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. Momentum — CJR Trainings

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $15,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  2. Washington Center for Equitable Growth — Automatic Stabilizers

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Macroeconomic Policy
  3. Brigham and Women’s Hospital — Blood Test for Alzheimer’s (David Walt)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $4,247,744
    Alzheimer's Research
  4. Chicago Community Bond Fund — Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $80,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. University of Edinburgh — Animal Welfare Scholarships

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $102,041
    Farm Animal Welfare
  6. Food Frontier — General Support

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  7. University of Oxford — D.Phil Support for Andrew Snyder-Beattie

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $26,086
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  8. Duke University — CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Tools (Charles Gersbach)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $2,550,171
    Scientific Research
  9. University of Michigan — Support for David Manley

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $46,695
    Open Philanthropy Project
  10. USC — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (Berislav Zlokovic)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $1,944,704
    Alzheimer's Research