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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
December 2016
Grant Title
The Soze Agency — Returning Citizens Project
Organization Name
The Soze Agency
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$261,500
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Harvard University — Solar Geoengineering Research Program
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
The Pollination Project — Global Animal Advocacy Movement (2016)
Organization Name
The Pollination Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$233,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Development Media International — General Support (December 2016)
Organization Name
Development Media International
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2016)
Organization Name
Food Fortification Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2016)
Organization Name
Iodine Global Network
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
Evidence Action — No Lean Season
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,687,500
Date
December 2016
December 2016
Grant Title
The END Fund — Deworming (December 2016)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
December 2016
January 2017
Grant Title
Living Goods — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Living Goods
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Project Healthy Children — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Project Healthy Children
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$15,080,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$13,500,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Sightsavers — Deworming (January 2017)
Organization Name
Sightsavers
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,950,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Mission: Launch, Inc. — Lisa Sangoi on Child Welfare
Organization Name
Mission: Launch, Inc.
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$55,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$111,986
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$4,470,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$317,060
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Fair and Just Prosecution
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2017)
Organization Name
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$250,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Accountable Justice Collaborative — General Support
Organization Name
Accountable Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,026,253
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
The Justice Collaborative — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
The Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,301,280
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017)
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$16,000,000
Date
January 2017
January 2017
Grant Title
Farm Forward — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2017)
Organization Name
Farm Forward
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
January 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2017)
Organization Name
Justice Solutions
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$112,613
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (February 2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$900,000
Date
February 2017
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
February 2017
Grant Title
National Network for Safe Communities — LA Larceny Project
Organization Name
National Network for Safe Communities
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$161,040
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Dyrevernalliansen — Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance)
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$378,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2017)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,100,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Prison Policy Initiative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$66,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (February 2017)
Organization Name
Malaria Consortium
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration
Organization Name
LatinoJustice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
ReFrame Mentorship — General Support
Organization Name
ReFrame Mentorship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$200,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio and FBI Meeting
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$15,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Broiler Chicken Welfare Research
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$515,000
Date
February 2017
February 2017
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (2017)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$305,000
Date
February 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — General Support
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,995,425
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
ClimateWorks Foundation — Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program
Organization Name
ClimateWorks Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,500,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Humane Society International — East Asian and OIE Projects
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,364,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon — Prosecutorial Accountability
Organization Name
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$145,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,195,500
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Drug Policy Alliance — Drug Decriminalization
Organization Name
Drug Policy Alliance
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,331,597
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$765,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Stanford University — Percy Liang Planning Grant
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Migration Program
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
International Society for Applied Ethology — Travel Scholarships
Organization Name
International Society for Applied Ethology
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$40,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning — General Support
Organization Name
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
People’s Action — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
People's Action
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,927,640
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
UCLA — Climate Engineering Governance
Organization Name
UCLA School of Law
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$776,095
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017)
Organization Name
The People's Lobby Education Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017)
Organization Name
Workers Center for Racial Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$125,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
People’s Action Institute — Prosecutor Accountability
Organization Name
People's Action Institute
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$279,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Wageningen University & Research — Chicken Welfare Systematic Assessment
Organization Name
Wageningen University & Research
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$88,345
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
National Alliance of Faith and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
National Alliance of Faith and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
80,000 Hours — General Support
Organization Name
80,000 Hours
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,125,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (2017)
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$517,588
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
OpenAI — General Support
Organization Name
OpenAI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,000,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Vera Institute of Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Report
Organization Name
Vera Institute of Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Colorado State University — Planning Gift
Organization Name
Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$80,400
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
College and Community Fellowship — General Support
Organization Name
College and Community Fellowship
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling
Organization Name
Rutgers University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,982,206
Date
March 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Strengthen Operations
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,642,300
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
New Incentives — General Support (April 2017)
Organization Name
New Incentives
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$820,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — KLPS-4 Survey
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,104,259
Date
April 2017
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
April 2017
Grant Title
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation — Disability Rights Fellowship
Organization Name
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$45,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Common Justice — General Support
Organization Name
Common Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$100,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
BioBricks Foundation — Biosecurity Activities at SB7.0
Organization Name
BioBricks Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$152,950
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
East Bay Forward — YIMBYtown 2017 Conference
Organization Name
East Bay Forward
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$40,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency — General Support
Organization Name
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,350,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
The Greenfield Project — General Support
Organization Name
The Greenfield Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2017)
Organization Name
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Court Watch NOLA — General Support
Organization Name
Court Watch NOLA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$25,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$4,000,000
Date
April 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky)
Organization Name
Rockefeller University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,600,000
Date
April 2017
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
May 2017
Grant Title
Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control
Organization Name
Target Malaria
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$17,500,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$454,025
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2017)
Organization Name
IDinsight
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,321,617
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
North Carolina State University — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
North Carolina State University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$252,725
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — European Summer Program on Rationality
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$340,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Future of Life Institute — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Future of Life Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$100,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Animal Equality — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
Animal Equality
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$292,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers Summer Canvassing Support
Organization Name
JustLeadershipUSA
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$63,807
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
People for Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform
Organization Name
People for Animals Uttarakhand
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$120,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Humane Society International India — Animal Welfare Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Humane Society International India
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,100,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Stanford University — Support for Percy Liang
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,337,600
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — Latin America Broiler Chicken Welfare Research
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$30,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing
Organization Name
Forward Justice
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Campaign
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$14,961
Date
May 2017
May 2017