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.

Topics

Click a topic below to filter results for this section.

  1. New Incentives — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Global Health & Development

  2. Evidence Action — No Lean Season

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $812,351
    Global Health & Development

  3. Future of Life Institute — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  4. MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group — Brain Mapping Research (Ed Boyden)

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $2,970,000
    Scientific Research

  5. Institute of the Black World — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Criminal Justice Reform

  6. The Ordinary People Society — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Criminal Justice Reform

  7. Vera Institute of Justice — Common Justice

    Award Date:
    02/2016
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Criminal Justice Reform

  8. Protect the People — Seasonal Migration from Haiti

    Award Date:
    02/2016
    Amount:
    $550,000
    Immigration Policy

  9. Seattle for Everyone — General Support

    Award Date:
    02/2016
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Housing Affordability

  10. Center for Global Development — General Support

    Award Date:
    02/2016
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Global Health & Development