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. UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,900,000
    Global Health & Development

  2. theguardian.org - Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $450,000
    Farm Animal Welfare

  3. Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Reduction (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,250,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Bat Cell Line Research

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Scientific Research

  5. Malaria Consortium — Monitoring and Evaluation of Net Distribution

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,099,808
    Global Health & Development

  6. Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $246,564
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  7. University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (David Baker and Neil King)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $283,539
    Scientific Research

  8. Harvard University — CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Febrile Diseases

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $600,123
    Scientific Research

  9. Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf — Alzheimer's Disease Research (Diego Sepulveda-Falla)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,307,513
    Scientific Research

  10. Stanford University — Immunization Research

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $350,000
    Scientific Research