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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
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
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
January 2018
Grant Title
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — National Bail Fund Network (2018)
Organization Name
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2018
April 2020
Grant Title
Brown Institute for Media Innovation — COVID-19 Rapid Micro-Grants
Organization Name
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$15,000
Date
April 2020
January 2023
Grant Title
Byron Cohen — Biosecurity Community Building
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,560
Date
January 2023
November 2023
Grant Title
CalHDF — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$440,000
Date
November 2023
July 2019
Grant Title
California Institute of Technology — Research on Reproductive Biology (Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz)
Organization Name
California Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
July 2019
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
February 2019
Grant Title
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$340,000
Date
February 2019
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 2022
Grant Title
California YIMBY — Ballot Initiative Scoping Grant
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
August 2022
April 2019
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
April 2019
June 2021
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$2,600,000
Date
June 2021
March 2023
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
March 2023
April 2018
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (April 2018)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2018
August 2018
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (August 2018)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
August 2018
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
April 2020
Grant Title
Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures — California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Organization Name
Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$580,000
Date
April 2020
March 2024
Grant Title
Cambridge Biosecurity Hub – Biosecurity Course and Club Events
Organization Name
Cambridge Biosecurity Hub
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,936
Date
March 2024
August 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,220
Date
August 2023
December 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop (2023)
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$66,950
Date
December 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
December 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — General Support for MIT AI Alignment
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$612,470
Date
December 2023
September 2023