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
Community Justice Exchange — Technical Assistance, Campaign Support, and Re-grants Community Justice Exchange Criminal Justice Reform 05/2021 $1,400,000
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI Summer Fellowship Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Global Catastrophic Risks 05/2021 $210,000
LessWrong — General Support (2021) LessWrong Effective Altruism 05/2021 $460,000
Action St. Louis — Prosecutor Accountability Action St. Louis Criminal Justice Reform 05/2021 $65,000
Employ America — General Support (2021) Employ America Macroeconomic Policy 05/2021 $750,000
iGEM — Support for Team ABSI_Kenya’s Project International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation Scientific Research 05/2021 $8,500
Humane Society International — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America Humane Society International Farm Animal Welfare 05/2021 $650,000
Stanford Existential Risks Initiative — Distribution of The Precipice Stanford Existential Risks Initiative Global Catastrophic Risks 05/2021 $9,931
Equalia — General Support Equalia Farm Animal Welfare 05/2021 $817,000
Abundant Housing LA — General Support Abundant Housing LA Land Use Reform 05/2021 $150,000
Carnegie Mellon University — Adversarial Robustness Research Carnegie Mellon University Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 05/2021 $330,000
One for the World — General Support One for the World Global Health & Development 05/2021 $260,798
Rethink Priorities — Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Research Rethink Priorities Other Areas 04/2021 $418,500
Anima International — Farm Animal Welfare Work Anima International Farm Animal Welfare 04/2021 $152,000
Animal Protection Denmark — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare Animal Protection Denmark Farm Animal Welfare 04/2021 $283,000
Community Based Public Safety Collective — General Support Community Based Public Safety Collective Criminal Justice Reform 04/2021 $350,000
Georgia Tech — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (James Dahlman) Georgia Institute of Technology Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2021 $882,000
Surge Network — Faith-Based Criminal Justice Reform Organizing Surge Network Criminal Justice Reform 04/2021 $115,000
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2021) Prison Policy Initiative Criminal Justice Reform 04/2021 $250,000
Rethink Charity — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building Rethink Charity Farm Animal Welfare 04/2021 $79,040