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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
June 2019
Grant Title
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Prison Policy Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2019
June 2022
Grant Title
YIMBY Action – Housing Advocacy in Los Angeles
Organization Name
YIMBY Action
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2022
August 2019
Grant Title
Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2019)
Organization Name
Greater Greater Washington
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2019
December 2019
Grant Title
Worth Rises — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Worth Rises
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
December 2019
October 2016
Grant Title
Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Safety and Justice Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2016
February 2021
Grant Title
University of Tübingen — Adversarial Robustness Research (Matthias Hein)
Organization Name
University of Tübingen
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2021
August 2018
Grant Title
The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship
Organization Name
The Soze Agency
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2018
August 2019
Grant Title
The Justice Collaborative — Just Mercy
Organization Name
The Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2019
January 2024
Grant Title
Development Learning Lab — Knowledge Reviews, Policy Reports, and Knowledge Services
Organization Name
Development Learning Lab
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$300,000
Date
January 2024
November 2021
Grant Title
iGEM — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Project
Organization Name
iGem
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
November 2021
June 2023
Grant Title
SJS Inc. — Market Shaping for Alternative Proteins
Organization Name
SJS Inc.
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2023
February 2024
Grant Title
Pandemic Action Network – European Commission Aid Advocacy
Organization Name
Pandemic Action Network
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2024
June 2016
Grant Title
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
The Ordinary People Society — Prodigal Child Project
Organization Name
The Ordinary People Society
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
December 2016
January 2024
Grant Title
Produtor do Bem Certifição – Farm Animal Welfare Certification Program
Organization Name
Produtor do Bem
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
January 2024
July 2017
Grant Title
Smithsonian Institution — Outbreak Exhibit
Organization Name
Smithsonian Institution
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2017
March 2016
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$300,000
Date
March 2016
November 2023
Grant Title
University of Oxford — Monoclonal Antibody Development for Malaria
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$300,000
Date
November 2023
July 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Standards (2021)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2021
October 2022
Grant Title
Legal Impact for Chickens — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation
Organization Name
Legal Impact for Chickens
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2022
May 2018
Grant Title
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (May 2018)
Organization Name
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
May 2018
February 2022
Grant Title
Probably Good — General Support
Organization Name
Probably Good
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Animal Rights Center Japan — Corporate Campaigns (2022)
Organization Name
Animal Rights Center Japan
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
January 2022
April 2016
Grant Title
Future of Research — General Support
Organization Name
Future of Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2016
April 2019
Grant Title
Employ America — General Support (April 2019)
Organization Name
Employ America
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2019
February 2020
Grant Title
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (2020)
Organization Name
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2020
May 2019
Grant Title
Prism — Criminal Justice Vertical
Organization Name
Prism
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
May 2019
June 2014
Grant Title
Cochrane Collaboration — General Support
Organization Name
Cochrane Collaboration
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2014
May 2022
Grant Title
VegeProject — Corporate Outreach (2022)
Organization Name
VegeProject
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
May 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Shrimp Welfare Project — General Support
Organization Name
Shrimp Welfare Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
September 2022
July 2013
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2013
October 2017
Grant Title
Essie Justice Group — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Essie Justice Group
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Yale University — Research on the Global Politics of AI
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$299,320
Date
July 2017
June 2022
Grant Title
One for the World — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
One for the World
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$299,285
Date
June 2022
January 2016
Grant Title
Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research (2016)
Organization Name
Rescuing Biomedical Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$299,112
Date
January 2016
February 2020
Grant Title
Soko Tierschutz — Factory Farm Investigations (2020)
Organization Name
Soko Tierschutz
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$297,291
Date
February 2020
September 2023
Grant Title
Health Effects Institute — Air Quality Assessment for Indian Cities
Organization Name
Health Effects Institute
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$296,705
Date
September 2023
June 2018
Grant Title
Fortify Health — General Support
Organization Name
Fortify Health
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$295,217
Date
June 2018
April 2022
Grant Title
Cecil Abungu — Effective Altruism Fellowship in Africa
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$294,000
Date
April 2022
May 2017
Grant Title
Animal Equality — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
Animal Equality
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$292,000
Date
May 2017
July 2021
Grant Title
Sinergia Animal — Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia (2021)
Organization Name
Sinergia Animal
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare in Asia
Amount
$291,500
Date
July 2021
April 2021
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Training Program
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$291,214
Date
April 2021
April 2024
Grant Title
LASR Labs — Fellowship Program
Organization Name
LASR Labs
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$288,732
Date
April 2024
August 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — AI Safety Communications Centre
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$288,000
Date
August 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
Swiss Existential Risk Initiative — Summer Research Fellowship
Organization Name
Pivotal Research
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$286,500
Date
May 2023
September 2023
Grant Title
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowship (September 2023)
Organization Name
University of Maryland
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$286,000
Date
September 2023
July 2014
Grant Title
ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
ImmigrationWorks Foundation
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$285,000
Date
July 2014
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Chicago — Existential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program
Organization Name
University of Chicago
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$285,000
Date
May 2023
September 2017
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Fish Welfare Standards
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$285,000
Date
September 2017
November 2021
Grant Title
Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2021)
Organization Name
Rational Animations
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$285,000
Date
November 2021
January 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Machine Learning Bootcamps
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$284,629
Date
January 2023
December 2021
Grant Title
University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (David Baker and Neil King)
Organization Name
University of Washington
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$283,539
Date
December 2021
April 2021
Grant Title
Animal Protection Denmark — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Animal Protection Denmark
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$283,000
Date
April 2021
March 2023
Grant Title
ARCED Foundation — Bangladeshi Brick Kilns Governance RCT
Organization Name
ARCED Foundation
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$281,000
Date
March 2023
December 2017
Grant Title
The Ordinary People Society — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
The Ordinary People Society
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$280,000
Date
December 2017
March 2023
Grant Title
FAR AI — FAR Labs Office Space
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$280,000
Date
March 2023
January 2021
Grant Title
La Defensa — General Support
Organization Name
La Defensa
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$280,000
Date
January 2021
August 2022
Grant Title
Certified Humane — PR for Certification System
Organization Name
Certified Humane
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$280,000
Date
August 2022
March 2017
Grant Title
People’s Action Institute — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
People's Action Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$279,000
Date
March 2017
December 2022
Grant Title
University of Wisconsin, Madison — Layer Hen Welfare Research
Organization Name
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$279,000
Date
December 2022
June 2016
Grant Title
George Mason University — Research into Future Artificial Intelligence Scenarios
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$277,435
Date
June 2016
January 2022
Grant Title
Yale University — Migration Research in Nepal
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$276,981
Date
January 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF USA)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$276,127
Date
October 2023
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
December 2019
Grant Title
Riverside Justice Table — Prosecutor Accountability (2019)
Organization Name
Riverside Justice Table
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
December 2019
October 2021
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Forecasting Tournament Planning
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$275,000
Date
October 2021
December 2016
Grant Title
Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project
Organization Name
Grassroots Leadership, Inc.
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
December 2016
July 2015
Grant Title
Smart Growth America — Greater Greater Washington Education Project
Organization Name
Smart Growth America
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
July 2015
July 2019
Grant Title
Animal Rights Center Japan — Broiler and Layer Hen Campaigns
Organization Name
Animal Rights Center Japan
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$274,000
Date
July 2019
April 2020
Grant Title
Animal Nepal — Farm Animal Welfare
Organization Name
Animal Nepal
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$271,700
Date
April 2020
February 2023
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Animal Welfare Field-Building
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$268,684
Date
February 2023
December 2021
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education — Pig Welfare Reforms
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$267,723
Date
December 2021
October 2018
Grant Title
Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy in New York State
Organization Name
Citizen Action of New York
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$266,000
Date
October 2018
October 2019
Grant Title
New Virginia Majority — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019)
Organization Name
New Virginia Majority Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$266,000
Date
October 2019
December 2017
Grant Title
Urban Institute — History of Philanthropy Project
Organization Name
Urban Institute
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$265,833
Date
December 2017
March 2022
Grant Title
Alignment Research Center — General Support
Organization Name
Alignment Research Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$265,000
Date
March 2022
January 2021
Grant Title
UC Santa Cruz — Adversarial Robustness Research
Organization Name
University of California, Santa Cruz
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$265,000
Date
January 2021
July 2018
Grant Title
Charity Science — Development of New Animal Welfare Charities
Organization Name
Charity Science
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$265,000
Date
July 2018
March 2019
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Criminal Justice Reform Coaching (2019)
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$264,000
Date
March 2019
February 2023
Grant Title
Fund for the Global Fund — Scoping Work
Organization Name
Fund for the Global Fund
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$264,000
Date
February 2023
December 2016
Grant Title
The Soze Agency — Returning Citizens Project
Organization Name
The Soze Agency
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$261,500
Date
December 2016
January 2019
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — Broiler Welfare Campaigns
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$261,000
Date
January 2019
May 2021
Grant Title
One for the World — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
One for the World
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$260,798
Date
May 2021
August 2017
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — Technological Risks and National Security
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$260,000
Date
August 2017
May 2020
Grant Title
Charity Entrepreneurship — Development of New Animal Welfare Charities (2020)
Organization Name
Charity Entrepreneurship
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$260,000
Date
May 2020
September 2022
Grant Title
Yale University — Malaria Vaccine Research (2022)
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$257,193
Date
September 2022
January 2024
Grant Title
Plant Based Foods Institute — International Regranting Against Labeling Laws (2024)
Organization Name
Plant Based Foods Institute
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$257,000
Date
January 2024
August 2023
Grant Title
L214 — EU Farm Animal Welfare Legislation
Organization Name
L214
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$256,021
Date
August 2023
December 2017
Grant Title
Mijente — Anti-Criminalization Work (2017)
Organization Name
Mijente
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$255,000
Date
December 2017
August 2016
Grant Title
Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2016)
Organization Name
Mijente
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$255,000
Date
August 2016
May 2017
Grant Title
North Carolina State University — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
North Carolina State University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$252,725
Date
May 2017
October 2023
Grant Title
Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2023)
Organization Name
Greater Greater Washington
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$252,000
Date
October 2023
October 2021
Grant Title
Bit by Bit Coding — High School Courses on Neural Networks
Organization Name
Bit by Bit Coding
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$250,275
Date
October 2021
October 2021
Grant Title
Wren Collective — Criminal Justice Reform Communications Strategies
Organization Name
The Wren Collective
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
October 2021
May 2022
Grant Title
Humane Society of the United States — California Prop 12 Legal Defense
Organization Name
Humane Society of the United States
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2022
October 2021
Grant Title
Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform (2021)
Organization Name
Citizen Action of New York
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
October 2021
October 2019
Grant Title
Quest for Democracy Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Quest for Democracy Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
October 2019
January 2017
Grant Title
Project Healthy Children — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Project Healthy Children
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
May 2019
Grant Title
The Greenfield Project — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
The Greenfield Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2019
June 2020
