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. University of Chicago — Research on Complementary AI

    Award Date:
    05/2023
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  2. Centre for the Governance of AI — General Support (2023)

    Award Date:
    05/2023
    Amount:
    $3,000,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  3. Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting and Operations Support (May 2023)

    Award Date:
    05/2023
    Amount:
    $3,370,000
    Effective Giving and Careers
  4. Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2023)

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $154,801
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  5. 80,000 Hours — Marketing (2023)

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $2,492,000
    Effective Giving and Careers
  6. EVF USA — Harvard Square Coworking Space

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $7,644,020
    Effective Giving and Careers
  7. Epoch — General Support (2023)

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $6,922,565
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  8. Stanford University — Language Model Evaluations

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  9. Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk (2023)

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $937,228
    Effective Giving and Careers
  10. Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity (2023)

    Award Date:
    04/2023
    Amount:
    $7,831,500
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness