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Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation

The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation was a private foundation based in the Virgin Islands and New York City. It was founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Epstein.

The “VI” stands for Virgin Islands, where the foundation was based and Epstein owned a private island.

History

The foundation was founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Epstein in order to sponsor scientific ventures around the world.[1]

In 2003, the foundation pledged $30 million to Harvard University to establish the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, directed by Martin Nowak. The university received only $6.5 million of this pledge. The foundation also supported NEURO.tv, a video series featuring experts discussing topics related to the brain, and the OpenCog project, an open-source software initiative for artificial intelligence.[2]

From 2005-2007, the foundation funded the work of George Church for “cutting edge science & education.”[3][4]

On May 14, 2014, the foundation published a press release through PR Newswire celebrating the launch of the Addis AI Lab in Ethiopia. The release noted the support of the OpenCog Foundation and the Government of Hong Kong.[5]

Organization

The foundation's board included Cecile de Jongh, wife of the former governor of the United States Virgin Islands, John de Jongh.

Activities

The foundation provided funding to:

  1. Founder. Jeffrey Epstein vi Foundation. Retrieved April 7, 2014, from https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092735/http://www.jeffreyepsteinscience.com/Founder.html ↩︎

  2. Recent Projects. Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.02.19-130851/http://www.jeffreyepstein.org/PROJECTS.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Begley, S. (2019, August 5). Citing “nerd tunnel vision,” biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein. STAT. http://archive.today/2022.01.26-024953/https://www.statnews.com/2019/08/05/citing-nerd-tunnel-vision-biologist-george-church-apologizes-for-contacts-with-jeffrey-epstein/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Church, G. M. (2017, March 25). Tech transfer. Church Lab. http://archive.today/2017.12.15-191138/http://arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/tech.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation Helps Launch Artificial Intelligence in Ethiopia. (2014, May 14). PR Newswire; Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20140803063827/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-jeffrey-epstein-vi-foundation-helps-launch-artificial-intelligence-in-ethiopia-259205671.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Last, T. S. (2019, September 15). Jeffrey Epstein gave $275,000 to Santa Fe Institute. Albuquerque Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20230509172214/https://www.abqjournal.com/1366050/jeffrey-epstein-gave-275000-to-santa-fe-institute-ex-renowned-center-will-give-away-his-final-gift-of-25000.html ↩︎