Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
August 2022
Grant Title

Yale University — Helminth Vaccine Research

Organization Name

Yale University

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$316,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Biosecurity Coworking Space

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,318,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Arizona State University — Adversarial Robustness Research

Organization Name

Arizona State University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$200,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Mercy for Animals — Corporate Campaigns (2022)

Organization Name

Mercy For Animals

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$12,470,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Faunalytics — KPI Dashboards for Farm Animal Welfare

Organization Name

Faunalytics

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$44,200
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Charity Entrepreneurship — Farm Animal Welfare Charity Incubator

Organization Name

Charity Entrepreneurship

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$788,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Effektiv Spenden — German Translation of The Life You Can Save

Organization Name

Effektiv Spenden

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,458
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Dami Animashaun — California Prop 12 Legal Defense

Organization Name
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$30,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Halidou Tinto)

Organization Name

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$630,123
Date
August 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
August 2022
Grant Title

Redwood Research — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Redwood Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$10,700,000
Date
August 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 2022
Grant Title

University of Maine — Biofilm-Resistant Catheters

Organization Name

University of Maine

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Research

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$84,760
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Daniel Dewey — AI Alignment Projects (2022)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$175,000
Date
August 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Evidence Action — In-Line Chlorination in Malawi

Organization Name

Evidence Action

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$4,449,309
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Dalberg Advisors – R&D Portfolio Analysis

Organization Name

Dalberg Advisors

Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$73,000
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

International Refugee Assistance Project — Exit Grant

Organization Name

International Refugee Assistance Project

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

National Academy of Sciences — Gametogenesis Workshop

Organization Name

National Academy of Sciences

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$225,000
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,200,000
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Ann Garth – Climate Change Research

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$5,250
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Apollo Fellowship — Effective Altruism Debate Camp

Organization Name

Apollo Fellowship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$321,838
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Aaron Mayer — Effective Altruism Community Growth Projects

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$85,000
Date
July 2022
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
July 2022
Grant Title

Future Forum Foundation — Future Forum

Organization Name

Future Forum Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$654,500
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

University of Washington — Philosophy of AI Course Development

Organization Name

University of Washington

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$16,500
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Mission Realization — Support for Farm Animal Welfare Organizations

Organization Name

Mission Realization

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$992,000
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Center for a New American Security — Work on AI Governance

Organization Name

Center for a New American Security

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,149,398
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Biosecure — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Workshop

Organization Name

Biosecure Ltd

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$155,714
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Carnegie Mellon University — Research on Adversarial Examples

Organization Name

Carnegie Mellon University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$343,235
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Funding for Projects to Estimate Biological Risk

Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,391,169
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (Barrett and Viteri)

Organization Name

Stanford University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$153,820
Date
July 2022
July 2022
Grant Title

Non-Trivial Pursuits — General Support

Organization Name

Non-Trivial

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,005,000
Date
July 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Sinergia Animal — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America

Organization Name

Sinergia Animal

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,482,743
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Language Model Alignment Research

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$40,000
Date
June 2022
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
June 2022
Grant Title

Convergent Research — Sequencing Roadmap

Organization Name

Convergent Research

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Universidad de Sevilla — Course on Effective Altruism

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,982
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Flanders Institute of Biotechnology — Syphilis Vaccine Research

Organization Name

Flanders Institute of Biotechnology

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$731,828
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Ajantha Nadesalingam — Effective Altruism Blog

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$9,120
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research

Organization Name

Columbia University

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,200,000
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

University of Chicago — Chicago School of Existential Risk

Organization Name

University of Chicago

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$207,000
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

New Incentives – Conditional Cash Transfers in Nigeria

Organization Name

New Incentives

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$13,676,963
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Oregon Health and Science University — Research on Oocyte Production

Organization Name

Oregon Health and Science University

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Century Fellowship — 2022 Cohort

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,889,027
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Animal Outlook — Animal Welfare Investigation

Organization Name

Animal Outlook

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$125,000
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Epoch — General Support

Organization Name

Epoch

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,960,000
Date
June 2022
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
June 2022
Grant Title

YIMBY Law — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

YIMBY Law

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
June 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — Dimensions of Welfare Workshop

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$40,000
Date
June 2022