Grants

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Focus Area
Year
Amount
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    Title
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    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
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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
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
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

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 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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
Grant Title

Support for Career Development and Transitions

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,841,768
Date
January 1970
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — Marketing (2023)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,492,000
Date
April 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
June 2022
Grant Title

Open Philanthropy Undergraduate Scholarships (2022)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,392,682
Date
June 2022
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
January 2022
Grant Title

Should We Studio — Video Production

Organization Name

Should We Studio

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,320,000
Date
January 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

BlueDot Impact — General Support

Organization Name

BlueDot Impact

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,009,000
Date
June 2022
April 2023
Grant Title

Atlas Fellowship — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Atlas Fellowship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
April 2023
June 2022
Grant Title

Century Fellowship — 2022 Cohort

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,889,027
Date
June 2022
December 2022
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation — Office Space

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,835,390
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title

Atlas Fellowship — General Support

Organization Name

Atlas Fellowship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
December 2022
September 2019
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support and Community-Building Grants (2019)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,755,921
Date
September 2019
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
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
May 2020
Grant Title

Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programme

Organization Name

Future of Humanity Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,586,224
Date
May 2020
October 2022
Grant Title

Funding for Effective Altruism-Related Translation Projects

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,545,047
Date
October 2022
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
December 2020
Grant Title

Founders Pledge — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Founders Pledge

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
December 2020
February 2024
Grant Title

FABRIC — General Support

Organization Name

FABRIC

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,436,000
Date
February 2024
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
May 2022
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
May 2022
January 2023
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,200,000
Date
January 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
March 2017
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — General Support

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,125,000
Date
March 2017
July 2016
Grant Title

Center for Applied Rationality — General Support

Organization Name

Center for Applied Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,035,000
Date
July 2016
September 2016
Grant Title

Founders Pledge — General Support

Organization Name

Founders Pledge

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,032,947
Date
September 2016
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 2023
Grant Title

Existential Risks Alliance — Cambridge Fellowship

Organization Name

Existential Risks Alliance

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,014,116
Date
January 2023
July 2022
Grant Title

Non-Trivial Pursuits — General Support

Organization Name

Non-Trivial

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,005,000
Date
July 2022
January 2018
Grant Title

Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Center for Applied Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2018
July 2019
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Foundation — Research and Operations

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2019
May 2023
Grant Title

Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2023)

Organization Name

Rational Animations

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
May 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk (2023)

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation USA

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$991,000
Date
April 2023
February 2020
Grant Title

Future of Humanity Institute — New DPhil Positions

Organization Name

Future of Humanity Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$939,263
Date
February 2020
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 2023
Grant Title

Successif — Career Advising

Organization Name

Successif

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$778,570
Date
February 2023
February 2020
Grant Title

University of Oxford — New Office for Effective Altruism Organizations

Organization Name

University of Oxford

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$776,271
Date
February 2020
March 2023
Grant Title

Support for Career Transition Plans

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$753,162
Date
March 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
January 2022
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk Magazine

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation USA

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$730,000
Date
January 2022
July 2021
Grant Title

EA Funding for Individuals — Work and Study Support

Organization Name
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$719,034
Date
July 2021
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
August 2022
Grant Title

Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2022)

Organization Name

Center for Applied Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$700,000
Date
August 2022
March 2023
Grant Title

Global Challenges Project — General Support

Organization Name

Global Challenges Project

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$687,589
Date
March 2023
July 2022
Grant Title

Future Forum Foundation — Future Forum

Organization Name

Future Forum Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$654,500
Date
July 2022
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
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
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
November 2021
Grant Title

Giving What We Can — General Support

Organization Name

Giving What We Can

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2021
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
May 2022
Grant Title

Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship — Summer 2022 Fellowship

Organization Name

Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$585,000
Date
May 2022
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
August 2022
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Funds — Operating Expenses

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Funds

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$573,000
Date
August 2022
January 2018
Grant Title

Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2018)

Organization Name

Center for Applied Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$560,000
Date
January 2018
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
May 2019
Grant Title

Global Catastrophic Risks Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$547,800
Date
May 2019
February 2018
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$510,000
Date
February 2018
July 2019
Grant Title

European Summer Program on Rationality — General Support

Organization Name

European Summer Program on Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$510,000
Date
July 2019
October 2021
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2021
January 2024
Grant Title

FABRIC — Rationality Camp Programs

Organization Name

FABRIC

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2024
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
May 2021
Grant Title

LessWrong — General Support (2021)

Organization Name

LessWrong

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$460,000
Date
May 2021
November 2022
Grant Title

London Effective Altruism Hub — EA Organizing in London

Organization Name

Arcadia Impact

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$445,000
Date
November 2022
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 2021
Grant Title

Future of Humanity Institute — Administrative and Operational Support

Organization Name

Future of Humanity Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$400,000
Date
November 2021
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
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
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
May 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Consulting Network

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$380,000
Date
May 2023
February 2020
Grant Title

Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Center for Applied Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$375,000
Date
February 2020