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. ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $285,000
    Immigration Policy
  2. Alliance for Open Society International — Albanian Renaissance

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Policy & Civil Society
  3. Pew Public Safety Performance Project

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  4. Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation — General Support

    Award Date:
    06/2014
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Housing Affordability
  5. Cochrane Collaboration — General Support

    Award Date:
    06/2014
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Meta-Research
  6. Pepperdine University — Washington THC Monitoring

    Award Date:
    06/2014
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Drug Policy Reform
  7. GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants

    Award Date:
    05/2014
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Global Health & Development
  8. SPUR — General Support

    Award Date:
    05/2014
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Housing Affordability
  9. Startup:Education — School Reform in Newark

    Award Date:
    04/2014
    Amount:
    $5,000,000
    Education
  10. GiveWell — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2014
    Amount:
    $240,000
    Global Health & Development