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 Popular Democracy — Federal Reserve Campaign

    Award Date:
    08/2014
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Macroeconomic Policy
  2. Stanford PACS — General Support

    Award Date:
    08/2014
    Amount:
    $20,000
    Meta-Philanthropy
  3. Rockefeller Archive Center — Workshop on the History of Philanthropy

    Award Date:
    08/2014
    Amount:
    $25,000
    History of Philanthropy
  4. RAND Corporation — Research for Vermont

    Award Date:
    08/2014
    Amount:
    $103,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  5. USAIM — Seasonal Migration from Haiti

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $1,310,482
    Immigration Policy
  6. ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $285,000
    Immigration Policy
  7. Alliance for Open Society International — Albanian Renaissance

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $500,000
    Policy & Civil Society
  8. Pew Public Safety Performance Project

    Award Date:
    07/2014
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Criminal Justice Reform
  9. Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation — General Support

    Award Date:
    06/2014
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Housing Affordability
  10. Cochrane Collaboration — General Support

    Award Date:
    06/2014
    Amount:
    $300,000
    Meta-Research