We fund organizations and projects that show great promise for saving and improving lives and for helping us learn.

We’ve organized the grants in Our Portfolio in a database that you can browse and download. Grants recommended by Open Philanthropy also appear in its grants database here.

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Grant Organization All Topics Date of Award Amount
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants GiveWell Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 05/2014 $500,000
SPUR — General Support SPUR Land Use Reform 05/2014 $100,000
Startup:Education — School Reform in Newark Startup:Education Education 04/2014 $5,000,000
Evidence Action — Planning for Future Programs Evidence Action Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 03/2014 $250,000
GiveWell — General Support GiveWell Global Health & Development 03/2014 $240,000
Brookings Institution — Research on Marijuana Policy Change Brookings Institution Drug Policy Reform 03/2014 $212,500
Center for Global Development — Labor Mobility Research Center for Global Development Immigration Policy 03/2014 $1,184,720
Service Delivery Indicators Project International Development Association Global Health & Development; Co-Funding 03/2014 $500,000
Freedom to Marry — General Support Freedom to Marry Marriage Equality 03/2014 $200,000
New Incentives — General Support New Incentives Economic Empowerment; Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 01/2014 $100,000
GiveDirectly — General Support GiveDirectly Economic Empowerment; Global Health & Development 01/2014 $7,000,000
BetaGov Pepperdine University Criminal Justice Reform 12/2013 $200,000
Research on crime, incarceration and cannabis regulation Washington Office on Latin America Criminal Justice Reform 12/2013 $245,000
Deworm the World Initiative — General Support Evidence Action Global Health & Development 12/2013 $1,500,000
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Global Health & Development 12/2013 $750,000
GiveWell — Research-Related Expenses GiveWell Effective Altruism 11/2013 $675,000
Drug Policy Alliance — General Support Drug Policy Alliance Drug Policy Reform 09/2013 $150,000
Center for Global Development — General Support Center for Global Development Global Health & Development 07/2013 $300,000
Research into the History of Philanthropy and Policy Advocacy GiveWell History of Philanthropy; Effective Altruism 06/2013 $20,000
Update to Millions Saved Project Center for Global Development History of Philanthropy; Global Health & Development 06/2013 $50,000