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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
August 2021
Grant Title
Boston University — Human Lung Model Systems
Organization Name
Boston University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$414,000
Date
August 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
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
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
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
December 2017
Grant Title
Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration (2017)
Organization Name
Blackbird
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
December 2017
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
November 2021
Grant Title
Desegregate CT — General Support
Organization Name
Desegregate CT
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
November 2021
December 2016
Grant Title
Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration
Organization Name
Blackbird
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
December 2016
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
April 2019
Grant Title
FAI Farms — Tilapia Welfare
Organization Name
FAI Farms
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$426,000
Date
April 2019
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
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
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
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
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
November 2023
Grant Title
CalHDF — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$440,000
Date
November 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
August 2020
Grant Title
Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand
Organization Name
Catalyst
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$447,000
Date
August 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$454,025
Date
May 2017
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
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
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
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
August 2022
Grant Title
Fund for Alignment Research — Language Model Misalignment (2022)
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$463,693
Date
August 2022
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Ottawa — Institute for Replication
Organization Name
University of Ottawa
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$464,698
Date
May 2023
June 2020
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$465,000
Date
June 2020
August 2021
Grant Title
National Bureau of Economic Research — Innovation Policy Working Group
Organization Name
National Bureau of Economic Research
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$467,500
Date
August 2021
September 2022
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Animal Welfare Research
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$468,004
Date
September 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Animal Justice Canada — Animal Welfare Corporate Campaigns
Organization Name
Animal Justice Canada
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$469,916
Date
August 2022
August 2021
Grant Title
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Philip Bejon)
Organization Name
The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$472,016
Date
August 2021
November 2017
Grant Title
Otwarte Klatki — Chicken Welfare Campaigns and Merger Support
Organization Name
Otwarte Klatki
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$472,864
Date
November 2017
March 2019
Grant Title
IDinsight — Beneficiary Preferences Survey
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$474,374
Date
March 2019
February 2017
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Planning Grant for Global Health Security Index
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$476,859
Date
February 2017
August 2021
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Fellowship
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$480,000
Date
August 2021
October 2021
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Movement Strategy and Trainings
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$480,000
Date
October 2021
January 2022
Grant Title
Alianima — Corporate Pledge Implementation in Brazil
Organization Name
Alianima
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$481,000
Date
January 2022
December 2021
Grant Title
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowships
Organization Name
University of Maryland
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$483,880
Date
December 2021
July 2019
Grant Title
Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food RCT (2019)
Organization Name
Project Peanut Butter
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$484,785
Date
July 2019
May 2020
Grant Title
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy
Organization Name
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$488,467
Date
May 2020
January 2019
Grant Title
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (January 2019)
Organization Name
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$491,000
Date
January 2019
July 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Scoping RCTs for Follow-Up
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$492,188
Date
July 2017
September 2016
Grant Title
University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research
Organization Name
University of Cape Town
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$493,425
Date
September 2016
April 2019
Grant Title
Rita Allen Foundation — Fellowship Support
Organization Name
Rita Allen Foundation
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$495,000
Date
April 2019
June 2020
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (June 2020)
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$496,540
Date
June 2020
January 2023
Grant Title
Animal Advocacy Careers — Career Coaching for Animal Advocates
Organization Name
Animal Advocacy Careers
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2023
July 2021
Grant Title
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation — Reform Implementation and Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
July 2021
April 2018
Grant Title
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure
Organization Name
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2018
April 2020
Grant Title
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2020)
Organization Name
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2020
November 2022
Grant Title
Helena — Health Security Policy
Organization Name
Helena
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
November 2022
January 2024
Grant Title
FABRIC — Rationality Camp Programs
Organization Name
FABRIC
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2024
October 2017
Grant Title
Dignity and Power Now — JusticeLA Campaign (2017)
Organization Name
Dignity and Power Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2017
March 2018
Grant Title
Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign — Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment (March 2018)
Organization Name
Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2018
March 2016
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock on Forecasting
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2016
March 2018
Grant Title
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (March 2018)
Organization Name
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2018
June 2022
Grant Title
Affordable Maryland — Advocacy for Affordable Housing and Land Use Reform
Organization Name
Affordable Maryland
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
June 2022
February 2016
Grant Title
Humane Society of the United States — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns
Organization Name
Humane Society of the United States
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$500,000
Date
February 2016
March 2014
Grant Title
Service Delivery Indicators Project
Organization Name
International Development Association
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2014
April 2017