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
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (May 2020) Nuclear Threat Initiative Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 05/2020 $500,000
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Research on Drought-Tolerant Rice Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Scientific Research 04/2020 $97,500
World Economic Forum — Global AI Council Workshop World Economic Forum Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 04/2020 $50,000
Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2020) Global Priorities Institute Effective Altruism 04/2020 $3,298,715
Harvard University — COVID-19 Serological Tests (Michael Mina) Harvard University Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $1,784,981
Equity and Transformation — General Support Equity and Transformation Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $25,000
Mercy Corps — Seasonal Migration Pilot Project and RCT Mercy Corps Immigration Policy 04/2020 $1,000,000
LessWrong — General Support LessWrong Effective Altruism 04/2020 $300,000
New Incentives — General Support (2020) New Incentives Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 04/2020 $1,897,905
Southerners on New Ground — Criminal Justice Reform Work Southerners On New Ground Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $100,000
Law for Black Lives — Criminal Justice Reform (2020) Law for Black Lives Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $100,000
Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling (2020) Rutgers University Global Catastrophic Risks 04/2020 $3,000,000
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Net Health Impact Calculations Center for Global Development Global Health & Development 04/2020 $550,000
Amistad Law Project — General Support (April 2020) Amistad Law Project Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $15,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums — General Support Families Against Mandatory Minimums Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $15,000
Reducetarian Foundation — Fish Consumption Messaging Research Reducetarian Foundation Farm Animal Welfare 04/2020 $14,190
Riverside Justice Table — Criminal Justice Reform Work Riverside Justice Table Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $15,000
Equalia — Broiler Welfare and Cage-Free Campaigns and International Farm Animal Welfare Investigations Equalia Farm Animal Welfare 04/2020 $150,000
Animal Nepal — Farm Animal Welfare Animal Nepal Farm Animal Welfare 04/2020 $271,700
University of Michigan — COVID-19 Protein Production (Aubree Gordon) University of Michigan Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $348,000