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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
August 2022
Grant Title
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab — Innovation and Science Research
Organization Name
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$649,176
Date
August 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
February 2024
Grant Title
FishEthoGroup – Sea Bass and Sea Bream Environmental Enrichments
Organization Name
FishEthoGroup
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$647,204
Date
February 2024
January 2024
Grant Title
FAR AI — AI Alignment Research Projects
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$645,750
Date
January 2024
October 2016
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2016)
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$643,415
Date
October 2016
September 2016
Grant Title
Faith in Texas — General Support
Organization Name
Faith in Texas
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$637,000
Date
September 2016
May 2020
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — EU Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2020)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$635,000
Date
May 2020
August 2021
Grant Title
Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Jean Bosco Ouedraogo)
Organization Name
Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$631,162
Date
August 2021
March 2020
Grant Title
fair-fish international association — General Support
Organization Name
fair-fish international association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$630,370
Date
March 2020
August 2022
Grant Title
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Halidou Tinto)
Organization Name
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$630,123
Date
August 2022
June 2021
Grant Title
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2021)
Organization Name
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Focus Area
Transformative Basic Science
Amount
$630,000
Date
June 2021
November 2023
Grant Title
Stanford Existential Risks Initiative – General Support
Organization Name
Stanford Existential Risks Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$630,000
Date
November 2023
December 2017
Grant Title
The Center for Election Science — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
The Center for Election Science
Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$628,600
Date
December 2017
April 2020
Grant Title
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Adolfo García-Sastre)
Organization Name
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$627,700
Date
April 2020
September 2017
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — EU Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2017)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$625,400
Date
September 2017
September 2019
Grant Title
Plant Based Foods Association — State-Level Policy (2019)
Organization Name
Plant Based Foods Association
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$625,000
Date
September 2019
April 2022
Grant Title
The Center for Responsible Seafood — Fish Welfare Research and Promotion
Organization Name
The Center for Responsible Seafood
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$625,000
Date
April 2022
December 2022
Grant Title
FAR AI — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$625,000
Date
December 2022
August 2023
Grant Title
AI Impacts — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
AI Impacts
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$620,000
Date
August 2023
March 2022
Grant Title
Paris Peace Forum — Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate Overshoot
Organization Name
Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate Overshoot
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$616,305
Date
March 2022
December 2017
Grant Title
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Chinese and Indian Perspectives on Biotech Security Risks
Organization Name
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$613,380
Date
December 2017
December 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — General Support for MIT AI Alignment
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$612,470
Date
December 2023
July 2021
Grant Title
Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2021)
Organization Name
Rethink Priorities
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$612,185
Date
July 2021
April 2021
Grant Title
Stanford University — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$610,000
Date
April 2021
March 2024
Grant Title
FutureSearch – Benchmark for Language Model Forecasting
Organization Name
FutureSearch
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$606,600
Date
March 2024
December 2021
Grant Title
Harvard University — CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Febrile Diseases
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$600,213
Date
December 2021
November 2019
Grant Title
The Justice Collaborative — General Support (November 2019)
Organization Name
The Justice Collaborative
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2019
November 2020
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (November 2020)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2020
November 2023
Grant Title
Clinton Health Access Initiative — Tuberculosis Drug Price Reduction
Organization Name
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2023
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
November 2019
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2019)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2019
November 2021
Grant Title
Giving What We Can — General Support
Organization Name
Giving What We Can
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
Sightline Institute — Housing Reform in Washington and Oregon (2021)
Organization Name
Sightline Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2021
March 2023
Grant Title
Abundant Housing Massachusetts — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Abundant Housing Massachusetts
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
March 2023
October 2016
Grant Title
Essie Justice Group — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Essie Justice Group
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
October 2016
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
June 2019
Grant Title
Mass Liberation Project — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Mass Liberation Project
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
June 2019
December 2019
Grant Title
Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development (December 2019)
Organization Name
Sightline Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
December 2019
July 2021
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — High-Skilled Immigration Policy
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$600,000
Date
July 2021
March 2021
Grant Title
Abundant Housing Massachusetts — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
Abundant Housing Massachusetts
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
March 2021
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
May 2022
Grant Title
Stanford University — Research on Science and Innovation (Heidi Williams)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$599,190
Date
May 2022
March 2022
Grant Title
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — AI Governance Research
Organization Name
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$597,717
Date
March 2022
January 2024
Grant Title
Longview Philanthropy — Effective Giving Information Sharing
Organization Name
Longview Philanthropy
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$595,426
Date
January 2024
December 2022
Grant Title
Plant Based Foods Institute — International Regranting Against Labeling Laws
Organization Name
Plant Based Foods Institute
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$595,000
Date
December 2022
March 2020
Grant Title
Study and Training Related to AI Policy Careers — Scholarship Support
Organization Name
Study and Training Related to AI Policy Careers
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$593,540
Date
March 2020
January 2023
Grant Title
International Foundation for Social Impact — Air Quality Governance Support
Organization Name
International Foundation for Social Impact
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$590,000
Date
January 2023
February 2021
Grant Title
University of Tübingen — Robustness Research (Wieland Brendel)
Organization Name
University of Tübingen
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$590,000
Date
February 2021
May 2022
Grant Title
Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship — Summer 2022 Fellowship
Organization Name
Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$585,000
Date
May 2022
May 2020
Grant Title
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2020)
Organization Name
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$585,000
Date
May 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures — California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Organization Name
Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$580,000
Date
April 2020
September 2023
Grant Title
Training for Good — Operating Costs and Tarbell Fellowship
Organization Name
Training for Good
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$575,000
Date
September 2023
February 2023
Grant Title
University of Tuebingen — Adversarial Robustness Research
Organization Name
University of Tuebingen
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$575,000
Date
February 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia and Latin America
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$573,882
Date
March 2023
August 2022
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Funds — Operating Expenses
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Funds
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$573,000
Date
August 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
Respirer Living Sciences — National Clean Air Programme Tracker
Organization Name
Respirer Living Sciences
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$572,000
Date
March 2023
March 2019
Grant Title
Humane Slaughter Association — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Humane Slaughter Association
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$570,402
Date
March 2019
May 2018
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018)
Organization Name
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$570,000
Date
May 2018
January 2018
Grant Title
Just Liberty — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Just Liberty
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$569,000
Date
January 2018
August 2021
Grant Title
Dyrevernalliansen — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare Research
Organization Name
Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance)
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$568,893
Date
August 2021
January 2024
Grant Title
AI Safety Support – Astra Fellowship
Organization Name
AI Safety Support
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$567,000
Date
January 2024
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
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
January 2018
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2018)
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$560,000
Date
January 2018
December 2023
Grant Title
Animal Welfare Corporate Partners — Cage-Free Implementation in Japan
Organization Name
Animal Welfare Corporate Partners
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$558,890
Date
December 2023
September 2017
Grant Title
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — Power Building (2017)
Organization Name
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$558,000
Date
September 2017
August 2019
Grant Title
World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (August 2019)
Organization Name
World Animal Protection
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$557,446
Date
August 2019
December 2021
Grant Title
Biosecurity Funding for Individuals — Work and Study Support
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$554,910
Date
December 2021
April 2022
Grant Title
Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare in Italy (2022)
Organization Name
Essere Animali
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$554,000
Date
April 2022
June 2023
Grant Title
Foundation for American Innovation — AI Safety Policy Advocacy
Organization Name
Foundation for American Innovation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$552,500
Date
June 2023
November 2020
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2020)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$550,688
Date
November 2020
November 2021
Grant Title
University of California, San Francisco Foundation — Reproductive Medicine Research
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$550,000
Date
November 2021
April 2016
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$550,000
Date
April 2016
May 2022
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) USA — Broiler Chicken Welfare
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$550,000
Date
May 2022
August 2020
Grant Title
Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2020)
Organization Name
Economic Policy Institute
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$550,000
Date
August 2020
February 2016
Grant Title
Protect the People — Seasonal Migration from Haiti
Organization Name
Protect the People
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$550,000
Date
February 2016
November 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Harvard AI Safety Team
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$550,000
Date
November 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — Implementation of Corporate Pledges (2023)
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$550,000
Date
March 2023
April 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Net Health Impact Calculations
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$550,000
Date
April 2020
April 2021
Grant Title
Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
Compassion in World Farming USA
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$550,000
Date
April 2021
December 2023
Grant Title
Aquatic Life Institute — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Aquatic Life Institute
Focus Area
Fish Welfare
Amount
$550,000
Date
December 2023
May 2019
Grant Title
Global Catastrophic Risks Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$547,800
Date
May 2019
February 2020
Grant Title
WestExec — Report on Assurance in Machine Learning Systems
Organization Name
WestExec
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$540,000
Date
February 2020
April 2022
Grant Title
Precision Development – Trial Scoping
Organization Name
Precision Development
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$539,864
Date
April 2022
December 2016
Grant Title
Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2016)
Organization Name
Eurogroup for Animals
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$535,699
Date
December 2016
August 2022
Grant Title
Swaniti Initiative — Indian Parliamentary Air Quality Staff
Organization Name
Swaniti Initiative
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$533,444
Date
August 2022
November 2017
Grant Title
Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Fish Welfare Standard Development
Organization Name
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$533,036
Date
November 2017
March 2023
Grant Title
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği — Farm Animal Welfare in Turkey
Organization Name
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$530,800
Date
March 2023
October 2017
Grant Title
GiveWell — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
GiveWell
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$530,764
Date
October 2017
October 2016
Grant Title
Just Liberty — General Support
Organization Name
Just Liberty
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$530,000
Date
October 2016
May 2018
Grant Title
Ought — General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Ought
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$525,000
Date
May 2018
April 2023
Grant Title
Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Welfare Standards
Organization Name
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$525,000
Date
April 2023
January 2020
Grant Title
Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan — Farm Animal Welfare Campaigns
Organization Name
Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan
Focus Area
Broiler Chicken Welfare
Amount
$521,000
Date
January 2020
January 2023
Grant Title
Biosecurity Fellowships
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$520,252
Date
January 2023
May 2016
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2016)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$520,000
Date
May 2016
December 2020
Grant Title
University of Toronto — Machine Learning Research
Organization Name
University of Toronto
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$520,000
Date
December 2020
March 2021
Grant Title
Wageningen University & Research — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare
Organization Name
Wageningen University & Research
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$519,434
Date
March 2021
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
June 2020
Grant Title
We Animals Media — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy (2020)
Organization Name
We Animals Media
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$517,000
Date
June 2020
February 2022
