Executive compensation
Form 990-PF · Part VIII · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
Percentile bands compare each position's total pay with the same role at Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in Minnesota.
| Position | Total |
|---|---|
President Board President 25th percentile to median | $11k $12k |
Vice President Board Vice President 25th percentile to medianvs Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking peers nationwide | $9k $10k |
Director Unclassified | $5k $5k |
Director Unclassified | $5k $5k |
Director Unclassified | $2k $2k |
Director Unclassified | $1k $1k |
Director Unclassified | $1k $1k |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Plus 5 unpaid individuals.
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Top pay as a share of expenses
In 2023, the highest total compensation at THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE equaled 0.3% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.
Based on 35,946 philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations, each measured at its most recent filing year with reported expenses and compensation.
Grants paid
Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2023 Form 990-PF, Part XV.
Total granted
$3.2M
Itemized grants
42
Median grant
$75k
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's HospitalHarvard Medical School | Boston, MA | The Neurobiology of Glioma: Understanding Malignant Neural Circuits Instructing Tumor Growth. Principal Investigator: Humsa Venkatesh,Ph.D. | $100k |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | Adipocyte-brain mitochondrial signaling and its impacts on brain function. Principal Investigator: Akhila Rajan,Ph.D. | $100k |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Chicago, IL | Dissecting the Gut-brain Dynamics Underlying Anorexia. Principal Investigator: Lisa Beutler | $100k |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | Identifying Brain Circuits that Connect Respiration and Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz | $100k |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | Palo Alto, CA | Neuron-to-OPC synapses in adaptive and maladaptive myelination. Principal Investigator: Juliet K. Knowles, MD, PhD | $100k |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | Two-photon tracking technology to read and manipulate neural patterns in freely moving animals. Principal Investigator: Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata | $100k |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | Neurotensin mediated regulation of hedonic feeding behavior and obesity. Principal Investigator: Stephan Lammel Ph.D. | $100k |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | Leveraging Single-cell Epigenomics for Targeted Manipulation of Drug-activated Ensemble. Principal Investigator: Jeremy Day & Ian Maze | $100k |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, IL | 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. | $100k |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Brain-wide Electrical Connectivity in Migraine: Toward the Development of Network Based Therapeutics. Principal Investigator: Rainbo Hultman | $100k |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | 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 | $100k |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Massively parallel, high throughput engineering of optogenetic biosensors for neuronal signaling. Principal Investigator: Andre Berndt, Ph.D. | $100k |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Mechanism and functions of repeat expansion self-exonization in C9orf72 ALS/FTD. Principal Investigator: Junjie Guo, Ph.D. | $100k |
| Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven, CT | From Gut to Brain: Understanding the Propagation of Parkinson's Disease. Principal Investigator: Rui Chang & Sreeganga Chandra | $100k |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | New York, NY | Unravelling the mechanisms of synapse development, from molecules to behavior. Principal Investigator: Dr. Peri Kurshan | $75k |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | Uncovering the Molecular Basis of Microglial Function in the Stimulated Brain. Principal Investigator: Lucas Cheadle | $75k |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Connectrome-constrained Models of Adaptive Behavior. Principal Investigator: Ashok Litwin-Kumar | $75k |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Cortical circuits for perceiving visual form. Principal Investigator: Dr. Yasmine El-Shamayleh | $75k |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Neural Mechanisms of Courtship and Monogamy. Principal Investigator: Dr. Vikram Gadagkar | $75k |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Skin-brain axis for rewarding touch behaviors. Principal Investigator: Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor | $75k |
| Harvard Medical School | Boston, MA | Multiscale Neural Network Models to Infer Functional Motifs in the Brain. Principal Investigator: Kanaka Rajan, Ph.D. | $75k |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | Development, Function, and Dysfunction of Somatosensory and Viscerosensory Systems in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Principal Investigator: Lauren Orefice, Ph.D. | $75k |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Linking Neural Circuits and Fluid Dynamics in the Sleeping Brain. Principal Investigator: Laura Lewis | $75k |
| Max Planck Florida Institute | Jupiter, FL | Synaptic mechanisms and network dynamics underlying motor learning. Principal Investigator: Dr. Hidehiko Inagaki | $75k |
| New York University | New York, NY | Coordinate Transforms in the Mouse Cortex. Principal Investigator: David Schneider | $75k |
Funded by
Private foundations whose Form 990-PF Part XV grants matched this organization.
This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size (Under $1M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.
Among peers
Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.
Common questions about THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE
What does the Board President of THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE earn?
In 2023, the Board President of THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE received $11,000 in total compensation. This pay is below the median (the midpoint) for Board President roles among Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in Minnesota, but above the bottom quarter of comparable filings. Based on IRS Form 990 data.
How does Board President pay at THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE compare with similar nonprofits?
Compared with the same role at Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in Minnesota, the 2023 pay of the Board President at THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE falls between the 25th percentile and the median. In 2023, the highest total compensation at THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE equaled 0.3% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.
What are THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE's revenue and expenses?
In 2023, THE MCKNIGHT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE reported $3.8M in total revenue and $3.8M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.
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