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. SOUL — Prosecutorial Accountability

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  2. Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2020)

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $550,000
    Macroeconomic Policy
  3. Mass Eye and Ear — Alzheimer’s Research

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $4,000,000
    Scientific Research
  4. Early-Career Funding for GCBRs — Scholarship Support (2019-2020)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $1,357,237
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  5. New York University — Work on Fish Welfare (2020)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $95,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  6. Stanford University — Universal Flu Drug Research (Jeffrey Glenn)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $415,000
    Scientific Research
  7. Employ America — General Support (2020)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $700,000
    Macroeconomic Policy
  8. Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work (2020)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $170,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  9. Momentum — Criminal Justice Reform Trainings (2020)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $9,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  10. Rita Allen Foundation — Award in Pain Scholars

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $330,000
    Scientific Research