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
Harborlight Community Partners — YIMBYtown 2018 Conference Harborlight Community Partners Land Use Reform 03/2018 $40,000
National Council — General Support (March 2018) National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls Criminal Justice Reform 03/2018 $500,000
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2018) Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Global Health & Development 03/2018 $2,500,000
Centre for Effective Altruism — New Discretionary Fund Centre for Effective Altruism Effective Altruism 03/2018 $5,000,000
Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Organizational Development Aquaculture Stewardship Council Farm Animal Welfare 03/2018 $13,813
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign 2018 Center for Popular Democracy Macroeconomic Policy 02/2018 $1,200,000
Global Priorities Institute — General Support Global Priorities Institute Effective Altruism 02/2018 $3,112,969
MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group — Brain Mapping Research (Ed Boyden) MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group Scientific Research 02/2018 $3,000,000
Center for Global Development — Pandemic Policy Project Center for Global Development Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 02/2018 $49,942
Southerners On New Ground — Anti-Criminalization Work Southerners On New Ground Criminal Justice Reform 02/2018 $400,000
AI Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2018) AI Scholarships Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 02/2018 $159,000
Farm Forward — Leadership Circle (2018) Farm Forward Farm Animal Welfare 02/2018 $165,691
Columbia University — Beyond the Bars Conference 2018 Columbia University Criminal Justice Reform 02/2018 $50,000
Better Eating International — Millennial Vegan Survey Better Eating International Farm Animal Welfare 02/2018 $67,110
Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2018) Court Watch NOLA Criminal Justice Reform 02/2018 $100,000
Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2018) Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 02/2018 $44,627
Usona Institute — Phase 3 Trial for Depression Therapy Usona Institute Drug Policy Reform 02/2018 $500,000
UCSF — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Raul Andino) University of California, San Francisco Scientific Research; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 02/2018 $880,000
Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso — DALY Project Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso Farm Animal Welfare 02/2018 $96,130
Texas Inmate Families Association — General Support (2018) Texas Inmate Families Association Criminal Justice Reform 02/2018 $242,000