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The Pershing Square Foundation: 56 grants to organizations, $10.9 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Pershing Square Foundation, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 56 grants to organizations totaling $10,932,500 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $750,000 to The Broad Institute of Mit and Harvard in Cambridge, MA for research project: "programmable therapeutics: building the foundation for the next wave of medicine".
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- EIN
- 208068401
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $547,273,777
- Grants paid
- $10,932,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349101636. It reported $10,932,500 in grants paid; 56 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Broad Institute of Mit and Harvard | Cambridge, MA | Research project: "programmable therapeutics: building the foundation for the next wave of medicine" | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Amchai | Miami, FL | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller University | New York, NY | Support for research project entitled, stimulating synaptic protein degradation for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases | Education | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizens Alliance | Buffalo, NY | General support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | Science and technology | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Support for the research of the mayr lab | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York University | New York, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rutgers the State University of NJ | Branchville, NJ | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Youth development | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Broad Institute of Mit and Harvard | Cambridge, MA | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Regents of the University of California (university of California Davis | Davis, CA | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Rockefeller University | New York, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Alumni of Glasgow University Inc | Washington, DC | Mcnab centre at university of glasgow | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Support for the research project entitled, regulation of tumor immunity by lymphatics | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (limr) | Wynnewood, PA | Research project: developing edible transgenic spirulina expressing anti-inflammatory proteins for oral therapy of inflammatory gastrointestinal disease | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New York University | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | Double helix medals dinner | Science and technology | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Education Culture and Neighborhood Renewal Company | IS | Gardenicity seed to feed program | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Metastasis Research Society | Tampa, FL | General support | Medical research | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Support for the myeloid malignancies convening | Education | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | UK | Oxford scholar convening | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Support for the research of the lyden lab | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eyol Inc | Watertown, MA | The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Galien Foundation | New York, NY | General support for the 2024 prix galien forum and awards ceremony | Medical research | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society for Neuroscience | Washington, DC | Support for neuroscience 2024 convening | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $3,832,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $500,000 |
| Science and technology | $400,000 |
| Youth development | $250,000 |
| Medical research | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $6,572,000 |
| Massachusetts | $1,260,000 |
| California | $1,000,000 |
| Connecticut | $650,000 |
| Florida | $515,000 |
| Maryland | $250,000 |
| New Jersey | $250,000 |
| District of Columbia | $207,500 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.