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
Prison Policy Initiative — General Support Prison Policy Initiative Criminal Justice Reform 06/2016 $50,000
IDinsight – General Support IDinsight Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 06/2016 $1,985,000
GiveWell — General Support GiveWell Global Health & Development 06/2016 $1,994,850
Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support Alliance for Safety and Justice Criminal Justice Reform 06/2016 $3,000,000
Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research Economic Policy Institute Macroeconomic Policy 06/2016 $500,000
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support CalHDF Land Use Reform 06/2016 $300,000
George Mason University — Research into Future AI Scenarios George Mason University Global Catastrophic Risks; Potential Risks from Advanced AI 06/2016 $277,435
Roosevelt Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research Roosevelt Institute Macroeconomic Policy 06/2016 $200,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Criminal Justice Reform 06/2016 $61,600
Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC Center for Applied Rationality Effective Altruism 05/2016 $304,000
Innovations for Poverty Action — Mindset Engagement in Cash Transfers Innovations for Poverty Action Global Health & Development 05/2016 $350,000
American Conservative Union — Center for Criminal Justice Reform (2016) American Conservative Union Criminal Justice Reform 05/2016 $200,000
AU — Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment Global Catastrophic Risks; Solar Radiation Management 05/2016 $76,234
International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support International Refugee Assistance Project Immigration Policy 05/2016 $700,000
Results for Development — Childhood Pneumonia Treatment Scale-Up Results for Development Potential GiveWell Top Charities; Global Health & Development 05/2016 $6,400,000
Promise of Justice Initiative — General Support Promise of Justice Initiative Criminal Justice Reform 05/2016 $81,000
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation Global Catastrophic Risks; Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness 05/2016 $520,000
Better Boulder — YIMBY 2016 Better Boulder Land Use Reform 04/2016 $37,000
Accountable Justice Project — General Support Accountable Justice Project Criminal Justice Reform 04/2016 $350,000
Future of Research — General Support Future of Research Scientific Research 04/2016 $300,000