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.

Topics

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  1. Peterson Institute for International Economics — Macroeconomic Stabilization

    Award Date:
    04/2016
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Macroeconomic Policy

  2. Center for American Progress — Macroeconomic Stabilization

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Macroeconomic Policy

  3. University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock on Forecasting

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Forecasting

  4. University of Southern California — Genomic Research Methods

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $1,738,500
    Scientific Research

  5. Ayni Institute — Movement Ecology Training

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $115,000
    Criminal Justice Reform

  6. New Incentives — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Global Health & Development

  7. Evidence Action — No Lean Season

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $812,351
    Global Health & Development

  8. Future of Life Institute — General Support

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  9. MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group — Brain Mapping Research (Ed Boyden)

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $2,970,000
    Scientific Research

  10. Institute of the Black World — Criminal Justice Reform

    Award Date:
    03/2016
    Amount:
    $50,000
    Criminal Justice Reform