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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
September 2017
Grant Title
Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
September 2017
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
November 2023
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2023
December 2020
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Kotaro Sasaki) (2020)
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2020
March 2019
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Kevin Esvelt’s Research (2019)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2019
July 2022
Grant Title
International Refugee Assistance Project — Exit Grant
Organization Name
International Refugee Assistance Project
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2022
August 2012
Grant Title
Containment of Artemisinin Resistance in Eastern Myanmar
Organization Name
Population Services International
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2012
April 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2022
January 2024
Grant Title
New York University — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2023)
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2024
November 2016
Grant Title
The Humane League — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2016
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
October 2017
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — End the Cage Age Campaign
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2017
September 2016
Grant Title
The Good Food Institute — General Support
Organization Name
The Good Food Institute
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
September 2016
November 2016
Grant Title
Humane Society of the United States — Broiler Welfare Corporate Campaigns
Organization Name
Humane Society of the United States
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2016
April 2021
Grant Title
Employ America Action Fund – General Support
Organization Name
Employ America Action Fund
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2021
July 2023
Grant Title
Eradivir — Influenza Antiviral Drug
Organization Name
Eradivir
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2023
January 2024
Grant Title
Harvard University — AI Interpretability, Controllability, and Safety Research
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2024
November 2016
Grant Title
Mercy For Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Corporate Campaigns (2016)
Organization Name
Mercy For Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
The Humane League — International Cage-Free Advocacy
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2016
December 2018
Grant Title
Color Of Change — Criminal Justice Reform (2018)
Organization Name
Color of Change
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2018
March 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Migration Program (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2020
August 2016
Grant Title
Humane Society International — International Cage-Free Outreach
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2016
March 2021
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Kevin Esvelt’s Research (2021)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2021
July 2022
Grant Title
Non-Trivial Pursuits — General Support
Organization Name
Non-Trivial
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,005,000
Date
July 2022
October 2021
Grant Title
University of Rochester — Rural-Urban Migration in Kenya
Organization Name
University of Rochester
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,007,377
Date
October 2021
April 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program (2022)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,008,127
Date
April 2022
January 2021
Grant Title
Alliance for International Medical Action — Treatment of Malnutrition in Niger
Organization Name
Alliance for International Medical Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,008,450
Date
January 2021
February 2023
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — High-Skilled Immigration Reform
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$1,011,000
Date
February 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
Existential Risks Alliance — Cambridge Fellowship
Organization Name
Existential Risks Alliance
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,014,116
Date
January 2023
January 2024
Grant Title
Existential Risk Alliance — Cambridge AI Fellowship
Organization Name
Existential Risks Alliance
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,015,101
Date
January 2024
September 2022
Grant Title
IRD Global — RCT Planning for Tuberculosis Program
Organization Name
IRD Global
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,016,599
Date
September 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,020,475
Date
August 2022
August 2018
Grant Title
UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2019)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,021,318
Date
August 2018
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
March 2023
Grant Title
Humane Society International — Farm Animal Welfare in Europe
Organization Name
Humane Society International
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,032,550
Date
March 2023
September 2016
Grant Title
Founders Pledge — General Support
Organization Name
Founders Pledge
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,032,947
Date
September 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,035,000
Date
July 2016
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
October 2018
Grant Title
CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2018)
Organization Name
CDC Foundation
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,044,501
Date
October 2018
December 2021
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — IPA Fellow Placements
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,050,000
Date
December 2021
September 2021
Grant Title
UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Other Scientific Research Areas
Amount
$1,066,312
Date
September 2021
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
December 2021
Grant Title
Malaria Consortium — Monitoring and Evaluation of Net Distribution in Anambra, Nigeria
Organization Name
Malaria Consortium
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,099,808
Date
December 2021
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
April 2024
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — High-Skilled Immigration Budget Modeling
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$1,100,000
Date
April 2024
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
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
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
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
February 2022
