The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization endowed by the estate of Albert and Mary Lasker and supported by gifts from donors.

Generous donations from Bloomberg Philanthropies, DeBakey Medical Foundation, and Daniel E. Koshland Jr. Fund support the named awards.

The Lasker Public Lectures are additionally supported by an anonymous donation made in honor of the prominent American ophthalmologist and epidemiologist Alfred Sommer.

The Foundation accepts cash or stock contributions with or without restrictions to support the Lasker Awards Program and other Foundation initiatives.

Gifts of more than $500 qualify the donor as an annual member of “Friends of Lasker”.

Planned gifts in the form of bequests, estate planning, or other kinds of deferred giving arrangements entitle the donor to membership in the Lasker Society.

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Lasker Society Members

Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr. ● Christopher and Barbara Brody ● *Frances Lasker Brody ● *Susan Lasker Brody ● W. Michael Brown ● *Purnell W. Choppin ● John J. Connolly ● *Michael E. DeBakey ● James and *Anne Fordyce ● William and Neen Hunt ● *Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. ● Trina and Mike Overlock ● Paula Simon ● Solomon H. Snyder ● Alfred and Jill Sommer ● *Martin Tolchin

*Deceased

For more information about giving to the Foundation, please contact Courtney Nandagiri.

Donor Appreciation 2025

ACT for NIH Foundation
Anonymous
Bloomberg Philanthropies
O’Donnell Foundation
Roche Family Foundation
Sherry Lansing Foundation
The DeBakey Medical Foundation
The Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. Fund

Christopher and Barbara Brody
Judith Ehrlich
Saraleah and Marshall W. Fordyce
Margaret A. Hamburg
William H. Hammond Jr. and AnnMarie McIlwain
Katalin Karikó
Mary-Claire King
Elizabeth and Gary Nabel
Trina and Mike Overlock
Claire Pomeroy and William Preston Robertson
E. Albert Reece
Lucy and Marc Rinaldi
Lucy Shapiro and Harley McAdams
Russell W. Steenberg and Patricia M. Colbert
Mark Weinstein
Elias and Nadia Zerhouni

The Lasker Foundation thanks the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for in-kind contributions.