JER™
Jeffrey Epstein Ranking of University funding
Pecuni(versitas) non olet
Florencio Cabello - University of Malaga, Spain - se.amu@ollebacf

JER™
Jeffrey Epstein Ranking
of University funding

Pecuni(versitas) non olet
Florencio Cabello - University of Malaga, Spain
se.amu@ollebacf

About


Inspired by the clo-academic maxim “Pecuni(versitas) non olet”, the JERTM ranking quantifies the pecunary smell of élit universities funded by Jeffrey Epstein with a view to contributing to the “total bureaucratization” (David Graeber). In sum, the JERTM provide the university and philantropic executives with a classification of higher education entities (American for the most part) according to the donations received via the scientific broker Jeffrey Epstein.

For more information, see the article "Pecuni(versitas) non olet: The Jeffrey Epstein Ranking of university funding" at the Transversal blog.

The Ranking


1 Harvard, USA

Type: Private
Total: 18,679 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 1,743 million USD in 1998-2007 from Epstein and his affiliated foundations to Other giftsSource.
  • 0,2 million USD in 1998 & 2002 from Epstein and his affiliated foundations to Stephen KosslynSource.
  • 6,5 million USD in 2003 from Epstein and his affiliated foundations to Martin Nowak’s Program for Evolutionary DynamicsSource.
  • 0,586 million USD in 2006-2007 from Epstein and his affiliated foundations to Harvard Medical SchoolSource.
  • 0,15 million USD in 2006-2007 from Epstein and his affiliated foundations to Faculty of Arts and ScienceSource.

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,5 million USD in 10/09/10 from Falconwood Foundation to Martin Nowak’s Program for Evolutionary DynamicsSource.
  • 2 million USD in 22/11/11 from Leon and Debra Black to Martin Nowak’s Program for Evolutionary DynamicsSource.
  • 4 million USD in 29/12/14 from Leon and Debra Black to Martin Nowak’s Program for Evolutionary DynamicsSource.
  • 1 million USD in 30/10/15 from Black Family Foundation to Martin Nowak’s Program for Evolutionary DynamicsSource.
  • 2 million USD in 2015 from Black Family Foundation to George ChurchSource.

Returned money?

  • Before 2008: $200 937 of “unspent gifts”: “...those funds have been divided equally between My Life My Choice, based in Boston, and Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS), based in New York. These organizations support victims of human trafficking and sexual assault, and Harvard is proud to support their important and valuable work.”Source.

2 Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA

Type: Private
Total: 8,35 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,1 million USD in 12/09/02 from C.O.U.Q. Foundation to Media Lab (Marvin Minsky)Source.

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,05 million USD in 30/06/12 from Enhanced Education to Professor Seth LloydSource.
  • 0,05 million USD in 12/12/12 from Enhanced Education to Professor Seth LloydSource.
  • 0,1 million USD in 30/05/13 from Epstein Interests to Media Lab (Ito Discretionary Fund)Source.
  • 0,15 million USD in 22/11/13 from Enhanced Education to Media Lab (Joscha Bach)Source.
  • 0,05 million USD in 21/07/14 from Enhanced Education to Media Lab (Joscha Bach)Source.
  • 0,1 million USD in 18/09/14 from Enhanced Education to Media Lab (Joscha Bach)Source.
  • 5,5 million USD in 2014 from The Black Family Foundation (Leon Black) to Media Lab (Ito Discretionary Fund)Source.
  • 2 million USD in 17/10/14 from Bill Gates Catalyst 3/Gates Venture to Media Lab (Ito Discretionary Fund)Source.
  • 0,1 million USD in 20/11/15 from Enhanced Education to Media Lab (Neri Oxman Discretionary Research Fund)Source.
  • 0,125 million USD in 01/06/17 from Gratitude America to Professor Seth LloydSource.
  • 0,025 million USD in 11/12/17 from Gratitude America to Media Lab (Neri Oxman Discretionary Research Fund)Source.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: Vowed by Ito: “I vow to raise an amount equivalent to the donations the Media Lab received from Epstein and will direct those funds to non-profits that focus on supporting survivors of trafficking. I will also return the money that Epstein has invested in my investment funds.”Source.

3 Ohio State University (OSU), USA

Type: Public
Total: 5,336 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,001 million USD in 1990 from “Epstein” to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 0,01 million USD in 1991 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 0,025 million USD in 1992 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 0,05 million USD in 1993 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 0,075 million USD in 1996 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 0,075 million USD in 1996 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 0,1 million USD in 1997 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to Wexner Center for the Arts Membership FundSource.
  • 2,5 million USD in 22/05/07 from C.O.U.Q. Foundation to Applied to the naming of the Lex Wexner Football ComplexSource.
  • 2,5 million USD in 22/05/07 from Leslie H. Wexner Charitable Fund to Applied to the naming of the Lex Wexner Football ComplexSource.

Returned money?

  • Before 2008: $336 000: “Accordingly, Ohio State will contribute $336,000 to the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Initiative.”Source.

4 Arizona State University (ASU), USA

Type: Public
Total: 2,25 million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,1 million USD in 04/12/10 from “Jeffrey Epstein” to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins ProjectSource.
  • 0,025 million USD in 15/03/14 from Enhanced Education to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins ProjectSource.
  • 0,04 million USD in 21/08/14 from Enhanced Education to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins ProjectSource.
  • 1 million USD in 31/12/14 from “Leon Black” to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins Project
  • 1 million USD in 10/12/15 from “Leon Black” to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins Project
  • 0,04 million USD in 31/12/15 from Enhanced Education to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins ProjectSource.
  • 0,02 million USD in 01/08/16 from Enhanced Education to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins ProjectSource.
  • 0,025 million USD in 03/04/17 from Enhanced Education to Lawrence Krauss’s Origins ProjectSource.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: 0,025: “Arizona State told BuzzFeed News that after the Origins Project was shuttered in 2018, it returned unspent sums of $25,000 to Enhanced Education and about $460,000 to the Blacks at the donors’ request.”Source.

5 Princeton, USA

Type: Private
Total: 0,5 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,5 million USD in 2000-2002 to Martin Nowak’s Theoretical Biology Initiative at the Institute of Advanced StudiesSource.

Returned money?

  • Before 2008: PR “had searched their financial records and could find no evidence that the donations were ever made”Source.

6 Santa Fe Institute (New Mexico), USA

Type: Private
Total: 0,275 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,25 million USD in “Before 2007” from “Epstein”Source.

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,025 million USD in 2010 from “One of Jeffrey Epstein’s foundations”Source.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: 0,025 to Solace Crisis Treatment CenterSource.

7 Rutgers University, USA

Type: Public
Total: 0,165 million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,025 million USD in 2010 from C.O.U.Q. Foundation to Trivers’s Biosocial Research FoundationSource.
  • 0,04 million USD in Around 2015 from “Epstein” to Robert TriversSource.
  • 0,1 million USD in 2015 from “Epstein” to Robert TriversSource.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: No. Trivers: “Why do I owe it to anyone? The money was put to good scientific use, none of it biased regarding women. Nor was there any connection between the money received and Jeffrey’s sexual activities.”Source.

8 Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Sweden

Type: Private
Total: 0,15 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,025 million USD in June 2001-May 2002 from Epstein InterestsSource.

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,125 million USD in 2005-2010 from C.O.U.Q. Foundation to “A fund run by [New York-based executive Barbro] Ehnbom”, according to Hanna Flodmark, a spokeswoman for the Stockholm School of EconomicsSource.
  • Unspecified million USD in 14/02/11Source.
  • Unspecified million USD in 16/05/11Source.
  • Unspecified million USD in 16/11/11Source.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2013Source.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2014Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

9 Columbia University (CU), USA

Type: Private
Total: 0,1 million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 01/04/11 to Columbia University School of Dental MedicineSource.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012 to Columbia University School of Dental MedicineSource.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2014 to Columbia University School of Dental MedicineSource.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: No: “Ira Lamster, a former dean of the Columbia University dental school, said he has not asked Epstein for funding since getting $100,000 about three years ago to study the relationship between diabetes and oral health. ”Source.

9 University of New Mexico, USA

Type: Public
Total: 0,1 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,1 million USD in 2001 from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to UNM Computer Science DepartmentSource.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

10 Stanford, USA

Type: Private
Total: 0,05 million USD

Before 2008 conviction:

  • 0,05 million USD in 2004 from C.O.U.Q. Foundation to Stanford Physics DepartmentSource.

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

10 Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, USA

Type: Private
Total: 0,05 million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012 to ISMMSSource.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2013 to ISMMSSource.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2014 to ISMMSSource.
  • 0,01 million USD in 2016 from Gratitude America to ISMMSSource.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: 0,05: “...we will be contributing be a sum equal to the donations we received from Mr. Epstein and his foundation to a charity focused on preventing human trafficking and sexual exploitation, as well as providing financial support for the work of our Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program”Source.

10 University of Arizona (UA), USA

Type: Public
Total: 0,05 million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,05 million USD in 2017 from Gratitude America to AU FoundationSource.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: No: “"We have no plans to repay this contribution.”Source.

11 University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada

Type: Public
Total: 0,025 million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • 0,025 million USD in 2011 from Enhanced Education to American Foundation of UBC (SeaAroundUS project)Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

Emerging JER™


12 candidates to swell the ranks of the JER™.
Universities with no specific figures of donations available.
Listed in alphabetical order.

Cornell University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: CU “had searched their financial records and could find no evidence that the donations were ever made”Source.

Duke University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2013Source.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: DU “had searched their financial records and could find no evidence that the donations were ever made”Source.

Georgia Southern University, USA

Type: Public
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

New School University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

New York University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012 to NYUSource.
  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012 to NYU School of MedicineSource.

Returned money?

  • After 2008: NYU “had searched their financial records and could find no evidence that the donations were ever made”Source.

Penn State University, USA

Type: Public
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

Pepperdine University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

Rockefeller University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

Returned money?

  • Unknown

South University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

Stetson University, USA

Type: Private
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 20/09/11Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown

UCLA, USA

Type: Public
Total: Unspecified million USD

After 2008 conviction:

  • Unspecified million USD in 2010-2012Source.

Returned money?

  • Unknown