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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
November 2020
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,391,971
Date
November 2020
August 2016
Grant Title
PICO National Network — Live Free Campaign
Organization Name
PICO National Network
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,394,250
Date
August 2016
July 2020
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2019-2020)
Organization Name
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,394,530
Date
July 2020
August 2022
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Follow-Up Research on Cash Transfers Study
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,397,102
Date
August 2022
May 2021
Grant Title
Community Justice Exchange — Technical Assistance, Campaign Support, and Re-grants
Organization Name
Community Justice Exchange
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,400,000
Date
May 2021
September 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Staff for USAID Chief Economist
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,411,409
Date
September 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
SecureBio — Biosecurity Research
Organization Name
SecureBio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,420,937
Date
November 2022
August 2023
Grant Title
University of Washington — Tuberculosis Research
Organization Name
University of Washington
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,425,475
Date
August 2023
December 2015
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2016)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,429,000
Date
December 2015
February 2021
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Adversarial Robustness Research
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,430,000
Date
February 2021
February 2023
Grant Title
Center for AI Safety — Philosophy Fellowship and NeurIPS Prizes
Organization Name
Center for AI Safety
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,433,000
Date
February 2023
February 2024
Grant Title
FABRIC — General Support
Organization Name
FABRIC
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,436,000
Date
February 2024
November 2019
Grant Title
Working Families Organization — Prosecutor Accountability and Criminal Justice Reform (2019)
Organization Name
Working Families Organization
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,440,000
Date
November 2019
March 2022
Grant Title
Hofvarpnir Studios — Compute Cluster for AI Safety Research
Organization Name
Hofvarpnir Studios
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,443,540
Date
March 2022
October 2017
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,450,016
Date
October 2017
March 2024
Grant Title
University Health Network — Hepatitis C Challenge Model
Organization Name
University Health Network
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,460,000
Date
March 2024
January 2023
Grant Title
Washington University in St. Louis — Omega-3 Trial for Pregnant Women
Organization Name
Washington University in St. Louis
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Long COVID Therapy Trial
Organization Name
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
March 2023
December 2020
Grant Title
Founders Pledge — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Founders Pledge
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
December 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
February 2020
December 2013
Grant Title
Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (December 2013)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
December 2013
May 2020
Grant Title
Movement Voter Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)
Organization Name
Movement Voter Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
May 2020
November 2021
Grant Title
Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (2021)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
November 2021
March 2018
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
March 2018
February 2019
Grant Title
Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Fair and Just Prosecution
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
February 2019
May 2023
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
May 2023
January 2021
Grant Title
Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
Fair and Just Prosecution
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2021
April 2019
Grant Title
Research Institute of Industrial Economics — Genomic Research Methods (2019)
Organization Name
Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
April 2019
August 2021
Grant Title
Purdue University — Preclinical Data Research (Douglas Brubaker)
Organization Name
Purdue University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
August 2021
February 2023
Grant Title
University of Washington — Tonsil Model for Tuberculosis Research
Organization Name
University of Washington
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
February 2023
November 2021
Grant Title
Working Families Organization — Prosecutor Accountability and Criminal Justice Reform (2021)
Organization Name
Working Families Organization
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
November 2021
January 2021
Grant Title
Stanford Existential Risks Initiative — Global Catastrophic Risk Education
Organization Name
Stanford Existential Risks Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2021
November 2017
Grant Title
The Good Food Institute — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
The Good Food Institute
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
November 2017
January 2024
Grant Title
University of California, Los Angeles – Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2023)
Organization Name
University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2024
January 2017
Grant Title
Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Fair and Just Prosecution
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2017
April 2024
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — Farmed Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,504,198
Date
April 2024
June 2023
Grant Title
Apollo Research — Startup Funding
Organization Name
Apollo Research
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,535,480
Date
June 2023
May 2017
Grant Title
UCLA School of Law — AI Governance
Organization Name
UCLA School of Law
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,536,222
Date
May 2017
November 2022
Grant Title
AI Safety Support — SERI MATS Program
Organization Name
AI Safety Support
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,538,000
Date
November 2022
July 2023
Grant Title
BlueDot Impact — General Support (July 2023)
Organization Name
BlueDot Impact
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,542,364
Date
July 2023
October 2022
Grant Title
Funding for Effective Altruism-Related Translation Projects
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,545,047
Date
October 2022
July 2017
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock’s “Making Conversations Smarter, Faster” Forecasting Project
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$1,550,000
Date
July 2017
March 2019
Grant Title
The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2019)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,565,000
Date
March 2019
May 2020
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programme
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,586,224
Date
May 2020
March 2023
Grant Title
PATH — Malaria Vaccine Trial (2022)
Organization Name
PATH
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,591,687
Date
March 2023
January 2020
Grant Title
Ought — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Ought
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,593,333
Date
January 2020
February 2024
Grant Title
Harvard University — CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Febrile Diseases (2024)
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,597,247
Date
February 2024
August 2019
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,600,000
Date
August 2019
June 2022
Grant Title
Oxfendazole Development Group — Oxfendazole Toxicity Tests
Organization Name
Oxfendazole Development Group
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,600,000
Date
June 2022
April 2017
Grant Title
Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky)
Organization Name
Rockefeller University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,600,000
Date
April 2017
January 2022
Grant Title
University of Chicago — Research on Mobile Conditional Cash Transfers
Organization Name
University of Chicago
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,602,868
Date
January 2022
March 2022
Grant Title
Charity Entrepreneurship — General Support
Organization Name
Charity Entrepreneurship
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$1,616,474
Date
March 2022
January 2019
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2019)
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,625,000
Date
January 2019
November 2020
Grant Title
L214 — Broiler Welfare Campaigns in France (2020)
Organization Name
L214
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,642,046
Date
November 2020
December 2016
Grant Title
Evidence Action — No Lean Season
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,687,500
Date
December 2016
October 2018
Grant Title
Boston Children’s Hospital — Chronic Pain Research (Yi Zhang)
Organization Name
Boston Children's Hospital
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,695,376
Date
October 2018
December 2023
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — General Support (December 2023)
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,697,008
Date
December 2023
October 2019
Grant Title
Anima International — Chicken Welfare Campaigns (2019)
Organization Name
Anima International
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
October 2019
December 2020
Grant Title
Dignity and Power Now — Decarceration Work
Organization Name
Dignity and Power Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
December 2020
May 2023
Grant Title
Kurzgesagt — Video Production (2023)
Organization Name
Kurzgesagt
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
May 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
Evotec — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
Evotec
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,710,588
Date
March 2023
February 2024
Grant Title
Pure Earth — Lead Exposure Measurement and Intervention
Organization Name
Pure Earth
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
Amount
$1,720,000
Date
February 2024
December 2023
Grant Title
GiveWell — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,733,862
Date
December 2023
October 2023
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2024)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,736,622
Date
October 2023
April 2016
Grant Title
University of Southern California — Genomic Research Methods
Organization Name
University of Southern California
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,738,500
Date
April 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,750,000
Date
February 2016
September 2019
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support and Community-Building Grants (2019)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,755,921
Date
September 2019
February 2021
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Improving the Long-Term Future — Scholarship Support (2021)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$1,766,373
Date
February 2021
August 2021
Grant Title
University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp) (2021)
Organization Name
University of Notre Dame
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,769,056
Date
August 2021
April 2020
Grant Title
Harvard University — COVID-19 Serological Tests (Michael Mina)
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,784,981
Date
April 2020
March 2018
Grant Title
The Justice Collaborative — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
The Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
March 2018
March 2017
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Migration Program
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
March 2017
February 2019
Grant Title
The Center for Election Science — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
The Center for Election Science
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
February 2019
December 2022
Grant Title
Atlas Fellowship — General Support
Organization Name
Atlas Fellowship
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — Office Space
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,835,390
Date
December 2022
April 2022
Grant Title
Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2022 Class
Organization Name
Open Phil AI Fellowship
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,840,000
Date
April 2022
February 2020
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,860,000
Date
February 2020
June 2022
Grant Title
Century Fellowship — 2022 Cohort
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,889,027
Date
June 2022
April 2020
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,897,905
Date
April 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (April 2020)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,897,905
Date
April 2020
December 2021
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (Amy Pickering) (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,900,000
Date
December 2021
February 2020
Grant Title
Animal Equality — Cage-Free and Broiler Welfare
Organization Name
Animal Equality
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,901,000
Date
February 2020
November 2018
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Projects to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,904,942
Date
November 2018
August 2023
Grant Title
FAI Farms — Aquaculture Welfare Reforms
Organization Name
FAI Farms
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,919,600
Date
August 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
People’s Action — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
People's Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,927,640
Date
March 2017
June 2022
Grant Title
Epoch — General Support
Organization Name
Epoch
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,960,000
Date
June 2022
November 2023
Grant Title
The University of Queensland in America — StrepA Vaccine Research
Organization Name
The University of Queensland in America
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,969,857
Date
November 2023
June 2016
Grant Title
IDinsight — General Support
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,985,000
Date
June 2016
March 2017
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — General Support
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,995,425
Date
March 2017
May 2020
Grant Title
Kainomyx — Antimalarial Drug (2019)
Organization Name
Kainomyx
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,999,999
Date
May 2020
February 2023
Grant Title
IBRD — Air Quality in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
Organization Name
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$1,999,999
Date
February 2023
November 2020
Grant Title
Binx — COVID-19 Testing Platform
Organization Name
Binx
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
November 2020
December 2021
Grant Title
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
December 2021
May 2023
Grant Title
Dezernat Zukunft — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Dezernat Zukunft
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
May 2023
November 2018
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
November 2018
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Michigan — Research on Gamete Development (2023)
Organization Name
University of Michigan
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
May 2023
November 2021
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
November 2021
February 2022
Grant Title
University of Victoria — Syphilis Diagnostic (Caroline Cameron)
Organization Name
University of Victoria
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
February 2022
August 2023
Grant Title
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy — Centre for Air Pollution Studies Initiative
Organization Name
CSTEP
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
August 2023
September 2017
