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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2020)

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $550,688
    Forecasting
  2. Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2020)

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $30,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  3. Washington University in St. Louis — Research on Cryptosporidium Hominis

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $1,154,589
    Scientific Research
  4. Urban Institute — Countercyclical State Funding Mechanisms

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Macroeconomic Policy
  5. Dezernat Zukunft — Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Europe (2020)

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $202,079
    Macroeconomic Policy
  6. icipe — Malaria Prevention Research (Jeremy Herren)

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $2,199,645
    Scientific Research
  7. Future of Life Institute — General Support (2020)

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $176,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  8. Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $1,228,407
    Farm Animal Welfare
  9. University of Bern — Layer Hen Breeding Research

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $410,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  10. 1Day Sooner — General Support (November 2020)

    Award Date:
    11/2020
    Amount:
    $600,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks