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12 funders with a record of paying for “breakthrough”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation: $120M across 4 grants, latest 2023 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Climate Breakthrough Inc: $18M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation: $7.9M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Conservation X Labs Inc: $3.9M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Gerard't Hooft: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Jeffery W Kelly: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Ono Pharma Foundation → Stanford University Dr Bianxiao Cui: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Powell Foundation → Breakthrough Houston: $904K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → San Francisco Day School: $625K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Breakthrough Collaborative → Breakthrough Central Texas: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Bank of America Charitable → Breakthrough: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Brandsma Family Foundation → Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc: $23K across 13 grants, latest 2024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Climate Breakthrough Inc: $6.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → David Liu: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Dennis Gaitsgory: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Sergey Brin Family Foundation → Breakthrough Energy Foundation: $1.6M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → California Institute of Technology: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2020 Ono Pharma Foundation → Salk Institute for Biological Studies Dr Alan Saghatelian: $863K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Powell Foundation → Breakthrough: $693K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → Urban Habitat: $517K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc: $464K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Breakthrough Collaborative → Breakthrough New York: $67K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Bank of America Charitable → Breakthrough Silicon Valley: $35K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Takuro Mochizuki: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Carl H June: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ono Pharma Foundation → Stanford University Dr Elizabeth Sattely: $863K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Berkeley Lab Foundation: $800K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Powell Foundation → Breakthrough Central Texas: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The San Francisco Foundation → Richmond Community-Owned Development Enterprise: $290K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Didtechnology Inc: $256K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation → Breakthrough Silicon Valley: $166K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Breakthrough Collaborative → Breakthrough of Greater Boston: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Bank of America Charitable → Breakthrough Miami Inc: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Simon Brendle: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Daniel Spielman: $3.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Alexander Zamolodchikov: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Drew Weissman: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → John Cardy: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Anthony Hyman: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Alberto Ascherio: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Clifford Brangwynne: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Demis Hassabis: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Katalin Kariko: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Stephen Hauser: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Jun Ye: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Michel Sadelain: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Hidetoshi Katori: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → John Jumper: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Emmanuel Mignot: $1.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Sabine Hadida: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Paul Negulescu: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Shankar Balasubramanian: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → David Klenerman: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Thomas Gasser: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Ellen Sidransky: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Pascal Mayer: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Andrew Singleton: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Fredrick Van Goor: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 Ono Pharma Foundation → Broad Institute of Harvard & Mit Dr Xiao Wang: $863K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Peter Shor: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Gilles Brassard: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → David Deutsch: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize Foundation → Charles Bennett: $750K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Jens Juul Holst: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust: $121M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $121M Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: $32M on this topic. Open the funder. Breakthrough Prize in Life Sc… $32M The David and Lucile Packard Foundation: $24M on this topic. Open the funder. The David and Lucile Packard… $24M Breakthrough Prize Foundation: $24M on this topic. Open the funder. Breakthrough Prize Foundation $24M Sergey Brin Family Foundation: $9.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Sergey Brin Family Foundation $9.5M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $5.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $5.8M Ono Pharma Foundation: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Ono Pharma Foundation $3.6M The Powell Foundation: $1.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Powell Foundation $1.9M The San Francisco Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $1.4M The Breakthrough Collaborative: $227K on this topic. Open the funder. The Breakthrough Collaborative $227K The Bank of America Charitable: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bank of America Charitable $95K The Brandsma Family Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. The Brandsma Family Foundation $23K Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation: received $120M on this topic Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Fo… $120M Climate Breakthrough Inc: received $18M on this topic Climate Breakthrough Inc $18M Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation: received $7.9M on this topic Breakthrough Prize in Life Scie… $7.9M Climate Breakthrough Inc: received $6.0M on this topic Climate Breakthrough Inc $6.0M Conservation X Labs Inc: received $3.9M on this topic Conservation X Labs Inc $3.9M Gerard't Hooft: received $3.0M on this topic Gerard't Hooft $3.0M Jeffery W Kelly: received $3.0M on this topic Jeffery W Kelly $3.0M David Liu: received $3.0M on this topic David Liu $3.0M Dennis Gaitsgory: received $3.0M on this topic Dennis Gaitsgory $3.0M Takuro Mochizuki: received $3.0M on this topic Takuro Mochizuki $3.0M Simon Brendle: received $3.0M on this topic Simon Brendle $3.0M Daniel Spielman: received $3.0M on this topic Daniel Spielman $3.0M Breakthrough Energy Foundation: received $1.6M on this topic Breakthrough Energy Foundation $1.6M Carl H June: received $1.5M on this topic Carl H June $1.5M Alexander Zamolodchikov: received $1.5M on this topic Alexander Zamolodchikov $1.5M Drew Weissman: received $1.5M on this topic Drew Weissman $1.5M John Cardy: received $1.5M on this topic John Cardy $1.5M Anthony Hyman: received $1.5M on this topic Anthony Hyman $1.5M Alberto Ascherio: received $1.5M on this topic Alberto Ascherio $1.5M Clifford Brangwynne: received $1.5M on this topic Clifford Brangwynne $1.5M Demis Hassabis: received $1.5M on this topic Demis Hassabis $1.5M Katalin Kariko: received $1.5M on this topic Katalin Kariko $1.5M Stephen Hauser: received $1.5M on this topic Stephen Hauser $1.5M Jun Ye: received $1.5M on this topic Jun Ye $1.5M Michel Sadelain: received $1.5M on this topic Michel Sadelain $1.5M Hidetoshi Katori: received $1.5M on this topic Hidetoshi Katori $1.5M John Jumper: received $1.5M on this topic John Jumper $1.5M Emmanuel Mignot: received $1.5M on this topic Emmanuel Mignot $1.5M California Institute of Technology: received $1.1M on this topic California Institute of Technol… $1.1M Stanford University Dr Bianxiao Cui: received $1.0M on this topic Stanford University Dr Bianxiao… $1.0M Sabine Hadida: received $1.0M on this topic Sabine Hadida $1.0M Paul Negulescu: received $1.0M on this topic Paul Negulescu $1.0M Shankar Balasubramanian: received $1.0M on this topic Shankar Balasubramanian $1.0M David Klenerman: received $1.0M on this topic David Klenerman $1.0M Thomas Gasser: received $1.0M on this topic Thomas Gasser $1.0M Ellen Sidransky: received $1.0M on this topic Ellen Sidransky $1.0M Pascal Mayer: received $1.0M on this topic Pascal Mayer $1.0M Andrew Singleton: received $1.0M on this topic Andrew Singleton $1.0M Fredrick Van Goor: received $1.0M on this topic Fredrick Van Goor $1.0M Breakthrough Houston: received $904K on this topic Breakthrough Houston $904K Salk Institute for Biological Studies Dr Alan Saghatelian: received $863K on this topic Salk Institute for Biological S… $863K Stanford University Dr Elizabeth Sattely: received $863K on this topic Stanford University Dr Elizabet… $863K Broad Institute of Harvard & Mit Dr Xiao Wang: received $863K on this topic Broad Institute of Harvard & Mi… $863K Berkeley Lab Foundation: received $800K on this topic Berkeley Lab Foundation $800K Peter Shor: received $750K on this topic Peter Shor $750K Gilles Brassard: received $750K on this topic Gilles Brassard $750K David Deutsch: received $750K on this topic David Deutsch $750K Charles Bennett: received $750K on this topic Charles Bennett $750K Breakthrough: received $693K on this topic Breakthrough $693K San Francisco Day School: received $625K on this topic San Francisco Day School $625K Jens Juul Holst: received $600K on this topic Jens Juul Holst $600K Urban Habitat: received $517K on this topic Urban Habitat $517K Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc: received $464K on this topic Breakthrough Urban Ministries I… $464K Breakthrough Central Texas: received $300K on this topic Breakthrough Central Texas $300K Richmond Community-Owned Development Enterprise: received $290K on this topic Richmond Community-Owned Develo… $290K Didtechnology Inc: received $256K on this topic Didtechnology Inc $256K Breakthrough Silicon Valley: received $166K on this topic Breakthrough Silicon Valley $166K Breakthrough Central Texas: received $100K on this topic Breakthrough Central Texas $100K Breakthrough New York: received $67K on this topic Breakthrough New York $67K Breakthrough of Greater Boston: received $60K on this topic Breakthrough of Greater Boston $60K Breakthrough: received $40K on this topic Breakthrough $40K Breakthrough Silicon Valley: received $35K on this topic Breakthrough Silicon Valley $35K Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc: received $23K on this topic Breakthrough Urban Ministries I… $23K Breakthrough Miami Inc: received $20K on this topic Breakthrough Miami Inc $20K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “breakthrough” only. 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