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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $12,849,255 | $14,033,691 | $13,663,550 | $1,458,740 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
No public data foundWhere recipients are
Based on the 0% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David BakerWASHINGTON, DC | 2021 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2021 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri B Milner | DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT | 1.00 | $0 |
| Breck Hancock | DIRECTOR, TREASURER | 1.00 | $0 |
| James A Hutchinson | SECRETARY | 1.00 | $0 |
| Simon Peter Worden | FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| −$1,106,459 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $12,748,204 | $14,196,204 | $14,179,128 | $2,087,974 | $77,977 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $14,846,831 | $13,751,137 | $12,188,783 | $3,421,698 | $1,525,977 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $10,652,847 | $10,338,973 | $10,588,492 | $615,230 | $430,283 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $11,413,953 | $13,460,879 | $13,638,554 | $658,226 | $116,409 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $18,206,611 | $19,818,555 | $19,910,890 | $2,757,165 | $2,163,335 |
| 2022 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES |
| $3,000,000 |
| 2022 |
| Yuk Ming Dennis LoWASHINGTON, DC | 2021 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2021 |
| Catherine DulacWASHINGTON, DC | 2021 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2021 |
| DAVID LIUWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2025 |
| JEFFREY FRIEDMANWASHINGTON, DC | 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2020 |
| Richard YouleWASHINGTON, DC | 2021 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2021 |
| DAVID JULIUSWASHINGTON, DC | 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2020 |
| VIRGINIA MAN-YEE LEEWASHINGTON, DC | 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $3,000,000 | 2020 |
| STEPHEN HAUSERWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2025 |
| DEMIS HASSABISWASHINGTON, DC | 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2023 |
| CARL H JUNEWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2024 |
| JOHN JUMPERWASHINGTON, DC | 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2023 |
| ALBERTO ASCHERIOWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2025 |
| MICHEL SADELAINWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2024 |
| ANTHONY HYMANWASHINGTON, DC | 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2023 |
| CLIFFORD BRANGWYNNEWASHINGTON, DC | 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2023 |
| DREW WEISSMANWASHINGTON, DC | 2022 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2022 |
| EMMANUEL MIGNOTWASHINGTON, DC | 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2023 |
| KATALIN KARIKOWASHINGTON, DC | 2022 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2022 |
| ARTHUR HORWICHWASHINGTON, DC | 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2020 |
| FRANZ ULRICH HARTLWASHINGTON, DC | 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,500,000 | 2020 |
| DAVID KLENERMANWASHINGTON, DC | 2022 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2022 |
| PAUL NEGULESCUWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2024 |
| FREDRICK VAN GOORWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2024 |
| 7.00 |
| $56,542 |
| Huda Zoghbi | DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIRMAN | 1.00 | $0 |
| Karl Johansson | DIRECTOR | 3.00 | $11,042 |
| Anne Wojcicki | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Mark Zuckerberg | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.