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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
Grant Title
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
February 2017
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
February 2017
Grant Title
National Network for Safe Communities — LA Larceny Project
Organization Name
National Network for Safe Communities
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$161,040
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Dyrevernalliansen — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance)
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$378,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2017)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,100,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (February 2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$900,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2017)
Organization Name
Justice Solutions
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$112,613
Date
February 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017)
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$16,000,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Farm Forward — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2017)
Organization Name
Farm Forward
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,026,253
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
The Justice Collaborative — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
The Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,301,280
Date
January 2017
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
January 2017
Grant Title
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2017)
Organization Name
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Accountable Justice Collaborative — General Support
Organization Name
Accountable Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
January 2017
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
January 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$317,060
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Mission: Launch, Inc. — Lisa Sangoi on Child Welfare
Organization Name
Mission: Launch, Inc.
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$55,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$111,986
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$4,470,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$15,080,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$13,500,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Sightsavers — Deworming (January 2017)
Organization Name
Sightsavers
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,950,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Living Goods — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Project Healthy Children — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Project Healthy Children
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
December 2016
Grant Title
The END Fund — Deworming (December 2016)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
The Pollination Project — Global Animal Advocacy Movement (2016)
Organization Name
The Pollination Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$233,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Development Media International — General Support (December 2016)
Organization Name
Development Media International
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2016)
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2016)
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
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
December 2016
Grant Title
The Soze Agency — Returning Citizens Project
Organization Name
The Soze Agency
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$261,500
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Harvard University — Solar Geoengineering Research Program
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
The Ordinary People Society — Prodigal Child Project
Organization Name
The Ordinary People Society
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration
Organization Name
Blackbird
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$425,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Movement Ecology and Metrics
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Mothers Against Police Brutality — Prosecutorial Reform
Organization Name
Mothers Against Police Brutality
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Prosecutorial Reform (December 2016)
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project
Organization Name
Grassroots Leadership, Inc.
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
LEAD National Support Bureau — General Support
Organization Name
LEAD National Support Bureau
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Plant Pathology Workshop (Brian Staskawicz)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$63,000
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
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
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
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
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Impossible Foods — R&D Investment
Organization Name
Impossible Foods
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
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
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
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
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
Humane Society of the United States — Broiler Welfare Corporate Campaigns
Organization Name
Humane Society of the United States
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken 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
Broiler Chicken 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
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
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
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
Cage-Free Reforms
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
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
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
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
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
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
Protect the People — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Protect the People
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Founders Pledge — General Support
Organization Name
Founders Pledge
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,032,947
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
University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research
Organization Name
University of Cape Town
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$493,425
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
The Good Food Institute — General Support
Organization Name
The Good Food Institute
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
September 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research (2016)
Organization Name
CDC Foundation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,214,437
Date
September 2016
September 2016
