Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
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
February 2016
Grant Title

Mercy For Animals — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns (2016)

Organization Name

Mercy For Animals

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
February 2016
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
June 2023
Grant Title

Welfare Matters — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building in Southeast Asia

Organization Name

Welfare Matters

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
June 2023
August 2016
Grant Title

Mercy For Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy

Organization Name

Mercy For Animals

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2016
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
October 2019
Grant Title

Employ America — General Support (October 2019)

Organization Name

Employ America

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2019
May 2023
Grant Title

Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2023)

Organization Name

Rational Animations

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
May 2023
January 2024
Grant Title

Albright Stonebridge Group — Korean Global Aid Advocacy

Organization Name

Albright Stonebridge Group

Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2024
January 2019
Grant Title

International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

International Refugee Assistance Project

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Ought — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Ought

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2019
April 2020
Grant Title

Mercy Corps — Seasonal Migration Pilot Project and RCT

Organization Name

Mercy Corps

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2020
October 2023
Grant Title

1Day Sooner — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

1Day Sooner

Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2023
January 2018
Grant Title

Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Center for Applied Rationality

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2018
August 2021
Grant Title

Open New York — General Support

Organization Name

Open New York

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
August 2021
November 2021
Grant Title

Founders Pledge — General Support (2021)

Organization Name

Founders Pledge

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2021
July 2020
Grant Title

Employ America — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

Employ America

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
July 2020
January 2016
Grant Title

Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2016)

Organization Name

Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
January 2016
December 2019
Grant Title

Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2019)

Organization Name

Global Animal Partnership

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2019
December 2017
Grant Title

Color Of Change — Criminal Justice Reform (2017)

Organization Name

Color of Change

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
December 2017
March 2020
Grant Title

Broad Institute — Pandemic Preemption System (Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi)

Organization Name

Broad Institute

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2020
November 2020
Grant Title

International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2020)

Organization Name

International Refugee Assistance Project

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2020
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