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. ARLIS — Report on Security Clearances

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $70,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  2. Kansas State University — Fungal Genetics Stock Center

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Scientific Research
  3. UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Diagnosis (Adithya Cattamanchi and Sarah Stanley)

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $60,000
    Scientific Research
  4. CIWF — Fish Welfare and Efforts to End Cages (2021)

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $4,578,461
    Farm Animal Welfare
  5. SOUL — Reform Implementation and Prosecutor Accountability

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  6. Malaria Consortium — Evaluation of LLIN Distribution Campaign

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $2,051,853
    Global Health & Development
  7. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MineRL BASALT Competition

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $70,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  8. Elle Pfeffer — Dissertation Research

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $5,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  9. Reducetarian Foundation — Reducetarian Fellowship

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  10. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Standards

    Award Date:
    07/2021
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI