Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $264,000 to the MIT Media Lab to support the Sculpting Evolution group’s research and related activities. The group is led by Kevin Esvelt.
This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $999,997 over two years to Alianima to support its work helping corporations in Brazil implement their cage-free and crate-free pledges.
This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $324,000 over two years to Compromiso Verde to support its work on cage-free reforms in Peru. Compromiso Verde will use this funding to run corporate campaigns and help producers reach their cage-free commitments.
This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $206,464 to Wavefront Security to provide subsidized cybersecurity services for nonprofit organizations pursuing high-impact charitable goals.
This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $218,200 to PoliPoli to support its advocacy for the government of Japan to increase aid levels for global health, as well as its work to incubate organizations and social policy entrepreneurs focused on global health aid.
This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $10,080,000 over three years to support the Forecasting Research Institute’s work on projects to advance the science of forecasting and to increase the relevance of forecasting for high-stakes policy decisions. This includes foundational research into the methodological challenges of existential risk forecasts, as well as applied research on estimating such risks, and on the identification of early warning signals.
This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of forecasting.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,492,040 over two years to Cures Within Reach to support the testing of already-approved therapies for new use cases, focused on health conditions with a high burden in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global health R&D.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €500,000 (approximately $518,430 at the time of conversion) over two years to the fair-fish international association (fair-fish) for general support. The grant is intended to allow fair-fish to continue its work on farmed fish welfare through research and collaboration with industry partners.
This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,960,000 over two years to Lightcone Infrastructure for general support.
$2,590,000 of this funding supports LessWrong and exploratory work on new projects. $370,000 represents an “exit grant” for Lightcone’s other work.
This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over three years to SecureBio for general support. SecureBio works to develop new technologies and policy proposals to fight against catastrophic pandemics.
This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.