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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
October 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (Amy Pickering) (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$99,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — DNA Synthesis Screening Methods
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$890,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — AI and Security Projects
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$116,744
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Success Stories — Workshop Support
Organization Name
Success Stories
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Re-Imagine L.A. County — Measure J
Organization Name
Yes on J: Re-Imagine L.A. County
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$140,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
University Health Network — Preterm Birth Research (2020)
Organization Name
University Health Network
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,228,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education — Farm Animal Welfare Work
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$64,600
Date
October 2020
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
October 2020
Grant Title
Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Sisters Unchained — General Support
Organization Name
Sisters Unchained
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
October 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2020
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
October 2020
Grant Title
Smitha Milli — Participatory Approaches to Machine Learning Workshop
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$370
Date
October 2020
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
September 2020
Grant Title
The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2020)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$3,600,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — International Science Advisory Body for Biosecurity
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$175,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$67,000
Date
September 2020
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
September 2020
Grant Title
Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)
Organization Name
Free Hearts
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
September 2020
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
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
September 2020
Grant Title
University of California, Los Angeles — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$2,250,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
We Got Us Now — Leadership, Training, and Planning Support (2020)
Organization Name
We Got Us Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
AcceleratingHT — COVID-19 Response
Organization Name
AcceleratingHT
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Newark Community Street Team — Community-Based Public Safety Work
Organization Name
Newark Community Street Team
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$60,000
Date
September 2020
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
September 2020
Grant Title
Center for Strategic and International Studies — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$118,307
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Black Strategy Fund — General Support
Organization Name
Black Strategy Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Riboscience — COVID-19 Drug Research
Organization Name
Riboscience
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$210,000
Date
September 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Assessing COVID-19 Infection Prevalence in Rural Kenya (Amy Pickering and Michael Kremer)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$220,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
InMyWords — Restorative Justice
Organization Name
InMyWords
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$61,500
Date
August 2020
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
August 2020
Grant Title
Icosavax — COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Organization Name
Icosavax
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$6,500,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
Labor Mobility Partnerships — International Labor Mobility
Organization Name
Labor Mobility Partnerships
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2020
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
August 2020
Grant Title
Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand
Organization Name
Catalyst
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$447,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2020)
Organization Name
Economic Policy Institute
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$550,000
Date
August 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
Michigan Liberation — Prosecutor Accountability (2020)
Organization Name
Michigan Liberation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$80,000
Date
August 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2019-2020)
Organization Name
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,394,530
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
Group Nine Media — Factory Farming Videos (2020)
Organization Name
Group Nine Media
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$680,448
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
Employ America — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Employ America
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
The People’s Lobby — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
The People's Lobby
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
New York University — Work on Fish Welfare (2020)
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$95,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
215 People’s Alliance — Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Organization Name
215 People’s Alliance
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$155,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
Mass Liberation Project — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Mass Liberation Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
Stanford University — Universal Flu Drug Research (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$415,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
VST Bio — Stroke Treatment
Organization Name
VST Bio
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$4,500,000
Date
July 2020
July 2020
Grant Title
VegeProject — Corporate Outreach (2020)
Organization Name
VegeProject
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$102,400
Date
July 2020
July 2020