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 Life Institute — General Support (2018) Future of Life Institute Global Catastrophic Risks 06/2018 $250,000
The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Prosecutor Accountability (2018) The People's Lobby Education Institute Criminal Justice Reform 06/2018 $125,000
Compassion in World Farming — Organizational Development Compassion in World Farming Farm Animal Welfare 06/2018 $10,720
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — AI Safety Retraining Program Machine Intelligence Research Institute Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 06/2018 $150,000
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2018) Prison Policy Initiative Criminal Justice Reform 06/2018 $100,000
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2018) Centre for Effective Altruism Effective Altruism 06/2018 $2,688,000
Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work Led by Mariame Kaba Project NIA Criminal Justice Reform 06/2018 $121,000
VOCAL-NY — Court Watch NYC VOCAL-NY Criminal Justice Reform 06/2018 $75,000
We Got Us Now — General Support (2018) We Got Us Now Criminal Justice Reform 06/2018 $100,000
AI Impacts — General Support (2018) AI Impacts Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 06/2018 $100,000
Fortify Health — General Support Fortify Health Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 06/2018 $295,217
Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2018 Class Open Phil AI Fellowship Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 05/2018 $1,135,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (2018) Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Criminal Justice Reform 05/2018 $200,000
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Automatic Stabilizers Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Macroeconomic Policy 05/2018 $100,000
Mercy For Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Corporate Campaigns (2018) Mercy For Animals Farm Animal Welfare 05/2018 $375,000
SPIN Academy — Communications Training SPIN Academy Criminal Justice Reform 05/2018 $42,000
RSPCA — Broiler Breed Study Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Farm Animal Welfare 05/2018 $231,677
Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2018) Faith in Action Criminal Justice Reform 05/2018 $800,000
HEARD — General Support (2018) Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities Criminal Justice Reform 05/2018 $50,000
Ought — General Support (2018) Ought Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 05/2018 $525,000