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. FAS — International Science Advisory Body for Biosecurity

    Award Date:
    09/2020
    Amount:
    $175,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  2. UC Berkeley — Assessing COVID-19 Infection Prevalence in Rural Kenya

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $220,000
    Scientific Research
  3. InMyWords — Restorative Justice

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $61,500
    Criminal Justice Reform
  4. University of Pennsylvania — Geopolitical Forecasting Research (2020)

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $29,432
    Forecasting
  5. Labor Mobility Partnerships — International Labor Mobility

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Immigration Policy
  6. Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $350,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  7. Mass Eye and Ear — Alzheimer’s Research

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $4,000,000
    Scientific Research
  8. SOUL — Prosecutorial Accountability

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

    Award Date:
    08/2020
    Amount:
    $550,000
    Macroeconomic Policy
  10. Early-Career Funding for GCBRs — Scholarship Support (2019-2020)

    Award Date:
    07/2020
    Amount:
    $1,357,237
    Global Catastrophic Risks