Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,800,000 over two years to Pattern Labs to support the development of software and analysis focused on mitigating the security risks of advanced and emerging technologies.
This falls within our work on mitigating global catastrophic risks.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,200,000 to Constellation for general support. Constellation is an independent research center that aims to help the world safely navigate the development of transformative AI.
This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $16,750,000 to Constellation to support Constellation’s programmatic activities and related operating expenses. This includes research, accelerating research, workshops on AI alignment, and field-building activities such as residencies and fellowship programs.
This 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 $22,000,000 over three years to the Against Malaria Foundation to support the delivery of insecticide-treated bednets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £2,728,437 (approximately $3,381,985 at the time of conversion) over two years to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to support its farm animal welfare work in Europe. CIWF will use the grant to continue its corporate outreach on broiler chicken welfare, as well as its efforts to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species.
This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $602,000 to Effective Altruism (EA) Funds to support their operating expenses — primarily salaries for staff who work on operations and grant logistics. EA Funds allocates donations to projects focused on expected impact.
This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a prize of $8,500 to Haindavi Kandarpa to support exploratory work on founding a nonprofit focused on social welfare policy in India.
This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible.
Open Philanthropy recommended a prize of $8,500 to Sai Uttej to support exploratory work on founding a nonprofit focused on social welfare policy in India.
This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $423,500 to the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI) to support its work on policy research and advocacy intended to improve AI safety.
This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide FAI with operational support.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,293 to EA Nigeria to support effective altruism community-building projects in Nigeria. Grant investigator Melanie Basnak learned about this opportunity while participating in the 2024 cycle of Meta Charity Funders, which aims to fund charitable projects working one level removed from direct impact.
This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible.