In May 2020, we raised $10,895,001 in donations and pledges from 900 supporters. Of that amount, $10 million was pledged toward our $30 million Capstone Challenge to complete Phase 3 and make MDMA a medicine by members of the MAPS Board of Directors ($4 million), the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative (PSFC) ($4 million), and the visionary donors listed below under the Phase 3 (Capstone Campaign) section.
MAPS has been offered an all-or-nothing, 90-day $10 million challenge grant to help complete the $30 million Capstone Challenge. The conditions of the challenge require us to raise $10 million in donations and pledges (up to two years of funding) in order to unlock the $10 million in challenge funds. The challenge grant is funded by Tim Ferriss (author and entrepreneur), James Bailey (Founder and Managing Partner, Bail Capital), Peter Rahal (Founder, RxBar), Blake Mycoskie (Founder and Chief Shoe Giver, TOMS), and John A. Griffin (Founder, Blue Ridge Capital), who each offered $1 million, with $5 million from The Steve and Alexandra Cohen Foundation. MAPS has until September 10, 2020, to raise $10 million and unlock the $10 million challenge pledge.
Since the campaign launch on June 12, we’ve already raised over $950,000 from over 990 donors. Special thanks to the supporters listed under Phase 3 (Capstone Challenge) who have already pledged $1000 or more towards the $10 million challenge. Visit maps.org/capstone for more information.
Donations in May 2020 also include $212,768 for general support, $108 for the Zendo Project, and $250 for ibogaine research. An additional $59,671 was raised by organizations that we fiscally sponsor including VETS ($30,000), the Bay Area Healers Resilience Fund ($26,480), Psykia Institute ($2,000), Cosmic Sister ($444), ICEERS ($215), Expanded Access Clinics ($200), Psychedelic Seminars ($150), Ayahuasca Foundation ($100), Kaphi ($52), and MAPS Canada ($30).
The positive outcome of our interim analysis in March 2020 indicates that with sufficient funding, MAPS has an excellent chance of generating additional promising safety and efficacy data and potentially receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD by the end of 2022.
We appreciate donations of any size and are particularly grateful to the following supporters for their generous contributions of $1000 or more:
General Support
- Joe Green ($100,000)
- Adam Wiggins ($50,000)
- Hugo Barra ($5,000)
- John & Barbara Crary ($5,000)
- Bob Pittman ($5,000)
- AmazonSmile Foundation ($4,125)
- Mack Fuhrer ($2,500)
- Bruce Linton ($2,000)
- Curtis Stone ($2,000)
- Alan Bader ($1,800)
- Apple, Inc. ($1,112)
- William Danna ($1,000)
- Roger Mason ($1,000)
- MUD\WTR ($1,000)
- Patrick Smith ($1,000)
- Anonymous ($1,000)
- Anonymous ($1,000)
Phase 3 (Capstone Challenge)
- Psychedelic Science Funder’s Collective (PSFC) ($4,000,000)
- Justin Rosenstein ($3,000,000)
- John Gilmore ($1,000,000)
- The Sarlo Foundation ($1,000,000)
- Frank & Susan Kavanaugh ($500,000)
- RiverStyx Foundation ($500,000)
Phase 3 (Capstone Challenge Grant Funders)*
*Pledges are contingent on raising $10 million in 90 days
- Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation ($5,000,000)
- Blake Mycoskie, Founder and Chief Shoe Giver – TOMS ($1,000,000)
- James Bailey, Founder and Managing Partner – Bail Capital ($1,000,000)
- John A. Griffin, Founder – Blue Ridge Capital $1,000,000)
- Peter Rahal, Founder – RxBar ($1,000,000)
- Tim Ferriss, Author and Entrepreneur ($1,000,000)
Phase 3 (Challenge Grant)
- Justin Rosenstein ($300,000)
- RiverStyx Foundation ($200,000)
- Julie & Jeff Brody ($150,000)
- Lyndon & Maddie Rive ($20,000)
- Christian Angermayer ($10,000)
- Steven Weinstein and Marcia Meislin ($1,000)
Fiscal Sponsorships
- William Draper – VETS ($10,000)
- Nathalie Marciano – VETS ($10,000)
- Justin Rosenstein – Bay Area Healers Resilience Fund ($10,000)
- Anonymous – VETS ($10,000)
- Rachel Ratliff – Bay Area Healers Resilience Fund ($5,000)
- Bruce Linton – Psykia Institute ($2,000)
- Dani Roth – Bay Area Healers Resilience Fund ($1,000)
- Anonymous – Bay Area Healers Resilience Fund ($1,000)
MAPS relies on the generosity of individual donors to achieve its mission. Psychedelic science is again being conducted under federal guidelines, but no funding for psychedelic psychotherapy research is yet available from governments or major foundations.
Together, we can legalize psychedelic medicine.
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