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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
March 2022
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2022)
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,728,319
Date
March 2022
January 2020
Grant Title
Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2020)
Organization Name
Sightsavers
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,710,100
Date
January 2020
May 2022
Grant Title
University of Bern — Cage-free Layer Hen Genetics
Organization Name
University of Bern
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,700,000
Date
May 2022
December 2023
Grant Title
Washington University in St. Louis — Gut Microbiome Repair Research
Organization Name
Washington University in St. Louis
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,693,834
Date
December 2023
June 2018
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,688,000
Date
June 2018
November 2021
Grant Title
fair-fish international association — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare Standards
Organization Name
fair-fish international association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,672,830
Date
November 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — Research on Chronic Viral Infections
Organization Name
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$2,670,441
Date
November 2021
February 2019
Grant Title
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,652,500
Date
February 2019
December 2022
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,648,881
Date
December 2022
April 2017
Grant Title
Evidence Action — Strengthen Operations
Organization Name
Evidence Action
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$2,642,300
Date
April 2017
November 2023
Grant Title
Eleuther AI — Interpretability Research
Organization Name
Eleuther AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,642,273
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MATS (November 2023)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,641,368
Date
November 2023
June 2021
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$2,600,000
Date
June 2021
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
January 2018
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,588,162
Date
January 2018
October 2018
Grant Title
Duke University — CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Tools (Charles Gersbach)
Organization Name
Duke University
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$2,550,171
Date
October 2018
December 2021
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — AI Field Building
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,537,600
Date
December 2021
June 2020
Grant Title
Stanford University — Coronavirus Drug Research (June 2020) (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,531,000
Date
June 2020
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
February 2023
Grant Title
Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Global Priorities Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,506,291
Date
February 2023
February 2024
Grant Title
Stanford University — Hepatitis B Research
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
February 2024
January 2022
Grant Title
International Vaccine Institute — Cholera Vaccine Clinical Trial
Organization Name
International Vaccine Institute
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2022
December 2016
Grant Title
Harvard University — Solar Geoengineering Research Program
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2016
December 2017
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2017)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2017
January 2023
Grant Title
Sharpen Strategy — Farm Animal Welfare Consulting
Organization Name
Sharpen Strategy
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2023
September 2019
Grant Title
Color Of Change Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform (2019)
Organization Name
Color Of Change Education Fund
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
September 2019
January 2017
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2017)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2017
December 2019
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2019)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
November 2020
Grant Title
University of New South Wales — In Vitro Fertilization Research (Robert Gilchrist)
Organization Name
University of New South Wales
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
November 2020
March 2018
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2018
December 2019
Grant Title
The END Fund — General Support (December 2019)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
April 2020
Grant Title
African Union Development Agency — General Support (2020)
Organization Name
African Union Development Agency
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
April 2020
June 2022
Grant Title
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur — Rural Air Quality Monitoring
Organization Name
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
June 2022
December 2019
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2019)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
January 2018
Grant Title
Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2018)
Organization Name
Sightsavers
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2018
December 2019
Grant Title
Broad Institute — Genome Editing Research (Feng Zhang)
Organization Name
Broad Institute
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
December 2018
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2018)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2018
March 2019
Grant Title
University of Michigan — Research on Mammalian Gamete Development (2019)
Organization Name
University of Michigan
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2019
December 2018
Grant Title
GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2018)
Organization Name
GiveDirectly
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2018
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
January 2024
Grant Title
Osaka University — Reproductive Biology Research
Organization Name
Osaka University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2024
March 2019
Grant Title
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2019
June 2023
Grant Title
Wild Animal Initiative – Academic Field Building
Organization Name
Wild Animal Initiative
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
June 2023
December 2017
Grant Title
Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2017)
Organization Name
Against Malaria Foundation
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2017
January 2024
Grant Title
Plant Based Foods Association — Advocacy and Corporate Engagement
Organization Name
Plant Based Foods Association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2024
December 2018
Grant Title
The END Fund — Deworming Programs (December 2018)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2018
August 2019
Grant Title
Kyushu University — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Katsuhiko Hayashi)
Organization Name
Kyushu University
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
August 2019
January 2022
Grant Title
Harvard University — Antiviral Research (2022)
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2022
December 2017
Grant Title
The END Fund — Deworming Programs (December 2017)
Organization Name
The END Fund
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2017
April 2023
