Initiatives
The Parker Foundation identifies breakthrough technologies and research and works to bring them to market through a multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach that combines insight, capital, science & technology, organization building and public policy. We move quickly and invest big to solve problems, leveraging the support of meaningful partnerships with other leaders in order to have lasting impact.
The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is an unprecedented collaboration of the world's leading cancer centers, all working together to cure cancer once and for all. The Institute brings together the world’s top scientists, clinicians, and industry partners to lead a smart, coordinated cancer immunotherapy research effort to take discoveries from bench to clinical trials to bedside faster.
The Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford University is the first center of its kind, aiming to not only find better treatments for children and adults with allergies, but to discover underlying immune mechanisms against the disease and develop a lasting cure.
The Sean N. Parker Autoimmune Research Laboratory at UCSF is devoted to understanding autoimmunity and laying the groundwork for new treatments of diseases ranging from type 1 diabetes to multiple sclerosis to rheumatoid arthritis.
The Sean Parker Institute for the Voice researches the entire spectrum of voice disorders to inform world-class clinical care for patients.
Through a $5 million grant from The Parker Foundation, Stand Up To Cancer and the Cancer Research Institute formed the Immunotherapy Dream Team of researchers dedicated to the clinical development of immune-based therapies to fight cancer.
The Malaria Elimination Initiative at The University of California at San Francisco’s Global Health Group works to identify and test novel approaches that have the potential to radically reduce transmissions by the Anopheles mosquito.
The Economic Innovation Group
The Economic Innovation Group brings together leading entrepreneurs, investors, economists, and policymakers from across the political spectrum to address America’s economic challenges.