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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 OrganizationsClassification
Individual Donor / Family Office Giving
Geography
Global
Coverage
Global
Last Verified
Apr 10, 2026
Funding Focus Areas
Support Types
Verification
Verified
Psychedelic Focus
Explicit Psychedelic Focus
Engagement Status
Active
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 InvestorNYU 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 InvestorB.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 InvestorJan 1, 2018
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 Investordonation - 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 InvestorJan 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.
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