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. Stanford University — Alzheimer’s Disease Research (Carla Shatz)

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $176,000
    Alzheimer's Research
  2. MAPS — Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial for PTSD therapy (2017)

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Drug Policy Reform
  3. UC Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy)

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $5,000,000
    Scientific Research
  4. Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention — General Support

    Award Date:
    08/2017
    Amount:
    $1,336,409
    Global Health & Development
  5. BERI — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $403,890
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  6. Future of Research — Exit Grant

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Scientific Research
  7. Center for Effective Global Action — Scoping RCTs for Follow-Up

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $492,188
    Global Health & Development
  8. HSA — Fish, Crustacean and Cephalopod Welfare

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $2,528,678
    Farm Animal Welfare
  9. Yale University — Research on the Global Politics of AI

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $299,320
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  10. Smithsonian Institution — Outbreak Exhibit

    Award Date:
    07/2017
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness