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 — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Adolfo García-Sastre) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $627,700
African Union Development Agency — General Support (2020) African Union Development Agency Scientific Research 04/2020 $2,500,000
Brown Institute for Media Innovation — COVID-19 Rapid Micro-Grants Brown Institute for Media Innovation Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $15,000
Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations — General Support Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $25,000
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (2020) National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $250,000
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2020) International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $940,000
Engineers Without Borders USA — COVID-19 Hospital Equipment Engineers Without Borders USA Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $250,000
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — General Support (2020) Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $400,000
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2020) Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Farm Animal Welfare 04/2020 $500,000
UC Berkeley — Research on Rapid COVID-19 Serology Testing (Lisa Barcellos and Eva Harris) University of California, Berkeley Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $1,300,000
University of Colorado — COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Experiments University of Colorado Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $250,000
Compassion in World Farming USA — Global EggTrack Program Compassion in World Farming USA Farm Animal Welfare 04/2020 $78,750
A New Way of Life — General Support A New Way of Life Criminal Justice Reform 04/2020 $25,000
Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky) (2020) Rockefeller University Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2020 $200,000
fair-fish international association — General Support fair-fish international association Farm Animal Welfare 03/2020 $630,370
Movement Alliance Project — Prosecutor Accountability (March 2020) Movement Alliance Project Criminal Justice Reform 03/2020 $180,000
Broad Institute — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Stacey Gabriel) Broad Institute Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 03/2020 $925,000
Against COVID-19 — COVID-19 Database Support Against COVID-19 Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 03/2020 $10,000
UC Davis — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Koen Van Rompay) UC Davis Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 03/2020 $170,190
Johns Hopkins University — Support for Jared Kaplan and Brice Ménard Johns Hopkins University Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 03/2020 $55,000