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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
January 2021
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2021)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,144,789
Date
January 2021
January 2021
Grant Title
Alliance for International Medical Action — Treatment of Malnutrition in Niger
Organization Name
Alliance for International Medical Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,008,450
Date
January 2021
January 2021
Grant Title
Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology — Fish Welfare Certification Standards
Organization Name
Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$237,043
Date
January 2021
December 2020
Grant Title
Dignity and Power Now — Decarceration Work
Organization Name
Dignity and Power Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2020)
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Air Quality Sensors in South Asia
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$700,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — Crate- and Cage-Free Campaigning in Brazil (2020)
Organization Name
Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Altruistic Technology Labs — Planning Grant
Organization Name
Altruistic Technology Labs
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2020
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
December 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Aid Effectiveness Advocacy Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (December 2020)
Organization Name
Malaria Consortium
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$27,076,757
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (December 2020)
Organization Name
Helen Keller International
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$8,059,000
Date
December 2020
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
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
December 2020
Grant Title
The END Fund — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
University of Toronto — Machine Learning Research
Organization Name
University of Toronto
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$520,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration (2020)
Organization Name
The Ahimsa Collective
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$155,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$6,651,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Animal Friends Jogja — Farm Animal Welfare Work
Organization Name
Animal Friends Jogja
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$78,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2020)
Organization Name
Smart Justice CA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Texas Freedom Network — Texas Rising Program (2020)
Organization Name
Texas Freedom Network
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Living Goods — General Support (December 2020)
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2020)
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (December 2020)
Organization Name
Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Development Media International — General Support (December 2020)
Organization Name
Development Media International
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (December 2020)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Deworm the World Initiative
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$4,103,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
The Humane League-UK — General Support
Organization Name
The Humane League-UK
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$507,900
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Kotaro Sasaki) (2020)
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2020)
Organization Name
Project Healthy Children
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
GLOBALG.A.P. — Fish Welfare Standards
Organization Name
GLOBALG.A.P.
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$90,554
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2020)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$550,688
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
University of New South Wales — In Vitro Fertilization Research (Robert Gilchrist)
Organization Name
University of New South Wales
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Impact Alliance — Cage-Free Program
Organization Name
Impact Alliance
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$40,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Washington University in St. Louis — Research on Cryptosporidium Hominis (David Sibley)
Organization Name
Washington University in St. Louis
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,154,589
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)
Organization Name
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
International Refugee Assistance Project
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
A New Way of Life — Civic Engagement Work
Organization Name
A New Way of Life
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Urban Institute — Countercyclical State Funding Mechanisms
Organization Name
Urban Institute
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Dezernat Zukunft — Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Europe (2020)
Organization Name
Dezernat Zukunft
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$202,079
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology — Malaria Prevention Research (Jeremy Herren)
Organization Name
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$2,199,645
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Telethon Kids Institute (University of Western Australia) — Strep A Vaccine (Jonathan Carapetis)
Organization Name
Telethon Kids Institute
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$5,300,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Future of Life Institute — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Future of Life Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$176,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (November 2020)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,391,971
Date
November 2020
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
November 2020
Grant Title
Material Innovation Initiative — Plant-Based Fashion Alternatives
Organization Name
Material Innovation Initiative
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$200,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Global Health Security Network — Global Health Security Conference
Organization Name
Global Health Security Network
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
AI Impacts — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
AI Impacts
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2020
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
November 2020
Grant Title
Binx — COVID-19 Testing Platform
Organization Name
Binx
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
November 2020
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
November 2020
Grant Title
Reclaim Philadelphia — Judge Accountability Work (2020)
Organization Name
Reclaim Philadelphia
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$165,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
VasoRX — Atherosclerosis and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy
Organization Name
VasoRX
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$5,550,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (November 2020)
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,050,000
Date
November 2020
November 2020
Grant Title
L214 — Broiler Welfare Campaigns in France (2020)
Organization Name
L214
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,642,046
Date
November 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Direct Relief — COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa
Organization Name
Direct Relief
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$275,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
University of Glasgow — Malaria Prevention Research (Steven Sinkins)
Organization Name
University of Glasgow
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$3,175,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
GiveWell — General Support (October 2020)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,389,753
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Frontline Dads — General Support (October 2020)
Organization Name
Frontline Dads
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Prism — Criminal Justice Vertical (2020)
Organization Name
Prism
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
YIMBY Law — General Support (October 2020)
Organization Name
YIMBY Law
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Movement Alliance Project — Prosecutor Accountability (October 2020)
Organization Name
Movement Alliance Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$245,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
ANTI-VeC — Malaria Prevention Research
Organization Name
ANTI-VeC
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$700,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Partnership for Safety and Justice — Crisis Communications Strategy
Organization Name
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy (2020)
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Foundation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$375,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (Amy Pickering) (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$99,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — DNA Synthesis Screening Methods
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$890,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — AI and Security Projects
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$116,744
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Success Stories — Workshop Support
Organization Name
Success Stories
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Re-Imagine L.A. County — Measure J
Organization Name
Yes on J: Re-Imagine L.A. County
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$140,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
University Health Network — Preterm Birth Research (2020)
Organization Name
University Health Network
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,228,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education — Farm Animal Welfare Work
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$64,600
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — AI Governance Projects
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$24,350
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Sisters Unchained — General Support
Organization Name
Sisters Unchained
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
October 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
October 2020
Grant Title
Vegan Women Summit — Plant- and Cell-Based Startup Pitch Competition
Organization Name
Vegan Women Summit
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$20,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Smitha Milli — Participatory Approaches to Machine Learning Workshop
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$370
Date
October 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Longtermist Incubator
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$48,736
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2020)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$3,600,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — International Science Advisory Body for Biosecurity
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$175,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$67,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)
Organization Name
Free Hearts
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
World Animal Net — Broiler Chicken and Pig Welfare Guidelines
Organization Name
World Animal Net
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$37,600
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Run, George, Run — General Support (September 2020)
Organization Name
Run, George, Run
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$45,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
University of California, Los Angeles — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$2,250,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
We Got Us Now — Leadership, Training, and Planning Support (2020)
Organization Name
We Got Us Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
AcceleratingHT — COVID-19 Response
Organization Name
AcceleratingHT
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Newark Community Street Team — Community-Based Public Safety Work
Organization Name
Newark Community Street Team
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
BlackRoots Alliance — Work on Prosecutor Accountability (2020)
Organization Name
BlackRoots Alliance
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Center for Strategic and International Studies — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$118,307
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Black Strategy Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Black Strategy Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Riboscience — COVID-19 Drug Research
Organization Name
Riboscience
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$210,000
Date
September 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Assessing COVID-19 Infection Prevalence in Rural Kenya (Amy Pickering and Michael Kremer)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$220,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
InMyWords — Restorative Justice
Organization Name
InMyWords
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$61,500
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Geopolitical Forecasting Research (2020)
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$29,432
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
Icosavax — COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Organization Name
Icosavax
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$6,500,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
