Funders › NY › The Pershing Square Foundation › 2020
Grants paid by The Pershing Square Foundation, tax year 2020
EIN 20-8068401 · New York, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE S12
In tax year 2020, The Pershing Square Foundation (EIN 20-8068401) reported 115 grants paid totaling $30,631,195. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $6,250,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $2,800,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | U | $2,000,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation Colorado Springs, CO | U | $1,900,000 | approved, future | General Support/ Team USA Sport Performance Ambassador Program, Athlete Relief Fund, and Team USA Service & Hope Awards | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Dalton School New York, NY | C | $1,300,727 | paid | Dalton Centennial Campaign | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Signature Theatre Company New York, NY | B | $1,000,219 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA | B | $1,000,219 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $1,000,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Barnes-Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO | C | $950,209 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY | B | $800,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation Colorado Springs, CO | U | $600,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $517,192 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Harlem Academy New York, NY | C | $500,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Harlem Academy New York, NY | C | $500,000 | approved, future | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA | U | $500,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY | B | $416,549 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Donorschooseorg New York, NY | U | $281,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $250,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Rockefeller University New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Signature Theatre Company New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College Ithaca, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Junior Tennis Champions Center College Park, MD | B | $250,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Polaris Project Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College Ithaca, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Mati Usathe Jerusalem Business Development Center New York, NY | D | $250,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Rockefeller University New York, NY | B | $249,808 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trustees of Columbia University in NY New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $200,000 | approved, future | General Support/Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Rockefeller University New York, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trustees of Columbia University in NY New York, NY | U | $200,000 | approved, future | General Support/Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College Ithaca, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA | B | $200,000 | paid | Pershing Square Professorship in Foundations of Human Behavior | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trustees of Columbia University in NY New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $200,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College Ithaca, NY | U | $180,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Rockefeller University New York, NY | B | $180,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $180,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Research Foundation for the State University O Albany, NY | C | $180,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY | B | $180,000 | paid | General Support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trustees of Columbia University in NY New York, NY | U | $180,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $180,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Rockefeller University New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | NYC First New York, NY | C | $150,000 | paid | STEM Center / Support of FIRST Robotics Teams in NYC | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Children's Hospital Corporation Boston, MA | B | $125,000 | paid | general Support/ COVID19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation Colorado Springs, CO | U | $125,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $125,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $125,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | University of Oxford Development Trust Oxford | U | $100,272 | paid | Scholarship Fund | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | First Manchester, NH | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Rockefeller University New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Caremessage San Francisco, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trustees of Columbia University in NY New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The New York STEM Cell Foundation New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Row New York New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Third Wave Volunteers Miami, FL | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Last Mile Health Boston, MA | C | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Northwell Health Foundation New Hyde Park, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Sail to Prevail Newport, RI | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Digital Divide Data New York, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge, MA | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Fund for the City of NY New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | DineOut NYC Initiative | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | American Frnds of London Schl of Hygiene&tropical New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | One Acre Fund Highland Park, IL | B | $100,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Junior Tennis Champions Center College Park, MD | B | $98,560 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Lead Africa New York, NY | B | $80,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | David Lynch Foundation Fairfield, IA | U | $75,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Givedirectly New York, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | Hurricane Dorian Bahamas Response | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Echoing Green Inc New York, NY | C | $50,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | American Studies Center Arlington, VA | B | $45,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | My Son Is Me Newark, NJ | B | $30,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Planned Parenthood of New York City New York, NY | U | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Central Park Conservancy New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Challenged Athletes Inc San Diego, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Birthright Israel Foundation New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Year Up Inc Boston, MA | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Trout Unlimited Arlington, VA | U | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Givedirectly New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Hurricane Dorian Bahamas Response | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Barnard College New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Barnard Ctr for Toddler Development | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Charities Aid Foundation of America Alexandria, VA | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, ME | B | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Jewish Food Society New York, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | Feed the Frontlines Initiative | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Hasty Pudding Club- Institute of 1770 Inc Cambridge, MA | C | $25,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | American Studies Center Arlington, VA | B | $20,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | American Studies Center Arlington, VA | B | $20,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Willing Heart Community Care Center Inc Newark, NJ | B | $20,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College Ithaca, NY | U | $20,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $20,000 | approved, future | General Support/Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Justfix Inc New York, NY | C | $20,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Weill Cornell Medical College Ithaca, NY | U | $20,000 | approved, future | General Support/Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | U | $20,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY | B | $20,000 | approved, future | General Support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | General support/ Cancer Research | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | American Friends of Batsheva Dance Company Inc New York, NY | C | $18,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Donorschooseorg New York, NY | U | $12,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Hudson School Hoboken, NJ | B | $10,000 | paid | Hudson School Scholarship Fund | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | The Galien Foundation New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Redeemer Center for Life Minneapolis, MN | B | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Eyol Inc Watertown, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | Brain Mind Initiative | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Fed of American Societies for Experimental Biolog Bethesda, MD | U | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Chabad of Gramercy Park New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Pajan Aid Now Inc Brooklyn, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | General Support/ COVID-19 Relief | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Scratch Foundation Boston, MA | U | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | St Mary's Foundation for Children Bayside, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Kipp New York Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Signature Theatre Company New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
| 2020 | Junior Tennis Champions Center College Park, MD | B | $1,440 | paid | General Support | 202131169349100403 |
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