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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW SINGLETONWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2024 | |
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 |
| $1,000,000 |
| 2022 |
| ELLEN SIDRANSKYWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2024 |
| SABINE HADIDAWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2024 |
| THOMAS GASSERWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2024 |
| SHANKAR BALASUBRAMANIANWASHINGTON, DC | 2022 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $1,000,000 | 2022 |
| LOTTE BJERRE KNUDSENWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $600,000 | 2025 |
| JENS JUUL HOLSTWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $600,000 | 2025 |
| JOEL HABENERWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $600,000 | 2025 |
| SVETLANA MOJSOVWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $600,000 | 2025 |
| DANIEL DRUCKERWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES | $588,012 | 2025 |
| 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.