Jeffrey Epstein maintained a financial and professional relationship with MIT, providing donations to the institution {fact:4, fact:19} and facilitating funds from other donors {fact:14, fact:17}. This relationship involved significant controversy, including the concealment of donations by the Media Lab {fact:12, fact:21}, the resignation of Joi Ito [1], and the disciplining of faculty members who received personal gifts or engaged with Epstein {fact:15, fact:16}.