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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $6,502,028 | $5,767,148 | $5,281,647 | $59,956,396 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 12% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMatched to this organization because 26 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Baltimore, MD | Using single cell transcriptomics to understand homeostatic sleep pressure | $74,000 | 2025 |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| John D Childs | Chairman | 1.0 | $0 |
| Bronwen A Childs D V M | Treasurer | 1.0 | $0 |
| John W Childs | Secretary | 1.0 | $0 |
| Robert Berman M D | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $51,614,135 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $2,522,157 | $4,513,335 | $5,215,224 | $60,655,406 | $53,194,809 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $1,976,556 | $5,669,889 | $4,365,132 | $57,152,419 | $49,037,420 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $4,043,454 | $3,734,050 | $3,481,223 | $57,053,664 | $56,761,675 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $4,007,526 | $3,523,942 | $3,289,647 | $65,792,519 | $65,299,378 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $1,922,280 | $3,551,391 | $3,315,879 | $68,890,633 | $68,048,058 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $19,898,242 | $3,814,968 | $3,534,180 | $73,598,642 | $72,756,605 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $5,198,691 | $4,526,339 | $4,180,789 | $56,086,449 | $55,584,050 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $4,492,394 | $4,901,527 | $4,604,665 | $55,533,360 | $53,880,964 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $3,330,739 | $4,719,246 | $4,566,249 | $49,679,976 | $47,614,385 |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | How to build (and rebuild) an animal | $74,000 | 2025 |
| University of MinnesotaMineapolis, MN | Effects of regulatory network divergence on drug resistance in Candida | $74,000 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA | In situ cryoET analysis of cristae biogenesis and morphology | $74,000 | 2025 |
| NIAIDBethesda, MD | Sexual recombination and virulence in the success of African trypanosomes | $74,000 | 2025 |
| Duke UniversityDurham, NC | Dissecting the Dynamics of Tissue Patterning During Regeneration | $74,000 | 2025 |
| Duke UniversityDurham, NC | Determining how basement membranes stretch and recover to support tissues | $74,000 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | Central control of the autonomic nervous system in chronic pain and anxiety | $74,000 | 2025 |
| HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOLBOSTON, MA | POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP FOR TAEHYUN RYU, PH.D. | $73,833 | 2023 |
| Duke UniversityDurham, NC | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Rocky Diegmiller, Ph.D | $73,800 | 2024 |
| Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | Novel Chemical Tools for Targeted Eradication of DNA Repair Proteins and Application to Chemosensitization | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | Decoding Aging Neurogenic Niches: Unraveling Somatic Mutations, Clonal Dynamics, and Functional Decline | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston, MA | Postdoctoral Fellowship forGwendolyn Beacham, Ph.D | $73,800 | 2024 |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Pablo Villar, Ph.D. | $73,800 | 2024 |
| Duke UniversityDurham, NC | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Adam Wei Jian Soh, Ph. | $73,800 | 2024 |
| University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT | Ron Tyrosine Kinase deficiency uncovers a critical regulator of anti-tumor T Cell responses | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Gladstone InstitutesMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.San Francisco, CA | The molecular biology of Obelisk RNAs | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Sheng Feng, Ph.D. | $73,800 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | LIGHTing up tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures through cytokine pharmacokinetic engineering | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | Secretory cell innovation in a symbiotic interaction | $73,800 | 2025 |
| The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX | Structure-based vaccine design targeting mpox antigen A27 | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | Hormone-mediated changes in neural computations that drive flexible social behaviors | $73,800 | 2025 |
| University of MinnesotaMineapolis, MN | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Petra Vande Zande, Ph. | $73,800 | 2024 |
| The Scripps Research InstituteMatched to this organization because 38 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.La Jolla, CA | Illuminating cryptic functional pockets in the human proteome with electrophilic stereoprobes | $73,800 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA | Postdoctoral Fellowship for Michelle Fry, Ph.D. | $73,800 | 2024 |
| 1.0 |
| $0 |
| Vlad Coric M D | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Rebecca Ehrhardt | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Alexander Garside | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Dune Lawrence | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Avice Meehan | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Hendon C Pingeon | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Jon Rotolo | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Joan Steitz Ph D | Director | 1.0 | $0 |
| Maurie D Mcinnis Ph D | Ex-Officio | 1.0 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Jun 30, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202540979349100039
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Jun 30, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202421029349100127
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Jun 30, 2022
Filing id 202223279349100912
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Jun 30, 2021
Filing id 202220749349100522
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Jun 30, 2020
Filing id 202100469349100805
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Jun 30, 2019
Filing id 202011299349101806
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Jun 30, 2018
Filing id 201921019349101407
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Jun 30, 2017
Filing id 201810649349100201
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Jun 30, 2016
Filing id 201730309349100403
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.