We want to maximize the impact of our portfolio.

We’re open to supporting safe bets, like direct cash transfers to the world’s poorest people, as well as high-risk, high-reward projects, like minimizing risks from potentially world-changing science and technology. Read more about how we choose what to fund here.

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  1. University of Maryland — LLM Cybsercurity Benchmark

    Award Date:
    10/2024
    Amount:
    $1,721,079
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  2. LEAF — Lead Exposure Reduction

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $20,000,000
    Global Health and Wellbeing

  3. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Algorithmic Alignment Group

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $30,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  4. Speculative Technologies — Research Program Training (2024)

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $750,000
    Innovation Policy

  5. Meridian — Operating Costs

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $940,287
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  6. University of Oxford — LLM Research Replication

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $622,167
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  7. Founders Pledge — Multiplier Initiative

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Effective Altruism

  8. Science History Institute — Conference Fellowships

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  9. Animal Ask — Fish Advocacy Research

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $240,000
    Farm Animal Welfare

  10. University of Cape Town — Tuberculosis Vaccine Preclinical Development and Testing

    Award Date:
    09/2024
    Amount:
    $597,557
    Scientific Research