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Breakthrough Prize

Breakthrough Prize is a set of prizes for work in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics. Each prize is $3 million. The Breakthrough Prize Foundation files Form 990-PF with the IRS, and its latest return covers the fiscal year ended May 2025.

EIN: 46-0677985breakthroughprize.org

Key facts

Prize amount: Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.source
First award: 2012source
Total assets (fiscal year ended May 2025): $13,386,127source
Contributions (fiscal year ended May 2025): $25,350,000source
Charitable disbursements (fiscal year ended May 2025): $29,097,593source
Officer listed on Form 990-PF (fiscal year ended May 2025): Simon Peter Worden, Chairman, Division Executive Directorsource

WYDE coverage of Breakthrough Prize

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Breakthrough Prize, on Jul 1, 2026. Breakthrough Prize is a donor in 1 story. The most recent is The Breakthrough Prize Honors the C9orf72 Discovery Behind ALS and Dementia.

Healthcare

The Breakthrough Prize Honors the C9orf72 Discovery Behind ALS and Dementia

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences recognized Rosa Rademakers and Bryan Traynor, whose 2011 finding named the most common genetic cause of ALS and frontotemporal dementia and opened the door to today's trials.

Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read · Donor

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