Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

WASHINGTON, DC EIN: 46-2026488

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

Annual Giving

$9.0M

+20.0% YoY

Grant Count

8

+60.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$1.1M

-25.0% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$0.275$0.55$0.8250000000000001$1.120202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$3M$6M$9M$12M5 grants20204 grants20216 grants20225 grants20238 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 8 recipients in 2024

MICHEL SADELAIN$1.5MCARL H JUNE$1.5MANDREW SINGLETON$1.0MELLEN SIDRANSKY$1.0MTHOMAS GASSER$1.0MFREDRICK VAN GOOR$1.0MPAUL NEGULESCU$1.0MSABINE HADIDA$1.0M

Grant Size Distribution

28 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M28$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

SIMON PETER WORDENFOUNDATION CHAIRMAN$47KKARL JOHANSSONDIRECTOR$11K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
YURI B MILNERDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT1
BRECK HANCOCKDIRECTOR, TREASURER1
JAMES A HUTCHINSONSECRETARY1
SIMON PETER WORDENFOUNDATION CHAIRMAN7$46,518
HUDA ZOGHBIDIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIRMAN1
KARL JOHANSSONDIRECTOR3$11,250
ANNE WOJCICKIDIRECTOR1
MARK ZUCKERBERGDIRECTOR1

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

Cities

WASHINGTON

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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