Sergey Brin's Off-the-Radar Foundation Is Huge — and Growing Fast. Here’s What We Know About It

Sergey Brin's Off-the-Radar Foundation Is Huge — and Growing Fast. Here’s What We Know About It

Sergey Brin’s foundation has nearly $5 billion in assets and a portfolio spanning Parkinson’s disease, science and activism. It’s not known for transparency, but we do know a fair amount about what it supports and why.

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Why Three Deep-Pocketed Funders Joined Forces to Take on Bipolar Disorder

Why Three Deep-Pocketed Funders Joined Forces to Take on Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder has been significantly understudied. In response, several donors with personal experience of the condition are working with the Milken Institute on a $150 million initiative to fund and coordinate global research.

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What If Five Top Tech Billionaires Emulated MacKenzie Scott's Approach to Giving?

What If Five Top Tech Billionaires Emulated MacKenzie Scott's Approach to Giving?

When MacKenzie Scott embarked on her innovative philanthropic project two years ago, we wondered if her approach would capture the imaginations of other tech billionaires. It didn’t. But what if it miraculously did?

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"Aligning the Whole Chain." Behind a Sergey Brin-Funded Parkinson's Research Initiative

"Aligning the Whole Chain." Behind a Sergey Brin-Funded Parkinson's Research Initiative

Aligning Science Across Parkinson's, a research initiative backed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, recently announced its first round of grants. The effort aims to link up different threads of research and funding in the field.

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