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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2016)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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
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
Cage-Free Reforms
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
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
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
Humane Society International — International Cage-Free Outreach
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
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
Cage-Free Reforms
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
Animal Equality — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Animal Equality
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
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
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
July 2016
Grant Title
ReFrame Mentorship — General Support
Organization Name
ReFrame Mentorship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$37,000
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
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
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
Global Health & Development
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
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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
Ayni Institute — Momentum Training
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
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
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
JustLeadershipUSA — General Support
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$40,000
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
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
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
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
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support
Organization Name
CalHDF
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
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
Roosevelt Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research
Organization Name
Roosevelt Institute
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$200,000
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
IDinsight — General Support
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,985,000
Date
June 2016
May 2016
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$304,000
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
American University — Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Organization Name
Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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
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
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
April 2016
Grant Title
Better Boulder — YIMBY 2016
Organization Name
Better Boulder
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$37,000
Date
April 2016
April 2016
Grant Title
Accountable Justice Project — General Support
Organization Name
Accountable Justice Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
April 2016
April 2016
Grant Title
Future of Research — General Support
Organization Name
Future of Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2016
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
April 2016
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2016
April 2016
Grant Title
University of Southern California — Genomic Research Methods
Organization Name
University of Southern California
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,738,500
Date
April 2016
April 2016
Grant Title
Peterson Institute for International Economics — Macroeconomic Stabilization
Organization Name
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2016
April 2016
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$550,000
Date
April 2016
March 2016
Grant Title
Center for American Progress — Macroeconomic Stabilization
Organization Name
Center for American Progress
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2016
March 2016
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock on Forecasting
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2016
March 2016
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Movement Ecology Training
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$110,000
Date
March 2016
March 2016
Grant Title
Future of Life Institute — General Support
Organization Name
Future of Life Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2016
March 2016
Grant Title
The Ordinary People Society — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
The Ordinary People Society
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
March 2016
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
March 2016
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$300,000
Date
March 2016
March 2016
Grant Title
Evidence Action — No Lean Season (March 2016)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$812,351
Date
March 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Vera Institute of Justice — Common Justice
Organization Name
Vera Institute of Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Seattle for Everyone — General Support
Organization Name
Seattle for Everyone
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Protect the People — Seasonal Migration from Haiti
Organization Name
Protect the People
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$550,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns (2016)
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
The Humane League — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,750,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Humane Society of the United States — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns
Organization Name
Humane Society of the United States
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$500,000
Date
February 2016
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
February 2016
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support 2016
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
February 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Vote Safe — Criminal Justice Reform Policy Advocacy
Organization Name
Vote Safe
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
February 2016
January 2016
Grant Title
Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research (2016)
Organization Name
Rescuing Biomedical Research
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$299,112
Date
January 2016
January 2016
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2016)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$9,750,000
Date
January 2016
January 2016
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2016
January 2016
Grant Title
Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (January 2016)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$10,790,000
Date
January 2016
January 2016
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (January 2016)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$22,845,518
Date
January 2016
December 2015
Grant Title
JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$900,000
Date
December 2015
December 2015
Grant Title
ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support 2016
Organization Name
ImmigrationWorks Foundation
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$150,000
Date
December 2015
December 2015
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2016)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,429,000
Date
December 2015
December 2015
Grant Title
Development Media International — General Support (December 2015)
Organization Name
Development Media International
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2015
December 2015
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2015)
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2015
December 2015
Grant Title
Living Goods — General Support (December 2015)
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2015
October 2015
Grant Title
MoveOn Civic Action — Syrian Refugee Advocacy
Organization Name
MoveOn.org Civic Action
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$375,000
Date
October 2015
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
October 2015
Grant Title
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — General Support (October 2015)
Organization Name
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
October 2015
October 2015
Grant Title
Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy
Organization Name
Niskanen Center
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$360,000
Date
October 2015
October 2015
Grant Title
Human Impact Partners — Criminal Justice Convening
Organization Name
Human Impact Partners
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,990
Date
October 2015
September 2015
Grant Title
J-PAL — Support for Immunization Incentives RCTs
Organization Name
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$200,000
Date
September 2015
September 2015
Grant Title
Urban Institute — Land Use Convening
Organization Name
Urban Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$97,865
Date
September 2015
August 2015
Grant Title
Georgetown University — Public Health and Cannabis Legalization
Organization Name
Georgetown University
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$250,000
Date
August 2015
August 2015
Grant Title
WaitList Zero — General Support
Organization Name
WaitList Zero
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$200,000
Date
August 2015
August 2015
Grant Title
ARNOVA — History of Philanthropy Prize
Organization Name
ARNOVA
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$2,000
Date
August 2015
August 2015