Barrow Neurological Foundation
To support barrow neurological institute, a department of st. Joseph's hospital and medical center, which is in turn a division of dignity health. Dignity health operates as a major subsidiary within commonspirit, which is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S.
Barrow Neurological Foundation at a glance
In short: Barrow Neurological Foundation gave $21.8M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $21.8M), mostly in Arizona. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $21,831,421
- +5.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $21,831,421
- +5.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $21,831,421
- Total assets
- $288,634,126
- +9.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Arizona (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Barrow Neurological Foundation
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Barrow Neurological Foundation
Who Barrow Neurological Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Dignity Health DBA St Joseph Hospital & Medical Center ($21.8M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Barrow Neurological Foundation gives
- Giving grew 39% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15.7M (2022) to $47.3M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $21.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dignity Health DBA St Joseph Hospital & Medical Center Pheonix, AZ | Support Hospital | $21,831,421 |
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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 | $288,634,126 | $49,260,849 | $40,230,701 | $21,831,421 | 1 | $6,964,475 |
| 2024 | $264,153,308 | $83,572,452 | $37,868,981 | $20,770,004 | 1 | $24,152,251 |
| 2023 | $226,235,827 | $34,259,725 | $56,151,491 | $47,257,411 | 1 | $3,679,337 |
| 2022 | $227,578,923 | $54,095,366 | $24,258,627 | $15,710,550 | 1 | $9,808,717 |
| 2021 | $237,891,027 | $71,872,310 | $23,763,761 | $16,447,451 | 1 | $17,988,150 |
| 2020 | $175,375,850 | $31,938,606 | $37,810,716 | $30,137,766 | 1 | $7,986,339 |
| 2019 | $181,054,579 | $30,227,942 | $28,610,001 | $17,825,887 | 1 | $6,511,165 |
About Barrow Neurological Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Barrow Neurological Foundation is a public charity focused on Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, based in Phoenix, AZ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $288.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $21.8M. Net investment income was $7.0M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Barrow Neurological Foundation is led by Katherine Cobb, President since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 37 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Katherine Cobb
President
President & CEO → CEO, 2022
CEO → President, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$272K (2019) → $184K (2025)
Michele S. Gregory Ms
President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mitchel Sayare
Board Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Najafi
Director
Director → Board Secretary, 2022
Board Secretary → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Rauch
Director
Board Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2020
Board Chair → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Van Denburgh
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ira A. Fulton
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Swanson
Director
Board Treasurer → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jordan Rose
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Handley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mal Jozoff
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Lawton MD
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Mishkin
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Garmany
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean Feuer
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margot Knight
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andy McCain
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laurie Carson
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marne Obernauer Jr.
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Stone
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Levine
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Markos Tambakeras
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janet Martin
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Howard
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Burns
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Earl Petznick Jr.
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bob Lavinia
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bob Uhl
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brad Grossman
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Wentworth
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Mueller
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Hecomovich
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nan Howlett
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Davis
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Johnson
Board Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Board Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Tucker
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ellen Katz
Board Secretary
Director → Board Secretary & Director, 2024
Board Secretary & Director → Board Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (40)
- Former: Mike Lovell (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Mitchell Pierce (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Richard Davis (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Lavinia (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Uhl (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: W. Kent McClelland (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Bradley Grossman (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Heidi J. Teets (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Adam Levin (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Spetzler (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Dionne Najafi (2024) — Director
- Former: James Swanson (2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Laurie Termansen (2024) — Director
- Former: Dan Dillion (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Hecomovich (2019–2023) — Board Chair
- Former: William Metzler (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Alexis Glascock (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Pierre Leroy (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Catherine Ivy (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jan Lewis (2023) — Director
- Former: Jerry Worsham III (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Karen C. McConnell (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Ron Butler (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: William Langer Jr. (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Diane Might (2022) — Director
- Former: Tomas Gorney (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tim Flaherty (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Carrie Hall (2021) — Director
- Former: Sandy Hecomovich (2020) — Director
- Former: Booker T. Evans (2019) — Director
- Former: Dan L. Grubb (2019) — Director
- Former: Glenn Hamer (2019) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey Jackson (2019) — CFO
- Former: Karen C. King-Brooks (2019) — Director
- Former: Larry Mayhew (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael Haenel (2019) — Board Chair
- Former: Patty White (2019) — Director
- Former: Robyn Lee (2019) — Director
- Former: Shoshana Tancer (2019) — Director
- Former: Stephen Lenn (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 $184K, to Katherine Cobb (President (Through 07/2024)).
Frequently asked questions about Barrow Neurological Foundation
How much does Barrow Neurological Foundation give each year?
Barrow Neurological Foundation gave $21.8M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $20.8M across 1 grant.
How large is Barrow Neurological Foundation?
Barrow Neurological Foundation reported $288.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $49.3M.
What is Barrow Neurological Foundation?
Barrow Neurological Foundation is a public charity focused on Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, based in Phoenix, AZ. It holds $288.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Barrow Neurological Foundation operate?
Barrow Neurological Foundation has awarded grants in Arizona.
What is Barrow Neurological Foundation's EIN?
Barrow Neurological Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 86-0174371. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 1, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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