Grants

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

Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work Led by Mariame Kaba (2019)

Organization Name

Project NIA

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

Court Watch NOLA — Coalition Coordination (2019)

Organization Name

Court Watch NOLA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$57,000
Date
August 2019
August 2019
Grant Title

IDinsight — Endline Evaluation of New Incentives RCT

Organization Name

IDinsight

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,105,962
Date
August 2019
August 2019
Grant Title

BlackRoots Alliance — Prosecutorial Accountability (2019)

Organization Name

BlackRoots Alliance

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

Trap Heals — “Just Mercy” Engagement

Organization Name

Trap Heals

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,075,000
Date
August 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

California Institute of Technology — Research on Reproductive Biology (Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz)

Organization Name

California Institute of Technology

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

The Pollination Project — Global Animal Advocacy Movement (2019)

Organization Name

The Pollination Project

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$362,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Mijente

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

Group Nine Media – Factory Farming Videos (2019)

Organization Name

Group Nine Media

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$215,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project (2019)

Organization Name

Grassroots Leadership, Inc.

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

Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (July 2019)

Organization Name

Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative

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

Effective Altruism Foundation — Research and Operations

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2019)

Organization Name

Workers Center for Racial Justice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$85,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Metaculus — AI Forecasting Tournament

Organization Name

Metaculus

Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$100,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Animal Rights Center Japan — Broiler and Layer Hen Campaigns

Organization Name

Animal Rights Center Japan

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$274,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

InMyWords — General Support

Organization Name

InMyWords

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$21,500
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2019)

Organization Name

The People's Lobby Education Institute

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

Sankalpa — Farm Animal Welfare Workshop

Organization Name

Sankalpa

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$22,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Mercy For Animals — Corporate Campaigns (2019)

Organization Name

Mercy For Animals

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$6,638,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

European Summer Program on Rationality — General Support

Organization Name

European Summer Program on Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$510,000
Date
July 2019
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
July 2019
Grant Title

Justice Strategies — Criminal Justice Reform

Organization Name

Justice Strategies

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

University of Southern California — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (July 2019)

Organization Name

University of Southern California

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,250,000
Date
July 2019
July 2019
Grant Title

Eurogroup for Animals — European Union Trade Strategy

Organization Name

Eurogroup for Animals

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$700,000
Date
July 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Humane Society International India — Animal Welfare Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Humane Society International India

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,039,124
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Durham for All — Fellowship Program

Organization Name

Durham for All

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

Sightline Institute — YIMBYtown (2019)

Organization Name

Sightline Institute

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Sentient Media — Digital Content Optimization Work

Organization Name

Sentient Media

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$100,000
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Center for Global Development — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Center for Global Development

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

New Virginia Majority Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform (June 2019)

Organization Name

New Virginia Majority Education Fund

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

Mass Liberation Project — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Mass Liberation Project

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

The Ordinary People Society — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

The Ordinary People Society

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

Sinergia Animal — Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia (2019)

Organization Name

Sinergia Animal

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$187,600
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Animals Australia Federation — Pig Welfare in Indonesia

Organization Name

Animals Australia Federation

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$48,324
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

UC Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy) (2019)

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$304,000
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Penn State University — Emergency Food Research (Charles Anderson)

Organization Name

Penn State University

Focus Area
Other Scientific Research Areas
Amount
$109,063
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations — India Farm Animal Welfare (2019)

Organization Name

Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations

Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$445,000
Date
June 2019
June 2019
Grant Title

Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Prison Policy Initiative

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

Citizen Action of New York — Public Education and Engagement

Organization Name

Citizen Action of New York

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

Prism — Criminal Justice Vertical

Organization Name

Prism

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

Global Catastrophic Risks Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$547,800
Date
May 2019
May 2019
Grant Title

LatinoJustice — Texas Office for Latinx Engagement

Organization Name

LatinoJustice

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

Law for Black Lives — Criminal Justice Reform

Organization Name

Law for Black Lives

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

Movement Voter Project — Criminal Justice Reform

Organization Name

Movement Voter Project

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

Just Media — Communications Training

Organization Name

Just Media

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
May 2019
May 2019
Grant Title

Altruistic Technology Labs — Work on Biological Risk Prevention

Organization Name

Altruistic Technology Labs

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$440,525
Date
May 2019
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 2019
Grant Title

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

Organization Name

Alliance for Safety and Justice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$15,000
Date
May 2019
May 2019
Grant Title

The Greenfield Project — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

The Greenfield Project

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2019
May 2019
Grant Title

International Refugee Assistance Project — Family Reunification

Organization Name

International Refugee Assistance Project

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2019