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. Dignity and Power Now — Convening to Oppose L.A. Jail Construction

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $132,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  2. Duke University — Hsp70i and Inhibitor HS-72 (Timothy Haystead)

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $81,500
    Scientific Research
  3. Center for Effective Global Action — Deworming Study Planning Gift

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $18,000
    Global Health & Development
  4. University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp)

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $2,054,142
    Scientific Research
  5. UCSF — Organ Regenerative Surgery (Tammy Chang)

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $825,000
    Scientific Research
  6. AWAL — Meat-Reduction and Elimination Messaging Study

    Award Date:
    06/2017
    Amount:
    $79,100
    Farm Animal Welfare
  7. Eurogroup for Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Campaign

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $14,961
    Farm Animal Welfare
  8. UCLA School of Law — AI Governance

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $1,536,222
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  9. Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $75,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  10. CIWF USA — Latin America Broiler Chicken Welfare Research

    Award Date:
    05/2017
    Amount:
    $30,000
    Farm Animal Welfare