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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
March 2017
Grant Title
Wageningen University & Research — Chicken Welfare Systematic Assessment
Organization Name
Wageningen University & Research
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$88,345
Date
March 2017
March 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Deworming and Cash Transfers (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$88,000
Date
March 2020
August 2021
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Adversarial Robustness Research (Aditi Raghunathan)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$87,829
Date
August 2021
November 2022
Grant Title
University of Helsinki — Travel Funding for Air Pollution Research
Organization Name
University of Helsinki
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$87,743
Date
November 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
Government Relations Group — Scoping Work for Japan-Korea Aid Dialogues
Organization Name
Government Relations Group
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$86,250
Date
March 2023
November 2021
Grant Title
Michael Specter — Course Development Support
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$85,000
Date
November 2021
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 2019
Grant Title
Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2019)
Organization Name
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$85,000
Date
July 2019
July 2021
Grant Title
Chicago Community Bond Fund — Support for the Coalition to End Money Bond (2021)
Organization Name
Chicago Community Bond Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$85,000
Date
July 2021
January 2021
Grant Title
People for Animals Uttarakhand — Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship
Organization Name
People for Animals Uttarakhand
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$85,000
Date
January 2021
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
November 2022
Grant Title
Hamish Huggard — EA Content Creation
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$83,000
Date
November 2022
June 2017
Grant Title
Duke University — Co-Crystallization of Hsp70i and Inhibitor HS-72 (Timothy Haystead)
Organization Name
Duke University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$81,500
Date
June 2017
May 2016
Grant Title
Promise of Justice Initiative — General Support
Organization Name
Promise of Justice Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$81,000
Date
May 2016
May 2023
Grant Title
Michael West — Pivotal Essay Contest
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$80,500
Date
May 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
Colorado State University — Planning Gift
Organization Name
Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$80,400
Date
March 2017
August 2020
Grant Title
Michigan Liberation — Prosecutor Accountability (2020)
Organization Name
Michigan Liberation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$80,000
Date
August 2020
October 2018
Grant Title
Chicago Community Bond Fund — Coordinator for Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Organization Name
Chicago Community Bond Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$80,000
Date
October 2018
August 2022
Grant Title
Observer Research Foundation America — Indian Air Pollution Models
Organization Name
Observer Research Foundation America
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$80,000
Date
August 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Abundant Housing LA — Lawmaker Engagement
Organization Name
Abundant Housing LA
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$80,000
Date
January 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
University of Illinois — AI Alignment Research
Organization Name
University of Illinois
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$80,000
Date
March 2023
April 2015
Grant Title
New York University — Work on Swift-and-Certain Sanctions
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$80,000
Date
April 2015
January 2023
Grant Title
University of Toronto — Alignment Research
Organization Name
University of Toronto
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$80,000
Date
January 2023
February 2020
Grant Title
Youth and Families Taking Power — General Support
Organization Name
Youth and Families Taking Power
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$80,000
Date
February 2020
June 2017
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Action Lab — Meat Reduction and Elimination Messaging Study
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Action Lab
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$79,100
Date
June 2017
April 2021
Grant Title
Rethink Charity — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building
Organization Name
Rethink Charity
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$79,040
Date
April 2021
April 2020
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — Global EggTrack Program
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$78,750
Date
April 2020
December 2020
Grant Title
Animal Friends Jogja — Farm Animal Welfare Work
Organization Name
Animal Friends Jogja
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$78,000
Date
December 2020
September 2021
Grant Title
Stanford University — AI Index
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$78,000
Date
September 2021
May 2022
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Research Assistant for Jonas Sandbrink
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$77,000
Date
May 2022
May 2016
Grant Title
American University — Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Organization Name
Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$76,234
Date
May 2016
May 2020
Grant Title
The Pollination Project — Farm Animal and Veg Advocacy Conference
Organization Name
The Pollination Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$75,800
Date
May 2020
March 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Support for What We Owe The Future
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation USA
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$75,617
Date
March 2023
March 2020
Grant Title
Good Judgment Inc. — COVID-19 Forecasting
Organization Name
Good Judgment Inc.
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$75,500
Date
March 2020
February 2022
Grant Title
Fiona Pollack — Effective Altruism Organizing at Harvard
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$75,000
Date
February 2022
September 2023
Grant Title
AURA — YIMBYTown (2024)
Organization Name
AURA
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
September 2023
November 2019
Grant Title
Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
November 2019
December 2018
Grant Title
Promise of Justice Initiative — East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (2018)
Organization Name
Promise of Justice Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2018
September 2022
Grant Title
AI Alignment Awards — Shutdown Problem Contest
Organization Name
AI Alignment Awards
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$75,000
Date
September 2022
May 2017
Grant Title
Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing
Organization Name
Forward Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2017
May 2019
Grant Title
International Refugee Assistance Project — Family Reunification
Organization Name
International Refugee Assistance Project
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2019
December 2022
Grant Title
Andrew Szanton — Operation Warp Speed Memoir
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2022
July 2019
Grant Title
Justice Strategies — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
Justice Strategies
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
July 2019
March 2023
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Lead Exposure Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
Amount
$75,000
Date
March 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Birmingham — Biological Threat Detection Research
Organization Name
University of Birmingham
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2023
February 2023
Grant Title
Terner Housing Innovation Labs — Housing Policy Dashboard
Organization Name
Terner Housing Innovation Labs
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
February 2023
May 2020
Grant Title
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights — Federal Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy (April 2020)
Organization Name
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2020
August 2023
Grant Title
Legal Priorities Project — Law & AI Summer Research Fellowship
Organization Name
Legal Priorities Project
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$75,000
Date
August 2023
December 2017
Grant Title
Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2017
September 2023
Grant Title
Forecasting Research Institute — Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament
Organization Name
Forecasting Research Institute
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$75,000
Date
September 2023
January 2020
Grant Title
Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress
Organization Name
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$75,000
Date
January 2020
June 2018
Grant Title
VOCAL-NY — Court Watch NYC
Organization Name
VOCAL-NY
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
June 2018
December 2018
Grant Title
Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2018
December 2016
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Prosecutorial Reform (December 2016)
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2016
May 2023
Grant Title
Global Alcohol Policy Alliance — Conference Travel Support
Organization Name
Global Alcohol Policy Alliance
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2023
December 2019
Grant Title
Debt Collective — Criminal Justice Reform Work
Organization Name
The Debt Collective
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2019
January 2023
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — Research Support for Kacper Kowalczyk
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$74,557
Date
January 2023
January 2021
Grant Title
Positive Money Europe — Macroeconomic Policy Research and Advocacy
Organization Name
Positive Money Europe
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$73,368
Date
January 2021
August 2023
Grant Title
The University of Chicago — Air Quality Monitoring Research
Organization Name
University of Chicago
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$73,125
Date
August 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
Eon Essay Contest — The Precipice Essay Contest (2023)
Organization Name
Eon Essay Contest
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$73,000
Date
January 2023
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
February 2021
Grant Title
Crate-Free Illinois — Campaigning Against Gestation Crates (2021)
Organization Name
Crate-Free Illinois
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$70,350
Date
February 2021
July 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MineRL BASALT Competition
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$70,000
Date
July 2021
January 2023
Grant Title
Neel Nanda — Interpretability Research
Organization Name
Neel Nanda
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$70,000
Date
January 2023
September 2023
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Scalable Oversight Dataset
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$70,000
Date
September 2023
February 2020
Grant Title
Run, George, Run — General Support
Organization Name
Run, George, Run
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$70,000
Date
February 2020
October 2023
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — University Collaboration Program
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$70,000
Date
October 2023
July 2021
Grant Title
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security — Report on Security Clearances
Organization Name
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$70,000
Date
July 2021
July 2016
Grant Title
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children — General Support
Organization Name
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$70,000
Date
July 2016
January 2021
Grant Title
Mercy for Animals — The People’s Fund
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$69,750
Date
January 2021
July 2021
Grant Title
Ifakara Health Institute — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Ally Olotu)
Organization Name
Ifakara Health Institute
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$68,184
Date
July 2021
February 2018
Grant Title
Better Eating International — Millennial Vegan Survey
Organization Name
Better Eating International
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$67,110
Date
February 2018
September 2020
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$67,000
Date
September 2020
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
April 2022
Grant Title
WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd — R Package for Bayesian Evidence Aggregation
Organization Name
WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$66,400
Date
April 2022
February 2017
Grant Title
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Prison Policy Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$66,000
Date
February 2017
January 2023
Grant Title
IMPROVE — Egg Alternatives Research
Organization Name
IMPROVE
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$65,756
Date
January 2023
November 2017
Grant Title
David Manheim — Research on Existential Risk from Infectious Disease
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$65,308
Date
November 2017
September 2022
Grant Title
Riley Harris — Global Priorities Research Blog
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$65,000
Date
September 2022
May 2021
Grant Title
Action St. Louis — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
Action St. Louis
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$65,000
Date
May 2021
November 2016
Grant Title
Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$65,000
Date
November 2016
October 2020
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education — Farm Animal Welfare Work
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$64,600
Date
October 2020
August 2016
Grant Title
Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice — General Support
Organization Name
Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$64,500
Date
August 2016
October 2022
Grant Title
Cause Exploration Prizes
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$64,000
Date
October 2022
May 2017
Grant Title
JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers Summer Canvassing Support
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$63,807
Date
May 2017
October 2016
Grant Title
Texas Fair Defense Project — General Support
Organization Name
Texas Fair Defense Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$63,000
Date
October 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Plant Pathology Workshop (Brian Staskawicz)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$63,000
Date
December 2016
May 2023
Grant Title
Stiftelsen Impact Academy — Future Academy Program
Organization Name
Stiftelsen Impact Academy
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$62,000
Date
May 2023
June 2016
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (June 2016)
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$61,600
Date
June 2016
August 2020
Grant Title
InMyWords — Restorative Justice
Organization Name
InMyWords
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$61,500
Date
August 2020
October 2015
Grant Title
Human Impact Partners — Criminal Justice Convening
Organization Name
Human Impact Partners
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,990
Date
October 2015
March 2021
Grant Title
Brian Christian — The Alignment Problem Book Promotion
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$60,859
Date
March 2021
May 2020
Grant Title
Humane Society International — African Swine Fever Training (2020)
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$60,000
Date
May 2020
November 2023
Grant Title
Forecasting Research Institute — Analysis of Historical Forecasts
Organization Name
Forecasting Research Institute
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$60,000
Date
November 2023
November 2022
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — Far-UVC Event
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$60,000
Date
November 2022
September 2020
Grant Title
Newark Community Street Team — Community-Based Public Safety Work
Organization Name
Newark Community Street Team
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,000
Date
September 2020
July 2023
Grant Title
Humane Society International India — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Humane Society International India
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$60,000
Date
July 2023
July 2018
Grant Title
Aubin Pictures — Criminal Justice Media Archive
Organization Name
Aubin Pictures
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,000
Date
July 2018
March 2024
Grant Title
Good Impressions — Amazon Advertising Campaign
Organization Name
Good Impressions
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$60,000
Date
March 2024
September 2023