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Grants paid by The Paul G Allen Family Foundation, tax year 2020

EIN 94-3082532 · Seattle, WA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20

In tax year 2020, The Paul G Allen Family Foundation (EIN 94-3082532) reported 83 grants paid totaling $63,153,244. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2020

Grants reported by The Paul G Allen Family Foundation for tax year 2020
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2020	Mercy Housing Northwest Seattle, WA	U	$15,085,691	paid	TO SUPPORT A HOUSING AND SERVICES FACILITY FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES	202113199349104171
2020	American Heart Association Seattle, WA	U	$3,750,000	paid	TO SUPPORT BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH IN RELATION TO ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$2,610,014	paid	TO SUPPORT THE ALLEN DISCOVERY CENTER FOR CELL LINEAGE TRACING	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$2,500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT STATEWIDE SURVEY OF WASHINGTON COVID-19 SEROPREVALENCE AND INFECTION	202113199349104171
2020	Children's Hospital Corporation Boston, MA	B	$2,500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONAL GENETICS OF HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION	202113199349104171
2020	Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY	C	$2,500,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT OCEANS 5	202113199349104171
2020	American Rivers Washington, DC	B	$2,397,225	paid	TO SUPPORT A DAM REMOVAL IN THE NORTHWEST: REMOVING THE MIDDLE FORK NOOKSACK DIVERSION DAM	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$2,000,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE UW MEDICINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND FOR COVID-19	202113199349104171
2020	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	B	$1,882,447	paid	TO SUPPORT THE RECONSTRUCTING CONCUSSION PROJECT	202113199349104171
2020	Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MA	B	$1,750,000	paid	TO SUPPORT READING AND WRITING THE MORPHOGENETIC CODE	202113199349104171
2020	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA	D	$1,500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE COVID-19 COHORT STUDY: NOVEL COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF HUMAN IMMUNE RESPONSE TO SARS-COV-2 INFECTION	202113199349104171
2020	American Friends of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambrid Cambridge, MA	C	$1,346,700	paid	TO SUPPORT THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE PROGRAM	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$1,200,000	paid	TO SUPPORT, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE A MEDICATION-FIRST MODEL OF CARE FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER	202113199349104171
2020	State of Washington Olympia, WA	U	$1,135,799	paid	TO SUPPORT THE PPE PROJECT FOR COVID-19	202113199349104171
2020	International Medical Corps Los Angeles, CA	B	$1,000,000	paid	TO SUPPORT WRAPAROUND HEALTH SERVICES IN EBOLA-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF MABALAKO HEALTH ZONE, NORTH KIVU, DRC	202113199349104171
2020	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	B	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR-ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM COMMUNICATION DURING NORMAL REMODELING AND PATHOLOGICAL ALTERATION OF THESE ORGANELLES	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California La Jolla, CA	U	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT EARLY MANIFESTATIONS OF SUBCELLUAR DEFECTS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES	202113199349104171
2020	Yale University New Haven, CT	U	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT NEW MODELS FOR NUCLEAR HOMEOSTASIS: INTEGRATING FORCE, FLOW AND PRESSURE	202113199349104171
2020	Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (cepi) Oslo	U	$1,000,000	paid	TO PROVIDE PARTIAL SUPPORT TO THE CONDUCT OF A STUDY UNDER PROTOCOL DRC-EB-001 FOR THE EVALUATION OF A HETEROLOGOUS, TWO-DOSE PREVENTIVE EBOLA VACCINE FOR EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	202113199349104171
2020	Van Andel Research Institute Grand Rapids, MI	B	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT DEFINING INFECTION-INDUCED METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING: FROM CELLS TO SYSTEMS	202113199349104171
2020	Philanthropy Northwest Seattle, WA	C	$1,000,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE WASHINGTON FOOD FUND RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC	202113199349104171
2020	Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA	C	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT DISTINCT IMMUNE-METABOLIC NICHES IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE	202113199349104171
2020	Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY	C	$1,000,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE SHARK CONSERVATION FUND	202113199349104171
2020	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA	D	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE COVID-19 COHORT STUDY: NOVEL COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF HUMAN IMMUNE RESPONSE TO SARS-COV-2 INFECTION	202113199349104171
2020	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	B	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT DECODING THE 3D IMMUNO-METABOLIC CIRCUITRY	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Irvine, CA	U	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT BIOLUMINESCENT TOOLS FOR NONINVASIVE, REAL-TIME IMAGING OF IMMUNOMETABOLISM	202113199349104171
2020	Northeastern University Boston, MA	U	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT TRACKING PROTEOME DYNAMICS IN SINGLE CELLS	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Davis Davis, CA	U	$1,000,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT IN VIVO ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR MECHANICS AND MECHANOTRANSDUCTION	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$849,896	approved, future	TO SUPPORT STATEWIDE SURVEY OF WASHINGTON COVID-19 SEROPREVALENCE AND INFECTION	202113199349104171
2020	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$801,450	paid	TO SUPPORT COALITION COMMUNICATION AND LITIGATION READINESS FOR PROTECTION OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIODIVERSITY BY PREVENTING OPENING OF PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$642,628	paid	TO SUPPORT THE XYLOTRON PROJECT FOR IDENTIFYING WOOD SPECIES	202113199349104171
2020	American Rivers Washington, DC	B	$599,656	paid	TO SUPPORT THE CHINOOK FOCUSED DAM REMOVAL	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Los Angeles, CA	U	$535,000	paid	TO SUPPORT UNMASKING AND EXPLOITING ASTROCYTE BIOLOGY	202113199349104171
2020	The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Rye Brook, NY	U	$525,000	paid	TO SUPPORT PRE-TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE TRANSLATIONAL WORK TO ENABLE TREATMENT AND CURES FOR BLOOD CANCER	202113199349104171
2020	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	B	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR-ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM COMMUNICATION DURING NORMAL REMODELING AND PATHOLOGICAL ALTERATION OF THESE ORGANELLES	202113199349104171
2020	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA	B	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT SIMULATING THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS USING IPSC AND ORGAN-CHIP TECHNOLOGY: A NEW MODEL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE	202113199349104171
2020	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	B	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT DECODING THE 3D IMMUNO-METABOLIC CIRCUITRY	202113199349104171
2020	Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY	C	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT OCEANS 5	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Irvine, CA	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT BIOLUMINESCENT TOOLS FOR NONINVASIVE, REAL-TIME IMAGING OF IMMUNOMETABOLISM	202113199349104171
2020	Friends of Unfpa New York, NY	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE THROUGH STRENGTHENED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN NORTH KIVU AND ITURI PROVINCE IN THE DRC	202113199349104171
2020	Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE-BASED COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND	202113199349104171
2020	Yale University New Haven, CT	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT NEW MODELS FOR NUCLEAR HOMEOSTASIS: INTEGRATING FORCE, FLOW AND PRESSURE	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Davis Davis, CA	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT IN VIVO ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR MECHANICS AND MECHANOTRANSDUCTION	202113199349104171
2020	Washington University Saint Louis, MO	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT READING AND WRITING CELL HISTORIES: NEW GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES TO UNLOCK CELL PROGRAMMING	202113199349104171
2020	Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA	C	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT DISTINCT IMMUNE-METABOLIC NICHES IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE	202113199349104171
2020	Children's Hospital Medical Center Cinicnatti, OH	B	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT HUMAN IPSC MODELS OF METABOLIC AND DIGESTIVE DISEASES	202113199349104171
2020	Van Andel Research Institute Grand Rapids, MI	B	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT DEFINING INFECTION-INDUCED METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING: FROM CELLS TO SYSTEMS	202113199349104171
2020	Northeastern University Boston, MA	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT TRACKING PROTEOME DYNAMICS IN SINGLE CELLS	202113199349104171
2020	Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT QUANTITATIVE, SPATIALLY-RESOLVED ANALYSIS OF TISSUE METABOLISM	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California La Jolla, CA	U	$500,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EARLY MANIFESTATIONS OF SUBCELLUAR DEFECTS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES	202113199349104171
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$499,997	paid	TO SUPPORT SPATIALLY-RESOLVED PROTEOMIC MAPPING OF COMPLEX TISSUES AT THE SINGLE CELL LEVEL	202113199349104171
2020	Fundao D Anna de Sommer Champalimaud E Dr Carlos Montez Champalimaud Lisboa, LISBOA	U	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE DECIPHERING PERIPHERAL NEUROIMMUNE ARCHITECTURE BY INTERCELLULAR LABELLING PROJECT	202113199349104171
2020	President & Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA	C	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT BRAIN VASCULATURE AT THE NEURO-IMMUNE INTERFACE	202113199349104171
2020	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA	D	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT DEVELOPING IN SITU PROGRAMMING OF CAR T-CELLS FOR CLINICAL USE IN LYMPHOMA PATIENTS	202113199349104171
2020	Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA	B	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT CRACKING THE NUCLEAR CODES: FINDING ORDER IN CHAOS	202113199349104171
2020	Ut Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	U	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION THROUGH PHASE SEPARATION: MECHANISMS, FUNCTIONS AND DISEASE	202113199349104171
2020	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA	B	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT DEFINING VULNERABILITIES OF MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN LYMPHOMA	202113199349104171
2020	President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA	C	$490,000	paid	TO SUPPORT REVERSE ENGINEERING OF BIOLOGICAL CIRCUITS UNDERLYING AGING AND DEVELOPMENT	202113199349104171
2020	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$438,550	approved, future	TO SUPPORT COALITION COMMUNICATION AND LITIGATION READINESS FOR PROTECTION OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIODIVERSITY BY PREVENTING OPENING OF PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY	202113199349104171
2020	Internews Network Arcata, CA	B	$347,500	paid	TO SUPPORT IMPROVING THE INFORMATION ON EBOLA MANAGEMENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	202113199349104171
2020	Provincial Health Services Authority Vancouver	U	$335,085	paid	TO SUPPORT THE MICROENVIRONMENT ARCHITECTURE AND ECOSYSTEM OF HODGKIN LYMPHOMA AT SINGLE CELL RESOLUTION	202113199349104171
2020	US Fund for Unicef New York, NY	U	$300,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EBOLA-RELATED INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT HEALTH FACILITIES AND IN COMMUNITIES IN NORTH KIVU	202113199349104171
2020	Oregon Shakespearean Festival Association Ashland, OR	C	$300,000	paid	TO RENAME THE ELIZABETHAN THEATRE THE 'ALLEN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE'	202113199349104171
2020	Charity Begins at Home Mfuwe	U	$300,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN MFUWE	202113199349104171
2020	Alima USA New York, NY	C	$279,252	paid	TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATED TRANSIT CENTER FOR EBOLA-SUSPECTED PATIENTS IN THE KASANGA HEALTH ZONE, NORTH-KIVU, DRC	202113199349104171
2020	National Wildlife Federation Reston, VA	B	$266,440	paid	TO SUPPORT DEFORESTATION ADVOCACY IN BRAZIL	202113199349104171
2020	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	B	$250,000	paid	TO SUPPORT A NET NEW CLIMATE MODEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT	202113199349104171
2020	Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$250,000	paid	TO SUPPORT BLACK FUTURE CO-OP FUND	202113199349104171
2020	Translators Without Borders Danbury, CT	U	$232,250	paid	TO SUPPORT LANGUAGE-SENSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE EBOLA OUTBREAK OF EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	202113199349104171
2020	Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, FL	B	$225,032	paid	TO SUPPORT THE FINAL EXPERIMENTS THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ASSISTED GENE FLOW AS A VIABLE OPTION IN GLOBAL CORAL REEF RESTORATION	202113199349104171
2020	The Tulalip Tribes Tulalip, WA	U	$200,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THE PILCHUCK DIVERSION DAM	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$163,333	paid	TO SUPPORT SCALABLE QUESTION ANSWERING AND REASONING WITH EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE	202113199349104171
2020	Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$150,000	paid	TO SUPPORT JOURNALISM BY THE SEATTLE TIMES FOCUSED ON THE HOMELESS CRISIS	202113199349104171
2020	United Tribes of Bristol Bay Dillingham, AK	U	$105,000	approved, future	TO SUPPORT COALITION COMMUNICATION AND LITIGATION READINESS FOR PROTECTION OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIODIVERSITY BY PREVENTING OPENING OF PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY	202113199349104171
2020	Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$100,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE PLATE FUND FOR COVID-19 RELIEF	202113199349104171
2020	Artsfund Seattle, WA	B	$100,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE COVID-19 ARTS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND	202113199349104171
2020	The University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WA	B	$99,186	paid	TO SUPPORT A STUDY ON PREY, TOXIN, AND VESSEL DISTURBANCE IMPACTS ON ORCAS	202113199349104171
2020	United Tribes of Bristol Bay Dillingham, AK	U	$95,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COALITION COMMUNICATION AND LITIGATION READINESS FOR PROTECTION OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIODIVERSITY BY PREVENTING OPENING OF PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY	202113199349104171
2020	Puget Sound Restoration Fund Bainbridge Island, WA	B	$50,072	paid	TO SUPPORT INVESTIGATION OF SEAWEED CULTIVATION AS AN OCEAN ACIDIFICATION MITIGATION STRATEGY	202113199349104171
2020	Pride Foundation the Seattle, WA	D	$50,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE CRISIS COMMUNITY CARE FUND RELATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC	202113199349104171
2020	Pams Foundation Eureka, CA	B	$50,000	paid	TO SUPPORT COMBATTING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN TANZANIA	202113199349104171
2020	Artsfund Seattle, WA	B	$50,000	paid	TO SUPPORT DATA MINING AND 50TH ANNIVERSARY AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS	202113199349104171
2020	Trust for Conservation Innovation Oakland, CA	U	$41,932	paid	TO SUPPORT PHASE 1 OF THE CARIBBEAN CORAL DISEASE EMERGENCY RESPONSE	202113199349104171
2020	Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, FL	B	$39,711	approved, future	TO SUPPORT THE FINAL EXPERIMENTS THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ASSISTED GENE FLOW AS A VIABLE OPTION IN GLOBAL CORAL REEF RESTORATION	202113199349104171
2020	Outdoors for All Foundation Seattle, WA	C	$28,279	paid	TO SUPPORT YOUTH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF 12 PROGRAM 2017, 2018, AND 2019 SEASONS	202113199349104171
2020	City of Columbus Ohio Columbus, OH	U	$25,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE FOURTH AND LAST PHASE OF THE FOUNDATION'S PORTION OF THE SMART CITY CHALLENGE	202113199349104171
2020	The Museum of Language Arts Washington, DC	B	$25,000	paid	TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES & IN RECOGNITION OF PATTY ISACSON SABEE'S SERVICE	202113199349104171
2020	Long Live the Kings Seattle, WA	C	$22,094	paid	TO SUPPORT THE SALISH SEA MARINE SURVIVAL PROJECT	202113199349104171
2020	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound Seattle, WA	C	$20,448	paid	TO SUPPORT YOUTH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF 12 PROGRAM 2017, 2018, AND 2019 SEASONS	202113199349104171
2020	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound Seattle, WA	C	$20,448	approved, future	TO SUPPORT YOUTH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF 12 PROGRAM 2017, 2018, AND 2019 SEASONS	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Davis Davis, CA	U	$16,174	paid	TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EV POLICY COUNCIL (SMART CITIES 2.0)	202113199349104171
2020	Southern Cross University East Lismore	U	$15,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE LARVAL RESTORATION OF CORAL REEFS	202113199349104171
2020	Washington Special Olympics Seattle, WA	D	$14,555	paid	TO SUPPORT YOUTH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF 12 PROGRAM (2019-2021 SEASONS)	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Los Angeles, CA	U	$10,005	paid	TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON TAU ACCUMULATION AND REMOVAL: ROLE OF GLIA AND MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT ANTI-VIRAL MACHINERY AND CELL EDITING PLATFORMS	202113199349104171
2020	Salmon-Safe Portland, OR	B	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE SALMON-SAFE PUGET SOUND ACCELERATOR WHICH SCALES UP MARKET-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION TO RECOVER PUGET SOUND WATER QUALITY AND HABITAT	202113199349104171
2020	Regents of the University of California Los Angeles, CA	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSAL EPIGENETIC AGING CLOCK PROJECT	202113199349104171
2020	The Community Leaders Roundtable of Seattle Burien, WA	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE GIFT OF GIVE CAMPAIGN	202113199349104171
2020	Icm - Institut du Cerveau Et de la Moelle Pinire Paris	U	$10,000	paid	TO SUPPORT THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENTAL NOISE IN NEURAL CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT DETERMINES THE UNIQUE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS	202113199349104171

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