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. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars

    Award Date:
    11/2022
    Amount:
    $2,047,268
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  2. New York University — Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Follow-Up

    Award Date:
    11/2022
    Amount:
    $450,000
    Global Health & Development

  3. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — General Support (2022)

    Award Date:
    11/2022
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  4. Global Animal Partnership — Exit Grant

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Farm Animal Welfare

  5. Cause Exploration Prizes

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $64,000
    Meta-Research

  6. Animal Law Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $140,796
    Farm Animal Welfare

  7. Travel Grants for the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference (2022)

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $48,032
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  8. Legal Impact for Chickens — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Farm Animal Welfare

  9. Engineers Without Borders International — Strategic Planning

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Scientific Research

  10. University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals

    Award Date:
    10/2022
    Amount:
    $385,000
    Scientific Research