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
J-PAL — Support for Immunization Incentives RCTs Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 09/2015 $200,000
GiveWell — General Support GiveWell Global Health & Development 08/2015 $1,186,840
Georgetown University — Public Health and Cannabis Legalization Georgetown University Drug Policy Reform 08/2015 $250,000
Future of Life Institute — Artificial Intelligence Risk Reduction Future of Life Institute Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 08/2015 $1,186,000
New York University — Support for a Labor Mobility RCT New York University Immigration Policy 08/2015 $30,000
Drug Policy Alliance — General Support Drug Policy Alliance Drug Policy Reform 08/2015 $150,000
ARNOVA — History of Philanthropy Prize ARNOVA History of Philanthropy 08/2015 $2,000
WaitList Zero — General Support WaitList Zero Organ Transplantation 08/2015 $200,000
Smart Growth America — Greater Greater Washington Education Project Smart Growth America Land Use Reform 07/2015 $275,000
Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative — General Support Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative Global Catastrophic Risks; Solar Radiation Management 07/2015 $500,000
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation — General Support Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Land Use Reform 06/2015 $100,000
Brookings Institution — Work on India and China Brookings Institution Other Areas 06/2015 $100,000
GiveDirectly — General Support GiveDirectly Economic Empowerment; Global Health & Development 06/2015 $25,000,000
SPUR — General Support SPUR Land Use Reform 05/2015 $100,000
New York University — Work on Swift-and-Certain Sanctions New York University Criminal Justice Reform 04/2015 $80,000
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society — General Support Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Meta-Philanthropy 04/2015 $60,000
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2015 $300,000
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Work on India and China Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 03/2015 $100,000
New Incentives — General Support New Incentives Economic Empowerment; Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 03/2015 $100,000
Evidence Action — Seasonal Income Support Project Evidence Action Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 03/2015 $170,792