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Carey Turnbull

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Psychedelic ecosystem founder and donor/investor associated with mission-aligned philanthropic support activity.

Foundations & Philanthropy Snapshot

Grant-Making Organizations

Classification

Individual Donor / Family Office Giving

Geography

Global

Coverage

Global

Last Verified

Apr 10, 2026

Funding Focus Areas

Academic Research FundingAccess & Equity Programs

Support Types

Grant Funding

Verification

Verified

Psychedelic Focus

Explicit Psychedelic Focus

Engagement Status

Active

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Recorded Funding Activities

NYU Department of Psychiatry

Jan 1, 2006

donation - Early gift supporting psilocybin-assisted therapy research for cancer-related anxiety and depression - $50,000

One of Turnbull's earliest psychedelic-science gifts (~2006-2007), beginning with a few thousand dollars then $50,000, at a time when neither federal nor corporate funding was available.

Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor

NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine

Jan 1, 2016

donation - Majority funder of clinical trial of psilocybin for alcohol use disorder - $3 million

Turnbull contributed the majority of the ~$3 million cost of the NYU psilocybin-for-AUD trial. Date approximate (mid-2010s).

Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor

B.More Inc. (nonprofit founded by Turnbull)

Jan 1, 2015

program-funding - Founded and funded nonprofit advancing psilocybin clinical research for alcohol use disorder - approximately $25 million collected

B.More collected roughly $25 million to support psilocybin research for alcohol use disorder; Turnbull is founder/CEO.

Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor

donation - General support for psychedelic research; Turnbull serves as president/board leadership - undisclosed

Longtime donor and board leader of Heffter Research Institute, a central funder of psilocybin science.

Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor

donation - Support for psilocybin study with religious professionals - undisclosed

Turnbull funded a Johns Hopkins clinical trial administering psilocybin to religious professionals; sessions guided in part by Claudia Turnbull.

Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor
Yale University

Jan 1, 2018

donation - Support for research into psilocybin for OCD and headache disorders - undisclosed

Turnbull funded Yale psilocybin research for OCD and headache. Date approximate.

Carey Turnbull Wears Many Hats as a Donor and Investor

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