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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
Georgetown University
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
December 2021
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — Event Venue
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$22,805,823
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
$14,459,002
Date
April 2022
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
Longtermism
Amount
$12,250,810
Date
July 2018
December 2022
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$11,425,000
Date
December 2022
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
$11,355,246
Date
January 2021
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
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
February 2022
Grant Title
Good Forever — Regranting for Biosecurity Projects
Organization Name
Good Forever Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$10,000,000
Date
February 2022
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
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
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
February 2022
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting Support
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
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
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$7,500,000
Date
February 2021
December 2022
Grant Title
Forecasting Research Institute — Science of Forecasting
Organization Name
Forecasting Research Institute
Focus Area
Longtermism
Amount
$6,305,675
Date
December 2022
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
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
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
February 2018
Grant Title
Founders Pledge — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Founders Pledge
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
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
Organization Name
Center for AI Safety
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,160,000
Date
November 2022
March 2022
Grant Title
Atlas Fellowship — Scholarships and Summer Program for Students
Organization Name
Atlas Fellowship
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
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
November 2021
Grant Title
The Degrees Initiative — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
The Degrees Initiative
Focus Area
Longtermism
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
November 2021
March 2018
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — New Discretionary Fund
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
March 2018
September 2022
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Infrastructure Fund Regranting
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$4,929,000
Date
September 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
$4,816,710
Date
July 2022
February 2019
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
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
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$4,715,000
Date
May 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Lightcone Infrastructure – General Support
Organization Name
Lightcone Infrastructure
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$4,500,000
Date
September 2022
February 2022
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Improving the Long-Term Future — Scholarship Support (2022)
Organization Name
Scholarship (Various)
Focus Area
Longtermism
Amount
$4,459,549
Date
February 2022
January 2020
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support and Community-Building Grants (2020)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$4,146,795
Date
January 2020
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
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
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
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$3,457,284
Date
February 2020
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
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
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
Longtermism
Amount
$3,121,861
Date
April 2021
September 2022
Grant Title
University Organizer Fellowship
Organization Name
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$3,050,122
Date
September 2022
April 2020
