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. Center for Global Development — Migration Program

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $1,800,000
    Immigration Policy
  2. Stanford University — Percy Liang Planning Grant

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $25,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  3. Drug Policy Alliance — Drug Decriminalization

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $1,331,597
    Criminal Justice Reform
  4. Texas Organizing Project Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $765,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. Future of Humanity Institute — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $1,995,425
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  6. ACLU of Oregon — Prosecutorial Accountability

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $145,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  7. Humane Society International — East Asian and OIE Projects

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $1,364,000
    Farm Animal Welfare
  8. Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2017
    Amount:
    $3,500,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  9. Genspace — DIYbio and FBI Meeting

    Award Date:
    02/2017
    Amount:
    $15,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  10. Global Animal Partnership — Broiler Chicken Welfare Research

    Award Date:
    02/2017
    Amount:
    $515,000
    Farm Animal Welfare