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.

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  1. Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for Jade Leung

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $180,000
    Effective Altruism

  2. Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $2,970,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  3. Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $8,000,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  4. San Francisco Rising — Prosecutor Accountability

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Criminal Justice Reform

  5. Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (February 2020)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $368,440
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  6. Soko Tierschutz — Factory Farm Investigations (2020)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $297,291
    Farm Animal Welfare

  7. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $1,860,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  8. UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $1,500,000
    Scientific Research

  9. Stanford University — COVID-19 Drug Research (February 2020) (Jeffrey Glenn)

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $165,000
    Scientific Research

  10. University of Oxford — New Office for Effective Altruism Organizations

    Award Date:
    02/2020
    Amount:
    $776,271
    Effective Altruism