Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
November 2022
Grant Title

Northeastern University — Large Language Model Interpretability Research

Organization Name

Northeastern University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$562,128
Date
November 2022
September 2023
Grant Title

Northeastern University — Mechanistic Interpretability Research

Organization Name

Northeastern University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$116,072
Date
September 2023
October 2017
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
October 2017
April 2023
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (2023)

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$7,831,500
Date
April 2023
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
May 2020
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (May 2020)

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2020
December 2021
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Reduction (2021)

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
December 2021
July 2018
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,556,773
Date
July 2018
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
November 2018
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Projects to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,904,942
Date
November 2018
February 2022
Grant Title

Nutrition International — Vitamin A Supplementation

Organization Name

Nutrition International

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$8,951,600
Date
February 2022
September 2023
Grant Title

Obafemi Awolowo University — Atorvastatin Combination Trial for Tuberculosis

Organization Name

Obafemi Awolowo University

Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$318,450
Date
September 2023
February 2023
Grant Title

OBRAZ — Broiler Chicken Welfare in Czechia

Organization Name

OBRAZ

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$350,000
Date
February 2023
August 2022
Grant Title

Observer Research Foundation America — Indian Air Pollution Models

Organization Name

Observer Research Foundation America

Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$80,000
Date
August 2022
March 2018
Grant Title

Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign — Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment (March 2018)

Organization Name

Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2018
May 2018
Grant Title

Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign — Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment (May 2018)

Organization Name

Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2018
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
January 2021
Grant Title

OliLux Biosciences — Rapid Tuberculosis Detection and Treatment Management Tools

Organization Name

OliLux Biosciences

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$400,000
Date
January 2021
January 2023
Grant Title

Oliver Crook — Travel Grant for Biological Attribution Event

Organization Name

Oliver Crook

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$4,553
Date
January 2023
July 2018
Grant Title

One for the World — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

One for the World

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$153,750
Date
July 2018
May 2021
Grant Title

One for the World — General Support (2021)

Organization Name

One for the World

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$260,798
Date
May 2021
June 2022
Grant Title

One for the World — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

One for the World

Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$299,285
Date
June 2022
January 2023
Grant Title

One for the World — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

One for the World

Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$870,000
Date
January 2023
December 2017
Grant Title

One Voice — General Support

Organization Name

One Voice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$20,000
Date
December 2017
August 2021
Grant Title

Open New York — General Support

Organization Name

Open New York

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2021
July 2023
Grant Title

Open New York — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Open New York

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
July 2023
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
May 2018
Grant Title

Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2018 Class

Organization Name

Open Phil AI Fellowship

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,245,000
Date
May 2018
May 2019
Grant Title

Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2019 Class

Organization Name

Open Phil AI Fellowship

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,325,000
Date
May 2019
May 2020
Grant Title

Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2020 Class

Organization Name

Open Phil AI Fellowship

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,300,000
Date
May 2020
April 2021
Grant Title

Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2021 Class

Organization Name

Open Phil AI Fellowship

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2021
April 2022
Grant Title

Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2022 Class

Organization Name

Open Phil AI Fellowship

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,840,000
Date
April 2022
January 2022
Grant Title

Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2022)

Organization Name

Scholarship (Various)

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,426,491
Date
January 2022
November 2022
Grant Title

Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2023)

Organization Name

Scholarship (Various)

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$352,312
Date
November 2022
January 2022
Grant Title

Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,869,940
Date
January 2022
June 2022
Grant Title

Open Philanthropy Undergraduate Scholarships (2022)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,392,682
Date
June 2022
March 2017
Grant Title

OpenAI — General Support

Organization Name

OpenAI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,000,000
Date
March 2017
April 2022
Grant Title

OpenMined — Research on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and AI Safety

Organization Name

OpenMined

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$28,320
Date
April 2022
September 2023
Grant Title

OpenMined — Software for AI Audits

Organization Name

OpenMined

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
September 2023
January 2024
Grant Title

OPTIC Forecasting — Forecasting Competitions

Organization Name

OPTIC Forecasting

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,000
Date
January 2024
June 2022
Grant Title

Oregon Health and Science University — Research on Oocyte Production

Organization Name

Oregon Health and Science University

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
June 2022
January 2024
Grant Title

Osaka University — Reproductive Biology Research 

Organization Name

Osaka University

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2024
October 2018
Grant Title

Otwarte Klatki — CARE Conference Travel Grants

Organization Name

Otwarte Klatki

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$10,350
Date
October 2018
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
May 2018
Grant Title

Ought — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Ought

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$525,000
Date
May 2018
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
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
May 2023
Grant Title

Owain Evans Research Group — AI Evaluations Research

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation USA

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$838,620
Date
May 2023
June 2022
Grant Title

Oxfendazole Development Group — Oxfendazole Toxicity Tests

Organization Name

Oxfendazole Development Group

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,600,000
Date
June 2022
October 2018
Grant Title

Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics — Animal Sentience Workshop

Organization Name

Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$6,683
Date
October 2018