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. Brookings Institution — Work on India and China

    Award Date:
    06/2015
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Policy
  2. GiveDirectly — General Support

    Award Date:
    06/2015
    Amount:
    $25,000,000
    Global Health & Development
  3. SPUR — General Support

    Award Date:
    05/2015
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Housing Affordability
  4. New York University — Work on Swift-and-Certain Sanctions

    Award Date:
    04/2015
    Amount:
    $80,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society — General Support

    Award Date:
    04/2015
    Amount:
    $60,000
    Meta-Philanthropy
  6. Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense

    Award Date:
    04/2015
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  7. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Work on India and China

    Award Date:
    03/2015
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Policy
  8. New Incentives — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2015
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Global Health & Development
  9. Evidence Action — Seasonal Income Support Project

    Award Date:
    03/2015
    Amount:
    $170,792
    Global Health & Development
  10. Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice — General Support

    Award Date:
    02/2015
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Criminal Justice Reform