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
HSUS — Broiler Welfare Corporate Campaigns Humane Society of the United States Farm Animal Welfare 11/2016 $1,000,000
The Humane League — General Support The Humane League Farm Animal Welfare 11/2016 $1,000,000
IDinsight—Embedded GiveWell Team IDinsight Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 11/2016 $314,752
Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2016) Citizens for Juvenile Justice Criminal Justice Reform 10/2016 $50,000
FNPDA — International Cage-Free Advocacy Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal Farm Animal Welfare 10/2016 $100,000
Essie Justice Group — General Support Essie Justice Group Criminal Justice Reform 10/2016 $600,000
Justice Strategies — General Support Justice Strategies Criminal Justice Reform 10/2016 $200,000
New Virginia Majority — Formerly Incarcerated Organizers New Virginia Majority Education Fund Criminal Justice Reform 10/2016 $50,000
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Biosecurity Research Center for International Security and Cooperation Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 10/2016 $643,415
Texas Fair Defense Project — General Support Texas Fair Defense Project Criminal Justice Reform 10/2016 $63,000
UPMC Center for Health Security — ELBI UPMC Center for Health Security Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 10/2016 $2,744,000
Protect the People — Exit Grant Protect the People Immigration Policy 10/2016 $50,000
Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators Life Sciences Research Foundation Scientific Research; Alzheimer's Research 10/2016 $1,488,000
Youth First Initiative — General Support Youth First Initiative Criminal Justice Reform 10/2016 $250,000
Founders Pledge — General Support Founders Pledge Effective Altruism 09/2016 $1,032,947
Future of Humanity Institute — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Future of Humanity Institute Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 09/2016 $115,652
The Good Food Institute — General Support The Good Food Institute Farm Animal Welfare 09/2016 $1,000,000
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants GiveWell Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 09/2016 $500,000
University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research University of Cape Town Global Catastrophic Risks 09/2016 $493,425
CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research CDC Foundation Scientific Research 09/2016 $1,214,437