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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
May 2019
Grant Title
Engineers Without Borders USA — Off-Grid Refrigeration Challenge
Organization Name
Engineers Without Borders USA
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2019
August 2016
Grant Title
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2016)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2016
August 2020
Grant Title
Labor Mobility Partnerships — International Labor Mobility
Organization Name
Labor Mobility Partnerships
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2020
July 2014
Grant Title
Alliance for Open Society International: Albanian Renaissance
Organization Name
Alliance for Open Society International
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
July 2014
January 2017
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2017
October 2020
Grant Title
YIMBY Law — General Support (October 2020)
Organization Name
YIMBY Law
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2020
December 2021
Grant Title
The END Fund — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2021
January 2015
Grant Title
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2015)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2015
July 2023
Grant Title
Peterson Institute for International Economics — Indian Economic Policy Reform
Organization Name
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
July 2023
December 2019
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2019
January 2022
Grant Title
SCI Foundation – General Support (2022)
Organization Name
SCI Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2022
March 2016
Grant Title
Center for American Progress — Macroeconomic Stabilization
Organization Name
Center for American Progress
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2016
December 2012
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2012)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2012
June 2016
Grant Title
Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2016)
Organization Name
Economic Policy Institute
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
June 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Dream Corps — Criminal Justice and Criminalization
Organization Name
Dream Corps
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Compassion Over Killing — U.S. Broiler Welfare Campaigns
Organization Name
Compassion Over Killing
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2016
May 2014
Grant Title
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2014)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2014
August 2019
Grant Title
Dignity and Power Now — JusticeLA Campaign (2019)
Organization Name
Dignity and Power Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2019
January 2020
Grant Title
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — Regranting to Promising Projects
Organization Name
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2020
April 2022
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — Nuclear Security Grantmaking
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Center for Building in North America — Housing Code Reform
Organization Name
Center for Building in North America
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
Energy for Growth Hub — General Support
Organization Name
The Energy for Growth Hub
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2023
January 2022
Grant Title
GiveDirectly – General Support (2022)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
January 2022
Grant Title
Alianima — Corporate Pledge Implementation in Brazil
Organization Name
Alianima
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$481,000
Date
January 2022
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
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
March 2019
Grant Title
IDinsight — Beneficiary Preferences Survey
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$474,374
Date
March 2019
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
