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. FNPDA — Crate- and Cage-Free Campaigning in Brazil (2018)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  2. Texas Organizing Project Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $56,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  3. GoalsRL — Workshop on Goal Specifications for Reinforcement Learning

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $7,500
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  4. UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2019)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $1,021,318
    Scientific Research
  5. MAPS — Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial for PTSD therapy (2018)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Drug Policy Reform
  6. Civil Rights Corps — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $25,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  7. Faith in Texas — Criminal Justice Reform Work

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  8. Players Coalition Charitable Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  9. The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  10. American Conservative Union Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform (2018)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $212,000
    Criminal Justice Reform