Living Goods — Exit Grant

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Living Goods for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation.

See GiveWell’s website for more details.

Iodine Global Network — Exit Grant

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Iodine Global Network for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation.

See GiveWell’s website for more details.

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Exit Grant

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation.

See GiveWell’s website for more details.

Food Fortification Initiative — Exit Grant

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Food Fortification Initiative for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation.

See GiveWell’s website for more details.

Development Media International — Exit Grant

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Development Media International for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation.

See GiveWell’s website for more details.

Founders Pledge — General Support (2023)

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Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,250,000 over two years to Founders Pledge for general support. Founders Pledge empowers technology entrepreneurs to pledge part of their equity to charity, and provides research, advice, and programs to help them maximize the impact of their giving.

This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community.

Alignment Research Center — General Support (November 2022)

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,250,000 over two years to the Alignment Research Center for general support. The Alignment Research Center conducts research on how to align AI with human interests, with a focus on techniques that could be adopted in existing machine learning systems and effectively scale up to future systems.

This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

Sebastian Lodemann — Existential Risk Projects

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $43,000 to Sebastian Lodemann to support his work on projects related to existential risks, including organizing workshops related to civilizational resilience and AI alignment-related interventions.

This falls within our work on longtermism.