Arthritis National Research Foundation
The Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) is a public charity based in Irvine, California, that funds research into arthritis and related autoimmune diseases. The organization reports that it was formed in 1952 and has funded arthritis research since 1970.
Arthritis National Research Foundation at a glance
In short: Arthritis National Research Foundation gave $2.1M across 15 grants in 2025 (avg $142K), top state New York. 67% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,137,000
- -10.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 15
- -11.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $142,467
- +2.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $125,000
- Total assets
- $10,194,689
- -0.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 67% first-time grantees (10 of 15, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (29% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Arthritis National Research Foundation
- Review Cycle
- January 8, 2027, for the opportunities announced on ANRF’s grant page.
- Deadline
- January 8, 2027, for the opportunities announced on ANRF’s grant page.
- Contact
Mailing address: 5319 University Drive 10022, Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: (800) 588-2873
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
8 open opportunities from Arthritis National Research Foundation
ANR Foundation - Postdoctoral Physician Scientist Fellowship Grant
Arthritis National Research Foundation
Amount
Up to US $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
ANRF Arthritis and Related Autoimmune Disease Research Grant
Arthritis National Research Foundation
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
ANRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Physician-Scientists
Arthritis National Research Foundation
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Arthritis National Research Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Boston Children's Hospital ($375K). Together the top 10 received $1.6M.
Grant Size Distribution
72 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 63 grants of 72 (88%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
ANRF’s 2024 filing describes awards to scientists at research facilities and universities across the country, and its early-career research grant is listed as having a United States geographic scope. In 2025, grant dollars went to recipients in multiple states; the largest stated shares were New York (29%), Massachusetts (18%), California (12%), Missouri (12%), and Colorado (6%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 15 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Arthritis National Research Foundation open to new grantees?
67%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 10 of 15 grantees (67%) were first-time recipients. With only 15 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $126K; repeat grants $175K. How we count
Medians: $125K first-time, $125K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.4M (2021) to $2.4M (2024). In 2025 it made 15 grants totaling $2.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | To Support Medical Research Study | $375,000 |
| Washington University in Stlouis St. Louis, MO | To Support Medical Research Study | $250,000 |
| New York University Grossman School of Medicine New York, NY | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Manhasset, NY | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California San Francisco, CA | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| University of Colorado Denver AMC and DC Aurora, CO | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research New York, NY | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | To Support Medical Research Study | $125,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,194,689 | $4,662,015 | $3,833,484 | $2,137,000 | 15 | $1,509,739 |
| 2024 | $10,199,224 | $3,843,856 | $3,995,581 | $2,375,000 | 17 | $830,988 |
| 2023 | $9,685,294 | $2,619,565 | $3,536,580 | $2,162,302 | 14 | $275,292 |
| 2022 | $11,041,493 | $3,794,575 | $2,764,033 | $1,598,068 | 16 | $824,910 |
| 2021 | $10,233,188 | $2,370,276 | $2,105,095 | $1,400,000 | 10 | $1,022,069 |
| 2020 | $7,873,257 | $2,566,541 | $2,423,729 | $1,650,000 | 12 | $767,166 |
| 2019 | $9,003,754 | $1,641,213 | $2,359,294 | $1,600,000 | 16 | $249,682 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
ANRF’s mission is “to provide initial research funding to brilliant, investigative scientists with new ideas to cure arthritis and related autoimmune diseases.” Its stated research areas include arthritis, rheumatic diseases, and related autoimmune diseases. Programs listed by ANRF include research grants in arthritis and related autoimmune disease, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, pediatric skin and joint disease, and a postdoctoral physician-scientist fellowship.
ANRF’s 2024 filing describes awards to independent MD and/or PhD scientists at research facilities and universities across the country. The filing says ANRF’s Scientific Advisory Board reviews and ranks applications, which are then presented to the board of directors for review of annual award totals. Applicants must submit progress and final reports, including publications and presentations; the filing says recipients may apply for a second year of support if progress in the first year is significant.
The grantees listed in ANRF’s 2025 filing include hospitals, universities, and medical research institutions. For example, Vanderbilt University Medical Center describes its work as patient care, clinical and translational research, and healthcare professionalism. The University of Rochester describes its work as higher education, research, and charitable patient care; NYU describes its primary missions as education, research and scholarship, and patient care; and the University of Pittsburgh describes itself as a public research university serving its region, state, and nation.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, ANRF reported 15 grants totaling $2,137,000. Grant amounts ranged from $12,000 to $375,000, with a median of $125,000. The largest reported awards included $375,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital and $250,000 to Washington University in St. Louis, each for a medical research study. Awards of $125,000 for medical research studies went to, among others, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the Regents of the University of California, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Yale University School of Medicine, and the Universities of Colorado Denver, Michigan, Pittsburgh, and Rochester.
ANRF’s grant page announces opportunities opening in October 2026, with a submission deadline of January 8, 2027. It describes awards ranging from $50,000 to $250,000 for projects lasting one to two years. The page lists research grants and a postdoctoral physician-scientist fellowship, among other opportunities. ANRF’s 2026–2027 grant guide describes support for early-career researchers and says its grant funding goes directly into research, alongside mentorship, networking, professional development, and collaborative research sharing.
For applications, ANRF’s filing says scientists submit applications for Scientific Advisory Board review and ranking, with award totals reviewed by the board of directors. The filing also describes progress and final reporting requirements, including scientific publications and meeting presentations.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Emily Stormoen as CEO; Ashley Barrow as Director of Individual Giving; Jennifer Dunne as Director of Marketing & Communications; and Kalen Young as VP of Development. The listed board officers are Rich Salter, Chair; Kelli Matthews, Vice Chair; Theresa Hansen, Secretary; and Ves Vafadari, Treasurer. Jeffrey Bates and Harris Perlman are listed as board members.
Arthritis National Research Foundation is led by Emily Stormoen, CEO on every filing since 2022; 4 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Emily Stormoen
CEO
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$162K (2022) → $274K (2025)
Rich Salter
Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Barrow
Director of Individual Giving
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$104K (2024) → $111K (2025)
Jennifer Dunne
Director of Marketing & Communications
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$116K (2024) → $131K (2025)
Kalen Young
Vice President of Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$108K (2025)
Jeffrey Bates
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelli Matthews
Vice Chair
Board Member → Secretary, 2023
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Theresa Hansen
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Boyd
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Souza
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean Liew
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rich Narido
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Staci Stringer
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ves Vafadari
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harris Perlman
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Renuka Nayak
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Niewold
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Craig Walsh (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Douglas A. Granger (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Amanda Gianino (2024) — Former Vice President of Development
- Former: Jonathan Rose (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Sally Anne Sheridan (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Schalon Newton (2021–2023) — Chairman
- Former: Karen Williamson (2023) — Director of Development
- Former: Debbie Sampson (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Kevin Donahue (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Schulten (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Kelly Rouba-Boyd (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Richard Salter Jr. (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Carl F. Ware (2019–2021) — Chairman & Sab
- Former: Emily Stormoen Fr (2021) — CEO
- Former: Zaher Nahle To (2021) — Executive Director
- Former: Zaher Nahle (2019–2020) — Executive Director
- Former: Debra Sampson (2020) — Chair
- Former: Newton Schalon (2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Britt Meyer (2019) — Director
- Former: David Israelsky (2019) — Director
- Former: Gale Granger PhD (2019) — Director
- Former: Julia Holland (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Kathryn S. Ferris (2019) — Director
- Former: Kelly Rouba (2019) — 2nd Vice President
- Former: Lynn E. Moyer (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael Leblanc (2019) — Director
- Former: Schalon Newton Dm (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Shaun Skeris (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $274K, to Emily Stormoen (CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Arthritis National Research Foundation
How much does Arthritis National Research Foundation give each year?
Arthritis National Research Foundation gave $2.1M across 15 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.4M across 17 grants.
What is Arthritis National Research Foundation's typical grant size?
Arthritis National Research Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $125,000, and its average grant was $142,467, across 15 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Arthritis National Research Foundation that year got $126K on average.
Where does Arthritis National Research Foundation give grants?
Arthritis National Research Foundation's top state is New York, with 29% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Massachusetts (18%) and California (12%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (3 grants).
Does Arthritis National Research Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 15 grants with a stated purpose on Arthritis National Research Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "To Support Medical Research Study" (14 grants).
Who are Arthritis National Research Foundation's largest grantees?
Arthritis National Research Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Boston Children's Hospital ($375,000), Washington University in Stlouis ($250,000) and New York University Grossman School of Medicine ($125,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 35% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Arthritis National Research Foundation?
Arthritis National Research Foundation reported $10.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.7M.
What does Arthritis National Research Foundation fund?
ANRF’s mission is “to provide initial research funding to brilliant, investigative scientists with new ideas to cure arthritis and related autoimmune diseases.” Its stated research areas include arthritis, rheumatic diseases, and related autoimmune diseases. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Arthritis National Research Foundation?
Arthritis National Research Foundation has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Arthritis National Research Foundation's EIN?
Arthritis National Research Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-6043953. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 23, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 2, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 17, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS October 29, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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