Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
January 2020
Grant Title

Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2020)

Organization Name

Sightsavers

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,710,100
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Georgetown University — Center on Poverty and Inequality

Organization Name

The Center on Poverty and Inequality

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$50,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Stanford University — AI Safety Seminar

Organization Name

Stanford University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$6,500
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia

Organization Name

World Animal Protection

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — General Support

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$150,000
Date
January 2020
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
January 2020
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2020)

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$910,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

GiveWell — General Support (January 2020)

Organization Name

GiveWell

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,245,570
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Research on the State of AI Assurance Methods

Organization Name

The RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,751
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

YIMBY Law — General Support (January 2020)

Organization Name

YIMBY Law

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Development Media International — General Support (January 2020)

Organization Name

Development Media International

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

University of Missouri — Animal Welfare Research

Organization Name

University of Missouri

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$189,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Texas Inmate Families Association — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Texas Inmate Families Association

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$120,000
Date
January 2020
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
January 2020
Grant Title

Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Animal Charity Evaluators

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$650,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Vegan Women Summit — General Support

Organization Name

Vegan Women Summit

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$5,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Ought — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Ought

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,593,333
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Center for Welfare Metrics — Impacts of Animal Welfare Reforms (2020)

Organization Name

Center for Welfare Metrics

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$784,586
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — Regranting to Promising Projects

Organization Name

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan — Farm Animal Welfare Campaigns

Organization Name

Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$521,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (January 2020)

Organization Name

Helen Keller International

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$9,709,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2020)

Organization Name

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

A La Defensa — Prosecutor Accountability (2020)

Organization Name

A La Defensa

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

LA Voice — Prosecutor Accountability

Organization Name

LA Voice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress

Organization Name
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$75,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

theguardian.org — Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2020)

Organization Name

theguardian.org

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$900,000
Date
January 2020
January 2020
Grant Title

Living Goods — General Support (January 2020)

Organization Name

Living Goods

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2020
December 2019
Grant Title

UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research (2019)

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,111,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Riverside Justice Table — Prosecutor Accountability (2019)

Organization Name

Riverside Justice Table

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

Food Fortification Initiative

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Charity Science Health — Exit Grant

Organization Name

Charity Science Health

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$214,425
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

The Good Food Institute — International Work

Organization Name

The Good Food Institute

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Debt Collective — Criminal Justice Reform Work

Organization Name

The Debt Collective

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

Iodine Global Network

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Impact Justice — Restorative Justice Project (2019)

Organization Name

Impact Justice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2019)

Organization Name

Global Animal Partnership

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

Alliance for Safety and Justice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$10,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Good Films Impact — “Just Mercy” Engagement

Organization Name

Good Films Impact

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (2019)

Organization Name

Evidence Action

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

Project Healthy Children

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

Against Malaria Foundation

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

The END Fund — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

The END Fund

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development (December 2019)

Organization Name

Sightline Institute

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Dezernat Zukunft — Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Europe (2019)

Organization Name

Dezernat Zukunft

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$100,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

asha bandele — Criminal Justice Books

Organization Name
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$335,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$2,250,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2019)

Organization Name

Smart Justice CA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

WaitList Zero — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

WaitList Zero

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$350,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Faith in Texas — Justice System Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Faith in Texas

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
December 2019