Whitehall Foundation

• This foundation funds only basic research into vertebrate (excluding clinical) and invertebrate neurobiology in the United States, so check your fit carefully: work must concern neural mechanisms of sensory, motor or other complex functions as they relate to behaviour, and clinical neurobiology is not funded.
• A realistic request sits within its typical grant range of $1,000 to $100,000, with half of its 302 grants at $38,000 or less and the median at $38,000, though the largest grant reached $350,000.
• To apply, submit a two-page summary outlining the study by one of its fixed deadlines of December 1, March 1 or September 1.
• The pattern of giving looks relationship-led rather than wide open to newcomers, as 86% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in its previous two filings, and its grants have principally supported biological research at universities and medical schools.
• Those working in clinical neurobiology should not apply, as the foundation states this falls outside what it funds.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Rutgers University Newark · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Emory University · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Emory University · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Georgia Institute of Technology · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Medical University of South Carolina · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year
• New York University New York · Biological Research
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.