Grants

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Focus Area
Year
Amount
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    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
January 2023
Grant Title

Longview Philanthropy — Film Project Scoping Work

Organization Name

Longview Philanthropy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$57,500
Date
January 2023
September 2021
Grant Title

Larissa Schiavo and Rachel Shu — COVID Response Documentary Miniseries

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$55,000
Date
September 2021
January 2023
Grant Title

Librea — Effective Altruism Book Rights

Organization Name

Librea

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$55,000
Date
January 2023
February 2022
Grant Title

University of Michigan — Course Development Support (Anna Edmonds)

Organization Name

University of Michigan

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$50,300
Date
February 2022
December 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative — Student Group Expenses

Organization Name

Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$50,006
Date
December 2023
May 2022
Grant Title

Madhu Sriram — Career Transition and Planning Grant

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$50,000
Date
May 2022
September 2019
Grant Title

EA Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019)

Organization Name

EA Scholarships

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$49,676
Date
September 2019
September 2020
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Longtermist Incubator

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$48,736
Date
September 2020
January 2023
Grant Title

Longview Philanthropy — Support for Richard Chappell

Organization Name

Longview Philanthropy

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$47,500
Date
January 2023
June 2022
Grant Title

University of Edinburgh — Effective Altruism Psychology Course

Organization Name

University of Edinburgh

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$47,000
Date
June 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Alexandra Balwit — Publicity for The Long View

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$45,000
Date
August 2022
April 2023
Grant Title

Victory Briefs Institute — Debate Camp Scholarships (2023)

Organization Name

Victory Briefs Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,500
Date
April 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Germany — ML4Good Bootcamp

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Germany

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,377
Date
June 2023
November 2022
Grant Title

Seton Hall University — Longtermism Course Development

Organization Name

Seton Hall University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,780
Date
November 2022
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
January 2020
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for The Precipice

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,350
Date
January 2020
August 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop

Organization Name

Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,220
Date
August 2023
January 2023
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation — Support for What We Owe The Future

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$37,128
Date
January 2023
September 2022
Grant Title

University of Queensland — Online EA Course

Organization Name

University of Queensland

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$36,561
Date
September 2022
December 2022
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2022)

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Consulting Network

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$34,500
Date
December 2022
October 2021
Grant Title

University of Southern California — Course Development Support (Jake Nebel)

Organization Name

University of Southern California

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$33,000
Date
October 2021
February 2023
Grant Title

Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR — EA Web Content

Organization Name

Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$30,000
Date
February 2023
January 2023
Grant Title

Altruistic Agency — Tech Support for Nonprofits

Organization Name

Altruistic Agency

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$30,000
Date
January 2023
September 2022
Grant Title

Princeton University — Existential Risk Course Development

Organization Name

Princeton University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$27,555
Date
September 2022
August 2022
Grant Title

Effektiv Spenden — German Translation of The Life You Can Save

Organization Name

Effektiv Spenden

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,458
Date
August 2022
March 2023
Grant Title

Cambridge Effective Altruism — AI Safety Labs

Organization Name

Cambridge Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,239
Date
March 2023
February 2023
Grant Title

Arb Research — Staff Support

Organization Name

Arb Research

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,000
Date
February 2023
August 2022
Grant Title

Juan Gil — Book Distribution

Organization Name

Juan Gil

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$24,745
Date
August 2022
February 2023
Grant Title

University of Pavia — Law, Ethics, and AI Course Development

Organization Name

University of Pavia

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$23,245
Date
February 2023
January 2023
Grant Title

Lausanne AI Alignment — AI Alignment Bootcamp

Organization Name

Lausanne AI Alignment

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$21,092
Date
January 2023
June 2022
Grant Title

Universidad de Sevilla — Course on Effective Altruism

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,982
Date
June 2022
December 2021
Grant Title

William D’Alessandro — Course Development Support

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,000
Date
December 2021
January 2023
Grant Title

Jeremy Rubinoff — AI Safety Retreat

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$16,587
Date
January 2023
January 2022
Grant Title

Nonlinear Fund — Personal Assistant Hiring Agency

Organization Name

Nonlinear Fund

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$15,000
Date
January 2022
February 2023
Grant Title

WorkStream Business Systems — EA Operations and Leadership Fellowships

Organization Name

WorkStream Business Systems

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$14,000
Date
February 2023
December 2022
Grant Title

Michel Justen — Career Transition

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$13,000
Date
December 2022
March 2024
Grant Title

Cambridge Biosecurity Hub – Biosecurity Course and Club Events  

Organization Name

Cambridge Biosecurity Hub

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,936
Date
March 2024
November 2022
Grant Title

Nathan Maya — Effective Altruism Student Retreat

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,850
Date
November 2022
October 2022
Grant Title

Trevor Woolley — Effective Altruism Economics Course 

Organization Name

University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$10,350
Date
October 2022
February 2015
Grant Title

ASUC — Effective Altruists of Berkeley “DeCal” University Course

Organization Name

Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$10,000
Date
February 2015
August 2022
Grant Title

Associated Students of Stanford University — Stanford Law School EA Group

Organization Name

Associated Students of Stanford University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$10,000
Date
August 2022
January 2023
Grant Title

EffiSciences — Existential Risk Programs

Organization Name

Effisciences

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$9,600
Date
January 2023
June 2022
Grant Title

Ajantha Nadesalingam — Effective Altruism Blog

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$9,120
Date
June 2022
January 2021
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Debate Championship — General Support

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Debate Championship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,915
Date
January 2021
November 2022
Grant Title

Michael Ward — Effective Altruism Book Purchases

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,400
Date
November 2022
January 2021
Grant Title

Dan Lahav – EA Debate Tournament

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,000
Date
January 2021