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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
May 2016
Grant Title
Free Migration Project — Planning Grant
Organization Name
Free Migration Project
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$24,000
Date
May 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
Results for Development — Childhood Pneumonia Treatment Scale-Up
Organization Name
Results for Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$6,400,000
Date
May 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
Innovations for Poverty Action — Mindset Engagement in Cash Transfers
Organization Name
Innovations for Poverty Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$350,000
Date
May 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2016)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$520,000
Date
May 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
American University — Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Organization Name
Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Focus Area
Longtermism
Amount
$76,234
Date
May 2016
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 2016
Grant Title
International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
International Refugee Assistance Project
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$700,000
Date
May 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
American Conservative Union Foundation — Center for Criminal Justice Reform (2016)
Organization Name
American Conservative Union Foundation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
May 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$304,000
Date
May 2016
June 2016
Grant Title
IDinsight — General Support
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,985,000
Date
June 2016
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
June 2016
Grant Title
Roosevelt Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research
Organization Name
Roosevelt Institute
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$200,000
Date
June 2016
June 2016
Grant Title
George Mason University — Research into Future Artificial Intelligence Scenarios
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$277,435
Date
June 2016
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
June 2016
Grant Title
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support
Organization Name
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2016
June 2016
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2016
June 2016
Grant Title
Vera Institute of Justice — Common Justice
Organization Name
Vera Institute of Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$8,000
Date
June 2016
June 2016
Grant Title
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support
Organization Name
Prison Policy Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
June 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Full Employment Project (2016)
Organization Name
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$425,000
Date
July 2016
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
July 2016
Grant Title
The Ordinary People Society — General Support
Organization Name
The Ordinary People Society
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
JustLeadershipUSA — General Support
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2016
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
July 2016
Grant Title
Center for Court Innovation — New Thinking about Criminal Justice Responses
Organization Name
Center for Court Innovation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$160,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Momentum Training
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health — Working Group on Malaria Gene Drive Testing Path
Organization Name
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,228,845
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$1,035,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
VOCAL-NY Action Fund — General Support
Organization Name
VOCAL-NY Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Vera Institute of Justice — New Orleans User-Funded Justice System
Organization Name
Vera Institute of Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
The Humane League — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
ReFrame Mentorship — General Support
Organization Name
ReFrame Mentorship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$37,000
Date
July 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2016)
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$124,400
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Research Institute of Industrial Economics — Genomic Research Methods
Organization Name
Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2016)
Organization Name
Mijente
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$255,000
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,300,000
Date
August 2016
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
August 2016
Grant Title
Animal Equality — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Animal Equality
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Humane Society International — International Cage-Free Outreach
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2016
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
August 2016
Grant Title
Voice of the Experienced — General Support
Organization Name
Voice of the Experienced
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$325,500
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,555,550
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — General Support
Organization Name
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$48,000
Date
August 2016
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
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
August 2016
Grant Title
People for Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
People for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$89,392
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Voters Organized to Educate
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$222,500
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title
Color Of Change Education Fund — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
Color Of Change Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$321,228
Date
August 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2016)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Color Of Change — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
Color of Change
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$678,772
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$404,800
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food RCT
Organization Name
Project Peanut Butter
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$724,929
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Faith in Texas — General Support
Organization Name
Faith in Texas
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$637,000
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Brighter Green — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy in East Asia
Organization Name
Brighter Green
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$99,360
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research (2016)
Organization Name
CDC Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,214,437
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research
Organization Name
University of Cape Town
Focus Area
Longtermism
Amount
$493,425
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
The Good Food Institute — General Support
Organization Name
The Good Food Institute
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$115,652
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
WildAid — Reducing Meat Consumption in Asia (2016)
Organization Name
WildAid
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$700,000
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Founders Pledge — General Support
Organization Name
Founders Pledge
Focus Area
Effective Altruism Community Growth (Longtermism)
Amount
$1,032,947
Date
September 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Protect the People — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Protect the People
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Just Liberty — General Support
Organization Name
Just Liberty
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$530,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Million Voters Project Action Fund — Support for Proposition 57
Organization Name
Million Voters Project Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Yes on Prop. 57 — General Support
Organization Name
Yes on Prop. 57
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (October 2016)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$31,500
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,744,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy in East Asia
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$544,607
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Safety and Justice Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2016)
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$643,415
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
New Virginia Majority — Formerly Incarcerated Organizers
Organization Name
New Virginia Majority Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2016
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
October 2016
Grant Title
Color Of Change — Studying Voter Activity in Prosecutorial Elections
Organization Name
Color of Change
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$229,100
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Essie Justice Group — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Essie Justice Group
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Youth First Initiative — General Support
Organization Name
Youth First Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
October 2016
October 2016
Grant Title
Justice Strategies — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Justice Strategies
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
October 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Charity Science: Health — General Support
Organization Name
Charity Science Health
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$200,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$314,752
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
The Humane League — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Humane Society of the United States — Broiler Welfare Corporate Campaigns
Organization Name
Humane Society of the United States
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Corporate Campaigns (2016)
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Electronic Frontier Foundation — Artificial Intelligence Scenarios and Social Impacts
Organization Name
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$199,000
Date
November 2016
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
November 2016
Grant Title
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice — Restorative Justice Conference
Organization Name
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
New Incentives — Exit Grant and Immunizations Pilot
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$368,587
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Green Monday — Meat Reduction Pilot Project
Organization Name
Green Monday
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$226,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Color Of Change Education Fund — Criminal Justice Meeting
Organization Name
Color Of Change Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
November 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Impossible Foods — R&D Investment
Organization Name
Impossible Foods
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
Date
November 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Impact Justice — Restorative Justice Project
Organization Name
Impact Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$2,050,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Compassion Over Killing — U.S. Broiler Welfare Campaigns
Organization Name
Compassion Over Killing
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2016)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$535,699
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
PICO National Network — General Support
Organization Name
PICO National Network
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
PICO Action Fund — General Support
Organization Name
PICO Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 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
AI Impacts — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
AI Impacts
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$32,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Civil Rights Corps — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Civil Rights Corps
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers (2016)
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Standards Project — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy in Asia
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Standards Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$238,212
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Plant Pathology Workshop (Brian Staskawicz)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$63,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
