Science / Broad Institute Broad Donates $400M for Gene Research Record gift helps Harvard/MIT venture get to root of disease By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff Posted Sep 4, 2008 3:08 PM CDT Copied Eli Broad, center left, and his wife Edythe Broad, center right, are cheered by Eric Lander, left, the director of the Broad Institute , left, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. (AP Photo) Eli and Edythe Broad plan to donate $400 million more to the Massachusetts foundation they started 4 years ago to research the genetic causes of disease, the Boston Globe reports. “It's the biggest investment we've ever made,” said Broad, whose gift to the joint Harvard/MIT venture is the largest donation ever to a US academic concern for such work. “We think the returns are just great from what we've seen so far.” (More Broad Institute stories.) Report an error