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Who funds Muscular Dystrophy Association?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 131665552

132 private foundations reported grants to Muscular Dystrophy Association in Chicago, Illinois totaling $3.9 million across 137 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Dutch Bros Foundation, with $2.5 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Muscular Dystrophy Association that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Muscular Dystrophy Association's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

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Foundations that fund Muscular Dystrophy Association

The 100 largest of 132 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Dutch Bros Foundation
Oregon · 2024
Funds raised by drink one for dane for accelerating research.1$2.5 million
The Marshall Heritage Foundation
Louisiana · 2024
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research1$387,400
Hamill Foundation
Texas · 2024
Program Support for its Summer Camp in Texas1$150,000
W B and Ellen Gordon Stuart Trust
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
General1$60,000
Joe and Jessie Crump Fund
Illinois · 2024
General1$50,000
Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn
Minnesota · 2025
General operating1$43,050
Numotion Foundation
Tennessee · 2024
Unrestricted1$40,000
Nell L Thompson Trust
Missouri · 2025
General operating1$28,000
Robert D and Alma Moreton Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating1$25,000
The Shah Family Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2024
Public1$24,000
George and Rose Puchall Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General support1$23,494
Victor R Wright Foundation
New York · 2024
General purpose1$20,000
Louis J and June E Kay Foundation
Connecticut · 2025
General purpose1$20,000
The Medallion Foundation Inc
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Houston summer camp1$20,000
Rga Foundation
Missouri · 2025 · accepts applications
Human Services1$20,000
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$19,946
Edward R Fisher Charitable Fndn
Georgia · 2024
Unrestricted1$15,100
Terry D Barnes Foundation
Missouri · 2025
Medical for children1$15,055
Benton Telecommunications Foundation
Minnesota · 2025 · accepts applications
Assist camp cost for children with muscular dystrophy1$15,000
The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Minnesota · 2025 · accepts applications
Toast to life gala - donation in lieu of tickets1$15,000
Sullivan Family Foundation
New York · 2024
Charitable1$15,000
Haskell Foundation
Wisconsin · 2024
General operating1$14,549
Earl C and Elizabeth Toutz Charitable Trust
Wisconsin · 2024
General operating1$14,200
Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation
Florida · 2025
Medical1$14,000
TW Frances Downing Nix
Missouri · 2024
General operating1$12,500
Leona Higginbotham Charitable Trust Co Fifth
Ohio · 2025
Annual fund1$12,000
Nellie T Thatcher Perkins Foundation
Minnesota · 2025
General operating1$11,900
Taylor Eliz S T W
Missouri · 2024
General operating purposes1$11,200
Shell USA Company Foundation
Texas · 2024
52503$10,464
Arias G FBO Horacio TUW
Florida · 2025
General operating1$10,399
E and S van Houten Memorial Fund
Missouri · 2024 · accepts applications
General operating1$10,000
Isadore & Yetta Joshowitz Charitable Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Unrestricted1$10,000
The A Montgomery Ward Foundation
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Mda illinois summer camp1$10,000
The Whiting Foundation
Michigan · 2025 · accepts applications
See note 21$10,000
JM McDonald Foundation Inc
Delaware · 2025 · accepts applications
MDA Upstate New York Care Centers1$10,000
Four Lee Foundation
Texas · 2024
Charitable1$10,000
Ed Rachal Foundation
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Program support1$10,000
Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Towards support of the mda summer camp program.1$10,000
Synchrony Foundation
Connecticut · 2024
Funding supports general operations and programming.1$10,000
The Robert A Mentrasti Foundation Inc
New York · 2025
Provide sponsorships to allow 5-8 children ages 8 to 17 that are afflictated with muscular dystrophy to attend the 2024 mda summer camp held annually in the new york metro area.these gifts are made to honor the memory firefighter robert a. Mentrasti,a tireless fundraiser for mda who passed away from 9-11-2001 related illness.1$10,000
Taylor Thomas Res Tr T W 1513017226
Missouri · 2024
General operating1$8,800
Thomas Perry Dutra Charitable Tr
Missouri · 2024
General operating1$7,600
David E & Mary C Gallo Foundation
California · 2025
General support1$7,500
L S Febre - Irr Tr
Florida · 2025
General operating1$6,261
Grandview-Steers Foundation
New York · 2024
General operating support1$6,000
Bruce R & Madelyn G Snyder Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
For the general operating fund1$6,000
Doorenbos Legacy Trust
New Jersey · 2025
Unrestricted general1$5,285
Swindells Char Fdn Tr UW
Texas · 2025 · accepts applications
Unrestricted general1$5,000
Bond Bros Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024
Programs and support1$5,000
J L Camp Foundation
Virginia · 2025 · accepts applications
Help transform the lives of people with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular diseases1$5,000
Daniel R & Anne M Harper Foundation
Florida · 2025
General purpose1$5,000
John and Maurine Cox Foundation
Texas · 2024
Contribution1$5,000
The Sheila Dave & Sherry Gold Foundation
California · 2024
Support of Medical Research1$5,000
Roth Idalia Charitable Trust
Florida · 2025
General operating1$3,981
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York · 2025
Matching contribution (general operating support)1$3,860
Guy K & Virginia K Ludwig Ta
New York · 2025
General funding1$3,712
John S and Jennie A Erikson Memorial Fund
Illinois · 2024
General support1$3,258
Air Products Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
2025 citgo-mda golf challenge1$3,184
Lanza Family Foundation
New York · 2025
General operating support1$3,153
Coldwater Multiple Donations
Ohio · 2025 · accepts applications
Another charity1$3,000
Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation
Minnesota · 2025
General operating1$3,000
The Phyllis I Hurst Charitable Trust
Alabama · 2025
General operating1$2,655
Daniels Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
General1$2,500
Bernard F & Alva B Gimbel Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
Duchenne muscular dystrophy research1$2,500
Maurice and Lena Russo Family Foundation
New York · 2024
Charitable contribution1$2,500
Colonial Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2024 · accepts applications
Contribution1$2,500
Protective Life Foundation
Alabama · 2024 · accepts applications
2024 Birmingham Toast to Life1$2,500
Altecstyslinger Foundation
Alabama · 2024
To further the exempt purpose of the organization1$2,500
Clyde Nartowicz Private Found
Missouri · 2025
General operating1$2,400
Dorothy M Leaman TW
New York · 2025
General support1$2,311
John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found
Illinois · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities1$2,000
Alice Rowan Swanson Foundation
Delaware · 2025
General & Unrestricted1$2,000
Horace Dawson Foundation
Maryland · 2025
General operating support1$2,000
Fred J Maloof Foundation
Michigan · 2025 · accepts applications
Charitable donation1$2,000
Barton and Shirley Weisman Foundation Inc
Florida · 2024
To empower those living with muscular dystrophy to live longer, more independent lives1$2,000
The Westervelt Charitable Trust
District of Columbia · 2024
General operations1$2,000
Verizon Foundation
New Jersey · 2024
Other civic / community3$1,705
The Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
General Operating Support1$1,500
Carl and Henrietta Herrmann Family Foundation
California · 2024
Activities pursuant to the entity's mission statement.1$1,500
Hinrichs Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024
General1$1,500
The Pfizer Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
Matching gifts1$1,407
J F Bacon for St Peter School 020241-000
Delaware · 2025
General support1$1,233
Ge Aerospace Foundation
Connecticut · 2024 · accepts applications
Matching gift1$1,165
Texas Instruments Foundation
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."1$1,125
Edward Jones Foundation
Missouri · 2024
Diseases, disorders, medical disciplines1$1,125
Penn Entertainment Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
Charitable1$1,000
The Silk Family Foundation
Idaho · 2024
General1$1,000
The William & Sylvia Silberstein Foundation Inc
New York · 2023
General support1$1,000
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation
North Dakota · 2025 · accepts applications
Equipment1$1,000
Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust
West Virginia · 2025 · accepts applications
Program assistance1$1,000
American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024
General purpose1$1,000
Xcel Energy Foundation
Minnesota · 2024
Match a previous donation (501(c)(3) grant, match payroll deduction (501(c)(3) grant1$880
Woodrow Foundation
Wisconsin · 2024
General operating1$822
Bill Lowery Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2024
Treatment Research1$750
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
New Jersey · 2024 · accepts applications
Matching gifts1$709
Grimes Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purposes1$700
Gardner Harold & Lester
Michigan · 2025
General operating1$636
Herbert H & Fern Elliott Family Foundation
Wisconsin · 2025
Support for operations1$550
Celanese Foundation
Texas · 2024 · accepts applications
Charitable contribution1$513
William J and Catherine C Griffin Family Foundation
California · 2023
Disease Research1$500

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Muscular Dystrophy Association?

Dutch Bros Foundation, The Marshall Heritage Foundation, Hamill Foundation, W B and Ellen Gordon Stuart Trust and Joe and Jessie Crump Fund, and 127 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Muscular Dystrophy Association get from foundations?

$3.9 million in 137 reported grants from 132 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

W B and Ellen Gordon Stuart Trust, Robert D and Alma Moreton Foundation, The Medallion Foundation Inc, Rga Foundation and Benton Telecommunications Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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