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. Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019)

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $2,652,500
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  2. Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2019)

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $2,756,250
    Effective Altruism
  3. Legal Services for Prisoners with Children — CJR Events Support

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $10,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  4. Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $115,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. UC Berkeley — Deworming and Cash Transfers

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $170,000
    Global Health & Development
  6. University of Pennsylvania — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (2019)

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $660,000
    Scientific Research
  7. Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare Work in Italy

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  8. The Center for Election Science — General Support (2019)

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $1,800,000
    Policy
  9. Usona Institute — Psilocybin Trial for Depression Therapy

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Drug Policy Reform
  10. We Animals — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $240,000
    Farm Animal Welfare