[GRADE A1 -- EFTA00714664 (DOJ corpus)]
On December 18, 2014, Richard Kahn emailed Epstein at jeevacation@gmail.com: "Leon Black Proposal, Terms and Wiring Instructions: Genomics and Synthetic Biology Research Fund Terms - George Church" with attachment "Final_Genomics_and_Synthetic_Biology_Research_Fund_Terms."
[GRADE A1 -- EFTA00583251 (Harvard Medical School document)]
The attached document is a Harvard Medical School Terms of Gift:
[GRADE A2 -- EFTA01003368 (Dec 18, 2014)]
Epstein replied to Kahn: "ok." Combined with the thread context: "Eileen is meeting w..." (truncated) -- indicating Eileen (likely Eileen O'Brien, Kahn's colleague) was handling logistics.
[GRADE A2 -- Oct 2015 Leon Black payment chain]
Additional documents reveal ongoing Black-Epstein-Kahn financial coordination:
[GRADE A2 -- EFTA01106931 (Dec 19, 2014)]
One day after the Church Genomics Fund proposal, Leon D. Black wrote to Terje Rod-Larsen at the International Peace Institute. This establishes Leon Black as a dual donor -- funding both Church's genomics research and Rod-Larsen's IPI on consecutive days, both routed through Epstein.
The Leon Black Genomics Fund places George Church's research directly under Epstein's donor management. Epstein's role is clear: he facilitated a $2M donation from Leon Black to Harvard for Church's genomics and synthetic biology research, with wiring instructions routed through Richard Kahn (HBRK Associates, 575 Lexington Avenue). This connects to the Enhanced Education $10.5M from Leon Black documented in OS-05, establishing Black as the largest identifiable private funder of Epstein-adjacent genomics research.
The Oct 2015 payment chain shows this was not a one-time gift: "fees to be paid today" and "wiring instructions" indicate ongoing financial obligations between Black and Epstein's entities, potentially including the Church fund and Martin Nowak's Evolutionary Dynamics program.
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: Documents prove Epstein managed Leon Black's $2M donation to Church's genomics research at Harvard. They do NOT prove Church was aware of the broader Epstein network or that the donation funded DNA collection activities.
[v4.0 -- Leon Black October Fees RESOLVED (Q10)]
v4.0 resolves the Oct 2015 payment question. EFTA02349071 (Oct 9, 2015): Kahn to Epstein: "Jeffrey has informed me that yesterday he and Leon have agreed upon fees to be paid today." Cross-referencing with the full Leon Black financial structure reveals the "fees" totaled $19.75M: $15M to Southern Trust Company (USVI) + $4.75M through Leon Black Family Foundation and an "automotive LLC" -- the latter designed to "avoid public disclosure of Leon name." This makes the $2M Church Genomics Fund a fraction of the total Leon Black-Epstein financial relationship.