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.

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  1. Duke University — CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Tools (Charles Gersbach)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $2,550,171
    Scientific Research

  2. CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2018)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $1,044,501
    Scientific Research

  3. UC Berkeley — Drought-Tolerant Rice (Brian Staskawicz)

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $200,000
    Scientific Research

  4. Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics — Animal Sentience Workshop

    Award Date:
    10/2018
    Amount:
    $6,683
    Farm Animal Welfare

  5. Better Eating International — Organizational Development

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $12,690
    Farm Animal Welfare

  6. Community Justice Exchange — General Support

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Criminal Justice Reform

  7. Center for a New American Security — Outreach on Technological Risk

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $400,352
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  8. Washington University — Microbiome and Alzheimer’s (David Holtzman)

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $1,726,594
    Alzheimer's Research

  9. The Humane League — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $10,000,000
    Farm Animal Welfare

  10. New Virginia Majority Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $150,000
    Criminal Justice Reform