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.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $78,000 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support a multi-day workshop for AI university group organizers.
This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Renaissance Philanthropy to support its Big if True Science accelerator program. Renaissance Philanthropy helps philanthropists and foundations design, launch, and operate high-impact philanthropic programs focused on science, technology, and innovation.
This falls within our focus area of Abundance & Growth.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Virtue AI to fund research prizes at the NeurIPS 2024 Competition for LLM and Agent Safety.
This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $22,450 to AI Safety Hungary to support its capacity building work, which includes educational seminars, personalized career guidance for talented individuals, and support for fellowship programs run by local groups.
This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over three years to GovAI for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and helps build the AI governance research community. (This is separate from the other grant we made to GovAI in November 2024.)
This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to GovAI for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and helps build the AI governance research community.
This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.