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
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018) Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 01/2018 $2,588,162
LatinoJustice — Media Fellowship LatinoJustice Criminal Justice Reform 01/2018 $50,000
Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC Center for Applied Rationality Effective Altruism 01/2018 $560,000
Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research Rescuing Biomedical Research Scientific Research 01/2018 $409,112
Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2018) Sightsavers Global Health & Development 01/2018 $2,500,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Sepsis Therapy (Michael Donnino) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Scientific Research 01/2018 $2,939,400
Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation Helen Keller International Global Health & Development 01/2018 $7,200,000
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — National Bail Fund Network (2018) Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Criminal Justice Reform 01/2018 $100,000
Living Goods — General Support (January 2018) Living Goods Global Health & Development 01/2018 $100,000
Silicon Valley De-Bug — Participatory Defense / Bail Fund Pilot Silicon Valley De-Bug Criminal Justice Reform 01/2018 $20,600
Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy Niskanen Center Immigration Policy 01/2018 $400,000
WaitList Zero — General Support (January 2018) WaitList Zero Organ Transplantation 01/2018 $100,000
The Ordinary People Society — General Support (2017) The Ordinary People Society Criminal Justice Reform 12/2017 $280,000
Aubin Pictures — Criminal Justice Media Archive Scoping Aubin Pictures Criminal Justice Reform 12/2017 $25,000
Mijente — Anti-Criminalization Work (2017) Mijente Criminal Justice Reform 12/2017 $255,000
Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2017) Food Fortification Initiative Global Health & Development 12/2017 $100,000
One Voice — General Support One Voice Criminal Justice Reform 12/2017 $20,000
Urban Institute — History of Philanthropy Project Urban Institute History of Philanthropy 12/2017 $265,833
American Society for Microbiology — Biothreats Meeting American Society for Microbiology Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 12/2017 $43,149
Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration Blackbird Criminal Justice Reform 12/2017 $425,000