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Private Foundation · CA

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Los Angeles, CA  ·  EIN 460677985  ·  Website ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$19.7M

Total Giving

$122.9M

Grants on File

480

Average Grant

$256K

Giving Radius

Where Breakthrough Prize Foundation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — no grants on file AR — no grants on file AZ — no grants on file CA — $22.5M across 8 grants CO — no grants on file CT — no grants on file DC — $77.7M across 461 grants DE — no grants on file FL — no grants on file GA — no grants on file HI — no grants on file IA — $3.0M across 1 grant ID — no grants on file IL — no grants on file IN — no grants on file KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — no grants on file MA — $300K across 1 grant MD — no grants on file ME — no grants on file MI — no grants on file MN — $1.9M across 1 grant MO — no grants on file MS — no grants on file MT — no grants on file NC — no grants on file ND — no grants on file NE — no grants on file NH — no grants on file NJ — no grants on file NM — no grants on file NV — no grants on file NY — $1.5M across 2 grants OH — no grants on file OK — no grants on file OR — no grants on file PA — $120K across 1 grant RI — no grants on file SC — no grants on file SD — no grants on file TN — no grants on file TX — no grants on file UT — no grants on file VA — $14.0M across 2 grants VT — no grants on file WA — no grants on file WI — no grants on file WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 455 recipients across 8 states. Top concentrations: WASHINGTON ($65.3M, 360 grants), SAN FRANCISCO ($20.0M, 2 grants), ALEXANDRIA ($14.0M, 2 grants), Washington ($12.4M, 101 grants), BOONE ($3.0M, 1 grant). Plus international giving not shown on this map.

Section I

How to Apply

The foundation makes the candidate submission form and criteria available on its website: www.breakthroughprize.org > Nominations

On Unsolicited Proposals yes

Restrictions

No Breakthrough Prize granted by the foundation shall have any age restrictions. Age restrictions do apply to Jr Challenge Awards. Any Breakthrough Prize of the foundation may be received more than once. Members of the selection committee are eligible to be nominated to receive the Breakthrough Prize and the conflict of interest policy will govern the procedures for such nominees. Any prize of the foundation can be shared by a number of people, including collaborations. Additional information about the rules of any program can be found on the foundation website.

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Michael Levin $25K 2020
Alexander W Raymond $9K 2020
Xinwen Zhu $100K 2020
Maxim Metlitski $25K 2020
Alan Rogers $9K 2020
Alexander Allardi $9K 2020
Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen $1.0M 2020
Timothy Austin $100K 2020
Joanna Dunkley $33K 2020
Lucasz Fidkowski $25K 2020
Akihiko Hirota $9K 2020
Alan P Marscher $9K 2020
Alejandro F Saiez-Madan $9K 2020
Aleksandar Popstefanija $9K 2020
Alex Eskin $3.0M 2020
Daniel Freedman $1.0M 2020
Sergio Ferrara $1.0M 2020
Emmy Murphy $100K 2020
Simon Caron-Huot $50K 2020
Pedro Vieira $50K 2020
Kendrick Smith $33K 2020
Samaya Nissanke $33K 2020
Xie Chen $25K 2020
Heather Johnson $50K 2020
Alexandra S Rahlin $9K 2020

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Section V

Board of Directors

  • YURI MILNER PRESIDENT
  • BRECK HANCOCK DIRECTOR, TREASURER
  • JAMES A HUTCHINSON DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
  • SIMON PETER WORDEN CHAIRMAN, DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • MARGOT MCGINNESS DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • KARL JOHANSSON DIRECTOR
  • SIMON PETER WORDEN CHAIRMAN, DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • MARGOT MCGINNESS DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • KARL JOHANSSON DIRECTOR
  • JAMES A HUTCHINSON DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
  • BRECK HANCOCK DIRECTOR, TREASURER
  • YURI MILNER PRESIDENT
  • YURI B MILNER TERM END 5721 DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT
  • JAMES HUTCHINSON DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
  • SIMON PETER WORDEN CHAIRMAN, DIVISION EXEC. DIR.
  • BRECK HANCOCK DIRECTOR, TREASURER
  • KARL JOHANSSON DIRECTOR
  • MARGOT MCGINNESS DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • YURI B MILNER DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT
  • JAMES HUTCHINSON DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
  • SIMON PETER WORDEN CHAIRMAN, DIVISION EXEC. DIR.
  • BRECK HANCOCK DIRECTOR, TREASURER
  • KARL JOHANSSON DIRECTOR
  • MARGOT MCGINNESS DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2023 $20.8M $466K $98.7M $91.4M
2022 $10.6M $754K $48.3M $47.7M
2021 $8.5M $172K $32.6M $25.3M
2020 $3.1M $134K $23.6M $25.8M
2019 $3.8M $53K $27.8M $27.3M
2015 $64K $40K $20.5M $20.5M
2014 $1 $21K
2014 $1 $1
2013 $1 $1

Section VII

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