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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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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
February 2022
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Improving the Long-Term Future — Scholarship Support (2022)
Organization Name
Scholarship (Various)
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$4,877,344
Date
February 2022
February 2019
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,795,803
Date
February 2019
May 2022
Grant Title
European Summer Program on Rationality — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
European Summer Program on Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,715,000
Date
May 2022
January 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Centre for Effective Altruism (2023)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,700,000
Date
January 2023
September 2022
Grant Title
Lightcone Infrastructure – General Support
Organization Name
Lightcone Infrastructure
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,500,000
Date
September 2022
January 2020
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support and Community-Building Grants (2020)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,146,795
Date
January 2020
April 2023
Grant Title
Center for AI Safety — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Center for AI Safety
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$4,025,729
Date
April 2023
September 2022
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Educational Degree Program
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,908,161
Date
September 2022
Grant Title
Support for Career Development and Transitions
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,841,768
Date
January 1970
October 2017
Grant Title
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$3,750,000
Date
October 2017
July 2018
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,556,773
Date
July 2018
December 2023
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism – General Support (EVF USA)
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation USA
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,513,239
Date
December 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,500,000
Date
March 2017
February 2020
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,457,284
Date
February 2020
May 2023
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting and Operations Support (May 2023)
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Funds
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,370,000
Date
May 2023
November 2023
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism – General Support (EVF)
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,342,238
Date
November 2023
August 2021
Grant Title
Center for Security and Emerging Technology — Biosecurity Research Project
Organization Name
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,330,000
Date
August 2021
June 2022
Grant Title
Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research
Organization Name
Columbia University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,200,000
Date
June 2022
February 2023
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Funds — Long-Term Future and Infrastructure Fund Regranting
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Funds
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,150,000
Date
February 2023
April 2021
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programs (2021)
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,121,861
Date
April 2021
October 2023
Grant Title
Global Priorities Institute — General Support (October 2023)
Organization Name
Global Priorities Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,078,461
Date
October 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
ClimateWorks Foundation — Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program
Organization Name
ClimateWorks Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
March 2017
June 2022
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — Marketing
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2022
June 2023
Grant Title
Constellation — Coworking Space
Organization Name
Constellation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2023
April 2023
Grant Title
Metaculus — Platform Development (2023)
Organization Name
Metaculus
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
April 2023
April 2020
Grant Title
Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling (2020)
Organization Name
Rutgers University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
April 2020
March 2017
Grant Title
Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling
Organization Name
Rutgers University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,982,206
Date
March 2017
February 2024
Grant Title
Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2024)
Organization Name
Rational Animations
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,980,355
Date
February 2024
March 2022
Grant Title
Kurzgesagt — Short-form Video Content
Organization Name
Kurzgesagt
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,978,000
Date
March 2022
February 2020
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,970,000
Date
February 2020
March 2024
Grant Title
Future House — Benchmarks for Biology Research and Development
Organization Name
Future House
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,946,250
Date
March 2024
January 2022
Grant Title
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research – COVID-19 Fractional Dosing Trial
Organization Name
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,921,000
Date
January 2022
January 2024
Grant Title
Institute for AI Policy & Strategy — General Support
Organization Name
Institute for AI Policy and Strategy
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,916,898
Date
January 2024
July 2023
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2023)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,911,324
Date
July 2023
September 2022
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships and Policy Work
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,898,350
Date
September 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,869,940
Date
January 2022
February 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation USA — General Support
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation USA
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,750,000
Date
February 2023
October 2016
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,744,000
Date
October 2016
March 2022
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2022)
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,728,319
Date
March 2022
June 2018
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,688,000
Date
June 2018
February 2019
Grant Title
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,652,500
Date
February 2019
December 2022
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,648,881
Date
December 2022
November 2023
Grant Title
Eleuther AI — Interpretability Research
Organization Name
Eleuther AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,642,273
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MATS (November 2023)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,641,368
Date
November 2023
January 2018
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,588,162
Date
January 2018
December 2021
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — AI Field Building
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,537,600
Date
December 2021
February 2023
Grant Title
Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Global Priorities Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,506,291
Date
February 2023
December 2016
Grant Title
Harvard University — Solar Geoengineering Research Program
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2016
March 2017
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2017
April 2023