Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation Grants

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Address

1900 N STREET NW WASHINGTON, DC, 20036

Phone

(202) 346-4293

Deadlines

Please visit www.breakthroughprize.org for additional information regarding submission deadlines.

Application materials

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

Restrictions

No prize granted by the foundation shall have any age restrictions. Any prize of the foundation May be received more than once. Members of the selection committee are eligible to be nominated to receive the 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.

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 16 largest grants (16 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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