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
Future of Humanity Institute — Economist Survey Future of Humanity Institute Longtermism 08/2021 $30,000
University of Southern California — Adversarial Robustness Research University of Southern California Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 08/2021 $320,000
Federation of American Scientists — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Fellowship Federation of American Scientists Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 08/2021 $480,000
George Washington University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship George Washington University Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 08/2021 $450,000
Center for Security and Emerging Technology — Biosecurity Research Project Center for Security and Emerging Technology Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 08/2021 $3,330,000
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Philip Bejon) The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme Scientific Research; Global Health & Development 08/2021 $472,016
Purdue University — Preclinical Data Research (Douglas Brubaker) Purdue University Scientific Research 08/2021 $1,500,000
National Bureau of Economic Research — Innovation Policy Working Group National Bureau of Economic Research Global Health & Development 08/2021 $467,500
Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Ouedraogo) Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso Scientific Research; Global Health & Development 08/2021 $631,162
Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (August 2021) Center for Security and Emerging Technology Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 08/2021 $38,920,000
University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Dicko) University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako Scientific Research; Global Health & Development 08/2021 $630,123
Pure Earth — Support for Reducing Lead Exposure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Pure Earth Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 08/2021 $2,130,000
University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp) (2021) University of Notre Dame Scientific Research 08/2021 $1,769,056
University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (Lorenzo Giacani) University of Washington Scientific Research 08/2021 $816,063
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Halidou Tinto) Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé Scientific Research; Global Health & Development 08/2021 $630,123
Agricultural Research Service — Malaria Control Research (2021) Agricultural Research Service Global Health & Development 08/2021 $321,219
Schepens Eye Research Institute at Mass Eye and Ear — Pulmonary Fibrosis Drug (Leo Kim) Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Scientific Research 07/2021 $920,000
Dezernat Zukunft — General Support and Re-Granting Dezernat Zukunft Macroeconomic Policy 07/2021 $4,000,000
Federation of American Scientists — High-Skilled Immigration Policy Federation of American Scientists Immigration Policy 07/2021 $600,000
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards University of California, Berkeley Potential Risks from Advanced AI 07/2021 $25,000