We want to maximize the impact of our portfolio.

We’re open to supporting safe bets, like direct cash transfers to the world’s poorest people, as well as high-risk, high-reward projects, like minimizing risks from potentially world-changing science and technology. Read more about how we choose what to fund here.

  1. Funding for Improving the Long-Term Future — Scholarship Support (2021)

    Award Date:
    02/2021
    Amount:
    $1,766,373
    Other Areas
  2. American Conservative Union Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform (2021)

    Award Date:
    02/2021
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Adversarial Robustness Research

    Award Date:
    02/2021
    Amount:
    $1,430,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  4. Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2021)

    Award Date:
    02/2021
    Amount:
    $7,500,000
    Effective Altruism
  5. Crate-Free Illinois — Campaigning Against Gestation Crates (2021)

    Award Date:
    02/2021
    Amount:
    $70,350
    Farm Animal Welfare
  6. Hypermind — COVID-19 Forecasting

    Award Date:
    02/2021
    Amount:
    $125,820
    Forecasting
  7. Mercy for Animals — The People’s Fund

    Award Date:
    01/2021
    Amount:
    $69,750
    Farm Animal Welfare
  8. Mount Kenya University — Farm Animal Welfare Science Masters Program

    Award Date:
    01/2021
    Amount:
    $29,886
    Farm Animal Welfare
  9. Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention — General Support (2021)

    Award Date:
    01/2021
    Amount:
    $6,949,382
    Potential GiveWell Top Charities
  10. GiveDirectly — General Support (2021)

    Award Date:
    01/2021
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Global Health & Development