Items25The creator’s order
  1. 1Eli BroadEli BroadBorn 6 Jun 1933Eli and Edythe Broad helped launch the Broad Institute in 2004, then supplied a $400 million endowment in 2008 to make the venture permanent. The change in funding structure matters: an initial collaboration became an institution with resources beyond its founding timetable. The institute brought…0i
  2. 2Henry WellcomeHenry WellcomeBorn 21 Aug 1853Wellcome's 1936 will placed his pharmaceutical business and other assets behind a trust supporting health research. Later share sales, including the sale of the remaining Wellcome company interest in 1995, converted that inheritance into a diversified endowment. The resulting organisation could…0i
  3. 3Howard HughesHoward HughesBorn 24 Dec 1905Hughes founded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 1953 and transferred ownership of Hughes Aircraft to it. The institute's president later stressed that this happened during Hughes's lifetime; HHMI did not receive his estate when he died. The aircraft company's 1985 sale changed the funding…0i
  4. 4John D. RockefellerJohn D. RockefellerBorn 8 Jul 1839Rockefeller founded the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in 1901, providing an institutional base for experimental medicine. Its laboratories opened in 1906 and its research hospital followed in 1910. The project was developed with advisers and his son, rather than being one donor's…0i
  5. 5Alfred P. SloanAlfred P. SloanBorn 23 May 1875Sloan established his foundation in 1934, creating a grant-making institution that outlasted his career at General Motors. Its research fellowships, awarded annually since 1955, illustrate how sustained funding can work through successive cohorts. Each award is time-limited, rather than a lifelong…0i
  6. 6Jim SimonsJim SimonsBorn 25 Apr 1938Jim and Marilyn Simons founded their foundation in 1994, supporting mathematics and basic science through a lasting institution. The Flatiron Institute, launched in 2016, added an in-house centre for computational research to the grant-making model. That combination supports both outside…0i
  7. 7Paul AllenPaul AllenPaul and Jody Allen founded the Allen Institute in 2003, with brain science as its first major focus. The open-access mouse brain atlas made a shared research resource available beyond the institute's own laboratories. Subsequent funding expanded the work rather than ending with that initial…0i
  8. 8Gordon MooreGordon MooreBorn 3 Jan 1929Gordon and Betty Moore established their foundation in 2000. Its marine microbiology initiative began in 2004 with support for investigators, research methods and shared resources, and continued through a later funding phase. An external evaluation reviewed what the programme had achieved. This…0i
  9. 9David PackardDavid PackardBorn 7 Sept 1912Packard founded the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in 1987, creating an organisation dedicated to ocean exploration and technology. It is distinct from the neighbouring public aquarium. Continuing support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation helped sustain its research vessels,…0i
  10. 10William Myron KeckWilliam Myron KeckBorn 27 Apr 1880Keck used wealth from Superior Oil to establish the W. M. Keck Foundation in 1954. Its continuing research programmes support science, engineering and medicine, including laboratories and approaches that need substantial early backing. The lasting mechanism is a grant-making institution able to…0i