====== Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation ======

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The **Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation** was a private foundation based in the [[Virgin Islands]] and [[united_states:New York: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.((//Founder.// Jeffrey Epstein vi Foundation. Retrieved April 7, 2014, from https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092735/http://www.jeffreyepsteinscience.com/Founder.html))

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]].((//Recent Projects.// Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2022, from https://archive.ph/rnmNu))

From 2005-2007, the foundation funded the work of [[George Church]] for "cutting edge science & education."((Begley, S. (2019, August 5). //Citing “nerd tunnel vision,” biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.// STAT. https://archive.ph/PuvW0)) ((Church, G. M. (2017, March 25). //Tech transfer.// Church Lab. https://archive.ph/XKy12))

===== Organization =====

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

===== External links =====

  * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Jeffrey-Epstein-VI-Foundation|White Rose Wiki]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein_VI_Foundation|Wikipedia]]