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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
August 2023
Grant Title
Guide Labs — Open Access Interpretability Project
Organization Name
Guide Labs
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$750,000
Date
August 2023
January 2015
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2015)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$750,000
Date
January 2015
December 2013
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2013)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$750,000
Date
December 2013
January 2019
Grant Title
The Humane League — Broiler Welfare Campaigns
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$750,000
Date
January 2019
October 2019
Grant Title
Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019)
Organization Name
Real Justice PAC
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$750,000
Date
October 2019
March 2022
Grant Title
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2022)
Organization Name
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Focus Area
Transformative Basic Science
Amount
$751,000
Date
March 2022
June 2018
Grant Title
GiveWell — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$751,179
Date
June 2018
March 2023
Grant Title
Support for Career Transition Plans
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$753,162
Date
March 2023
August 2021
Grant Title
University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Alassane Dicko)
Organization Name
University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$754,845
Date
August 2021
August 2023
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — EU Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$758,953
Date
August 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$765,000
Date
March 2017
February 2023
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — AI Policy Development at the OECD
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$770,076
Date
February 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
UCLA — Climate Engineering Governance
Organization Name
UCLA School of Law
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$776,095
Date
March 2017
February 2020
Grant Title
University of Oxford — New Office for Effective Altruism Organizations
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$776,271
Date
February 2020
February 2023
Grant Title
Successif — Career Advising
Organization Name
Successif
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$778,570
Date
February 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
CSIRO — Henipavirus Research
Organization Name
CSIRO
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$778,886
Date
May 2023
April 2018
Grant Title
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2018)
Organization Name
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$780,000
Date
April 2018
August 2023
Grant Title
Purdue University — Imatinib Trial for Drug-Resistant Malaria (2023)
Organization Name
Purdue University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$780,000
Date
August 2023
April 2019
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (April 2019)
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$781,498
Date
April 2019
July 2016
Grant Title
Harvard University — Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$783,000
Date
July 2016
January 2020
Grant Title
Center for Welfare Metrics — Impacts of Animal Welfare Reforms (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Welfare Metrics
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$784,586
Date
January 2020
February 2021
Grant Title
Crustacean Compassion — General Support
Organization Name
Crustacean Compassion
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$786,830
Date
February 2021
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
March 2024
Grant Title
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative – Samples for Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial
Organization Name
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$796,878
Date
March 2024
May 2023
Grant Title
Cures Within Reach — Generic Drug Trials
Organization Name
Cures Within Reach
Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$800,000
Date
May 2023
December 2017
Grant Title
Evidence Action — General Operating Support
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$800,000
Date
December 2017
January 2024
Grant Title
University of Illinois Foundation — LLM Hacking Benchmarks
Organization Name
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$800,000
Date
January 2024
March 2019
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Impact Evaluation of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (“Phase 2”)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$800,000
Date
March 2019
February 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Oral COVID Antivirals
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$800,000
Date
February 2022
March 2024
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (2024)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$800,000
Date
March 2024
May 2018
Grant Title
Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2018)
Organization Name
Faith in Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$800,000
Date
May 2018
May 2020
Grant Title
Sinergia Animal — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns
Organization Name
Sinergia Animal
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$800,000
Date
May 2020
March 2016
Grant Title
Evidence Action — No Lean Season (March 2016)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$812,351
Date
March 2016
August 2021
Grant Title
University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (Lorenzo Giacani)
Organization Name
University of Washington (Institute for Protein Design)
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$816,063
Date
August 2021
August 2016
Grant Title
PICO Action Fund — Live Free Campaign
Organization Name
PICO Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$816,188
Date
August 2016
May 2021
Grant Title
Equalia — General Support
Organization Name
Equalia
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$817,000
Date
May 2021
April 2017
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (April 2017)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$820,000
Date
April 2017
March 2024
Grant Title
London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) — London Coworking Space
Organization Name
London Initiative for Safe AI
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$821,248
Date
March 2024
June 2017
Grant Title
UCSF — Organ Regenerative Surgery (Tammy Chang)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$825,000
Date
June 2017
August 2023
Grant Title
Doneer Effectief — General Support
Organization Name
Doneer Effectief
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$836,000
Date
August 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
Owain Evans Research Group — AI Evaluations Research
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation USA
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$838,620
Date
May 2023
August 2018
Grant Title
Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (August 2018)
Organization Name
Real Justice PAC
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$850,000
Date
August 2018
January 2023
Grant Title
Crustacean Compassion — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Crustacean Compassion
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$863,595
Date
January 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
One for the World — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
One for the World
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$870,000
Date
January 2023
February 2018
Grant Title
UCSF — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Raul Andino)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$880,000
Date
February 2018
April 2024
Grant Title
Focus Philanthropy — Farm Animal Welfare Fundraising (2024)
Organization Name
Focus Philanthropy
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$880,000
Date
April 2024
April 2021
Grant Title
Georgia Tech — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (James Dahlman)
Organization Name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$882,000
Date
April 2021
December 2017
Grant Title
theguardian.org — Journalism on Factory Farming and Farm Animal Cruelty
Organization Name
theguardian.org
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$886,600
Date
December 2017
September 2023
Grant Title
Humane Society International — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$887,300
Date
September 2023
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
June 2022
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2022)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$891,120
Date
June 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
University of Notre Dame — Biofilm-Resistant Catheters
Organization Name
University of Notre Dame
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$895,000
Date
December 2022
July 2023
Grant Title
World Health Organization — Responsible Life Sciences Research
Organization Name
World Health Organization
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$900,000
Date
July 2023
October 2023
Grant Title
Fund for Global Talent Mobility — High-Skilled Immigration Grants
Organization Name
Fund for Global Talent Mobility
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$900,000
Date
October 2023
January 2020
Grant Title
theguardian.org — Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2020)
Organization Name
theguardian.org
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$900,000
Date
January 2020
March 2024
Grant Title
Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support (2024)
Organization Name
Animal Charity Evaluators
Focus Area
Amount
$900,000
Date
March 2024
December 2015
Grant Title
JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$900,000
Date
December 2015
February 2017
Grant Title
gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (February 2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$900,000
Date
February 2017
July 2023
Grant Title
CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2023)
Organization Name
CDC Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$900,000
Date
July 2023
August 2019
Grant Title
Community Justice Exchange — Technical Assistance and Campaign Support
Organization Name
Community Justice Exchange
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$900,000
Date
August 2019
September 2022
Grant Title
University of Stirling — Fish Welfare Research
Organization Name
University of Stirling
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$904,610
Date
September 2022
January 2020
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2020)
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$910,000
Date
January 2020
February 2022
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — European Union Trade Strategy (2022)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$912,994
Date
February 2022
May 2020
Grant Title
Stanford University — Preclinical Research on Hepatitis B (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$915,000
Date
May 2020
July 2021
Grant Title
Schepens Eye Research Institute at Mass Eye and Ear — Pulmonary Fibrosis Drug (Leo Kim)
Organization Name
Mass Eye and Ear
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$920,000
Date
July 2021
December 2022
Grant Title
Khon Kaen University — Tuberculosis Diagnostic via Raman Spectroscopy
Organization Name
Khon Kaen University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$924,880
Date
December 2022
March 2020
Grant Title
Broad Institute — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Stacey Gabriel)
Organization Name
Broad Institute
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$925,000
Date
March 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — New DPhil Positions
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$939,263
Date
February 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2020)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$940,000
Date
April 2020
August 2019
Grant Title
Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Voters Organized to Educate
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$950,000
Date
August 2019
January 2024
Grant Title
Harvard University — Fluorescent Imaging for In Vivo Monitoring
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$974,132
Date
January 2024
July 2023
Grant Title
Queen Mary University of London — Animal Sentience Research
Organization Name
Queen Mary University of London
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$980,926
Date
July 2023
September 2018
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2018)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$990,000
Date
September 2018
June 2022
Grant Title
VenomAid — Rapid Diagnostics for Snakebites
Organization Name
VenomAid
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$990,208
Date
June 2022
April 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk (2023)
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation USA
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$991,000
Date
April 2023
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
February 2016
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns (2016)
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
February 2016
April 2017
Grant Title
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2017)
Organization Name
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2017
August 2016
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2016
June 2023
Grant Title
Welfare Matters — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building in Southeast Asia
Organization Name
Welfare Matters
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
June 2023
April 2017
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2017
October 2019
Grant Title
Employ America — General Support (October 2019)
Organization Name
Employ America
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2019
January 2019
Grant Title
International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
International Refugee Assistance Project
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2019
November 2019
Grant Title
Ought — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Ought
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2019
April 2020
Grant Title
Mercy Corps — Seasonal Migration Pilot Project and RCT
Organization Name
Mercy Corps
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2020
May 2023
Grant Title
Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2023)
Organization Name
Rational Animations
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
May 2023
January 2024
Grant Title
Albright Stonebridge Group — Korean Global Aid Advocacy
Organization Name
Albright Stonebridge Group
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2024
October 2023
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2023
January 2018
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2018
July 2020
Grant Title
Employ America — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Employ America
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2020
August 2021
Grant Title
Open New York — General Support
Organization Name
Open New York
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
Founders Pledge — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
Founders Pledge
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2021
January 2016
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2016
December 2019
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2019)
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2017
Grant Title
Color Of Change — Criminal Justice Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Color of Change
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2017
March 2020
Grant Title
Broad Institute — Pandemic Preemption System (Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi)
Organization Name
Broad Institute
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 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
February 2016
Grant Title
The Humane League — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
February 2016
September 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
September 2017
July 2019
