Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
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
December 2019
Grant Title

Essie Justice Group — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

Essie Justice Group

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Court Watch NOLA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Broad Institute — Genome Editing Research (Feng Zhang)

Organization Name

Broad Institute

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2019)

Organization Name

Faith in Action

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Michigan Liberation — Prosecutor Accountability (2019)

Organization Name

Michigan Liberation

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$165,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Worth Rises — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Worth Rises

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
December 2019
December 2019
Grant Title

Stanford University — Global Catastrophic Risk Education

Organization Name

Stanford University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Working Families Organization — Prosecutor Accountability and Criminal Justice Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Working Families Organization

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,440,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Washington Center for Equitable Growth — Macroeconomic Policy Research

Organization Name

Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$750,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2019)

Organization Name

Center for Popular Democracy

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Ought — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Ought

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

UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2019)

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$200,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center — Infant Immunome and Influenza Studies (Mary Staat)

Organization Name

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$9,105,777
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration (2019)

Organization Name

The Ahimsa Collective

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$155,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

A New Way of Life — Community Education and Voter Registration

Organization Name

A New Way of Life

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Promise of Justice Initiative — East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (2019)

Organization Name

Promise of Justice Initiative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$170,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Just Liberty — General Support (November 2019)

Organization Name

Just Liberty

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$320,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI Collaboration (2019)

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$705,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Plant Based Foods Association — Grocery Store Study

Organization Name

Plant Based Foods Association

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$230,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Citizens for Juvenile Justice

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

Movement Voter Project — Student Organizing

Organization Name

Movement Voter Project

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

The Justice Collaborative — General Support (November 2019)

Organization Name

The Justice Collaborative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Ohio Voice — Vision for Ohio Fellowship

Organization Name

Ohio Voice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$210,000
Date
November 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019)

Organization Name

Real Justice PAC

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$750,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

SPCA Selangor — Farm Animal Welfare

Organization Name

SPCA Selangor

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$134,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship (2019)

Organization Name

The Soze Agency

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$320,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Employ America — General Support (October 2019)

Organization Name

Employ America

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform

Organization Name

Citizen Action of New York

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$510,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Center for Global Development — Impact Evaluation Case Studies

Organization Name

Center for Global Development

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Humane Society International — African Swine Fever Training

Organization Name

Humane Society International

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$13,145
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Future of Life Institute — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Future of Life Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Anima International — Chicken Welfare Campaigns (2019)

Organization Name

Anima International

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Chicago Community Bond Fund — Support for Coalition to End Money Bond (2019)

Organization Name

Chicago Community Bond Fund

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$170,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Texas Organizing Project

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$4,200,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

UC Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (October 2019)

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$700,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

Texas Freedom Network — Texas Rising Program (2019)

Organization Name

Texas Freedom Network

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$150,000
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

University of Oxford — Animal Welfare Research

Organization Name

University of Oxford

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$41,800
Date
October 2019
October 2019
Grant Title

New Virginia Majority — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019)

Organization Name

New Virginia Majority Education Fund

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$266,000
Date
October 2019