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
University of Maine — Biofilm-Resistant Catheters University of Maine Scientific Research 08/2022 $500,000
UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Research University of California, Berkeley Scientific Research 08/2022 $84,760
Evidence Action — In-Line Chlorination in Malawi Evidence Action Global Health & Development 07/2022 $4,449,309
Dalberg Advisors – R&D Portfolio Analysis Dalberg Advisors Global Health R&D 07/2022 $73,000
International Refugee Assistance Project — Exit Grant International Refugee Assistance Project Immigration Policy 07/2022 $1,000,000
National Academy of Sciences — Gametogenesis Workshop National Academy of Sciences Scientific Research; Transformative Basic Science 07/2022 $225,000
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2022) Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 07/2022 $5,200,000
Aaron Mayer — Effective Altruism Community Growth Projects Aaron Mayer Effective Altruism 07/2022 $85,000
Rethink Priorities — Research Assistant and Expenses Rethink Priorities Global Health & Development 07/2022 $120,000
University of Washington — Philosophy of AI Course Development University of Washington Potential Risks from Advanced AI 07/2022 $16,500
Center for a New American Security — Work on AI Governance Center for a New American Security Potential Risks from Advanced AI 07/2022 $5,149,398
Carnegie Mellon University — Research on Adversarial Examples Carnegie Mellon University Potential Risks from Advanced AI 07/2022 $343,235
Biosecure — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Workshop Biosecure Ltd. Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 07/2022 $155,714
Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (Barrett and Viteri) Stanford University Potential Risks from Advanced AI 07/2022 $153,820
Non-trivial Pursuits — General Support Non-Trivial Effective Altruism 07/2022 $1,005,000
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Language Model Alignment Research Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Potential Risks from Advanced AI 06/2022 $40,000
Sinergia Animal — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America Sinergia Animal Farm Animal Welfare 06/2022 $2,376,103
Convergent Research — Sequencing Roadmap Convergent Research Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 06/2022 $250,000
Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research Columbia University Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 06/2022 $3,200,000
Flanders Institute of Biotechnology — Syphilis Vaccine Research Flanders Institute of Biotechnology Scientific Research 06/2022 $731,828