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. University of Chicago — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (Sangram Sisodia)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $2,322,876
    Alzheimer's Research
  2. Otwarte Klatki — CARE Conference Travel Grants

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $10,350
    Farm Animal Welfare
  3. CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2018)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $1,044,501
    Scientific Research
  4. UC Berkeley — Drought-Tolerant Rice (Brian Staskawicz)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Scientific Research
  5. Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics — Animal Sentience Workshop

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $6,683
    Farm Animal Welfare
  6. Better Eating International — Organizational Development

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $12,690
    Farm Animal Welfare
  7. Community Justice Exchange — General Support

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  8. Center for a New American Security — Outreach on Technological Risk

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $400,352
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  9. Washington University — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (David Holtzman)

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $1,726,594
    Alzheimer's Research
  10. New Virginia Majority Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Criminal Justice Reform