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
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 Giving and Careers 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
Faith in Texas — General Support Faith in Texas Criminal Justice Reform 09/2016 $637,000
Heffter Research Institute — General Support Heffter Research Institute Drug Policy Reform 09/2016 $100,000
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — General Support Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Criminal Justice Reform 09/2016 $404,800
Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food RCT Project Peanut Butter Global Health & Development 09/2016 $724,929
People for Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy People for Animals Farm Animal Welfare 08/2016 $89,392
Color Of Change Education Fund— Prosecutor Accountability Color Of Change Education Fund Criminal Justice Reform 08/2016 $321,228
Research Institute of Industrial Economics — Genomic Research Methods Research Institute of Industrial Economics Scientific Research 08/2016 $500,000
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support Machine Intelligence Research Institute Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 08/2016 $500,000
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — General Support Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Criminal Justice Reform 08/2016 $48,000
UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016) University of California, Berkeley Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 08/2016 $5,555,550
Mercy For Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy Mercy For Animals Farm Animal Welfare 08/2016 $1,000,000
Humane Society International — International Cage-Free Outreach Humane Society International Farm Animal Welfare 08/2016 $1,000,000