Leo & Anne Albert Charitable Trust

About Leo & Anne Albert Charitable Trust

The Leo & Anne Albert Charitable Trust centers its giving on biomedical research, with a strong emphasis on urologic cancers and neurologic aging. Its recent grants show a pattern of large, repeated awards to university-based investigators and affiliated research institutes, especially for prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and white matter studies tied to cognitive decline. The trust also supports the Leo & Anne Albert Institute for Bladder Cancer Care & Research and the Albert Research Institute for White Matter and Cognition, indicating a preference for named research platforms rather than broad unrestricted support. A major theme in the recent record is investigator-led research at the University of South Florida Research Foundation, where the trust funded a prostate cancer project led by Mildred Acevedo-Duncan. Another recurring line of support goes to Ku Endowment for bladder cancer research directed by Dr. John A. Taylor. These awards are substantial and repeated across multiple years, suggesting a funding style built around sustained research backing rather than one-time exploratory gifts. Beyond laboratory and clinical research, the trust has also financed facility-related work tied to its longstanding community and care interests, including maintenance and construction support for Albert day care centers and an outreach building in Pahokee.

What Leo & Anne Albert Charitable Trust Funds

Prostate cancer research is one of the trust’s clearest priorities. In 2025, it gave $751,419 to the University of South Florida Research Foundation for a prostate cancer research project led by principal investigator Mildred Acevedo-Duncan. That same project also received repeated support in 2023, including $152,650, $142,371, $82,488, $68,301, and $39,357. Bladder cancer work is another consistent thread. The trust awarded $254,941 in 2025 to Ku Endowment for Dr. John A. Taylor’s bladder cancer research, and it also supported the Leo & Anne Albert Institute for Bladder Cancer Care & Research with grants of $285,500 in 2023 and $245,880 in 2025. The trust also funds white matter and cognition studies. In 2025 it gave $746,252 to the Albert Research Institute for White Matter and Cognition to advance studies on white matter and whether cognitive loss can be slowed. A separate line of support reached Alzheimer’s Community Care for Albert day care center maintenance and construction.

How Leo & Anne Albert Charitable Trust Gives