The Mcknight Endowment Fund For Neuroscience
710 S 2ND ST STE 400 - Minneapolis - MN 554012290, Minnesota
Latest Filing: 2023
Total Assets: $24,431
Total Giving: $3.12M
Grants: 36
Median Grant: $75,000
THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE is a active grantmaker that only funds pre-selected organizations, distributing $3.1M through 36 grants...
2023 Summary
$24,431
Total Assets
$3.12M
Funding Awarded
36
Grants Given
$75,000
Median Grant
$100,000
Largest Grant
$70,612
Smallest Grant
2023 Recipients
| Recipient | Award | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institue Of Technology | $100,000 | Pasadena, CALIFORNIA | Circuit Dynamics And Cognitive Consequences Of General Anesthesia. Principal Investigator: Thanos Siapas |
| Duke University | $100,000 | Druhan, NORTH CAROLINA | Multi Scale Three Dimensional Behavioral Quantification In Individuals And Social Groups. Principal Investigator: Timothy Dunn |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine | $100,000 | Evanston, ILLINOIS | Dissecting The Gut Brain Dynamics Underlying Anorexia. Principal Investigator: Lisa Beutler |
| St Jude's Research Hospital | $100,000 | Memphis, TENNESSEE | Identifying Brain Circuits That Connect Respiration And Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz |
| Syracuse Uninversity | $100,000 | Syracuse, NEW YORK | Two Photon Tracking Technology To Read And Manipulate Neural Patterns In Freely Moving Animals. Principal Investigator: Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata |
| Texas State University & Northwestern University | $100,000 | San Marcos, TEXAS | Does Superior Sleep Physiology Contribute To Superior Memory Function? Implications For Counteracting Forgetting. Principal Investigator: Carmen Westerberg & Ken Paller |
| University Of Alabama & Mount Sinai Medical Schools | $100,000 | Tuscaloosa, ALABAMA | Leveraging Single Cell Epigenomics For Targeted Manipulation Of Drug Activated Ensemble. Principal Investigator: Jeremy Day & Ian Maze |
| Uc Berkeley & Nyu | $100,000 | Berkeley, CALIFORNIA | Photo Activation Of Dopamine Receptors In Models Of Parkinson's Disease. Principal Investigator: Ehud Isacoff & Dirk Trauner |
| Uc San Francisco | $100,000 | San Francisco, CALIFORNIA | New Myelin Formation In Systems Consolidation And Retrieval Of Remote Memories. Principal Investigator: Mazen Kheirbek & Jonah Chan |
| Unc Chapel Hill | $100,000 | Chapel Hill, NORTH CAROLINA | Elucidating The Neural Basis Of Pain Unpleasantness: Circuits And New Therapeutics To End The Dual Epidemic Of Chronic Pain And Opioid Addiction. Principal Investigator: Gregory Scherrer |
| University Of California Berkeley | $100,000 | Berkeley, CALIFORNIA | Neurotensin Mediated Regulation Of Hedonic Feeding Behavior And Obesity. Principal Investigator: Stephan Lammel |
| University Of Colorado School Of Medicine | $100,000 | Aurora, COLORADO | A New Technology To Control The Transcriptome. Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Kieft |
| University Of Illinois At Chicago | $100,000 | Chicago, ILLINOIS | 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. |
| University Of Iowa School Of Medicine | $100,000 | Iowa City, IOWA | Brain Wide Electrical Connectivity In Migraine: Toward The Development Of Network Based Therapeutics. Principal Investigator: Rainbo Hultman |
| University Of Minnesota | $100,000 | Minneapolis, MINNESOTA | Robot Assisted Brain Wide Recordings In Freely Behaving Mice. Principal Investigator: Suhasa Kodandaramaiah |
| University Of Washington | $100,000 | West Bend, WISCONSIN | Massively Parallel, High Throughput Engineering Of Optogenetic Biosensors For Neuronal Signaling. Principal Investigator: Andre Berndt, Ph.D. |
| Yale University School Of Medicine | $100,000 | New Haven, CONNECTICUT | From Gut To Brain: Understanding The Propagation Of Parkinson's Disease. Principal Investigator: Rui Chang & Sreeganga Chandra |
$100,000
$400,000
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California
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North Carolina
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Illinois
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New York
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Alabama
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Colorado
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Minnesota
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WI
Wisconsin
$100,000 -
CT
Connecticut
$100,000
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Nichol Higdon | VP of Finance and Operations | |
| Nichol Higdon | Signing Officer |
Historical Financials
| Year | Total Assets | Total Giving | Grants | Median Grant | Max Grant | Min Grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $24,431 | $3,120,612 | 36 | $75,000 | $100,000 | $70,612 |
| 2022 | $31,388 | $3,125,000 | 36 | $75,000 | $100,000 | $75,000 |
| 2021 | $25,180 | $3,150,000 | 36 | $87,500 | $100,000 | $75,000 |
| 2020 | $18,030 | $3,150,000 | 36 | $87,500 | $100,000 | $75,000 |
| 2019 | $9,972 | $3,147,220 | 37 | $87,500 | $100,000 | $75,000 |
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