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. HEARD — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  2. Ought — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $525,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  3. Nick Otis — Forecasting Research

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $10,000
    Potential GiveWell Top Charities
  4. Greenburger Center — Criminal Justice Convening

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $20,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $515,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  6. GiveWell — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $2,453,548
    Global Health & Development
  7. Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $570,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  8. Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative (2018)

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $400,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  9. IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2018)

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $1,196,729
    Global Health & Development
  10. ISAE — Advance Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Nations

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $135,412
    Farm Animal Welfare