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. Biosecure — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Workshop

    Award Date:
    07/2022
    Amount:
    $155,714
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  2. Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (Barrett and Viteri)

    Award Date:
    07/2022
    Amount:
    $153,820
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  3. Non-trivial Pursuits — General Support

    Award Date:
    07/2022
    Amount:
    $1,005,000
    Effective Altruism

  4. Sinergia Animal — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $2,376,103
    Farm Animal Welfare

  5. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Language Model Alignment Research

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $40,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  6. Convergent Research — Sequencing Roadmap

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  7. Flanders Institute of Biotechnology — Syphilis Vaccine Research

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $731,828
    Scientific Research

  8. Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $3,200,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  9. University of Chicago — Chicago School of Existential Risk

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $207,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  10. Oregon Health and Science University — Research on Oocyte Production

    Award Date:
    06/2022
    Amount:
    $4,000,000
    Scientific Research