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
UC Berkeley — AI safety research (2018) University of California, Berkeley Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 11/2018 $1,145,000
Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2018) Global Animal Partnership Farm Animal Welfare 11/2018 $500,000
The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration The Ahimsa Collective Criminal Justice Reform 11/2018 $150,000
Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy Forward Justice Criminal Justice Reform 11/2018 $150,000
Northwestern — Research on Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (Robert Vassar) Northwestern University Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 10/2018 $1,926,923
Boston Children’s Hospital — Chronic Pain Research (Yi Zhang) Boston Children's Hospital Scientific Research 10/2018 $2,695,376
Photo Patch Foundation — General Support Photo Patch Foundation Criminal Justice Reform 10/2018 $10,000
Momentum — CJR Trainings Momentum Criminal Justice Reform 10/2018 $15,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth — Automatic Stabilizers Washington Center for Equitable Growth Macroeconomic Policy 10/2018 $100,000
Brigham and Women’s Hospital — Blood Test for Alzheimer’s (David Walt) Brigham and Women's Hospital Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 10/2018 $4,247,744
Chicago Community Bond Fund — Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Chicago Community Bond Fund Criminal Justice Reform 10/2018 $80,000
University of Edinburgh — Animal Welfare Scholarships University of Edinburgh Farm Animal Welfare 10/2018 $102,041
Food Frontier — General Support Food Frontier Farm Animal Welfare 10/2018 $100,000
University of Oxford — D.Phil Support for Andrew Snyder-Beattie University of Oxford Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 10/2018 $26,086
Duke University — CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Tools (Charles Gersbach) Duke University Scientific Research 10/2018 $2,550,171
University of Michigan — Support for David Manley University of Michigan Effective Altruism; Global Health & Development; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness; Farm Animal Welfare 10/2018 $46,695
USC — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (Berislav Zlokovic) University of Southern California Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 10/2018 $1,944,704
University of Chicago — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (Sangram Sisodia) University of Chicago Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 10/2018 $2,322,876
Otwarte Klatki — CARE Conference Travel Grants Otwarte Klatki Farm Animal Welfare 10/2018 $10,350
CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2018) CDC Foundation Scientific Research 10/2018 $1,044,501