Grant funders

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Private foundation, California

United States
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Given in 2024 $34.7m
Typical grant $1.1m Middle half $480k to $2.6m
New grantees in 2024 30% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

30% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

District of Columbia 35 grants · typical $1.3m
California 10 grants · typical $100k
Minnesota 4 grants · typical $1.7m
New York 4 grants · typical $750k
Virginia 3 grants · typical $6.0m
Iowa 1 grant · typical $3.0m

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

International Rescue Committee (Irc) Grant to International Rescue Committee (Irc) $500k 31 May 2024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Grant to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $500k 31 May 2024
Milky Way Research Foundation Grant to Milky Way Research Foundation $3.1m 31 May 2024
Milky Way Research Foundation Grant to Milky Way Research Foundation $200k 31 May 2024
UNICEF Grant to UNICEF $4.0m 31 May 2024
All European Academies Germany Grant to All European Academies $90k 31 May 2024
Milky Way Research Foundation Grant to Milky Way Research Foundation $1.1m 31 May 2024
Milky Way Research Foundation Grant to Milky Way Research Foundation $5.1m 31 May 2024
Milky Way Research Foundation Grant to Milky Way Research Foundation $6.6m 31 May 2024
Stanford university Grant to Stanford University $1.7m 31 May 2024

How to apply

How to apply
The foundation makes the candidate submission form and criteria available on its website: Www.breakthroughprize.org > nominations
Deadlines
Please visit www.breakthroughprize.org for additional information regarding submission deadlines.
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. Previous winners of the jr challenge award are not eligible to participate in subsequent jr challenge competitions. 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 breakthrough prize 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.
Contact
Breakthrough Prize Foundation
Address
1900 N Street Nw, Washington, DC 20036
Phone
2023464293

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 31 May 2025.

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)