Dana Foundation
A private philanthropy that has focused a long endowed legacy onto a single frontier, the place where neuroscience meets society, funding research, resources, and public conversation about how the brain shapes and is shaped by the world we build.
Financial profile
Dana Foundation · EIN 92-1920301 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $65,140 | $62,926 | $2,213 | Dec 2023 |
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Peer societies
Five societies Dana Foundation is read alongside.
GF
Grass Foundation
A neuroscience foundation, rooted in the Grass instrument fortune, best known for the fellowship that has…
48 companies named
WF
Whitehall Foundation
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AMF
Ambrose Monell Foundation
A New York foundation supporting early stage research and social initiatives in medicine and science, backing…
JF
Jurassic Foundation
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SF
Simha Foundation
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Who backs DF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Dana Foundation's peers, but not Dana Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of Dana Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Dana Foundation's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A private philanthropy that has focused a long endowed legacy onto a single frontier, the place where neuroscience meets society, funding research, resources, and public conversation about how the brain shapes and is shaped by the world we build.
- Authority
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Frontier
At home at the edge of what comes next.
The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The Citadel.
Strengths
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