

42

Median Grant

$75K

Grant Range

$17K - $100K

Historical Giving Trends
YearAssetsTotal Giving# GrantsMedian Grant
2024$26K$3.2M42$75K
2023$24K$3.1M36$75K
2022$31K$3.1M36$75K
2021$25K$3.1M36$88K
2020$18K$3.1M36$88K
Recent Grant Recipients

Brigham and Women's HospitalHarvard Medical School

The Neurobiology of Glioma: Understanding Malignant Neural Circuits Instructing Tumor Growth. Principal Investigator: Humsa Venkatesh,Ph.D.

60 Fenwood Rd Hale Building Room 70 - Boston - MA 02115 β€’ 2023

$100K

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Adipocyte-brain mitochondrial signaling and its impacts on brain function. Principal Investigator: Akhila Rajan,Ph.D.

1100 Fairview Ave N PO Box 19024 - Seattle - WA 98109 β€’ 2023

$100K

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Dissecting the Gut-brain Dynamics Underlying Anorexia. Principal Investigator: Lisa Beutler

303 E Superior St Lurie 7-109 - Chicago - IL 60611 β€’ 2023

$100K

St Jude Children's Research Hospital

Identifying Brain Circuits that Connect Respiration and Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz

262 Danny Thomas Place - Memphis - TN 38112 β€’ 2023

$100K

Stanford University School of Medicine

Neuron-to-OPC synapses in adaptive and maladaptive myelination. Principal Investigator: Juliet K. Knowles, MD, PhD

401 Quarry Rd - Palo Alto - CA 94304 β€’ 2023

$100K

Syracuse University

Two-photon tracking technology to read and manipulate neural patterns in freely moving animals. Principal Investigator: Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata

640 Skytop Road - Syracuse - NY 13244 β€’ 2023

$100K

The Regents of the University of California

Neurotensin mediated regulation of hedonic feeding behavior and obesity. Principal Investigator: Stephan Lammel Ph.D.

142 Weill Hall 3200 - Berkeley - CA 94702 β€’ 2023

$100K

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Leveraging Single-cell Epigenomics for Targeted Manipulation of Drug-activated Ensemble. Principal Investigator: Jeremy Day & Ian Maze

1825 University Blvd SHEL 910 - Birmingham - AL 35294 β€’ 2023

$100K

University of Illinois at Chicago

Sub-10 nm spatial profiling of synaptic proteins and RNA transcripts with high-isotropy expansion microscopy using a highly homogenous hydrogel constructed from tetrahedron-like monomers. Principal Investigator: Ruixuan Gao, Ph.D.

840 W Taylor St - Chicago - IL 60607 β€’ 2023

$100K

University of Iowa

Brain-wide Electrical Connectivity in Migraine: Toward the Development of Network Based Therapeutics. Principal Investigator: Rainbo Hultman

169 Newton Rd 2400 PBDB - Iowa City - IA 52242 β€’ 2023

$100K

Quick Facts

Location

Minnesota

Return Type

990PF

Most Recent Filing

2024

Annual Expenses

$3.8M

Giving Rate

>100% of assets

Application Policy

Accepts Applications

Yes - Open to Applications