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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
April 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Research on Rapid COVID-19 Serology Testing (Lisa Barcellos and Eva Harris)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,300,000
Date
April 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
University of Colorado — COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Experiments
Organization Name
University of Colorado
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — Global EggTrack Program
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$78,750
Date
April 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures — California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Organization Name
Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$580,000
Date
April 2020
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
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 2020
Grant Title
Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky) (2020)
Organization Name
Rockefeller University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$200,000
Date
April 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
fair-fish international association — General Support
Organization Name
fair-fish international association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$630,370
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Movement Alliance Project — Prosecutor Accountability (March 2020)
Organization Name
Movement Alliance Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$180,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Broad Institute — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Stacey Gabriel)
Organization Name
Broad Institute
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$925,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Against COVID-19 — COVID-19 Database Support
Organization Name
Against COVID-19
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$10,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
UC Davis — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Koen Van Rompay)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$170,190
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — Coalition Coordination (2020)
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$35,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins University — Support for Jared Kaplan and Brice Ménard
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$55,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (March 2020)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,400,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Broad Institute — Pandemic Preemption System (Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi)
Organization Name
Broad Institute
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 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
March 2020
Grant Title
Good Judgment Inc. — COVID-19 Forecasting
Organization Name
Good Judgment Inc.
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$75,500
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Local Response Guidelines
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Deworming and Cash Transfers (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$88,000
Date
March 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
March 2020
Grant Title
ReFrame — ReFrame Academy
Organization Name
ReFrame
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$31,500
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Alianima — General Support
Organization Name
Alianima
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$130,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Safety and Justice Oregon — General Support
Organization Name
Safety and Justice Oregon
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Study and Training Related to AI Policy Careers — Scholarship Support
Organization Name
Study and Training Related to AI Policy Careers
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$593,540
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Migration Program (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Stanford University — Infant Immunome Study (Mark Davis, Justin Sonnenburg, and Bali Pulendran)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$8,293,676
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
International Society for Applied Ethology — Advance Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Nations (2020)
Organization Name
International Society for Applied Ethology
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$229,830
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Outreach
Organization Name
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$425,000
Date
March 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for Jade Leung
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$180,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,970,000
Date
February 2020
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
February 2020
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020)
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$8,000,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
San Francisco Rising — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
San Francisco Rising
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
WestExec — Report on Assurance in Machine Learning Systems
Organization Name
WestExec
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$540,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,860,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (February 2020)
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$368,440
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Soko Tierschutz — Factory Farm Investigations (2020)
Organization Name
Soko Tierschutz
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$297,291
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Stanford University — Coronavirus Drug Research (February 2020) (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$165,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
University of Oxford — New Office for Effective Altruism Organizations
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$776,271
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — New DPhil Positions
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$939,263
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project PAC — General Support
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project PAC
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,457,284
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$7,703,750
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
CDC Foundation — Reproductive Health Data Analysis (Dmitry Kissin)
Organization Name
CDC Foundation
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$662,072
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (February 2020)
Organization Name
Malaria Consortium
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$33,926,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (2020)
Organization Name
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
Grant Title
gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (February 2020)
Organization Name
Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2020
February 2020
