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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
University of Bern — Layer Hen Breeding Research
Organization Name
University of Bern
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$410,000
Date
November 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (March 2020)
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$410,000
Date
March 2020
February 2021
Grant Title
Council on Energy, Environment, and Water — Air Quality Sensors in South Asia
Organization Name
Council on Energy, Environment, and Water
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$410,000
Date
February 2021
January 2018
Grant Title
Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research (2018)
Organization Name
Rescuing Biomedical Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$409,112
Date
January 2018
August 2023
Grant Title
Modulo Research — AI Safety Research
Organization Name
Modulo Research
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$408,255
Date
August 2023
November 2023
Grant Title
Arcadia Impact — University Group Support
Organization Name
Arcadia Impact
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$405,254
Date
November 2023
October 2017
Grant Title
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — National Bail Fund Network
Organization Name
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$404,800
Date
October 2017
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
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
May 2023
Grant Title
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023)
Organization Name
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$401,750
Date
May 2023
September 2018
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — Outreach on Technological Risk Led by Richard Danzig
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$400,352
Date
September 2018
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
February 2018
Grant Title
Justice Team Network — JusticeLA Campaign
Organization Name
Justice Team Network
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
February 2018
January 2021
Grant Title
OliLux Biosciences — Rapid Tuberculosis Detection and Treatment Management Tools
Organization Name
OliLux Biosciences
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2021
January 2020
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2020
November 2021
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — Administrative and Operational Support
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$400,000
Date
November 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2021
August 2019
Grant Title
LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration (2019)
Organization Name
LatinoJustice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
August 2019
October 2015
Grant Title
Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development
Organization Name
Sightline Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2015
June 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI Summer Fellowships (2022)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$400,000
Date
June 2022
December 2020
Grant Title
Faith in Action — Street Certified
Organization Name
Faith in Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2020
January 2018
Grant Title
Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy (2018)
Organization Name
Niskanen Center
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2018
August 2019
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
August 2019
February 2024
Grant Title
Straumli — LLM Cyberoffense Benchmark
Organization Name
Straumli
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$400,000
Date
February 2024
April 2018
Grant Title
Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative (2018)
Organization Name
Gamechanger Labs
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
April 2018
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
December 2019
Grant Title
Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2019)
Organization Name
Faith in Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2019
February 2018
Grant Title
Southerners On New Ground — Anti-Criminalization Work
Organization Name
Southerners On New Ground
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
February 2018
January 2019
Grant Title
Peterson Institute for International Economics — Macroeconomic Research Projects
Organization Name
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2019
July 2018
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$400,000
Date
July 2018
December 2022
Grant Title
Yale University — Cardiovascular Research
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
Convergent Research — Biosecurity Projects
Organization Name
Convergent Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2023
September 2023
Grant Title
Matthew Kenney – Language Model Capabilities Benchmarking
Organization Name
Matthew Kenney
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$397,350
Date
September 2023
February 2024
Grant Title
International Society for Applied Ethology — Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Countries
Organization Name
International Society for Applied Ethology
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$396,515
Date
February 2024
April 2024
Grant Title
World Health Organization — Syphilis Medication Trials
Organization Name
World Health Organization
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$395,978
Date
April 2024
March 2024
Grant Title
Pivotal Research — Summer Research Fellowship (2024)
Organization Name
Pivotal Research
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$395,608
Date
March 2024
December 2017
Grant Title
Humane Society Legislative Fund — Opposing the King Amendment
Organization Name
Humane Society Legislative Fund
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$395,094
Date
December 2017
August 2023
Grant Title
Angela Aristizábal — ITAM AI Futures Fellowship
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$390,155
Date
August 2023
June 2023
Grant Title
BlueDot Impact — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
BlueDot Impact
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$388,890
Date
June 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Safety Field-Building
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$387,741
Date
March 2023
October 2022
Grant Title
University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
University of Utah
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$385,000
Date
October 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
ProVeg International — Innovation Competitions for Alternative Proteins
Organization Name
ProVeg International
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$384,000
Date
March 2023
April 2023
Grant Title
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences — Portable Fish EEG
Organization Name
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$384,000
Date
April 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Health Security Scholars
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$381,220
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Consulting Network
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$380,000
Date
May 2023
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
October 2022
Grant Title
Advocates for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work
Organization Name
Advocates for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$376,235
Date
October 2022
October 2020
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy (2020)
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Foundation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$375,000
Date
October 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$375,000
Date
February 2020
October 2015
