Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
March 2024
Grant Title

Good Impressions — Amazon Advertising Campaign

Organization Name

Good Impressions

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$60,000
Date
March 2024
March 2024
Grant Title

Cambridge Biosecurity Hub – Biosecurity Course and Club Events  

Organization Name

Cambridge Biosecurity Hub

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,936
Date
March 2024
March 2024
Grant Title

Pivotal Research — Summer Research Fellowship (2024)

Organization Name

Pivotal Research

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$395,608
Date
March 2024
March 2024
Grant Title

cFactual — Fellowship Program

Organization Name

cFactual

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$220,000
Date
March 2024
March 2024
Grant Title

London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) — London Coworking Space

Organization Name

London Initiative for Safe AI

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$821,248
Date
March 2024
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
February 2024
Grant Title

FABRIC — General Support

Organization Name

FABRIC

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,436,000
Date
February 2024
January 2024
Grant Title

OPTIC Forecasting — Forecasting Competitions

Organization Name

OPTIC Forecasting

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,000
Date
January 2024
January 2024
Grant Title

Existential Risk Alliance — Cambridge AI Fellowship 

Organization Name

Existential Risks Alliance

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,015,101
Date
January 2024
January 2024
Grant Title

Longview Philanthropy — Effective Giving Information Sharing

Organization Name

Longview Philanthropy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$595,426
Date
January 2024
January 2024
Grant Title

FABRIC — Rationality Camp Programs

Organization Name

FABRIC

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2024
January 2024
Grant Title

Nice Light — AI Documentary 

Organization Name

Nice Light

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$127,070
Date
January 2024
January 2024
Grant Title

Condor Camp — Summer Program for Brazilian Students (2024)

Organization Name

Condor Camp

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$652,465
Date
January 2024
December 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop (2023)

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$66,950
Date
December 2023
December 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative — Student Group Expenses

Organization Name

Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$50,006
Date
December 2023
December 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — General Support for MIT AI Alignment

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$612,470
Date
December 2023
December 2023
Grant Title

Longview Philanthropy — General Support (December 2023)

Organization Name

Longview Philanthropy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,697,008
Date
December 2023
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
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
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
November 2023
Grant Title

Dandelion Labs — Machine Learning and AI Safety Bootcamps

Organization Name

Dandelion Labs

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$104,803
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title

Arcadia Impact — University Group Support

Organization Name

Arcadia Impact

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$405,254
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Harvard AI Safety Team

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$550,000
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title

Stanford Existential Risks Initiative – General Support

Organization Name

Stanford Existential Risks Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$630,000
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title

Longview Philanthropy — General Support (November 2023)

Organization Name

Longview Philanthropy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,139,355
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title

AI Safety Support — MATS Program (November 2023)

Organization Name

AI Safety Support

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$732,631
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
October 2023
Grant Title

Non-Trivial — Fellowship Program (October 2023)

Organization Name

Non-Trivial

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,264,691
Date
October 2023
October 2023
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$710,042
Date
October 2023
October 2023
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — Marketing (October 2023)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,400,000
Date
October 2023
October 2023
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF USA)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$276,127
Date
October 2023
October 2023
Grant Title

Should We Studio — Video Production (2023)

Organization Name

Should We Studio

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$245,000
Date
October 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Training for Good — Operating Costs and Tarbell Fellowship

Organization Name

Training for Good

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$575,000
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT (2023)

Organization Name

Michael Specter

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$60,000
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — HAIST Office Space

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$151,678
Date
September 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Angela Aristizábal — ITAM AI Futures Fellowship

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$390,155
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Canada — Toronto Coworking Space 

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Canada

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$135,378
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,220
Date
August 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

BlueDot Impact — General Support (July 2023)

Organization Name

BlueDot Impact

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,542,364
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

EffiSciences — Existential Risk Programs (2023)

Organization Name

Effisciences

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$205,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

Princeton University — Graduate Student Support

Organization Name

Princeton University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$500,000
Date
July 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

BlueDot Impact — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

BlueDot Impact

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$388,890
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Germany — ML4Good Bootcamp

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Germany

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,377
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Condor Camp — Summer Program for Brazilian Students

Organization Name

Condor Camp

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$301,197
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Switzerland — Zurich Coworking Space

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Switzerland

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$101,426
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Centre for Effective Altruism (June 2023)

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation USA

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,360,192
Date
June 2023
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
May 2023
Grant Title

Stiftelsen Impact Academy — Future Academy Program

Organization Name

Stiftelsen Impact Academy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$62,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Non-Trivial — Fellowship Program

Organization Name

Non-Trivial

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$315,894
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Kurzgesagt — Video Production (2023)

Organization Name

Kurzgesagt

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
May 2023