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. CNAS — Risks from Militarized AI

    Award Date:
    09/2021
    Amount:
    $101,187
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  2. University of Washington — Universal Influenza Vaccines (Neil King)

    Award Date:
    09/2021
    Amount:
    $3,230,394
    Scientific Research
  3. The Political Report — Journalism on Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    09/2021
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  4. Project NIA — General Support

    Award Date:
    09/2021
    Amount:
    $175,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. Project Healthy Children — Exit Grant

    Award Date:
    09/2021
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Global Health & Development
  6. Iodine Global Network — Exit Grant

    Award Date:
    09/2021
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Global Health & Development
  7. UC Berkeley — Course Development Support (Jacob Steinhardt)

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $53,983
    Forecasting
  8. International Vaccine Institute — Schistosomiasis Vaccine Assessment

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $140,000
    Scientific Research
  9. Stanford University — Adversarial Robustness Research (Santurkar)

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $330,792
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  10. Boston University — Human Lung Model Systems

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $414,000
    Scientific Research