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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
June 2021
Grant Title
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Criminal Justice Reform Work
Organization Name
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
June 2021
April 2023
Grant Title
Futurewise — Housing Advocacy in Washington
Organization Name
Futurewise
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
April 2023
August 2019
Grant Title
Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing (2019)
Organization Name
Forward Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
August 2019
December 2021
Grant Title
theguardian.org – Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2021)
Organization Name
The Guardian
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$450,000
Date
December 2021
January 2024
Grant Title
Scarlet Spark – Management and Leadership Training
Organization Name
Scarlet Spark
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$450,000
Date
January 2024
November 2022
Grant Title
George Mason University — Michael Clemens Migration Research
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2022
November 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$451,571
Date
November 2021
May 2017
Grant Title
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research
Organization Name
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$452,545
Date
May 2017
December 2017
Grant Title
fair-fish international association — Fish Welfare Standards for Aquaculture
Organization Name
fair-fish international association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$453,841
Date
December 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$454,025
Date
May 2017
February 2023
Grant Title
Probably Good — Career Advice (2023)
Organization Name
Probably Good
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$455,800
Date
February 2023
October 2022
Grant Title
Conjecture — SERI MATS Program in London
Organization Name
Conjecture
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$457,380
Date
October 2022
July 2023
Grant Title
FAR AI — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$460,000
Date
July 2023
May 2021
Grant Title
LessWrong — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
LessWrong
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$460,000
Date
May 2021
January 2020
Grant Title
Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare Work in Italy (2020)
Organization Name
Essere Animali
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$462,974
Date
January 2020
August 2022
Grant Title
Fund for Alignment Research — Language Model Misalignment (2022)
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$463,693
Date
August 2022
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Ottawa — Institute for Replication
Organization Name
University of Ottawa
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$464,698
Date
May 2023
June 2020
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$465,000
Date
June 2020
August 2021
Grant Title
National Bureau of Economic Research — Innovation Policy Working Group
Organization Name
National Bureau of Economic Research
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$467,500
Date
August 2021
September 2022
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Animal Welfare Research
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$468,004
Date
September 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Animal Justice Canada — Animal Welfare Corporate Campaigns
Organization Name
Animal Justice Canada
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$469,916
Date
August 2022
August 2021
Grant Title
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Philip Bejon)
Organization Name
The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$472,016
Date
August 2021
November 2017
Grant Title
Otwarte Klatki — Chicken Welfare Campaigns and Merger Support
Organization Name
Otwarte Klatki
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$472,864
Date
November 2017
March 2019
Grant Title
IDinsight — Beneficiary Preferences Survey
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$474,374
Date
March 2019
February 2017
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Planning Grant for Global Health Security Index
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$476,859
Date
February 2017
August 2021
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Fellowship
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$480,000
Date
August 2021
October 2021
Grant Title
Ayni Institute — Movement Strategy and Trainings
Organization Name
Ayni Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$480,000
Date
October 2021
January 2022
Grant Title
Alianima — Corporate Pledge Implementation in Brazil
Organization Name
Alianima
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$481,000
Date
January 2022
December 2021
Grant Title
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowships
Organization Name
University of Maryland
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$483,880
Date
December 2021
July 2019
Grant Title
Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food RCT (2019)
Organization Name
Project Peanut Butter
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$484,785
Date
July 2019
May 2020
Grant Title
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy
Organization Name
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$488,467
Date
May 2020
January 2019
Grant Title
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (January 2019)
Organization Name
Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$491,000
Date
January 2019
July 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Scoping RCTs for Follow-Up
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$492,188
Date
July 2017
September 2016
Grant Title
University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research
Organization Name
University of Cape Town
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$493,425
Date
September 2016
April 2019
Grant Title
Rita Allen Foundation — Fellowship Support
Organization Name
Rita Allen Foundation
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$495,000
Date
April 2019
June 2020
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (June 2020)
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$496,540
Date
June 2020
March 2022
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Open New York — Housing Advocacy in New York (2022)
Organization Name
Open New York
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2022
September 2023
Grant Title
Stanford University — Immunization Research (2023)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2023
January 2024
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI Internships
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2024
January 2021
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2021
February 2021
Grant Title
Changing Markets Foundation — Fish Welfare Retail Campaigns
Organization Name
Changing Markets Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
February 2021
July 2015
Grant Title
Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative — General Support
Organization Name
Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$500,000
Date
July 2015
February 2017
Grant Title
LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration
Organization Name
LatinoJustice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
February 2017
November 2018
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2018)
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
November 2018
June 2022
Grant Title
YIMBY Law — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
YIMBY Law
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
June 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Food Frontier — Promoting Plant-Based Meat Alternatives in Asia
Organization Name
Food Frontier
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2022
November 2023
Grant Title
Center for Responsible Food Business — Corporate Engagement Group
Organization Name
Center for Responsible Food Business
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
November 2023
April 2017
Grant Title
Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support
Organization Name
Animal Charity Evaluators
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2017
August 2016