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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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 2023
Grant Title
Synonym Bio — Food Production Research
Organization Name
Synonym Bio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$30,000
Date
November 2023
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
January 2021
Grant Title
Mount Kenya University — Farm Animal Welfare Science Masters Program
Organization Name
Mount Kenya University
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$29,886
Date
January 2021
August 2020
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Geopolitical Forecasting Research (2020)
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$29,432
Date
August 2020
April 2022
Grant Title
OpenMined — Research on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and AI Safety
Organization Name
OpenMined
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$28,320
Date
April 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Princeton University — Existential Risk Course Development
Organization Name
Princeton University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$27,555
Date
September 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
The University of Reading — Farm Animal Welfare Research
Organization Name
University of Reading
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$26,983
Date
October 2023
October 2018
Grant Title
University of Oxford — D.Phil Support for Andrew Snyder-Beattie
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$26,086
Date
October 2018
October 2023
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — AI Alignment Workshop
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$26,000
Date
October 2023
August 2022
Grant Title
Effektiv Spenden — German Translation of The Life You Can Save
Organization Name
Effektiv Spenden
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,458
Date
August 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Effective Altruism — AI Safety Labs
Organization Name
Cambridge Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,239
Date
March 2023
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
February 2023
Grant Title
Arb Research — Staff Support
Organization Name
Arb Research
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,000
Date
February 2023
September 2019
Grant Title
Run, George, Run — Los Angeles District Attorney Recruitment
Organization Name
Run, George, Run
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
September 2019
September 2020
Grant Title
Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
September 2020
August 2018
Grant Title
Civil Rights Corps — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Civil Rights Corps
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
August 2018
April 2020
Grant Title
Equity and Transformation — General Support
Organization Name
Equity and Transformation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
April 2020
December 2017
Grant Title
Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2017)
Organization Name
Smart Justice CA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2017
December 2018
Grant Title
Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2018)
Organization Name
Smart Justice CA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2018
April 2020
Grant Title
Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations — General Support
Organization Name
Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
April 2020
December 2017
Grant Title
Aubin Pictures — Criminal Justice Media Archive Scoping
Organization Name
Aubin Pictures
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2017
December 2021
Grant Title
Cate Hall — Self-Study for Career Transition
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2021
December 2018
Grant Title
Biosecure Ltd — Campaign Against Bioweapons Research
Organization Name
Biosecure Ltd
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2018
February 2019
Grant Title
Amistad Law Project — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Amistad Law Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
February 2019
October 2020
Grant Title
Sisters Unchained — General Support
Organization Name
Sisters Unchained
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
October 2020
April 2021
Grant Title
Health Alliance for Violence Intervention — General Support
Organization Name
Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
April 2021
October 2019
Grant Title
Momentum — Criminal Justice Reform Trainings (2019)
Organization Name
Momentum
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
October 2019
July 2021
Grant Title
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
July 2021
February 2022
Grant Title
RAND Corporation — Study Planning
Organization Name
RAND Corporation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$25,000
Date
February 2022
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 2020
Grant Title
A New Way of Life — General Support
Organization Name
A New Way of Life
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
April 2020
March 2023
Grant Title
Gordon Research Conferences — Genetic Biocontrol Conference
Organization Name
Gordon Research Conferences
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2023
December 2019
Grant Title
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2019)
Organization Name
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2019
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
November 2023
Grant Title
ETH Zurich Foundation (USA) — Machine Learning Research Support
Organization Name
ETH Zurich Fondation (USA)
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
November 2023
August 2014
Grant Title
Rockefeller Archive Center: Workshop on the History of Philanthropy
Organization Name
Rockefeller Archive Center
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$25,000
Date
August 2014
May 2021
Grant Title
POWER — Voter Engagement on Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
POWER
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
May 2021
February 2020
Grant Title
Amistad Law Project — General Support (February 2020)
Organization Name
Amistad Law Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
February 2020
October 2023
Grant Title
Global Rice Research Foundation — Food Security Fellowships
Organization Name
Global Rice Research Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$24,750
Date
October 2023
August 2022
Grant Title
Juan Gil — Book Distribution
Organization Name
Juan Gil
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$24,745
Date
August 2022
October 2020
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — AI Governance Projects
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$24,350
Date
October 2020
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 2021
Grant Title
Stanford Existential Risks Initiative — Distribution of The Precipice
Organization Name
Stanford Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$24,000
Date
May 2021
February 2023
Grant Title
University of Pavia — Law, Ethics, and AI Course Development
Organization Name
University of Pavia
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$23,245
Date
February 2023
February 2022
Grant Title
Tom Adamczewski — Randomized Control Trial Tool
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$22,800
Date
February 2022
July 2019
Grant Title
Sankalpa — Farm Animal Welfare Workshop
Organization Name
Sankalpa
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$22,000
Date
July 2019
December 2018
Grant Title
The Humane League — Latin America Regional Summit
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$22,000
Date
December 2018
July 2019
Grant Title
InMyWords — General Support
Organization Name
InMyWords
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$21,500
Date
July 2019
October 2017
Grant Title
Harvard University — Animal Law and Policy Program
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$21,200
Date
October 2017
January 2023
Grant Title
Lausanne AI Alignment — AI Alignment Bootcamp
Organization Name
Lausanne AI Alignment
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$21,092
Date
January 2023
January 2018
Grant Title
Silicon Valley De-Bug — Participatory Defense / Bail Fund Pilot
Organization Name
Silicon Valley De-Bug
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,600
Date
January 2018
May 2018
Grant Title
Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice — Criminal Justice Convening
Organization Name
Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,000
Date
May 2018
December 2017
Grant Title
One Voice — General Support
Organization Name
One Voice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,000
Date
December 2017
August 2020
Grant Title
Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2020)
Organization Name
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,000
Date
August 2020
March 2021
Grant Title
Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2021)
Organization Name
Tampere University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,000
Date
March 2021
December 2017
Grant Title
The Prodigal Child Project — General Support
Organization Name
The Prodigal Child Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,000
Date
December 2017
April 2022
Grant Title
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards (2022)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$20,000
Date
April 2022
October 2020
Grant Title
Vegan Women Summit — Plant- and Cell-Based Startup Pitch Competition
Organization Name
Vegan Women Summit
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$20,000
Date
October 2020
August 2023
Grant Title
Animal Charity Evaluators — Impact Consultant
Organization Name
Animal Charity Evaluators
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$20,000
Date
August 2023
March 2019
Grant Title
Columbia University — Beyond the Bars Conference 2019
Organization Name
Center for Justice at Columbia University
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,000
Date
March 2019
March 2024
Grant Title
Dartmouth — Workshop Travel Expenses (March 2024)
Organization Name
Dartmouth
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$20,000
Date
March 2024
June 2022
Grant Title
Universidad de Sevilla — Course on Effective Altruism
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,982
Date
June 2022
January 2023
Grant Title
Adam Jermyn — Independent AI Alignment Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$19,231
Date
January 2023
September 2022
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — Research Assistant
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$19,200
Date
September 2022
May 2021
Grant Title
Jennifer Dodd — Machine Learning Self-Study
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$19,200
Date
May 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
William D’Alessandro — Course Development Support
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,000
Date
December 2021
February 2023
Grant Title
Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — AI Safety Technical Program
Organization Name
Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$18,800
Date
February 2023
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
January 2020
Grant Title
Press Shop — Support for Human Compatible
Organization Name
Press Shop
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$17,000
Date
January 2020
May 2019
Grant Title
Animal Kingdom Foundation — Corporate Campaigns (May 2019)
Organization Name
Animal Kingdom Foundation
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$17,000
Date
May 2019
January 2023
Grant Title
Jeremy Rubinoff — AI Safety Retreat
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$16,587
Date
January 2023
July 2022
Grant Title
University of Washington — Philosophy of AI Course Development
Organization Name
University of Washington
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$16,500
Date
July 2022
April 2020
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Foundation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$15,358
Date
April 2020
April 2019
Grant Title
Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)
Organization Name
Tampere University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$15,000
Date
April 2019
May 2019
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (May 2019)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
May 2019
June 2020
Grant Title
Andrew Lohn — Paper on Machine Learning Model Robustness
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$15,000
Date
June 2020
October 2018
Grant Title
Momentum — Criminal Justice Reform Trainings
Organization Name
Momentum
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
October 2018
February 2023
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Moral Weight Book Rights
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$15,000
Date
February 2023
August 2022
Grant Title
Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Animal Welfare Training (2022)
Organization Name
Commonwealth Veterinary Association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$15,000
Date
August 2022
September 2020
Grant Title
BlackRoots Alliance — Work on Prosecutor Accountability (2020)
Organization Name
BlackRoots Alliance
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
September 2020
March 2021
Grant Title
Faunalytics — Farm Animal Welfare Goal Setting and Impact Tracking
Organization Name
Faunalytics
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$15,000
Date
March 2021
February 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio and FBI Meeting
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$15,000
Date
February 2017
April 2020
Grant Title
Riverside Justice Table — Criminal Justice Reform Work
Organization Name
Riverside Justice Table
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
April 2020
May 2019
Grant Title
Just Media — Communications Training
Organization Name
Just Media
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
May 2019
April 2020
Grant Title
Amistad Law Project — General Support (April 2020)
Organization Name
Amistad Law Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
April 2020
June 2020
Grant Title
Frontline Dads — General Support (June 2020)
Organization Name
Frontline Dads
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
June 2020
May 2020
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
May 2020
January 2022
Grant Title
Nonlinear Fund — Personal Assistant Hiring Agency
Organization Name
Nonlinear Fund
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$15,000
Date
January 2022
April 2020
Grant Title
Families Against Mandatory Minimums — General Support
Organization Name
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
April 2020
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
October 2022
Grant Title
Thomas Liao — Foundation Model Tracker
Organization Name
Foundation Model Tracker
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$15,000
Date
October 2022
April 2020
Grant Title
Brown Institute for Media Innovation — COVID-19 Rapid Micro-Grants
Organization Name
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$15,000
Date
April 2020
May 2020
Grant Title
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
May 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Farm Animal Welfare
Organization Name
Commonwealth Veterinary Association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$15,000
Date
February 2020
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
November 2017
Grant Title
InterAcademy Partnership — Side Event at the BWC Meeting of State Parties
Organization Name
InterAcademy Partnership
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$14,605
Date
November 2017
March 2021
