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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
July 2017
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock’s “Making Conversations Smarter, Faster” Forecasting Project
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$1,550,000
Date
July 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Dignity and Power Now — Convening to Oppose L.A. Jail Construction
Organization Name
Dignity and Power Now
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$132,000
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Duke University — Co-Crystallization of Hsp70i and Inhibitor HS-72 (Timothy Haystead)
Organization Name
Duke University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$81,500
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Deworming Study Planning Gift
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$18,000
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp)
Organization Name
University of Notre Dame
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$2,054,142
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Humane Slaughter Association — Fish, Crustacean, and Cephalopod Welfare
Organization Name
Humane Slaughter Association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,528,678
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Action Lab — Meat Reduction and Elimination Messaging Study
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Action Lab
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$79,100
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
UCSF — Organ Regenerative Surgery (Tammy Chang)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$825,000
Date
June 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2017)
Organization Name
Greater Greater Washington
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
June 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
Grant Title
UCLA School of Law — AI Governance
Organization Name
UCLA School of Law
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,536,222
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
OpenAI — General Support
Organization Name
OpenAI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,000,000
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
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
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