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Grants paid by Breakthrough Prize Foundation, tax year 2021
EIN 46-0677985 · Los Angeles, DC · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE B82
In tax year 2021, Breakthrough Prize Foundation (EIN 46-0677985) reported 104 grants paid totaling $12,884,094. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Martin Hairer Washington, DC | U | $3,000,000 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Steven Weinberg Washington, DC | U | $3,000,000 | paid | Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Milky Way Research Foundation Washington, DC | B | $1,670,000 | paid | Life Science Research | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Jens Gundlach Washington, DC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Blayne Heckel Washington, DC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Eric Adelberger Washington, DC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | C | $300,000 | paid | Research Support | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Samay Godika Washington, DC | U | $250,000 | paid | Breakthrough Junior Challenge | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | U | $120,000 | paid | Research Support | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Song Sun Washington, DC | U | $100,000 | paid | New Horizons in Mathematics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Khan Academy Mountain View, CA | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Tracy Slatyer Washington, DC | U | $100,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Aleksandr Logunov Washington, DC | U | $100,000 | paid | New Horizons in Mathematics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Bhargav Bhatt Washington, DC | U | $100,000 | paid | New Horizons in Mathematics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Urmila Mahadev Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Lisa Piccirillo Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Katherine Vladicka Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | Breakthrough Junior Challenge | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Nina Holden Washington, DC | U | $50,000 | paid | Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Tien-Tien Yu Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Geoff Penington Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Javier Tiffenberg Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Tomer Volansky Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Rouven Essig Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Netta Engelhardt Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Henry Maxfield Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ahmed Almheiri Washington, DC | U | $25,000 | paid | New Horizons in Physics Prize | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Vincent Pietu Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ranjani Srinivasan Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Shuichiro Tsuda Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Thomas M Crawford Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Shoko Koyama Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Thomas Bronzwaer Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Koushik Chatterjee Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Pim Schellart Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Keiichi Asada Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Philippe a Raffin Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Kuo-Chang Han Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Yusuke Kono Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Sascha Trippe Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Kotaro Moriyama Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Nicolas Pradel Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Makoto Inoue Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Michael Kramer Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Walter Alef Washington, DC | D | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ruben Herrero-Illana Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Wilfred Boland Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Silke Britzen Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Sjoerd T Timmer Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Qingwen Wu Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Kenji Toma Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Mark Derome Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Motoki Kino Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Karl M Menten Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Joseph Crowley Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Taehyun Jung Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Tomohisa Kawashima Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Patrick M Koch Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Mahito Sasada Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Svetlana Jorstad Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Zhiyuan Li Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Kuan-Yu Liu Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Jorge a Preciado-Lopez Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ziyan Zhu Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Juan-Carlos Algaba Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ue-Li Pen Washington, DC | U | $8,646 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Alan R Whitney Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chi-Kwan Chan Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | David H Hughes Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Cm Violette Impellizzeri Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Hiroki Okino Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Heino Falcke Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chung-Chen Chen Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Hector Olivares Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Elisabetta Liuzzo Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Des Small Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Izumi Mizuno Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Alan L Roy Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Fumie Tazaki Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ilse Van Bemmel Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Arturo I Gomez-Ruiz Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Hugo Messias Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chen-Yu Yu Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Frederic Gueth Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Jinchi Hao Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Dirk Muders Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Daniel Michalik Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Aaron Faber Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Freek Roelofs Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Cornelia Mueller Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Hideo Ogawa Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | David M Gale Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Jirong Mao Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | David a Graham Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Christian M Fromm Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | George N Wong Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Eduardo Ros Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Guangyao Zhao Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Feryal Ozel Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chet Ruszczyk Washington, DC | U | $8,645 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Shu-Hao Chang Washington, DC | U | $2,594 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chih-Chiang Han Washington, DC | U | $2,594 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chih-Cheng Chang Washington, DC | U | $2,594 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Chao-Te Li Washington, DC | U | $2,594 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
| 2021 | Ta-Shun Wei Washington, DC | U | $2,594 | paid | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | 202231519349100863 |
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