FDN — FOUNDATION / NON-PROFIT

Milken Institute SPARC (philanthropy advisory)

Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy

Award

Advisory services, not grants

Deadline

Engagement-based

Award type

Partnership route

Focus

Org capacity

Not a grantmaker, and there is no application. SPARC advises philanthropists and family foundations on designing rare-disease research giving, administers donor-funded grant programs such as the Kissick Family Foundation FTD program and the ALS Breakthrough Research Fund, and produces landscape analyses.

Why it's in this index

A major donor interested in Barth syndrome could engage SPARC to design and run a BTHS research fund. The relevant audience is therefore a prospective funder, not an applicant.

Who can apply

Engagement-based; no application cycle exists.

How to apply

Contact sparc@milkeninstitute.org; engagements typically arise around a specific major donor or a proposed landscape analysis.

Links & downloads

SPARC rare disease ↗