We fund organizations and projects that show great promise for saving and improving lives and for helping us learn.

We’ve organized the grants in Our Portfolio in a database that you can browse and download. Grants recommended by Open Philanthropy also appear in its grants database here.

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Grant Organization All Topics Date of Award Amount
Mercy For Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform Mercy For Animals Farm Animal Welfare 05/2017 $500,000
Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control Target Malaria Scientific Research 05/2017 $17,500,000
NASEM — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 05/2017 $452,545
Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky) Rockefeller University Scientific Research; Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2017 $1,500,000
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2017) Alliance for Safety and Justice Criminal Justice Reform 04/2017 $4,000,000
Court Watch NOLA — General Support Court Watch NOLA Criminal Justice Reform 04/2017 $25,000
FFAR — Farm Animal Welfare Research Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Farm Animal Welfare 04/2017 $1,000,000
The Greenfield Project — General Support The Greenfield Project Farm Animal Welfare 04/2017 $500,000
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency — General Support New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency Scientific Research 04/2017 $2,350,000
East Bay Forward — YIMBYtown 2017 Conference East Bay Forward Land Use Reform 04/2017 $40,000
BioBricks Foundation — Biosecurity Activities at SB7.0 BioBricks Foundation Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 04/2017 $152,950
Common Justice — General Support Common Justice Criminal Justice Reform 04/2017 $100,000
ACLU Foundation — Disability Rights Fellowship American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Criminal Justice Reform 04/2017 $45,000
ClimateWorks Foundation — Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program ClimateWorks Foundation Global Catastrophic Risks 04/2017 $3,000,000
Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support Animal Charity Evaluators Farm Animal Welfare 04/2017 $500,000
UC Berkeley — KLPS-4 Survey University of California, Berkeley Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 04/2017 $1,104,259
Evidence Action — Strengthen Operations Evidence Action Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 04/2017 $2,642,300
New Incentives — General Support New Incentives Economic Empowerment; Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 04/2017 $820,000
Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling Rutgers University Global Catastrophic Risks 04/2017 $2,982,206
College and Community Fellowship — General Support College and Community Fellowship Criminal Justice Reform 03/2017 $50,000