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. EVF — Event Venue

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $23,212,677
    Effective Giving and Careers
  2. California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $400,000
    Housing Policy Reform
  3. Food and Agriculture Research — Keel Bone Damage Reduction

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  4. UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,900,000
    Global Health & Development
  5. theguardian.org - Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $450,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  6. Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Reduction (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,250,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  7. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Bat Cell Line Research

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Scientific Research
  8. Malaria Consortium — Monitoring and Evaluation of Net Distribution

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $1,099,808
    Global Health & Development
  9. Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2021)

    Award Date:
    12/2021
    Amount:
    $246,564
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  10. University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (David Baker and Neil King)

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