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. Ought — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $525,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  2. Nick Otis — Forecasting Research

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $10,000
    Potential GiveWell Top Charities
  3. Greenburger Center — Criminal Justice Convening

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $20,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  4. GiveWell — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $2,453,548
    Global Health & Development
  5. Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $570,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  6. Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    05/2018
    Amount:
    $515,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  7. Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative (2018)

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $400,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  8. IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2018)

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $1,196,729
    Global Health & Development
  9. ISAE — Advance Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Nations

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $135,412
    Farm Animal Welfare
  10. Science Philanthropy Alliance — General Support

    Award Date:
    04/2018
    Amount:
    $225,000
    Scientific Research