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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
December 2022
Grant Title
Apart Research — AI Alignment Hackathons
Organization Name
Apart Research
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$89,000
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
FAR AI — Interpretability Research
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
Foundation for Professional Development Fund — Syphilis Genome Sequencing
Organization Name
Foundation for Professional Development Fund
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$229,080
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
Cara Wilcox — Broiler Chicken Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$106,810
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,425,000
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
Jérémy Scheurer — Independent AI Alignment Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$110,000
Date
December 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2022)
Organization Name
Georgetown University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$239,061
Date
December 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Northeastern University — Large Language Model Interpretability Research
Organization Name
Northeastern University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$562,128
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — Far-UVC Event
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$60,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Aquatic Life Institute — Aquatic Animal Welfare
Organization Name
Aquatic Life Institute
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$150,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2023)
Organization Name
Scholarship (Various)
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$352,312
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Korean Animal Welfare Association — Cage-Free Campaigns (2022)
Organization Name
Korean Animal Welfare Association
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$160,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
University of Helsinki — Travel Funding for Air Pollution Research
Organization Name
University of Helsinki
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$87,743
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Effektiv Spenden — General Support
Organization Name
Effektiv Spenden
Focus Area
Effective Altruism (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Amount
$2,120,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
AI Safety Hub — Safety Labs
Organization Name
AI Safety Hub
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$47,359
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Material Innovation Initiative — Plant-Based Fashion Alternatives (2022)
Organization Name
Material Innovation Initiative
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
SecureBio — Biosecurity Research
Organization Name
SecureBio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,420,937
Date
November 2022
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
November 2022
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare in Europe (2022)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$5,699,748
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
AI Safety Support — SERI MATS Program
Organization Name
AI Safety Support
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,538,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand (2022)
Organization Name
Catalyst
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$699,986
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
London Effective Altruism Hub — EA Organizing in London
Organization Name
Arcadia Impact
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$445,000
Date
November 2022
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
November 2022
Grant Title
Alignment Research Center — General Support (November 2022)
Organization Name
Alignment Research Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Helena — Health Security Policy
Organization Name
Helena
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Jacob Steinhardt — AI Alignment Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$100,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Asar Social Impact Advisors — Clean Air Hubs
Organization Name
Asar Social Impact Advisors
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$673,485
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Hamish Huggard — EA Content Creation
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$83,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool
Organization Name
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$647,618
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
George Mason University — Michael Clemens Migration Research
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Center for AI Safety — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Center for AI Safety
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,160,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Equalia — Corporate Campaigns (2022)
Organization Name
Equalia
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,409,106
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Mordechai Rorvig — Independent AI Journalism
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$110,000
Date
November 2022
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
November 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,047,268
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$100,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
New York University — Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Follow-Up
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Global Animal Partnership — Exit Grant
Organization Name
Global Animal Partnership
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$500,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Advocates for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work
Organization Name
Advocates for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$376,235
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Cause Exploration Prizes
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$64,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Catherine Brewer — OxAI Safety Hub
Organization Name
OxAI Safety Hub
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$11,622
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales — Farm Animal Welfare in Peru
Organization Name
Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$156,400
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Animal Law Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work
Organization Name
Animal Law Foundation
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$140,796
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Travel Grants for the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$48,032
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Legal Impact for Chickens — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation
Organization Name
Legal Impact for Chickens
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Engineers Without Borders International — Strategic Planning
Organization Name
Engineers Without Borders International
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$50,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
University of Utah
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$385,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Funding for Effective Altruism-Related Translation Projects
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,545,047
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Produtor do Bem Certificação — Farm Animal Welfare Certification in Brazil
Organization Name
Produtor do Bem
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$228,068
Date
October 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
October 2022
Grant Title
Thomas Liao — Foundation Model Tracker
Organization Name
Foundation Model Tracker
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$15,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Conjecture — SERI MATS Program in London
Organization Name
Conjecture
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$457,380
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Mercy Corps — Seasonal Migration RCT in Niger
Organization Name
Mercy Corps
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$650,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination — Hepatitis B Treatment
Organization Name
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$140,222
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
GDi Partners — Air Quality Governance in India
Organization Name
GDi Partners
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$2,592,110
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development Europe — Education Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development Europe
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,150,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Georgia Institute of Technology — Portable Spectrometers
Organization Name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$111,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Alvea — Drug Development Acceleration (October 2022)
Organization Name
Alvea
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
European Institute for Animal Law and Policy — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy
Organization Name
European Institute for Animal Law and Policy
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$430,000
Date
October 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
The Humane League — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
The Humane League
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$8,300,000
Date
October 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships and Policy Work
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,898,350
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Wilton Park — Biological Weapons Convention Retreat
Organization Name
Wilton Park
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$47,722
Date
September 2022
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
September 2022
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Educational Degree Program
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,908,161
Date
September 2022
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
September 2022
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation in India
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$9,185,495
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool
Organization Name
CSTEP
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$564,701
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Council on Energy, Environment, and Water — Crop Residue Burning Research
Organization Name
Council on Energy, Environment, and Water
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$216,250
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Center for Building in North America — Housing Code Reform
Organization Name
Center for Building in North America
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Malaria No More UK — Fundraising and Advocacy
Organization Name
Malaria No More UK
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$2,926,561
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
University of Georgia — Malaria Vaccine Research
Organization Name
University of Georgia
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,205,820
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Shrimp Welfare Project — General Support
Organization Name
Shrimp Welfare Project
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Clinton Health Access Initiative – CHAI Incubator
Organization Name
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$10,443,685
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — Research Assistant
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$19,200
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
American University — Solar Geoengineering Initiative
Organization Name
American University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$100,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Staff for USAID Chief Economist
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,411,409
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Funds — Infrastructure Fund Regranting
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Funds
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,929,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
AI Alignment Awards — Shutdown Problem Contest
Organization Name
AI Alignment Awards
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$75,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Purdue University — Imatinib Trial for Drug-Resistant Malaria
Organization Name
Purdue University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$600,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
University of Washington — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool
Organization Name
University of Washington
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$442,862
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$110,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Riley Harris — Global Priorities Research Blog
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$65,000
Date
September 2022
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
September 2022
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — Compute Strategy Workshop
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$50,532
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
University Organizer Fellowship
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,597,743
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$1,308,342
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
AI Safety Hub — Startup Costs
Organization Name
AI Safety Hub
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$203,959
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Yale University — Malaria Vaccine Research (2022)
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$257,193
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Lightcone Infrastructure – General Support
Organization Name
Lightcone Infrastructure
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$4,500,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Open New York — Housing Advocacy in New York (2022)
Organization Name
Open New York
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
University of Stirling — Fish Welfare Research
Organization Name
University of Stirling
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$904,610
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Ryan Teo — Publishing Fees for BWC Paper
Organization Name
Ryan Teo
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,600
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
We Animals Media — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy (2022)
Organization Name
We Animals Media
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$600,000
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — Animal Welfare Research
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$468,004
Date
September 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Daniel Bressler — Research Assistant for Climate Change Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$32,000
Date
August 2022
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
August 2022
Grant Title
New York University — Wild Animal Welfare Program
Organization Name
New York University
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Fish Welfare Initiative — Fish Welfare in India
Organization Name
Fish Welfare Initiative
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$250,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022
Grant Title
Dharma Voices for Animals — Sri Lanka Animal Welfare Legislation (2022)
Organization Name
Dharma Voices for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$101,000
Date
August 2022
August 2022