The Pershing Square Foundation

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New York, New York · EIN 20-8068401 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$10.9M

Organizations funded56

Typical grant$250,000

Total assets$547.3M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $150,000 and $250,000.

From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Health29
Education21
STEM2

Where it gives

37% of grants went outside New York.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	Cambridge, MA	Research project: "programmable therapeutics: building the foundation for the next wave of medicine"	$750,000
Amchai	Miami, FL	General support	$500,000
The Rockefeller University	New York, NY	Support for research project entitled, stimulating synaptic protein degradation for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases	$300,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Citizens Alliance	Buffalo, NY	General support	$250,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Support for the research of the mayr lab	$250,000
New York University	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
New York University	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
New York University	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Regents of the University of California San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Regents of the University of California San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Rutgers the State University of Nj	Branchville, NJ	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	Cambridge, MA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
The Regents of the University of California (University of California Davis	Davis, CA	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
The Rockefeller University	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$250,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Yale University	New Haven, CT	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$250,000
American Alumni of Glasgow University Inc	Washington, DC	Mcnab centre at university of glasgow	$200,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	Support for the research project entitled, regulation of tumor immunity by lymphatics	$200,000
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (Limr)	Wynnewood, PA	Research project: developing edible transgenic spirulina expressing anti-inflammatory proteins for oral therapy of inflammatory…	$200,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
New York University	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
New York University	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
Yale University	New Haven, CT	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
Yale University	New Haven, CT	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$180,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Double helix medals dinner	$150,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$20,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$20,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$20,000
Yale University	New Haven, CT	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$20,000
Yale University	New Haven, CT	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$20,000
The Education Culture and Neighborhood Renewal Company	IS	Gardenicity seed to feed program	$18,000
Metastasis Research Society	Tampa, FL	General support	$15,000
New York University	New York, NY	Support for the myeloid malignancies convening	$12,000
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford	UK	Oxford scholar convening	$10,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Support for the research of the lyden lab	$10,000
Eyol Inc	Watertown, MA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$10,000
The Galien Foundation	New York, NY	General support for the 2024 prix galien forum and awards ceremony	$10,000
Society for Neuroscience	Washington, DC	Support for neuroscience 2024 convening	$7,500

Grants approved for future payment

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Regents of the University of California San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000
New York University	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000
Regents of the University of California San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$500,000
New York University	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$500,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$500,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$500,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Pershing square sohn prize for young investigators in cancer research	$500,000
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	The mind (maximizing innovation in neuroscience discovery) prize	$500,000

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$10,932,500	68
2023	$21,154,319	82

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 17, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202513219349101636
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 20-8068401
Profile updated Nov 5, 2026

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