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. Future of Life Institute — General Support

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  2. Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms — AI Safety Research

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $2,400,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  3. CFAR — European Summer Program on Rationality

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $340,000
    Effective Altruism

  4. Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $454,025
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  5. North Carolina State University — DIYbio Labs Project

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $252,725
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  6. Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $17,500,000
    Scientific Research

  7. IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $2,321,617
    Global Health & Development

  8. Mercy For Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Farm Animal Welfare

  9. NASEM — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $452,545
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  10. Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky)

    Award Date:
    04/2017
    Amount:
    $1,500,000
    Scientific Research