Private foundation · EIN 20-8068401 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where The Pershing Square Foundation's grants went

It reported $21.2M in grants paid across 68 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 71.4% of those dollars to 36 recipient organizations.

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What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Website on filing
PERSHINGSQUAREFOUNDATION.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 67 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK · outside the US
$2,221,936SUPPORT FOR THE OXFORD GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CENTREForeign
Robin Hood Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3441066
$2,100,000THE PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION IMMIGRANT OPPORTUNITY FUNDSame street 1.00
The Innocence Project
New York, NY · EIN 32-0077563
$1,000,000TO SUPPORT THE INNOCENCE PROJECT POLICY TEAMSame address 1.00
Measures for Justice Institute
Rochester, NY · EIN 45-2119421
$1,000,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 0.88
Signature Theatre Company
New York, NY · EIN 13-3641560
$1,000,000SIGNATURE CENTER CAPITAL PROJECT & STC TICKET ACCESS INITIATIVESame address 1.00
Global Impact
Alexandria, VA · no confident EIN match
$650,000MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR INJURED IN WAR ZONESUnmatched Help match
Global Impact
Alexandria, VA · no confident EIN match
$650,000MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR INJURED IN WAR ZONESUnmatched Help match
The Broad Institute
Cambridge, MA · EIN 26-3428781
$500,000RESEARCH PROJECT: "PROGRAMMABLE THERAPEUTICS: BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF MEDICINE"Same address 1.00
Institute of International Education
New York, NY · EIN 13-1624046
$500,000TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOLAR RESCUE FUNDSame address 1.00
Sanku
Westborough, MA · no confident EIN match
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PROJECT HEALTHY CHILDRENUnmatched Help match
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee
Colorado Springs, CO · EIN 13-1548339
$475,000TEAM USA SPORT PERFORMANCE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY · EIN 13-1624158
$300,000SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED, STIMULATING SYNAPTIC PROTEIN DEGRADATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASESSame address 1.00
The Broad Institute
Cambridge, MA · EIN 26-3428781
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZESame address 1.00
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spg Hbr, NY · EIN 11-2013303
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZESame address 1.00
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZESame address 1.00
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Boston, MA · EIN 11-0303001
$250,000AID AND IMMIGRATION SUPPORT ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDERKnown alias 1.00
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY · EIN 13-6171197
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZESame address 1.00
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY · EIN 13-1924236
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
New York University
New York, NY · EIN 13-5562308
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Rutgers the State University of Nj
Sandyston, NJ · EIN 32-0489361
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY · EIN 13-1624158
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZESame address 1.00
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Yale University
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0646973
$250,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · no confident EIN match
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZEUnmatched Help match
The Regents of the University of California
Davis, CA · no confident EIN match
$250,000THE MIND (MAXIMIZING INNOVATION IN NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY) PRIZEUnmatched Help match
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY · EIN 83-0621846
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY · EIN 83-0621846
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
American Alumni of Glasgow University
New Haven, CT · EIN 26-2199866
$200,000SUPPORT FOR THE "BUILDING A NEW GENERATION OF CANCER THERAPIES" PROGRAMExact name 1.00
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY · EIN 13-6171197
$200,000SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED, "REGULATION OF TUMOR IMMUNITY BYLYMPHATICS"Same address 1.00
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
Radnor, PA · EIN 23-2175659
$200,000RESEARCH PROJECT: DEVELOPING EDIBLE TRANSGENIC SPIRULINA EXPRESSING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROTEINS FOR ORAL THERAPY OF INFLAMMATORY GASTROINTES…Exact name 1.00
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY · EIN 13-1924236
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY · EIN 13-1924236
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY · EIN 13-1924236
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
New York Junior Tennis League
Long Is City, NY · EIN 23-7442256
$200,000NYJTL SCHOLAR ATHLETE PROGRAMSame ZIP 1.00
New York University
New York, NY · EIN 13-5562308
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
President and Fellows of Harvard College
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103580
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF HARVARD ROWING PROGRAMKnown alias 1.00
Yale University
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0646973
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Yale University
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0646973
$200,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Aleph Society
New York, NY · EIN 13-3472524
$187,383TO SUPPORT THE STEINSALTZ CENTER IN THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE WORK OF RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZSame city 1.00
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082
$180,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHSame address 1.00
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$180,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$180,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Yale University
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0646973
$180,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Yale University
New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0646973
$180,000PERSHING SQUARE SOHN PRIZE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN CANCER RESEARCHKnown alias 1.00
Vera Institute of Justice
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 13-1941627
$160,000TO SUPPORT VERA'S ENDING GIRLS' INCARCERATION INITIATIVESame street 1.00
Greenwave Organization Corp
New Haven, CT · EIN 47-5438012
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Silk Road Project
Somerville, MA · EIN 04-3444069
$150,000SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN RAILROAD PROJECT: A TRANSCONTINENTAL JOURNEYExact name 1.00

1 more line ($1.5M) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

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    26 recipients in common
  2. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    13 recipients in common
  3. The Jpb Foundation New York, NY
    12 recipients in common
  4. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA
    11 recipients in common
  5. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    11 recipients in common
  6. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    11 recipients in common
  7. The Simons Foundation New York, NY
    11 recipients in common
  8. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    10 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.