Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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University that accepted $750,000 in donations from Epstein between 2012 and 2017; a subsequent investigation cited Wikipedia edits as potentially influencing the decision to take the money.
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Mutual Connections
Entities connected to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.
Organization
The New York Times
Connected via: Leon Black, Marvin Minsky, Bill Gates +1 more
Organization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Connected via: Leon Black, Marvin Minsky, Bill Gates +1 more
Person
Ghislaine Maxwell
Connected via: Leon Black, Marvin Minsky, Bill Gates +1 more
Document
Epstein Case Files
Connected via: Leon Black, Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein
Connected via: Leon Black, Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein
Key Relationships
Funded
- Person Leon Black - Leon Black made donations to MIT that were connected to Epstein. Single Source
- Person Bill Gates - Gates donated $2 million to MIT at Epstein's request Credible Reporting
- Person Jeffrey Epstein - Epstein donated $750,000 to MIT's Media Lab between 2012 and 2017, and a subsequent investigation found that Wikipedi... Official Document
Employed By
- Person Marvin Minsky - Minsky was a professor at MIT when he received the Epstein grant. Credible Reporting
Mentioned In
- Organization The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe published a report about a MIT scientist who received funding from Epstein Credible Reporting
- Organization The Berkeley Beacon - The Berkeley Beacon's review documented Jeffrey Epstein's connection to MIT Single Source
Connected To
- Organization The Berkeley Beacon - The Beacon review investigated and documented connections between MIT and Jeffrey Epstein. Single Source
Source Documents & Evidence
“Minsky received a $100,000 research grant from Jeffrey Epstein in 2002, four years before Epstein's first arrest for sex offenses; it was the first from Epstein to MIT.”Accessed: 2026-02-22
“Former MIT scientist funded by Epstein made racist and sexist claims in private emails - The Boston Globe”
“New emails show Epstein's ties to MIT donations from Bill Gates, Leon Black”
“MIT Media Lab Hid Epstein Donations for Years The New Yorker exposed how MIT's elite Media Lab secretly took Epstein cash after his 2008 conviction”Accessed: 2026-02-22
“The MIT review concluded that: Since MIT had no policy or processes for handling controversial donors in place at the time, the decision to accept Epstein's post-conviction donations cannot be judged to be a policy violation. But it is clear that ...”Accessed: 2026-03-12
“Beacon review finds Jeffrey Epstein was connected with Harvard, MIT, and other Boston schools”Accessed: 2026-03-13
“How Epstein ingratiated himself within academic institutions, including among faculty at Harvard, MIT”Accessed: 2026-03-16
“Gates donated $2 million to MIT at Epstein's request”Accessed: 2026-03-20
“"MIT to investigate research lab's ties to Epstein as director resigns"”Accessed: 2026-03-29
“Between 2012 and 2017, officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab accepted $US750,000 ($1.06 million) in donations from Epstein. A subsequent investigation commissioned by the university cited edits to his Wikipedia page th...”Accessed: 2026-04-11
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Added: 2026-02-22
· Updated: 2026-05-04
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