Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
March 2016
Grant Title

Institute of the Black World — Criminal Justice Reform

Organization Name

Institute of the Black World

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
March 2016
October 2017
Grant Title

World Animal Net — Co-Organizing Workshops with the World Bank

Organization Name

World Animal Net

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2017
December 2022
Grant Title

FAR AI — Interpretability Research

Organization Name

FAR AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2022
January 2024
Grant Title

Global Bar Magazine — Global Health Content

Organization Name

Global Bar Magazine

Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$50,000
Date
January 2024
October 2023
Grant Title

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease — Conference Scholarships

Organization Name

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2023
December 2020
Grant Title

Center for Global Development — Aid Effectiveness Advocacy Research

Organization Name

Center for Global Development

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
April 2016
Grant Title

Correctional Association of New York — General Support

Organization Name

Correctional Association of New York

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
April 2016
February 2018
Grant Title

Columbia University — Beyond the Bars Conference 2018

Organization Name

Columbia University

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
February 2018
June 2021
Grant Title

Center for Global Development — Malaria Reduction

Organization Name

Center for Global Development

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$50,000
Date
June 2021
October 2020
Grant Title

Success Stories — Workshop Support

Organization Name

Success Stories

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
December 2019
Grant Title

Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2019)

Organization Name

Smart Justice CA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2019
January 2023
Grant Title

Global Food Partners — Cage-Free Reforms Summit

Organization Name

Global Food Partners

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$50,000
Date
January 2023
November 2020
Grant Title

Global Health Security Network — Global Health Security Conference

Organization Name

Global Health Security Network

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2020
February 2018
Grant Title

Center for Global Development — Pandemic Policy Project Led by Jeremy Konyndyk

Organization Name

Center for Global Development

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$49,942
Date
February 2018
September 2019
Grant Title

EA Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019)

Organization Name

EA Scholarships

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$49,676
Date
September 2019
December 2022
Grant Title

FAR AI — Inverse Scaling Prize

Organization Name

FAR AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$49,500
Date
December 2022
May 2022
Grant Title

Derek Foster — Research on Subjective Wellbeing

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$49,045
Date
May 2022
April 2023
Grant Title

American University of Beirut — STI Diagnostic

Organization Name

American University of Beirut

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$49,000
Date
April 2023
September 2020
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Longtermist Incubator

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$48,736
Date
September 2020
June 2019
Grant Title

Animals Australia Federation — Pig Welfare in Indonesia

Organization Name

Animals Australia Federation

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$48,324
Date
June 2019
October 2022
Grant Title

Travel Grants for the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference (2022)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$48,032
Date
October 2022
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
September 2022
Grant Title

Wilton Park — Biological Weapons Convention Retreat

Organization Name

Wilton Park

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$47,722
Date
September 2022
September 2023
Grant Title

The University of Southampton — Farm Animal Welfare Research

Organization Name

University of Southampton

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$47,517
Date
September 2023
January 2023
Grant Title

Longview Philanthropy — Support for Richard Chappell

Organization Name

Longview Philanthropy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$47,500
Date
January 2023
November 2022
Grant Title

AI Safety Hub — Safety Labs

Organization Name

AI Safety Hub

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$47,359
Date
November 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

University of Edinburgh — Effective Altruism Psychology Course

Organization Name

University of Edinburgh

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$47,000
Date
June 2022
October 2018
Grant Title

University of Michigan — Support for David Manley

Organization Name

University of Michigan

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$46,696
Date
October 2018
August 2022
Grant Title

Alexandra Balwit — Publicity for The Long View

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$45,000
Date
August 2022
March 2019
Grant Title

ReFrame — SPIN Academy

Organization Name

ReFrame

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$45,000
Date
March 2019
March 2024
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Latent Adversarial Training Project 

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$45,000
Date
March 2024
September 2020
Grant Title

Run, George, Run — General Support (September 2020)

Organization Name

Run, George, Run

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$45,000
Date
September 2020
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
February 2018
Grant Title

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$44,627
Date
February 2018
May 2020
Grant Title

Animal Outlook — Factory Farm Investigations Media Coverage

Organization Name

Animal Outlook

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$44,200
Date
May 2020
August 2022
Grant Title

Faunalytics — KPI Dashboards for Farm Animal Welfare

Organization Name

Faunalytics

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$44,200
Date
August 2022
December 2017
Grant Title

American Society for Microbiology — Biothreats Meeting

Organization Name

American Society for Microbiology

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$43,149
Date
December 2017
January 2023
Grant Title

Sebastian Lodemann — Existential Risk Projects

Organization Name

Sebastian Lodemann

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$43,000
Date
January 2023
July 2018
Grant Title

New Economy Organisers Network — KIN Convenings

Organization Name

New Economy Organisers Network

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$42,285
Date
July 2018
April 2022
Grant Title

AI Safety Support — Research on Trends in Machine Learning

Organization Name

AI Safety Support

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$42,000
Date
April 2022
May 2018
Grant Title

SPIN Academy — Communications Training

Organization Name

SPIN Academy

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$42,000
Date
May 2018
October 2021
Grant Title

International Rescue Committee – Treatment of Malnutrition (October 2021)

Organization Name

International Rescue Committee

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$42,000
Date
October 2021
October 2019
Grant Title

University of Oxford — Animal Welfare Research

Organization Name

University of Oxford

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$41,800
Date
October 2019
April 2023
Grant Title

Victory Briefs Institute — Debate Camp Scholarships (2023)

Organization Name

Victory Briefs Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,500
Date
April 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Germany — ML4Good Bootcamp

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Germany

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,377
Date
June 2023
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

VOCAL-NY Action Fund — General Support

Organization Name

VOCAL-NY Action Fund

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2016
January 2023
Grant Title

University of Oxford — Genetic Engineering Attribution

Organization Name

University of Oxford

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$40,000
Date
January 2023
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
February 2016
Grant Title

Voice of the Ex-Offender — Southern Regional Convening

Organization Name

Voice of the Ex-Offender

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
February 2016
March 2023
Grant Title

University of Toronto — Social Science Prediction Platform

Organization Name

University of Toronto

Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$40,000
Date
March 2023
July 2016
Grant Title

Ayni Institute — Momentum Training

Organization Name

Ayni Institute

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2016
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
June 2022
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Language Model Alignment Research

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$40,000
Date
June 2022
March 2018
Grant Title

Harborlight Community Partners — YIMBYtown 2018 Conference

Organization Name

Harborlight Community Partners

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
March 2018
June 2022
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — Dimensions of Welfare Workshop

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$40,000
Date
June 2022
November 2020
Grant Title

Impact Alliance — Cage-Free Program

Organization Name

Impact Alliance

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$40,000
Date
November 2020
February 2018
Grant Title

Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai — Legal Aid for Scientists in Japan

Organization Name

Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$40,000
Date
February 2018
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
July 2023
Grant Title

User-Friendly Marketing — Corporate Outreach Support

Organization Name

User-Friendly Marketing

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2023
November 2022
Grant Title

Seton Hall University — Longtermism Course Development

Organization Name

Seton Hall University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,780
Date
November 2022
March 2023
Grant Title

San José State University — AI Research

Organization Name

California State University, San José

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$39,000
Date
March 2023
January 2024
Grant Title

OPTIC Forecasting — Forecasting Competitions

Organization Name

OPTIC Forecasting

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,000
Date
January 2024
January 2020
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for The Precipice

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,350
Date
January 2020
August 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,220
Date
August 2023
February 2023
Grant Title

Brian Christian — Psychology Research

Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$37,903
Date
February 2023
September 2020
Grant Title

World Animal Net — Broiler Chicken and Pig Welfare Guidelines

Organization Name

World Animal Net

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$37,600
Date
September 2020
May 2023
Grant Title

Vital Strategies — LPG Subsidies Analysis

Organization Name

Vital Strategies

Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$37,536
Date
May 2023
January 2023
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation — Support for What We Owe The Future

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$37,128
Date
January 2023
May 2022
Grant Title

Constitutional Accountability Center — California Prop 12 Legal Defense

Organization Name

Constitutional Accountability Center

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$37,123
Date
May 2022
April 2016
Grant Title

Better Boulder — YIMBY 2016

Organization Name

Better Boulder

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$37,000
Date
April 2016
July 2016
Grant Title

ReFrame Mentorship — General Support

Organization Name

ReFrame Mentorship

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$37,000
Date
July 2016
October 2019
Grant Title

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Organizational Development

Organization Name

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$36,957
Date
October 2019
September 2022
Grant Title

University of Queensland — Online EA Course

Organization Name

University of Queensland

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$36,561
Date
September 2022
April 2023
Grant Title

Florian Jehn — Societal Collapse Living Literature Review

Organization Name
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$35,000
Date
April 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — Strategy Workshop

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$35,000
Date
September 2023
March 2020
Grant Title

Court Watch NOLA — Coalition Coordination (2020)

Organization Name

Court Watch NOLA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$35,000
Date
March 2020
July 2023
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Lab Retreat

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$35,000
Date
July 2023
December 2022
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Consulting Network

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$34,500
Date
December 2022
September 2014
Grant Title

IDinsight — Scaling Up a High-Potential Development Intervention

Organization Name

IDinsight

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$34,382
Date
September 2014
February 2023
Grant Title

Legal Priorities Project — Litigation Research

Organization Name

Legal Priorities Project

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$34,000
Date
February 2023
October 2021
Grant Title

University of Southern California — Course Development Support (Jake Nebel)

Organization Name

University of Southern California

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$33,000
Date
October 2021
December 2018
Grant Title

The University of Sydney — 2019 Global Health Security Conference

Organization Name

University of Sydney

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$32,621
Date
December 2018
December 2022
Grant Title

Pru Elliott — Corporate Campaign Coaching

Organization Name
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$32,610
Date
December 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Daniel Bressler — Research Assistant for Climate Change Research

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$32,000
Date
August 2022
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
August 2023
Grant Title

University of Utah — Course on Human-AI Alignment

Organization Name

University of Utah

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$31,773
Date
August 2023
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
March 2020
Grant Title

ReFrame — ReFrame Academy

Organization Name

ReFrame

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$31,500
Date
March 2020
June 2018
Grant Title

Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Animal Welfare Workshop

Organization Name

Commonwealth Veterinary Association

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$31,355
Date
June 2018
December 2022
Grant Title

Chelsea Liang — Biosecurity Policy in Australia

Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$31,099
Date
December 2022
January 2020
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Research on the State of AI Assurance Methods

Organization Name

The RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,751
Date
January 2020
February 2020
Grant Title

Run, George, Run — General Support (February 2020)

Organization Name

Run, George, Run

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
February 2020
March 2020
Grant Title

Just Outcomes — Restorative Justice Convenings and Affinity Group Meetings

Organization Name

Just Outcomes

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
March 2020
November 2020
Grant Title

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)

Organization Name

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
November 2020
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
March 2019
Grant Title

Just Outcomes — Restorative Justice Convenings

Organization Name

Just Outcomes

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
March 2019
August 2022
Grant Title

Dami Animashaun — California Prop 12 Legal Defense

Organization Name
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$30,000
Date
August 2022
August 2015
Grant Title

New York University — Support for a Labor Mobility RCT

Organization Name

New York University

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$30,000
Date
August 2015
March 2019
Grant Title

Court Watch NOLA — Public Relations Support

Organization Name

Court Watch NOLA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$30,000
Date
March 2019