Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan Charity Gives $250 Million Grant to Fund Chicago Biomedical Research Hub, Northwestern President Michael Schill Cited Universities are the Intellectual Fuel to Become a Biotech Hub
10th June 2023 | Hong Kong
Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan charity (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) is giving a $250 million grant to fund the Chicago Biomedical Research Hub, with Northwestern President Michael Schill citing Universities are the intellectual fuel to become a biotech hub. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – In addition to traditional grantmaking to support people and organizations working toward our missions in Science, Education, and within our communities, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes venture investments in impact-focused companies, builds tools and products that we can scale and give away for free, and supports movement and capacity building to achieve progress across our work.” Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan have a net worth of around $100 billion.
“ Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan Charity Gives $250 Million grant to Fund Chicago Biomedical Research Hub, Northwestern President Michael Schill Cited Universities are the Intellectual Fuel to Become a Biotech Hub “
Priscilla Chan & Mark Zuckerberg: “We have a moral responsibility to build a better world for all children in the next generation. We want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.”
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Co-founder & Co-CEO Priscilla Chan: “Luck is not a national strategy. We need to build strategies that take luck out of the equation for every person.”
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is composed of 4 funding entities: the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC (the main operational funding vehicle); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation (a 501(c)(3) private foundation); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy, (a 501(c)(4) organization).
Co-founder & Co-CEO Priscilla Chan
Priscilla Chan is co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As a pediatrician and teacher, Priscilla’s work with patients and students in communities across the Bay Area has informed her desire to make learning more personalized, find new paths to manage and cure disease, and expand opportunity for more people. She is also the founder of The Primary School, which integrates health and education and serves children and families in East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven neighborhood in Menlo Park, California. Priscilla earned her BA in Biology at Harvard University and her MD at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her pediatrics training in the UCSF/PLUS Pediatrics Residency.
Co-founder & Co-CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Mark brings a commitment to empowering people and building communities, and deep technical experience to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s work. Mark studied computer science at Harvard University before moving to Palo Alto, California in 2004.
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