Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
January 2019
Grant Title

Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Organization Name

Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$55,000,000
Date
January 2019
August 2021
Grant Title

Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (August 2021)

Organization Name

Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$38,920,000
Date
August 2021
March 2017
Grant Title

OpenAI — General Support

Organization Name

OpenAI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,000,000
Date
March 2017
March 2022
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$26,000,000
Date
March 2022
December 2021
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation — Event Venue

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$23,179,563
Date
December 2021
September 2019
Grant Title

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)

Organization Name

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,192,755
Date
September 2019
January 2017
Grant Title

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017)

Organization Name

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$16,000,000
Date
January 2017
April 2022
Grant Title

Funding for AI Alignment Projects Working With Deep Learning Systems

Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$15,700,072
Date
April 2022
May 2023
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Biosecurity Policy

Organization Name

RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$14,000,000
Date
May 2023
March 2022
Grant Title

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2022)

Organization Name

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$13,277,348
Date
March 2022
July 2018
Grant Title

Future of Humanity Institute — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks

Organization Name

Future of Humanity Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$12,250,810
Date
July 2018
January 2021
Grant Title

UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (2021)

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$11,955,246
Date
January 2021
December 2022
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation — General Support

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,425,000
Date
December 2022
October 2021
Grant Title

Californians Against Pandemics — California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act Ballot Initiative

Organization Name

Californians Against Pandemics

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$11,100,000
Date
October 2021
June 2023
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,000,000
Date
June 2023
August 2022
Grant Title

Redwood Research — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Redwood Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$10,700,000
Date
August 2022
October 2023
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Initiatives

Organization Name

RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$10,500,000
Date
October 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2023)

Organization Name

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$10,000,000
Date
March 2023
November 2021
Grant Title

Redwood Research — General Support

Organization Name

Redwood Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$9,420,000
Date
November 2021
August 2022
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Harvard Square Coworking Space

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$8,875,000
Date
August 2022
February 2020
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020)

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$8,000,000
Date
February 2020
January 2021
Grant Title

Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (January 2021)

Organization Name

Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$8,000,000
Date
January 2021
September 2021
Grant Title

Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security — Forecasting Platforms

Organization Name

Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security

Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$7,993,782
Date
September 2021
April 2023
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (2023)

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$7,831,500
Date
April 2023
February 2022
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting Support

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Funds

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$7,783,000
Date
February 2022
February 2020
Grant Title

Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$7,703,750
Date
February 2020
February 2021
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2021)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$7,500,000
Date
February 2021
April 2023
Grant Title

Epoch — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Epoch

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$6,922,565
Date
April 2023
December 2022
Grant Title

Forecasting Research Institute — Science of Forecasting

Organization Name

Forecasting Research Institute

Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$6,305,675
Date
December 2022
September 2023
Grant Title

OpenMined — Software for AI Audits

Organization Name

OpenMined

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
September 2023
October 2017
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
October 2017
September 2022
Grant Title

University Organizer Fellowship

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,597,743
Date
September 2022
May 2023
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — General Support (May 2023)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,575,238
Date
May 2023
August 2016
Grant Title

UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016)

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,555,550
Date
August 2016
May 2022
Grant Title

Metaculus — Platform Development

Organization Name

Metaculus

Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$5,500,000
Date
May 2022
April 2023
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Fellowships and Research

Organization Name

RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,500,000
Date
April 2023
August 2022
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Biosecurity Coworking Space

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,318,000
Date
August 2022
June 2023
Grant Title

Redwood Research — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Redwood Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,300,000
Date
June 2023
February 2018
Grant Title

Founders Pledge — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Founders Pledge

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,222,653
Date
February 2018
July 2022
Grant Title

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,200,000
Date
July 2022
November 2022
Grant Title

Center for AI Safety — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Center for AI Safety

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,160,000
Date
November 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Center for a New American Security — Work on AI Governance

Organization Name

Center for a New American Security

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,149,398
Date
July 2022
December 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting and Operations Support (December 2023) 

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Funds

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,026,513
Date
December 2023
March 2018
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — New Discretionary Fund

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
March 2018
April 2023
Grant Title

National Science Foundation — Safe Learning-Enabled Systems

Organization Name

National Science Foundation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
April 2023
November 2021
Grant Title

The Degrees Initiative — General Support (2021)

Organization Name

The Degrees Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
November 2021
March 2022
Grant Title

Atlas Fellowship — Scholarships and Summer Program for Students

Organization Name

Atlas Fellowship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
March 2022
May 2022
Grant Title

Alvea — DNA Vaccine Platform

Organization Name

Alvea

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
May 2022
September 2022
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Funds — Infrastructure Fund Regranting

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Funds

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,929,000
Date
September 2022
February 2022
Grant Title

Good Forever — Regranting for Biosecurity Projects

Organization Name

Good Forever Foundation

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$4,905,066
Date
February 2022