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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 9% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIRBNBORGMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SAN FRANCISCO, CA | TECH FOR REFUGEES | $20,000,000 | 2023 |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri B Milner | PRESIDENT | 1.00 | $0 |
| Breck Hancock | DIRECTOR, TREASURER | 1.00 | $0 |
| James A Hutchinson | DIRECTOR, SECRETARY | 1.00 | $0 |
| Simon Peter Worden | CHAIRMAN, DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40.00 | $293,078 |
| Margot Mcginness | DIVISION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 10.00 | $224,163 |
| Karl Johansson | DIRECTOR | 2.00 | $13,125 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAALEXANDRIA, VA | TECH FOR REFUGEES | $8,000,000 | 2023 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $6,555,978 | 2024 |
| CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAALEXANDRIA, VA | TECH FOR REFUGEES | $6,000,000 | 2023 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $5,081,897 | 2024 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $4,699,399 | 2024 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $4,392,239 | 2023 |
| UNICEFNEW YORK, NY | TECH FOR REFUGEES | $4,000,000 | 2024 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $3,449,976 | 2023 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $3,136,527 | 2024 |
| ALEX ESKINWASHINGTON, DC | BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS | $3,000,000 | 2020 |
| NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCESWASHINGTON, DC | TO SUPPORT UKRAINE REFUGEES AND UKRAINIAN SCIENTISTS AFFECTED BY THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE | $3,000,000 | 2023 |
| DENNIS GAITSGORYWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS | $3,000,000 | 2025 |
| DANIEL SPIELMANWASHINGTON, DC | 2023 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS | $3,000,000 | 2023 |
| SIMON BRENDLEWASHINGTON, DC | 2024 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS | $3,000,000 | 2024 |
| GERARD'T HOOFTWASHINGTON, DC | 2025 SPECIAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS | $3,000,000 | 2025 |
| Martin HairerWashington, DC | Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics | $3,000,000 | 2021 |
| TAKURO MOCHIZUKIWASHINGTON, DC | 2022 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS | $3,000,000 | 2022 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSSBOONE, IA | TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE | $3,000,000 | 2022 |
| Steven WeinbergWashington, DC | Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | $3,000,000 | 2021 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $2,923,919 | 2022 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $2,885,135 | 2022 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $2,721,470 | 2022 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $2,612,768 | 2023 |
| MILKY WAY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON, DC | LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH | $2,179,158 | 2022 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending May 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202501049349100545
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending May 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202441069349101064
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending May 31, 2022
Filing id 202341089349100934
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending May 31, 2021 · amended
Filing id 202231519349100863
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending May 31, 2020
Filing id 202111059349100911
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.