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
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Bat Cell Line Research Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Scientific Research 12/2021 $100,000
Malaria Consortium — Monitoring and Evaluation of Net Distribution in Anambra, Nigeria Malaria Consortium Global Health & Development 12/2021 $1,099,808
Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2021) Georgetown University Potential Risks from Advanced AI 12/2021 $246,564
Harvard University — CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Febrile Diseases Harvard University Scientific Research 12/2021 $600,123
University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (David Baker and Neil King) University of Washington Scientific Research 12/2021 $283,539
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Diego Sepulveda-Falla) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 12/2021 $1,307,513
Arc Institute — General Support Arc Institute Scientific Research 12/2021 $24,000,000
Stanford University — Immunization Research Stanford University Scientific Research 12/2021 $350,000
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowships University of Maryland Global Catastrophic Risks 12/2021 $483,880
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Laura Kiessling) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 12/2021 $1,300,000
UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro) (2021) UC Davis Scientific Research 12/2021 $10,248,967
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Ed Boyden) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 12/2021 $1,000,000
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 11/2021 $451,571
Centre for the Governance of AI — AI Field Building Centre for the Governance of AI Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 11/2021 $2,537,600
University of Washington — Protein Design Research (David Baker) University of Washington (Institute for Protein Design) Scientific Research 11/2021 $3,263,750
Founders Pledge — General Support (2021) Founders Pledge Effective Altruism 11/2021 $1,000,000
Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (2021) Stanford University Potential Risks from Advanced AI 11/2021 $1,500,000
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Potential Risks from Advanced AI 11/2021 $195,000
LatinoJustice — Criminal Justice Reform Policy & Practice Center LatinoJustice Criminal Justice Reform 11/2021 $125,000
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — Research on Chronic Viral Infections  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Global Health & Development 11/2021 $2,670,441