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
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
Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice — General Support Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice Criminal Justice Reform 02/2015 $100,000
ASUC — Effective Altruists of Berkeley “DeCal” University Course Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley Effective Altruism 02/2015 $10,000
GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants GiveWell Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 01/2015 $500,000
GiveWell — Open Philanthropy Project Website Construction GiveWell Other Areas 01/2015 $56,250
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign 2015 Center for Popular Democracy Macroeconomic Policy 01/2015 $750,000
Iodine Global Network — General Support Iodine Global Network Global Health & Development 12/2014 $250,000
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Global Health & Development 12/2014 $250,000
Living Goods — General Support Living Goods Global Health & Development 12/2014 $250,000