Grants awarded
Who does Breakthrough Prize Foundation fund?
Breakthrough Prize Foundation has awarded $190 million across 649 grants to 500 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $8,646, with most between $8,645 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $1,243,410 versus $8,646 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$190.4M
Typical grant
$9K
Grantees
500
Grants
649
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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| M Milky Way Research Foundation | $65.6M | 34 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| A Airbnborg | $21.0M | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | — |
Charities Aid Foundation America
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$15.0M | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| I Individual recipient | $6.0M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6.0M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I International Rescue Committee (irc) | $5.6M | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Academy of Sciences | $5.4M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U UNICEF | $4.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $3.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.0M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.0M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.0M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1.9M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$1.9M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| S Stanford University | $1.7M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$1.5M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $1.4M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $750K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $750K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $750K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $750K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$600K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| A American Friends of the Tel Aviv University INC | $500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$500K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| A Australian Academy of Science | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Social Impact Fund
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$250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$240K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Arid1b Research Foundation INC
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$150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| E Ecole McTavish Public High School | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N National Public School Koramangala | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Neev Academy | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Le Bocage International School | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Blue Valley High School | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Burlingame High School | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Los Altos Chabad | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
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