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Who is Eligible
The Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research is a 501(c)3 public charity operating exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. The foundation only makes grants to nonprofits as designated by the IRS as 501(c)(3) organizations. The National Council of Nonprofits defines a fiscal sponsor as “a nonprofit organization that provides fiduciary oversight, financial management, and other administrative services to help build the capacity of charitable projects.”
Funding Priorities
Research programs to address prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries to the brain occurring primarily in sports related activities will be given priority. Additionally, the foundation, in furtherance of its charitable purpose of promoting prevention and treatment of concussions and brain injury in sports, will accept requests for activities such as, brain injury seminars, symposiums, and publications.