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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
January 2020
Grant Title
Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare Work in Italy (2020)
Organization Name
Essere Animali
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$462,974
Date
January 2020
July 2023
Grant Title
FAR AI — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$460,000
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
October 2022
Grant Title
Conjecture — SERI MATS Program in London
Organization Name
Conjecture
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$457,380
Date
October 2022
February 2023
Grant Title
Probably Good — Career Advice (2023)
Organization Name
Probably Good
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$455,800
Date
February 2023
May 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$454,025
Date
May 2017
December 2017
Grant Title
fair-fish international association — Fish Welfare Standards for Aquaculture
Organization Name
fair-fish international association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$453,841
Date
December 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research
Organization Name
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$452,545
Date
May 2017
November 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$451,571
Date
November 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
theguardian.org – Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2021)
Organization Name
The Guardian
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$450,000
Date
December 2021
January 2024
Grant Title
Scarlet Spark – Management and Leadership Training
Organization Name
Scarlet Spark
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$450,000
Date
January 2024
November 2022
Grant Title
George Mason University — Michael Clemens Migration Research
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2022
November 2020
Grant Title
Yale University — Cardiovascular Disease Therapy Research
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2020
May 2020
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$450,000
Date
May 2020
November 2022
Grant Title
New York University — Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Follow-Up
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2022
August 2021
Grant Title
George Washington University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship
Organization Name
George Washington University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$450,000
Date
August 2021
May 2023
Grant Title
Joep Lange Institute — Expanding the Donor Base for Global Health
Organization Name
Joep Lange
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$450,000
Date
May 2023
December 2021
Grant Title
Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2021)
Organization Name
Greater Greater Washington
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
December 2021
June 2021
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Criminal Justice Reform Work
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
June 2021
April 2023
Grant Title
Futurewise — Housing Advocacy in Washington
Organization Name
Futurewise
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
April 2023
August 2019
Grant Title
Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing (2019)
Organization Name
Forward Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
August 2019
August 2020
Grant Title
Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand
Organization Name
Catalyst
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$447,000
Date
August 2020
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
June 2019
Grant Title
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations — India Farm Animal Welfare (2019)
Organization Name
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$445,000
Date
June 2019
June 2020
Grant Title
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Chickpea and Corn Zein Research
Organization Name
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$444,000
Date
June 2020
March 2022
Grant Title
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung — AI Policy Analysis
Organization Name
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$444,000
Date
March 2022
April 2023
Grant Title
AI Safety Support — Situational Awareness Research
Organization Name
AI Safety Support
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$443,716
Date
April 2023
September 2022
Grant Title
University of Washington — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool
Organization Name
University of Washington
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$442,862
Date
September 2022
March 2024
Grant Title
Global Challenges Project — General Support (2024)
Organization Name
Global Challenges Project
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$441,000
Date
March 2024
June 2023
Grant Title
Government Relations Group — Global Health Aid Study Tours
Organization Name
Government Relations Group
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$440,750
Date
June 2023
May 2019
Grant Title
Altruistic Technology Labs — Work on Biological Risk Prevention
Organization Name
Altruistic Technology Labs
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$440,525
Date
May 2019
November 2023
Grant Title
CalHDF — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$440,000
Date
November 2023
September 2017
Grant Title
Global Aquaculture Alliance — Fish Welfare Best Practices
Organization Name
Global Aquaculture Alliance
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$435,000
Date
September 2017
June 2020
Grant Title
Animal Advocacy Careers — General Support
Organization Name
Animal Advocacy Careers
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$432,000
Date
June 2020
October 2022
Grant Title
European Institute for Animal Law and Policy — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy
Organization Name
European Institute for Animal Law and Policy
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$430,000
Date
October 2022
July 2018
Grant Title
University of Oxford — Research on the Global Politics of AI
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$429,770
Date
July 2018
June 2023
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS 4.0
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$428,942
Date
June 2023
April 2019
Grant Title
FAI Farms — Tilapia Welfare
Organization Name
FAI Farms
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$426,000
Date
April 2019
December 2022
Grant Title
Data for Decisions — Syphilis Vaccine Economic Research
Organization Name
Data for Decisions
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$425,800
Date
December 2022
October 2021
Grant Title
Fund for Alignment Research — Language Model Misalignment
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$425,800
Date
October 2021
March 2020
Grant Title
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Outreach
Organization Name
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$425,000
Date
March 2020
July 2016
Grant Title
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Full Employment Project (2016)
Organization Name
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$425,000
Date
July 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration
Organization Name
Blackbird
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
December 2016
November 2021
Grant Title
Desegregate CT — General Support
Organization Name
Desegregate CT
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
November 2021
December 2017
Grant Title
Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration (2017)
Organization Name
Blackbird
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
December 2017
March 2024
Grant Title
Clinton Health Access Initiative — Aid Efficacy Support
Organization Name
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$423,775
Date
March 2024
November 2018
Grant Title
Viroclinics Biosciences — Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
Organization Name
Viroclinics Biosciences
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$421,969
Date
November 2018
November 2018
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2018)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$420,000
Date
November 2018
April 2021
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Research
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$418,500
Date
April 2021
July 2020
Grant Title
Stanford University — Universal Flu Drug Research (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$415,000
Date
July 2020
August 2021
Grant Title
Boston University — Human Lung Model Systems
Organization Name
Boston University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$414,000
Date
August 2021
November 2020
Grant Title
University of Bern — Layer Hen Breeding Research
Organization Name
University of Bern
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$410,000
Date
November 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (March 2020)
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$410,000
Date
March 2020
February 2021
Grant Title
Council on Energy, Environment, and Water — Air Quality Sensors in South Asia
Organization Name
Council on Energy, Environment, and Water
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$410,000
Date
February 2021
January 2018
Grant Title
Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research (2018)
Organization Name
Rescuing Biomedical Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$409,112
Date
January 2018
August 2023
Grant Title
Modulo Research — AI Safety Research
Organization Name
Modulo Research
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$408,255
Date
August 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
October 2017
Grant Title
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — National Bail Fund Network
Organization Name
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$404,800
Date
October 2017
September 2016
Grant Title
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$404,800
Date
September 2016
July 2017
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$403,890
Date
July 2017
May 2023
Grant Title
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023)
Organization Name
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$401,750
Date
May 2023
September 2018
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — Outreach on Technological Risk Led by Richard Danzig
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$400,352
Date
September 2018
December 2020
Grant Title
Faith in Action — Street Certified
Organization Name
Faith in Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2020
January 2018
Grant Title
Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy (2018)
Organization Name
Niskanen Center
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2018
August 2019
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
August 2019
February 2024
Grant Title
Straumli — LLM Cyberoffense Benchmark
Organization Name
Straumli
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$400,000
Date
February 2024
April 2018
Grant Title
Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative (2018)
Organization Name
Gamechanger Labs
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
April 2018
July 2017
Grant Title
Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform (2021)
Organization Name
Free Hearts
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
July 2017
December 2019
Grant Title
Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2019)
Organization Name
Faith in Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2019
February 2018
Grant Title
Southerners On New Ground — Anti-Criminalization Work
Organization Name
Southerners On New Ground
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
February 2018
January 2019
Grant Title
Peterson Institute for International Economics — Macroeconomic Research Projects
Organization Name
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2019
July 2018
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$400,000
Date
July 2018
December 2022
Grant Title
Yale University — Cardiovascular Research
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
Convergent Research — Biosecurity Projects
Organization Name
Convergent Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2023
October 2016
Grant Title
Million Voters Project Action Fund — Support for Proposition 57
Organization Name
Million Voters Project Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2016
February 2018
Grant Title
Justice Team Network — JusticeLA Campaign
Organization Name
Justice Team Network
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
February 2018
January 2021
Grant Title
OliLux Biosciences — Rapid Tuberculosis Detection and Treatment Management Tools
Organization Name
OliLux Biosciences
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2021
January 2020
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2020
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
December 2021
Grant Title
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2021
August 2019
Grant Title
LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration (2019)
Organization Name
LatinoJustice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
August 2019
October 2015
Grant Title
Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development
Organization Name
Sightline Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2015
June 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI Summer Fellowships (2022)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$400,000
Date
June 2022
September 2023
Grant Title
Matthew Kenney – Language Model Capabilities Benchmarking
Organization Name
Matthew Kenney
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$397,350
Date
September 2023
February 2024
Grant Title
International Society for Applied Ethology — Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Countries
Organization Name
International Society for Applied Ethology
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$396,515
Date
February 2024
April 2024
Grant Title
World Health Organization — Syphilis Medication Trials
Organization Name
World Health Organization
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$395,978
Date
April 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
December 2017
Grant Title
Humane Society Legislative Fund — Opposing the King Amendment
Organization Name
Humane Society Legislative Fund
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$395,094
Date
December 2017
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
March 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Safety Field-Building
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$387,741
Date
March 2023
October 2022
Grant Title
University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
University of Utah
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$385,000
Date
October 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
ProVeg International — Innovation Competitions for Alternative Proteins
Organization Name
ProVeg International
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$384,000
Date
March 2023
April 2023
Grant Title
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences — Portable Fish EEG
Organization Name
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$384,000
Date
April 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Health Security Scholars
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$381,220
Date
May 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 2017
Grant Title
Dyrevernalliansen — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance)
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$378,000
Date
February 2017
October 2022
Grant Title
Advocates for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work
Organization Name
Advocates for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$376,235
Date
October 2022
October 2015
Grant Title
MoveOn Civic Action — Syrian Refugee Advocacy
Organization Name
MoveOn.org Civic Action
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$375,000
Date
October 2015
May 2018
