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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
UC Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (January 2019)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$131,579
Date
January 2019
May 2020
Grant Title
Duke University — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Ria Goswami)
Organization Name
Duke University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$130,982
Date
May 2020
January 2019
Grant Title
Royal Veterinary College — Halal Poultry Slaughter Research
Organization Name
Royal Veterinary College
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$130,850
Date
January 2019
January 2024
Grant Title
Charity Entrepreneurship — Work Stipends for Incubated Charities
Organization Name
Charity Entrepreneurship
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$130,200
Date
January 2024
March 2020
Grant Title
Alianima — General Support
Organization Name
Alianima
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$130,000
Date
March 2020
March 2022
Grant Title
Animal Ask — General Support
Organization Name
Animal Ask
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$130,000
Date
March 2022
March 2019
Grant Title
New York University — Work on Fish Welfare (2019)
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$125,840
Date
March 2019
July 2020
Grant Title
The People’s Lobby — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
The People's Lobby
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
July 2020
March 2017
Grant Title
The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017)
Organization Name
The People's Lobby Education Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
March 2017
January 2020
Grant Title
A La Defensa — Prosecutor Accountability (2020)
Organization Name
A La Defensa
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
January 2020
December 2019
Grant Title
Good Films Impact — “Just Mercy” Engagement
Organization Name
Good Films Impact
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
December 2019
June 2022
Grant Title
Animal Outlook — Animal Welfare Investigation
Organization Name
Animal Outlook
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$125,000
Date
June 2022
July 2016
Grant Title
The Ordinary People Society — General Support
Organization Name
The Ordinary People Society
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
July 2016
March 2017
Grant Title
Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017)
Organization Name
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
March 2017
June 2018
Grant Title
Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2018)
Organization Name
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
June 2018
June 2018
Grant Title
The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2018)
Organization Name
The People's Lobby Education Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
June 2018
August 2016
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2016)
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$124,400
Date
August 2016
April 2020
Grant Title
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Research on Drought-Tolerant Rice
Organization Name
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Focus Area
Other Scientific Research Areas
Amount
$122,500
Date
April 2020
June 2018
Grant Title
Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work Led by Mariame Kaba
Organization Name
Project NIA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$121,000
Date
June 2018
October 2023
Grant Title
Stockholm Environment Institute — Farm Animal Welfare Sustainability Reports
Organization Name
Stockholm Environment Institute
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$120,000
Date
October 2023
July 2018
Grant Title
National Family Defense Project — General Support
Organization Name
National Family Defense Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$120,000
Date
July 2018
May 2017
Grant Title
People for Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
People for Animals Uttarakhand
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$120,000
Date
May 2017
January 2020
Grant Title
Texas Inmate Families Association — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Texas Inmate Families Association
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$120,000
Date
January 2020
September 2019
Grant Title
Movement for Family Power — General Support
Organization Name
Movement for Family Power
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$120,000
Date
September 2019
July 2022
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Research Assistant and Expenses
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$120,000
Date
July 2022
February 2022
Grant Title
Sightsavers — Scoping Work on Deworming Programs
Organization Name
Sightsavers
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$118,000
Date
February 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Crate Free Illinois — Crate-Free Campaigns
Organization Name
Crate-Free Illinois
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$117,600
Date
August 2022
March 2021
Grant Title
Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2021)
Organization Name
Working Families Party
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$117,300
Date
March 2021
April 2019
Grant Title
Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2019)
Organization Name
Working Families Party
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$117,300
Date
April 2019
May 2020
Grant Title
Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2020)
Organization Name
Working Families Party
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$117,300
Date
May 2020
April 2021
Grant Title
Surge Network — Faith-Based Criminal Justice Reform Organizing
Organization Name
Surge Network
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$115,000
Date
April 2021
February 2019
Grant Title
Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2019)
Organization Name
Justice Solutions
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$115,000
Date
February 2019
March 2023
Grant Title
University of Southern California — Preterm Births Research
Organization Name
University of Southern California
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$114,353
Date
March 2023
February 2017
Grant Title
Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2017)
Organization Name
Justice Solutions
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$112,613
Date
February 2017
February 2024
Grant Title
fair-fish international association — Database Support
Organization Name
fair-fish international association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$112,058
Date
February 2024
January 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$111,986
Date
January 2017
October 2022
Grant Title
Georgia Institute of Technology — Portable Spectrometers
Organization Name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$111,000
Date
October 2022
July 2021
Grant Title
Sneha’s Care — Dairy Welfare Regulations
Organization Name
Sneha’s Care
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$110,050
Date
July 2021
March 2016
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Movement Ecology Training
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$110,000
Date
March 2016
December 2018
Grant Title
Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2018)
Organization Name
Working Families Party, Inc.
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$109,600
Date
December 2018
October 2017
Grant Title
Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2017)
Organization Name
Working Families Party, Inc.
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$109,600
Date
October 2017
December 2020
Grant Title
University of Glasgow — Animal Welfare Research
Organization Name
University of Glasgow
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$109,552
Date
December 2020
June 2019
Grant Title
Penn State University — Emergency Food Research (Charles Anderson)
Organization Name
Penn State University
Focus Area
Other Scientific Research Areas
Amount
$109,063
Date
June 2019
October 2023
Grant Title
University of Helsinki — Travel Funding for Air Pollution Research (2023)
Organization Name
University of Helsinki
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$109,000
Date
October 2023
December 2023
Grant Title
The Governors of the University of Calgary — Pork Immunocastration Research
Organization Name
The Governors of the University of Calgary
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$107,074
Date
December 2023
July 2023
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — USAID Staff Placement
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$107,000
Date
July 2023
December 2022
Grant Title
Cara Wilcox — Broiler Chicken Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$106,810
Date
December 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
IISER Mohali — North India Pollution Research
Organization Name
IISER Mohali
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$103,765
Date
October 2023
August 2014
Grant Title
RAND Corporation — Research for Vermont
Organization Name
RAND Corporation
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$103,000
Date
August 2014
July 2020
Grant Title
VegeProject — Corporate Outreach (2020)
Organization Name
VegeProject
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$102,400
Date
July 2020
October 2018
Grant Title
University of Edinburgh — Scholarship Program in Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare
Organization Name
University of Edinburgh
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$102,041
Date
October 2018
August 2022
Grant Title
Dharma Voices for Animals — Sri Lanka Animal Welfare Legislation (2022)
Organization Name
Dharma Voices for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$101,000
Date
August 2022
March 2021
Grant Title
UC Davis — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Lark L. Coffey)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$100,642
Date
March 2021
February 2024
Grant Title
Global Food Partners — Advocacy Summits
Organization Name
Global Food Partners
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2024
November 2020
Grant Title
221B Foundation — COVID-19 Testing in Nepal (Jay Mahat)
Organization Name
221B Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$100,000
Date
November 2020
October 2021
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2021
September 2017
Grant Title
Corrections Accountability Project — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Corrections Accountability Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2017
December 2017
Grant Title
Development Media International — General Support (December 2017)
Organization Name
Development Media International
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2017
December 2018
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2018)
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2018
December 2019
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2019)
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
January 2020
Grant Title
YIMBY Law — General Support (January 2020)
Organization Name
YIMBY Law
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
March 2015
Grant Title
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Work on India and China
Organization Name
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2015
June 2018
Grant Title
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Prison Policy Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
June 2018
June 2019
Grant Title
Sentient Media — Digital Content Optimization Work
Organization Name
Sentient Media
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
June 2019
January 2014
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (2014)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2014
December 2018
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (2018)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2018
October 2021
Grant Title
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2021
December 2017
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2017)
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2017
January 2019
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — General Support (January 2019)
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2019
December 2019
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2019)
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
August 2023
Grant Title
Stockholm School of Economics — Global Health Diplomacy Project
Organization Name
Stockholm School of Economics
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$100,000
Date
August 2023
February 2015
Grant Title
Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice — General Support
Organization Name
FSU Project on Accountable Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2015
March 2019
Grant Title
Center for Story-Based Strategy — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Story-Based Strategy
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2019
August 2019
Grant Title
BlackRoots Alliance — Prosecutorial Accountability (2019)
Organization Name
BlackRoots Alliance
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
August 2019
April 2020
Grant Title
Law for Black Lives — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)
Organization Name
Law for Black Lives
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
April 2020
June 2015
Grant Title
Brookings Institution – Work on China and India
Organization Name
Brookings Institution
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$100,000
Date
June 2015
July 2016
Grant Title
Vera Institute of Justice — New Orleans User-Funded Justice System
Organization Name
Vera Institute of Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
July 2016
October 2021
Grant Title
Solar Cooling Engineering — Solar Refrigerator Testing
Organization Name
Solar Cooling Engineering
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2021
September 2021
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2021
December 2018
Grant Title
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (December 2018)
Organization Name
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2018
January 2020
Grant Title
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2020)
Organization Name
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
May 2020
Grant Title
Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)
Organization Name
Mijente
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
May 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2020
May 2022
Grant Title
The College of William and Mary — Uganda Smartphone RCT
Organization Name
College of William and Mary
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$100,000
Date
May 2022
April 2017
Grant Title
Common Justice — General Support
Organization Name
Common Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
April 2017
October 2017
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — General Support (October 2017)
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2017
June 2022
Grant Title
Aquatic Life Institute — General Support
Organization Name
Aquatic Life Institute
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
June 2022
October 2021
Grant Title
Living Goods — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2021
February 2017
Grant Title
ReFrame Mentorship — General Support
Organization Name
ReFrame Mentorship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2017
February 2018
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — General Support (February 2018)
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2018
January 2019
Grant Title
Living Goods — General Support (January 2019)
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2019
January 2020
Grant Title
Living Goods — General Support (January 2020)
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
March 2018
Grant Title
Justice Strategies — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Justice Strategies
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2018
January 2017
Grant Title
Farm Forward — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2017)
Organization Name
Farm Forward
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2017
December 2017
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (2017)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2017
March 2019
Grant Title
Soko Tierschutz — Factory Farm Investigations
Organization Name
Soko Tierschutz
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2019
September 2021
Grant Title
Project Healthy Children — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Project Healthy Children
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2021
January 2018
Grant Title
WaitList Zero — General Support (January 2018)
Organization Name
WaitList Zero
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2018
December 2018
Grant Title
Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2018)
Organization Name
Project Healthy Children
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2018
December 2019
