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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
September 2017
Grant Title
New York Working Families — Criminal Justice Reform in New York
Organization Name
New York Working Families
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
September 2017
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
September 2017
Grant Title
Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative
Organization Name
Gamechanger Labs
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2017
September 2017
Grant Title
Corrections Accountability Project — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Corrections Accountability Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2017
September 2017
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Fish Welfare Standards
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$285,000
Date
September 2017
September 2017
Grant Title
Texas After Violence Project — Video Documentation Project
Organization Name
Texas After Violence Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$52,000
Date
September 2017
September 2017
Grant Title
We Got Us Now — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
We Got Us Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2017
September 2017
Grant Title
The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2017)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
September 2017
September 2017
Grant Title
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — Power Building (2017)
Organization Name
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$558,000
Date
September 2017
August 2017
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — Technological Risks and National Security
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$260,000
Date
August 2017
August 2017
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy) (2017)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
August 2017
August 2017
Grant Title
Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention — General Support
Organization Name
Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
Amount
$1,336,409
Date
August 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$403,890
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Future of Research — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Future of Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$150,000
Date
July 2017
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
July 2017
Grant Title
Yale University — Research on the Global Politics of AI
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$299,320
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform (2021)
Organization Name
Free Hearts
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Smithsonian Institution — Outbreak Exhibit
Organization Name
Smithsonian Institution
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
American Conservative Union Foundation — Center for Criminal Justice Reform (2017)
Organization Name
American Conservative Union Foundation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$206,000
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
The Ahimsa Collective — Restorative Justice Movement-Building Report
Organization Name
The Ahimsa Collective
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Charity Science Health — SMS Reminders for Immunization
Organization Name
Charity Science Health
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$357,543
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$332,944
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms — AI Safety Research
Organization Name
Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,400,000
Date
July 2017
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
June 2017
Grant Title
Dignity and Power Now — Convening to Oppose L.A. Jail Construction
Organization Name
Dignity and Power Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$132,000
Date
June 2017
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
June 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Deworming Study Planning Gift
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$18,000
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp)
Organization Name
University of Notre Dame
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$2,054,142
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Humane Slaughter Association — Fish, Crustacean, and Cephalopod Welfare
Organization Name
Humane Slaughter Association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,528,678
Date
June 2017
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
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
June 2017
Grant Title
Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Greater Greater Washington
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
June 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Campaign
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$14,961
Date
May 2017
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
May 2017
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — Latin America Broiler Chicken Welfare Research
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$30,000
Date
May 2017
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 2017
Grant Title
Humane Society International India — Animal Welfare Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Humane Society International India
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,100,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Stanford University — Support for Percy Liang
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,337,600
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
People for Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
People for Animals Uttarakhand
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$120,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Future of Life Institute — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Future of Life Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$100,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Animal Equality — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
Animal Equality
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$292,000
Date
May 2017
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
May 2017
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — European Summer Program on Rationality
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$340,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
North Carolina State University — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
North Carolina State University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$252,725
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control
Organization Name
Target Malaria
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$17,500,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$454,025
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2017)
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,321,617
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research
Organization Name
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$452,545
Date
May 2017
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
April 2017
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — General Support
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
April 2017
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
April 2017
Grant Title
The Greenfield Project — General Support
Organization Name
The Greenfield Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency — General Support
Organization Name
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,350,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
East Bay Forward — YIMBYtown 2017 Conference
Organization Name
East Bay Forward
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
April 2017
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
April 2017
Grant Title
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation — Disability Rights Fellowship
Organization Name
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$45,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Common Justice — General Support
Organization Name
Common Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
BioBricks Foundation — Biosecurity Activities at SB7.0
Organization Name
BioBricks Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$152,950
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support
Organization Name
Animal Charity Evaluators
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Strengthen Operations
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,642,300
Date
April 2017
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
April 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — KLPS-4 Survey
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,104,259
Date
April 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling
Organization Name
Rutgers University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,982,206
Date
March 2017
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
March 2017
Grant Title
College and Community Fellowship — General Support
Organization Name
College and Community Fellowship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Vera Institute of Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Report
Organization Name
Vera Institute of Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
OpenAI — General Support
Organization Name
OpenAI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,000,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (2017)
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$517,588
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2017
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 2017
Grant Title
National Alliance of Faith and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
National Alliance of Faith and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — General Support
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,125,000
Date
March 2017
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
March 2017
Grant Title
The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017)
Organization Name
The People's Lobby Education Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017)
Organization Name
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
People’s Action Institute — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
People's Action Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$279,000
Date
March 2017
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
March 2017
Grant Title
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning — General Support
Organization Name
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2017
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
March 2017
Grant Title
International Society for Applied Ethology — Travel Scholarships
Organization Name
International Society for Applied Ethology
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$40,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Stanford University — Percy Liang Planning Grant
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Drug Policy Alliance — Drug Decriminalization
Organization Name
Drug Policy Alliance
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,331,597
Date
March 2017
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
March 2017
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,195,500
Date
March 2017
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
March 2017
Grant Title
ClimateWorks Foundation — Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program
Organization Name
ClimateWorks Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,500,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Humane Society International — East Asian and OIE Projects
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,364,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$145,000
Date
March 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (2017)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$305,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio and FBI Meeting
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$15,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Broiler Chicken Welfare Research
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$515,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration
Organization Name
LatinoJustice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
ReFrame Mentorship — General Support
Organization Name
ReFrame Mentorship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$200,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (February 2017)
Organization Name
Malaria Consortium
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
February 2017
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
February 2017
