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Cure Alzheimer's Fund

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501(c)(3) organization. Received $500,000 grant in 2022. Purpose: See Part IV

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Dark Money Spending

Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain

Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. These inter-organizational transfers are a key pathway in dark money flows — a nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants given

$9,592,891

GranteeAmountTax YearPurpose
Boston University$287,5002023APOE CONSORTIUM: MODULATION OF SELECTIVE NEURONAL VULNERABILITY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BY APOE
Columbia University$201,2502023NONCODING TRANSLATION FEEDBACK LOOP IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$300,0002023CIRCUITS: DISSECTING MICROGLIAL STATE DYNAMICS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$287,5002023NIC: MECHANISMS MEDIATING MICROGLIA SENSING OF PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATION
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$118,4502023AGP: GENOMIC VARIANT CALLING AND DATA MANAGEMENT FOR THE CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND ALZHEIMER'S GENOME PROJECT
Brigham and Women's Hospital$287,5002023APOE CONSORTIUM: APOE4-MEDIATED DYSFUNCTION OF CD8 T CELL-MICROGLIA CROSSTALK IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Duke University School of Medicine$229,9942023UTILITY OF BLOOD BASED MARKERS FOR PREDICTING ARIA AND ITS COURSE IN MCI AND AD SUBJECTS UNDERGOING ROUTINE CLINICAL TREATMENT WITH AMYLOID-DIRECTED ANTIBODIES
EMORY UNIVERSITY$201,2502023MITOCHONDRIAL ALZHEIMER'S RISK FACTORS CONTROL APOE EXPRESSION AND SECRETION
METHODIST HOSPITAL$201,1992023A MUTI-MODALITY STUDY ON LIPID MOLECULAR BASIS OF OBESITY AND ITS ROLES IN REGULATING ALZHEIMER'S PATHOGENESIS FOR DEVELOPING POTENTIAL TARGETED INTERVENTIONS
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$201,2502023MULTIDISCIPLINARY PHENOTYPING OF A NOVEL HUMANIZED LOAD MOUSE MODEL
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$250,0002023MBC: TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GUT DYSBIOSIS, BRAIN AB METABOLISM AND MICROGLIA CELL ACTIVATION FOLLOWING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT
Harvard University$40,2502023GENETIC ANCESTRY-SPECIFIC RISK ESTIMATION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) IN THE APOE REGION
NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$208,0332023MECHANISMS OF ASTROCYTE-DERIVED LIPID TOXICITY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$172,5002023T CELL EPIGENETICS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Hoover Institution$201,2502023MULTIOMICS CHARACTERIZATION OF TAU PATHOLOGY ONSET AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH AMYLOID IN THE HUMAN HIPPOCAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CNTR$201,2502023IDENTIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF PLASMA-BASED LIPID BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN THE UNIQUE, PRIMARILY HISPANIC, SOUTH TEXAS POPULATION
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION$344,0852023NIC: EFFECTS OF PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATION ON MYELOID CELL FUNCTION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$172,5002023IN VIVO MODELS FOR GOLGI FRAGMENTATION AND THE MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
MAYO CLINIC IN JACKSONVILLE$201,2502023RESTORE MENINGEAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE TO ALLEVIATE WHITE MATTER DAMAGE AND CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY IN A MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$230,0002023THE ROLE OF IFITM3 AND Y-SECRETASE IN MICROGLIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS$201,2502023NEURONAL MECHANISMS DRIVING SYNAPSE LOSS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$287,4932023NIC: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF PERIPHERALLY DERIVED HUMAN MACROPHAGES IN AD PATHOGENESIS
The Broad Institute Inc$172,5502023REVEALING NEW GENES AND PATHWAYS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIPOTOXIC AND GENETIC RISK FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
UT Southwestern Medical Center$287,0002023ADTC: ROLE OF VCP/P97 IN TAU PRION REPLICATION
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS$113,6552023CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR BIOMARKER PROFILES THROUGHOUT THE PATHOBIOLOGICAL CONTINUUM
Yale University$204,0812023BEE: CNS FLUID HOMEOSTASIS AND WASTE CLEARANCE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY MRI
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOX$201,2502023HUMAN BRAIN CD33 LIGAND, RPTPS3L, LIMITS MICROGLIAL PHAGOCYTOSIS AND CONTRIBUTES TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PROGRESSION
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL THE$1,955,0002023THE CUREALZ ALZHEIMER'S GENOME PROJECT
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$201,2502023TO ELUCIDATE THE ROLE OF MEMORY T CELLS AS A DETERMINANT OF AGE-RELATED INFLAMMATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$201,2502023EFFECT OF APOE GENOTYPE IN A NOVEL RAT MODEL OF CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY
University of Connecticut$230,0002023AD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ALTERS THE LEVEL OF ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL SYNAPSE COUPLING IN THE NETWORK OF GABAERGIC PV+ INTERNEURONS EARLY IN DISEASE COURSE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$201,2502023MORPHOLOGICAL, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL, AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE NEURONS FROM RESILIENT AND SUSCEPTIBLE MODELS OF HUMAN AD
RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY$192,0202023TOXIC EFFECTS OF EXTRACELLULAR TAU OLIGOMERS ON NEURONS
New York Weill Cornell Med Ctr Fdn$201,2502023IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CD33 INHIBITORS AND PRE-RNA SPLICING MODULATORS
University of Southern California$201,2502023PRENATAL INFLAMMATION EFFECTS ON BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER FUNCTION AND AD-RELATED PATHOLOGIES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
EMORY$201,2502023MITOCHONDRIAL ALZHEIMER'S RISK FACTORS CONTROL APOE EXPRESSION AND SECRETION
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$204,0812023BEE: CNS FLUID HOMEOSTASIS AND WASTE CLEARANCE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY MRI

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$3,068,648

GrantorAmountTax YearPurpose
DAFFY CHARITABLE FUND$5,5002024GENERAL SUPPORT OF MISSION
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$83,8002024MEDICAL RESEARCH
AMERICAN GIFT FUND$57,0852024OPERATIONS
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$9,3282023CHARITABLE DONATION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY$20,0002023UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
FJC$20,0002023GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AMERICA'S CHARITIES$5,1432023GENERAL SUPPORT
AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$17,5722023MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
Schwab Charitable$960,9672023HEALTH
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND -KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL- INC$20,0002023
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1,324,2532022For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$45,0002022HEALTH
University of Notre Dame$500,0002022See Part IV

Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.

IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates because QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Gave money toBoston UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $287,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: APOE CONSORTIUM: MODULATION OF SELECTIVE NEURONAL VULNERABILITY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BY APOESource
Gave money toColumbia UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: NONCODING TRANSLATION FEEDBACK LOOP IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $300,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CIRCUITS: DISSECTING MICROGLIAL STATE DYNAMICS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toU C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $287,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: NIC: MECHANISMS MEDIATING MICROGLIA SENSING OF PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATIONSource
Gave money toBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $118,450 (tax year 2023). Purpose: AGP: GENOMIC VARIANT CALLING AND DATA MANAGEMENT FOR THE CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND ALZHEIMER'S GENOME PROJECTSource
Gave money toBrigham and Women's HospitalIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $287,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: APOE CONSORTIUM: APOE4-MEDIATED DYSFUNCTION OF CD8 T CELL-MICROGLIA CROSSTALK IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toDuke University School of MedicineIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $229,994 (tax year 2023). Purpose: UTILITY OF BLOOD BASED MARKERS FOR PREDICTING ARIA AND ITS COURSE IN MCI AND AD SUBJECTS UNDERGOING ROUTINE CLINICAL TREATMENT WITH AMYLOID-DIRECTED ANTIBODIESSource
Gave money toEMORY UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MITOCHONDRIAL ALZHEIMER'S RISK FACTORS CONTROL APOE EXPRESSION AND SECRETIONSource
Gave money toMETHODIST HOSPITALIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,199 (tax year 2023). Purpose: A MUTI-MODALITY STUDY ON LIPID MOLECULAR BASIS OF OBESITY AND ITS ROLES IN REGULATING ALZHEIMER'S PATHOGENESIS FOR DEVELOPING POTENTIAL TARGETED INTERVENTIONSSource
Gave money toTRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PHENOTYPING OF A NOVEL HUMANIZED LOAD MOUSE MODELSource
Gave money toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $250,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MBC: TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GUT DYSBIOSIS, BRAIN AB METABOLISM AND MICROGLIA CELL ACTIVATION FOLLOWING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENTSource
Gave money toHarvard UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $40,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENETIC ANCESTRY-SPECIFIC RISK ESTIMATION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) IN THE APOE REGIONSource
Gave money toNYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $208,033 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MECHANISMS OF ASTROCYTE-DERIVED LIPID TOXICITY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $172,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: T CELL EPIGENETICS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toHoover InstitutionIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MULTIOMICS CHARACTERIZATION OF TAU PATHOLOGY ONSET AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH AMYLOID IN THE HUMAN HIPPOCAMPUSSource
Gave money toUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CNTRIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: IDENTIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF PLASMA-BASED LIPID BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN THE UNIQUE, PRIMARILY HISPANIC, SOUTH TEXAS POPULATIONSource
Gave money toCHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $344,085 (tax year 2023). Purpose: NIC: EFFECTS OF PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATION ON MYELOID CELL FUNCTION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $172,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: IN VIVO MODELS FOR GOLGI FRAGMENTATION AND THE MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toMAYO CLINIC IN JACKSONVILLEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: RESTORE MENINGEAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE TO ALLEVIATE WHITE MATTER DAMAGE AND CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY IN A MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTERIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $230,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: THE ROLE OF IFITM3 AND Y-SECRETASE IN MICROGLIASource
Gave money toUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVISIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: NEURONAL MECHANISMS DRIVING SYNAPSE LOSS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $287,493 (tax year 2023). Purpose: NIC: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF PERIPHERALLY DERIVED HUMAN MACROPHAGES IN AD PATHOGENESISSource
Gave money toThe Broad Institute IncIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $172,550 (tax year 2023). Purpose: REVEALING NEW GENES AND PATHWAYS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIPOTOXIC AND GENETIC RISK FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toUT Southwestern Medical CenterIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $287,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: ADTC: ROLE OF VCP/P97 IN TAU PRION REPLICATIONSource
Gave money toWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUISIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $113,655 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR BIOMARKER PROFILES THROUGHOUT THE PATHOBIOLOGICAL CONTINUUMSource
Gave money toYale UniversityIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $204,081 (tax year 2023). Purpose: BEE: CNS FLUID HOMEOSTASIS AND WASTE CLEARANCE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY MRISource
Gave money toJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LOCKBOXIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: HUMAN BRAIN CD33 LIGAND, RPTPS3L, LIMITS MICROGLIAL PHAGOCYTOSIS AND CONTRIBUTES TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PROGRESSIONSource
Gave money toMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL THEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,955,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: THE CUREALZ ALZHEIMER'S GENOME PROJECTSource
Gave money toSALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIESIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: TO ELUCIDATE THE ROLE OF MEMORY T CELLS AS A DETERMINANT OF AGE-RELATED INFLAMMATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASESource
Gave money toUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: EFFECT OF APOE GENOTYPE IN A NOVEL RAT MODEL OF CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHYSource
Gave money toUniversity of ConnecticutIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $230,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: AD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ALTERS THE LEVEL OF ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL SYNAPSE COUPLING IN THE NETWORK OF GABAERGIC PV+ INTERNEURONS EARLY IN DISEASE COURSESource
Gave money toREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MORPHOLOGICAL, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL, AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE NEURONS FROM RESILIENT AND SUSCEPTIBLE MODELS OF HUMAN ADSource
Gave money toRECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $192,020 (tax year 2023). Purpose: TOXIC EFFECTS OF EXTRACELLULAR TAU OLIGOMERS ON NEURONSSource
Gave money toNew York Weill Cornell Med Ctr FdnIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CD33 INHIBITORS AND PRE-RNA SPLICING MODULATORSSource
Gave money toUniversity of Southern CaliforniaIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: PRENATAL INFLAMMATION EFFECTS ON BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER FUNCTION AND AD-RELATED PATHOLOGIES ACROSS THE LIFESPANSource
Gave money toEMORYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $201,250 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MITOCHONDRIAL ALZHEIMER'S RISK FACTORS CONTROL APOE EXPRESSION AND SECRETIONSource
Gave money toYALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $204,081 (tax year 2023). Purpose: BEE: CNS FLUID HOMEOSTASIS AND WASTE CLEARANCE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY MRISource
Received money fromUniversity of Notre DameIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $500,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: See Part IVSource
Received money fromAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $83,800 (tax year 2024). Purpose: MEDICAL RESEARCHSource
Received money fromAMERICAN GIFT FUNDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $57,085 (tax year 2024). Purpose: OPERATIONSSource
Received money fromAMERICA'S CHARITIESIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,143 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORTSource
Received money fromAYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $17,572 (tax year 2023). Purpose: MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICESSource
Received money fromCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $45,000 (tax year 2022). Purpose: HEALTHSource
Received money fromCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $9,328 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARITABLE DONATIONSource
Received money fromCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEYIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSESource
Received money fromDAFFY CHARITABLE FUNDIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,500 (tax year 2024). Purpose: GENERAL SUPPORT OF MISSIONSource
Received money fromSchwab CharitableIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $960,967 (tax year 2023). Purpose: HEALTHSource
Received money fromFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,324,253 (tax year 2022). Purpose: For grant recipient's exempt purposesSource
Received money fromJEWISH NATIONAL FUND -KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL- INCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2023)Source
Received money fromFJCIRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSource