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150
as of 2025
Total Funding Raised
$4 billion
as of Jun 2025
Founded Date
2014
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| 2025 | 150 | coefficientgiving.org | f_xnSsYFDnIw |
Total Funding Raised$4 billionJun 20253 pts▶
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| Jun 2025 | $4 billion | coefficientgiving.org | f_AGyevCSUAA |
| 2024 | $2.8 billion | openphilanthropy.org | f_r91eebAciw |
| 2024 | $650 million | openphilanthropy.org | f_d67GqRtcgA |
Organization
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| — | 2014 | wikidata.org | 6cG2oupsZg |
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Divisions
28| Name | DivisionType | Status | StartDate | Source | Notes | Lead | Slug | Website | EndDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abundance & Growth | fund | active | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | $120M committed over 3 years. Led by Matt Clancy. Economic growth, scientific progress, US-focused. | Matt Clancy | coefficient-giving-abundance-growth | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Global Growth | fund | active | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | $40M+ committed over 3 years. Led by Justin Sandefur. Policy research for economic growth in low/middle-income countries. | Justin Sandefur | coefficient-giving-global-growth | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Farm Animal Welfare | fund | active | 2016 | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Lewis Bollard. Corporate cage-free campaigns, alt-protein research, advocacy. | Lewis Bollard | coefficient-giving-farm-animal-welfare | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Effective Giving & Careers | fund | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Melanie Basnak and Sam Donald. Support for CEA, 80,000 Hours, EA Funds, and community infrastructure. | — | — | — | — |
| Global Aid Policy | fund | active | 2018 | coefficientgiving.org | 50+ grants totaling ~$30M. Led by Norma Altshuler. Encouraging generous and cost-effective international aid. | — | — | — | — |
| Navigating Transformative AI | fund | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | 480+ grants totaling ~$500M. Sub-areas: Technical Safety (Favaloro, O'Keeffe-O'Donovan), AI Governance (Muehlhauser), Short Timelines (Zabel). ~$63.6M in 2024 (~60% of all external AI safety funding). | — | — | — | — |
| Forecasting | fund | active | 2018 | coefficientgiving.org | 30+ grants totaling ~$50M. Led by Benjamin Tereick. Forecasting infrastructure and research. | Benjamin Tereick | coefficient-giving-forecasting | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness | fund | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | 140+ grants totaling ~$260M. Led by Andrew Snyder-Beattie. Work began ~2015, five years before COVID-19. | — | — | — | — |
| Global Catastrophic Risks | program-area | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | Covers AI safety, biosecurity, and other GCR-related grantmaking. 250+ grants across cause areas. | — | — | — | — |
| Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF) | fund | active | 2024 | coefficientgiving.org | $100-125M raised; 20+ grants. Multi-donor pooled fund with Gates Foundation, UNICEF, others. | — | coefficient-giving-lead-exposure-action-fund | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Criminal Justice Reform | fund | dissolved | 2014 | — | Focused on reducing incarceration; wound down in 2022. ~$200M total grants. | — | coefficient-giving-criminal-justice-reform | — | 2022 |
| Air Quality | fund | active | 2022 | coefficientgiving.org | 40+ grants totaling ~$20M. Led by Santosh Harish. Focus on South Asia and high-pollution areas. | — | — | — | — |
| Global Health and Wellbeing | program-area | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | Covers global health, farm animal welfare, and scientific research. 360+ grants; largest program area. | — | — | — | — |
| Science and Global Health R&D | fund | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | 330+ grants + 30+ social investments ($90M+). Led by Jacob Trefethen. Treatments, vaccines, diagnostics. | — | — | — | — |
| Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness | fund | active | 2015 | coefficientgiving.org | 140+ grants. Work began ~2015 (five years before COVID-19). Johns Hopkins CHS, NTI Bio, pandemic preparedness | Andrew Snyder-Beattie | coefficient-giving-biosecurity-pandemic-preparedness | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Navigating Transformative AI | fund | active | 2017 | coefficientgiving.org | 480+ grants. Sub-areas: Technical Safety (Favaloro, O'Keeffe-O'Donovan), AI Governance (Muehlhauser), Short Timelines (Zabel). ~$63.6M in 2024 (~60% of all external AI safety funding) | Claire Zabel, Luke Muehlhauser, Peter Favaloro, Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan | coefficient-giving-navigating-transformative-ai | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Farm Animal Welfare | fund | active | 2016 | coefficientgiving.org | Corporate cage-free campaigns, alt-protein research, advocacy. Contributed to 3,000+ corporate cage-free commitments | Lewis Bollard | coefficient-giving-farm-animal-welfare | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Global Health & Wellbeing Opportunities | fund | active | 2014 | coefficientgiving.org | 360+ grants; largest fund. Primarily GiveWell-recommended charities; $175M committed for 2026 via GiveWell | James Snowden | coefficient-giving-global-health-wellbeing | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Effective Giving & Careers | fund | active | — | coefficientgiving.org | Support for CEA, 80,000 Hours, EA Funds, and community infrastructure | Melanie Basnak, Sam Donald | coefficient-giving-effective-giving-careers | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Global Aid Policy | fund | active | 2018 | coefficientgiving.org | 50+ grants. Encouraging generous and cost-effective international aid | Norma Altshuler | coefficient-giving-global-aid-policy | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF) | fund | active | 2024 | coefficientgiving.org | $100-125M raised; 20+ grants. Multi-donor pooled fund with Gates Foundation, UNICEF, others | — | coefficient-giving-lead-exposure-action-fund | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Air Quality | fund | active | 2022 | coefficientgiving.org | 40+ grants. Focus on South Asia and high-pollution areas | Santosh Harish | coefficient-giving-air-quality | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Criminal Justice Reform | fund | dissolved | 2014 | — | Focused on reducing incarceration; wound down in 2022 | — | coefficient-giving-criminal-justice-reform | — | 2022 |
| Forecasting | fund | active | 2018 | coefficientgiving.org | 30+ grants supporting forecasting infrastructure and research | Benjamin Tereick | coefficient-giving-forecasting | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | fund | active | 2015 | coefficientgiving.org | 250+ grants across GCR cause areas and EA community capacity building | Eli Rose | coefficient-giving-gcr-opportunities | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Abundance & Growth | fund | active | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | $120M committed over 3 years. Economic growth, scientific progress, US-focused. Launched March 2025 | Matt Clancy | coefficient-giving-abundance-growth | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Science and Global Health R&D | fund | active | 2017 | coefficientgiving.org | 330+ grants + 30+ social investments ($90M+). Treatments, vaccines, diagnostics for low-income populations | Jacob Trefethen | coefficient-giving-science-global-health-rd | coefficientgiving.org | — |
| Global Growth | fund | active | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | $40M+ committed over 3 years. Policy research for economic growth in low/middle-income countries. Launched October 2024 | Justin Sandefur | coefficient-giving-global-growth | coefficientgiving.org | — |
Funding Programs
18| Name | ProgramType | Description | DivisionId | TotalBudget | Currency | Status | Source | Notes | ApplicationUrl | OpenDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF) | grant-round | Multi-donor pooled fund addressing lead exposure globally. $100-125M raised with Gates Foundation, UNICEF, and others. | IQGwgrW29g | 125,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | 20+ grants. Launched 2024. Partners include Gates Foundation, UNICEF. | — | — |
| Criminal Justice Reform Grantmaking | grant-round | Historical grantmaking for criminal justice reform. Program wound down in 2022. | FgO_AwGzuj | — | USD | closed | coefficientgiving.org | ~$200M total grants. 398 grants. Focused on reducing incarceration. | — | — |
| Global Aid Policy Grantmaking | grant-round | 50+ grants totaling ~$30M encouraging generous and cost-effective international aid. | q-1FLb6And | 30,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Norma Altshuler. | — | — |
| Air Quality Grantmaking | grant-round | 40+ grants totaling ~$20M focused on air quality improvement in South Asia and high-pollution areas. | EcbbkPXezK | 20,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Santosh Harish. | — | — |
| Forecasting Grantmaking | grant-round | Grantmaking for forecasting infrastructure, prediction markets, and forecasting research. 30+ grants totaling ~$50M. | KTH1AhXH7l | 50,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Benjamin Tereick. | — | — |
| Global Health and Wellbeing Grantmaking | grant-round | Coefficient Giving's grantmaking for global health, development, and farm animal welfare | Cs0fLbZ1KO | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | — | — | — |
| Global Growth Grantmaking | grant-round | $40M+ committed over 3 years for policy research on economic growth in low/middle-income countries. | V_-6iB_DLA | 40,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Justin Sandefur. Launched October 2024. | — | — |
| Technical AI Safety RFP (2025) | rfp | RFP across 21 research areas under Navigating Transformative AI; $40M committed with more available based on quality | pSFM3kjj6M | 40,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | 21 research areas including interpretability, alignment, evaluations, and governance. | — | — |
| Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness | grant-round | Grantmaking for biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, and related policy work | jwPJSsqL6T | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | — | — | — |
| Farm Animal Welfare Grantmaking | grant-round | Grantmaking for farm animal welfare: corporate cage-free campaigns, broiler welfare, alt-protein research, fish welfare, and advocacy in Asia. Contributed to 3,000+ corporate cage-free commitments. | T0Aiw5CBG2 | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Lewis Bollard. 500+ grants. Largest Coefficient Giving program by grant count. | — | — |
| Abundance & Growth Grants | grant-round | $120M committed over 3 years for economic growth, scientific progress, and US-focused innovation. | vQ4qEI1Ghg | 120,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Matt Clancy. Launched March 2025. | — | — |
| AI Safety Grantmaking | grant-round | Coefficient Giving's ongoing AI safety grantmaking, covering technical alignment research, governance, and field-building | pSFM3kjj6M | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Largest funder of AI safety research by total dollars committed. ~$63.6M in 2024. | — | — |
| Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | grant-round | Grantmaking across GCR cause areas and EA community capacity building. 250+ grants totaling ~$400M. | jDxthkzeam | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Eli Rose. Covers GCR cause areas beyond AI safety and biosecurity. | — | — |
| Science and Global Health R&D Grantmaking | grant-round | Grantmaking for scientific research, global health R&D, transformative basic science, and health innovation. 330+ grants and 30+ social investments ($550M+). | 3dkBhCulh4 | 550,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Jacob Trefethen. | — | — |
| Effective Giving & Careers Grantmaking | grant-round | Support for effective giving infrastructure, career guidance, and EA community capacity building. Support for CEA, 80,000 Hours, EA Funds. | sSt5WHrzEk | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Melanie Basnak and Sam Donald. | — | — |
| Effective Giving & Careers Grantmaking | grant-round | Support for effective giving infrastructure, career guidance, and EA community capacity building | sSt5WHrzEk | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Melanie Basnak and Sam Donald. Support for CEA, 80,000 Hours, EA Funds. | — | — |
| Science and Global Health R&D Grantmaking | grant-round | Grantmaking for scientific research, global health R&D, transformative basic science, and health innovation | 3dkBhCulh4 | — | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | Led by Jacob Trefethen. 330+ grants + 30+ social investments ($90M+). | — | — |
| Technical AI Safety RFP (2025) | rfp | — | yB4vOz3X8V | 40,000,000 | USD | open | coefficientgiving.org | RFP across 21 research areas under Navigating Transformative AI; more funding available based on quality | coefficientgiving.org | 2025 |
Grants
2627| Name | Amount | Recipient | Date | Source | Notes | ProgramId |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Association of Community and Restorative Justice — Restorative Justice Conference | 50,000 | National Association of Community and Restorative Justice | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: January 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice to support a conference on restorative justice in June 2017. This is expected to be one of the largest conferences on this topic in the US. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2017) | 2,500,000 | givedirectly | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to GiveDirectly for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (December 2018) | 100,000 | georgetown-university | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation (gui2de) to support its Zusha! Road Safety Campaign, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Zusha! Road Safety Campaign to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Planning Grant for Global Health Security Index | 476,859 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Published: March 2017 Nuclear Threat Initiative staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $476,859 to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to support the first phase of the creation of the Global Health Security (GHS) Index, a public report that will score countries on factors relevant to biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.1 NTI intends to partner with the Center for Health Security (CHS) (to whom we have previously made a grant) and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to develop this Index. Planned activities for phase one of this project include: Developing a draft framework for the Index based on information from literature reviews and expert interviews. Convening an international expert advisory group to refine the framework and generate a list of potential metrics and indicators. Determining the availability of data sets for each metric and indicator. Publishing a set of 20-30 metrics and indicators that can be used to measure global health security in an index. If successful, we believe that a GHS Index would drive political accountability by calling attention to countries that are failing to adequately invest in health security. The Index could also be a useful tool for mapping gaps and thereby identifying funding opportunities for national governments, the Open Philanthropy Project, or other funders. We are excited about this grant for several reasons: We are not aware of an existing comprehensive source for this type of information, nor a comprehensive international standard for national global health security capacity. The closest equivalent is the Joint External Evaluation (JEE), governed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The JEE was launched in 2016 and combines WHO’s International Health Regulations with the Global Health Security Agenda assessment tool.2 However, we believe the JEE has important limitations compared to the kind of comprehensive tool that this grant is intended to support. A key issue we see with the JEE is that it is possible for countries to get high scores despite being, in our view, unprepared to prevent or respond to a pandemic. The GHS Index would be independent and therefore much less likely to be subject to political pressure. We believe that these three organizations are exceptionally well-equipped to do this work. Our understanding is that some past examples of similar indexes, such as NTI’s Nuclear Security Index, have been successful at creating political pressure and impacting government decision-making. The key open question for this grant is whether the proposed GHS Index can offer an improvement over the JEE in terms of how it measures capacity to prevent and respond to pandemics. An important related question is whether sufficient publicly available data exist to support an effective index. We recommended this planning grant to provide NTI, CHS and EIU with an opportunity to explore these questions by developing a preliminary set of categories for the Index and determining whether publicly available data exist in those categories. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Global Health Security Agenda, Assessments & JEE Source (archive) NTI Nuclear Security Index, About the NTI Index Source (archive) | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Institute of the Black World — Criminal Justice Reform | 50,000 | Institute of the Black World | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, Chloe Cockburn (our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing her reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of Chloe's grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for Chloe to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on her own judgment and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants; we consider them part of our bet on Chloe. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Living Goods — General Support (January 2019) | 100,000 | Living Goods | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Living Goods for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Living Goods to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| IDinsight — General Support | 1,985,000 | idinsight | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $1,985,000 over three years to IDinsight in June of 2016 for general operating support. IDinsight supports and conducts rigorous evaluations of development interventions, often involving randomized controlled trials, with an explicit focus on providing useful data to inform funders and policy makers. This "decision-focused evaluation" model appears to us to be both uncommon and particularly aligned with GiveWell's goals. We hope this grant will allow IDinsight to scale its model of supporting and evaluating development interventions, ideally (in the long term) providing GiveWell with research that it will be able to use in its work to recommend top charities. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Vera Institute of Justice — New Orleans User-Funded Justice System | 100,000 | vera-institute | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Vera staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Vera Institute of Justice's New Orleans office (Vera) to support its research into and cost-benefit analysis of New Orleans’s user-funded justice system. Vera will examine the imposition of financial bail as a condition of pretrial release, the assessment of fines and fees at sentencing, and the relationship between these practices and the number of people in jail. The issue of bail, fine and fee policies resulting in jail time for people who are unable to pay (see this video explanation created by Vera) appears to us to have recently been gaining attention and traction. Several lawsuits have successfully challenged the practice of detaining people pretrial because of an inability to pay bail or jailing people because they are unable to pay a fine or fee. However, our impression is that national and local discussions have so far lacked high-quality data and in-depth analyses on the extent to which bail, fines and fees drive local jail populations. This grant will support Vera's New Orleans office to analyze the costs to tax payers and the toll it takes on mostly low-income defendants, then put forward a set of actionable recommendations for reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (January 2019) | 100,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Iodine Global Network via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Iodine Global Network to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Innovations for Poverty Action — Mindset Engagement in Cash Transfers | 350,000 | innovations-for-poverty-action | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $350,000 to Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to support a randomized controlled trial (RCT) run by Richard Sedlmayr and colleagues in collaboration with GiveDirectly (one of GiveWell's top charities). The trial will test a mindset intervention with recipients of cash transfers. The grant was awarded as part of GiveWell’s general effort to support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of recommendations. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2017) | 2,500,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of AMF to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (January 2018) | 7,200,000 | helen-keller-international | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $7,200,000 to Helen Keller International to support vitamin A supplementation work, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Helen Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration | 425,000 | Blackbird | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: May 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $425,000 to Blackbird to support its efforts to end mass incarceration. This grant is intended to support Blackbird’s communications, policy and organizing work. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| National Network for Safe Communities — LA Larceny Project | 161,040 | National Network for Safe Communities | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $161,040 to the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College to support a project aimed at reducing larceny in Los Angeles, which has risen since the passage of Proposition 47 in 2014. The project will use the focused deterrence model created by David Kennedy to build a partnership to reverse that trend by addressing a small number of people responsible for the bulk of the crimes. The strategy reinforces community norms against crime to intervene where risk is highest. The first phase of the project will include a problem analysis to determine the scope of the problem in Los Angeles and lay the foundation for strategic implementation. The National Network for Safe Communities plans to help implement this intervention as a pilot project in Los Angeles. Sources Document Source National Network for Safe Communities LA Larceny Project Proposal Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ordinary People Society — Criminal Justice Reform | 50,000 | The Ordinary People Society | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, Chloe Cockburn (our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing her reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of Chloe's grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for Chloe to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on her own judgment and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants; we consider them part of our bet on Chloe. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The END Fund — Deworming Programs (December 2018) | 2,500,000 | The END Fund | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to The END Fund to support deworming programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of The End Fund to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2019) | 9,700,000 | Sightsavers | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $9,700,000 to Sightsavers to support deworming programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Sightsavers' deworming program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Correctional Association of New York — General Support | 50,000 | Correctional Association of New York | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Correctional Association of New York for general support. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, Chloe Cockburn (our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing her reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of Chloe's grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for Chloe to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on her own judgment and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants; we consider them part of our bet on Chloe. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Results for Development — Childhood Pneumonia Treatment Scale-Up | 6,400,000 | Results for Development | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $6,400,000 to Results for Development (R4D) in May of 2016 to support its Market Dynamics practice area’s pneumonia treatment program in Tanzania. R4D is a global nonprofit organization aiming to tackle development challenges to help those living in poverty. The organization aims to use these funds to increase use of amoxicillin, the WHO-recommended first-line treatment for childhood pneumonia. We are supporting R4D because we believe that, if successful, it could become a GiveWell-recommended charity. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health — Working Group on Malaria Gene Drive Testing Path | 1,228,845 | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] We decided to write about this grant in order to share the rationale for our interest in gene drives. This page is a summary of the reasoning behind our decision to recommend the grant; it was not written by the grant investigator(s). Foundation for the National Institutes of Health staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,228,845 to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) to form a working group to support development of a consensus pathway for field testing modified mosquitoes with driving transgenes. The FNIH proposes to convene a working group of approximately twenty experts to recommend a consensus path for field testing gene drives to fight malaria. This recommendation will include guidelines on how to safely field test gene drives for population modification and population suppression of vector mosquitoes in order to determine whether they could safely and ethically be deployed widely. To date, the FNIH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have been key actors supporting the development of this new technology, including commissioning of prior independent studies to consider best practices, and we think the FNIH is well positioned to convene a working group to develop a field testing pathway that can be used to inform researchers and other stakeholders. Our hope is that developing consensus around a testing pathway will clarify the requirements and reduce the amount of time needed before a gene drive affecting malarial burdens could be released, if the technology is eventually determined to be feasible, safe, and ethical. 1. Background 1.1 The cause As part of our work to investigate potential focus areas within the category of scientific research, we became aware of a relatively new technology called “gene drives” (see this New York Times article for an overview). One important potential application of gene drives that has been discussed is to prevent the spread of malaria by significantly reducing the population of mosquitos that can carry it. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (December 2018) | 100,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to support its Universal Salt Iodization program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GAIN's Universal Salt Iodization program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| One for the World — General Support (2018) | 153,750 | one-for-the-world | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell grant of $153,750 to One for the World via the Life You Can Save for general support. One for the World does outreach to university students encouraging them to pledge a percentage of their incomes to effective charities. This grant was recommended by GiveWell staff as part of an effort to increase money moved to GiveWell top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2016) | 500,000 | — | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. From a nonprofit's perspective, participating in GiveWell's evaluation process involves a significant investment of time and effort and uncertainty about whether the investment will lead to a GiveWell recommendation. This grant will allow GiveWell to offer $100,000 incentive grants to organizations that complete the first round of evaluation in 2017, allow GiveWell to publish a write-up, and are promising enough to move on to the second, more intensive round of evaluation. GiveWell will allocate any funds left over at the end of the year to its recommended charities for 2017. | ONN00wZd8U |
| J-PAL — Support for Immunization Incentives RCTs | 200,000 | Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab | 2015-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures made two gifts of $100,000 each to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in India and Pakistan that will test whether providing non-cash incentives increases child immunization rates. See GiveWell’s review of J-PAL for more about its activities and to follow its progress. See GiveWell’s writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| IDinsight — Scaling Up a High-Potential Development Intervention | 34,382 | idinsight | 2014-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $34,382 to IDinsight as part of our effort to support the development of new GiveWell top charities. GiveWell and IDinsight generated a list of several programs that have been evaluated by a single randomized controlled trial which found strong results, but where additional studies have not been undertaken to determine whether the results can be replicated, and which, as far as we know, are not currently being scaled up by an existing organization. This grant will support the second phase of the initiative to "identify an appropriate context and partner" for scaling up — and generating further evidence regarding — one such high-potential intervention. GiveWell and IDinsight have tentatively chosen the incentives for immunization program and expect its implementation to take place in India, though both the program and location could change. Normally IDinsight works in a demand-driven manner, in which policymakers and managers approach IDinsight to evaluate program options to guide their own decision-making. This project, which aims to identify and convince an implementing partner to implement a new program, represents a new approach for IDinsight. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Charity Science: Health — General Support | 200,000 | Charity Science Health | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, granted $200,000 to Charity Science: Health as one of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the creation of future top charities. This grant will go towards supporting the first year of Charity Science: Health's work setting up a charity to send SMS immunization reminders in India. Charity Science: Health was created by members of the effective altruism community with the goal of creating a potential future GiveWell top charity. GiveWell is impressed by the Charity Science: Health team's track record of transparency, and is confident that they will communicate well, and that it will be easy for GiveWell to learn from their work. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (2018) | 100,000 | evidence-action | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Evidence Action to support the Dispensers for Safe Water program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Evidence Action's Dispensers for Safe Water program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice — General Support | 100,000 | FSU Project on Accountable Justice | 2015-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Staff at Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice (PAJ) reviewed this page prior to publication. Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $100,000 over one year to the Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice, via the Florida State University Foundation. This grant is part of the Open Philanthropy Project’s ongoing exploration of criminal justice reform as a potential focus area. The Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice (PAJ) aims to "advance public safety through evidence-based practices and policies in Florida and beyond."1 PAJ was recommended to us by Steve Teles, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins who has written about the philanthropic origins of the conservative legal movement and has been working for us as a consultant.2Early in our explorations of criminal justice reform, we were looking for giving opportunities, and Professor Teles interviewed PAJ and recommended that we fund them. Based largely on Professor Teles' recommendation, Good Ventures has decided to make an unrestricted $100,000 one year grant to PAJ. PAJ shared a number of documents with us in the process of considering this grant (the versions linked below have been lightly edited prior to publication to protect private information): PAJ Proposal, May 2014 PAJ SWOT Analysis, July 2014 PAJ 2014-15 Budget The basic reasoning for this grant is that PAJ has a strong and well-connected leader, which makes the organization well positioned to promote criminal justice reform in Florida, which represents approximately 6.5 percent of the total U.S. prison population.3PAJ’s chairman, Allison DeFoor, has played many roles inside and outside of the Florida criminal justice system. According to Steve Teles, DeFoor knows many of the key decision-makers in Florida, and is well-positioned to make progress on this issue. Additionally, PAJ has limited funding from other sources: their 2015 fiscal year revenue, excluding this grant, is projected to be $122,300.5 PAJ’s top priority is to bring the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) to Florida. This will eventually require legislation or an executive order. As part of that process, the organization envisions engaging in a variety of research and policy projects, which may entail budget and policy analysis, publishing newsletters, and targeted outreach with key stakeholders. In addition, PAJ will continue to push for external oversight and monitoring of all correctional facilities, systemic performance measurement, and reduction of overly punitive policies for juveniles.6 We anticipate conducting relatively limited follow-up on this grant, most likely consisting of a phone calls with PAJ leadership every 2-3 months for the course of the grant and a brief writeup on progress at the end of the one year period. PAJ is administratively housed at the Florida Institute of Government at Florida State University, and the grant to support them will be facilitated by Florida State University Foundation, FSU's fundraising arm. Sources Document Source Carson 2014 Source (archive) GiveWell's non-verbatim summary of a conversation with Steve Teles on June 13, 2013 Source PAJ Homepage Source (archive) PAJ 2014-15 Budget Source PAJ Proposal May 2014 Source PAJ SWOT Analysis Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (December 2017) | 100,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to support its Universal Salt Iodization program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GAIN's Universal Salt Iodization program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| ReFrame Mentorship — General Support | 100,000 | ReFrame Mentorship | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to ReFrame Mentorship (via the Center for Civic Policy) for general support. ReFrame Mentorship is an intensive training and mentorship program in strategic communications for social justice movement organizers. We recommended a previous grant to this organization and are continuing to support it because we have been impressed with its work in the past and think that it is well-positioned to build the strategic communication capacity and practice of key criminal justice reform organizations. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Vera Institute of Justice — Common Justice | 8,000 | vera-institute | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $8,000 to the Vera Institute to support Common Justice. Common Justice, a Brooklyn-based project of the Vera Institute, develops and promotes solutions to violent crime that focus on improving outcomes for victims and holding people accountable for harm without relying on incarceration. We wrote more about the organization on our page about our previous grant to Common Justice. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| New Virginia Majority — Formerly Incarcerated Organizers | 50,000 | New Virginia Majority Education Fund | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to New Virginia Majority to enable it to hire formerly incarcerated staff. New Virginia Majority is a political base-building organization that we see as highly competent, and that is beginning to address the issue of criminal justice reform in Virginia. Its organizing is centered on securing rights restoration for the formerly incarcerated. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2019) | 2,500,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended $2,500,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of SCI to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Founders Pledge — General Support | 1,032,947 | founders-pledge | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,032,947 over two years to Founders Pledge, executed through the Center for Effective Altruism, for general support. Founders Pledge is a new organization, based in London, that encourages technology entrepreneurs to pledge at least 2% of their proceeds upon exit to charity, and supports them in making thoughtful and impactful decisions about where to give. This grant is intended to enable Founders Pledge to expand to Germany, France, and Sweden, and to hire a developer. Sources Document Source Founders Pledge, EU Expansion Budget Source | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Evidence Action Beta — Incubator Program | 5,069,866 | Evidence Action Beta | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $5,069,866 to Evidence Action Beta to create a dedicated portfolio within its overall incubator portfolio focused on GiveWell-aligned, evidence-backed, cost-effective interventions and to provide cross-cutting support to the incubator. This grant will fund roughly 2.5 years of operations for this portfolio in the incubator. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Living Goods — General Support (January 2018) | 100,000 | Living Goods | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Living Goods for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Living Goods to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Mercy For Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy | 1,000,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Mercy For Animals to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. Earlier in 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns (including a previous grant to Mercy For Animals) and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support Mercy For Animals’ work in Latin America and Asia.1 We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Mercy For Animals, Simplified Budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Faith in Texas — General Support | 637,000 | Faith in Texas | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $637,000 to Faith in Texas for general support. This grant is intended to support Faith in Texas’ work to build grassroots support for criminal justice reform among members of white evangelical, black, and Hispanic faith communities in Texas, especially in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. This work aims to support efforts to pass strong criminal justice reform and to build infrastructure and momentum for future reforms. Texas has the largest incarcerated population of any state in the U.S.1 Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Bureau of Justice Statistics 2015 Source (archive) Faith in Texas budget Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Humane League — International Cage-Free Advocacy | 1,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Humane League to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. Earlier in 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns (including a previous grant to the Humane League) and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support the Humane League’s work in Latin America, Europe and Japan.1 We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE The Humane League, Proposal for International Campaign Expansion Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Fortify Health — General Support | 295,217 | Fortify Health | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $295,217 to Fortify Health via Charity Science to start a new program aimed at mass fortification of wheat flour with iron in India. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Development Media International — General Support (December 2018) | 100,000 | Development Media International | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Development Media International via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Development Media International to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention — General Support | 1,336,409 | Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention | 2017-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $1,336,409 to the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) to start work aimed at reducing deaths from deliberate ingestion of pesticides. CPSP plans to use these funds to begin collecting data on pesticide suicides in Nepal and India with the aim of assisting governments in enacting bans on the most lethal pesticides currently used in suicide attempts. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2018) | 1,196,729 | idinsight | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $1,196,728.99 to IDinsight to support the work of IDinsight's GiveWell embedded team. This is a renewal of a May 2017 grant to support research that could lead to the creation of new top charities or otherwise influence GiveWell's recommended allocations. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Legal Services for Prisoners with Children — General Support | 70,000 | Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $70,000 to Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) for general support. This funding is intended to support a national conference, to be held in September, that will bring together around 600 formerly incarcerated people to develop a shared agenda around state and national policy reform. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Berkeley — Deworming and Cash Transfers (2019) | 170,000 | uc-berkeley | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $170,000 to the University of California, Berkeley to hire an additional research assistant to support Ted Miguel's research on deworming and cash transfers. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2017) | 100,000 | Project Healthy Children | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Project Healthy Children for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Project Healthy Children to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (December 2018) | 26,600,000 | malaria-consortium | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $26,600,000 to the Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Malaria Consortium to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Scoping RCTs for Follow-Up | 492,188 | uc-berkeley | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $492,188 to the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley. CEGA plans to use these funds to create a list of previously completed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that could potentially be candidates for follow-up studies analyzing longer-term effects of programs. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. CEGA will attempt to identify promising RCTs conducted 10+ years ago that could be followed up on to assess the long-term impact of specific programs. Such follow-up studies could affect GiveWell's views about global health and development interventions and potentially alter their charity recommendations and/or funding allocations. CEGA has received two related GiveWell Incubation Grants, in April 2017 and June 2017. See GiveWell's page on this gift for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Good Food Institute — General Support | 1,000,000 | good-food-institute | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to The Good Food Institute for general support. The Good Food Institute plans to use this grant to expand its work promoting alternatives to animal products. It may also hire additional staff and create an operating reserve. Sources Document Source The Good Food Institute, Corporate Engagement Proposal Source The Good Food Institute, Innovation Proposal Source The Good Food Institute, Science and Technology Proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (December 2018) | 10,400,000 | evidence-action | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $10,400,000 to Evidence Action to support the Deworm the World Initiative, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Deworm the World Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action — Seasonal Income Support Project | 170,792 | evidence-action | 2015-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $170,792 to Evidence Action to support its seasonal income support project. This grant is part of Good Ventures' support of GiveWell's attempt to seed new GiveWell top charities. Seasonal migration from rural to urban areas in developing countries may carry large benefits for the migrants and their families under certain circumstances. This grant supports Evidence Action's work to (a) continue evaluation of this program and (b) scale it further. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2017) | 100,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Iodine Global Network via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Iodine Global Network to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2018) | 2,500,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of AMF to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Texas Fair Defense Project — General Support | 63,000 | Texas Fair Defense Project | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $63,000 to the Texas Fair Defense Project for general support. The Texas Fair Defense Project intends to use this grant to expand its capacity and focus on bail reform efforts. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017) | 3,500,000 | georgetown-cghss | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3.5 million over three years to the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) to provide general support. GHSS, housed at Georgetown University Medical Center, conducts research to help build sustainable capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies worldwide. It comprises a team of four experts and academic researchers in biosecurity and pandemic preparedness along with several support staff. GHSS plans to use this grant to support policy-oriented academic research focused on improving U.S. and international biosecurity and pandemic preparedness policy. It plans to spend the majority of the grant funding on three main activities: Improving the capacity of the international community to respond to biological attacks. Researching international best practices for building laboratory capacity within national-level biosurveillance systems. International donors have invested a large amount of money to build national systems for rapid detection of infectious disease outbreaks, but these efforts have been fragmented and, in our view, have not resulted in ideal systems. We believe that this is due to a) a lack of comprehensive evidence on how to build fast and effective biosurveillance systems, and b) the tendency of individual donors to invest in projects that fit narrow programmatic objectives. Conducting a review and financial audit of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), an international effort that is organizing hundreds of millions of dollars in donor funding to build capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. GHSA discussions have been primarily led by governments, and we are not aware of any independent analyses of the process and of how funds are being used. GHSS plans to use most of the remaining funds on one or more additional projects that will be chosen in consultation with the Open Philanthropy Project; some to research new project ideas; and a small amount to cover minor infrastructure improvements. We decided to recommend this grant for several reasons: The three main activities listed above are in line with Open Philanthropy Project priorities for our work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The co-leaders of GHSS, Rebecca Katz and Julie Fischer, are internationally recognized experts on the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations and global health security capacity building. Given their experience, skills, and connections, we expect that they will enable GHSS to deliver high-quality results on the three main projects and to develop additional projects that are consistent with Open Philanthropy Project goals. This grant will free up GHSS staff time to do research on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness issues that are important to us. (We expect that this grant will free up slightly over half of core staff time.) GHSS is currently funded primarily by the U.S. government via project-specific contracts and grants for international training and capacity building. We believe that our grant will enable GHSS to pursue its goal of shifting its focus to big-picture, policy-oriented research, which we think will be a more effective way for it to contribute to the biosecurity and pandemic preparedness field. Support for GHSS will help to build capacity for biosecurity and pandemic preparedness analysis and advocacy outside of government, which is one of our priorities for this field. Few other centers research similar topics, and to our knowledge, most of them do little to no work on biosecurity. To investigate this grant, we had several phone conversations with GHSS leadership and reviewed materials they shared, including project proposals, budgets, and information about the track record of core staff. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (2017) | 100,000 | evidence-action | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Evidence Action to support the Dispensers for Safe Water program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Evidence Action's Dispensers for Safe Water program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action Beta — Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (“Phase 2”) | 3,408,259 | Evidence Action Beta | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $3,408,259 to Evidence Action Beta to pilot a project to provide technical assistance for the Indian government's work on large-scale school-based iron and folic acid supplementation targeting children and adolescents. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration | 150,000 | The Ahimsa Collective | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Advisory Circle of the Ahimsa Collective, the nonprofit organization that administers the Life Comes From It fund. (Photo courtesy of the Ahimsa Collective) Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Ahimsa Collective staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Ahimsa Collective, run by restorative justice practitioner and leader Sonya Shah, to support administrative costs of the Life Comes From It fund. The fund provides grants up to $25,000 to restorative justice, transformative justice, and peacemaking projects. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our July 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Mission: Launch, Inc. — Lisa Sangoi on Child Welfare | 55,000 | Mission: Launch, Inc. | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $55,000 to Mission: Launch, Inc. to support a report that Lisa Sangoi is producing on the impacts of drug policy and criminalization on child welfare. We expect that this report will increase awareness of the negative impacts of the criminal justice system and increase interest in criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Court Innovation — New Thinking about Criminal Justice Responses | 160,000 | Center for Court Innovation | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $160,000 to the Center for Court Innovation to promote incorporation of best practices on prosecutorial decisionmaking and new thinking on the role of prosecutors in Cook County. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Employ America Action Fund – General Support | 1,000,000 | Employ America Action Fund | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy | ONN00wZd8U |
| Seattle for Everyone — General Support | 50,000 | Seattle for Everyone | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Seattle for Everyone staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to Seattle for Everyone via the Housing Development Consortium. Seattle For Everyone is a coalition of various interest groups (including market rate developers, affordable housing developers, labor and social justice advocates, businesses, environmentalists, and urbanists) formed to promote the same set of proposed land use reforms in Seattle that our grant to the Sightline Institute is also intended to support. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action — No Lean Season (December 2017) | 11,500,000 | evidence-action | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $11,500,000 to Evidence Action to support the No Lean Season program, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of No Lean Season to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2018) | 2,500,000 | Sightsavers | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a grant of $2,500,000 to Sightsavers to support deworming programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Sightsavers' deworming program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food RCT | 724,929 | Project Peanut Butter | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Published: October 2016 Project Peanut Butter staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $724,929 over three years to support Project Peanut Butter to run a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effect on cognitive development of reformulated ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) with additional omega-3 fatty acids and decreased omega-6 fatty acids, compared to conventional RUTF. RUTF is primarily used to treat young children in the developing world with severe acute malnutrition, and is generally deficient in omega-3s while being relatively high in omega-6s. Our decision to recommend this grant was based on our belief that there is a reasonable chance that increasing the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids in RUTF will have a positive effect on the cognitive development of treated children, and that a clear result in a large randomized trial would be fairly likely to make use of the lipid-rebalanced RUTF standard practice. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2018) | 100,000 | Project Healthy Children | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Project Healthy Children for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Project Healthy Children to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Incentives — General Support (November 2017) | 5,944,203 | New Incentives | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $5,944,203 to New Incentives to support its program offering conditional cash transfers for infant vaccination in North West Nigeria. This grant is the first (and major) tranche of a grant intended to fully support New Incentives' operations through May 2020, for the duration of a randomized controlled trial of the program. The grant amount may be updated in the future. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (December 2018) | 6,500,000 | helen-keller-international | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $6,500,000 to Helen Keller International to support vitamin A supplementation work, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Helen Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2018) | 2,500,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) via Imperial College Foundation for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of SCI to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Incentives — General Support (2014) | 100,000 | New Incentives | 2014-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $100,000 to New Incentives in January 2014 for general operating support. New Incentives is a startup organization that aims to increase delivery of conditional cash transfers, an intervention we believe to be supported by strong evidence of effectiveness. We made this "seed" grant because we believe that New Incentives, if successful, could become a GiveWell-recommended charity. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team | 314,752 | idinsight | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, granted $314,752 to IDinsight as one of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the development of potential future top charities. This grant is in addition to Good Ventures' June 2016 grant of $1,985,000 to IDinsight for general operating support. IDinsight supports and conducts rigorous evaluations of development interventions, often involving randomized controlled trials, with an explicit focus on providing useful data to inform funders and policy makers. This new funding is intended to support preliminary work by IDinsight to improve the monitoring of GiveWell top charities or to support the development of future top charities, and fund two full-time staff and part of the salaries of several other staff for one year. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation — Fish Welfare | 317,060 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €299,000 ($317,060 at the time of conversion) to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to support its work to develop and implement a fish welfare standard for German retailers. The Albert Schweitzer Foundation plans to use this grant to 1) conduct a study on ways to reduce fish suffering and to analyze the costs of various enhancements of fish welfare, and 2) build relationships with retailers and universities in the aquaculture industry. It plans to use the study to determine which welfare improvements to advocate for. This is one of a series of grants to organizations working to improve the conditions of the approximately 1.7 billion fish farmed in the EU and Norway. Sources Document Source Albert Schweitzer Foundation budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California — Prosecutorial Accountability | 250,000 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California to support prosecutorial accountability work led by Ana Zamora. The ACLU of Northern California plans to use this grant to support its "What a difference a DA makes" project. This project will include three main elements: Building District Attorney (DA) accountability infrastructure in target counties by providing criminal justice reform training and support to local groups in advance of 56 DA elections in California in 2018. Building a website with information on the DAs in all California counties to increase transparency and accountability. Conducting messaging research to learn what approaches to criminal justice reform communication are most effective and developing a messaging framework. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| ClimateWorks Foundation — Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program | 3,000,000 | ClimateWorks Foundation,Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Published: March 2017 Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3 million to ClimateWorks to contribute to the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, which was created recently to assist with a phase-down of the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in developing nations, in connection with the passing of an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty signed in 1987 that aimed to phase out the use of substances that damage the ozone layer. More recently, it has become clear that HFCs, which have been used to replace the ozone-damaging substances targeted by the Montreal Protocol, are themselves extremely potent greenhouse gases. In recognition of this, in 2016 an effort was made to amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of HFCs. This grant is contributing to a pool of funding provided by a group of philanthropic organizations and individuals to support energy efficiency initiatives in developing countries transitioning to HFC alternatives. Our goal was to incentivize countries in the developing world to agree to a more ambitious phase-out timeline and to assist them in achieving the proposed timeline.1 In October 2016, one month after this funding was committed, a version of the proposed amendment was passed.2 Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Hewlett Foundation, press release October 17, 2016 Source (archive) White House Office of the Press Secretary, press release September 22, 2016 Source (archive) | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Youth First Initiative — General Support | 250,000 | Youth First Initiative | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: November 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Youth First Initiative for general support. The Youth First Initiative is undertaking a coordinated national advocacy campaign with the ultimate goals of completely ending youth incarceration, closing youth prisons, and redirecting young people to community-based programs. The Youth First Initiative is a project of New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Research Institute of Industrial Economics — Genomic Research Methods | 500,000 | Research Institute of Industrial Economics | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Research Institute of Industrial Economics staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). IFN is a private, non-profit research institute in Stockholm, Sweden, with around 40 researchers. This grant is supporting a scientific collaboration associated with our April 2016 grants to the University of Southern California. This grant falls within our interest in funding basic scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. We hope that our support of this work will advance scientific tools and techniques in several ways, including: By developing cross-cuttingly useful advances in the analysis of data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The researchers plan to develop tools for combining data on genetic associations between multiple traits, hopefully increasing statistical power (which effectively increase sample sizes) across all kinds of medical GWAS, which could make many kinds of medical research less expensive, and accordingly could accelerate new discoveries. By combining data from multiple sources (including data from consumer genetics companies) and developing polygenic scores (or scoring methods) that can be distributed freely as public goods. This could eventually help make social science research more statistically informative, which in turn could make it easier and less expensive to assess the efficacy of interventions designed to improve educational attainment or other outcomes by reducing unexplained variance. Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication, most notably through their discussions of frequently asked questions. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Deworming Study Planning Gift | 18,000 | uc-berkeley | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $18,000 to the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley to investigate the feasibility of conducting a high-quality follow-up study on a deworming evaluation conducted in Tanzania in the mid-1990s. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. The project will be led by Professor Edward Miguel and the funds are intended to cover the costs of a summer research assistant to support the investigation, including travel to Tanzania. CEGA has received two related GiveWell Incubation Grants, in April 2017 and July 2017. See GiveWell's page on this gift for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2017) | 1,000,000 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: May 2017 Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FFAR staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1 million to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to co-fund requests for applications (RFAs) for research on solutions to what we see as two major problems in farm animal welfare: bone fractures in cage-free hens and the painful castration of male piglets. It is our impression that both of these problems are scientifically tractable. FFAR plans to use this grant and at least $1 million of its own funding to fund scientific projects focused on solving these problems. We are excited about this grant because a) we believe that it is an efficient way to fund research on farm animal welfare, since FFAR is co-funding the research and plans to handle the logistics of the RFAs and distribute the results of its research among industry, b) it is an opportunity for us to learn about co-funding with a Congressionally created and funded 501(c)(3) organization, which we believe could be a useful avenue for funding research to solve other problems in farm animal welfare, and c) it may increase FFAR's interest in co-funding other animal welfare projects. Sources Document Source Foundation for Food and Agriculture Request for Applications Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — International Cage-Free Advocacy | 100,000 | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal (FNPDA) to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. Earlier in 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support FNPDA’s work in Brazil.1 Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE FNPDA, Grant Proposal 2016 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Strengthen Operations (2019) | 7,751,915 | evidence-action | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a $7,751,915 grant to Evidence Action for organizational strengthening. Evidence Action plans to use this grant to build its fundraising function, add senior leadership capacity, review its compensation scheme, and strengthen its affiliated entity in India. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action — Planning for Future Programs | 250,000 | evidence-action | 2014-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. In March 2014, Good Ventures made a $250,000 grant to Evidence Action, the parent organization of the GiveWell-recommended Deworm the World Initiative, to support its assessment of programs to consider scaling up. This grant is part of our broader plan to support the creation of new giving opportunities that meet GiveWell's traditional criteria. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Southern California — Genomic Research Methods | 1,738,500 | usc | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] University of Southern California staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $1,738,500 to the University of Southern California to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC) and the Behavioral and Health Genomics Center. These grants fall within our interest in funding basic scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. We hope that our support of this work will advance scientific tools and techniques in several ways, including: By developing cross-cuttingly useful advances in the analysis of data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The researchers plan to develop tools for combining data on genetic associations between multiple traits, hopefully increasing statistical power (which effectively increase sample sizes) across all kinds of medical GWAS, which could make many kinds of medical research less expensive, and accordingly could accelerate new discoveries. By combining data from multiple sources (including data from consumer genetics companies) and developing polygenic scores (or scoring methods) that can be distributed freely as public goods. This could eventually help make social science research more statistically informative, which in turn could make it easier and less expensive to assess the efficacy of interventions designed to improve educational attainment or other outcomes by reducing unexplained variance. Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication, most notably through their discussions of frequently asked questions. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2016) | 535,699 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €498,928 ($535,699 at the time of conversion) to Eurogroup for Animals to support its work to improve fish welfare. According to the best estimates we are aware of, fish account for about three quarters of all vertebrate farmed animals.1 Although conditions vary greatly by species and country, our understanding is that most fish are farmed for longer and in harsher conditions than those experienced by most other farm animals. Consequently, we find it plausible that fish farming could be the greatest cause of farm animal suffering globally. Despite this, we are not aware of any major animal welfare groups that have campaigns focused on fish welfare, and we therefore believe that it is important to start building this area of farm animal welfare advocacy. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Farm Animal Statistics, Open Philanthropy Summary Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Prison Policy Initiative — General Support | 50,000 | Prison Policy Initiative | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Prison Policy Initiative for general support. The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) provides data and research support to criminal justice reform advocates throughout the U.S. We are providing support to ensure that it can continue this work, which we believe is valuable to the organizations it partners with. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Evidence Action — Impact Evaluation of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (“Phase 2”) | 800,000 | evidence-action | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $800,000 to Evidence Action for the monitoring and evaluation of the Phase 2 pilot stage of its technical assistance to the Government of India's national school-based iron and folic acid supplementation program. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Animal Partnership — General Support (2017) | 200,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: September 2017 Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Animal Partnership staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to Global Animal Partnership (GAP) for general support. GAP plans to use this grant to hire a senior staff member to assist the executive director, which we believe will enable GAP to work more effectively on farm animal welfare projects such as its certifier accreditation program and standards development and management. This is a discretionary grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Essie Justice Group — General Support (2016) | 600,000 | Essie Justice Group | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $600,000 to Essie Justice Group for general support. Essie Justice Group organizes women with incarcerated loved ones for criminal justice reform, and plans to use this grant to wage a ground campaign against the bail industry led by women directly impacted by the money bail system. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2015) | 500,000 | — | 2015-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. From a nonprofit's perspective, participating in GiveWell's evaluation process involves a significant investment of time and effort and uncertainty about whether the investment will lead to a GiveWell recommendation. This grant will allow GiveWell to offer $100,000 incentive grants to organizations that complete its first round of evaluation in 2015, allow GiveWell to publish a write-up, and are promising enough to move on to the second, more intensive round of evaluation. GiveWell will allocate any funds left over at the end of the year to its recommended charities for 2015. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveWell — Top Charity “Participation” Grants (2014) | 500,000 | — | 2014-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. From a nonprofit's perspective, participating in GiveWell's evaluation process involves a significant investment of time and effort and uncertainty about whether the investment will lead to a GiveWell recommendation. This grant will allow GiveWell to offer $100,000 incentive grants to organizations that complete its first round of evaluation, allow GiveWell to publish a write-up, and are promising enough to move on to the second, more intensive round of evaluation. GiveWell will allocate any funds left over at the end of the year to its recommended charities for 2014. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dyrevernalliansen — Fish Welfare | 378,000 | Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $378,000 over two years to Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) to enable it to expand its animal welfare engagement with the Norwegian fish farming industry as part of a larger effort to build the field of farmed fish welfare advocacy. Dyrevernalliansen plans to use this grant to work cooperatively with producers and retailers to identify important fish welfare considerations that can easily be changed. We expect that some of these considerations may be related to farmed salmon environmental conditions, equipment design, handling procedures, and slaughter method. According to the best estimates we are aware of, fish account for about three quarters of all vertebrate farmed animals.1 Although conditions vary greatly by species and country, our understanding is that most fish are farmed for longer and in harsher conditions than those experienced by most other farm animals. Consequently, we find it plausible that fish farming could be the greatest cause of farm animal suffering globally. Despite this, we are not aware of any major animal welfare groups that have campaigns focused on fish welfare, and we therefore believe that it is important to start building this area of farm animal welfare advocacy. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Farm Animal Statistics, Open Philanthropy Summary Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ayni Institute — Momentum Training | 40,000 | Ayni Institute | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to the Ayni Institute to support a “Momentum” training session for black organizers, including from the Movement for Black Lives. We wrote more about the Ayni Institute on our page about our March 2016 grant to the organization. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Equality — International Cage-Free Advocacy | 500,000 | Animal Equality | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Animal Equality to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. Earlier in 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support Animal Equality’s work in Latin America, Europe, and Asia.1 We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Animal Equality, Budget Summary Unpublished | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Synthetic Neurobiology Group (2018) | 3,000,000 | mit | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Representatives of the MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $3,000,000 over two years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Synthetic Neurobiology Group, led by Ed Boyden, to support research on the development and application of expansion microscopy to imaging of brains from a variety of organisms. We are particularly intrigued by the possibility that this method may be used to visualize how the tightly packed neural cells in vertebrate brains are connected to each other at a dramatically lower cost than would otherwise be possible with existing technology. If successful, we believe this could have dramatic implications for a variety of sub-fields within brain research. To learn more about the Synthetic Neurobiology Group and our reasons for supporting it, see our March 2016 gift page. This gift falls within our interest in funding scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — General Support | 48,000 | Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $48,000 via the New Florida Majority Education Fund to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, for general support including education of its members and networks on the role of prosecutors. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Future of Humanity Institute — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness | 115,652 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £88,922 ($115,652 at the time of conversion) to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), to support the hiring of Dr. Piers Millett to work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Conceptually, we consider this part of a larger grant to FHI, which was made later for logistical reasons. We laid out the case for this grant in our writeup of the larger grant. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Evidence Action — No Lean Season (March 2016) | 812,351 | evidence-action | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures granted $812,351 to Evidence Action in March 2016 to support the development and implementation of a scaled-up version of its No Lean Season program in Bangladesh. Evidence Action's No Lean Season offers subsidies (grants or loans) to low-income agricultural workers in Bangladesh as an incentive to migrate during the famine season to urban areas where higher wages can be earned. The Open Philanthropy Project previously completed a shallow investigation into seasonal migration within low-income countries. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Color Of Change Education Fund — Criminal Justice Meeting | 30,000 | Color Of Change Education Fund | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: May 2017 Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color Of Change staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $30,000 to Color Of Change Education Fund to support its work on criminal justice reform, including a meeting on bail reform. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| ReFrame Mentorship — General Support | 37,000 | ReFrame Mentorship | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $37,000 to ReFrame Mentorship, a 9-month intensive training and mentorship program in strategic communications for social justice movement organizers, via the Center for Civic Policy. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Evidence Action — No Lean Season | 1,687,500 | evidence-action | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: June 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $1,687,500 to Evidence Action as part of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of GiveWell's recommendations. This grant is intended to support Evidence Action's work on No Lean Season, its program incentivizing seasonal migration. Evidence Action plans to use these funds towards its work in Bangladesh and Indonesia. Evidence Action is an organization that takes evidence-backed development interventions to scale, working to turn successful trials into sustainable large-scale organizations. Its No Lean Season program offers subsidies (grants or loans) to low-income agricultural workers as an incentive to migrate during the famine season to urban areas where higher wages can be earned. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Farm Forward — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2017) | 100,000 | Farm Forward | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Farm Forward to support its work to secure pledges from institutions including universities, technology companies, and religious organizations to source higher-welfare animal products through The Leadership Circle. While Farm Forward typically works with institutions that purchase fewer animal products than the large food companies that other advocacy groups work with, it also seeks stronger welfare commitments, such as sourcing 100% of chicken from farms that are certified to at least Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step 2 within two years. The Leadership Circle also asks institutions to commit to continuous improvement and investments in highest-welfare farms and ranches. It seems plausible to us that the institutions that Farm Forward works with may exert cultural influence that may influence much larger food companies. Sources Document Source Farm Forward Project Description Source Farm Forward Budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| WaitList Zero — General Support | 200,000 | WaitList Zero | 2015-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] WaitList Zero staff reviewed this page prior to publication. Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. WaitList Zero advocates for policies that promote living kidney donation. We see living kidney donation as a neglected field relative to its importance, and made an earlier planning grant to WaitList Zero. The organization has since completed the planning process and launched some initial activities. We were generally pleased with the results of the planning period. WaitList Zero’s planned activities include promoting evidence-based methods to educate patients and potential donors to raise kidney donation rates, and advocating for donor support policies such as compensation for lost wages and provision of lifetime health insurance for people who donate. It is difficult to predict the likely impact of providing funds for these activities, especially given the difficulty of achieving policy change, but we believe that WaitList Zero’s planned activities are plausibly tractable and cost-effective ways to substantially increase living kidney donation. Based on these considerations, the Open Philanthropy Project decided to recommend a grant of $200,000 over two years to WaitList Zero. Please note our conflict of interest disclosure for this grant. The cause Although it is not currently one of our main focus areas, we view research and advocacy around increasing organ donation as an area with potentially outstanding “room for more philanthropy.” In particular, we see a promising niche for an organization devoted to finding and promoting ethical, safe, and politically tractable ways to provide benefits for kidney donors, which could have sizable health benefits while saving the healthcare system money. The grant The organization WaitList Zero (waitlistzero.org), founded in 2014 by Josh Morrison and Thomas Kelly, is a US-registered 501(c)(3) advocacy organization dedicated to promoting living kidney donation.1 Mr. Morrison works full-time on WaitList Zero; Mr. Kelly returned to grad school and works on WaitList Zero on a quarter-time basis.2 In 2014, Good Ventures provided WaitList Zero a $50,000 planning grant to develop a detailed strategic plan. While the initial purpose of the planning grant was simply to support WaitList Zero in developing a strategic plan, WaitList Zero eventually decided (with our approval) that beginning to execute some pilot activities would be more informative than continuing the planning process. WaitList Zero initially planned to promote incentives for living kidney donors, as described in our writeup of the planning grant. However, based on consultations with a variety of players in the transplantation field during the planning process, WaitList Zero decided to instead pursue a suite of “transplant support” policies that it sees as more politically achievable and ethically uncontroversial while also being likely to address much of the kidney shortage:3 Increasing living kidney donation by educating potential recipients about transplantation and living donation. Some dialysis patients know very little about their options, and many potentially eligible recipients are not on the waiting list to receive a kidney.4 Two randomized controlled trials have found that educational home visits to renal disease patients and their families increase living kidney donation substantially (on the order of 20 percentage points).5 WaitList Zero intends to promote effective interventions by helping organizations involved with kidney patients or potential kidney donors share information about best practices, and by persuading government agencies to allocate more funding to such programs.6 We have not vetted the underlyi | ONN00wZd8U |
| Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2017) | 66,000 | Prison Policy Initiative | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $66,000 to the Prison Policy Initiative for general support. The Prison Policy Initiative creates reports on criminal justice reform data and provides data and research support on criminal justice reform campaigns to the advocates it partners with around the country. It plans to use this grant to keep a fellow on its staff to drive policy research and writing. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Evidence Action — General Operating Support | 800,000 | evidence-action | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $800,000 to Evidence Action for general operating support. Evidence Action intends to use this support to fund a deficit in its operating budget, which it identified as part of a financial clean-up in 2017. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2017) | 1,500,000 | Fair and Just Prosecution | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over two years to support the launch of the Fair and Just Prosecution project, a 501(c)(3) organization that will be housed at the Tides Center. The Fair and Just Prosecution project will provide guidance, assistance and networked support to recently elected prosecutors committed to change and innovation as they seek to implement criminal justice system policy and practice reforms in their offices. Sources Document Source Fair and Just Prosecution Project Proposal Source Fair and Just Prosecution: Reimagining The Field Of Prosecution Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2018) | 100,000 | Food Fortification Initiative | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Food Fortification Initiative via the CDC Foundation for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Food Fortification Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2018) | 2,500,000 | givedirectly | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to GiveDirectly for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation — International Cage-Free Advocacy | 111,986 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €102,000 ($111,986 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. In early 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support Albert Schweitzer's work in Poland. Sources Document Source Albert Schweitzer Foundation, Poland Cage-free Budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Results for Development — Childhood Pneumonia Treatment Program (2019) | 5,605,398 | Results for Development | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a $5,605,398 grant to Results for Development (R4D) to support Phase II of its pneumonia treatment program in Tanzania. R4D is a global nonprofit organization aiming to tackle development challenges to help those living in poverty. This is a renewal of a previous grant that R4D received to support Phase I of this program. R4D aims to use these funds over four years to increase the treatment coverage rate of pediatric amoxicillin, which is the World Health Organization-recommended first-line treatment for childhood pneumonia. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — Plant Pathology Workshop (Brian Staskawicz) | 63,000 | uc-berkeley | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $63,000 to the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley to support a two-day workshop on plant pathology with a small group of experts organized by Professor Brian Staskawicz. The workshop was intended to identify and discuss specific research topics in plant pathology related to increasing crop disease tolerance and/or resistance that might merit philanthropic support, with the goal of improving the welfare of small farmers in the developing world. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2016) | 255,000 | Mijente | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $255,000 via Puente Arizona to Mijente to support its work on criminal justice reform. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Charity Science Health — SMS Reminders for Immunization | 357,543 | Charity Science Health | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $357,543 to Charity Science Health to support its Short Message Service (SMS) immunization reminder program in India. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. Charity Science Health previously received a $200,000 GiveWell Incubation Grant to support its first year of activities. This new grant is intended to cover the total costs for its second year of activities, primarily related to the further development of its program to send SMS immunization reminders to caregivers of infants aged 0-1 in India. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Incentives — General Support (April 2020) | 1,897,905 | New Incentives | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of up to $1,897,905 to support its program providing conditional cash transfers (CCTs) for infant vaccination in North West Nigeria. This grant supplements a larger GiveWell Incubation Grant that was made in November 2017 to support New Incentives' operations during a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of its program. The additional funding will sustain New Incentives' operations for the duration of the RCT, plus additional time for us to evaluate the results of the RCT and one extra month for New Incentives to plan its wind-down if we decide not to recommend funding for it in the future. From mid-May until our investigation is complete (between mid-July and December 2020), New Incentives will receive monthly disbursements of $253,054, covering its operating expenses for up to 7.5 months in total. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2017) | 100,000 | Food Fortification Initiative | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Food Fortification Initiative via the CDC Foundation for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Food Fortification Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| ASUC — Effective Altruists of Berkeley “DeCal” University Course | 10,000 | Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley | 2015-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Published: October 2016 Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $10,000 to Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley to support a Spring 2015 course for undergradutes on altruism. The course is part of the "DeCal" program at the University of California, Berkeley, in which courses are created and facilitated by students. Students taking the course will use the funds provided by this grant to make donations to charities of their choice. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| People for Animals — International Cage-Free Advocacy | 89,392 | People for Animals | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of Rs 6,000,000 ($89,392 at the time of conversion) to People for Animals to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. Earlier in 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support People for Animals' work in India. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| New Incentives — General Support (2016) | 300,000 | New Incentives | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: March 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $300,000 to New Incentives in March 2016 for general operating support. Good Ventures previously made grants to New Incentives in January 2014 and March 2015. New Incentives is a startup organization that aims to increase delivery of conditional cash transfers, an intervention we believe to be supported by strong evidence of effectiveness. We are continuing to support New Incentives in its expansion because we believe that New Incentives, if successful, could become a GiveWell-recommended charity. See GiveWell's writeup of this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Free Migration Project — Planning Grant | 24,000 | Free Migration Project | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $24,000 to the newly-formed Free Migration Project to support a strategic planning process. This grant is part of our work to support organizations that promote freer immigration on humanitarian grounds. Sources Document Source Free Migration Project, Strategic Planning Funding Proposal Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration | 500,000 | LatinoJustice | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: September 2017 Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LatinoJustice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to LatinoJustice to enable it to launch the Criminal Justice Reform Policy & Practice Center, which will focus on advocacy, communications, and litigation. The two main goals of the Center will be to support criminal justice policy reform and to encourage key organizations and Latinx activists to support criminal justice reform. Sources Document Source LatinoJustice Projected Budget Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (December 2017) | 15,200,000 | evidence-action | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,200,000 to Evidence Action to support the Deworm the World Initiative, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Deworm the World Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Development Media International — General Support (December 2017) | 100,000 | Development Media International | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Development Media International via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Development Media International to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The END Fund — Deworming Programs (December 2017) | 2,500,000 | The END Fund | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to The END Fund to support deworming programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of The End Fund to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Wageningen University & Research — Chicken Welfare Systematic Assessment | 88,345 | Wageningen University & Research | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Wageningen University & Research staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €82,105 ($88,345 at the time of conversion) via the King Baudouin Foundation to Dr. Marc Bracke at Wageningen University & Research Livestock Research to create a systematic assessment of broiler chicken welfare. Over the course of 12 months, Dr. Bracke will assess the relative importance of the various attributes that together define broiler chicken welfare. Welfare attributes are factors such as stocking density, litter quality, breed, and lighting. Depending on the results of an initial investigation, he will produce either a basic broiler chicken welfare model or a review of expert opinion. We initially decided to recommend this grant in April 2016. At that time, we anticipated that the results of this research would help to guide our decision-making around grants to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of the approximately 9 billion broiler chickens raised each year in the U.S. However, due to difficulties and delays in finalizing the details of the grant, funds were only transferred in March 2017, after we had already begun to make grants to support broiler chicken welfare reforms. Because of this delay, Dr. Bracke may decide to focus some of his research efforts on the welfare of other species. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Humane Society International — International Cage-Free Outreach | 1,000,000 | Humane Society International | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Published: October 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Humane Society International to support its work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. Earlier in 2016, we recommended a series of grants to support corporate cage-free campaigns and wrote on our blog about why we see this as a promising strategy to promote farm animal welfare. The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support Humane Society International’s work in Latin America and Asia.1 We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Humane Society International, Redacted Proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2016) | 643,415 | stanford-university | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Published: November 2016 CISAC staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $643,415 to Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) to support Megan Palmer’s work on biosecurity. This grant is structured to provide two years of support, renewable for a third year conditional upon satisfactory progress. Dr. Palmer’s policy research is focused on developing ways to improve the governance of biological science and technology, and we believe her work is well aligned with Open Philanthropy Project goals to reduce the risk of the misuse of advanced biotechnology. One of the projects she intends to focus on in the next few years is a study of past, current and future iGEM competitions to better understand how to motivate young scientists and engineers to take biosafety and biosecurity seriously and how to instill those values in a way that lasts throughout their careers. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Evidence Action Beta — Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation | 320,000 | evidence-action | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $320,000 to Evidence Action for their Evidence Action Beta program to scope a project to provide technical assistance for the Indian government's work on large-scale school-based iron and folic acid supplementation targeting children and adolescents. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (December 2017) | 27,900,000 | malaria-consortium | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $27,900,000 to Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Malaria Consortium to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Roosevelt Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research | 200,000 | Roosevelt Institute | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Roosevelt Institute staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Roosevelt Institute to support work on macroeconomic policy. Macroeconomic stabilization policy is one of our focus areas. This is one in a series of grants attempting to build up the capacity of progressive think tanks on macroeconomic policy issues we see as important. We would characterize the work that these grants will support as falling into two main areas: Preparing for the next U.S. recession, which we would guess is likely to occur before interest rates return to “normal” levels.1 This could include exploring: Monetary policy tools that the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) could use if it were to return to the zero lower bound on nominal short term interest rates, such as quantitative easing or a change to the inflation target Proposals for automatic stabilizers that Congress could put in place to reduce the need for discretionary responses to the next recession Proposals for novel fiscal stimulus measures in case a recession does strike Making the case for the importance of continued focus on reducing unemployment and against premature monetary tightening today. We think it will eventually be appropriate to raise interest rates but that the Fed is more likely to raise prematurely than belatedly, and that doing so carries greater welfare costs, so we see value in supporting work that argues for a continued focus on unemployment. Our funding will allow existing Roosevelt staff to focus on these issues, as well as supporting the hiring of an additional staff economist and part-time research assistant. These researchers plan to undertake two projects on the topics listed above: one to build out the monetary policy toolkit available to the Fed (“Monetary Policy Toolkit”), and one to investigate the potential for continued recovery from the Great Recession (“Anti-Hysteresis”). More about these projects is laid out in Roosevelt’s concept paper for this grant.2 Our key uncertainty for this grant, along with our other grants to think tanks for work on macroeconomic policy, is whether work by think tanks on these issues is likely to sway decisionmakers at the Fed or in Congress. We would guess that the work we support is relatively unlikely to affect policy, but that if it did our support would be justified many times over, and we see that as a bet worth taking. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Effective Federal Funds Rate Source (archive) Roosevelt Institute, Concept Paper Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| Longview Philanthropy — Far-UVC Event (2023) | 165,000 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $165,000 to Longview Philanthropy (a project of Effective Ventures Foundation UK) to support an event, hosted by Kevin Esvelt and David Sliney, on far-UVC technology. This event will bring together several dozen experts to create and promote a research agenda to investigate whether far-UVC light can be used to safely reduce indoor pathogen transmission. This follows our November 2022 support for a similar but smaller event in late 2022, and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Université de Montréal — Research Project on Artificial Intelligence | 210,552 | Université de Montréal | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CAN$266,200 ($210,552 at the time of conversion) to the Université de Montréal to support a research project investigating AI consciousness and moral patienthood. The research will be conducted in collaboration with Mila and the Future of Humanity Institute. This funding will support post-docs and students studying the topic, as well as publications and workshops. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Talos Network — General Support | 662,378 | Talos Network | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $662,378 to the Talos Network for general support. The Talos Network is a talent development organization for careers in European AI policy. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UCLA — Climate Engineering Governance | 776,095 | UCLA School of Law | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Published: April 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $776,095 to the UCLA School of Law to support research and meetings on climate engineering governance led by Professor Edward Parson. Professor Parson plans to use this grant to hire one or two fellows for three years to do academic research, publish papers, and hold meetings and workshops on climate engineering governance with relevant policymakers. We hope that this grant will positively influence the future of climate engineering governance and policy. Sources Document Source UCLA School of Law Climate Engineering Governance Proposal Source | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand (2022) | 699,986 | Catalyst | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $699,986 over two years to Catalyst to support their work on farm animal welfare advocacy in Thailand. Catalyst will continue to conduct corporate outreach for cage-free reforms, and to build the farm animal welfare movement in Thailand. This follows our August 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kainomyx — Antimalarial Drug (2025) | 900,000 | Kainomyx | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $899,999 in Kainomyx to discover and develop novel therapeutics with unique mechanisms of action to treat malaria and other parasitic diseases. If effective, the new drugs would act by inhibiting cytoskeletal proteins in malarial and other parasites. This follows our September 2021 investment and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Ethical Seafood Research — Aquaculture Strategy in Zanzibar | 81,659 | Ethical Seafood Research | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of GBP 65,355 (approximately $81,659 at the time of conversion) to Ethical Seafood Research to support the drafting of a humane and sustainable aquaculture strategy for the archipelago of Zanzibar. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2022) | 700,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 over two years to the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) to support its Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC). SPARC is a two-week summer program aimed at helping talented high school students develop quantitative and applied reasoning skills. We believe that SPARC could encourage attendees to work on projects and pursue ideas related to effective altruism and global catastrophic risk reduction. This follows our 2018 support for SPARC and falls within our focus area of global catastrophic risks capacity building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| RSPCA Australia — Broiler Chicken Reports | 72,347 | RSPCA Australia | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of AUD 110,000 (approximately $72,347 at the time of conversion) to RSPCA Australia to support the creation of two reports on the welfare and economics of slower-growing broiler chicken breeds in Australia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting and Operations Support (December 2023) | 5,026,513 | ea-funds | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $5,026,513 to Effective Altruism Funds. Some of this funding will support operating expenses, and the rest will be regranted via the Long-Term Future Fund and the EA Infrastructure Fund to projects aimed at improving the long-term future and to projects aimed at supporting the effective altruism community, respectively. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Compromiso Verde — Cage-Free Campaigns in Peru (2025) | 324,000 | Compromiso Verde | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $324,000 over two years to Compromiso Verde to support its work on cage-free reforms in Peru. Compromiso Verde will use this funding to run corporate campaigns and help producers reach their cage-free commitments. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Stanford University — LLM-Generated Research Ideation Benchmark | 880,000 | stanford-university | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $880,000 over two years to Stanford University to support a project evaluating the abilities of Large Language Model (LLM) agents at generating Machine Learning (ML) research project ideas via a large-scale experiment, led by Assistant Professor Tatsunori Hashimoto. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program (2022) | 1,008,127 | beri | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $1,008,127 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support its collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on the second cohort of the SERI Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with the Berkeley alignment research community. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in January 2023. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| OBRAZ — Broiler Chicken Welfare | 400,000 | OBRAZ | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $400,000 over two years to OBRAZ to support work to secure corporate broiler welfare and cage-free implementation pledges in Czechia. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Kingdom Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare in the Philippines | 374,800 | Animal Kingdom Foundation | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling 20.74M Philippine pesos (approximately $374,800 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Animal Kingdom Foundation to support its work advocating for layer hen and fish welfare reforms in the Philippines. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Innovate Animal Ag — Farm Animal Welfare Technology Adoption (2024) | 650,000 | Innovate Animal Ag | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $650,000 over two years to Innovate Animal Ag to support its work to facilitate the adoption of new technology that improves farm animal welfare. Innovate Animal Ag will continue to focus on helping companies implement in-ovo egg sexing, which prevents the culling of male chicks in the egg industry. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effektiv Spenden — Berlin Coworking Space | 109,000 | Effektiv Spenden | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Photo courtesy of Effektiv Spenden Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of up to $109,000 to Effektiv Spenden to support a two-year lease for an office in Berlin. This grant will provide a coworking space for individuals working in fields related to effective altruism, and will also be used for related events. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Georgetown University — Aid Research in Kenya | 79,670 | georgetown-university | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $79,670 to Georgetown University to support research led by Professor Ken Opalo on how the Kenyan government is navigating recent aid cuts. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| The People’s Lobby – Reform Implementation and Prosecutorial Accountability | 250,000 | The People's Lobby | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $250,000 over two years to The People’s Lobby to support work on prosecutor accountability and on the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act, which ends money bail in Illinois. The Illinois legislature passed the Pretrial Fairness Act earlier this year, following years of work by The People’s Lobby and other members of the Coalition to End Money Bond. This follows our July 2020 support for the People’s Lobby Education Institute and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Cordaid — Dutch Aid Advocacy | 54,495 | Cordaid | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €49,995 (approximately $54,495 at the time of conversion) to Cordaid to support its efforts to prevent aid cuts (cuts in Official Development Assistance) in the Netherlands and grow aid funding within ODA in the Netherlands. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Practical AI Alignment and Interpretability Research Group — Interpretability Work | 737,000 | Practical AI Alignment and Interpretability Research Group | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $737,000 over two years to the Practical AI Alignment and Interpretability Research Group to support work led by Atticus Geiger to conduct interpretability research, create open-source course materials on mechanistic interpretability, and run a mentorship program. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| fair-fish international association — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare Standards | 2,672,830 | fair-fish international association | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €2,300,000 ($2,672,830 at the time of conversion) over four years to the fair-fish international association (fair-fish) to support research for and the implementation of the world’s first welfare certification standards for wild-caught fish. fair-fish will develop the standards in partnership with the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), the Fish Ethology and Welfare Group, the DeMos Institute, and Friend of the Sea. This follows our March 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development Europe — British Aid Advocacy | 825,983 | center-for-global-development | 2025-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £609,864 (approximately $825,983 at the time of conversion) over two years to CGD Europe, the European branch of the Center for Global Development, to support work to improve the cost-effectiveness of U.K. official development assistance. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — AI Safety Technical Program (2025) | 1,000,000 | arena-alignment | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £845,790 (approximately $1,037,061 at the time of conversion) to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA), a program that provides talented individuals with the skills, tools, and environment necessary for upskilling in ML engineering, for the purpose of contributing directly to AI alignment in technical roles. This follows our July 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Prometheus Science Bowl — EA-Themed Science Bowl | 97,500 | Prometheus Science Bowl | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $97,500 to support the Prometheus Science Bowl, which is a series of Science Bowl competitions for middle- and high-schoolers with questions on topics related to effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| International AIDS Vaccine Initiative – Samples for Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial | 796,878 | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $796,878 over five years to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative to support additional sputum sample collection as part of a Phase IIb trial of MTBVAC, a novel tuberculosis vaccine. This sample collection will enable testing to assess the vaccine’s effect on incidence of subclinical tuberculosis cases, as well as provide valuable information on the incidence of subclinical tuberculosis in the wider study population. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Harvard Square Coworking Space | 7,644,020 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,644,020 to Effective Ventures Foundation USA (EVF USA) to support leasing and refurbishment costs for an office located in Harvard Square. This office will be run and managed by EVF USA and will provide coworking space for around 50 individuals working at effective altruism-affiliated organizations or related initiatives. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| FAR.AI — AI Alignment Research Projects (January 2024) | 645,750 | lCiT37k9pA | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $645,750 to FAR.AI to support research expenses for several AI alignment research projects. Ethan Perez will mentor the independent researchers undertaking these projects. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Malaria No More UK — Fundraising and Advocacy | 2,926,561 | Malaria No More UK | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £2,608,400 (approximately $2,926,561 at the time of conversion) over two years to Malaria No More UK to support their advocacy for donor funding to eradicate malaria. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| The Humane League — General Support (2016) | 1,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: December 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to The Humane League (THL) for general support. We have previously granted to THL to support cage-free advocacy in the U.S. and internationally. This grant provides unrestricted support to the organization, which THL plans to use to expand and invest in its staff and to increase its buffer of unrestricted funding. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk (2023) | 937,231 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $937,231 to Effective Ventures Foundation USA to support Asterisk, which is a quarterly journal focused on topics related to effective altruism, among others. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| AI Alignment Awards — Shutdown Problem Contest | 75,000 | AI Alignment Awards | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 over 1.5 years to AI Alignment Awards to support a contest asking participants to share ideas on how AI systems can be designed or trained to avoid the shutdown problem. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in January 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Longview Philanthropy — Research Support for Kacper Kowalczyk | 74,557 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £60,044 (approximately $74,557 at the time of conversion) to Longview Philanthropy to support Kacper Kowalczyk’s philosophy research. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Center for Responsible Seafood — Fish Welfare Research and Promotion | 625,000 | The Center for Responsible Seafood | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $625,000 over 2.5 years to The Center for Responsible Seafood to conduct welfare research on three commonly farmed fish species, develop a better method to assess the humaneness of fish stunning methods, and promote fish welfare in the seafood industry. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Queen Mary University of London — Animal Sentience Research | 980,926 | Queen Mary University of London | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £760,184 (approximately $980,926 at the time of conversion) over three years to the Queen Mary University of London to support the research of Dr. Lars Chittka and Dr. Jonathan Birch on animal sentience. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Wageningen University — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare (2024) | 831,750 | Wageningen University | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €779,281 (approximately $831,750 at the time of conversion) over three years to Wageningen University to support work to improve the welfare of wild-caught fish. This will involve assessing the welfare impacts of different capture methods and engaging with the fishing industry and fish certifiers to promote better practices. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2024) | 944,312 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €875,745 (approximately $944,312 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to support their political advocacy for egg-laying hen and broiler chicken welfare reforms. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in broiler chicken welfare and farm animal welfare in Europe. The grant amount was updated in July 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MineRL BASALT Competition | 70,000 | beri | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the MineRL BASALT competition. The competition asks participants to build AI systems that learn from human feedback within the Minecraft video game, with the intent that the competition will spur more interest in learning from human feedback, using feedback efficiently, and doing so in complex environments. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital — Novel Sepsis Diagnosis Method | 958,130 | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $958,130 over two years to the Massachusetts General Hospital to support a trial of a novel method for diagnosing sepsis in children, led by Daniel Irimia. The new method employs a specially designed microfluidic maze in which neutrophils (white blood cells) from a single drop of blood are imaged to measure the velocity and direction of movement. An AI system, trained on healthy versus septic samples, is used to categorize the complex movements and diagnose the disease. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Timaeus — Operating Expenses | 1,557,000 | Timaeus Research | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,557,000 to Timaeus for operating expenses. Timaeus seeks to use singular learning theory to better understand how training data and algorithmic architectures determine the generalization behavior of models, which could lead to valuable applications in AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Ayni Institute — Movement Ecology and Metrics | 250,000 | Ayni Institute | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Ayni Institute to support its work on research, communication and training on movement ecology and movement metrics. The Ayni Institute plans to use this grant to support a research project to identify and make the case for a set of metrics to use in assessing the capacity of groups to successfully mobilize the public on a large scale around issues such as mass incarceration. In particular, the Ayni Institute aims to identify metrics that can be used to determine both 1) the capacity of movements to create or capitalize on trigger events to shift public opinion, and 2) their capacity to absorb increased participation in high-profile moments. We believe that the resulting analysis of how to strategically fund the movement ecosystem may help to inform the way that we and other funders think about supporting movement-building, both in criminal justice reform and in other areas. We believe that the creation of movement metrics, if successful, is likely to increase the effectiveness of funding for social movements and attract new funders who currently do not support social movements due to the lack of measurability. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Surge AI — Data Production for AI Safety Research | 126,250 | Surge AI | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two contracts totaling $126,250 over two years with Surge AI to support Gabriel Recchia in producing data points for a research project on sandwiching experiments and capability evaluations of large language models. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The contract amount was updated in March 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Rethink Priorities — Effective Altruism Brand Strategy Research | 88,240 | t0p43V5oLA | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $88,240 to Rethink Priorities to support experiments testing public responses to different branding strategies within the effective altruism and longtermism movements. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Futurewise — Housing Advocacy in Washington | 450,000 | Futurewise | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $450,000 to Futurewise to support its legal and advocacy work on housing reforms in Washington state. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Office Space (2023) | 320,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £244,000 (approximately $320,000 at the time of conversion) to the Effective Ventures Foundation to support an office space in Oxford. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Epistea — AI Safety Conference | 326,630 | Epistea | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $326,630 to Epistea to support the 2025 ILIAD Odyssey, a conference focused on theoretical alignment research and scientific foundations for AI safety. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Degrees Initiative — General Support (2021) | 7,000,000 | The Degrees Initiative | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,000,000 over three years to the Degrees Initiative (formerly the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative), via Prism the Gift Fund, for general support. This funding is intended to support research in lower- and middle-income countries on the potential physical and socio-political implications of solar radiation management (SRM). We see supporting researchers, especially those outside the Global North, as a promising step towards improving governance around SRM. And we continue to view SRM governance as a field that is largely neglected by philanthropists and governments. This follows our September 2017 support and falls within our work to reduce global catastrophic risks. The grant amount was updated in September 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stanford University — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (Jeffrey Glenn) | 610,000 | stanford-university | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $610,000 over two years to Stanford University to support a collaboration between Professor Jeffrey Glenn and Professor James Dahlman, of Georgia Tech, to develop and test novel lipid nanoparticles for use in antiviral drug candidates intended to prevent infections by all beta-coronaviruses and influenza strains. Effective pan-influenza and -coronavirus antiviral drugs could avert hundreds of thousands of deaths annually and minimize the spread of highly infectious and lethal strains of the viruses. This follows our July 2020 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Giving What We Can — General Support (2021) | 600,000 | aKZsmUeuWg | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 to Giving What We Can for general support. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| George Mason University — Research into Future Artificial Intelligence Scenarios | 277,435 | George Mason University | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Professor Hanson reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $277,435 over three years to Robin Hanson (Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University) to analyze potential scenarios in the future development of artificial intelligence (AI). Professor Hanson plans to focus on scenarios in which AI is developed through the steady accumulation of individual pieces of software and leads to a “multipolar” outcome (i.e. a scenario in which the control of advanced AI is distributed among multiple actors, rather than controlled by a single group, firm, or state). Part of this grant will pay to hire a research assistant. Ideally, this research will culminate in a book by Professor Hanson on the topic. Update: In July of 2017, we added $12,910 to the original grant amount to cover an increase in George Mason University’s instructional release costs (“teaching buyouts”). The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. 1. Background This grant falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence, one of our focus areas within global catastrophic risks. 2. About the grant Professor Hanson’s grant proposal describes the project as follows:1 Robin Hanson proposes to take three years to conduct a broad positive analysis of the multipolar scenario wherein AI results from relatively steady accumulation of software tools. That is, he proposes to assume that human level AI will result mainly from the continued accumulation of software tools and packages, with distributions of cost and value correlations similar to those seen so far in software practice, in an environment where no one actor dominates the process of creating or fielding such software. He will attempt a mostly positive analysis of the social consequences of these assumptions, both during and after a transition to a world dominated by AI. While this is hardly the universe of all desired analyses, it does seem to cover a non-trivial fraction of interesting cases. 2.1 Case for the grant While we do not believe that the class of scenarios that Professor Hanson will be analyzing is necessarily the most likely way for future AI development to play out, we expect his research to contribute a significant amount of useful data collection and analysis that might be valuable to our thinking about AI more generally, as well as provide a model for other people to follow when performing similar analyses of other AI scenarios of interest. Professor Hanson appears to us to be particularly well suited for this project, for several reasons: His recently published book on the potential future of whole brain emulations, The Age of Em,2 seems to us to be a thoughtful analysis of what might happen if brain emulations were developed (though we do not agree with all of the book’s claims and predictions). We believe Professor Hanson’s analysis of future AI scenarios could prove similarly thoughtful. He had developed an outline and plan for this analysis before we expressed interest in supporting it, making this an unusually “shovel-ready” grant. He appears to us to be knowledgeable about economics, AI, and futurism generally, and to be a particularly original thinker. He is particularly interested in analyzing scenarios where advances in AI have a transformative impact on the world. In general, we would like to see a larger amount of thoughtful analysis of how AI-related scenarios might play out. 2.2 Room for more funding We do not believe that Professor Hanson would undertake this work in the near future without this funding. He had planned to turn his attention to other research if he did not receive funding for this specific project, and we are fairly confident that no other funder was planning to support the project. 2.3 Risks and reservations Our main concern is that, after further consideration, we might later conclude that the scenario analyzed was foreseeably very unlikely (e.g. b | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| PATH — Health Technical Support Unit | 704,461 | PATH | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $704,461 to PATH to provide technical assistance through a technical support unit (TSU) to support the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to execute its government-led reform agenda in response to funding cuts from the U.S. government and other entities. For more information, see GiveWell’s writeup. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Humane Society International — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia | 887,300 | Humane Society International | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $887,300 over two years to Humane Society International (HSI) to support work advancing farm animal welfare in Southeast Asia. HSI intends to use this funding to secure and implement cage- and crate-free egg and pork corporate pledges. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Michael Specter — Course Development Support | 85,000 | mit | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $85,000 to support Michael Specter’s work co-teaching a course with Professor Kevin Esvelt and developing a seminar for fellows of MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program. Both courses will be held at MIT. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Dyrevernalliansen — Ethical Investment Criteria | 95,000 | Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $95,000 over two years to Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) to support a project to set farm animal welfare criteria for investments within the Norway Government Pension Fund Global. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Vital Strategies — RESET Alcohol Initiative (2024) | 10,000,000 | Vital Strategies | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $10,000,000 over two years to Vital Strategies to support the RESET Alcohol Initiative, a consortium of six organizations working to reduce harms from excessive alcohol consumption in low- and middle-income countries. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| PoliPoli — Youth Outreach for Global Health Aid | 181,621 | PoliPoli | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of ¥23,500,000 (approximately $181,621 at the time of conversion) to PoliPoli to support its work on a program designed to engage young Japanese entrepreneurs on global issues, especially global health policy, with the ultimate goal of incubating organizations that will advocate for increased global health aid. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Oxford AI Safety Initiative — Office Access | 18,309 | Oxford AI Safety Initiative | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £23,575 (approximately $30,520 at the time of conversion) to the Oxford AI Safety Initiative to cover access fees for a shared office space in Oxford. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Stirling — Fish Welfare Research (2022) | 904,610 | University of Stirling | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £781,499 (approximately $904,610 at the time of conversion) over two years to the University of Stirling to support Professor Dave Little’s research on fish welfare, with a focus on farmed fish in Thailand and Vietnam. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Ordinary People Society — Prodigal Child Project | 300,000 | The Ordinary People Society | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to The Ordinary People Society to support its Prodigal Child Project, which organizes pastors in the southern U.S. in support of prisoners, former prisoners, their families, and communities, as part of larger campaigns to raise public awareness and reduce incarceration. The work is led by Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, a formerly incarcerated person who has long worked for reforms in Alabama and surrounding states. This grant will allow Pastor Glasgow to begin building up the infrastructure of his organization. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Catherine Brewer — OxAI Safety Hub | 11,622 | OxAI Safety Hub | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £10,540 (approximately $11,622 at the time of conversion) to Catherine Brewer to support the OxAI Safety Hub, which is a new Oxford-based group working on building the AI safety community. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Humánny pokrok — Chicken Welfare Campaigns in Slovakia (2025) | 402,933 | Humánny pokrok | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling €386,000 (approximately $402,933 at the time of conversion) to Humánny pokrok to support its work on cage-free and broiler chicken corporate campaigns in Slovakia. This follows our March 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Humánny pokrok with operational support. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Southern California — Syphilis Genome Sequencing | 90,000 | usc | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $90,000 to the University of Southern California to support work led by Dr. Jeffrey Klausner on genome sequencing for clinical syphilis in southern Africa, in collaboration with the Foundation for Professional Development Fund and the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute. This research will help inform efforts to develop a vaccine against syphilis. This is one of three grants we are making to support this collaboration. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2021) | 285,000 | Rational Animations | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $285,000 to Rational Animations to support animation costs for YouTube videos about AI and AI risk, as well as other topics relating to rationality, effective altruism, and transformative technology. We sought applications for this funding to support outreach projects aimed at growing the community of people motivated to reduce global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2022) | 26,000,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $26,000,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) for general support. CEA is a central organization within the effective altruism (EA) community that engages in a variety of activities aimed at helping the community. This follows our February 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Arb Research — AI Governance Retreat | 70,000 | — | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to Arb Research to support a four-day retreat for professionals working on AI governance and related issues. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Kainomyx — Antimalarial Drug (2021) | 4,000,000 | Kainomyx | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $4,000,000 in Kainomyx to develop and produce new drugs to treat malaria and other parasitic diseases, such as cryptosporidiosis and toxoplasmosis. If effective, the new drugs would act by inhibiting cytoskeletal proteins in malarial and other parasites. Our science team believes that there is a need for new antimalarial drugs due to increasing resistance to existing treatments. This follows our May 2020 investment and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Governors of the University of Calgary — Pork Immunocastration Research | 107,074 | The Governors of the University of Calgary | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CAD 145,200 (approximately $107,074 at the time of conversion) over two years to The Governors of the University of Calgary to support research led by Dr. Maria Camila Ceballos. Her team aims to identify key factors that led to the adoption of immunocastration as an alternative to traditional castration methods in the South American pork industry, and to determine the benefits the industry has experienced as a result. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia (2024) | 600,000 | World Animal Protection | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to World Animal Protection to support its work on farm animal welfare in East Asia. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners — Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate | 40,050,000 | gates-philanthropy-partners | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant totaling $40,050,000 to Gates Philanthropy Partners to support the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s grantmaking to support a new tuberculosis vaccine candidate. This includes a $40 million grant and $50,000 in administrative fees. This grant is part of Open Philanthropy’s Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dream Corps — Criminal Justice and Criminalization | 500,000 | Dream Corps | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to Dream Corps to support the work of Van Jones and his team to further criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — Anemia RCT | 4,551,974 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £3,528,351 (approximately $4,551,974 at the time of conversion) over four years to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to support a randomized controlled trial in Pakistan, Nigeria, and Tanzania to evaluate the effectiveness of tranexamic acid, a generic drug, in treating anemia. For more information on the trial, please visit the relevant clinicaltrials.gov page. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Equalia — Corporate Campaigns (2022) | 2,409,106 | Animal Welfare Observatory | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €2,374,494 (approximately $2,409,106 at the time of conversion) over two years to Equalia (now the Animal Welfare Observatory) to support their work on corporate campaigns to improve farm animal welfare in Spain. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effektiv Spenden — General Support | 2,322,542 | Effektiv Spenden | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €2,180,000 (approximately $2,322,542 at the time of conversion) to Effektiv Spenden for general support. Effektiv Spenden works to communicate ideas related to effective altruism and effective giving to German-speaking audiences. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. The grant amount was changed in February 2025. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk Magazine | 730,000 | effective-ventures-usa | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $730,000 to Effective Ventures Foundation USA to incubate and launch Asterisk, which is a new quarterly journal focused on topics related to effective altruism, among others. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| International Vaccine Institute — Hepatitis E and Leptospirosis Study | 742,176 | International Vaccine Institute | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $742,176 over two years to the International Vaccine Institute to support a study led by Dr. Raphaël Zellweger on the incidence and impact of Hepatitis E and leptospirosis in pregnant women in Sri Lanka. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 812,000 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £640,000 (approximately ($812,000 at the time of conversion) over two years to Compassion in World Farming to support advocacy to end the use of cages for farmed animals in Europe and the UK. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Altruism Canada — Toronto Coworking Space | 135,378 | Effective Altruism Canada | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CAD 183,518 (approximately $135,378 at the time of conversion) to Effective Altruism Canada to support a one-year lease for an office in Toronto. This office will provide a coworking space for roughly fifteen individuals working on AI safety, and will also be used for related events. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Civita — Aid Policy Program | 155,043 | Civita | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of NOK 1,670,000 (approximately $155,043 at the time of conversion) to the Norwegian think tank Civita to support an aid policy program that aims to increase aid effectiveness. Civita is a right-of-center think tank. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| California YIMBY — General Support (2019) | 2,000,000 | California YIMBY | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Organization Name: California YIMBY Award Date: 4/2019 Grant Amount: $2,000,000 Purpose: General support. Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. California YIMBY also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to California YIMBY (short for “yes-in-my-back-yard”) for general support. As part of our focus on land use reform to promote housing affordability, we’ve supported a number of advocacy organizations in high-wage, high-cost regions (e.g. Seattle and Washington, D.C.) to push for more housing. We see advocacy aimed at changing California state policies to allow more housing as a promising philanthropic opportunity for several reasons: California accounts for 12% of the U.S. population and roughly half of most expensive metro areas in the country.1 As a result of the state’s high housing costs, California has the highest rent-inclusive poverty rate in the country, and a high rate of out-migration by low-income residents.2 As we’ve seen with our work on criminal justice reform, state-level advocates can often be very effective in winning statewide victories without enormous resources. By comparison, we expect building city-by-city support for reforms to be much slower and more costly, and in some cases potentially impossible.3 Housing markets tend to operate at a wider geographic scope than current responsibility for housing approvals is allocated: people looking for housing do not necessarily stop their search at the city limits.4 States have the constitutional authority to determine land use and may be able to more effectively balance the costs and benefits of new housing approvals, but there has not been a lot of experimentation on this front. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2016) | 3,000,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: January 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice via the Tides Center for general support. More detail on our support for the organization is available on the page explaining our previous grant to the Alliance for Safety and Justice. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Nice Light — AI Documentary | 127,070 | Nice Light | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £100,000 (approximately $127,070 at the time of conversion) over two years to Nice Light to support the production of a documentary about the potential risks of advanced AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Dyrevernalliansen — Fish Welfare Advocacy | 333,554 | Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of NOK 3,665,000 (approximately $333,554 at the time of conversion) over two years to Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) to support its fish welfare advocacy. This follows our August 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Compassion in World Farming — Broiler Chicken Welfare and Efforts to End Cages and Crates | 3,374,424 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £2,651,304 (approximately $3,374,424 at the time of conversion) over 2.5 years to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to support its farm animal welfare work in Europe. CIWF will use the grant to continue its corporate outreach on broiler chicken welfare and efforts to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Pennsylvania — VEuPATH Database | 750,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to support the VEuPATH database, a comprehensive bioinformatics resource center for eukaryotic pathogens, vectors, and hosts. This project is led by Professor David Roos. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Better World Story — Global Health Advocacy Field Building | 77,000 | Better World Story | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $77,000 to Better World Story to support Moe Hirohara as she works with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to build the field of global health advocacy in East Asia. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Dyrevernalliansen — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare Research | 568,893 | Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of NOK 5,000,000 ($568,893 at the time of conversion) over three years to Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) to support research on wild-caught fish welfare. The research will be conducted by Norwegian research institutions, with support from The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance’s Research Fund. This follows our June 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ten30 Biosciences — General Support | 5,000,000 | Ten30 Biosciences | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $5,000,000 in Ten30 Biosciences for general support. Ten30 Biosciences is a biotechnology company that is developing a novel oral drug to treat sickle cell disease, using an in-house platform that leverages AI and chemistry to discover therapeutics for challenging diseases. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| AI Safety Hub — Safety Labs | 47,359 | AI Safety Hub | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £37,359 (approximately $47,359 at the time of conversion) to AI Safety Hub to support its Safety Labs program, which will match students with mentors while the students research questions related to AI safety. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Cambridge Effective Altruism — AI Safety Labs | 25,239 | cambridge-ea | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £21,200 (approximately $25,239 at the time of conversion) to Cambridge Effective Altruism to support Cambridge AI Safety Labs, a multi-week program in Cambridge, UK that will pair experienced supervisors with students who are researching problems related to AI safety. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| AI Safety Support — Situational Awareness Research | 443,716 | ai-safety-support | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $408,971 to support research led by Owain Evans to evaluate whether machine learning models have situational awareness. These grants were made to AI Safety Support, Effective Ventures Foundation USA, and the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative, and will support salaries, office space, and compute for this research project. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effektiv Spenden — German Translation of The Life You Can Save | 25,458 | Effektiv Spenden | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €26,000 (approximately $25,458 at the time of conversion) to Effektiv Spenden to support the production of a German translation of The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer, as well as the distribution of the translation as a free ebook and audiobook. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| John Hopkins Center for Health Security — Health Security Scholars (2024) | 86,981 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $86,981 to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to support its Health Security Scholars program, which provides funding for early-career professionals to work on health security policy. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Montreal SPCA — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 214,829 | Montreal SPCA | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CAD 299,760 (approximately $214,829 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Montreal SPCA to support its work on farm animal welfare advocacy in Québec. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in July 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Malaria Consortium — Nigerian ITN Campaign | 9,381,474 | malaria-consortium | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,381,474 to Malaria Consortium to support the procurement and distribution insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in the Nigerian state of Ondo. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| We Animals Media — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy (2022) | 600,000 | We Animals Media | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to We Animals Media to produce videos and other media content documenting the lives and experiences of farm animals, and to maintain a video and photography archive that can be used by other animal advocates. This follows our 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Zurich — Swiss Aid Effectiveness | 136,097 | University of Zurich | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CHF 119,425 (approximately $136,097 at the time of conversion) to the University of Zurich to further the work of Professor Dina Pomeranz in supporting the efforts of Switzerland's development cooperation sector to use scientific evidence to strengthen the effectiveness of aid funding. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration | 451,571 | beri | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling $451,571 over two years to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support their collaboration with Kevin Esvelt’s Sculpting Evolution group at the MIT Media Lab. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in March 2023. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support (2024) | 900,000 | Animal Charity Evaluators | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $900,000 over two years to Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) for general support. ACE is a research, fundraising, and grantmaking organization that works to identify and recommend cost-effective animal welfare charities. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| International Rescue Committee — Acute Malnutrition Treatment (January 2024) | 7,485,323 | International Rescue Committee | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,485,323 to the International Rescue Committee to support one year of malnutrition treatment in Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger, and Somalia. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Observer Research Foundation America — Indian Air Pollution Models | 80,000 | Observer Research Foundation America | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $80,000 to Observer Research Foundation America to support Dr. Shayak Sengupta’s work on developing simplified models of air pollution in India. This grant is part of our work supporting the development of simplified pollution models that are accessible to non-specialized scientists, which we see as a key component of encouraging air quality policy analysis in India. This grant falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Sinergia Animal — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America | 2,482,743 | Sinergia Animal | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Photo courtesy of Sinergia Animal Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,482,743 over two years to Sinergia Animal to support their work on corporate campaigns for farm animal welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FutureSearch – Benchmark for Language Model Forecasting | 606,600 | — | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $606,600 to FutureSearch to support the development of a benchmark to evaluate the ability of large language models (LLMs) to forecast geopolitical events. The benchmark will be freely available to the public. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Advocates for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work (2024) | 550,000 | Advocates for Animals | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £240,000 (approximately $304,656 at the time of conversion) over two years to Advocates for Animals to provide legal advice to farm animal welfare organizations in the UK. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative — Tuberculosis Drug Price Reduction | 600,000 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to support the market entry of a new, lower-priced regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Research | 84,760 | uc-berkeley | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $84,760 to the University of California, Berkeley to support Dr. Allison Roberts’ research on tuberculosis as she finishes her Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) fellowship. We previously supported Allison as a member of the 2018 LSRF cohort, and we believe her research on inflammatory signaling responses to tuberculosis infections will add important information to the field. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Humane League — General Support (2021) | 7,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,000,000 to The Humane League (THL) for general support. This includes support for the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of grassroots groups. Our farm animal welfare team estimates that the major animal welfare pledges that THL has secured in recent years have improved the welfare of millions of animals. This funding will support a global expansion of THL’s corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. The Open Wing Alliance (OWA) is a coalition of more than 100 organizations from 67 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. These groups pursue the common goal of freeing egg-laying hens from cages across the world. THL provides support and guidance for the OWA coalition and administers a grants program for members. OWA members and other animal protection organizations have helped secure more than 3,000 cage-free corporate commitments; most companies are sticking to their commitments, freeing millions of hens from cages. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kairos Project — AI Safety University Group Support | 886,285 | Kairos Project | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $886,285 to the Kairos Project to support its work to improve the talent pipeline for the field of AI safety through targeted advising, workshops, residencies, and mentorship programs for AI safety groups. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Mercy For Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Corporate Campaigns (2016) | 1,000,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Published: January 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to Mercy For Animals to support corporate campaigns to promote the welfare of broiler chickens. Sources Document Source Mercy For Animals Budget Proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Building in North America — Housing Code Reform | 500,000 | Center for Building in North America | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $500,000 over two years to the Center for Building in North America to support a project on reforming multi-family housing codes. We see reforming building codes as a potentially tractable opportunity to reduce the cost of building new homes. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| BlueDot Impact — General Support (2023) | 388,890 | bluedot-impact | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £300,000 (approximately $388,890 at the time of conversion) to BlueDot Impact for general support. BlueDot Impact runs online courses aimed at helping people increase the impact of their careers. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development — Non-compete Prevalence Survey | 405,453 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €374,000 (approximately $405,453 at the time of conversion) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to support a survey on the prevalence of non-competes in a select number of countries. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Albion East — Aid Policy Advocacy | 606,849 | Albion East | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $606,849 to Albion East over two years to support their work on global health aid policy advocacy in South Korea. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| University of Stirling — Research on Electrical Stunning | 146,812 | University of Stirling | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £118,780 (approximately $146,812 at the time of conversion) to the University of Stirling to support research led by Dr. Amaya Albalat to develop humane electrical stunning techniques for use in aquaculture. This research will inform possible future efforts to deploy humane stunning techniques in aquatic farms. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, particularly within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Princeton University — AI R&D Benchmark | 863,143 | princeton-university | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $863,143 to Princeton University to support a project led by Professor Arvind Narayanan to develop an AI R&D capabilities benchmark. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Imperial College London — Malaria Vaccine Research | 46,524 | Imperial College London | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £36,547 (approximately $46,524 at the time of conversion) to Imperial College London to support a project led by Dr. Joseph Challenger. The project aims to update model predictions of the impact of a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine (Pfs230D1/Matrix-M), either alone or in combination with the R21 or RTS,S vaccines. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| AI Safety Support — MATS Program Extension | 709,567 | ai-safety-support | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $709,567 to AI Safety Support to support an extension of the MATS program, enabling up to 10 mentors and scholars to continue their research in AI safety. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute — Emodepside Phase III Trial | 5,111,687 | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $5,111,687 to the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute to support a Phase III clinical trial testing the efficacy of Emodepside against soil-transmitted helminths, specifically ascaris lumbricoides: hookworm and whipworm. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Risk Management Frameworks (2024) | 713,000 | beri | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $713,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the development of risk management frameworks and the analysis of AI standards. An additional grant to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity will support related work. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam — Emodepside Disease Modeling | 220,158 | Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €202,500 (approximately $220,158 at the time of conversion) to Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam to support research on modeling the potential public health impact and cost-effectiveness of mass drug administration of emodepside to combat soil-transmitted helminths. The project will be led by Dr. Luc E. Coffeng. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| iGEM — Support for Team ABSI_Kenya’s Project | 8,500 | International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $8,500 to the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation to cover the registration fees for Africa Biosynthetic Solutions and Innovations, Kenya (Team ABSI_Kenya), to participate in the iGEM Synthetic Biology competition, which we have previously funded. Team ABSI_Kenya is a team of young Kenyan scientists from various disciplines who are working to develop a biosensor and filter to detect and remove microbial and chemical contaminants in drinking water in low-resource settings. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Existential Risks Alliance — Cambridge Fellowship | 822,620 | ERA | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £661,720 (approximately $822,620 at the time of conversion) to the Existential Risk Alliance (now ERA) support a fellowship program based in Cambridge, UK for students researching topics related to reducing existential risks. This follows our March 2022 support for the previous iteration of this fellowship (under a different name) and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Effective Altruism Germany — ML4Good Bootcamp | 40,377 | Effective Altruism Germany | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €37,098 (approximately $40,377 at the time of conversion) to Effective Altruism Germany to support ML4Good, a 10-day bootcamp in Germany intended to help early-career professionals develop skills related to machine learning and AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Fund for the Global Fund — Global Fund Awareness in Japan | 661,635 | Fund for the Global Fund | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $661,635 over three years to the Fund for the Global Fund (FGF). This grant will support the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), a private initiative launched and operated by Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE), in its efforts to raise awareness of The Global Fund within Japan. The FGF coordinates organizations in the US, Europe, and Japan that advocate for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Swiss AI Safety Summer Camp — AI Safety Bootcamp | 51,248 | Swiss AI Safety Summer Camp | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CHF 45,165 (approximately $51,248 at the time of conversion) to the Swiss AI Safety Summer Camp to support its 2023 bootcamp. The program offers a multidisciplinary learning experience through activities such as deep learning courses, paper readings, discussions, presentations, and lectures. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Faculty AI — Wargame for AI Documentary | 92,597 | Faculty AI | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £75,000 (approximately $92,597 at the time of conversion) over two years to Faculty AI to support the development of a wargame for a documentary about the potential risks of advanced AI. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Smithsonian Institution — Outbreak Exhibit | 300,000 | Smithsonian Institution | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Published: December 2017 Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Smithsonian Institution staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to the Smithsonian Institution to support the Outbreak exhibit on naturally caused pandemics at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., along with associated educational programming. The exhibit is planned to open in 2018 and run for approximately three years; it may reach up to 8.5 million visitors during that time. We hope this exhibit will help raise awareness of pandemics, in part by drawing public attention to the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic, which is the largest on record. Some reservations we have about this grant are that the exhibit does not address deliberate or accidentally caused pandemics; that the exhibit itself is designed as a broad introduction to natural pandemics for the museum’s visitors, as opposed to targeted communication about the importance of taking action to reduce pandemic risks; and that it will be difficult to determine the marginal impact of our grant. Overall, we believe that supporting the exhibit and the associated educational programming will be valuable because of its potential to reach a large and diverse audience. This grant falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Machine Learning Bootcamps | 284,629 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $284,629 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support bootcamp programs in Berkeley and Cambridge, MA. These bootcamps will teach machine learning skills to people who want to work on AI alignment. This funding will also support a student research program on AI at Harvard and MIT. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Development Innovation Ventures — Scaling Up Global Health Interventions | 27,622,334 | Development Innovation Ventures | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $45,000,000 to support Development Innovation Ventures (DIV), a program within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This includes a $42,500,000 grant to USAID as well as a grant of $2,500,000 to CRI Foundation for its work to support DIV. DIV works to identify and scale up cost-effective global health and development interventions. This grant is part of Open Philanthropy’s Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Tab for a Cause — Farm Animal Welfare Marketing | 65,000 | Tab for a Cause | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $65,000 to Tab for a Cause to support the development and marketing of materials that will promote farmed animal welfare, educate the public on related social and environmental issues, and encourage philanthropic and civic engagement. Tab for a Cause is a browser extension that raises money for charity every time you open a new browser tab. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Air Pollution Action Group — Air Quality Initiatives in India | 1,300,000 | Air Pollution Action Group | 2025-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,300,000 over two years to the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG) to support work on air pollution in India. A-PAG will engage with government agencies to expand its Dispersed Sources of Pollution Programme into additional cities, and pilot new air quality interventions alongside experts. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| AURA — YIMBYTown (2024) | 75,000 | AURA | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to AURA to support the 2024 national "Yes In My Backyard" conference. We have previously supported national YIMBY conferences held in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado; in 2017 in Oakland, California; in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts; and in 2022 in Portland, Oregon. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Minnesota — Legal Automation Benchmark | 74,132 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $74,132 to the University of Minnesota to support a project to develop benchmarks for assessing large language models' capabilities in automating legal tasks, led by Assistant Professor Dongyeop Kang. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (May 2023) | 5,575,238 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £4,408,000 (approximately $5,575,238 at the time of conversion) to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours works to help people have more impact with their careers by providing online content and one-on-one coaching. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Washington — Adversarial Robustness Research | 730,000 | university-of-washington | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $730,000 over three years to the University of Washington to support early-career research by Ludwig Schmidt on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| High Impact Medicine — Community Building for Medical Students | 134,000 | High Impact Medicine | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $134,000 to High Impact Medicine to support its work building a community to help medical students and doctors do more good with their careers. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Argument — Operational Costs | 1,000,000 | The Argument | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $1,000,000 over two years in The Argument to support journalism on policies related to abundance, progress, and economic growth. The Argument is a new publication. Its columnists include founder Jerusalem Demsas, staff writers Kelsey Piper and Jordan Weissmann, and numerous other contributors. This investment was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Wakker Dier — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation (2024) | 958,286 | Wakker Dier | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €890,600 (approximately $958,286 at the time of conversion) over two years to Wakker Dier to support farm animal welfare litigation in the Netherlands, based on violations of European Union directives transposed into Dutch law. Our farm animal welfare team believes that successful litigation could encourage large-scale reforms to and enforcement of key European Union farm animal welfare policies. This follows our April 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Global Challenges Project — General Support | 687,589 | Global Challenges Project | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $687,589 to the Global Challenges Project to support work on a number of projects in effective altruism (EA) community building, including a summer program for EA group leaders and a mentorship program pairing newer and more experienced community members. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Langsikt — AI Safety Advocacy | 660,000 | Langsikt | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $660,000 over three years to Langsikt to support its advocacy work on AI safety policy in Norway. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Giving What We Can — General Support (February 2024) | 785,000 | aKZsmUeuWg | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $785,000 to Giving What We Can for general support. Giving What We Can advocates for people to pledge part of their income to charity and provides recommendations to donors to help them maximize the impact of their giving. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Bouisson-Bertrand Institute — Loiasis (African Eye Worm) Impact Study | 211,014 | Bouisson-Bertrand Institute | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €195,800 (approximately $211,014 at the time of conversion) to the Bouisson-Bertrand Institute to support a study assessing the impact of loiasis disease (African eye worm) on people living in Republic of Congo and Cameroon. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Centre for Economic Policy Research — Macroeconomic Impacts of Cash Transfers | 125,210 | The Centre for Economic Policy Research | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £100,000 (approximately $125,210 at the time of conversion) over two years to The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) to support a collaboration with the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) program and the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) on predicting the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers. The initiative will complement a large, multi-year randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted by GiveDirectly. STEG has issued a call for proposals on research papers that predict the macroeconomic effects of cash transfers. Accepted papers will be presented at a BITSS workshop, and their pre-registered predictions will continue to be evaluated against measured outcomes from the RCTs. This falls within our focus areas of forecasting and global health and wellbeing. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| AI Safety Support — SERI MATS Program | 1,538,000 | ai-safety-support | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $1,538,000 to AI Safety Support to support their collaboration with Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with in-person alignment research communities. This grant will support the MATS program’s third cohort. This follows our April 2022 support for the previous iteration of MATS, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Palisade Research — General Support (2025) | 2,123,463 | sgEt2BpyOg | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,123,463 to Palisade Research for general support. Palisade Research studies AI capabilities to better understand misuse risks from current systems, and how advances in hacking, deception, and persuasion will affect the risk of catastrophic AI outcomes. This follows our June 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| PoliPoli — Global Health Aid Advocacy and Incubation | 506,982 | PoliPoli | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $506,982 to PoliPoli to support its advocacy for the government of Japan to increase aid levels for global health, as well as its work to incubate organizations and social policy entrepreneurs focused on global health aid. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Eon Essay Contest — The Precipice Essay Contest (2023) | 73,000 | Eon Essay Contest | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $73,000 to Eon Essay Contest to support an essay contest on The Precipice by Toby Ord. This contest will award cash prizes to winners, and is open to high school students and young people in other age brackets. This follows our October 2021 support for the previous iteration of this contest and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| IISER Mohali — North India Pollution Research | 103,765 | IISER Mohali | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of INR 8,480,000 (approximately $103,765 at the time of conversion) over three years to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali to support research on air pollution in small-town North India. Professors Anu Sabhlok and Rohit Negi will lead the study. They aim to identify local sources of pollution and better understand how residents and relevant government officials perceive the issue. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — AI Safety Technical Program (2024) | 318,272 | arena-alignment | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £245,895 (approximately $318,272 at the time of conversion) to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA), a program that provides talented individuals with the skills, tools, and environment necessary for upskilling in ML engineering, for the purpose of contributing directly to AI alignment in technical roles. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Guide Labs — Open Access Interpretability Project | 750,000 | Guide Labs | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 over 1.5 years to Guide Labs to support a project developing and testing AI error diagnostics and model guiding tools. To support AI safety and alignment, these tools will be made freely available to the general public. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| FAR.AI — General Support (2022) | 625,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $625,000 to FAR.AI for general support. FAR.AI works to incubate and accelerate research agendas to ensure AI systems are more trustworthy and beneficial to society. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab — Innovation and Science Research | 649,176 | Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $649,176 over two years to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support their new Science for Progress initiative, which will conduct research and randomized evaluations related to innovation and science. This initiative will be co-led by Professor Paul Niehaus and Professor Heidi Williams. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Alvea — Drug Development Acceleration (October 2022) | 1,250,000 | Alvea | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $1,250,000 in Alvea. Alvea works on technology to reduce the time from concept to trials for new medicines, with the goal of accelerating treatments for infectious diseases and improving pandemic preparedness. This follows our May 2022 investment and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Sightsavers — Trachoma Treatment Research | 879,136 | Sightsavers | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $879,136 to Sightsavers to support a trial in Ethiopia testing whether adding ivermectin to standard trachoma mass drug administration efforts can improve disease elimination efforts. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Oxford — Oxford AI Governance Initiative | 5,423,018 | university-of-oxford | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £4,251,555 (approximately $5,423,018 at the time of conversion) over four years to the University of Oxford to support the creation of a technical AI governance program within The Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative. The program will support postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting faculty interested in conducting technical analysis that can support the effective governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Farmed Animal Funders — Regranting for Farm Animal Welfare in Europe | 750,000 | Farmed Animal Funders | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 over two years to Farmed Animal Funders (FAF) via the Centre for Effective Altruism. FAF will regrant this funding to organizations working on farm animal welfare in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Compassion in World Farming — Broiler Chicken Welfare and Efforts to End Cages and Crates (2025) | 3,381,985 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £2,728,437 (approximately $3,381,985 at the time of conversion) over two years to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to support its farm animal welfare work in Europe. CIWF will use the grant to continue its corporate outreach on broiler chicken welfare, as well as its efforts to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Living Goods — General Support (January 2017) | 250,000 | Living Goods | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Living Goods for general operating support in January 2017, in recognition of Living Goods' "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. See GiveWell’s review of Living Goods to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Cures Within Reach — Generic Drug Trials | 800,000 | Cures Within Reach | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $800,000 over two years to Cures Within Reach to support the testing of already-approved therapies on health conditions with a high burden in low- and lower-middle-income countries. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Legal Priorities Project — Law & AI Summer Research Fellowship | 75,000 | legal-priorities-project | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Legal Priorities Project (LPP) to support their Summer Research Fellowship in Law & AI. Participants will work with researchers at LPP on projects at the intersection of law and risks from advanced AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Asia for Animals Coalition — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building in Asia | 250,000 | Asia for Animals Coalition | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $250,000 to the Asia for Animals Coalition (AfA) to support its work to build the farm animal welfare movement across Asia. AfA is a coalition of organizations (including several of our grantees) working on animal welfare issues in Asia. Their primary activities include organizing conferences, serving as an information hub, and running joint campaigns. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Civita — Aid Policy Program (2025) | 240,000 | Civita | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of NOK 2,512,704 (approximately $240,000 at the time of conversion) to Civita to support an aid policy program that aims to increase aid effectiveness. Civita is a leading think tank based in Norway. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Meridian — Operating Costs | 957,080 | Meridian | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £717, 807 (approximately $957,080 at the time of conversion) over three years to support Meridian, a collaborative space in Cambridge, UK. Meridian will use the funds to host events, programs, fellowships, and retreats, as well as pay for office expenses and staff salaries. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in December 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Project Healthy Children — General Support (January 2017) | 250,000 | Project Healthy Children | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Project Healthy Children for general operating support in January 2017, in recognition of Project Healthy Children's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. See GiveWell’s review of Project Healthy Children to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling | 2,982,206 | rutgers-university | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Published: April 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,982,206 over three years to Professor Alan Robock via Rutgers University to support a series of modeling studies on the climatological and subsequent ecological and social effects of large nuclear conflicts, conducted by Professor Robock and Professor Owen Brian Toon of the University of Colorado Boulder. The study will aim to investigate what nuclear war scenarios of different sizes are plausible; how much material would be ignited and how much soot would be produced in those scenarios; how that soot would be transported and modified in the atmosphere; how the global climate would respond to that soot, if at all; how agriculture and the ocean would respond to those global climate changes; and how that would affect the global economy and food security. This grant will primarily cover salaries and tuition for graduate students and postdocs. Our hope is that this research will increase understanding about the probability and characteristics of disturbances to the global climate system (and subsequent effects on society and ecosystems) that could result from a range of potential nuclear conflicts. Sources Document Source Rutgers University Proposal, "Environmental and Human Impacts of Nuclear War" Source | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Condor Camp — Summer Program for Brazilian Students (2024) | 652,465 | Condor Camp | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $652,465 to support Condor Camp, a summer residential program that brings together Brazilian students to discuss topics related to existential risk. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (February 2017) | 5,000,000 | malaria-consortium | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $5,000,000 to Malaria Consortium in February 2017 to support its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program, in recognition of the program earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of Malaria Consortium to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — General Support | 11,425,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $11,425,000 to Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) for general support. EVF, formerly known as the Centre for Effective Altruism, is a federation of organizations working to have a large positive impact in the world. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in March 2023. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support (2024) | 1,745,172 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €1,650,000 (approximately $1,745,172 at the time of conversion) to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation (ASF) for general support. The funding will allow ASF to continue to pursue animal welfare reforms across Europe, including campaigns and litigation to improve the welfare of egg-laying hens, broiler chickens, farmed fish, and other animals. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Pavia — Law, Ethics, and AI Course Development | 23,245 | University of Pavia | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €22,000 (approximately $23,245 at the time of conversion) to the University of Pavia to support Professor Federico Faroldi’s development of a course titled “Law, Ethics, and AI: Alignment and Normative Risk.” We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| AI Safety Argentina — Research Scholarships | 77,000 | AI Safety Argentina | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $77,000 to AI Safety Argentina to support a 6-month AI safety scholarship program at the University of Buenos Aires’ Institute of Computer Science. Organized by Iván Arcuschin and Agustín Martinez Suñé, the program will connect university students with established researchers at the University for mentorship and collaboration on AI Safety projects. This program aims to incubate promising talent while also encouraging the development of AI safety research in the University. This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security — Report on Security Clearances | 70,000 | Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security to conduct a study on US security clearance reform options. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Ge Effektivt — General Support | 95,500 | Ge Effektivt | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $95,500 to Ge Effektivt for general support. Ge Effektivt fundraises for effective organizations working on global health, farm animal welfare, and climate change. Grant investigator Melanie Basnak learned about this opportunity while participating in the 2024 cycle of Meta Charity Funders, which aims to fund charitable projects working one level removed from direct impact. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Paris Peace Forum — Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate Overshoot | 166,305 | Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate Overshoot | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €150,000 (approximately $166,305 at the time of conversion) to the Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate Overshoot. The Commission aims to bring together leaders from developing and developed countries to recommend strategies to reduce risks from potential climate overshoot (the global temperature increasing by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius before cooling back down). It plans to develop governance frameworks for: Adapting to higher temperatures in vulnerable areas. Removing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management. The Commission's findings will inform future global discussions on climate risks at the United Nations and elsewhere. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2024) | 1,495,355 | Rational Animations | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €1,379,162 (approximately $1,505,355 at the time of conversion) over two years to Rational Animations to support animation costs for YouTube videos about AI and AI risk, as well as other topics relating to rationality, effective altruism, and transformative technology. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in October 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Pepperdine University — Washington THC Monitoring | 150,000 | Pepperdine University | 2014-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Prof. Hawken reviewed this page prior to publication. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $150,000 to Pepperdine University to support a project to study the potential impact of marijuana legalization on use of both marijuana and other illicit drugs, led by Professor Angela Hawken. More details on our rationale for recommending the grant and an update on the project's progress are available at this page. | ONN00wZd8U |
| European Institute for Animal Law & Policy — EU Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 602,369 | European Institute for Animal Law and Policy | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €555,175 (approximately $602,369 at the time of conversion) over three years to the European Institute for Animal Law & Policy to support advocacy to improve farm animal welfare in the European Union. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Rescue Committee – Treatment of Malnutrition (May to August 2021) | 19,907,422 | International Rescue Committee | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $19,907,422 to the International Rescue Committee to support government-provided malnutrition treatment in Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Niger, and Somalia. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Alcohol Policy Alliance — Conference Travel Support | 75,000 | Global Alcohol Policy Alliance | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance to support the 2023 Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Cape Town, which will bring together researchers, advocates, and policymakers from around the world to discuss alcohol policy. This funding will go toward travel expenses for speakers and attendees at the conference, particularly those from low- and middle-income countries. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare in Europe (2022) | 5,699,748 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €5,500,000 (approximately $5,699,748 at the time of conversion) over three years to Eurogroup for Animals to support their work on farm animal welfare in Europe. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The END Fund — General Support (2021) | 500,000 | The END Fund | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Photo by Justin Makangara, courtesy of The End Fund. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the END Fund for general support, in recognition of the END Fund earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Harvard Square Coworking Space | 8,875,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,875,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) to support a five-year lease and refurbishment for an office located in Harvard Square. This office will be run and managed by CEA and will provide coworking space for around 50 individuals working at effective altruism-affiliated organizations or related initiatives. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| YIMBY Alliance — Pro-Housing Advocacy | 671,830 | YIMBY Alliance | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £520,000 (approximately $671,830 at the time of conversion) over two years to YIMBY Alliance to support its advocacy for pro-housing policies in the UK. This falls within our focus area of housing policy reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| 4J Therapeutics — Locked Nucleic Acid Technology | 2,499,993 | 4J Therapeutics | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $2,499,993 in 4J Therapeutics to support the development and commercialization of locked nucleic acid technology for therapeutic and prophylactic use against respiratory viruses. This falls within our work on scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — General Support for MIT AI Alignment | 612,470 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $612,470 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support operating costs and office space for MIT AI Alignment (MAIA), which brings together MIT students conducting research relevant to reducing risks from advanced AI. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| LASR Labs — Fellowship Program | 288,732 | LASR Labs | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £230,010 (approximately $288,732 at the time of conversion) to London AI Safety Research (LASR) Labs to support its AI safety fellowship program. LASR Labs is a research program that aims to assist individuals in transitioning to full-time careers in AI safety. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The END Fund — Deworming (December 2016) | 5,000,000 | The END Fund | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $5,000,000 to The END Fund in December 2016 to support its deworming program, in recognition of the program earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of The END Fund's deworming program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eradavir — Influenza Treatment RCT | 250,000 | Eradavir | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $250,000 in Eradavir to support a randomized controlled trial of a drug for treating influenza. The team’s novel antiviral approach links two haptens that recruit the immune system to an already approved influenza antiviral, zanamivir, which binds to the neuraminidase protein found on the virus and infected cell. This follows our July 2023 investment and falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The School for Moral Ambition — EU Protein Transition Fellowships | 466,670 | The School for Moral Ambition | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €400,000 (approximately $466,670 at the time of conversion) over two years to The School for Moral Ambition to support the EU Protein Transition Fellowship program, which directs top talent toward alternative protein policy work focused on increasing alternative protein R&D in the EU. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — Research on Chronic Viral Infections | 2,670,441 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,961,252 (approximately $2,670,441 at the time of conversion) over five years to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to support a retrospective epidemiology study led by Professor Charlotte Warren-Gash. This study will use data from UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database with data from 500,000 adults in the UK, to study the long-term health consequences of chronic viral infections. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Anhimalia — Cage-free Campaigns in Argentina | 96,000 | Anhimalia | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $96,000 over two years to Anhimalia to support its corporate cage-free work in Argentina. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Wilton Park — Biological Weapons Convention Retreat | 47,722 | Wilton Park | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CHF 53,700 (approximately $47,722 at the time of conversion) to Wilton Park to support a retreat bringing together senior officials and diplomats in advance of the 9th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University of Ottawa — Research Chairship | 69,588 | university-of-ottawa | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CAD 100,000 (approximately $69,588 at the time of conversion) over five years to the University of Ottawa to support the Reproducibility and Replicability Chairship for Professor Abel Brodeur at the University of Ottawa. Brodeur leads the Institute for Replication, which Open Philanthropy has also supported. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Wageningen University — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare | 330,566 | Wageningen University | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $330,566 over two years to Wageningen University to support work to improve the welfare of wild-caught fish. This will involve assessing the welfare impacts of different capture methods and engaging with the fishing industry and fish certifiers to promote better practices. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Schepens Eye Research Institute at Mass Eye and Ear — Pulmonary Fibrosis Drug (Leo Kim) | 920,000 | Mass Eye and Ear | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $920,000 to Mass Eye and Ear to support research led by Leo Kim, of Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, on a drug to treat pulmonary fibrosis in patients with COVID-19 and other causes. Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and often fatal lung disease that affects approximately 3.5 million people worldwide, in addition to a significant number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Humane League — General Support (2022) | 8,300,000 | the-humane-league | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,300,000 to The Humane League (THL) for general support. This includes support for the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of grassroots groups. Our farm animal welfare team estimates that the major animal welfare pledges that THL has secured in recent years have improved the welfare of millions of animals. This funding will support a global expansion of THL’s corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. The Open Wing Alliance (OWA) is a coalition of more than 100 organizations from 67 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. These groups pursue the common goal of freeing egg-laying hens from cages across the world. THL provides support and guidance for the OWA coalition and administers a grants program for members. OWA members and other animal protection organizations have helped secure more than 3,000 cage-free corporate commitments; most companies are sticking to their commitments, freeing millions of hens from cages. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FAR.AI — AI Alignment Research Projects (July 2024) | 680,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $680,000 to FAR.AI to support research expenses for several AI alignment research projects. Ethan Perez will mentor the independent researchers undertaking these projects. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated September 2025 | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Dansk Vegetarisk Forening — Plant Protein Advocacy | 325,800 | Dansk Vegetarisk Forening | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €300,000 (approximately $325,800 at the time of conversion) over two years to Dansk Vegetarisk Forening (DVF) to support advocacy for increased public R&D funding for alternative proteins in Europe. DVF is a Danish nonprofit focused on promoting vegetarianism. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| fair-fish international association — General Support (2024) | 518,430 | fair-fish international association | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €500,000 (approximately $518,430 at the time of conversion) over two years to the fair-fish international association (fair-fish) for general support. The grant is intended to allow fair-fish to continue its work on farmed fish welfare through research and collaboration with industry partners. This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (January 2020) | 9,709,000 | helen-keller-international | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,709,000 to Helen Keller International to support vitamin A supplementation work, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Helen Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Warwick — Evidence-Based Policymaking | 21,490 | University of Warwick | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £17,000 (approximately $21,490 at the time of conversion) to the University of Warwick to support a joint workshop between academics and policymakers on evidence-based policymaking, led by Professor Mattie Toma. The grant will also support related work on how to make economics research more useful for policymakers, including through Prof. Toma's Policymakers Lab. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation — Artificial Intelligence Scenarios and Social Impacts | 199,000 | Electronic Frontier Foundation | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Published: December 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $199,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to enable it to carry out some preliminary work on policy-relevant questions related to progress in artificial intelligence, led by Peter Eckersley. We believe that Dr. Eckersley's background, which includes policy and advocacy work on technology-related topics, makes him a good candidate to do this type of work. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Future Forum Foundation — Future Forum | 654,500 | Future Forum Foundation | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $654,500 to the Future Forum Foundation to support the Future Forum, a conference aimed at bringing together members of several communities interested in emerging technology and the future, including Emergent Ventures, Progress Studies, Effective Altruism, Silicon Valley technology, cryptocurrency, and longevity, among others. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (2023) | 61,443,812 | malaria-consortium | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $61,443,812 to Malaria Consortium to support its seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Forecasting Research Institute — Science of Forecasting | 6,305,675 | KslhqGaeJw | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $6,305,675 over three years to support the Forecasting Research Institute (FRI)'s work on projects to advance the science of forecasting as a tool to improve public policy and reduce existential risk. This includes developing a new modular forecasting platform and conducting research to test different forecasting techniques. This follows our October 2021 support for planning work by FRI Chief Scientist Philip Tetlock, and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. The grant amount was updated in June 2023. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| World Health Organization — Responsible Life Sciences Research | 900,000 | World Health Organization | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $900,000 over three years to the World Health Organization to support its work on governing dual-use research and using life sciences research responsibly. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Forecasting Research Institute — Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament | 75,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a prize of $75,000 to the Forecasting Research Institute in recognition of their recently published writeup of the 2022 Existential Risk Persuasion Tournament. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Compassion Over Killing — U.S. Broiler Welfare Campaigns | 500,000 | Compassion Over Killing | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to Compassion Over Killing to support its U.S. corporate campaigns against the abuse of broiler chickens. Compassion Over Killing is one of several animal groups we're supporting that is pursuing a strategy of corporate reform in the U.S. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine — Snakebite Therapies | 5,473,069 | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £4,177,873 (approximately $5,473,069 at the time of conversion) over five years to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to support a Phase II clinical trial investigating the potential of two oral drugs, unithiol and marimastat, to act as new therapies against bites from the common lancehead (Brazil) and the West African carpet viper (Ghana). Bites from these snakes are potentially fatal, and require urgent treatment. If successful, both drugs would represent inexpensive treatments that could be deployed in rural settings. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Global Priorities Institute — General Support (October 2023) | 3,078,461 | global-priorities-institute | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £2,395,000 ($3,078,461 at the time of conversion) to the Global Priorities Institute, via Effective Ventures Foundation and Oxford University, to support operational costs. The Global Priorities Institute is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational cause prioritization research. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Effective Altruism UK — Biosecurity Networking Event | 7,500 | Effective Altruism UK | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,500 to Effective Altruism UK to support a biosecurity networking event and associated operating expenses. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The Humane League — General Support (2023) | 8,300,000 | the-humane-league | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,300,000 to The Humane League (THL) for general support. This includes support for the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of grassroots groups. Our farm animal welfare team estimates that the major animal welfare pledges that THL has secured in recent years have improved the welfare of millions of animals. This funding will support a global expansion of THL’s corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. The Open Wing Alliance (OWA) is a coalition of more than 100 organizations from 67 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. These groups pursue the common goal of freeing egg-laying hens from cages across the world. THL provides support and guidance for the OWA coalition and administers a grants program for members. OWA members and other animal protection organizations have helped secure more than 3,000 cage-free corporate commitments; most companies are sticking to their commitments, freeing millions of hens from cages. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop (2024) | 78,000 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $78,000 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support a multi-day workshop for AI university group organizers. This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Institute for Progress — General Support (2023) | 9,341,660 | institute-for-progress | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $9,341,660 over three years to the Institute for Progress for general support. The Institute for Progress is a think tank that conducts policy research on topics related to scientific progress, including high-skill immigration, metascience, biotechnology, and other emerging technologies. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| University of Pretoria — Far-UVC Study | 754,525 | University of Pretoria | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $754,525 over two years to the University of Pretoria to support a study on how much far-UVC light is needed to stop the transmission of tuberculosis from human patients to susceptible guinea pigs. If successful, far-UVC light could become a highly effective tool for reducing disease transmission in many settings. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Alianima — Corporate Pledge Implementation in Brazil | 481,000 | Alianima | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $481,000 over two years to Alianima to support their work helping corporations in Brazil implement their cage-free and crate-free pledges. This follows our March 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| AI Safety Support — SERI MATS 4.0 | 1,240,840 | ai-safety-support | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $1,240,840 to AI Safety Support to support their collaboration with Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with in-person alignment research communities. These grants will support the MATS program's fourth cohort. They follow our November 2022 support for the previous iteration of MATS, and fall within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. We also made a separate grant to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative for this cohort. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Fish Welfare Initiative — Fish Welfare in India (2025) | 650,000 | Fish Welfare Initiative | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $650,000 over two years to the Fish Welfare Initiative to support its work on improving farmed fish welfare in Asia, primarily in India. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Washington — Air Pollution Research Planning | 82,000 | university-of-washington | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $82,000 to the University of Washington to support planning for a research project on the topic of air pollution in Bangladesh, led by Provat Saha and Julian Marshall. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy, specifically within our interest in South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — University Collaboration Program | 70,000 | beri | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to support its university collaboration program. Selected applicants become eligible for support and services from BERI that would be difficult or impossible to obtain through normal university channels. BERI will use these funds to increase the size of its 2024 cohort. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia and Latin America (2025) | 663,499 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £490,500 (approximately $663,499 at the time of conversion) over two years to Compassion in World Farming International to support its corporate outreach on cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare in the Asia-Pacific region and in Latin America. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF, 2024) | 322,536 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £240,000 (approximately $322,536 at the time of conversion) to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), specifically its Groups team. CEA is a charity that works to build and support the effective altruism community. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| European Environmental Bureau — EU Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 321,699 | European Environmental Bureau | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €294,400 (approximately $321,699 at the time of conversion) to the European Environmental Bureau to support its work on advocating for farm animal welfare in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2024) | 1,736,622 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling €1,632,496 (approximately $1,736,622 at the time of conversion) over three years to Eurogroup for Animals (EfA) to support its fish welfare advocacy. This will allow EfA to expand its EU-level advocacy, support the advocacy of local member groups, support corporate reforms, and advocate for increased research funding on fish welfare. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| People For Animals Uttarakhand — Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship (2024) | 248,632 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of INR 20,401,514 (approximately $248,632 at the time of conversion) over two years to People For Animals Uttarakhand to support a farm animal welfare movement-building fellowship in collaboration with the Ahimsa Trust and Humane Society International India. This 10-month fellowship trains fellows and places them in farm animal welfare jobs and internships. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2022) | 751,000 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $751,000 to the Life Sciences Research Foundation to support early-career investigators. The funds will support four postdoctoral fellows for three years apiece. The fellows have proposed research projects investigating immunology, virology, and gastroenterology. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rethink Priorities — General and Research Support (2023) | 670,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $670,000 to Rethink Priorities for general support, and to support their research on global health and wellbeing causes. Their work will help inform our own cause prioritization within our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Safe AI Forum — Operating Expenses | 1,167,513 | Safe AI Forum | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,167,513 to the Safe AI Forum to support its work on AI policy. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Training for Good — Operating Costs and Tarbell Fellowship | 999,000 | training-for-good | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $999,000 to Training for Good to support the Tarbell Fellowship, a one-year program for early-career journalists interested in covering emerging technologies (especially artificial intelligence). The grant will provide additional support for the program and general operating support to Training for Good, as well as allow a current fellow to extend their fellowship period. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in Februrary 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Soze Agency — Returning Citizens Project | 261,500 | The Soze Agency | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $261,500 to The Soze Agency to support its Returning Citizens Project. Michael Skolnik, the CEO of The Soze Agency, plans to use this grant to coordinate the launch of a formerly incarcerated artist network, with an initial group of five selected artists. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. Update: In June of 2017, we added $45,000 to the original award amount to expand the group of initially selected artists. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education — Pig Welfare Reforms | 267,723 | Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of ₩318,000,000 ($267,723 at the time of conversion) over two years to Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education (AWARE) to support work on pig welfare reforms in South Korea. AWARE identified pig welfare as a promising policy reform opportunity following our October 2020 support. This funding is intended to support the implementation of a sow stall ban and the creation of a welfare standard assessment for pigs. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Humane League — Latin America Regional Summit | 22,000 | the-humane-league | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Organization Website: https://thehumaneleague.org/ Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $22,000 to the Humane League to cover the costs of a Latin America regional summit held in November 2018. The funds will be used to reimburse travel costs for Latin American groups who attended a two-day event to discuss corporate campaigns and collaboration in the region. This discretionary grant follows our recent multi-year support of the Humane League and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MATS (November 2023) | 2,641,368 | beri | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,641,368 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support its collaboration with AI Safety Support on the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) program. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Harvard Square Coworking Space (2023) | 7,644,021 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,644,020 to the the Effective Ventures Foundation USA (EVF USA) to support a five-year lease and refurbishment for an office located in Harvard Square. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. (Both grants went to the same organization; the Centre for Effective Altruism changed its name to Effective Ventures in the interim.) | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Humánny pokrok — Farm Animal Welfare in Slovakia | 357,628 | Humánny pokrok | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €335,000 (approximately $357,628 at the time of conversion) to Humánny pokrok to support their work on chicken and fish welfare in Slovakia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rethink Priorities — Global Health & Development Team Support | 1,500,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of up to $1,500,000 over three years to Rethink Priorities to support general operations for its Global Health & Development team. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan — Farm Animal Welfare in Taiwan (2021) | 1,345,000 | Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,345,000 over three years to the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) to support their work on farm animal welfare. EAST works on campaigns for layer hens, farmed fish, broiler hens, waterfowl, and humane slaughter. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in May 2024. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine — Malaria in School-aged Children Network | 819,578 | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $819,578 over three years to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to support the establishment of a formal coordination network designed to improve our understanding of how and when to address malaria in school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2021) | 1,200,000 | Texas Organizing Project | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,200,000 to the Texas Organizing Project (TOP) to support work on criminal justice reform. TOP intends to use this funding to continue its organizing for criminal justice reform and prosecutor accountability in cities throughout Texas that have high incarceration rates. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Nutrition International — Vitamin A Supplementation | 8,951,600 | Nutrition International | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,951,600 over three years to Nutrition International to support their vitamin A supplementation (VAS) campaigns in Chad. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2017) | 500,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense to enable it to continue its advocacy for biodefense policy improvements. This is our third grant recommendation to the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, and is intended as a "top-up" to our August 2016 grant. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Fund for Global Talent Mobility — High-Skilled Immigration Grants (2023) | 900,000 | Fund for Global Talent Mobility | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $900,000 to the Fund for Global Talent Mobility to support a regranting initiative aimed at increasing the use of existing high-skilled immigration pathways to the US. Grant applications will be processed on an expedited timeline by immigration lawyer Amy Nice, who serves as project director for the Fund. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| National Academy of Sciences — Future of Biomedical Databases Study | 75,000 | National Academy of Sciences | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the National Academy of Sciences to support a study on the future of biological databases. This work will engage dozens of academic, private sector, and non-profit experts involved in the creation, curation, and use of biomedical databases and related data tools. The goal of the study is to produce a report outlining actions to increase database sustainability. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Johns Hopkins University — Course Buyouts | 94,600 | johns-hopkins-university | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $94,600 to Johns Hopkins University to support course buyouts that will enable Professor Anqi Liu to explore and prepare for AI safety work, as well as an AI safety retreat for Liu and her Ph.D. student advisees. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| PIBBSS — AI Safety Summer Fellowship (2025) | 1,686,290 | Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $1,686,290 to Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS) to support a summer research fellowship for academics. Fellows will research the parallels between intelligent behavior in natural and artificial systems, with the goal of finding insights relevant to AI safety and alignment. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| AI Impacts — General Support (2023) | 620,000 | TdbypiKyCw | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $620,000 over two years to AI Impacts for general support. AI Impacts works to answer questions about the future of artificial intelligence. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 758,953 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £592,000 (approximately $758,953 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming to support its work on advocating for farm animal welfare in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Mothers Against Police Brutality — Prosecutorial Reform | 50,000 | Mothers Against Police Brutality | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to Mothers Against Police Brutality to support its efforts on increasing prosecutorial accountability in Texas. We heard from several sources that MAPB is a particularly effective law enforcement accountability organization. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Apart Research — AI Alignment Hackathons (2022) | 89,000 | apart-research | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $130,050 to Apart Research to support their work hosting four “hackathons” where participants will work on small projects related to AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2017) | 13,500,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $13,500,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support in January 2017, in recognition of its earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of SCI to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| People for Animals Uttarakhand – Cage-Free Campaigns in India | 91,100 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $91,100 to People for Animals Uttarakhand to support its work on corporate cage-free campaigns in India. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Vereniging Green Protein Alliance — Plant Protein Advocacy | 299,532 | Vereniging Green Protein Alliance | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of EUR 282,500 (approximately $299,532 at the time of conversion) over two years to Vereniging Green Protein Alliance to support “The Protein Tracker,” a project that will advocate for European retailers and food service organizations to set targets for increasing sales of plant protein. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. The grant amount was updated in February 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| London School of Economics and Political Science — Global Veterinary Benchmarks | 146,124 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £109,884 (approximately $146,124 at the time of conversion) to the London School of Economics and Political Science to support work led by Drs. Jonathan Birch and Steven McCulloch on a benchmark set of policies for veterinary associations across the globe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development — Lead Exposure Research | 75,000 | center-for-global-development | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Center for Global Development to support research into how lead exposure affects economic and educational outcomes. This grant follows GiveWell’s December 2021 grant (not funded by Open Philanthropy) to support this work. See GiveWell’s writeup for more details on the project. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Existential Risk Alliance — Cambridge AI Fellowship | 767,585 | ERA | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £611,738 (approximately $767,585 at the time of conversion) to the Existential Risk Alliance (now ERA) to support its summer research fellowship program in Cambridge, UK, which focuses on reducing risks from advanced AI. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Institute for AI Policy and Strategy — General Support (April 2024) | 828,049 | iaps | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $828,049 to the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy to support staff salaries and other operational costs, including researcher development. The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS) is a think tank that studies AI policy and standards, compute governance, and international governance. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting and Operations Support (May 2023) | 3,370,000 | ea-funds | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $3,370,000 to Effective Altruism Funds. Some of this funding will support operating expenses, and the rest will be regranted via the Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF) and the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) to projects aimed at improving the long-term future and to projects aimed at supporting the effective altruism community, respectively. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| fair-fish international association — Database Support | 112,058 | fair-fish international association | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €102,140 (approximately $112,058 at the time of conversion) to the fair-fish international association (fair-fish) to support its fair-fish database, which hosts technical welfare information on a variety of fish species. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Forecasting Research Institute — General Support | 10,080,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $10,080,000 over three years to support the Forecasting Research Institute’s work on projects to advance the science of forecasting and to increase the relevance of forecasting for high-stakes policy decisions. This includes foundational research into the methodological challenges of existential risk forecasts, as well as applied research on estimating such risks, and on the identification of early warning signals. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Drug Policy Alliance — Drug Decriminalization | 1,331,597 | Drug Policy Alliance | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: April 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,331,597 over two years to the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) to support the work of asha bandele and Kassandra Frederique, who plan to lead culture change and pilot project strategies to advance a public health approach to the use and sale of all drugs. When fully implemented, a public health approach shifts authority and resources to address drug use from the criminal justice system, which uses criminalization and punishment to achieve outcomes, to the health system, which focuses on treatment and reducing the harms associated with drug use. DPA has been advancing a public health approach for the past several years with a focus on policy analysis and policy reports. We believe that it is possible for this strategy to have several positive impacts, in part based on the results of drug decriminalization in Portugal. Decriminalization means that while possession of drugs is not permitted, it is not a criminal offense, and is dealt with through administrative sanctions. Since decriminalization in Portugal in 2001, the country has experienced a slight reduction in drug use among adolescents, a substantial reduction in the number of people in contact with the criminal justice system, a significant increase in the number of people in drug treatment, and a roughly 80% reduction in deaths caused by drug use.1 We believe that moving toward a Portugal model stands a reasonable chance of significantly reducing incarceration in the U.S. While people convicted of drug crimes make up a relatively small proportion of the U.S. prison population, they make up the majority of people admitted to prison (the discrepancy is due to short average prison sentences for drug convictions). Reducing the churn of people in and out of prison would limit the overall number of people impacted by contact with the criminal justice system. Additionally, our understanding is that drug possession is often the first arrest that puts someone in contact with the law enforcement system, and increases the probability of incarceration later in life, including through technical violations of probation and parole conditions. We decided to make this grant to enable DPA to more highly prioritize several strategies that we believe are important to achieving the goal of a Portugal-style reform in the U.S. and that we believe DPA would not pursue in the absence of the grant. These include strategies targeting culture change, a stronger focus on racial justice, and support for a demonstration project in Ithaca, New York, whose mayor has adopted a plan to implement a public health approach to drug use.2 We hope that this grant will shorten the timeline to achieving substantial drug policy reforms in several states and influence conversations about reducing penalties for drug crimes. The grant amount has been updated to reflect $68,403 in unspent funds returned to us in December 2018. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Drug Policy Alliance, Drug Decriminalization in Portugal Source (archive) The Ithaca Plan: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drugs and Drug Policy Source (archive) | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| ERA – AI Fellowships (2025) | 2,344,072 | ERA | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,876,458 (approximately $2,344,072 at the time of conversion) to ERA to support two research fellowship programs focused on reducing risks from advanced AI, in addition to a conference on technical AI governance. This follows our April 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Wilton Park — Biological Weapons Convention Retreat (2024) | 43,484 | Wilton Park | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £33,000 (approximately $43,484 at the time of conversion) to Wilton Park to support an event bringing together senior officials and diplomats in advance of a meeting of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Support for What We Owe The Future | 75,617 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,617 to Effective Ventures Foundation USA to reimburse student group organizers who purchase copies of What We Owe The Future for reading groups and club events. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to reduce global catastrophic risks. We made a separate reimbursement grant to Effective Ventures Foundation UK at the same time. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2023) | 900,000 | CDC Foundation | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $900,000 over two years to the CDC Foundation to support research on malaria control. The funding will be used to support work on the cryopreservation of mosquito larvae and embryos, as well as the artificial insemination of female mosquitoes. If successful, this work would make it easier for researchers to maintain different strains of mosquitoes and would advance the state of malaria control research. This follows our March 2021 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia and Latin America | 573,882 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £458,409 (approximately $573,882 at the time of conversion) over two years to Compassion in World Farming International to support its corporate outreach on cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare in the Asia-Pacific region and in Latin America. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation in India | 9,216,654 | evidence-action | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,216,654 over four years to Evidence Action to provide technical assistance to the Indian government to distribute iron and folic acid supplements to children between 6 months and 19 years old in five states in India. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Good Forever — Regranting for Biosecurity Projects | 4,905,066 | Good Forever Foundation | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $4,905,066 over two years in Good Forever, for regranting and/or reinvesting in promising biosecurity projects. Most of these funds were reinvested in Alvea, an organization in which Open Philanthropy had also invested previously. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Scalable Oversight Dataset | 70,000 | beri | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the creation of a scalable oversight dataset. The purpose of the dataset is to collect questions that non-experts can’t answer even with the internet at their disposal; these kinds of questions can be used to test how well AI systems can lead humans to the right answers without misleading them. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) — Malnutrition Treatment in Chad (May 2021) | 7,968,073 | Alliance for International Medical Action | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,968,073 to the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) to support its program providing treatment for malnutrition in Ngouri and N'Djamena, Chad, and pediatric care in Ngouri for three years. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Ambitious Impact — Farm Animal Welfare Charity Incubator (2024) | 1,296,986 | ambitious-impact | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £985,000 (approximately $1,296,986 at the time of conversion) over two years to Ambitious Impact to support the creation of new animal welfare charities. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated July 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Biosecure — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Workshop | 155,714 | Biosecure Ltd | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £130,000 (approximately $155,714 at the time of conversion) to Biosecure Ltd. to support a workshop exploring strategies for verifying compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Animal Outlook — Animal Welfare Investigation | 125,000 | Animal Outlook | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Photo courtesy of Animal Outlook Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to Animal Outlook to support an investigation into the welfare of farmed animals. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Oxford — Hepatitis C Challenge Model | 1,353,450 | university-of-oxford | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,098,103 (approximately $1,353,450 at the time of conversion) over five years to Professor Ellie Barnes and Professor Peter Simmonds at the University of Oxford (UK), Professor Graham Cooke at Imperial College (UK), and Professor Philip Meuleman at Ghent University (Belgium) to support a joint project developing and testing a CHIM (controlled human infection model), which could be used to evaluate vaccines for hepatitis C (HCV). CHIM studies involve exposing volunteers to a controlled dose of a pathogen. They require fewer participants and are easier to carry out than real-world efficacy trials, which require following a large number of people until enough of them naturally contract the virus to enable a comparison between the treatment and control groups. And because there are several direct-acting antiviral medications for HCV, it is possible to reliably cure infected volunteers afterwards, making CHIM studies relatively safe. (For more on the ethics of these studies, see this issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.) This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eurogroup for Animals — European Union Trade Strategy (2024) | 1,329,945 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling €1,233,318 (approximately $1,329,945 at the time of conversion) over three years to Eurogroup for Animals to support their efforts to insert farm animal welfare language into EU trade agreements. The farm animal welfare team views trade agreements as a relatively neglected way to improve the welfare of farmed animals. This follows our February 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in July 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Crustacean Compassion — General Support (2023) | 863,595 | Crustacean Compassion | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £700,000 (approximately $863,595 at the time of conversion) over two years to Crustacean Compassion for general support. Crustacean Compassion advocates for reforms to improve decapod crustacean welfare in the United Kingdom. This follows our February 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (January 2017) | 15,080,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $15,080,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support in January 2017, in recognition of its earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of AMF to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation — UK Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 816,400 | Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £650,000 (approximately $816,400 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation to support advocacy to strengthen legal protections for farm animals in the UK. This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Humane Society of the United States — Broiler Welfare Corporate Campaigns | 1,000,000 | Humane Society of the United States | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Published: December 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to the Humane Society of the United States to enable it to launch new corporate campaigns to promote the welfare of broiler chickens. The Humane Society of the United States plans to use 95% of this grant to cover the costs of new campaigns, excluding salaries and travel, and 5% for organizational supporting resources. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool | 647,618 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $647,618 over three years to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to support their work on modeling air pollution in South Asia. IIT Bombay will be working to develop a modeling tool called PAVITRA (air Pollution mAnagement and interVentIon Tool foR IndiA) in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), and the University of Washington. This is one of four grants we will be making to support this collaboration. PAVITRA will pair an inventory of emissions in India with a modeling platform that converts changes in emissions to changes in pollution concentrations. This tool will make it much easier to understand the pollution and health impacts of interventions targeting a given source of emissions. We see a lack of cost-benefit analysis as a major gap in air quality management in India and the rest of South Asia. We anticipate that PAVITRA may be used by policymakers or researchers to improve their policy analyses and prioritize the most impactful policies, with a high impact on health outcomes in expectation. This grant falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — Regranting Support | 7,112,990 | lZRKSfs5wg | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,112,990 to Blueprint Biosecurity. Blueprint will direct this funding to other organizations to work on projects related to advancing technologies for pandemic prevention and mitigation. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Ambitious Impact — Amplification Fund | 750,000 | ambitious-impact | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 over three years to Ambitious Impact (AIM) to support its Amplification Fund, which provides funding to the top global health and development charities that have participated in or been founded through AIM’s programs. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Effective Altruism Germany — ML4Good Bootcamp (2024) | 57,000 | Effective Altruism Germany | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €53,000 (approximately $57,000 at the time of conversion) to Effective Altruism Germany to support ML4Good, a 10-day bootcamp in Germany intended to help early-career professionals develop skills related to machine learning and AI alignment. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Jennifer Lin — LLM Model-Based Planning Report | 70,000 | Jennifer Lin | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to Jennifer Lin to support the production of a publicly available report investigating whether large language models (LLMs) have the cognitive ability of model-based planning. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi — Truck Emissions Research | 163,291 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of INR 13,970,000 (approximately $163,291 at the time of conversion) to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to support research led by Professors Rahul Goel and Gazala Habib on measuring emissions from commercial trucks in Delhi. It is poorly understood how much emissions vary by vehicle age and weight. By measuring emissions in real-world conditions, Goel and Habib hope to address gaps in the current research. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| The Lancefield Society — Strep A Conference Support | 38,052 | Lancefield Society | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of AUD 60,000 (approximately $38,052 at the time of conversion) to the Lancefield Society to support the 2025 Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases. This grant will help support travel awards for attendees from low- and middle-income countries, as well as provide general support for the conference. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Harvard University — Fluorescent Imaging for In Vivo Monitoring | 974,132 | harvard-university | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $974,132 over two years to Harvard University to support the development of a camera system that can measure live fluorescent bacteria on living surfaces for in vivo monitoring in clinical and preclinical settings. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| AI Impacts — General Support (2016) | 32,000 | TdbypiKyCw | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $32,000 to AI Impacts for general support. AI Impacts plans to use this grant to work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| AWARE — Pig Welfare Reforms (2024) | 301,522 | Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of ₩399,000,000 (approximately $301,522 at the time of conversion) over two years to Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education (AWARE) to support its work on pig welfare reforms in South Korea. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| MATS Research — AI Safety Research Expenses | 660,000 | yYtGSTsXuw | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $660,000 to MATS Research to support research projects undertaken during the winter 2024-2025 ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) cohort. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| EA Funds — Operating Expenses (2025) | 602,000 | ea-funds | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $602,000 to Effective Altruism (EA) Funds to support their operating expenses — primarily salaries for staff who work on operations and grant logistics. EA Funds allocates donations to projects focused on expected impact. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2017) | 250,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) for its Universal Salt Iodization program in January 2017, in recognition of the program's earning a "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. See GiveWell’s review of GAIN's Universal Salt Iodization program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| La Trobe University — Pediatric Sepsis Treatment | 914,522 | La Trobe University | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $914,522 over two years to La Trobe University to support research on the development of a treatment for pediatric sepsis, led by Associate Professor Hamsa Puthalakath. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad — AI Systems Course | 7,000 | International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,000 to the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad to support a course called "Responsible and Safe AI Systems” taught by Ponnurangam Kumaraguru. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop (December 2023) | 66,950 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $66,950 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support a multi-day workshop for AI university group organizers. This follows our August 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Helsinki — Travel Funding for Air Pollution Research | 87,743 | University of Helsinki | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €82,500 (approximately $87,743 at the time of conversion) to the University of Helsinki to support travel grants for the European Geosciences Union conference in 2023. These grants will support scientists who are based in Africa or South/Southeast Asia and are researching measurement or modeling-based approaches to addressing air pollution in these regions; recipients will attend a conference session on this topic. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| VenomAid — Rapid Diagnostics for Snakebites | 990,208 | VenomAid | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $990,208 in VenomAid, a Danish company commercializing inexpensive rapid diagnostics for many different species of venomous snakes. If clinics can rapidly identify which snake species caused a given snakebite, they can quickly administer the correct antivenom, which we believe will substantially lower snakebite morbidity and mortality. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The investment amount was updated in March 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Good Ancestors Policy — Global Catastrophic Risks Advocacy | 580,236 | Good Ancestors Policy | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $580,236 over two years to Good Ancestors to support its work advocating for policy measures in Australia that aim to mitigate catastrophic risks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Longview Philanthropy — General Support (2023) | 4,020,258 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling approximately $4,020,258 to Longview Philanthropy to support its operational costs. Longview Philanthropy provides grantmaking services to donors who want to do the most good possible with their giving. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of California, Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (2024) | 800,000 | uc-berkeley | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $800,000 over two years to UC Berkeley to support the Alternative Meats Lab (Alt:Meat Lab), housed at The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. This funding will support Alt:Meat Lab's research on challenges to manufacturing plant-based meat, as well as enable the university to offer more classes about meat alternatives. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Constellation — Programmatic Activities and Operating Expenses | 16,750,000 | Constellation | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $16,750,000 to Constellation to support Constellation’s programmatic activities and related operating expenses. This includes research, accelerating research, workshops on AI alignment, and field-building activities such as residencies and fellowship programs. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Empathy Philippines — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building | 231,000 | Animal Empathy Philippines | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $231,000 over two years to Animal Empathy Philippines to support its work to build the farm animal welfare movement in the Philippines. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Scale-Up of In-Line Chlorination in India | 33,433,533 | evidence-action | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of 33,433,533 over five years to Evidence Action to provide technical assistance to support the government in setting up in-line chlorination in two states in India (Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh). This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — Policy Advocacy | 3,241,999 | lZRKSfs5wg | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $3,242,000 to Blueprint Biosecurity and Blueprint Biosecurity Action to advocate for policies that would strengthen pandemic preparedness. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine — Fluorescent Auxotrophic TB Test | 750,000 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 over three years to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to support the creation and testing of fluorescent derivatives of auxotrophic strains of tuberculosis bacteria that can be used to assess the efficacy of future vaccine candidates. Dr. William Jacobs will lead the creation of these fluorescent strains and test them for safety and utility in mice. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Anima International — General Support | 13,272,625 | anima-international | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling €12,322,349 (approximately $13,272,625 at the time of conversion) over three years to Anima for general support. Anima International works for farm animal welfare throughout Europe, with a focus on cage-free reforms and broiler chicken campaigns. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Standards | 190,900 | Project Peanut Butter | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $190,900 to Project Peanut Butter (PPB) to support their work advocating for including DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid, in UNICEF’s recommended standard for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF). This follows our July 2019 support for PPB’s randomized controlled trial studying whether adding omega-3 fatty acids to RUTF benefits childrens’ cognitive development, which found that including DHA led to improved results in a cognitive assessment. PPB estimates that updating UNICEF’s RUTF formulation could benefit over 4 million children per year. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The University of Southampton — Farm Animal Welfare Research | 47,517 | University of Southampton | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £37,751 (approximately $47,517 at the time of conversion) to the University of Southampton to support research led by Dr. Heather Browning on farm animal welfare. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Anima International — Chicken Welfare Campaigns (2022) | 6,000,000 | anima-international | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $6,000,000 over two years to Anima International to support cage-free and broiler chicken corporate campaigns in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, as well as movement-building efforts. This funding is intended to support collaboration by Anima and Otwarte Klatki, two member organizations of Anima International. This follows our April 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Statens Serum Institut — Tuberculosis Vaccine Manufacturing Process | 847,780 | Statens Serum Institut | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $847,780 to Statens Serum Institut to develop and validate a new manufacturing process of the H107e vaccine which is in development to protect against pulmonary tuberculosis. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Compromiso Verde — Cage-Free Campaigns in Peru | 336,000 | Compromiso Verde | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $336,000 over two years to Compromiso Verde to support their work for cage-free reforms in Peru. Compromiso Verde will use this funding to run corporate campaigns, work with producers, and for organizational setup costs. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cambridge Biosecurity Hub — Biosecurity Course and Club Events (November 2024) | 34,653 | Cambridge Biosecurity Hub | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £27,363 (approximately $34,653 at the time of conversion) to the Cambridge Biosecurity Hub to support a biosecurity fundamentals course as well as general club events. This follows our March 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| BlueDot Impact — General Support (July 2023) | 1,542,364 | bluedot-impact | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,220,321 (approximately $1,542,364 at the time of conversion) to BlueDot Impact for general support. BlueDot Impact runs online courses aimed at helping people increase the impact of their careers. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Positive Money Europe — Exit Grant | 77,000 | Positive Money Europe | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $77,000 over two years to Positive Money Europe to support their research and advocacy on macroeconomic and monetary policy in Europe. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Positive Money Europe with operational support. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Diakonia — Aid Advocacy | 724,952 | Diakonia | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of SEK 7,432,560 (approximately $724,952 at the time of conversion) over three years to Diakonia to support its work on aid advocacy in Sweden. Diakonia will advocate for the Swedish government to increase the amount of foreign aid it allocates, direct more of its aid toward the world's poorest countries, and prioritize project effectiveness in its decision-making. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. The grant amount was updated in July 2025. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (January 2017) | 4,470,000 | evidence-action | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $4,470,000 to Evidence Action in support of its Deworm the World Initiative in January 2017, in recognition of the Initiative earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of the Deworm the World Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine — Dementia Prevention Research | 730,000 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $730,000 over three years to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to support research on drugs that may reduce the progression of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. Led by Professors Sinead Langhan and Charlotte Warren-Gash, the study will examine drugs used for treating immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) such as psoriasis, since related research suggests these drugs also lower the risk of developing dementia. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — General Support (2025) | 6,400,000 | lZRKSfs5wg | 2025-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $6,400,000 over two years to Blueprint Biosecurity for general support. Blueprint is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing technologies for pandemic prevention and mitigation. This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Tarbell Center for AI Journalism — General Support | 816,000 | Tarbell | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $816,000 to the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism for general support. Tarbell supports journalism about artificial intelligence, with the aim of helping society navigate the emergence of increasingly advanced AI systems. This follows our September 2023 support for the Tarbell Fellowship (the project which later became Tarbell), and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Terner Housing Innovation Labs — Housing Policy Dashboard | 75,000 | Terner Housing Innovation Labs | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to Terner Housing Innovation Labs to support work extending their Housing Policy Dashboard from Los Angeles to San Francisco. This dashboard simulates how many additional homes would be built as a result of various policy changes. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Event Venue | 23,212,677 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £17,324,697 (approximately $23,212,677 at the time of conversion) to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support the purchase, renovation, and operation of Wytham Abbey — a venue in Oxford, UK for hosting conferences and other events, modeled on similar venues funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Brocher Foundation. Together with EVF, we will examine the impact of this approach over time; if it turns out to be less cost-effective than alternatives, proceeds from a sale will be used to support EVF’s ongoing operations. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in October 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2017) | 2,500,000 | givedirectly | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $2,500,000 to GiveDirectly for general operating support in January 2017, in recognition of the organization's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program | 195,000 | beri | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $195,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support its collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on the SERI ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program. MATS is a two-month program where students will research problems related to AI alignment while supervised by a mentor. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| London Initiative for Safe AI — General Support (2025) | 1,647,005 | london-initiative-safe-ai | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,268,000 (approximately $1,647,005 at the time of conversion) to the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) for general support. LISA is a U.K. registered charity and research center that works to advance education in AI safety, reduce the risks from uncontrolled or misused AI systems, and contribute to the safe development, use, and governance of AI. It does so by supporting and empowering the London AI safety community and providing infrastructural support for AI safety initiatives. This follows our July 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2016) | 250,000 | Food Fortification Initiative | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Food Fortification Initiative for general operating support in December 2016, in recognition of the Initiative's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of the Food Fortification Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative — Aid Efficacy Support | 743,775 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $743,775 to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to support its work to help the President's Malaria Initiative conduct analytics to further increase the cost-effectiveness of its spending in select countries. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| EA Nigeria — Community-building Projects | 9,293 | EA Nigeria | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,293 to EA Nigeria to support effective altruism community-building projects in Nigeria. Grant investigator Melanie Basnak learned about this opportunity while participating in the 2024 cycle of Meta Charity Funders, which aims to fund charitable projects working one level removed from direct impact. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| UC Davis — Rainbow Trout Enrichment Study | 97,457 | uc-davis | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $97,457 to UC Davis to support a study on substrate preference in rainbow trout, led by Dr. Carly Moody. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Research Assistant for Jonas Sandbrink | 77,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $77,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). The grant will support CEA in funding a research assistant for Jonas Sandbrink, a biosecurity researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Hemex Health — Diagnostic Products | 2,349,999 | Hemex Health | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $2,349,999 in Hemex Health to produce and distribute a rapid assay for the diagnosis of sickle cell disease, as well as diagnostic products for other diseases. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The investment amount was updated in May 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Tlön — Translation Work | 653,072 | Tlön | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $653,072 to Tlön to support the translation and distribution of content on AI safety, global catastrophic risks, and effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| FishEthoGroup – Sea Bass and Sea Bream Environmental Enrichments | 647,204 | FishEthoGroup | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €598,800 (approximately $647,204 at the time of conversion) over four years to FishEthoGroup to support a project led by Dr. João Saraiva to test and validate environmental enrichments for industrially farmed sea bass and sea bream. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| AI Safety Support — MATS Program (November 2023) | 732,631 | ai-safety-support | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $732,631 to AI Safety Support to support its collaboration with the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative on the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) Winter 2023-24 Program. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Justice Canada — Animal Welfare Corporate Campaigns (2022) | 469,916 | Animal Justice Canada | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $616,000 CAD (approximately $469,916 at the time of conversion) over two years to Animal Justice Canada to support their work on investigations and corporate campaigns. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Fish Welfare Initiative — Fish Welfare in India (2022) | 250,000 | Fish Welfare Initiative | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Photo courtesy of Fish Welfare Initiative Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 over two years to the Fish Welfare Initiative to support their work on improving farmed fish welfare in Asia, primarily in India. Tens of billions of fish are farmed globally each year, so identifying promising opportunities to improve their lives is an important goal for our farm animal welfare team. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Washington — Protein Design Research (David Baker) | 3,263,750 | university-of-washington | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Photo Courtesy of the Institute for Protein Design. Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. IPD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,263,750 over five years to the University of Washington to continue to support protein design research, led by Professor David Baker of the Institute for Protein Design. Our scientific research team believes that the outcomes of the research could lead to many helpful applications to improve human health, such as facilitating the creation of improved diagnostic tools and antiviral therapies. This follows our November 2017 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Shield — Global Catastrophic Risks Advocacy | 2,320,000 | Global Shield | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,320,000 over two years to Global Shield to support its work advocating for policy measures that aim to mitigate global catastrophic risks. Global Shield will focus its initial efforts on the U.S. and Australia. This falls within our focus areas of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence and biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Talos Network — AI Governance Field-Building | 1,493,840 | Talos Network | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,493,840 to the Talos Network for general support. The Talos Network is a talent development organization for careers in European AI policy. This follows our July 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Daniel Kang — Research on AI Benchmarks | 680,000 | Daniel Kang | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $680,000 over two years to Professor Daniel Kang to support research aimed at developing a better theoretical and empirical understanding of AI capabilities benchmarks. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Catalyst — Cage-free Campaigns | 745,000 | Catalyst | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $745,000 over three years to Catalyst to support its work on cage-free reforms in Thailand and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — General Support (2024) | 900,000 | lZRKSfs5wg | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $900,000 to Blueprint Biosecurity for general support. Blueprint Biosecurity is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing technologies for pandemic prevention and mitigation. This follows our August 2023 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Animal Empathy Philippines — Community Building Work | 200,000 | Animal Empathy Philippines | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $200,000 over two years to Animal Empathy Philippines to support its work to build the farm animal welfare and alternative protein communities in the Philippines. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| ML4Good — AI Safety Bootcamps | 1,095,293 | ML4Good | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £824,000 (approximately $1,095,293 at the time of conversion) to ML4Good to support in-person AI safety bootcamps intended to help early-career professionals develop skills related to machine learning and AI alignment. This follows our May 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in August 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Jean Bosco Ouedraogo) | 631,162 | Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $631,162 over three years to the Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso to participate in a phase III clinical trial of a malaria vaccine developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford. Dr. Jean Bosco Ouedraogo will serve as the Institut's principal investigator. The trial, funded by the Serum Institute of India, will be conducted in collaboration with the University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako, the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, and the Ifakara Health Institute. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Global Development — Oral COVID Antivirals | 800,000 | center-for-global-development | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $800,000 to the Center for Global Development to support work aimed at increasing the supply and availability of COVID antivirals like Paxlovid in low- and middle-income countries. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| National Alliance of Faith and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform | 100,000 | National Alliance of Faith and Justice | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: April 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the National Alliance of Faith and Justice to support work on criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Overseas Development Institute — Sri Lanka Economic Growth Reforms | 1,032,908 | Overseas Development Institute | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Economic Growth in LMICs] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £800,000 (approximately $1,032,908 at the time of conversion) to the Overseas Development Institute to support a team led by Ganeshan Wignaraja. The team will advise the Sri Lankan government on three economic reform topics: trade, debt management, and fiscal policy. This falls within our focus area of economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | mQvLJvlmP_ |
| Animal Law Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work (2024) | 255,320 | Animal Law Foundation | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £200,000 (approximately $255,320 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Animal Law Foundation to support its work on legal interventions aimed at improving farm animal welfare in the UK. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Illinois — AI Alignment Research | 80,000 | University of Illinois | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $80,000 to the University of Illinois to support Professor Ben Levinstein’s research on AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Material Innovation Initiative — Plant-Based Fashion Alternatives (2022) | 600,000 | Material Innovation Initiative | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to the Material Innovation Initiative (MII) to support their work on plant-based alternatives to silk and fur. MII conducts scientific research on plant-based materials, and promotes them by supporting the plant-based material industry and by partnering with fashion companies. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| London Initiative for Safe AI — General Support | 739,105 | london-initiative-safe-ai | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £563,600 (approximately $739,105 at the time of conversion) to the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) for general support. LISA is a research center that works to improve the safety of advanced AI systems by supporting and empowering the London AI safety community. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stanford University — AI Index | 78,000 | stanford-university | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $78,000 to Stanford University to support the AI Index, which collects and reports data related to artificial intelligence, including data relevant to AI safety and AI ethics. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Dandelion Labs — Machine Learning and AI Safety Bootcamps | 104,803 | Dandelion Labs | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £82,300 ($104,803 at the time of conversion) to Dandelion Labs to support two bootcamps being run by ML4Good UK, which are focused on machine learning and AI safety. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Drizzle Health — Tuberculosis Diagnostics | 500,000 | Drizzle Health | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $500,000 in Drizzle Health to support the development of MagnaSlide, a tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic tool. Diagnosis is a significant bottleneck to treating TB, and MagnaSlide improves the performance of smear microscopy (the most common diagnostic test in low- and middle-income countries). This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| F.R.E.E. — Broiler and Cage-Free Reforms in Romania (2025) | 96,000 | Freedom and Respect for Every Earthling (F.R.E.E.) | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $96,000 to Freedom and Respect for Every Earthling (F.R.E.E.) to support its work to improve chicken and layer hen welfare in Romania through corporate campaigns and policy advocacy. This follows our February 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Justice Strategies — General Support (2016) | 200,000 | Justice Strategies | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: December 2016 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to Justice Strategies via Tides Center for general support. Justice Strategies is a small think tank led by Judy Greene, who is a well known grassroots researcher in the criminal justice reform field with a track record we find impressive. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Non-Trivial — Fellowship Program (October 2023) | 1,264,691 | non-trivial | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,019,088 (approximately $1,264,691 at the time of conversion) to Non-Trivial to support its online fellowship program for young people interested in helping solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — School Net Program RCT | 2,971,954 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £2,256,990 (approximately $2,971,954 at the time of conversion) over two years to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to support the extension of an ongoing randomized controlled trial (RCT) led by Dr. Jackie Cook. The RCT is aimed at evaluating the epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness of distributing mosquito nets through school net programs in Côte d'Ivoire. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Humane Society International — Farm Animal Welfare in Europe | 1,032,550 | Humane Society International | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €971,400 (approximately $1,032,550 at the time of conversion) to Humane Society International to support its work advocating for farm animal welfare in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2022) | 2,296,001 | global-priorities-institute | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £2,005,206 (approximately $2,296,001 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Global Priorities Institute for general support. The Global Priorities Institute is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational research to inform the decisions of individuals and institutions seeking to do as much good as possible. This follows our June 2021 support and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Queensland — Online EA Course | 36,561 | University of Queensland | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of AUD 58,000 (approximately $36,561 at the time of conversion) to the University of Queensland to support Professor Michael Noetel’s work on planning a massive open online course (MOOC) about effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Neel Nanda — Interpretability Research | 70,000 | — | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to Neel Nanda to support his independent research on interpretability. His work is aimed at improving human understanding of neural networks and machine learning models. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Cambridge AI Safety Hub — Operating Costs | 589,903 | Cambridge AI Safety Hub | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £298,384 (approximately $589,903 at the time of conversion) to support the Cambridge AI Safety Hub (CAISH), a network of students and professionals in Cambridge, UK, working on AI safety. CAISH will use the funds to host events, programs, fellowships, and retreats, as well as pay for staff salaries and other expenses. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Arcadia Impact — AI Governance Research Fellowship | 540,344 | arcadia-impact | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £401,027 (approximately $540,344 at the time of conversion) to Arcadia Impact to run a part-time research fellowship focused on AI governance. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for a New American Security — AI Security and Stability Program | 8,324,325 | cnas | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,324,325 over three years to the Center for a New American Security to support work related to artificial intelligence policy and governance. This follows our July 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Speculative Technologies — Research Program Training (2024) | 750,000 | Speculative Technologies | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 over two years to Speculative Technologies to support its Brains program, which trains individuals to lead ambitious coordinated research programs. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Lightcone Infrastructure — General Support (2023) | 2,960,000 | 7E2ylGl7Ug | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,960,000 over two years to Lightcone Infrastructure for general support. $2,590,000 of this funding supports LessWrong and exploratory work on new projects. $370,000 represents an "exit grant" for Lightcone’s other work. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Charity Entrepreneurship — Farm Animal Welfare Charity Incubator | 788,000 | charity-entrepreneurship | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Photo courtesy of Charity Entrepreneurship Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $788,000 over 18 months to Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) to support their work incubating new charities working in farm animal welfare. Their work includes recruiting and training leaders and founders, as well as providing initial financial support. This funding is intended to enable CE to incubate two additional animal welfare charities in 2023. This follows our April 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Pivotal Research — Research Fellowships | 866,446 | pivotal-research | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £686,000 (approximately $866,446 at the time of conversion) to Pivotal Research to support its fellowship programs, which provide guidance for undergraduate and graduate students as they research topics related to global catastrophic risks. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Welfare Observatory — Farm Animal Welfare Campaigns | 1,303,598 | Animal Welfare Observatory | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €1,248,000 (approximately $1,303,598 at the time of conversion) to the Animal Welfare Observatory to support its work on corporate and institutional advocacy campaigns to improve farm animal welfare in Spain. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Humane Society International — East Asian and OIE Projects | 1,364,000 | Humane Society International | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Published: April 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,364,000 to Humane Society International (HSI) to support five projects to improve farm animal welfare, primarily in East Asia: Re-granting to local East Asian groups that HSI has worked with on farm animal welfare campaigns, particularly in Indonesia Hiring supply chain consultants to work within major Asian food companies and a government agency to improve farm animal welfare Funding Asia Research & Engagement to support Ben McCarron, an expert in investor engagement, to work with institutional investors and banks to promote farm animal welfare in Asia Funding corporate outreach on cage-free egg and crate-free pork production in Japan and South Korea Funding travel and part-time consultants to engage with decision-makers at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to improve global animal welfare standards We hope that this grant will lay the groundwork for future successful corporate advocacy on farm animal welfare in East Asia, where most of the world's farm animals live, and potentially influence the only global animal welfare standards. Sources Document Source Humane Society International Budget Proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| CSIRO — Henipavirus Research | 778,886 | CSIRO | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $778,886 over three years to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), a research agency within the Australian government, to support research into henipaviruses. This research will explore the mechanisms by which inhibiting fibrillarin function prevents henipaviruses from growing in human cells. Understanding these mechanisms may prove useful for developing drugs against henipaviruses, which are a family of viruses with pandemic potential. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Eon Essay Contest — The Precipice Essay Contest (2024) | 76,382 | Eon Essay Contest | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $76,382 to Eon Essay Contest to support an essay contest on The Precipice by Toby Ord. This contest will award cash prizes to winners, and is open to high school students and young people in other age brackets. This follows our January 2023 support for the previous iteration of this contest and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Sinergia Animal — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America (2024) | 3,301,255 | Sinergia Animal | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $3,301,255 over two years to Sinergia Animal to support its work on corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of farm animals in Southeast Asia and Latin America. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Eradivir — Influenza Antiviral Drug | 1,000,000 | Eradivir | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $1,000,000 in Eradivir to support the development of an influenza antiviral drug. The team’s novel antiviral approach links two haptens that recruit the immune system to an already approved influenza antiviral, zanamivir, which binds to the neuraminidase protein found on the virus and infected cell. This investment was funded via a request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| EffiSciences — Existential Risk Programs | 9,600 | Effisciences | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,600 to EffiSciences to support its work on programs that encourage students to pursue research on topics related to existential risks, such as AI alignment, biological risks, and climate change. EffiSciences is a university student group based in France. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Ifakara Health Institute — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Ally Olotu) | 68,184 | Ifakara Health Institute | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $68,184 over three years to the Ifakara Health Institute to participate in a phase III clinical trial of a malaria vaccine developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford. Dr. Ally Olotu will serve as the Ifakara Health Institute’s principal investigator. The trial, funded by the Serum Institute of India, will be conducted in collaboration with the University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako; the Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso; the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé; and the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Albright Stonebridge Group — Korean Global Aid Advocacy | 1,000,000 | Albright Stonebridge Group | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended co-funding a grant of $1,000,000 with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Albright Stonebridge Group. This grant will support the establishment of a coalition of Korean business leaders dedicated to advocating for higher levels and more effective targeting of global aid funding. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Prosecutorial Reform (December 2016) | 75,000 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition to support its work on prosecutorial reform. The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition plans to use this grant to reach out to voters with criminal convictions, to provide public education on the powers and practices of prosecutors, and to work closely with a newly-elected district attorney on criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Forethought Foundation — Global Priorities Research | 348,993 | Forethought Foundation | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £278,488 (approximately $348,993 at the time of conversion) to the Forethought Foundation to support its work to promote academic research on global priorities, i.e. research addressing the question of how to use resources to improve the world as much as possible, especially across the long-run future. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Fortify Health — Support for Expansion | 8,188,000 | Fortify Health | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,188,000 to Fortify Health to expand its partnerships with flour mills in India. The organization provides equipment and materials which allow its partner mills to fortify wheat flour with iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12 at no additional cost. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eleanor Crook Foundation — Global Malnutrition Regranting | 25,000,000 | Eleanor Crook Foundation | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $25,000,000 over four years to the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF). ECF will regrant these funds to support research and advocacy to end global malnutrition, with a focus on: scaling multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) for pregnant women; supporting countries to scale the “Power 4” interventions via technical assistance, context-specific research, and advocacy at the national level; and expanding their donor advocacy outside the US and the UK. This grant is part of our Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Toronto — Alignment Research | 80,000 | university-of-toronto | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $80,000 to the University of Toronto to support Toryn Klassen's research on topics related to AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| The University of Southampton — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2024) | 49,571 | University of Southampton | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £38,000 (approximately $49,571 at the time of conversion) to the University of Southampton to support research led by Dr. Heather Browning on farm animal welfare. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| AI Safety Support — MATS Program 6.0 + 7.0 | 2,381,609 | ai-safety-support | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,381,609 to AI Safety Support to support the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) program. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Longview Philanthropy — Effective Giving Information Sharing | 595,426 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $595,426 to Longview Philanthropy to support its work to provide free expert-led research and education on effective giving to the public and philanthropists. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics — Macroeconomic Stabilization | 250,000 | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] PIIE staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) to support work on macroeconomic stabilization. We are considering making a larger grant to support PIIE to do substantially more work in this area (which is a focus area of ours), and are thinking of the present funding as an opportunity to try working with the organization while we (and they) think more about potential future engagement. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy (January 2022) | 697,268 | ea-foundation | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $697,268 to the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF) to support research and advocacy on potential policy interventions in Europe. EAF plans to use these funds to research interventions in the field of development aid. This follows our October 2020 support and falls within our work on global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Advocates for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work (2022) | 376,235 | Advocates for Animals | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £320,000 (approximately $376,235 at the time of conversion) over two years to Advocates for Animals to provide legal advice to animal welfare organizations in the UK. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Janaagraha — Air Quality Grants Assessment | 194,920 | Janaagraha | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of INR 16,607,141 (approximately $194,920 at the time of conversion) to the Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy to support an independent assessment of the 15th Finance Commission's air quality grants to Indian cities, publish a report on the findings, and engage with the 16th Finance Commission as they prepare their recommendations. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| GovAI — General Support (February 2025) | 2,995,207 | — | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,995,207 to GovAI for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and helps build the AI governance research community. This follows our November 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Lead for Farmed Animals — Movement-Building Workshop | 352,700 | Lead for Farmed Animals,Rethink Charity | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $352,700 to Lead for Farmed Animals, via Rethink Charity, to support the 2022 Lead for Farmed Animals Workshop. The workshop aims to build the farm animal welfare movement by providing professional development opportunities to advocates, connecting organizations, and fostering deeper engagement with animal welfare issues. This funding is intended to provide travel scholarships for a number of advocates and cover other costs associated with running the workshop. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Compassion in World Farming — Farmed Fish Welfare | 1,504,198 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £1,195,001 (approximately $1,504,198 at the time of conversion) over two years to Compassion in World Farming to support its work on farmed fish welfare. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Notre Dame — Biofilm-Resistant Catheters | 895,000 | university-of-notre-dame | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $895,000 over three years to the University of Notre Dame to support work led by Professor Ana Flores-Mireles on developing a catheter design that is resistant to biofilms. The new design would prevent the catheter from protecting microbes on its surface from antibiotics, reducing the incidence of bladder infections. In addition to the direct health benefits, we believe that a biofilm-resistant catheter design could help reduce antimicrobial resistance if approved and widely used. This work will be done in collaboration with Professor Caitlin Howell at the University of Maine, whom we are also supporting. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sherlock Biosciences — Operating Costs & STI Clinical Trial | 1,500,000 | Sherlock Biosciences | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $1,500,000 in Sherlock Biosciences. Sherlock will use the funds to cover its operating costs, as well as to expand data collection in an ongoing clinical trial evaluating Sherlock’s disposable over-the-counter STI tests against PCR tests (currently the gold standard). This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| One for the World — General Support (2023) | 870,000 | one-for-the-world | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $870,000 to One for the World for general support. One for the World works on outreach, focused on university campuses, to encourage people to pledge to donate at least 1% of their incomes to effective charities. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Malaria Research and Training Center – TB31F Clinical Trial | 2,320,803 | Malaria Research and Training Center | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $2,320,803 over two years to the Malaria Research and Training Center to support a proof-of-concept clinical trial led by Alassane Dicko. The trial will take place in Mali and assess the safety and efficacy of the leading malaria transmission-blocking monoclonal antibody (TB31F) against natural infections. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| fair-fish international association — General Support (2022) | 690,000 | fair-fish international association | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $690,000 over 2.5 years to the fair-fish international association (fair-fish) for general support. The grant is intended to allow fair-fish to continue its work on farmed fish welfare through research and collaboration with industry partners. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — AI Safety Technical Program (2023) | 98,186 | arena-alignment | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £80,268 ($98,186 at the time of conversion) to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA), a program to help individuals interested in AI safety develop technical expertise in machine learning. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Work on India and China | 100,000 | carnegie-endowment | 2015-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Participants of Carnegie-Tsinghua's Global Intern Program, which provides policy research experience, professional training, and networking opportunities to a group of Chinese and international future leaders. (Photo courtesy of CEIP) Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. To date, the Open Philanthropy Project's policy-oriented work has focused on U.S. policy, because we know the most about it and believe that it offers strong opportunities for impact. However, we are also interested in eventually being able to support policy work in other countries. In order to begin learning about policy infrastructure in both India and China, Good Ventures has decided to support the work of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's work on India and China by granting it a total of $100,000 over two years. We expect that much of what we learn will not be public, but we hope to be able to share some public reflections on what we learned in the future. We have published conversation notes with representatives from the Carnegie Endowment. They are: Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program on February 27, 2014 Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy on April 22, 2014 Read more: (Update) Open Philanthropy Project Summary of a Conversation with Milan Vaishnav and Lea Kenig (June 2015) (Update) Open Philanthropy Project Summary of a Conversation with Paul Haenle, Director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (July 2015) | ONN00wZd8U |
| Tony Blair Institute for Global Change — AI Governance Initiatives | 636,000 | Tony Blair Institute for Global Change | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $636,000 over two years to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change to support a series of AI governance initiatives, led by Jakob Mökander. With the funding, Mökander and his team aim to publish a number of AI governance papers, host roundtables, and prepare policy briefings. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative — Sickle Cell Disease Market Shaping | 8,000,000 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,000,000 over three years to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to support market shaping for sickle cell disease, with the goal of lowering prices and expanding access to diagnostics and treatments. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| United Kingdom Research and Innovation — Metascience Research | 2,374,160 | United Kingdom Research and Innovation | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,831,914 (approximately $2,374,160 at the time of conversion) to United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) to support a request for proposals (RFP) for international research collaborations involving a UK partner that could improve the use of evidence in research policy and funding. The RFP was co-funded with the UK Metascience Unit, which is a joint team across UKRI and the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology. This grant was made through our Abundance and Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2023) | 352,312 | Scholarship (Various) | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $352,312 to enable individuals in the early stages of their careers to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks.[ref]This is an estimate because of uncertainty around tuition costs and currency exchange rates in future years. This number may be updated as costs are finalized.[/ref] We sought the majority of applications for this funding here. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — Latin America Broiler Chicken Welfare Research | 30,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Published: August 2017 Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming USA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $30,000 to Compassion in World Farming USA (CIWF USA) to support research into opportunities for broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Latin America. This grant falls into our work on farm animal welfare. The funds are intended to support the hiring and related costs of two researchers to study the potential viability of broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Chile, and Mexico. This is a discretionary grant. Sources Document Source CIWF, Market Research Proposal in Latin America, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Swiss Existential Risk Initiative — Summer Research Fellowship | 286,500 | pivotal-research | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $286,500 to the Swiss Existential Risk Initiative (now Pivotal Research) to support its summer research fellowship, which will support students as they research topics related to global catastrophic risks. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Office Space | 1,835,390 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,500,000 (approximately $1,835,390 at the time of conversion) to Effective Ventures Foundation to support office space for the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) in Oxford. This space is shared by FHI and several other organizations working on research related to longtermism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Alassane Dicko) | 754,845 | University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $754,845 over three years to the University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako to participate in a phase III clinical trial of a malaria vaccine developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford. Dr. Alassane Dicko will serve as the University's principal investigator. The trial, funded by the Serum Institute of India, will be conducted in collaboration with the Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso; the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé; the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme; and the Ifakara Health Institute. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Halidou Tinto) | 630,123 | Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $630,123 over three years to the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé to participate in a phase III clinical trial of a malaria vaccine developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford. Dr. Halidou Tinto will serve as the Institut's principal investigator. The trial, funded by the Serum Institute of India, will be conducted in collaboration with the University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako; the Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso; the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme; and the Ifakara Health Institute. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Pandemic Action Network – European Commission Aid Advocacy | 300,000 | Pandemic Action Network | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $300,000 to the Pandemic Action Network to support its work on European Commission aid advocacy, primarily around the topline aid budget and health aid. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2023) | 2,506,291 | global-priorities-institute | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £2,065,000 (approximately $2,506,291 at the time of conversion) to the Global Priorities Institute, via the Effective Ventures Foundation UK, to support operational costs. The Global Priorities Institute is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational cause prioritization research. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Friedrich Schiller University Jena — Analytical Chemistry Benchmark | 828,979 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €786,060 (approximately $828,979 at the time of conversion) over two years to Friedrich Schiller University Jena to support the development of a benchmark assessing whether LLM agents can solve organic structural analysis problems in chemistry. The project will be led by Dr. Kevin Jablonka. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2021) | 630,000 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $630,000 over three years to the Life Sciences Research Foundation to support early-career investigators. The funds will support three postdoctoral fellows for three years apiece. The fellows have proposed research projects investigating aspects of immunology. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Alvea — DNA Vaccine Platform | 5,000,000 | Alvea | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $5,000,000 in Alvea to support the creation of a platform for developing and deploying medicines for pandemic preparedness. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Rethink Priorities — Farm Animal Welfare Research Support (2023) | 3,253,550 | t0p43V5oLA | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling $3,253,550 over two years to Rethink Priorities to support their research on interventions aimed at improving farm animal welfare, including through activities like convening researchers and testing intervention strategies. We believe more high-quality research in this area will help us and other farm animal welfare funders decide which future opportunities to support. This follows our September 2021 support for Rethink Priorities’ farm animal welfare research and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in May 2024. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Harvard University — CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Febrile Diseases | 600,213 | harvard-university | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,123 over two years to Harvard University to support research led by James Collins on developing CRISPR-based diagnostics for febrile (fever-inducing) diseases. Many deadly diseases such as malaria and typhoid fever cause similar fever symptoms but require targeted treatments, so improved diagnostics could have a large health impact — particularly since these would be designed for use in resource-limited settings in the developing world. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Abundant Housing LA — Lawmaker Engagement | 80,000 | Abundant Housing LA | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $80,000 to Abundant Housing LA to support their work on lawmaker engagement in favor of pro-housing policies. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics — Indian Economic Policy Reform (2024) | 680,000 | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Economic Growth in LMICs] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $680,000 to the Peterson Institute for International Economics to support state-level work in India on economic development and policy design and implementation. The work will be led by Indian economist Arvind Subramanian. This follows our July 2023 support and falls within our focus area of economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. | mQvLJvlmP_ |
| Northeastern University — Mechanistic Interpretability Research | 72,062 | northeastern-university | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $72,062 to Northeastern University to support a postdoctoral position for Sam Marks in Professor David Bau’s lab, where Sam will conduct research on mechanistic interpretability. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mantic — AI Forecasting Research | 610,000 | Mantic | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $610,000 to Mantic to support research to improve the forecasting ability of LLMs, and to apply this technology to AI governance. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Effective Altruism Funds — Long-Term Future and Infrastructure Fund Regranting | 3,150,000 | ea-funds | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $3,150,000 to Effective Altruism Funds. Some of this funding will support operating expenses, and the rest will be regranted via the Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF) and the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) to projects aimed at improving the long-term future and to projects aimed at supporting the effective altruism community, respectively. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Birmingham — Biological Threat Detection Research | 75,000 | University of Birmingham | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the University of Birmingham to provide operational support for Dr. Nicole Wheeler’s lab. Wheeler's research focuses on biological threat detection across contexts, including genomic surveillance of emerging pathogens. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Non-Trivial Pursuits — General Support | 1,005,000 | non-trivial | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £766,380 plus $64,800 (approximately $1,005,000 at the time of conversion) to Non-Trivial Pursuits for general support. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Justice Research Group — General Support | 2,000,000 | Justice Research Group | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $2,000,000 to the Justice Research Group for general support. This funding is intended to support research and advocacy related to criminal justice issues. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sightline Institute — Housing Reform in Washington and Oregon (2021) | 600,000 | Sightline Institute | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $600,000 over two years to the Sightline Institute to support their work on pro-housing reforms and urban development in Washington and Oregon. This grant follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Georgia Tech — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (James Dahlman) | 882,000 | georgia-tech | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $882,000 to Georgia Tech to support a collaboration between Professor James Dahlman and Professor Jeffrey Glenn (of Stanford University) to develop and test novel lipid nanoparticles for use in antiviral drug candidates intended to prevent infections by all beta-coronaviruses and influenza strains. Effective pan-influenza and -coronavirus antiviral drugs could avert hundreds of thousands of deaths annually and minimize the spread of highly infectious and lethal strains of the viruses. Professor Dahlman recently transferred to Emory University, where he will continue the research he began at Georgia Tech. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in January 2024. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Gi Effektivt — General Support | 937,000 | Gi Effektivt | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $937,000 over two years to Gi Effektivt for general support. Gi Effektivt is an effective giving organization based in Norway. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| The Humane League — General Support (2024) | 8,400,000 | the-humane-league | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,400,000 to The Humane League (THL) for general support. This includes support for the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of grassroots groups. Our farm animal welfare team estimates that the major animal welfare pledges that THL has secured in recent years have improved the welfare of millions of animals. This funding will support a global expansion of THL’s corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. The Open Wing Alliance (OWA) is a coalition of more than 100 organizations from 67 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. These groups pursue the common goal of freeing egg-laying hens from cages across the world. THL provides support and guidance for the OWA coalition and administers a grants program for members. OWA members and other animal protection organizations have helped secure more than 3,000 cage-free corporate commitments; most companies are sticking to their commitments, freeing millions of hens from cages. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| AI Safety Hub — Startup Costs | 203,959 | AI Safety Hub | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $203,959 to the AI Safety Hub to support their initial development costs, and to hire several contractors to work on projects related to AI safety. The AI Safety Hub, directed by Century Fellow Julia Karbing, is a new organization that will work on movement building in the AI safety field. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Nederlandse Vissersbond — R&D on Humane Wild Fish Capture | 176,395 | Nederlandse Vissersbond | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €170,000 (approximately $176,392 at the time of conversion) over three years to Nederlandse Vissersbond to support R&D on FloMo, a more humane instrument for capturing wild fish. The research will be led by Dr. Edward Schram and will be made freely available to the public. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Stiftung Neue Verantwortung — AI Policy Analysis | 444,000 | Stiftung Neue Verantwortung | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €390,528 (approximately $444,000 at the time of conversion) to Stiftung Neue Verantwortung to support data-driven reports on AI-related talent flows and the global microchip supply chain. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| MATS Research — MATS Program 6.0 + 7.0 | 3,382,029 | yYtGSTsXuw | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $3,382,029 to MATS Research to support the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) program. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Training for Good — Operating Costs and EU Tech Policy Fellowship | 461,069 | training-for-good | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $461,069 to Training for Good to support the EU Tech Policy Fellowship, a seven-month program that helps recipients of the fellowship launch careers focused on emerging technologies. These grants will support two cohorts of the program, as well as provide general operating support to Training for Good. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| The Centre for Long-Term Resilience — General Support | 5,119,246 | The Centre for Long-Term Resilience | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £4,000,000 (approximately $5,119,246 at the time of conversion) over three years to The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) for general support. We will also match CLTR’s fundraising 1:1, up to an additional £3,000,000 (approximately $4,003,800). CLTR is an independent think tank focused on transforming global resilience to extreme risks. This falls within our focus areas of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence and biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Talent Mobility Fund — Help Desk for International Students | 777,700 | Fund for Global Talent Mobility | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $777,700 to the Talent Mobility Fund to support a “National Help Desk” resource for international students currently studying in the U.S. The Talent Mobility Fund is a philanthropic fund focused on attracting and retaining talent through existing immigration pathways. This grant follows our November 2024 support and was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan — Farm Animal Welfare in Taiwan (2025) | 650,000 | Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $650,000 over two years to the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) to support its work on farm animal welfare, namely producer engagement and corporate outreach. EAST works on campaigns for layer hens, farmed fish, broiler hens, waterfowl, and humane slaughter. This follows our September 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2022) | 2,426,491 | Scholarship (Various) | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $2,426,491 to enable individuals in the early stages of their careers to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks.[ref]This is an estimate because of uncertainty around tuition costs and currency exchange rates in future years. This number may be updated as costs are finalized.[/ref] We sought the majority of applications for this funding here. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Eon Essay Contest — The Precipice Essay Contest (2021) | 195,470 | Eon Essay Contest | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $195,470 to Niharika (Neha) Singh to run the Eon Essay Contest, which is an essay contest on The Precipice by Toby Ord. The grant will pay for contractors to review essay submissions, copies of The Precipice to mail to contestants, and prizes for contest winners. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Council on Energy, Environment and Water — Clean Air Team | 740,000 | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $740,000 to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) to support its Clean Air Team, as well as conduct additional research on crop residue burning in the Indian state of Punjab. Crop residue burning is a large source of air pollution in North India. We believe that CEEW’s analysis will help track year-on-year progress and inform policy decisions on this issue. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of Global Public Health Policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Sightsavers — Deworming (January 2017) | 2,950,000 | Sightsavers | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $2,950,000 to Sightsavers in January 2017 to support its deworming program, in recognition of the program earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus on programs with a strong track record and excellent cost-effectiveness, (2) can use additional funding to expand their core programs and (3) are exceptionally transparent. Our grants to GiveWell-recommended charities are intended to help these outstanding organizations scale their programs and to signal the importance of qualities like cost-effectiveness and transparency to other charities and donors. Read GiveWell’s review of Sightsavers' deworming program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Chicago — Existential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program (2025) | 244,728 | university-of-chicago | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a pair of grants totaling $380,800 to the University of Chicago and the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the Existential Risk Laboratory (formerly known as the Chicago School of Existential Risk). This summer research fellowship supports undergraduate and graduate students working on independent research projects in AI and other existential risk areas. This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This follows our June 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in August 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Cambridge Biosecurity Hub – Biosecurity Course and Club Events (March 2024) | 11,936 | Cambridge Biosecurity Hub | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £9,430 (approximately $11,936 at the time of conversion) to the Cambridge Biosecurity Hub to support a biosecurity fundamentals course as well as general club events. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| L214 — Corporate Campaigns in France (2023) | 2,901,250 | L214 | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling €2,522,000 (~$2,901,250 at the time of conversion) over two years to L214 to support its work on corporate campaigns for cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare in France, as well as investigations, fundraising, and staff professionalization. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Successif — Career Advising | 778,570 | Successif | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $778,570 to Successif, which provides career advice to experienced professionals to help them have a higher impact with their careers. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in March 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2021) | 1,350,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Photo by Chris Kleponis, courtesy of Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,350,000 to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to support their work on improving biodefense policy in the U.S. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| UC Berkeley — Adversarial Robustness Research (Aditi Raghunathan) | 87,829 | uc-berkeley | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $87,829 to UC Berkeley to support postdoctoral research by Aditi Raghunathan on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in July 2023. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination — Hepatitis B Research | 7,615,867 | Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,615,867 to the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination to support the establishment of a coordination center focused on hepatitis B in low- and middle-income countries. The center will oversee operational research, mobilize resources, and develop policies, with an immediate focus on conducting three initial research studies. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (December 2020) | 8,059,000 | helen-keller-international | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,059,000 to Helen Keller International to support vitamin A supplementation work, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Helen Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Fair Share Housing Center — Legal Work in New Jersey (2025) | 600,000 | Fair Share Housing Center | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to the Fair Share Housing Center to support legal work on increasing housing production in the areas of New Jersey near New York City. This grant follows our May 2023 support and was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (October 2023) | 4,250,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $4,250,000 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours works to help people have more impact with their careers by providing online content and one-on-one coaching. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Alianima — Corporate Pledge Implementation in Brazil (2025) | 999,997 | Alianima | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $999,997 over two years to Alianima to support its work helping corporations in Brazil implement their cage-free and crate-free pledges. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Mercy Corps — Seasonal Migration RCT in Niger | 650,000 | Mercy Corps | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $650,000 to Mercy Corps to support their work implementing a randomized controlled trial (RCT) studying the benefits of subsidizing seasonal migration for rural people in Niger. This follows our April 2020 support for the same trial and falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention — General Support (2024) | 12,529,708 | Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £9,871,536 ($12,529,708 at the time of conversion) to the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) for general support. The CPSP aims to reduce deaths from deliberate ingestion of pesticides by identifying the most frequently used pesticides in suicide attempts and advocating for their deregistration. Our global public health policy team believes that banning pesticides with high case fatality rates is likely to lead to a reduction in overall fatalities. This follows our January 2021 support and falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2025) | 4,600,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $4,600,000 over two years to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to support its work on improving biodefense policy in the U.S. This follows our July 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Longview Philanthropy — AI Policy Development at the OECD | 770,076 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €720,000 (approximately $770,076 at the time of conversion) to Longview Philanthropy to support their collaboration with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on a project to develop potential policies that could reduce existential risks from artificial intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) — London Coworking Space | 821,248 | london-initiative-safe-ai | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £640,000 (approximately $821,248 at the time of conversion) over two years to the London Initiative for Safe AI to support a London coworking space for researchers and other professionals working on AI safety. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF) | 710,042 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £584,685 (approximately $710,042 at the time of conversion) to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), specifically its Groups team. CEA is a charity that works to build and support the effective altruism community. We made a simultaneous grant to EVF USA, also for Groups support. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Color of Change — Criminal Justice Reform (2021) | 700,000 | Color of Change | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 to Color of Change to support its criminal justice reform work. Color of Change intends to use this funding to advocate for prosecutorial reform, conduct digital campaigns and rapid response communications, and convene groups engaged in criminal justice reform. This follows our September 2019 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide Color of Change with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Stiftelsen Impact Academy — Future Academy Program | 62,000 | Stiftelsen Impact Academy | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $62,000 to the Stiftelsen Impact Academy to support the Future Academy, a program aimed at introducing promising talent to effective altruism and related ideas. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit — Travel Scholarships (2023 Summit) | 150,000 | Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $150,000 to Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit to support travel grants for international attendees of their 2023 summit. Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International Inc., and runs an annual conference for animal welfare advocates and organizations. This follows our August 2022 support for travel grants for the 2022 summit, which helped 86 animal advocates from 38 countries attend, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in April 2023 | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Vista Institute for AI Policy — AI Law Field Building | 846,265 | The Vista Institute for AI Policy | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $846,265 to The Vista Institute for AI Policy, an academic field-building organization focused on law and policy related to artificial intelligence, to support operational costs and field-building activities. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2016) | 250,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Iodine Global Network (IGN) for general operating support in December 2016, in recognition of IGN's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of IGN to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (2023) | 7,831,500 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,831,500 over three years to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to support its work to reduce global catastrophic biological risks, including efforts to safeguard gene synthesis globally, strengthen the global regime against biological weapons, and build the field. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The Pollination Project — Global Animal Advocacy Movement (2016) | 233,000 | The Pollination Project | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $233,000 to The Pollination Project to support a new pilot project focused on building the grassroots farm animal welfare movement globally. The Pollination Project will work with existing activists and groups to identify and fund grassroots projects around the world, and then evaluate their impact and potential for further funding. Sources Document Source Pollination Project proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Altruism Switzerland — Zurich Coworking Space | 101,426 | Effective Altruism Switzerland | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CHF 90,756 (approximately $101,426 at the time of conversion) to Effective Altruism Switzerland to support a coworking space in Zurich for researchers and other professionals working on AI safety and other cause areas related to global catastrophic risk. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Trustees of Boston University — LLM Research Benchmark | 756,396 | Boston University | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $756,396 over two years to Boston University to support a project evaluating the abilities of large language models (LLMs) at performing academic machine learning research, led by Professor Najoung Kim and Professor Sebastian Schuster. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Development Media International — General Support (December 2016) | 250,000 | Development Media International | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Published: April 2017 Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Development Media International (DMI) for general operating support in December 2016, in recognition of DMI's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2016. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of DMI to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (January 2023) | 67,452,836 | helen-keller-international | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $67,452,836 to Helen Keller International to support vitamin A supplementation programs in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2022) | 891,120 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €830,875 (approximately $891,119.62 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to support their political advocacy for egg-laying hen and broiler chicken welfare. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Maine — Biofilm-Resistant Catheters | 500,000 | University of Maine | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Photo courtesy of University of Maine Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $500,000 over three years to the University of Maine to support work led by Professor Caitlin Howell on developing a catheter design that is resistant to biofilms. The new design would prevent the catheter from protecting microbes on its surface from antibiotics, reducing the incidence of bladder infections. In addition to the direct health benefits, we believe that a biofilm-resistant catheter design could help reduce antimicrobial resistance if approved and widely used. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in January 2023 | ONN00wZd8U |
| Crate Free USA — Exit Grant | 69,900 | Crate Free USA | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $69,900 over two years to Crate Free USA to support its work on corporate campaigns against the use of pig gestation crates. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. It represents an “exit grant”. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Sightline Institute — Housing Reform in Washington and Oregon (2023) | 660,000 | Sightline Institute | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $660,000 over two years to Sightline Institute to support their work on pro-housing reforms and urban development in Washington and Oregon. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Leibniz Institute for Economic Research — Development Economics Paper Replication | 80,246 | Leibniz Institute for Economic Research | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of EUR 75,000 (approximately $80,246 at the time of conversion) to the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research to support the replication of 30 papers from top development economics journals. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Vegetarianos Hoy — Farm Animal Welfare in Chile and Colombia | 250,000 | Vegetarianos Hoy | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $250,000 to Vegetarianos Hoy to support its work on corporate campaigns for cage-free reforms and legislative advocacy to improve farm animal welfare standards in Chile and Colombia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Illinois Foundation — LLM Hacking Benchmarks | 800,000 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $800,000 to the University of Illinois Foundation to support a project that will develop benchmarks to measure how well LLM agents perform hacking tasks, led by Daniel Kang. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting Support | 7,783,000 | ea-funds | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $7,783,000 over two years to Effective Altruism Funds, via the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), to support regranting by the Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund and the Long-Term Future Fund. The regrants will support interventions that aim to increase the impact of effective altruist projects, by increasing those projects' access to talent, capital, and knowledge. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to improve the long-run future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Lightcone Infrastructure – General Support | 4,500,000 | 7E2ylGl7Ug | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $4,500,000 over two years to Lightcone Infrastructure for general support. Lightcone Infrastructure works on projects related to improving human rationality and the long-term future, such as running the Lightcone offices and the LessWrong forum. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| WITS Health Consortium — Tuberculosis Vaccine Preclinical Development and Testing | 696,742 | WITS Health Consortium | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $696,742 over two years to the WITS Health Consortium to support preclinical development and testing of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, led by Dr. Kristie Bloom. The approach to the vaccine follows a 2022 study by Musvosvi et al. that identified four TB proteins associated with natural clearance of the infection. The proposed research aims to support preclinical analysis of these four proteins in human cell and mouse assays to evaluate their potential as vaccine candidates. This is one of three grants we’re making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Arcadia Impact — University Group Support | 405,254 | arcadia-impact | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £318,410 ($405,254 at the time of conversion) to Arcadia Impact to support effective altruism and AI safety groups at the London School of Economics, King’s College London, Imperial College London, and University College London, and to run a coworking space in London. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| LEAD National Support Bureau — General Support | 200,000 | LEAD National Support Bureau | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the LEAD National Support Bureau to support its work on law enforcement assisted diversion (LEAD) programs in some US cities, which are designed to reduce low-level arrests, racial disparities, and recidivism. The LEAD National Support Bureau plans to use this grant for two activities: 1) to hire Chief Brendan Cox, a highly-regarded retiring police chief, to serve as a police ambassador for LEAD, and 2) to provide technical support to the 20-30 places that are planning to be implementing or considering implementing LEAD programs by the end of 2017. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Pivotal Research — Summer Research Fellowship (2024) | 395,608 | pivotal-research | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CHF 354,860 (approximately $395,608 at the time of conversion) to Pivotal Research to support its summer research fellowship, which will support students as they research topics related to global catastrophic risks. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation — Farm Animal Advocacy | 1,245,067 | Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £988,476 (approximately $1,245,067 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation to support their advocacy for stronger legal protections for farm animals in the UK. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd — R Package for Bayesian Evidence Aggregation | 66,400 | WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $66,400 to WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd to further develop baggr, an R package for Bayesian analysis. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Non-Trivial — Exit Grant | 916,374 | non-trivial | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $916,374 over two years to Non-Trivial to support its online fellowship and scholarship program. Non-Trivial provides free support for young people interested in exploring high-impact research careers. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Non-Trivial with operational support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Civil Rights Corps — General Support (2016) | 200,000 | Civil Rights Corps | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Published: February 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Civil Rights Corps for general support. We are impressed with the work that Alec Karakatsanis, the Founder and Executive Director of the Civil Rights Corps, has done on bail reform, and we hope that our grant will enable him to do more work in this field. The Civil Rights Corps plans to use this grant to hire a senior litigator to supervise bail litigation. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative — Student Group Expenses | 31,263 | Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £24,551 (approximately $31,263 at the time of conversion) to the Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative to support their student group expenses. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Wisdom Good Works — Rodenticide Alternative | 702,600 | Wisdom Good Works | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $702,600 to Wisdom Good Works to support a pilot trial, led by Dr. Loretta Mayer, that will test a method of rodent fertility control as an alternative to rodenticide. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in May 2024. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Eiger InnoTherapeutics — Lonafarnib and Pegylated Interferon Lambda | 3,000,000 | Eiger InnoTherapeutics | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $3,000,000 in Eiger InnoTherapeutics, a new company founded by Professor Jeffrey S. Glenn, that has acquired the rights to two drugs, lonafarnib and pegylated interferon lambda. The company will develop Lonafarnib for use against hepatitis D, for which there is no FDA-approved drug for HDV, the worst form of human viral hepatitis. Interferon Lambda has demonstrated broad-spectrum antiviral activity. The company will seek to work in collaboration with the FDA and other regulatory authorities to address multiple important high unmet needs using interferon lambda. This investment was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| GiveWell — General Support (2017) | 530,764 | — | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Published: December 2017 GiveWell staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $530,764 to GiveWell, a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities, for general operating support. We expect this grant to increase the availability of high-quality information and analysis about charities and giving opportunities, thereby increasing the impact of donors who use GiveWell’s research. Read more about the Open Philanthropy Project's relationship to GiveWell here. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Doneer Effectief — General Support | 836,000 | Doneer Effectief | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $836,000 over two years to Doneer Effectief for general support. Doneer Effectief (“Donate Effectively” in Dutch) makes effective giving known and accessible in the Netherlands and Belgium. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| L214 — EU Farm Animal Welfare Legislation | 256,021 | L214 | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €236,000 (approximately $256,021 at the time of conversion) over 1.5 years to L214 to support its work on European farm animal welfare policy. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Law Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Legal Work (2022) | 140,796 | Animal Law Foundation | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £120,000 (approximately $140,796 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Animal Law Foundation to support their work on legal interventions aimed at improving farm animal welfare in the UK. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The University of Reading — Farm Animal Welfare Research | 26,983 | University of Reading | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £21,084 (approximately $26,983 at the time of conversion) to the University of Reading to support research led by Dr. Walter Veit on farm animal welfare. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Epoch AI — FrontierMath Benchmark Improvements | 70,000 | cBPkzcVBBQ | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to Epoch to support improvements to its FrontierMath benchmark for assessing the mathematical reasoning capabilities of AI models. Epoch plans to estimate a human baseline on the test by organizing a tournament for human mathematicians and measuring their performance on a subset of FrontierMath problems. This grant will also support testing to help ensure that the benchmarks fully capture model capabilities. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| DesegregateCT — YIMBYtown (2025) | 75,000 | Desegregate CT | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to DesegregateCT to support the 2025 national “Yes In My Backyard” conference. We have previously supported national YIMBY conferences held in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado; in 2017 in Oakland, California; in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts; in 2022 in Portland, Oregon; and in 2024 in Austin, Texas. This follows our September 2024 support and was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Arcadia Impact — EA and AI Group Support in London | 1,635,580 | arcadia-impact | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £1,256,600 (approximately $1,635,580 at the time of conversion) to Arcadia Impact to support the LEAH office space, effective altruism groups in London, and AI safety community building projects including the “London AI Safety Research Labs” and “Safe AI London” initiatives. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Apollo Fellowship — Effective Altruism Debate Camp | 321,838 | Apollo Fellowship | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling approximately $321,838 to support the Apollo Fellowship, a summer camp for high-school and first-year college students involved in competitive debate. The camp will focus on concepts related to effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Asothia — Funding Opportunity Tool | 14,472 | Asothia | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £11,600 (approximately $14,472 at the time of conversion) to Asothia to support its work on an AI-powered tool for matching bio/medical researchers to funding opportunities. By simplifying the administrative process of looking and applying for grants, Asothia helps researchers reclaim time to focus on science and accelerate discovery work. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| VasoRX — Operating Costs | 280,000 | VasoRX | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $280,000 in VasoRX, a company that has discovered and patented a novel lipid nanoparticle capable of delivering RNA interference medication specifically to the vascular endothelium without targeting other tissues such as liver. The company has also discovered that the technology can be used in combination with a specific RNA to reverse pulmonary hypertension and atherosclerosis in preclinical models. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Promise of Justice Initiative — General Support | 81,000 | Promise of Justice Initiative | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Promise of Justice Initiative staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $81,000 to the Promise of Justice Initiative for general support. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Spinout Costs (EVF USA, May 2024) | 990,000 | effective-ventures-usa | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $990,000 to the Effective Ventures Foundation USA (EVF USA) to support spinout costs for the Centre for Effective Altruism, which works to build and support the effective altruism community. We made a simultaneous grant to EVF, also to support spinout costs. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Early-Career Funding for Improving the Long-Term Future — Scholarship Support (2022) | 4,830,145 | Scholarship (Various) | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $4,830,145 over two years in flexible support to enable early-career individuals to pursue work and study related to improving the long-term future.[ref]This is an estimate because of uncertainty around tuition costs and currency exchange rates in future years. This number may be updated as costs are finalized.[/ref] We sought applications for this funding here. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to improve the long-run future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Rutgers University — AI Takeoff Speeds Paper | 26,675 | rutgers-university | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $26,675 to Rutgers University to support Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini in producing a paper on how quickly AI capabilities might advance. This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| 1Day Sooner — General Support (2025) | 3,000,000 | 9k7drw6Qpg | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over two years to 1Day Sooner for general support. 1Day Sooner seeks novel ways to advance the fight against infectious diseases, building on the contributions of human research participants worldwide, especially participants in human challenge trials. 1Day Sooner also conducts research and advocacy to explore related scientific, regulatory, and policy measures that can be used both to reduce the burden of infectious diseases today and prepare the world against future pandemic threats. You can view their original grant proposal here. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Aquatic Life Institute — General Support (2023) | 550,000 | Aquatic Life Institute | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Fish Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to the Aquatic Life Institute for general support. The Aquatic Life Institute works to improve the welfare of aquatic animals in farms and fisheries through research and coalition building. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| SJS Inc. — Market Shaping for Alternative Proteins (2024) | 300,000 | SJS Inc. | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to SJS Inc. to support its work to test a market-shaping approach to promoting alternative proteins. Market shaping involves working with companies to dramatically lower costs and accelerate a product to market. The approach has been utilized in global health and climate technology contexts to significantly lower the costs of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and technology. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| National Science Foundation — Safe Learning-Enabled Systems | 5,000,000 | National Science Foundation | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,000,000 to the National Science Foundation to support its Safe Learning-Enabled Systems program, which will regrant the funds to foundational research projects aimed at finding ways to guarantee the safety of machine learning systems. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Connecticut Health Center — Syphilis Vaccine Development | 4,563,250 | University of Connecticut Health Center | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,563,250 to the University of Connecticut Health Center to support work by Kelly Hawley and Melissa Caimano on the development of a vaccine for syphilis. Hawley and Caimano are participating in a collaborative project with David Baker, Neil King, and Lorenzo Giacani at the University of Washington, as well as Anastassia Vorobieva at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology. (See "Related Items", below.) This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Maryland — Policy Fellowships | 483,880 | university-of-maryland | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $483,880 to the University of Maryland to support two fellowships related to technology and national security. This grant falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — Malaria Monoclonal Antibody Research | 496,000 | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $496,000 to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to support research led by Dr. Joshua Tan aimed at discovering more potent monoclonal antibodies targeting the malaria circumsporozoite protein. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Centre for the Governance of AI — Compute Strategy Workshop | 50,532 | — | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,532 to the Centre for the Governance of AI to support a workshop bringing together compute experts from several subfields, such as large-model infrastructure, ASIC design, and governance, to discuss compute governance ideas that could reduce existential risk from artificial intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Global Food Partners — Cage-free Implementation in Asia (2023) | 4,000,000 | Global Food Partners | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over two years to Global Food Partners to support its work helping corporations in Asia follow through on their farm animal welfare pledges. We believe that significant implementation work is needed to help ensure that corporations in Asia implement their commitments. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2021) | 400,000 | CalHDF | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) (now CalHDF) for general support. CaRLA intends to continue pursuing litigation, advocating against regulatory barriers to building housing in California, and developing educational resources. This follows our February 2019 grant and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Warwick — High-Skilled Immigration Research | 210,000 | University of Warwick | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $210,000 to the University of Warwick to support research on the impact of high-skilled immigration in the United Kingdom, led by Associate Professor Arun Advani. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| We Animals Media — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy (2024) | 400,000 | We Animals Media | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to We Animals Media to support its animal photojournalism work. The grant will fund the production of photo and video content documenting the lives and experiences of farm animals and the maintenance of a video and photography archive that can be used by other animal advocates. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) USA — Broiler Chicken Welfare | 550,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) USA, primarily to support their US food business work. With the grant, CIWF will continue to seek implementation of existing cage-free reforms and secure new corporate broiler chicken welfare reforms. This follows our April 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center — Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening and Treatment Trial in Uganda | 521,547 | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $521,547 over two years to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to support an ongoing trial of community-based rheumatic heart disease (RHD) testing using echocardiography and treatment (registry-based secondary prophylaxis). Led by Dr. Andrea Beaton, this project aims to address a lack of existing RHD detection and treatment infrastructure in the country, where the burden is high but very few people are diagnosed. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Speculative Technologies — Leadership Training Program | 500,000 | Speculative Technologies | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Speculative Technologies to support a 15-week AI safety leadership training program. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners — Global Education Regranting | 5,000,000 | gates-philanthropy-partners | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,000,000 to Gates Philanthropy Partners to support the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Education Program. The program makes grants to support evidence-backed education interventions to improve foundational literacy and numeracy in low- and middle-income countries. This grant is part of Open Philanthropy’s Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Northeastern University — Large Language Model Interpretability Research | 562,128 | northeastern-university | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $562,128 over two years to Northeastern University to support Professor David Bau’s research on interpreting large language models. This follows our April 2022 support for David Bau’s research and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for AI Safety — General Support (2022) | 5,160,000 | — | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,160,000 to the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) for general support. The Center for AI Safety does technical research and field-building aimed at reducing catastrophic and existential risks from artificial intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Magnify Mentoring — General Support | 320,000 | Magnify Mentoring | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $320,000 over two years to Magnify Mentoring for general support. Magnify Mentoring supports and connects a global community of women, non-binary, and trans people who are aiming to have a positive impact with their careers and lives. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Legal Impact for Chickens — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation (2022) | 300,000 | Legal Impact for Chickens | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to Legal Impact for Chickens to support their work on lawsuits against companies and executives that violate state-level animal cruelty laws or their own animal welfare pledges. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| EA Netherlands — AI Safety Retreat | 25,000 | EA Netherlands | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to EA Netherlands to support a multi-day retreat at which attendees will discuss topics related to AI safety. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| MATS Research — General Support | 23,648,000 | yYtGSTsXuw | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $23,648,000 over two years to MATS Research for general support. ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community. This follows our May 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| OpenMined — Software for AI Audits | 6,000,000 | OpenMined | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,000,000 to OpenMined to support work on developing software that facilitates access to advanced AI systems for external researchers and auditors while preserving privacy, security, and intellectual property. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Nova School of Business and Economics — Study on Development Interventions | 45,000 | Nova School of Business and Economics | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $45,000 over two years to the Nova School of Business and Economics to support research to estimate the persistence of benefits derived from development interventions, led by professors Duncan Webb and Eva Vivalt. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| London Effective Altruism Hub — EA Organizing in London | 445,000 | arcadia-impact | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $445,000 to London Effective Altruism Hub (now Arcadia Impact) to support effective altruism groups at the London School of Economics, King’s College London, Imperial College London, and University College London, and to run a coworking space in London for people working on projects related to effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Children’s National Research Institute — Diagnostic AI for Rheumatic Heart Disease | 563,248 | Children’s National Research Institute | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $563,248 over two years to the Children’s National Research Institute to support a project to refine an AI-powered algorithm used to diagnose rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with a portable ultrasound device. The current algorithm is unable to diagnose cases driven by aortic valve regurgitation, which is thought to be around 15% of all RHD cases. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Hospital for Sick Children – Malaria Vaccine Research and Preclinical Development | 5,684,065 | Hospital for Sick Children | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,684,065 over three years to the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to support research and preclinical development for a multistage malaria vaccine. Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien at SickKids will lead and coordinate the grant, which is a collaboration that includes the following principal investigators: Professor Simon Draper (Oxford University), Dr. Brandon Wilder (Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University), Dr. Neil King (Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington), Dr. Bowen Li (University of Toronto), Dr. Nicolas Collin (Avian Influenza Research Center, University of Lausanne), Dr. Elena Levashina (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology), and Dr. Matthijs Jore (Radboud University Medical Center). This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships, Policy, and General Operations | 6,530,000 | FL52kVPTlA | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,530,000 over three years to the Council on Strategic Risks to support its work on biosecurity fellowships and policy, as well as general operations. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Probably Good — General Support | 300,000 | probably-good | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to Probably Good for general support. Probably Good aims to provide advice to people who want to find highly impactful careers. They’ve developed a guide to impact-focused career choice and several profiles of promising career paths. This falls within our work aimed at growing and empowering the EA community. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of California, San Francisco Foundation — Reproductive Medicine Research | 550,000 | uc-san-francisco | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 over 18 months to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Foundation to support research led by Professor Paolo Rinaudo on developing methods to improve advanced reproductive medicine. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Science History Institute — Conference Fellowships | 250,000 | Science History Institute | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Science History Institute to support fellowships for early- and mid-career professionals to attend the Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology conference. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Animal Nepal — Exit Grant | 55,000 | Animal Nepal | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to Animal Nepal to support its advocacy work on poultry and buffalo welfare. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Animal Nepal with operational support. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kids Research Institute Australia — Malaria Vaccine Stakeholder Engagement Meeting | 55,000 | Telethon Kids Institute | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to the Kids Research Institute Australia (affiliated with the University of Western Australia) to support a meeting held during the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference aimed at coordinating the efforts of the malaria vaccine community, to accelerate the development of next-generation malaria vaccines. This meeting will be led by Professor Melissa Penny, Professor Simon Draper and Dr Jean-Philippe Julian. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Good Food Institute — General Support (2023) | 5,300,000 | good-food-institute | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,300,000 to the Good Food Institute for general support, including its work promoting plant-based alternatives to animal products. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — Implementation of Corporate Pledges (2023) | 550,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) USA to support its work helping to implement corporate pledges for broiler chicken welfare and cage-free reforms. CIWF’s work involves both advocating for corporations to follow through on pledges and providing technical assistance to help them do so. This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Madre Brava — Corporate Commitments for Alternative Proteins (2024) | 300,000 | Madre Brava | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to Madre Brava to support its work to negotiate commitments from food retailers to sell more alternative protein products in place of animal meat products. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ethical Seafood Research — Farmed Tilapia Welfare in Egypt | 330,157 | Ethical Seafood Research | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,157 to Ethical Seafood Research to support two main initiatives: free demonstrations and training sessions on pre-slaughter electrical stunning of farmed fish, and the development and publication of industry-specific best practices for pre-slaughter stunning in Egyptian tilapia farms. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| GDI Solutions — Regranting | 5,339,190 | GDI Solutions | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,339,190 over three years to GDI Solutions to support regranting to organizations previously funded by Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) whose work was not completed before the program was terminated. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Carnegie Mellon University — Robust AI Unlearning Techniques | 584,108 | carnegie-mellon-university | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $584,108 over two years to Carnegie Mellon University to support the development of robust unlearning techniques for AI. This research will be led by Professors Virginia Smith and Steven Wu. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Ethics — Longtermist Animal Welfare Research | 6,100 | Animal Ethics | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,100 to Animal Ethics to support research related to animal welfare in the long-run future. This falls within our work on longtermism. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for International Governance Innovation — Global AI Risks Initiative | 300,000 | Centre for International Governance Innovation | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) to support the Global AI Risks Initiative, a project within CIGI that fosters international cooperation to address global-scale risks from artificial intelligence. Duncan Cass-Beggs is Executive Director of the Initiative. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Longview Philanthropy — Nuclear Security Grantmaking | 500,000 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Longview Philanthropy to support Carl Robichaud’s nuclear security grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative | 35,000 | beri | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $35,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support research activities at the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| FAR.AI — Interpretability Research | 50,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to FAR.AI to support their research on machine learning interpretability, in collaboration with Open Philanthropy AI Fellow Alex Tamkin. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| FAR.AI — Language Model Misalignment (2022) | 463,693 | lCiT37k9pA | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $463,693 over 18 months to FAR.AI to support research projects, led by Ethan Perez, related to misalignment in language models. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Food Frontier — Promoting Plant-based Meat Alternatives | 500,000 | Food Frontier | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Food Frontier to support its work on alternative protein policy advocacy and corporate engagement in Australia and New Zealand. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Institute for Security and Technology — AI Chip Export Control Initiative | 240,597 | Institute for Security and Technology | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $240,597 to the Institute for Security and Technology to support research and workshops on AI chip export control enforcement. This work, led by Philip Reiner and Steve Kelly, seeks to investigate the root causes of export control compliance failure and develop a framework for an improved multi-agency export controls enforcement program. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği — Farm Animal Welfare in Turkey | 530,800 | Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $530,800 over two years to Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği (CHKD) to support its work on corporate campaigns for cage-free reforms and fish welfare in Turkey. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms and fish welfare. The grant amount was updated in April 2024. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Educational Degree Program | 3,908,161 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,908,161 over three years to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to support their doctoral program, including scholarships to PhD students who are pursuing careers related to biosecurity. This grant also includes funding for select DrPH capstone projects. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Probably Good — Career Advice (May 2024) | 250,000 | probably-good | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Probably Good to support its work on online content, including career guides and career profiles, aimed at helping people have more impact with their careers. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology — Malaria Resistance Research | 3,012,207 | International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,012,207 to the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) to support research led by Dr. Jeremy Herren on microsporidian MB, a naturally occurring transmission-blocking fungus, and its potential utility for reducing the incidence of malaria. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Faunalytics — Farm Animal Welfare Datasets | 35,000 | Faunalytics | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $35,000 to Faunalytics to support projects to compile and visualize datasets relevant to farm animal welfare. Projects may include analyzing data on the environmental impacts of aquaculture, or extending Faunalytics’ Animal Product Impact Scales research to nations beyond the U.S. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Office Space (2024) | 500,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Effective Ventures Foundation to support an office space in Oxford. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| High Impact Professionals — General Support (2025) | 251,110 | High Impact Professionals | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $251,110 over two years to High Impact Professionals (HIP) for general support. HIP helps impact-oriented working professionals have a higher social impact by maintaining a talent directory of job seekers and running an accelerator program for promising professionals. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Dalhousie University — Colostrum Research | 5,307,885 | Dalhousie University | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,307,885 over five years to Dalhousie University to support research on human colostrum’s ability to reduce the incidence of neonatal sepsis. Colostrum is produced in the mammary glands early in lactation, prior to mature milk production. This grant will support an analysis of colostrum components to identify the mechanism by which it protects newborns from infection. This is one of two grants we are making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF USA) | 276,127 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $276,127 to the Effective Ventures Foundation USA (EVF USA) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), specifically its Groups team. CEA is a charity that works to build and support the effective altruism community. We made a simultaneous grant to EVF, also for Groups support. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Reporters for Animals International — Animal Welfare Investigations | 300,000 | Reporters for Animals International | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to Reporters for Animals International to support investigations into the welfare of farm animals. Reporters for Animals International provides educational and mentorship assistance, among other avenues of support, to journalists investigating instances of animal cruelty. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Plant Based Foods Institute — International Regranting Against Labeling Laws (2024) | 257,000 | Plant Based Foods Institute | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $257,000 to the Plant Based Foods Institute (PBFI). PBFI will regrant funds to organizations outside the U.S. that advocate against restrictive labeling regulations for plant-based foods. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Southern California — Adversarial Robustness Research | 320,000 | usc | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $320,000 over three years to the University of Southern California to support early-career research by Robin Jia on adversarial robustness and out-of-distribution generalization as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Federation of American Scientists — High-Skilled Immigration Reform | 352,150 | federation-of-american-scientists | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $352,150 over two years to the Federation of American Scientists to support research and advocacy related to immigration reform for high-skilled workers. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of innovation policy. The grant amount was updated in January 2025. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Effective Institutions Project — AI Governance Work | 400,000 | effective-institutions-project | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to the Effective Institutions Project to support fundraising, philanthropic advising, research, and outreach related to AI governance. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Yale University — LLM Persuasiveness Evaluation | 596,200 | yale-university | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $596,200 over two years to Yale University to support a project evaluating the persuasiveness of large language models (LLMs), led by Associate Professor Josh Kalla. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| TropIQ Health Sciences — Antimalarial Bednet Drug Screening | 500,000 | TropIQ Health Sciences | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to TropIQ Health Sciences to support Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia’s research on a novel method of malaria prevention. The project will aim to identify drugs that more effectively target the malaria parasites within mosquitoes, with the goal of adding these drugs to bednets to prevent malaria transmission. This is one of two grants we’ve made to support this work. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Humane Society of the United States — California Prop 12 Legal Defense | 250,000 | Humane Society of the United States | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to aid in its legal defense of California Proposition 12 (2018) — the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative — before the US Supreme Court. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| GDI Solutions — Lead Exposure Strategy Development (2025) | 39,436 | GDI Solutions | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $39,436 to GDI Solutions to support strategy development for preventing and reducing lead exposure globally. This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (EVF USA, January 2023) | 4,700,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,700,000 to Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) USA to support the Centre for Effective Altruism, which works to build and support the effective altruism community. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Trajectory Labs — AI Safety Coworking Space | 250,087 | Trajectory Labs | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $359,100 CAD (approximately $250,087 at the time of conversion) to Trajectory Labs to support its provision of office space for people working on AI safety in Toronto. The grant will also support field-building events to build the Toronto AI safety community, led by Mario Gibney. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — AI Governance Research (2025) | 443,732 | carnegie-endowment | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $443,732 over two years to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to support a research project on international AI governance led by Matt Sheehan. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Precision Development – Trial Scoping | 539,864 | Precision Development | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $539,864 to Precision Development to scope and plan a three- to five-country implementation and impact evaluation of its core agriculture program, which provides locally customized information to farmers living in poverty in low- and middle-income countries. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Matthew Kenney – Language Model Capabilities Benchmarking | 397,350 | Matthew Kenney | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $397,350 to Matthew Kenney to support a project developing evaluations that will benchmark the ability of language model agents to accelerate AI R&D. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Humane America Animal Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Regranting | 4,760,000 | Humane America Animal Foundation | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,760,000 to the Humane America Animal Foundation to support a regranting initiative aimed at improving the welfare of farmed animals. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| California YIMBY — General Support (2025) | 3,000,000 | California YIMBY | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over two years to California YIMBY for general support. California YIMBY (short for “yes in my backyard”) is a statewide organization that advocates for policy changes for more housing across California. This follows our March 2023 support and was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Yale University — Helminth Vaccine Research | 316,000 | yale-university | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $316,000 over 18 months to Yale University to support research led by Professor Richard Bucala and Professor Elias Lolis to design and test vaccines against diseases caused by helminths, such as hookworm, lymphatic filariasis, and ascaris. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Basel — Graduate Courses on Cause Prioritization | 22,000 | University of Basel | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $22,000 to the University of Basel to support Professor Armando Meier in creating and instructing two graduate-level economics courses that incorporate elements of cause prioritization into the curriculum. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| OBRAZ — Broiler Chicken Welfare in Czechia | 350,000 | OBRAZ | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 over two years to OBRAZ to support corporate campaigns for broiler chicken welfare in Czechia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Effective Giving Summit (November 2023) | 56,609 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $56,608.64 to support a summit in the UK bringing together representatives of organizations working on raising funds for effective charities. The grant will be administered by the Effective Ventures Foundation. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| FAR.AI — AI Safety Research and Field-building | 28,675,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2025-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $28,675,000 over three years to FAR.AI to support the expansion of their technical research team, including launching a technical internship and fellowship program; a governance team; and related costs. FAR.AI is a nonprofit that works to ensure advanced AI systems are more trustworthy and beneficial to society. This follows our April 2025 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — InterACT Lab | 59,400 | beri | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $59,400 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the InterACT Laboratory. Led by Anca Dragan, the lab focuses on enabling AI agents to work with, around, and in support of people. We’re also supporting this work with a recent gift to UC Berkeley. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Union — Animal Welfare Documentary | 30,000 | Union | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Union to support the production of a documentary film about abuse within the animal farming sector in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Tuebingen — Adversarial Robustness Research | 575,000 | University of Tuebingen | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $575,000 to the University of Tuebingen to support research led by Professor Matthias Bethge on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Founders Pledge — General Support (2025) | 4,000,000 | founders-pledge | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over two years to Founders Pledge for general support. Founders Pledge is a global community of impact-driven founders, investors, and changemakers. The organization provides research, expert guidance, and high-impact giving opportunities to help its members maximize the impact of their philanthropy. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Center for Responsible Innovation — General Support | 3,000,000 | Center for Responsible Innovation | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over two years to the Center for Responsible Innovation (CRI) for general support. CRI is a nonprofit focused on AI-related issue promotion, policy research and development, and educational programming. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Produtor do Bem — Farm Animal Welfare Certification in Brazil (2025) | 600,000 | Produtor do Bem | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to Produtor do Bem to support its farm animal welfare certification program for producers in Latin America. Many Brazilian corporations have made pledges to follow standards for farm animal welfare, but there are relatively few farm animal welfare certifiers in Brazil. We believe that supporting a credible certifier will help ensure that corporations follow through on high-standard pledges. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| AI Impacts — General Support | 364,893 | TdbypiKyCw | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $364,893 to AI Impacts for general support. AI Impacts works on strategic questions related to advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — Research on Vaccine Durability | 4,000,000 | stanford-university | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over four years to Stanford University to support research led by Dr. Bali Pulendran on the factors that determine how long vaccines provide protection. Vaccine durability varies widely. Dr. Pulendran’s research aims to better understand the mechanistic reasons for these differences. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Oxford — Genetic Engineering Attribution | 40,000 | university-of-oxford | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,000 to the University of Oxford to support Oliver Crook’s work on developing genetic engineering attribution tools. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| YIMBY Action – Housing Advocacy in Los Angeles | 300,000 | YIMBY Action | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to YIMBY Action to support its work on housing policy advocacy in Los Angeles, in collaboration with Abundant Housing Los Angeles. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Safety Field-Building | 387,741 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $387,741 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) to support its work on outreach and educational programs related to AI safety, including support for AI safety student groups at Harvard and MIT. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Maryland — Policy Fellowship (2023) | 312,959 | university-of-maryland | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $312,959 to the University of Maryland to support a fellowship related to technology and national security. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Conjecture — SERI MATS (2023) | 245,000 | — | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $245,000 to Conjecture to support its collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment. This grant will support a London-based extension of the MATS program’s third cohort, which we supported last year. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Cornell University — National Zoning Atlas | 312,400 | cornell-university | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $312,400 over two years to Cornell University to support work on the National Zoning Atlas project, which illustrates and communicates problems with zoning laws in various US states. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Legal Priorities Project — Litigation Research | 34,000 | legal-priorities-project | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $34,000 to the Legal Priorities Project to support research on opportunities for high-impact litigation in South Asia that could advance causes such as animal rights, pandemic prevention, and AI safety. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Straumli — LLM Cyberoffense Benchmark | 400,000 | Straumli | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to Straumli to support a project led by Paul Bricman to develop a benchmark for the cyberoffense capabilities of Large Language Model (LLM) agents. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (December 2020) | 50,000 | georgetown-university | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation (gui2de) to support its Zusha! Road Safety Campaign, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Zusha! Road Safety Campaign to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2022) | 5,200,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,200,000 over two years to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to support their work on improving biodefense policy in the U.S. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Korean Advocates for Global Health — Aid Policy Advocacy | 510,000 | Korean Advocates for Global Health | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $510,000 over two years to Korean Advocates for Global Health to support its work on global health aid policy advocacy in South Korea. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — 2025 Summer Fellowship | 350,000 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 to Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support its Summer Research Fellowship. Fellows will work closely with established AI safety researchers to produce meaningful research outputs and participate in workshops, seminars, and related events. This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for Effective Altruism – General Support (EVF, November 2023) | 3,342,238 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,342,240 to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism, which works to build and support the effective altruism community. We made a simultaneous grant to EVF USA, also for general support. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Washington — Universal Influenza Vaccines (Neil King) | 3,230,394 | university-of-washington | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,230,394 over five years to the University of Washington to support work led by Dr. Neil King on the development of universal influenza vaccine candidates. Following our November 2017 support, the researchers in Dr. King’s lab and their colleagues in Dr. Barney Graham’s and Dr. Masaru Kanekiyo’s groups at the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center developed a supraseasonal mosaic nanoparticle vaccine against influenza, which has outperformed commercial influenza vaccines in preclinical trials. This funding is intended to support work to develop additional pan-viral vaccine candidates, with the hope that they will provide potent and broad protection against all influenza A and B viruses. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Global Challenges Project — General Support (November 2024) | 496,000 | Global Challenges Project | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $496,000 to the Global Challenges Project to support student workshops on AI safety and biosecurity. This follows our March 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences – Humane Fish Slaughter Research | 53,700 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Fish Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $53,700 to support a research project led by Dr. Albin Gräns that will assess the ability of Shinkei Systems’ automated ikejime machine to humanely slaughter fish. Ikejime is a method of killing fish in which a spike is driven directly into the fish’s hindbrain. When done correctly, scientists think ikejime could be one of the most humane options for slaughter. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Berkeley — Research on Labor Market Outcomes | 50,000 | uc-berkeley | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the University of California, Berkeley to support research by Professor David Card and Professor Jesse Rothstein on the effect of location, including living in large metro areas, on labor market outcomes. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Challenges Project — General Support (March 2024) | 441,000 | Global Challenges Project | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $441,000 to the Global Challenges Project to support student workshops on reducing risks from AI and biotechnology. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia — Syphilis Immunology Analysis | 220,000 | Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,000 to Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia to support a detailed analysis of the immunology of syphilis infections in a high-incidence population in Lima, Peru, conducted by Dr. Carlos Cáceres Palacios. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Governance Workshop | 56,915 | beri | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $56,915 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support a workshop on technical AI governance. This workshop, held in conjunction with ICML in Vancouver, is meant to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between machine learning researchers and policy experts. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Helena — Health Security Policy | 500,000 | Helena | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Helena to support their work on policy related to health security. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Obafemi Awolowo University — Atorvastatin Combination Trial for Tuberculosis | 318,450 | Obafemi Awolowo University | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $318,450 over two years to Obafemi Awolowo University to support a phase IIc trial of combining atorvastatin into first-line treatment regimens for tuberculosis, led by Dr. Olufemi O. Adewole. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease — Conference Scholarships | 50,000 | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease to support scholarships for people attending the 2023 World Conference on Lung Health in Paris. These scholarships were designated for academics, experts, civil society representatives, and tuberculosis survivors from low- and middle-income countries. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Plant Based Foods Institute — International Regranting Against Labeling Laws | 595,000 | Plant Based Foods Institute | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $595,000 to the Plant Based Foods Institute (PBFI). PBFI will regrant these funds to organizations outside the US that advocate against restrictive labeling regulations for plant-based foods (that is, laws prohibiting labeling plant-based foods with traditionally animal-based names such as “milk” or “meat”). This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| California YIMBY — General Support (2023) | 3,000,000 | California YIMBY | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over two years to California YIMBY for general support. California YIMBY (short for “yes in my backyard”) is a statewide organization that advocates for policy changes for more housing across California. This follows our June 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Humane Canada — Farmed Animal Standards | 213,500 | Humane Canada | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $213,500 over two years to Humane Canada to fund a staff member who will prepare expert information for upcoming revisions of Canada’s National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) Codes of Practice for pigs, poultry, and farmed salmonids. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Foundation for American Innovation — Exit Grant | 423,500 | foundation-for-american-innovation | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $423,500 to the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI) to support its work on policy research and advocacy intended to improve AI safety. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide FAI with operational support. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. — Open Source Biosafety Articles | 50,400 | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,400 to Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., an independent publisher, to support the open access publication of articles in the “Biosafety and Biosecurity for Synthetic Genomics” issue of Applied Biosafety. We aim to promote research relevant to improving security in DNA synthesis screening. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| IRD Global — Zero TB Program | 336,402 | IRD Global | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $336,402 to IRD Global to support its tuberculosis (TB) team in Karachi, Pakistan. IRD Global aims to identify, treat, and prevent TB at scale. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sebastian Lodemann — Existential Risk Projects | 43,000 | Sebastian Lodemann | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $43,000 to Sebastian Lodemann to support his work on projects related to existential risks, including organizing workshops related to civilizational resilience and AI alignment-related interventions. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| GiveDirectly – General Support (2022) | 500,000 | givedirectly | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to GiveDirectly for general support, in recognition of GiveDirectly earning a “top charity” ranking from GiveWell. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Network for Effective Evidence-based Development — Field-building for International Development Careers | 30,250 | Network for Effective Evidence-based Development | 2025-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,250 to the Network for Effective Evidence-based Development to support community-building aimed at helping public policy master’s students enter into high-impact development careers. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Development Media International — General Support (December 2020) | 50,000 | Development Media International | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Development Media International via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Development Media International to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Renaissance Philanthropy — Big if True Science Accelerator (2024) | 250,000 | Renaissance Philanthropy | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Renaissance Philanthropy to support its Big if True Science accelerator program. Renaissance Philanthropy helps philanthropists and foundations design, launch, and operate high-impact philanthropic programs focused on science, technology, and innovation. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| AI Safety Hungary — AI Safety Capacity Building | 22,450 | AI Safety Hungary | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $22,450 to AI Safety Hungary to support its capacity building work, which includes educational seminars, personalized career guidance for talented individuals, and support for fellowship programs run by local groups. This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Boston University — Human Lung Model Systems | 414,000 | Boston University | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $414,000 over two years to Boston University to support research led by Professor Darrell Kotton on developing models of human lung systems. We are interested in these models because of their potential applications for discovering antiviral drugs and treating lung-related disorders. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Fund for the Global Fund — Scoping Work | 264,000 | Fund for the Global Fund | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $264,000 to the Fund for the Global Fund, which coordinates three organizations in the US, Europe, and Japan that advocate for government support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This grant will support scoping work to explore how the Fund for the Global Fund and its affiliated organizations could expand their capacity and their advocacy activities. Part of this grant will also support advocacy work in Japan. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Produtor do Bem Certifição – Farm Animal Welfare Certification Program | 300,000 | Produtor do Bem | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to Produtor do Bem to support its farmed animal welfare certification program for producers in Latin America. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Star Farm Pakistan — Broiler Chicken and Layer Hen Welfare | 350,000 | Star Farm Pakistan | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 over two years to Star Farm Pakistan to support the development of welfare standards for layer hens and broiler chickens in Pakistan. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interests in broiler chicken welfare and farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (December 2020) | 50,000 | evidence-action | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Evidence Action to support the Dispensers for Safe Water program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Evidence Action's Dispensers for Safe Water program to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Latent Adversarial Training Project | 45,000 | beri | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $45,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support a project led by Stephen Casper on latent adversarial training methods for large language models. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — Language Model Evaluations | 250,000 | stanford-university | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Stanford University to support Holistic Evaluation of Language Models (HELM), which is a project to evaluate language models using many different tests designed to assess their capabilities, safety, and fairness. This work is led by Professor Percy Liang, and this funding will support an additional engineer for HELM. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2022) | 239,061 | georgetown-university | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $239,061 to Georgetown University to support a fellowship related to AI and cybersecurity policy. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Living Goods — General Support (December 2020) | 50,000 | Living Goods | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Living Goods for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Living Goods to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Illinois — Course Development Support (Ben Levinstein) | 58,141 | University of Illinois | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $58,141 to the University of Illinois to support Professor Ben Levinstein’s work developing a course titled “Computation and Humanity’s Future”, which will cover AI alignment and other topics related to computer science and philosophy. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Ask — Fish Advocacy Research | 240,000 | Animal Ask | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $240,000 to Animal Ask to support its research aimed at helping animal welfare organizations maximize the impact of their fish campaigns and advocacy efforts in Europe. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Health Effects Institute — Air Quality Assessment for Indian Cities | 296,705 | Health Effects Institute | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $296,705 over 1.5 years to the Health Effects Institute to produce a scientific assessment of changes in air quality in Indian cities over 5 years of the National Clean Air Programme. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Ayuda Efectiva — General Support (2024) | 378,000 | Ayuda Efectiva | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $378,000 over two years to Ayuda Efectiva for general support. Ayuda Efectiva is a Spanish organization that works to fundraise for cost-effective charities, such as those recommended by GiveWell. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Postdoctoral Fellowship | 218,500 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $218,500 over three years to the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) to support a fellowship for an early-career virologist. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (December 2020) | 27,076,757 | malaria-consortium | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $27,076,757 to the Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Malaria Consortium to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (2020) | 6,651,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,651,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of AMF to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Malengo — General Support | 500,000 | Malengo | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Malengo for general support. Malengo offers mentoring and financial support to students from low-income countries who want to complete a university degree in a high-income country. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Virtue AI — NeurIPS Prizes | 30,000 | Virtue AI | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Virtue AI to fund research prizes at the NeurIPS 2024 Competition for LLM and Agent Safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Foundation for American Innovation — AI Safety Policy Advocacy | 552,500 | foundation-for-american-innovation | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $552,500 to the Foundation for American Innovation to support its work on policy research and advocacy intended to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Bit by Bit Coding — High School Courses on Neural Networks | 250,275 | Bit by Bit Coding | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,275 to Bit by Bit Coding to support high school courses on neural networks in Python with Keras within the framework of AI safety. The course’s aim is to introduce students to AI safety careers in both policy and technical fields. We sought applications for this funding to support outreach projects aimed at growing the community of people motivated to improve the long-term future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Longview Philanthropy — Film Project Scoping Work | 57,500 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $57,500 to Longview Philanthropy to support scoping work for a possible project that would produce films about topics related to effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — General Support (2023) | 50,000 | lZRKSfs5wg | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Blueprint Biosecurity for general support. Blueprint Biosecurity is a new nonprofit dedicated to helping prevent, mitigate, and suppress pandemics. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University of Washington — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool | 442,862 | university-of-washington | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $442,862 over three years to the University of Washington to support their work on modeling air pollution in South Asia. The University of Washington will be working to develop a modeling tool called PAVITRA (air Pollution mAnagement and interVentIon Tool foR IndiA) in collaboration with the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and the University of California, Berkeley. This is one of four grants we will be making to support this collaboration. PAVITRA will pair an inventory of emissions in India with a modeling platform that converts changes in emissions to changes in pollution concentrations. This tool will make it much easier to understand the pollution and health impacts of interventions targeting a given source of emissions. We see a lack of cost-benefit analysis as a major gap in air quality management in India and the rest of South Asia. We anticipate that PAVITRA may be used by policymakers or researchers to improve their policy analyses and prioritize the most impactful policies, with a high impact on health outcomes in expectation. This grant falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| LessWrong — General Support (2021) | 460,000 | — | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $460,000 to LessWrong for general support. LessWrong.com is a community blog and website that seeks to improve reasoning and decision-making. This funding is intended to support work on LessWrong.com, as well the LessWrong team’s work on a number of other rationalist and effective altruism community websites and projects. This follows our April 2020 support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Forecasting Research Institute — Tripwire Capability Evaluations | 358,850 | KslhqGaeJw | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $358,850 to the Forecasting Research Institute to support a project operationalizing and forecasting tripwire capability evaluations of advanced AI systems. This follows our April 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Ryan Teo — Publishing Fees for BWC Paper | 3,600 | Ryan Teo | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,600 to Ryan Teo to pay for open access fees to publish a paper in a peer-reviewed journal and make it freely available. The paper, which was co-written by Nicholas Cropper, Shrestha Rath, and Ryan Teo, proposes a protocol to verify compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Evidence Action — Scale-Up of In-Line Chlorination in India (October 2023) | 4,190,007 | evidence-action | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,190,007 to Evidence Action to provide technical assistance to support the government in setting up in-line chlorination in two states in India (Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh). This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| 80,000 Hours — Marketing (2022) | 3,000,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to 80,000 Hours to support spending on marketing and advertising. 80,000 Hours provides online research and advice aimed at helping people enter impactful careers in what it considers to be the world’s most pressing problems. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| OPTIC Forecasting — Forecasting Competitions | 39,000 | OPTIC Forecasting | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $39,000 to OPTIC Forecasting to support in-person forecasting competitions for university students. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Welfare Corporate Partners — Cage-Free Implementation in Japan | 558,890 | Animal Welfare Corporate Partners | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $558,890 over two years to Animal Welfare Corporate Partners to support research, advocacy, and pro bono consulting aimed at helping Japanese companies implement cage-free policies and purchase cage-free eggs. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Animal Welfare Projects | 55,000 | Commonwealth Veterinary Association | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 over 2.5 years to the Commonwealth Veterinary Association to support its work on farm animal welfare. The grant will provide funding to train two researchers at the University of Melbourne's Animal Welfare Science Centre, form a new animal welfare centre at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Veterinary Education and Research, and assess and develop the work of the Animal Welfare Research Centre in Bangalore. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Engineers Without Borders International — Strategic Planning | 50,000 | Engineers Without Borders International | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Engineers Without Borders International (EWB-I) to support work on updating the organization’s strategic plan, including by hiring an analyst to help collect expert insights on how engineering innovations can deliver the most impact. We believe that EWB-I has a strong track record of educating young engineers about the impact they can have on local and global problems. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — Corporate Campaigns in Brazil (2022) | 301,000 | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $301,000 to Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal (FNPDA) to support their corporate campaigns against battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil. This follows our December 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Renaissance Philanthropy — Big if True Science Accelerator (2025) | 250,000 | Renaissance Philanthropy | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Renaissance Philanthropy to support its Big if True Science accelerator program. Renaissance Philanthropy helps philanthropists and foundations to design, launch, and operate high-impact philanthropic programs and funds focused on science, technology, and innovation. This follows our September 2024 support and was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Spinout Costs (EVF UK, May 2024) | 460,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $460,000 to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support spinout costs for the Centre for Effective Altruism, which works to build and support the effective altruism community. We made a simultaneous grant to EVF USA, also to support spinout costs. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Sage — Software Tools for Forecasting | 550,000 | Sage | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to Sage to support the development and maintenance of forecasting software tools like Fatebook and Quantified Intuitions. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| cFactual — Fellowship Program | 220,000 | cFactual | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,000 to cFactual to support its fellowship program for strategy and management professionals. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (2022) | 32,096,856 | malaria-consortium | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $32,096,856 to the Malaria Consortium to support its seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Longview Philanthropy — Support for Richard Chappell | 47,500 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $47,500 to Longview Philanthropy to support Richard Chappell’s work on public writing and book projects related to utilitarianism and effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Charity Entrepreneurship — Health Security Organizations | 250,000 | charity-entrepreneurship | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Charity Entrepreneurship to support its work to incubate new organizations that focus on health security This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Metaculus — Platform Development (2023) | 3,000,000 | — | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to Metaculus to support work to improve its online forecasting platform, which allows forecasters to make predictions about world events. We believe that this work will help to provide more accurate and calibrated forecasts in domains relevant to Open Philanthropy’s work, such as artificial intelligence and biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and enable organizations and individuals working in those areas to make better decisions. This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| FAR.AI — Inverse Scaling Prize | 49,500 | lCiT37k9pA | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $49,500 to FAR.AI to support their Inverse Scaling Prize, which is a contest that awards prizes to contestants who find examples of tasks where language models perform worse as they scale. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT (2023) | 60,000 | Michael Specter | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Michael Specter to support his work teaching two courses related to existential risk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This follows our September 2022 support for teaching the same courses in a previous year. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales — AI Risk Explorer | 212,510 | Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $212,510 over two years to Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales to support AI Risk Explorer, a website for curated information on AI risk scenarios. The project aims to improve the quality of AI policy decision-making by providing policymakers and researchers with accessible, high-quality information. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Rights Center Japan — Corporate Campaigns (2024) | 323,066 | Animal Rights Center Japan | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $323,066 over two years to Animal Rights Center Japan to support its work on corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of pigs, broiler chickens, and layer hens in Japan. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC San Diego — Antimalarial Gene Drive Research | 500,000 | University of California, San Diego | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to UC San Diego to support the creation of a gene drive that will prevent mosquitoes from harboring the malaria parasite. This work, led by Professor Ethan Bier, will complement existing work by the University of California Malaria Initiative (UCMI). UCMI has created a gene drive to block mosquitoes from transmitting malaria by giving them antibody-based immunity to the malaria parasite. Professor Bier’s team is developing an alternative technique that blocks malaria transmission by altering a mosquito protein that the parasite needs to reproduce. This grant will also support research to dampen or eliminate established gene drives (for instance, by silencing expression of the introduced genes). This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Yale University School of Medicine — Sepsis Treatment Preclinical Tests | 50,000 | yale-university | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Yale University School of Medicine to support preclinical tests on the potential of syndecan inhibition as a treatment for sepsis, led by Dr. Michael Simons. This research builds on Dr. Simons' previous work, which found that a protein called syndecan-2 is necessary for the activity of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), another protein that can cause blood vessels to leak during severe infections. By blocking syndecan-2, researchers hope to prevent some of the dangerous complications of sepsis. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Institute for AI Policy and Strategy — General Support (January 2024) | 3,011,895 | iaps | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,011,895 to the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy to support staff salaries and other operational costs, including researcher development. The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS) is a think tank that studies AI policy and standards, compute governance, and international governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in July 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Support for What We Owe The Future | 37,128 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $37,128 to Effective Ventures Foundation to reimburse student group organizers who purchase copies of What We Owe The Future for reading groups and club events. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to reduce global catastrophic risks. We made a separate reimbursement grant to Effective Ventures Foundation USA at the same time. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Breakthrough Institute — Abundance Conference | 50,000 | The Breakthrough Institute | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to The Breakthrough Institute to support the 2025 Abundance Conference, a gathering focused on advancing solutions to scarcity challenges in areas such as housing, innovation, and infrastructure. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Giv Effektivt — Cost-effective Giving in Denmark | 220,432 | Giv Effektivt | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,432 over two years to Giv Effektivt to support its work promoting evidence-based charitable giving in Denmark. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for effective giving organizations. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| International Society for Applied Ethology — Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Countries | 396,515 | International Society for Applied Ethology | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $396,515 over three years to the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) to support farm animal welfare science in developing countries. ISAE will use the funds to host regional workshops and to award scholarships to local farm animal welfare scientists. This follows our March 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Nepal — Farm Animal Welfare | 224,000 | Animal Nepal | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $224,000 over two years to Animal Nepal to support its advocacy work on poultry and buffalo welfare. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of California, San Diego — AI Persuasiveness Evaluation | 470,731 | University of California, San Diego | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $470,731 to the University of California, San Diego to support research led by Professor Benjamin Bergen on the persuasiveness of large language models (LLMs). The study will use game-like evaluations to assess LLMs' ability to change minds, foster cooperation or defection in classic games, and negotiate for hidden goals in resource-allocation scenarios, all through freeform conversation. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| User-Friendly Marketing — Corporate Outreach Support | 40,000 | User-Friendly Marketing | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,000 to User-Friendly Marketing to support its work helping farm animal welfare groups around the world to improve their corporate outreach strategies. The project will be led by Amy Odene, who has extensive experience working on corporate farm animal welfare campaigns. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Deworm the World Initiative | 4,103,000 | evidence-action | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,103,000 to Evidence Action to support the Deworm the World Initiative, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Deworm the World Initiative to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Harmony Intelligence — LLM Moneymaking Benchmark | 54,270 | Harmony Intelligence | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $54,270 to Harmony Intelligence to support the development of a publicly available benchmark on the autonomous moneymaking capabilities of large language model (LLM) agents. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was changed in June 2025. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| European Summer Program on Rationality — General Support (2022) | 4,715,000 | European Summer Program on Rationality | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,715,000 to the European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR) for general support. ESPR runs summer programs focused on quantitative topics and applied rationality for mathematically talented students aged 16-20. ESPR will also use this funding to run an alumni residency program in London. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Welfare Economics Working Group — General Support | 55,000 | Center for Policy and Animal Welfare | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to the Animal Welfare Economics Working Group for general support. The AWE Working Group facilitates connections between economists through conferences, online seminars, and common research agendas. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Deworm the World Initiative (March 2024) | 4,371,604 | evidence-action | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,371,604 to Evidence Action to support deworming programs in select locations in Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya, and India through 2026. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Meridian — Research on Emergent Misalignment | 396,000 | Meridian | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $396,000 to Meridian to support an extension by Daniel Tan (and collaborators) to a recent paper on emergent misalignment. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| P150 — General Support (2024) | 350,000 | P150 | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 to P150 for operational support. P150 is a global community of philanthropic advisors. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Center for Scientific Integrity — Medical Evidence Project | 450,000 | The Center for Scientific Integrity | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 over two years to The Center for Scientific Integrity to support the launch of the Medical Evidence Project: a targeted effort to identify untrustworthy research papers that influence treatment guidelines and future research avenues. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| San José State University — AI Research | 39,000 | California State University, San José | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $39,000 to San José State University to support research by Professor Yan Zhang on AI forecasting and AI governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| High Impact Athletes — General Support | 55,000 | high-impact-athletes | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to High Impact Athletes (HIA) for general support. HIA is a nonprofit that aims to connect elite athletes with impactful giving opportunities. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| International Rescue Committee – Treatment of Malnutrition (October 2021) | 42,000 | International Rescue Committee | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $42,000 to the International Rescue Committee to support its exploration of opportunities for expanding or supplementing its current portfolio of malnutrition treatment programming in up to six countries. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Toronto — Social Science Prediction Platform | 40,000 | university-of-toronto | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,000 to the University of Toronto to support the Social Science Prediction Platform, which is a platform where social scientists can make predictions about study results. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Unlimit Health – General Support (2022) | 500,000 | Unlimit Health | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Unlimit Health (formerly SCI Foundation) for general support, in recognition of SCI Foundation earning a “top charity” ranking from GiveWell. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Breakthrough Institute — Research on Plant-Based Meat Consumption | 50,000 | Breakthrough Institute | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Breakthrough Institute to support a study on the extent to which consumers would substitute plant-based meat for animal meat at different price points. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop (August 2023) | 38,220 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $38,220 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support a multi-day workshop for AI university group organizers. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Our World in Data — General Support | 3,000,000 | our-world-in-data | 2025-07 | coefficientgiving.org | Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3 million over three years to Our World in Data for general support. OWID plans to use the funding to keep their existing content up to date, expand their research and writing, and make their research available for LLMs. | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Vaccine Institute — Cholera Vaccine Phase II Trial | 6,600,000 | International Vaccine Institute | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,600,000 to the International Vaccine Institute to support a Phase II dose de-escalation trial of a novel cholera vaccine. The trial will test the vaccine's efficacy in children as young as 1 year old. Unlike current vaccines, this new formulation shows promise for high effectiveness in very young children. This grant follows a successful Phase I trial in adults aged 19-45 years. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Davis — Insectary for Malaria Gene Drive Research | 500,000 | uc-davis | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to UC Davis to support the construction of an insectary on the island of Príncipe. This facility will support research into the potential ecological impact of releasing genetically engineered Anopheles mosquitoes designed to prevent transmission of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for causing malaria. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Givewell — General Support (2024) | 5,058,549 | — | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,058,550 to GiveWell for general support. GiveWell is a nonprofit that evaluates global health and development programs, makes recommendations to donors, and directs funding to promising, highly cost-effective programs that save and improve lives. Read more about Open Philanthropy’s relationship to GiveWell here. This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Americans for Responsible Innovation — General Support | 3,000,000 | Americans for Responsible Innovation | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over two years to Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) for general support. ARI is a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on artificial intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023) | 401,750 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $401,750 over three years to the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) to support fellowships for early-career scientists. These funds will support two postdoctoral fellows for three years each. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford University — Research on Science and Innovation (Heidi Williams) | 599,190 | stanford-university | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $599,190 to Stanford University to support a one-year period of research leave for Professor Heidi Williams. During this time, Professor Williams will pursue research collaborations with both public and private science funders in order to investigate potential improvements to scientific funding and research, with the goal of improving both how society supports science and how science benefits society. This falls within our work on scientific research. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| MiracleFeet — Clubfoot Treatment Program | 4,296,185 | MiracleFeet | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,296,185 to MiracleFeet to scale up its existing clubfoot treatment program in the Philippines and expand to Chad and Côte d’Ivoire over five years. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. The grant amount was updated in June 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Produtor do Bem Certificação — Farm Animal Welfare Certification in Brazil | 228,068 | Produtor do Bem | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $228,068 to Produtor do Bem Certificação to help launch its farm animal welfare certification work in Brazil. Many Brazilian corporations have made pledges to follow standards for farm animal welfare, but there are relatively few farm animal welfare certifiers in Brazil. We believe that launching an additional certifier will help ensure that these pledges are implemented to a high standard. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Malaria No More UK — Exit Grant | 300,000 | Malaria No More UK | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to Malaria No More UK to support advocacy for UK government funding to programs combating malaria. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Malaria No More UK with operational support. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| The Pollination Project — Movement Building (2025) | 220,000 | The Pollination Project | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,000 to The Pollination Project to support its farm animal welfare movement building and regranting initiatives in Brazil and Mexico. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Michigan — Course Development Support (Anna Edmonds) | 50,300 | university-of-michigan | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,300 to the University of Michigan to support Anna Edmonds' development of an introductory course on ethical reasoning and work on the creation of a related textbook. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| AidData — General Support | 250,000 | AidData | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to AidData for general support. AidData is a research lab at William & Mary that seeks to make development finance more transparent and effective. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (October 2021) | 4,438,085 | Sightsavers | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,438,085 to Sightsavers to support mass drug administration for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Nigeria. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rethink Priorities — Strategy Workshop (2023) | 35,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $35,000 to Rethink Priorities to support an in-person workshop on the future of global health and development work within the effective altruism movement. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Cornell University — AI Safety Research | 342,645 | cornell-university | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $342,645 to Cornell University to support Professor Lionel Levine’s research related to AI alignment and safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| The Kids Research Institute Australia — Malaria Vaccine Modelling | 410,309 | The Kids Research Institute Australia | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $410,309 to The Kids Research Institute Australia to support modeling efforts aimed at optimizing malaria vaccine development, led by Melissa Penny. This work will evaluate the potential impact of various malaria vaccines and vaccine combinations, focusing on understanding the contribution of different vaccine antigens in specific use cases and target populations. The goal is to identify the most effective and impactful vaccines for development. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Conjecture — SERI MATS Program in London (2022) | 457,380 | — | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $457,380 to Conjecture to support their collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment. This grant will support a London-based extension for a MATS cohort that started in Berkeley. Conjecture will use this funding to provide office space in London and operations support. This follows our April 2022 support for the MATS program and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| International Foundation for Social Impact — Air Quality Governance Support | 590,000 | International Foundation for Social Impact | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $590,000 over two years to the International Foundation for Social Impact to support their work staffing project management units in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Delhi to provide governance support to municipal governments and state and central pollution control boards. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Metaculus — Forecasting Tournaments | 532,400 | — | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $532,400 to Metaculus to support a series of tournaments comparing the forecasting abilities of large language models and humans. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mila — Workshop on Human-Level AI | 50,000 | Mila | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute to support a workshop on human-level artificial intelligence, led by Professor Jacob Steinhardt, that will bring together experts on AI and AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Speculative Technologies — Research Program Training | 250,000 | Speculative Technologies | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Speculative Technologies to support its Brains program, which trains individuals to lead ambitious coordinated research programs. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| University of Maryland — Study on Encoded Reasoning in LLMs | 218,000 | university-of-maryland | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $218,000 to support a study of encoded reasoning in chain-of-thought models solving math problems. Many researchers are concerned about scenarios where LLM chains of thought might start to hide intermediate reasoning steps, encoding these thoughts in ways that human readers won’t detect. This study, led by Professor Tom Goldstein and Ashwinee Panda, is meant to improve our understanding of the phenomenon of encoded reasoning. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales — Farm Animal Welfare in Peru (2025) | 300,000 | Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to the Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales (ARBA) to support its work on farm animal welfare in Peru. ARBA will use this funding to conduct corporate and producer outreach for cage-free reforms and advocate for legislation to improve farm animal welfare. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Oliver Crook — Travel Grant for Biological Attribution Event | 4,553 | Oliver Crook | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,553 to Oliver Crook to support his travel to an event on biological attribution bringing together government policymakers and technical experts. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative — Effectiveness Improvements for Health Multilaterals | 250,000 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to support analytical work aimed at improving the effectiveness of health multilaterals. The grant will fund initiatives focused on priority setting in aid recipient countries and vaccine strategy optimization for Gavi. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Forecasting Research Institute — Analysis of Historical Forecasts | 60,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to the Forecasting Research Institute to support the analysis of forecasting accuracy using data from large forecasting competitions. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Longview Philanthropy — Far-UVC Event (2022) | 60,000 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Longview Philanthropy (a project of Effective Ventures Foundation UK) to support an event, hosted by Kevin Esvelt and David Sliney, bringing together experts to discuss using far-UVC technology to reduce indoor pathogen transmission. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease — Conference Scholarships (2024) | 55,000 | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease to support scholarships for people attending the 2024 World Conference on Lung Health in Bali. These scholarships were designated for academics, experts, and researchers from low- and middle-income countries. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI Summer Fellowships (2022) | 400,000 | beri | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to support their collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s summer fellowship program. This program aims to match promising students with mentors in the field of existential risk reduction. This follows our March 2021 support for the SERI summer fellowship program, and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| UC Berkeley — Study on Frontier Model Behavior | 499,597 | uc-berkeley | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $499,597 over three years to UC Berkeley to support a study on the behavior of frontier AI models. This work will be led by Professor Emma Pierson, expanding on her previous paper "Sparse Autoencoders for Hypothesis Generation”. In her original paper, Pierson used sparse autoencoders to analyze text data (like Yelp restaurant review scores) and identify text features that predict outcomes (like how many stars a user awards a restaurant). She then used an LLM to describe those text features as testable, natural-language hypotheses (like “words associated with quick service lead to higher review scores”). This grant will enable Professor Pierson to investigate whether the HypotheSAEs technique can be used to identify properties in the text of LLM prompts that cause AIs to generate harmful responses. The grant will also allow for the exploration of technical upgrades to the HypotheSAEs pipeline, like using Matryoshka SAEs or transcoders. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Humane Society International India — Exit Grant | 60,000 | Humane Society International India | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Humane Society International India to support its work on farm animal welfare in India. This follows our June 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Humane Society International India with several months of operational support. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cellular Agriculture Australia — Advocacy for Cellular Agriculture | 239,659 | Cellular Agriculture Australia | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $239,659 over two years to Cellular Agriculture Australia to support advocacy for increased public funding for cellular agriculture in Australia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare in Italy (2024) | 500,000 | Essere Animali | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Essere Animali to support their work on investigations, advocacy, and corporate campaigns for fish and chicken welfare in Italy. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Agricultural Research Service — Malaria Control Research (2021) | 321,219 | Agricultural Research Service | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $321,219 to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service to support their research on the cryopreservation and artificial insemination of mosquitoes. This work will make it easier for researchers to maintain different strains of mosquitoes, which will help with developing malaria controls. This follows our March 2021 support for similar research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This grant falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS 4.0 | 428,942 | beri | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $428,942 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support their collaboration with Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with in-person alignment research communities. This grant will support the MATS program's fourth cohort. This follows our November 2022 support for the previous iteration of MATS, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. We also made a separate grant to AI Safety Support for this cohort. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| World Health Organization — Syphilis Treatment for Pregnant Women | 583,544 | World Health Organization | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $583,544 to the World Health Organization to support a study on the antibiotic Cefixime as a potential treatment for syphilis in pregnant women. Currently, the only WHO-endorsed treatment for pregnant women is penicillin, which crosses the placental barrier and protects the unborn infant against congenital syphilis. Recent shortages of penicillin have made finding alternative treatments more urgent. This study will examine Cefixime's pharmacokinetics (how the body processes the drug) to support its potential approval for treating syphilis during pregnancy. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Yale University — Cardiovascular Research | 400,000 | yale-university | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to Yale University to support research related to atherosclerosis, stroke, and cardiovascular function. This funding will go towards the purchase of a small CT scanner to view the internal organs of small experimental animals, which will both speed up research and reduce costs over the long run. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Lab Retreat | 35,000 | beri | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $35,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support a retreat for Anca Dragan's BAIR lab group, where members will discuss potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison — Layer Hen Welfare Research | 279,000 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $279,000 over three years to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to support Haipeng Shi’s research, in collaboration with Professor Sarah Adcock, on layer hen welfare. Shi’s research will be focused on the welfare effects of beak trimming and on alternatives to beak trimming. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Institute for Strategic Studies — Forecasting Session | 33,000 | International Institute for Strategic Studies | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $33,000 to the International Institute for Strategic Studies to support a session on forecasting at the 2025 Munich Security Conference. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals (2024) | 427,900 | university-of-utah | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $427,900 over two years to the University of Utah to support research led by Professors Michael Kay and Debbie Eckert on developing D-peptide antivirals against henipaviruses with pandemic potential, such as Hendra and Nipah virus. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| GiveWell — General Support (2022) | 4,233,048 | — | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,233,048 to GiveWell for general support. GiveWell is a nonprofit that finds outstanding giving opportunities and makes incubation grants to develop future effective charities. Read more about Open Philanthropy’s relationship to GiveWell here. This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| VegeProject — Corporate Outreach (2022) | 300,000 | VegeProject | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to VegeProject to support its work conducting corporate and institutional outreach to increase the availability of plant-based food in Japan. This follows our July 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Yale University — Malaria Vaccine Research (2022) | 257,193 | yale-university | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $257,193 over three years to Yale University to support research led by Dr. Richard Bucala that will test a vaccine against pMIF in non-human primates. pMIF is a protein that is secreted by Plasmodium falciparum (a pathogen that causes malaria); the team will evaluate whether the vaccine enhances the development of malaria immunity. This research will be done in collaboration with Dr. Chester Joyner at the University of Georgia, whose work we are also supporting. Our science team believes that vaccinating against pMIF may provide an important boost to the efficacy of existing malaria vaccines. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR — EA Web Content | 30,000 | Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR, a recently-formed company, to support its work creating interactive educational web content about effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| theguardian.org – Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2021) | 450,000 | theguardian.org | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 to theguardian.org to support journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty. In keeping with The Guardian’s journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled, and Open Philanthropy will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published. This follows our January 2020 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide The Guardian with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| YIMBY Law — General Support (2022) | 500,000 | YIMBY Law | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to YIMBY Law for general support. YIMBY Law advocates for more affordable housing in California and pursues litigation to ensure that localities comply with state and federal housing law. This follows our October 2020 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FairVote Washington — Ranked Choice Voting Adoption | 217,000 | FairVote Washington | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $217,000 to FairVote Washington to support their work on adopting ranked-choice voting in presidential primaries. | ONN00wZd8U |
| SecureBio — General Support | 4,000,000 | — | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over three years to SecureBio for general support. SecureBio works to develop new technologies and policy proposals to fight against catastrophic pandemics. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Food and Agriculture Research — Keel Bone Damage Reduction | 3,000,000 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over five years to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support a request for proposals for projects to reduce the global incidence of keel bone damage in layer hens. This kind of damage causes severe chronic pain for 30 to 100 percent of the world’s 7 billion layer hens. This follows our April 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Carnegie Mellon University — Research on Adversarial Examples | 343,235 | carnegie-mellon-university | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $343,235 over three years to Carnegie Mellon University to support research led by Professor Aditi Raghunathan on adversarial examples (inputs optimized to cause machine learning models to make mistakes). This follows our August 2021 support for Professor Raghunathan's research, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| World Health Organization — Syphilis Medication Trials | 395,978 | World Health Organization | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $395,978 to the World Health Organization to support a trial evaluating the efficacy of the antibiotic Cefixime to treat syphilis in non-pregnant women. Currently, the only WHO-endorsed treatment for pregnant women is penicillin, which crosses the placental barrier and protects the unborn infant against congenital syphilis. Recent shortages of penicillin have made finding alternative treatments more urgent. If Cefixime is found to be effective in non-pregnant women, this will inform its viability as a treatment for pregnant women in future trials. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| RAND Corporation — Study Planning | 25,000 | RAND | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the RAND Corporation to support planning for a large study on doctors in Nigeria. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Metaculus — Platform Development | 5,500,000 | — | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,500,000 to Metaculus to improve its forecasting platform and service offerings. We believe this will provide Open Philanthropy, our grantees, and many others with improved tools for effective planning in high-priority areas such as mitigating extreme risks from AI and synthetic pathogens. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Zipline — Scoping Grant for Vaccine Delivery | 54,620 | Zipline | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $54,620 to Zipline to carry out scoping work on using drones to increase vaccination uptake. This grant will support Zipline staff to conduct desk-based research, stakeholder consultations, and preliminary program and evaluation design work for the most promising ideas. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2023) | 405,700 | Greater Greater Washington | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $405,700 to Greater Greater Washington to support its work on housing affordability and land use reform in the D.C. metro area. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. The grant amount was updated in July 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The European Consumer Organisation — EU Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 215,000 | European Consumer Organisation | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $215,000 to the European Consumer Organisation to support its work on advocating for farm animal welfare in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kansas State University — Fungal Genetics Stock Center | 50,000 | Kansas State University | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Kansas State University to support the Fungal Genetics Stock Center. This funding is intended to support research on the biological mechanisms of filamentous fungi in order to better understand how to prevent fungal infections, which cause approximately 1.6 million deaths each year. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Cooperation Canada — International Assistance Advocacy in Canada | 300,000 | Cooperation Canada | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to Cooperation Canada to support its work advocating for the Canadian government to increase its spending on international assistance and provide more transparency around its international assistance budget. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| SecureBio — Pathogen Early Warning Project | 570,000 | — | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $570,000 to SecureBio to support a project led by Jeff Kaufman on pathogen early warning systems, which are an important tool in preparing for pandemics and disease outbreaks. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in October 2024. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Epoch — General Support (2023) | 6,922,565 | cBPkzcVBBQ | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,922,565 to Epoch for general support. Epoch researches trends in machine learning to better understand the pace of progress in artificial intelligence, and to help forecast the development of advanced AI and its subsequent economic impacts. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Nautilus Collaboration — Literature Review on Stress Markers in Farmed Fish | 25,000 | Nautilus Collaboration | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Nautilus Collaboration to create a publicly available literature review on chronic stress markers in farmed fish. This review will guide research and assay development for chronic stress and welfare markers that can be used in the aquaculture industry. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Princeton University — Transgenic Mice for Hepatitis B Research | 220,000 | princeton-university | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,000 to Princeton University to support a project led by Alexander Ploss to develop a set of conditional “knockout mice”. These mutant mice will allow Dr. Ploss and his team to test the safety of inhibiting key host factors in the life cycle of hepatitis B virus (HBV). This is one of two grants we’re making to support Dr. Ploss’s research on HBV. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowship | 326,500 | FL52kVPTlA | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $326,500 to the Council on Strategic Risks to support biosecurity fellowships. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support (2021) | 3,000,000 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over two years to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for general support. The funding will allow the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to continue to pursue animal welfare reforms across Europe, including campaigns and litigation to improve the welfare of egg-laying hens, broiler chickens, farmed fish, and other animals. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| GovAI — AI Governance Field-building (February 2025) | 441,613 | — | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $441,613 to the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) to support AI governance field-building. GovAI intends to use this funding to conduct AI governance research and to develop a talent pipeline for those interested in entering the field. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Council on Energy, Environment, and Water — Crop Residue Burning Research | 216,250 | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $216,250 to the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) to support their research on crop residue burning in Punjab in the winter of 2022. CEEW will conduct a survey of farmers in Punjab to ask about residue burning and the availability of alternative uses for crop residue and document case studies of farmers and villages that don’t burn crop residue. Residue burning in October and November is a large source of air pollution in North India. We believe that CEEW’s analysis will help track year-on-year progress and inform policy decisions on this issue. This follows our February 2021 support and falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| University of Ottawa — Institute for Replication (2023) | 464,698 | university-of-ottawa | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $464,698 to the University of Ottawa to support the Institute for Replication, which works to improve the credibility of scientific research by reproducing and replicating results in leading academic journals. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Madre Brava — Corporate Commitments for Alternative Proteins | 300,000 | Madre Brava | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to Madre Brava to support its work to negotiate commitments from food retailers to sell more alternative protein products in place of animal meat products. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Carnegie Mellon University — Benchmark for Web-Based Tasks | 547,452 | carnegie-mellon-university | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $547,452 to Carnegie Mellon University to support research led by Professor Graham Neubig to develop a benchmark for the performance of large language models conducting web-based tasks in the work of software engineers, managers, and accountants. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| DRIIV Foundation — Air Quality Sensors in Delhi | 52,494 | DRIIV Foundation | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $52,494 to the DRIIV Foundation to support the installation of three clusters of air quality sensor networks in Delhi, which will be used to evaluate ongoing pollution control interventions. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Lausanne AI Alignment — AI Alignment Bootcamp | 21,092 | Lausanne AI Alignment | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $21,092 to Lausanne AI Alignment, via Effective Altruism Geneva, to support its work running a 10-day bootcamp where participants will learn skills related to machine learning and AI alignment. Lausanne AI Alignment is a university student group at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — Safety-Critical Machine Learning | 309,441 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $309,441 to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to support research on machine learning in safety-critical environments. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Foundation for Professional Development Fund — Syphilis Genome Sequencing | 229,080 | Foundation for Professional Development Fund | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $229,080 over three years to the Foundation for Professional Development Fund to support their collaboration with the University of Southern California and the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute on genome sequencing for clinical syphilis in southern Africa. This research will help inform efforts to develop a vaccine against syphilis. This is one of three grants we are making to support this collaboration. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| One for the World — General Support (2024) | 296,000 | one-for-the-world | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $296,000 to One for the World for general support. One for the World works on outreach, focused on young professionals at university campuses and in company workplaces, to encourage people to pledge to donate at least 1% of their incomes to effective charities. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Health Security Scholars | 381,220 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $381,220 to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to support its Health Security Scholars program, which provides funding for early-career professionals to work on health security policy. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Workshop | 302,390 | t0p43V5oLA | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $302,390 to Rethink Priorities to support an in-person workshop bringing together professionals working on AI governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2020) | 50,000 | Food Fortification Initiative | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Food Fortification Initiative via Emory University for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Food Fortification Initiative to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit — General Support | 550,000 | Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 over two years to Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit for general support. Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International, and runs a series of conferences for animal welfare advocates and organizations. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (David Baker and Neil King) | 283,539 | university-of-washington | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $283,539 to the University of Washington to support research by David Baker and Neil King on developing a vaccine for syphilis. Baker and King are participating in a collaborative project with Kelly Hawley and Melissa Caimano at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Lorenzo Giacani at the University of Washington, and Anastassia Vorobieva at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology. (See “Related Items” below.) The project will use recent advances in machine learning to carry out synthetic protein design, leveraging Baker and King’s earlier research. Proteins from the pathogen have been redesigned to facilitate tests of their utility as potential components of a future syphilis vaccine. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Vital Strategies — LPG Subsidies Analysis | 37,536 | Vital Strategies | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $37,536 to Vital Strategies to support its work to analyze the cost-effectiveness of subsidizing liquified petroleum gas (LPG). When used as a cooking gas, LPG substitutes for solid fuels, which are more polluting and are one of the largest sources of air pollution in South Asia. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Harvard AI Safety Office | 250,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism to rent and refurbish a temporary office space for one year for the Harvard AI Safety Team. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Food Frontier — Promoting Plant-Based Meat Alternatives in Asia (2022) | 500,000 | Food Frontier | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Food Frontier to support their work promoting plant-based meat alternatives in Asia. Food Frontier provides tools, recommendations, and market research to international companies looking to sell plant-based meat alternatives in Asian markets. This follows our June 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases — Rapid Diagnostic Tests | 356,000 | Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $356,000 to Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases to support the purchase of a semi-automated assembler — a piece of equipment that will allow them to manufacture diagnostic tests more rapidly and more affordably. These tests will be used in low- and middle-income countries, including in support of World Health Organization disease-eradication campaigns. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Government Relations Group — Japanese Support for NTD Elimination | 42,273 | Government Relations Group | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $42,273 to Government Relations Group to support advocacy work for Japan to increase its contribution to the World Health Organization Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Disease. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The contract amount was updated in May 2025. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| University of Oxford — Malaria Vaccine Durability in School-Aged Children | 3,496,050 | university-of-oxford | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,496,050 over three years to the University of Oxford to support a three-part study on the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine in school-aged children in Burkina Faso and Mali, led by Drs. Mehreen Datoo and Halidou Tinto. Part one of the study will examine the durability of the current four-dose vaccine schedule, as well as determine how much protection a school-age booster dose would provide. Parts two and three will evaluate the most suitable dose for a school-age booster, and the social acceptability of the school-age booster. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| OpenMined — Research on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and AI Safety | 28,320 | OpenMined | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $28,320 to OpenMined to support research on the intersection between privacy-enhancing technologies and technical infrastructure for AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Edinburgh — Preterm Birth RCT | 344,973 | university-of-edinburgh | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $344,973 to the University of Edinburgh over 1.5 years to support a randomized controlled trial on a combination treatment (aspirin, a vitamin supplement, and one dose of azithromycin) aimed at improving birth outcomes in Botswana and other countries with similar income levels. The University of Edinburgh will work jointly with the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership on the project. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| High Impact Medicine — General Support | 321,338 | High Impact Medicine | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $321,338 to High Impact Medicine to support its work building a community to help medical students and doctors do more good with their careers. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| AI Impacts — Expert Survey on Progress in AI | 345,000 | TdbypiKyCw | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $345,000 to AI Impacts to support an expert survey on progress in artificial intelligence. AI Impacts works to answer questions about the future of artificial intelligence. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in March 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| GovAI — General Support (November 2024) | 400,000 | — | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to GovAI for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and helps build the AI governance research community. This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| World Organisation for Animal Health — Animal Welfare Standards in Southeast Asia | 515,000 | World Organisation for Animal Health | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $515,000 over three years to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to support training for government officials on the implementation of OIE animal welfare standards in Southeast Asia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| VegeProject — Corporate Outreach (2024) | 300,000 | VegeProject | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to VegeProject to support its work conducting corporate and institutional outreach to increase the availability of plant-based food in Japan. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Abundant Housing Massachusetts — General Support (2023) | 600,000 | Abundant Housing Massachusetts | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to Abundant Housing Massachusetts for general support. Abundant Housing Massachusetts advocates for policies that would produce more housing across Massachusetts and within the Greater Boston area. This follows our March 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Amsterdam — HCV Vaccine Research | 3,464,862 | University of Amsterdam | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,464,862 over three years to the University of Amsterdam to support the design and preclinical testing of two vaccine candidates for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Roughly 100 million people are living with chronic HCV infection, and roughly 500,000 people die annually from HCV-related causes; an effective preventative vaccine for HCV would be extremely impactful. The project will be led by Kwinten Sliepen, Rogier Sanders, and Janke Schinkel. During their research, the team will employ recent advances in synthetic protein development via machine learning. They will design virus-like particles (VLPs) that present selected structural features of HCV to the immune system. The VLPs will be tested for efficacy as components of both protein and mRNA vaccines. This grant also included funding for the University of Washington, which is collaborating on the project. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| PIBBSS — AI Safety Summer Fellowship (2023) | 239,000 | Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $239,000 to Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS) to support a summer research fellowship for academics. Fellows will research the parallels between intelligent behavior in natural and artificial systems, with the goal of finding insights relevant to AI safety and alignment. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| AI Safety Support — Research on Trends in Machine Learning | 42,000 | ai-safety-support | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $42,000 to AI Safety Support to scale up a research group, led by Jaime Sevilla, which studies trends in machine learning. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Standards (2021) | 300,000 | beri | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support work on the development and implementation of AI safety standards that may reduce potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. An additional grant to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity will support related work. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2023) | 380,000 | Consultants for Impact | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $380,000 to the Effective Altruism Consulting Network (now Consultants for Impact) for general support. EACN supports consultants as they transition into new careers for the purpose of increasing their social impact. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Future of Humanity Institute — Economist Survey | 30,000 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to the Future of Humanity Institute to support work on an expert survey asking economists to predict the likelihood that global economic growth will increase significantly in the future. This falls within our work on longtermism. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Future Impact Group — Research Mentorship Program | 219,133 | Future Impact Group | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $219,133 to Oxford Future Impact Group to support its research mentorship program for topics in AI safety, AI policy, and other areas. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for a New American Security — Work on AI Governance | 5,149,398 | cnas | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,149,398 over three years to the Center for a New American Security to support work related to artificial intelligence policy and governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in April 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Probably Good — Career Advice (2023) | 455,800 | probably-good | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $455,800 to Probably Good to support its work on online content, including career guides and career profiles, aimed at helping people have more impact with their careers. This follows our February 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Daniel Kang — LLM Hacking Benchmarks | 265,000 | Daniel Kang | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $265,000 over two years to Professor Daniel Kang to support a project to develop benchmarks to measure how well LLM agents perform hacking tasks. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Oregon Health & Science University — Nanobody Discovery for Malaria Prevention | 385,480 | Oregon Health and Science University | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $385,480 over two years to the Oregon Health & Science University to support a proof-of-concept study led by Professor Fikadu Tafesse to explore the potential of Nanobodies as a multivalent intervention that can provide a cheaper, more scalable alternative to monoclonal antibodies for malaria prevention. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of California, Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy) (2023) | 3,042,600 | uc-berkeley | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,042,600 over three years to UC Berkeley to support research led by Dr. Irina Conboy on the mechanisms of aging. In her previous work, Dr. Conboy has identified ten new biomarkers and a set of pathways that may potentially be involved in the repression of biological renewal and repair in older mice and humans. This grant will fund the development of tools to trace tissue-specific changes associated with aging and rejuvenation through blood “dilution” techniques (e.g. apheresis, therapeutic blood exchange, and albumin replacement) in mice. We hope this work will contribute to our understanding of the biology of aging and could identify druggable targets that might be better suited for future clinical trials. This follows our June 2019 support, falls within our work on scientific research (specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science), and is a product of our investigation into research on the mechanisms of aging. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| CalHDF — General Support (2023) | 440,000 | CalHDF | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $440,000 over two years to CalHDF for general support. CalHDF intends to continue pursuing litigation and legal advocacy to support the production of new housing in California. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2020) | 50,000 | Project Healthy Children | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Project Healthy Children for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Project Healthy Children to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| BlueDot Impact — General Support (2025) | 25,649,888 | bluedot-impact | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,649,888 over three years to BlueDot Impact for general support. BlueDot's mission is to build the workforce needed to safely navigate transformative AI. This follows our August 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Chicago — Research on Complementary AI | 250,000 | university-of-chicago | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the University of Chicago to support research, led by Professor Chenhao Tan, on how to train AI systems to complement human efforts. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Rights Center Japan — Corporate Campaigns (2022) | 300,000 | Animal Rights Center Japan | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to Animal Rights Center Japan (ARCJ) to support their work on corporate campaigns to improve broiler chicken and layer hen welfare in Japan. In the last two years, ARCJ has successfully secured cage-free commitments from many Japanese companies. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (February 2022) | 48,823,039 | evidence-action | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $48,823,039 to Evidence Action to support their Dispensers for Safe Water program. The program installs, maintains, and promotes the use of chlorine dispensers in rural areas in Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. Note that GiveWell's figure of "up to $64.7 million" includes a potential exit grant that may or may not be released — see here for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Gordon Research Conferences — Genetic Biocontrol Conference | 25,000 | Gordon Research Conferences | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to Gordon Research Conferences to support a conference on genetic biocontrol. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Development Learning Lab — Knowledge Reviews, Policy Reports, and Knowledge Services | 300,000 | Development Learning Lab | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) to support the Development Learning Lab in producing knowledge reviews and policy reports, as well as providing knowledge services aimed at improving development outcomes. The Lab is a research and learning center that works with development practitioners and the Norwegian government to enhance learning and improve development spending. It is a collaboration between CMI, the University of Bergen, the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), and NHH’s Centre for Applied Research. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Arb Research — Shallow Review of AI Safety Research | 5,000 | — | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,000 to Arb Research to support an updated version of the shallow review of AI safety agendas the organization produced in 2023. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Building in North America — Building Code Reform (2025) | 500,000 | Center for Building in North America | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to the Center for Building in North America to support work to reform multi-family building codes. This follows our December 2022 support and was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| IRD Global — Organizational Support | 5,399,805 | IRD Global | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,399,805 over three years to IRD Global to address organizational challenges through measures that include: Retaining consultants to support the development of effective strategy, business, and operating models. Hiring key staff, including a COO, a project manager, and a cost-effectiveness analysis team leader. Commissioning an ERP software system to increase operational efficiency and reduce financial risk. The grant will also provide deficit relief, allowing IRD leadership to focus more time on strategy rather than reducing the deficit. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Purdue University — Imatinib Trial for Drug-Resistant Malaria | 600,000 | purdue-university | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over three years to Purdue University to support a phase III trial of imatinib, a drug previously approved to treat leukemia, to test its efficacy against drug-resistant strains of malaria in Vietnam. This research will be coordinated by Professor Philip Low, who previously organized a successful phase II trial of imatinib. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Energy for Growth Hub — General Support | 500,000 | The Energy for Growth Hub | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Economic Growth in LMICs] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over three years to the Energy for Growth Hub for general support. The Energy for Growth Hub is a think tank that works to expand energy access and foster climate resilience in developing countries. This falls within our focus area of economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. | mQvLJvlmP_ |
| University of Utah — Course on Human-AI Alignment | 31,773 | university-of-utah | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $31,773 to the University of Utah to support Daniel Brown in developing a course on human-AI alignment. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic — Global Farmed Animal Benchmark | 350,000 | Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 over two years to the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic to support the development of a pilot Global Farmed Animal Benchmark, a report comparing legal protections for farm animals across countries. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool | 564,701 | CSTEP | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $564,701 over three years to the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) to support their work on modeling air pollution in South Asia. CSTEP will be working to develop a modeling tool called PAVITRA (air Pollution mAnagement and interVentIon Tool foR IndiA) in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and the University of Washington. This is one of four grants we will be making to support this collaboration. PAVITRA will pair an inventory of emissions in India with a modeling platform that converts changes in emissions to changes in pollution concentrations. This tool will make it much easier to understand the pollution and health impacts of interventions targeting a given source of emissions. We see a lack of cost-benefit analysis as a major gap in air quality management in India and the rest of South Asia. We anticipate that PAVITRA may be used by policymakers or researchers to improve their policy analyses and prioritize the most impactful policies, with a high impact on health outcomes in expectation. This grant falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| KU Leuven — Influenza Antiviral Research | 3,550,000 | KU Leuven | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,550,000 to KU Leuven to support research, led by Lieve Naesens, to optimize drug candidates that inhibit the influenza virus RNA polymerase and may be useful as antiviral drugs. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — AI Governance Research (2022) | 597,717 | carnegie-endowment | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $597,717 over two years to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to support a research project on international AI governance led by Matt Sheehan. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| World Health Organization – Next-Generation Malaria Vaccines | 359,053 | World Health Organization | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $359,053 to the World Health Organization’s Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals department to support the development of next-generation malaria vaccines. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Princeton University — Graduate Student Support | 500,000 | princeton-university | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over four years to Princeton University to support academic course development, teaching, and research conducted by two of Professor Elad Hazan’s graduate students, Jennifer Sun and Xinyi Chen. These activities will help Jennifer and Xinyi to explore transitioning the focus of their graduate work from optimization algorithms to AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Constellation — General Support | 3,200,000 | Constellation | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,200,000 to Constellation for general support. Constellation is an independent research center that aims to help the world safely navigate the development of transformative AI. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stanford University — Immunization Research | 350,000 | stanford-university | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 to Stanford University to support research led by Professor Michael Fischbach on a novel immunization method. Professor Fischbach recently discovered that exposing mice to a strain of engineered bacteria can induce an immune response that is effective against melanoma tumors. This funding will support further research investigating this phenomenon. We view this as a grant with a low probability of success, but high potential upside, because the work could significantly advance immunology, vaccine development, and cancer treatment. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — Course Development Support (Jacob Steinhardt) | 53,983 | uc-berkeley | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $53,983 over two years to UC Berkeley to support Professor Jacob Steinhardt’s development, in collaboration with Danny Hernandez and Yan Zhang, of a course on forecasting. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Shrimp Welfare Project — General Support | 300,000 | Shrimp Welfare Project | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to the Shrimp Welfare Project for general support. The Shrimp Welfare Project is a new charity that works to better the lives of farmed shrimp globally by working with shrimp farmers and purchasers to improve their welfare standards. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Vaccine Formulation Institute — Clinical Development of Novel Adjuvants | 5,732,100 | Vaccine Formulation Institute | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,732,100 over two years to the Vaccine Formulation Institute to support the clinical development of novel, open-access adjuvants. Adjuvants are key components added to vaccines that enhance the body’s immune response — an essential step in developing effective vaccines against complex global health diseases. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Animal Kingdom Foundation — Layer Hen Welfare in the Philippines (2021) | 365,700 | Animal Kingdom Foundation | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $365,700 over two years to Animal Kingdom Foundation to support their work advocating for layer hen welfare in the Philippines. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Conjecture — AI Safety Technical Program | 223,569 | — | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $223,569 to Conjecture to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA) program, which helps individuals interested in AI safety improve their technical expertise in machine learning. Conjecture will host the program. This is one of two grants we’re making to support the program; the other will go to AI Safety Support. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Lee Foster — LLM Misuse Database | 223,000 | Lee Foster | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $223,000 to Lee Foster to support the creation of a database tracking instances of users attempting to misuse large language models, and the production of quarterly reports summarizing findings. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| New York University — Wild Animal Welfare Program | 300,000 | nyu | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to New York University to support their Wild Animal Welfare program, led by professors Becca Franks and Jeff Sebo. The program will host workshops and other academic field-building activities aimed at understanding how human activity and environmental change impact wild animal welfare, and how humans can improve their interactions with wild animals. This falls within our work on animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Scarlet Spark – Management and Leadership Training | 450,750 | Scarlet Spark | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,750 over two years to Scarlet Spark to support its work providing coaching and organizational support for organizations advocating for farm animal welfare. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in May 2024. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (2021) | 21,942,167 | malaria-consortium | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $21,942,167 to the Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. See GiveWell's website for more details. Read GiveWell’s review of Malaria Consortium to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rethink Priorities — Dimensions of Welfare Workshop | 40,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,000 to Rethink Priorities to support a workshop where scholars from animal welfare science, pain science, and philosophy will identify ways to empirically measure how welfare threats that vary in severity and duration affect overall welfare in farmed animals. This follows our March 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Consultants for Impact — Career Transition Fellowship | 318,000 | Consultants for Impact | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $318,000 to Consultants for Impact to support a career transition fellowship pilot. Consultants for Impact supports current, former, and prospective consultants to optimize the social impact of their careers. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Harvard AI Safety Team | 550,000 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to fund a project facilitating AI safety education and outreach activities for Harvard students. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Princeton University — Research on Hepatitis B Variant | 330,000 | princeton-university | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,000 over 1.5 years to Princeton University to support research led by Alexander Ploss on developing a variant of hepatitis B virus (HBV) that would infect certain non-human primates. At least 250-400 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV. A major roadblock to effective treatments is the lack of suitable animal models. We think that such models would significantly increase the probability that a cure for HBV is developed. This is one of two grants we’re making to support Dr. Ploss’s research on HBV. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| IDinsight — Public Health Surveys in India | 282,000 | idinsight | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $282,000 to IDinsight to support a project to conduct surveys across ten Indian states on household air pollution and potential sources of lead exposure, using IDinsight's DataDelta India Panel platform. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Altruistic Agency — Tech Support for Nonprofits | 30,000 | Altruistic Agency | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Altruistic Agency to support its work providing free tech support and software development to nonprofits. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Cybersecurity Bootcamp | 42,807 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $42,807 to Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support a multi-week bootcamp aimed at building cybersecurity expertise among students interested in AI safety. This grant was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| GDI Solutions — Lead Exposure Strategy Development (2024) | 259,582 | GDI Solutions | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $259,582 to GDI Solutions to support strategy development for preventing and reducing lead exposure globally. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Animal Ask — Cage-free Data Analysis | 35,000 | Animal Ask | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $35,000 to Animal Ask to support a project to produce key cage-free egg estimates among large retailers and food service companies in fifteen countries. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Librea — Effective Altruism Book Rights | 40,000 | Librea | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,000 to Librea, a project aimed at purchasing the legal rights to books related to effective altruism so they can be freely distributed. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| IRD Global — Mobile Conditional Cash Transfers for Immunizations | 25,000,000 | IRD Global | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000,000 to Interactive Research & Development (IRD) Global to support their work promoting immunization in Sindh Province, Pakistan, including a mobile phone-based conditional cash transfer program and an electronic immunization registry. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund — Postdoctoral Fellowship | 238,000 | Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $238,000 over three years to the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund to support a postdoctoral fellowship for an early-career immunologist. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| FAR.AI — AI Field Building (2025) | 6,650,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,650,000 over two years to FAR.AI to support FAR.Futures, an initiative that consists of events, outreach activities, and other programs aimed at helping to build and coordinate the fields of AI safety research and governance. FAR.AI is a nonprofit that works to accelerate research agendas to ensure AI systems are more trustworthy and beneficial to society. This follows our April 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Alignment Research Center — General Support | 265,000 | — | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $265,000 to the Alignment Research Center (ARC) for general support. ARC focuses on developing strategies for AI alignment that can be adopted by industry today and scaled to future machine learning systems. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2022) | 34,500 | Consultants for Impact | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $34,500 to the Effective Altruism Consulting Network for general support. The EA Consulting Network supports consultants as they transition into careers with intentionally greater social impact. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2021) | 50,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to support its Universal Salt Iodization program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GAIN's Universal Salt Iodization program to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — AI Safety Communications Centre | 288,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $288,000 to the Effective Ventures Foundation to support the AI Safety Communications Centre. This project provides the AI safety community with communications support, and connects journalists to AI safety experts and resources. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Sinergia Animal — Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia (2021) | 291,500 | Sinergia Animal | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $291,500 to Sinergia Animal to continue support for farm animal welfare public awareness and corporate campaigns in Southeast Asia. Since our June 2019 support, Sinergia Animal has helped secure welfare commitments from a number of major retailers working in the region. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Edinburgh — Syphilis Genome Sequencing | 357,880 | university-of-edinburgh | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $357,880 to the University of Edinburgh to support work to sequence clinical syphilis genomes in southern Africa, which will help inform efforts to develop a vaccine against syphilis. This work will be contracted out to the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, which is collaborating with the University of Southern California and the Foundation for Professional Development Fund on this project. This is one of three grants we are making to support this collaboration. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Maryland — Research on Neural Network Generalization | 350,000 | university-of-maryland | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 over three years to the University of Maryland to support research led by Professor Tom Goldstein on how neural networks generalize. We sought applications for this funding to support FTX Future Fund grantees affected by the fund’s collapse. The application is still open, and we may fund more applicants. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Outlook — Investigations Training | 50,000 | Animal Outlook | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Animal Outlook to support its training program, which teaches independent organizations outside the U.S. how to conduct investigations into the welfare of farmed animals. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences — Portable Fish EEG | 384,000 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $384,000 over two years to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences to support work, led by Dr. Albin Gräns, to build and test a portable tank that can administer electroencephalogram (EEG) tests to detect a fish’s level of consciousness after it is electrically stunned. This work is intended to help commercial fishers and fish farmers develop slaughter methods that produce less suffering. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Seton Hall University — Longtermism Course Development | 39,780 | Seton Hall University | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $39,780 to Seton Hall University to support Professor Travis Timmerman’s work on developing and teaching a philosophy course titled “Longtermism: Past, Present, and Future”. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Chicago — Existential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program (2023) | 285,000 | university-of-chicago | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $285,000 to the University of Chicago to support the Existential Risk Laboratory (formerly known as the Chicago School of Existential Risk), which is a summer research fellowship for undergraduate and graduate students focused on reducing existential risks. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2021) | 246,564 | georgetown-university | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $246,564 to Georgetown University to support a fellowship related to AI and cybersecurity policy. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Rethink Priorities — Animal Welfare Research | 468,004 | t0p43V5oLA | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $468,004 over two years to Rethink Priorities to support a research project on animal welfare and sentience, especially for species that are currently poorly understood. These funds will assist a team of academic collaborators in publishing papers and help to build a network of animal welfare researchers. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| YIMBY Melbourne — General Support | 500,000 | YIMBY Melbourne | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to YIMBY Melbourne for general support. YIMBY Melbourne advocates for the reform of restrictive land use regulations throughout Australia that limit housing supply and drive up costs. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Global Rice Research Foundation — Food Security Fellowships | 24,750 | Global Rice Research Foundation | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $24,750 over two years to the Global Rice Research Foundation to support fellowships for PhD students interested in food security. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Responsible Food Business — Corporate Engagement Group | 500,000 | Center for Responsible Food Business | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to the Center for Responsible Food Business to support their work starting a new US-focused corporate engagement group. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Centre for the Governance of AI — General Support (2023) | 3,000,000 | — | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and works to develop a talent pipeline for those interested in entering the field. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in July 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Open New York — Housing Advocacy in New York (2022) | 500,000 | Open New York | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Open New York. Open New York is a nonprofit advocating for policies to enable more housing density in New York. This funding will enable them to expand their leadership team and to do more work at a city and state level. This follows our August 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sightline Institute — YIMBYtown (2022) | 50,000 | Sightline Institute | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Sightline Institute to support a national “Yes In My Backyard” conference, which took place in Portland, Oregon. This was added funding to cover additional costs due to COVID. We previously supported the first three national YIMBY conferences, which were held in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado; in 2017 in Oakland, California; and in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. This grant follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Wren Collective — Criminal Justice Reform Communications Strategies | 250,000 | The Wren Collective | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Wren Collective, via Social and Environmental Engineers, Inc., to support work developing and implementing criminal justice reform communications strategies. The Wren Collective intends to use this funding to train and advise reform-minded prosecutors on strategies to proactively communicate about issues relevant to criminal justice reform. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund | 500,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) to support its Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund (EAIF). The EAIF intends to re-grant this funding to interventions that aim to increase the impact of projects related to effective altruism, by increasing those projects’ access to talent, capital, and knowledge. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to reduce global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (EVF, May 2024) | 23,153,562 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $23,153,562 to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism, which works to build and support the effective altruism community. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals | 385,000 | university-of-utah | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $385,000 over 18 months to the University of Utah to support research led by Michael Kay and Debbie Eckert on developing D-peptide antivirals against henipaviruses that have pandemic potential, such as Hendra and Nipah virus. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) — General Support | 237,000 | london-initiative-safe-ai | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $237,000 to the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) for general support. LISA is a research center that improves the safety of advanced AI systems by supporting and empowering the London AI safety community. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Conjecture — Cybersecurity Bootcamp | 223,134 | — | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $223,134 to Conjecture to support a four-week educational AI security bootcamp. This course will aim to upskill twenty participants in various cybersecurity topics related to securing advanced AI systems. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Sage — AI Explainers | 550,000 | Sage | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to Sage to support the creation of public explainers and demos explaining AI capabilities and their effects for AI Digest, a website focused on recent developments in AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Ethical Seafood Research — Research on Farmed Tilapia Welfare in Egypt | 56,250 | Ethical Seafood Research | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $56,250 to Ethical Seafood Research to support research into the farmed Nile tilapia industry in Egypt, aimed at understanding the state of tilapia welfare in Egypt and how it could be improved. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| National Bureau of Economic Research — Innovation Policy Working Group | 467,500 | National Bureau of Economic Research | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $467,500 over two years to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to support its Innovation Policy Working Group, led by Professors Benjamin Jones and Heidi Williams. This funding will support a summer boot camp for PhD students on the economics of innovation, as well as an innovation policy workshop. We believe that these activities could help build the field of innovation economics, which in turn could improve science and innovation policy in the U.S. and other countries. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Focus Philanthropy — Farm Animal Welfare Fundraising | 220,000 | Focus Philanthropy | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,000 to Focus Philanthropy to support their work on fundraising for farm animal welfare organizations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Vaccine Institute — Hepatitis E Vaccine Trial (2023) | 3,500,000 | International Vaccine Institute | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,500,000 over three years to the International Vaccine Institute to support a clinical trial led by Dr. Julia Lynch testing the safety of Hecolin, a hepatitis E vaccine, in children and HIV-positive adults. Hecolin is the only hepatitis E vaccine currently available. Our team believes this work could generate data that would help to convince the World Health Organization to put it on one of its Lists of Essential Medicines, which would lead to it becoming more widely used. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| National Academy of Sciences — Gametogenesis Workshop | 225,000 | National Academy of Sciences | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $225,000 to the National Academy of Sciences to support a workshop on in-vitro gametogenesis. Scientists are currently developing new methods to produce human gametes in vitro that could significantly affect reproductive medicine; this workshop will explore their scientific, ethical, and regulatory implications. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Algorithmic Alignment Group | 30,000 | beri | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 over three years to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the Algorithmic Alignment Group (AAG). Led by Dylan Hadfield-Menell, AAG researches how humans and AI systems interact in the contexts of value learning, incentives, recommendation, debugging, and policy. This follows our March 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| iGEM — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Project | 300,000 | iGem,International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation to support a project, led by Piers Millett, on verification of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). The BWC, enacted in 1972, bans the development and use of biological weapons, which we believe have the potential to cause significant harm. Verification of compliance with the BWC has been chronically neglected. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Center for Open Science — Metascience 2025 Conference | 50,000 | Center for Open Science | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Center for Open Science to support the Metascience 2025 conference. “Metascience” is the scientific study of the research process itself — this conference will connect academics, policymakers, and others seeking to improve the quality of scientific research. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Hive — General Support (2025) | 250,000 | Hive | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 over two years to Hive for general support. Hive connects farmed animal advocates to increase their impact. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support (2023) | 350,000 | Animal Charity Evaluators | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $350,000 to Animal Charity Evaluators for general support. Animal Charity Evaluators is a research and grantmaking organization that works to identify and recommend cost-effective animal welfare charities. This follows our June 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Good Food Institute — General Support (2024) | 5,300,000 | good-food-institute | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,300,000 to the Good Food Institute for general support, including its work promoting plant-based alternatives to animal products. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Convergent Research — Sequencing Roadmap | 250,000 | convergent-research | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 over three years to Convergent Research to support their work on a sequencing roadmap project, as well as projects related to non-biological ways to improve biosecurity. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT — Pneumonia Diagnostics | 3,100,000 | Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,100,000 over three years to the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT to support research, led by Professor Sangeeta Bhatia, to develop novel methods to diagnose pediatric pneumonia in lower- and middle-income countries. Professor Bhatia has used similar technology to develop diagnostic tools for cancer and other diseases. Pneumonia, which causes 14% of all deaths of children under 5, is caused by multiple different diseases, and better diagnostics could help more children receive appropriate treatments. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Task Force for Global Health — Global Flu Funders Consortium | 323,000 | The Task Force for Global Health | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $323,000 over two years to The Task Force for Global Health to support the Global Funders Consortium for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development, a nonprofit that coordinates and shares information about influenza research. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rethink Priorities — Fish Welfare Conference | 42,054 | t0p43V5oLA | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $42,054 to Rethink Priorities to support a joint conference for researchers and advocates working to improve fish welfare in Western Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Washington — HCV Vaccine Research | 355,608 | university-of-washington | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $355,608 to the University of Washington to support the design and preclinical testing of two vaccine candidates for Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Roughly 100 million people are living with chronic HCV infection, and roughly 500,000 people die annually from HCV-related causes; an effective preventative vaccine for HCV would be extremely impactful. During their research, the team will employ recent advances in synthetic protein development via machine learning. They will design Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) that present selected structural features of HCV to the immune system. The VLPs will be tested for efficacy as components of both protein and mRNA vaccines. This grant also included funding for the University of Amsterdam, whose researchers are leading the project. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Constellation — Coworking Space | 3,000,000 | Constellation | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to Constellation to support an office space in Berkeley that is used by professionals across roughly 20 different organizations who are working on projects aimed at improving the long-run future of humanity, such as by reducing risks from transformative technologies. (Some Open Philanthropy staff also work from this office space.) Constellation is a project of Redwood Research. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Leap Labs — Interpretability Research | 230,000 | Leap Labs | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $230,000 to Leap Labs to support research on AI interpretability, particularly model agnostic interpretability. This grant was made primarily based on the recommendation of an external technical advisor. It falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| FAR.AI — Language Model Misalignment | 425,800 | FAR AI,Language Model Safety Fund | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $425,800 to FAR.AI, led by Ethan Perez, to support salaries and equipment for projects related to misalignment in language models. Perez plans to hire and supervise four engineers to work on these projects. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| One Health and Development Initiative — Fish Welfare in Africa | 299,000 | One Health and Development Initiative | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $299,000 over two years to the One Health and Development Initiative to support fish welfare policy and capacity-building interventions in major fish-producing countries within Africa. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2021) | 250,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) for general support. CWN observes and collects data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms and builds public support for criminal justice reform. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Successif — AI Safety Management Consulting | 227,000 | Successif | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $227,000 to Successif to support RAISEimpact, a consulting program designed to help AI safety organizations strengthen leadership, management, and organizational culture. The program works with leadership teams to identify bottlenecks and implement high-leverage interventions that enable these organizations to operate more effectively and maximize their positive impact. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| European Institute for Animal Law and Policy — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 430,000 | European Institute for Animal Law and Policy | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $430,000 to the European Institute for Animal Law and Policy to support their work advocating for farm animal welfare in the European Union. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Biosecurity Coworking Space | 5,318,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,318,000 over three years to the Centre for Effective Altruism to support a coworking space in Boston for teams working on biosecurity, including Kevin Esvelt’s lab and their collaborators. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University of Southern California — Course Development Support (Jake Nebel) | 33,000 | usc | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $33,000 over two years to the University of Southern California to support Professor Jake Nebel’s development of a course on philosophical debates around efforts to improve longtermism. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2021) | 450,000 | Greater Greater Washington | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 over two years to support its work on housing affordability and land use reform, and to allow them to expand their work to Maryland. This follows our August 2019 grant and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveWell — General Support (2021) | 3,600,295 | — | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,600,295 to GiveWell for general support. GiveWell is a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities. We expect this grant to increase the availability of high-quality information and analysis about charities and giving opportunities, thereby increasing the impact of donors who use GiveWell’s research. Read more about Open Philanthropy’s relationship to GiveWell here. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Effective Altruism – General Support (EVF USA, November 2023) | 3,406,887 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,406,887 to the Effective Ventures Foundation USA (EVF USA) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism, which works to build and support the effective altruism community. We made a simultaneous grant to EVF, also for general support. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. The grant amount was updated in August 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Future of Humanity Institute — Administrative and Operational Support | 400,000 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), via Effective Ventures Foundation UK, to support their administrative and operational expenses. FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford that conducts research related to existential risk and humanity’s long-term future. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| FutureSearch — Forecasting Question Automation | 356,000 | — | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $356,000 to FutureSearch to support research on automating the generation of forecasting questions. Generating forecasting questions is a key bottleneck to the wider adoption of forecasting tools. The results of the project will be made freely available to the public. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Effective Altruism Funds — Infrastructure Fund Regranting | 4,929,000 | ea-funds | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,929,000 to Effective Altruism Funds, via the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), to support regranting by the Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund (EAIF). The EAIF will regrant this funding to organizations or people that aim to grow or improve the effective altruism community. This follows our February 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| American University of Beirut — STI Diagnostic | 49,000 | American University of Beirut | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $49,000 to the American University of Beirut to purchase an instrument to perform diagnostic tests that will be used in a research project to understand the prevalence of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) in Lebanon. Currently, the burden of STIs in Lebanon is neglected and poorly understood, especially among marginalized groups such as the large population of refugees in Lebanon. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Certified Humane — PR for Certification System | 280,000 | Certified Humane | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $280,000 over two years to Certified Humane to hire a public relations firm to promote their farm animal welfare certification system in several countries across Southeast Asia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Global Animal Partnership — Exit Grant | 500,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) to support their work on farm animal welfare. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide GAP with about one year of operational support. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Unlimit Health — General Support (2021) | 3,129,000 | Unlimit Health | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,129,000 to Unlimit Health (formerly the SCI Foundation) for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of SCI to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Non-Trivial — Fellowship Program (May 2023) | 315,894 | non-trivial | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $315,894 to Non-Trivial to support its online fellowship program for young people who are interested in helping solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. This follows our July 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Swaniti Initiative — Indian Parliamentary Air Quality Staff | 533,444 | Swaniti Initiative | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $533,444 over two years to the Swaniti Initiative to support their work providing Indian Members of Parliament with research assistance focused on air quality. The Swaniti Initiative will staff 25 MPs with one associate each, who will provide research and logistical support to help their MPs engage with air quality in their constituencies and at different levels of government. We see increasing government stakeholder engagement as an essential part of our strategy for improving air quality in India. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. The grant amount was updated in August 2023. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Focus Philanthropy — Farm Animal Welfare Fundraising (2024) | 440,000 | Focus Philanthropy | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $440,000 over two years to Focus Philanthropy to support their work on fundraising for farm animal welfare organizations. Focus Philanthropy connects philanthropists with giving opportunities to reduce the harms of factory farming. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in June 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| One for the World — General Support (2022) | 299,285 | one-for-the-world | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $299,285 to One for the World, an organization that encourages people to pledge a percentage of their annual income to highly effective charities. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| University of Warsaw — Effective Altruism Course Development | 6,160 | University of Warsaw | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,160 to the University of Warsaw to support the development and running of a course called "Critical Introduction to Effective Altruism" taught by Maciej Zając. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Rutgers University — Global Discussions of Life Sciences Governance | 400,000 | rutgers-university | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to Rutgers University to support work led by Professor Nir Eyal. This project aims to advance an interdisciplinary, global conversation about the governance of life sciences research. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| GovAI — General Support (November 2024) | 600,000 | — | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over three years to GovAI for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and helps build the AI governance research community. (This is separate from the other grant we made to GovAI in November 2024.) This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit — Travel Scholarships (2024) | 360,000 | Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $360,000 to Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit to support travel grants for international attendees of their 2024 summit. Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International, and runs an annual conference for animal welfare advocates and organizations. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — In-Line Chlorination in Malawi | 4,449,309 | evidence-action | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,449,309 to Evidence Action to support its in-line chlorination program in Malawi, which will install devices that automatically disinfect water at shared water collection points. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. Note that GiveWell’s figure of “up to $5.6 million” includes a potential exit grant if GiveWell ends its support of this program. The grant amount was updated in March 2023. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Yale University — Migration Research in Nepal | 276,981 | yale-university | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $276,981 over four years to Yale University to support research led by Professor Mushfiq Mobarak on how information delivered by NGOs and peer mentors to potential migrants affects migration rates and wages in Nepal. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Pollination Project — Movement Building (2022) | 370,000 | The Pollination Project | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $370,000 over two years to The Pollination Project to support their work building the farm animal welfare movements in Brazil, Mexico, and India through re-granting to individuals and organizations working in these countries. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Should We Studio — Video Production (2023) | 245,000 | Should We Studio | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $245,000 to Should We Studio to support the creation of animated videos that will introduce viewers to effective altruism and related concepts. We sought applications for this funding to support outreach projects aimed at growing the community of people motivated to work on global catastrophic risk reduction. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. It represents an “exit grant”. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Philip Bejon) | 472,016 | The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $472,016 over three years to The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme to participate in a phase III clinical trial of a malaria vaccine developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford. Dr. Philip Bejon will serve as the Programme's principal investigator. The trial, funded by the Serum Institute of India, will be conducted in collaboration with the University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako; the Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso; the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé; and the Ifakara Health Institute. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Brown University — Pandemic Center | 450,000 | brown-university | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 over three years to Brown University’s Pandemic Center for operational support. The Pandemic Center works to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience to pandemics, other biological emergencies, and the harms they pose. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| PATH — RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Implementation | 4,998,769 | PATH | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,998,769 to PATH to support ministries of health in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi in the implementation of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Good Science Project — Analysis of U.S. R&D Funding | 238,460 | Good Science Project | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $238,460 to the Good Science Project to support the expansion and maintenance of a U.S. R&D funding dashboard. This project, led by Professor Jeremy Berg, will enable him to expand his existing work tracking National Institutes of Health grant allocations, and produce related analysis of the science funding landscape. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Welfare Standards | 525,000 | Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $525,000 over two years to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) to support its work to develop and implement welfare standards for farmed aquatic animals, which will be incorporated into its sustainability certification program. This follows our March 2018 support for ASC’s work on fish welfare standards, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| New York University — Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Follow-Up | 450,000 | nyu | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 over two years to New York University to support research by the Marron Institute of Urban Management to follow up on their Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative. This initiative hosted workshops in Ethiopian cities to provide technical assistance on urban planning to mayors and other officials. This research will evaluate the initiative’s results in 18 Ethiopian cities. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Vaccine Institute — Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium | 3,600,492 | International Vaccine Institute | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,600,492 over four years to the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to support the Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium (SAVAC), a collaboration involving IVI and researchers at other institutions that seeks to help accelerate the availability of a vaccine against Strep A, which causes around 500,000 deaths per year. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Pattern Labs — Technological Risk Mitigation | 6,799,999 | Pattern Labs | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,800,000 over two years to Pattern Labs to support the development of software and analysis focused on mitigating the security risks of advanced and emerging technologies. This falls within our work on mitigating global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform (2021) | 250,000 | Citizen Action of New York | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Citizen Action of New York to support work on criminal justice reform. Citizen Action intends to use these funds to continue to engage in grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy to decarcerate jails, reform the pretrial system, and advance other reforms to the criminal justice system. This follows our October 2019 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide Citizen Action of New York with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| A World of Good Initiative — Animal Welfare Forum in Asia | 46,600 | A World of Good Initiative | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $46,600 to A World of Good Initiative to support an animal welfare forum, co-organized with the World Organization for Animal Health, which will convene government officials from approximately 30 Asian countries. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Joep Lange Institute — Expanding the Donor Base for Global Health | 450,000 | Joep Lange Institute | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 to the Joep Lange Institute to support its work to expand the donor base for multilateral global health organizations through government advocacy. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Sincxpress Education — Mechanistic Interpretability Course Development | 30,000 | Sincxpress Education | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Sincxpress Education to support the development of an online course on mechanistic interpretability. Mechanistic interpretability is a field within AI safety focused on reverse-engineering the inner workings of neural networks to understand how they arrive at their decisions. The course will be distributed through the Udemy platform. In addition, this grant will support the creation of free educational content on YouTube. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The END Fund — General Support (2020) | 500,000 | The END Fund | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to The END Fund for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of The End Fund to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Yale University — Inflammation Control Research | 282,000 | yale-university | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $282,000 to Yale University to support research on preventing dangerous inflammatory responses called "cytokine storms," which can occur during CAR-T cancer therapy and severe infections like sepsis. Led by Dr. Michael Simons, the research focuses on controlling VISTA, a protein that regulates inflammation in the body. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| One for the World — General Support (2021) | 260,798 | one-for-the-world | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $260,798 to One for the World for general support. One for the World does outreach to university students encouraging them to pledge a percentage of their incomes to effective charities. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FAR.AI — FAR Labs Office Space | 280,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $280,000 to FAR.AI to support FAR Labs, an office space in Berkeley for people working on AI safety and alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI for Epistemics Workshop | 21,060 | beri | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $21,060 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support a workshop on using AI to improve epistemics. The workshop was led by Julian Michael, and the organizing committee included Deger Turan, Colleen McKenzie, Owain Evans, and Josh Rosenberg. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative — Summer Research Program | 509,543 | Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $509,543 to the Cambridge Existential Risk Initiative to support a summer research program based in Cambridge, UK for students researching topics related to existential risk reduction. We sought applications for this funding to support outreach projects aimed at growing the community of people motivated to improve the long-term future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Chicago — Existential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program (2024) | 301,800 | university-of-chicago | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $301,800 to the University of Chicago to support the Existential Risk Laboratory (formerly known as the Chicago School of Existential Risk), a summer research fellowship for undergraduate and graduate students focused on reducing existential risks. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Malaria No More — Malaria Funding Advocacy | 3,400,000 | Malaria No More | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,400,000 over two years to Malaria No More in order to expand their "malaria diplomacy" efforts to increase funding commitments from key donor governments in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan, Republic of Korea, and additional donor markets. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Stanford University — AI Standards Report | 387,500 | stanford-university | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $387,500 over two years to Colin Kahl, of Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, to support his work on a research project that explores the potential establishment of international safety and security standards around the use of advanced AI systems. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Alternative Proteins for Security | 322,000 | carnegie-endowment | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $322,000 over 18 months to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to support its research on ways in which US investment in alternative proteins could improve national security. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Founders Pledge — Multiplier Initiative | 250,000 | founders-pledge | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Founders Pledge to support a match campaign to drive additional pledger donations to highly effective charities. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Molecular Approaches to Malaria Conference — General Conference Support and Travel Grants | 60,000 | Molecular Approaches to Malaria Conference | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to the Molecular Approaches to Malaria (MAM) Conference for general support for the 2024 conference held in Lorne, Australia, and to provide travel grants for attendees from low- and middle-income countries. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Animal Advocacy Careers — Career Coaching for Animal Advocates | 500,000 | Animal Advocacy Careers | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Animal Advocacy Careers, which provides training, career coaching, and educational resources to animal advocates to increase the impact of their work. This follows our June 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ayni Institute — Movement Strategy and Trainings | 480,000 | Ayni Institute | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $480,000 over three years to the Ayni Institute to support research and writing on social movement history, theory, and strategy and to continue to produce online trainings on strategy, coordination, and scaling. The Ayni Institute plans to provide this support to other organizations working on criminal justice reform. This follows our January 2021 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Condor Camp — Summer Program for Brazilian Students | 301,197 | Condor Camp | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $301,197 to support Condor Camp, a summer residential program that brings together promising Brazilian students to discuss topics related to existential risk. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics — Indian Economic Policy Reform (2023) | 500,000 | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Economic Growth in LMICs] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Peterson Institute for International Economics to support state-level work in India on economic development and policy design and implementation. The work will be led by Indian economist Arvind Subramanian. This falls within our focus area of economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. | mQvLJvlmP_ |
| Against Malaria Foundation — Insecticide-Treated Bednets | 22,000,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $22,000,000 over three years to the Against Malaria Foundation to support the delivery of insecticide-treated bednets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Faunalytics — KPI Dashboards for Farm Animal Welfare | 44,200 | Faunalytics | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $44,200 over two years to Faunalytics to support their work building key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards to help several other animal welfare organizations track goals and outcomes. This follows our March 2021 support for a similar project for one Southeast Asian farm animal welfare organization; Faunalytics now plans to scale up this work to four other groups. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Against Malaria Foundation Korea — Operating Expenses | 240,000 | Against Malaria Foundation Korea | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $240,000 over two years to the Against Malaria Foundation Korea (AMF Korea) to support its operating expenses. AMF Korea fundraises nationally for the larger Against Malaria Foundation, which distributes, monitors, and ensures proper use of insecticidal bednets. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| FABRIC — Rationality Camp Programs | 500,000 | FABRIC | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to FABRIC to support free camp programs for talented young people to discuss topics related to rationality. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| SecureBio — Nucleic Acid Observatory | 3,430,000 | — | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,430,000 to SecureBio to support its Nucleic Acid Observatory (NAO) program. NAO will use the funds to scale up its sequencing efforts and conduct R&D on pandemic early warning systems. This follows our August 2023 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Animal Justice Canada — Cage-free Corporate Campaigns (2025) | 400,000 | Animal Justice Canada | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to Animal Justice Canada to support its work on cage-free corporate implementation. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Princeton University — Existential Risk Course Development | 27,555 | princeton-university | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $27,555 to Princeton University to support Professor Adam Elga and Calvin Baker’s work developing an undergraduate seminar titled “Longtermism, existential risk, and the future of humanity”. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of global catastrophic risks capacity building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Adekunle Ajasin University — Cryptosporidiosis Study | 30,000 | Adekunle Ajasin University | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 over five years to Adekunle Ajasin University to support a study on cryptosporidiosis, led by Dr. Oluwaremilekun Grace Ajakaye. Cryptosporidium is a microscopic, diarrhea-causing parasite that is common in developing countries. This grant will support a study of children in various regions of Nigeria in order to learn more about the current extent of the problem and inform future mitigation strategies. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Epoch AI — General Support (2025) | 4,132,488 | cBPkzcVBBQ | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,132,488 to Epoch over two years for general support. Epoch researches trends in machine learning to better understand the pace of progress in AI, and to help forecast the development of advanced AI and its subsequent economic impacts. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Cape Town — Tuberculosis Vaccine Preclinical Development and Testing | 597,557 | University of Cape Town | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $597,557 over two years to the University of Cape Town to support preclinical development and testing of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, led by Dr. Thomas Scriba. The approach to the vaccine follows a 2022 study by Musvosvi et al. that identified four TB proteins associated with natural clearance of the infection. The proposed research aims to support preclinical analysis of these four proteins in human cell and mouse assays to evaluate their potential as vaccine candidates. This is one of three grants we’re making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Language Model Alignment Research | 40,000 | beri | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,000 over three years to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support a project led by Professor Samuel Bowman of New York University to develop a dataset and accompanying methods for language model alignment research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in April 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Langsikt — Norwegian Aid Policy Work | 484,000 | Langsikt | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $484,000 over two years to Langsikt to support its work on aid policy in Norway. Langsikt is a nonpartisan organization that works at the intersection of research and policy. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programs (February 2020) | 33,926,000 | malaria-consortium | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $33,926,000 to the Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Malaria Consortium to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Edinburgh — Effective Altruism Psychology Course | 47,000 | university-of-edinburgh | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $47,000 over two years to the University of Edinburgh to support work, led by Matti Wilks, to develop a course about how psychology can help to address the world’s most pressing problems. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Legal Impact for Chickens — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation (2024) | 300,000 | Legal Impact for Chickens | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to Legal Impact for Chickens to support its work on lawsuits against companies and executives that violate animal cruelty laws or their own animal welfare pledges. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Convergent Research — Biosecurity Projects | 400,000 | convergent-research | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to Convergent Research to support biosecurity projects related to far-UVC light, biosurveillance, and next-generation personal protective equipment. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| SecureBio — AI Benchmark Improvements | 37,000 | — | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $37,000 to SecureBio to support a study measuring how a group of experts perform on SecureBio’s Virology Capabilities Test benchmark. Comparing AI performance to a group of human experts working together (rather than to individual virologists working alone) helps to contextualize the capabilities of new AI models. SecureBio hopes that this work will inform important discussions on how dual-use technologies are handled in the life sciences. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2020) | 50,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Iodine Global Network via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Iodine Global Network to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (October 2024) | 6,600,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,600,000 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours works to help people have more impact with their careers by providing online content and one-on-one coaching. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners — Oral Cholera Vaccine Production | 25,000,000 | gates-philanthropy-partners | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000,000 to Gates Philanthropy Partners to support the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s grantmaking in support of a new manufacturer that will expand the global supply of oral cholera vaccine. This grant is part of Open Philanthropy’s Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Standards (2022) | 210,000 | beri | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $210,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support work on the development and implementation of AI safety standards that may reduce potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. An additional grant to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity will support related work. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Rethink Priorities — Animal Welfare Field-Building | 268,684 | t0p43V5oLA | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $268,684 to Rethink Priorities to support work led by Dr. Meghan Barrett to help expand the field of animal welfare science by broadening the network of researchers working on related topics. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| A World of Good Initiative — Farm Animal Welfare Forum | 39,400 | A World of Good Initiative | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $39,400 to A World of Good Initiative (AWOGI) to support a forum for policymakers on farm animal welfare in Pakistan. The forum will be co-organized by AWOGI and Pakistan’s Ministry of National Food Safety & Research. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Plant Based Foods Association — General Support (2021) | 3,500,000 | Plant Based Foods Association | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,500,000 over two years to the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) for general support. PBFA works to promote a competitive market environment for plant-based alternatives to animal products. PBFA plans to use this funding to engage with major retailers on merchandising strategies, improve the accessibility and distribution of products, and conduct relevant research. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FAR.AI — General Support (2023) | 460,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $460,000 to FAR.AI for general support. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Platinum — Japanese Aid Advocacy Travel | 250,000 | Platinum | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Platinum to support travel by Japanese journalists and youth activists to see global health aid projects in action, which are intended to increase media and activist engagement with Japanese aid. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Ayuda Efectiva — General Support | 225,000 | Ayuda Efectiva | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $225,000 over two years to Ayuda Efectiva for general support. Ayuda Efectiva is a Spanish organization that works to fundraise for cost-effective charities, such as those recommended by GiveWell. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Victory Briefs Institute — Debate Camp Scholarships (2023) | 40,500 | Victory Briefs Institute | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $40,500 to Victory Briefs Institute (VBI) to support scholarships for students who enroll in an effective altruism-themed curriculum at VBI’s summer debate camps. This funding will also support guest speakers who will discuss topics related to effective altruism. This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| ProVeg International — Innovation Competitions for Alternative Proteins | 384,000 | ProVeg International | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $384,000 over two years to ProVeg International to support innovation competitions for university students, where competitors submit proposals for ways to improve alternative protein products in response to challenges issued by food companies. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ali Merali — Economics Research on AI Model Scaling Effects | 54,650 | Ali Merali | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $54,650 to Ali Merali to support a series of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) estimating how much model scale affects human performance on economically relevant tasks. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Modulo Research — AI Safety Research | 408,255 | Modulo Research | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $408,255 over two years to Modulo Research to support research — led by Gabriel Recchia — into large language model sandwiching experiments, dataset development, and capability evaluations. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Stirling — Research on Electrical Stunning (2024) | 363,054 | University of Stirling | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $363,054 over two years to the University of Stirling to support research led by Dr. Amaya Albalat to develop humane electrical stunning techniques for use in aquaculture. This research aims to inform possible future efforts to deploy humane stunning techniques in aquatic farms. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Maryland — Policy Fellowship (September 2023) | 286,000 | university-of-maryland | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $286,000 to the University of Maryland to support a fellowship related to technology and national security. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Center for International Security and Cooperation — AI and Strategic Stability | 365,361 | stanford-university | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $365,361 to the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) to support work studying hypothetical scenarios related to AI and strategic stability. This follows our September 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Latecomer Institute — Longtermist Magazine | 234,000 | Latecomer Institute | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $234,000 to the Latecomer Institute to launch a new online magazine about the long-term interests of humanity. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship — Summer 2022 Fellowship | 585,000 | Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $585,000 to the Effective Altruist Communications Fellowship to support their summer 2022 fellowship, which will bring together students and early-career professionals to work on projects related to communicating about effective altruism. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Meridian — Avoiding Encoded Reasoning in LLMs | 244,614 | Meridian | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $244,614 to Meridian to support research on maintaining faithfulness in the chain of thought of LLMs. Many researchers are concerned about scenarios where LLM chains of thought might start to hide intermediate reasoning steps, encoding these thoughts in ways that human readers won’t detect. This study will evaluate several methods for avoiding encoded reasoning. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| SJS Inc. — Market Shaping for Alternative Proteins | 300,000 | SJS Inc. | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to SJS Inc. to support its work to test a market-shaping approach to promoting alternative proteins. Market shaping involves working with companies to dramatically lower costs and accelerate a product to market. The approach has been utilized in global health and climate technology contexts to significantly lower the costs of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and technology. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Michigan State University — Robust AI Unlearning Techniques | 484,000 | Michigan State University | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $484,000 over two years to Michigan State University to support the development of robust unlearning techniques for AI. This research will be led by Professors Sijia Liu (Michigan State University), Shiyu Chang (UC Santa Barbara), Mingyi Hong (U Minnesota). This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research | 3,200,000 | columbia-university | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,200,000 over three years to Columbia University to support research, led by Dr. David Brenner, on the efficacy of far-UVC light on the reduction of indoor pathogen transmission. This will involve efficacy studies on how well far-UVC works against different viruses and fungal pathogens, as well as direct measurements of the reduction of airborne disease transmission, rather than just inactivation of pathogens. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (2021) | 500,000 | givedirectly | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to GiveDirectly for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| PoliPoli — Global Health Aid Advocacy and Incubation (2025) | 218,200 | PoliPoli | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $218,200 to PoliPoli to support its advocacy for the government of Japan to increase aid levels for global health, as well as its work to incubate organizations and social policy entrepreneurs focused on global health aid. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare in Italy (2022) | 554,000 | Essere Animali | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $554,000 over two years to Essere Animali to support their work on investigations, advocacy, and corporate campaigns for fish, chicken and pig welfare in Italy. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FABRIC — General Support (2024) | 582,000 | FABRIC | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $582,000 to FABRIC for general support. This follows our February 2024 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide FABRIC with approximately one year of operational funding. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for AI Safety — General Support (2023) | 4,025,729 | — | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,025,729 to the Center for AI Safety for general support. The Center for AI Safety works on research, field-building, and advocacy to reduce existential risks from artificial intelligence. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| National Bureau of Economic Research — Innovation Policy Working Group (2023) | 214,775 | National Bureau of Economic Research | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $214,775 to the National Bureau of Economic Research to support its Innovation Policy Working Group, led by Professors Benjamin Jones and Heidi Williams. This funding will support a summer boot camp for PhD students on the economics of innovation, as well as an innovation policy workshop. This follows our August 2021 support and falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Effective Altruism Funds — Operating Expenses | 573,000 | ea-funds | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $573,000 to Effective Altruism (EA) Funds to support their operating expenses — primarily salaries for staff who work on technology and grant logistics. EA Funds allocates donations to outstanding projects focused on social impact. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — Corporate Campaigns in Brazil (2024) | 406,300 | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $406,300 to Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal (FNPDA) to support its cage-free, crate-free, and fish welfare campaigns within Brazil. This follows our January 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms and fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Vaccine Institute — Hepatitis E Vaccine Trial | 4,000,000 | International Vaccine Institute | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over three years to the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to support their work on a clinical trial of Hecolin, a vaccine against Hepatitis E, in pregnant women. Hecolin is currently approved for use in some countries, but the World Health Organization has not yet recommended it for routine use in general populations because its safety in pregnant women has not been proven. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Redwood Research — General Support (2023) | 5,300,000 | dwMzc9WzPa | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,300,000 to Redwood Research for general support. Redwood Research is a nonprofit research institution focused on aligning advanced AI with human interests. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Arb Research — Staff Support | 25,000 | — | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to Arb Research — a consultancy that provides research services to nonprofits, largely within the effective altruism community. This grant will help Arb to hire additional staff. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific — Alternative Protein Nutrition Gaps Research | 22,500 | The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $22,500 to the Good Food Institute Asia Pacific to support their work to identify research gaps in improving the nutritional profile of alternative proteins, as well as to share these findings publicly. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Conference on Learning Representations — Security and Safety in Machine Learning Systems Workshop | 3,000 | International Conference on Learning Representations | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000 to the International Conference on Learning Representations to support the Security and Safety in Machine Learning Systems workshop. The workshop will bring together experts in machine learning, computer security, and AI safety. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| ETH Zurich Foundation (USA) — Machine Learning Research Support | 25,000 | ETH Zurich Fondation (USA) | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the ETH Zurich Foundation (USA) to allow PhD student Javier Rando Ramirez and assistant professor Florian Tramer to run a Trojan detection competition at the 2024 Security and Trustworthy ML conference. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Pennsylvania — Forecasting Tournament Planning | 275,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $275,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to support a team led by Professor Philip Tetlock to develop a detailed plan for a possible large-scale forecasting tournament, to improve understanding of how to elicit accurate forecasts about distant and sometimes hard-to-define events. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Cooperation Canada — International Assistance Advocacy in Canada (2024) | 50,000 | Cooperation Canada | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Cooperation Canada to support its work advocating for the Canadian government to increase its spending on international assistance and provide more transparency around its international assistance budget. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Cooperation Canada with operational support. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Effective Ventures Foundation — Effective Giving Summit (January 2023) | 59,344 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $59,344 to support a summit in the UK bringing together representatives of organizations working on raising funds for effective charities. The grant will be administered by the Effective Ventures Foundation. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| People For Animals Uttarakhand — Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship (2023) | 159,800 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $159,800 to People For Animals Uttarakhand to support an animal welfare movement-building fellowship in collaboration with the India Animal Fund and Humane Society International India. This 10-month fellowship trains fellows and places them in animal welfare jobs and internships. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Obelus — Asterisk | 1,134,769 | Obelus | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,134,769 to Obelus to support Asterisk, which is a quarterly journal focused on topics related to effective altruism, among others. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in September 2024. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine — Malaria Chemoprevention in School-Aged Children | 100,000 | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to support research focused on understanding the main gaps in evidence and additional barriers that hinder the implementation of malaria chemoprevention strategies targeted at school-aged children, led by Dr. Lauren Cohee. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2023) | 10,000,000 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000,000 over three years to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (CHS) to support its work on biosecurity and to reduce global catastrophic risks posed by pandemics. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Redwood Research — General Support (2022) | 10,700,000 | dwMzc9WzPa | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,700,000 over 18 months to Redwood Research for general support. Redwood Research is a nonprofit research institution focused on aligning advanced AI with human interests. This follows our 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2019) | 2,500,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of AMF to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Exit Grant | 100,000 | georgetown-university | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation (gui2de) to support its Zusha! Road Safety Campaign, a former GiveWell standout charity. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s grant page for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Innovate Animal Ag — Farm Animal Welfare Technology Adoption | 200,000 | Innovate Animal Ag | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Innovate Animal Ag to support its work to facilitate the adoption of new technology that improves farm animal welfare. Innovate Animal Ag will initially focus on helping companies implement in-ovo egg sexing, which would prevent the culling of male chicks in the egg industry. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Conference on Machine Learning — AI Governance Workshop | 12,545 | International Conference on Machine Learning | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $12,545 to the International Conference on Machine Learning to support a workshop on technical AI governance. This workshop, held in Vancouver in conjunction with Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative, is meant to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between machine learning researchers and policy experts. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Fund for Global Talent Mobility — High-Skilled Immigration Grants (2024) | 1,100,000 | Fund for Global Talent Mobility | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,100,000 to the Fund for Global Talent Mobility (Talent Mobility Fund) to support high-skilled immigration grantmaking. The Fund, led by immigration law and policy expert Amy Nice, makes grants to organizations working to increase use of existing U.S. immigration pathways like O-1 and J-1 visas. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Animal Charity Evaluators — Impact Consultant | 20,000 | Animal Charity Evaluators | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $20,000 to Animal Charity Evaluators to support the hiring of a consultant to help them assess their overall impact. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Lead Exposure Elimination Project — General Support | 150,000 | Lead Exposure Elimination Project | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP) for general support. LEEP works on reducing lead exposure, primarily by conducting studies to measure lead levels in paint in low- and middle-income countries and advocating for governments to enforce regulations on lead paint. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Global Development — USAID Staff Placement | 107,000 | center-for-global-development | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $107,000 to the Center for Global Development to support a staff placement at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), via the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Council of Energy, Environment and Water — Liquefied Petroleum Gas Survey | 131,500 | Environment and Water | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $131,500 to the Council of Energy, Environment and Water to support research aimed at understanding the willingness to pay for liquefied petroleum gas. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy, specifically within our interest in South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Innovations for Poverty Action — Ethiopian Office | 2,800,000 | innovations-for-poverty-action | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,800,000 over five years to Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) for general operational support and to open a new office in Ethiopia. IPA does research to measure the impact of anti-poverty interventions and works to share these results with policymakers and other key decision-makers. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Cures Within Reach — Generic Drug Trials (2024) | 1,492,040 | Cures Within Reach | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,492,040 over two years to Cures Within Reach to support the testing of already-approved therapies for new use cases, focused on health conditions with a high burden in low- and lower-middle-income countries. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine — TB Vaccine Modeling | 197,429 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $197,429 to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to support a modeling study assessing the health and economic impacts of the TB vaccine candidate VPM1002 when used as a prevention-of-disease vaccine in low‐ and middle‐income countries. This study, led by Professor Richard White, will seek to update existing TB vaccine models with current data to estimate the key outcomes and overall cost-effectiveness of various rollout scenarios. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Malaria Consortium — Monitoring and Evaluation of LLIN Distribution Campaign | 2,051,853 | malaria-consortium | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $2,051,853 to the Malaria Consortium to study effects of its campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) in Ondo state, Nigeria, in late 2021 or early 2022. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2023) | 2,911,324 | mit | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,911,324 over four years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support research led by Neil Thompson on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2022) | 2,728,319 | t0p43V5oLA | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,728,319 over two years to Rethink Priorities to expand its research on topics related to AI governance. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Bern — Cage-free Layer Hen Genetics | 2,700,000 | University of Bern | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,700,000 over five years to the University of Bern to support the work of Michael Toscano’s laboratory. Toscano and his colleagues aim to improve cage-free hen genetics by: Phenotyping four of the most popular layer hen strains in cage-free conditions (they are currently bred only in cages). Identifying genetic markers associated with positive welfare traits (for example, lower rates of keel bone fractures). Working with two large genetics firms to help them integrate these traits into their breeding programs. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of California, Los Angeles – Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2023) | 1,500,000 | uc-los-angeles | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 to the University of California, Los Angeles, to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). This follows our September 2020 support and falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. It represents an "exit grant" that will provide SSGAC with operational support. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Animal Friends Jogja — Farm Animal Welfare in Indonesia (2025) | 365,200 | Animal Friends Jogja | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare in Asia] Open Philanthropy recommended a cooperation agreement of $365,200 over two years with Animal Friends Jogja to support its work on corporate campaigns, producer outreach, and lobbying to improve layer hen welfare in Indonesia. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Ottawa — Institute for Replication (2024) | 1,005,774 | university-of-ottawa | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,005,774 over two years to the University of Ottawa to support the Institute for Replication, which works to improve the credibility of scientific research by reproducing and replicating results in leading academic journals. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of abundance & growth. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative – CHAI Incubator | 10,443,685 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,443,685 over three years to the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to support the CHAI Incubator, which aims to find and assess cost-effective and scalable health interventions. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (February 2020) | 100,000 | georgetown-university | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation (gui2de) to support its Zusha! Road Safety Campaign, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Zusha! Road Safety Campaign to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The University of Queensland — StrepA Vaccine Research | 1,969,857 | The University of Queensland in America | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,969,857 over two years to the University of Queensland to support research led by Professor Mark Walker testing the impact of four new adjuvants on the efficacy of the COMBO5 vaccine against StrepA in non-human primates. This work could facilitate the development of a commercial vaccine by providing highly relevant primate data and could deliver proof-of-concept evidence of the impact of certain adjuvants on vaccine efficacy. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| 80,000 Hours — Marketing (2025) | 2,700,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,700,000 to 80,000 Hours to support spending on marketing and advertising. 80,000 Hours provides online research and advice aimed at helping people enter impactful careers in what it considers to be the world’s most pressing problems. This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| California YIMBY — Ballot Initiative Scoping Grant | 200,000 | California YIMBY | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to California YIMBY to support preliminary planning for a potential ballot initiative about housing issues in California. This follows our 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Oxford — Malaria Vaccine Manufacturing | 4,703,785 | university-of-oxford | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $4,703,785 over two years to the University of Oxford to support the manufacturing of blood-stage vaccines (Rh5 and R78C) to enable rapid clinical evaluation in combination with the R21 malaria vaccine. The project will be led by Professor Simon Draper; this is one of two recent gifts we’ve made to support his work. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative — Health Technical Support Units | 2,145,539 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,145,539 to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to provide technical assistance through technical support units (TSUs) to support the Ministries of Health in Malawi, Zambia, Nigeria, Uganda, and Burkina Faso to execute their government-led reform agendas in response to U.S. government funding cuts. For more information, see GiveWell’s writeup. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination — Hepatitis B Treatment | 140,222 | Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $140,222 to the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE) to support their work developing a research roadmap to simplify guidelines for hepatitis B treatments. Current treatment algorithms for hepatitis B are complicated, and low-income settings in particular may benefit from simplified guidelines; research that clarifies whether simplified treatment still works well may broaden the availability of treatment. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| SeedAI — General Support | 1,610,178 | SeedAI | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,610,178 to SeedAI for general support, including its work on policy approaches to AI testing and evaluation and on the differential development of technologies that reduce risks and promote societal resilience and human welfare. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| GovAI — General Support (2024) | 2,500,000 | — | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to GovAI for general support. GovAI conducts research on AI governance and helps build the AI governance research community. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Food Fortification Initiative — General Support (December 2019) | 100,000 | Food Fortification Initiative | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Food Fortification Initiative via the CDC Foundation for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Food Fortification Initiative to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Pennsylvania — High-Skilled Immigration Budget Modeling | 1,100,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $1,100,000 over two years to the University of Pennsylvania to support high-skilled immigration budget modeling at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a research initiative at the university. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales — Cage-Free Campaigns | 100,000 | Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales to support its corporate cage-free campaigns in Peru. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| SPARC — General Support | 180,000 | Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $180,000 to the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC) for general support. SPARC is a two-week summer program for talented high school students to develop quantitative and applied reasoning skills. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide SPARC with operational support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Northeastern University — Large Language Model Interpretability Research (2024) | 1,095,017 | northeastern-university | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,095,017 over two years to Northeastern University to support Professor David Bau's research on interpreting large language models. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk — University Scholarships | 110,000 | Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $110,000 to Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk (a nonprofit organization based in Germany) to support merit-based university scholarships for students who are interested in humanist ideas. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Epoch — General Support (2022) | 1,960,000 | cBPkzcVBBQ | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,960,000 to Epoch for general support. Epoch is a research organization that works on investigating trends in machine learning and forecasting the development of transformative artificial intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México — Lead Exposure Investigation | 13,140 | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $13,140 over two years to the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) to support an investigation into the income and mortality effects of lead exposure in Mexico. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| HEARD — General Support (2021) | 100,000 | Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to HEARD for general support. HEARD advocates on behalf of deaf/disabled people affected by mass incarceration. This follows our October 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| University of Washington — Tuberculosis Research | 1,425,475 | university-of-washington | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $1,425,475 over three years to the University of Washington to support work led by Professor Chetan Seshadri analyzing T-cell receptors derived from individuals resistant to tuberculosis (TB) as leads for designing novel TB vaccines. Our science team believes that this work will also be broadly relevant to scientific tools, immunology, and tuberculosis vaccines. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Victoria — Syphilis Diagnostic (Caroline Cameron) | 2,000,000 | University of Victoria | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over three years to the University of Victoria to support work led by Caroline Cameron to develop an improved diagnostic for syphilis. Dr. Cameron intends to use this funding to develop several monoclonal antibodies for use against proteins associated with the disease. A leading cause of stillbirth, syphilis is carried by an estimated 36 million people worldwide and infects approximately 11 million people annually.1 Our scientific research team believes that a more effective syphilis diagnostic could improve disease mitigation measures and support the development of an effective syphilis vaccine. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Centre for the Governance of AI — AI Field Building | 2,537,600 | — | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,537,600 over two years to the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI), via the Centre for Effective Altruism, to support activities related to building the field of AI governance research. GovAI intends to use this funding to conduct AI governance research and to develop a talent pipeline for those interested in entering the field. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| 80,000 Hours — Marketing (2023) | 2,492,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,492,000 to 80,000 Hours to support spending on marketing and advertising. 80,000 Hours provides online research and advice aimed at helping people enter impactful careers in what it considers to be the world’s most pressing problems. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stanford University — Biosecurity Workshop | 198,000 | stanford-university | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $198,000 to Stanford University to support an educational workshop on biosecurity, attended by congressional staffers.. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| RAND Corporation — Biosecurity Policy | 16,500,000 | RAND | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $16,500,000 to RAND Corporation, to be spent at RAND President Jason Matheny's discretion. Matheny has designated this funding to support RAND's work to improve biosecurity. This includes policy and technical research to identify the best ways to improve biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, as well as work to build the talent pipeline for biosecurity. This gift falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. It was recommended by Andrew Snyder-Beattie, who leads our work in this area. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| UrbanEmissions — Pollution Modeling and Forecasting | 650,000 | UrbanEmissions | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $650,000 over three years with UrbanEmissions, led by Sarath Guttikunda. The contract will support UrbanEmissions’ work on creating and maintaining a public emissions inventory for India and multiple cities, developing decision support tools for cities to link science-policy dialogue, and publishing short-term air quality forecasts for India and multiple cities. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| University of Georgia — Malaria Vaccine Research | 2,776,791 | University of Georgia | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,776,791 over three years to the University of Georgia to support their research, led by Dr. Chester Joyner, testing a vaccine against pMIF in non-human primates. pMIF is a protein that is secreted by Plasmodium falciparum (a pathogen that causes malaria); this research will evaluate whether the vaccine enhances the development of malaria immunity. This research will be done in collaboration with Dr. Richard Bucala at Yale University, whose work we are also supporting. Our science team believes that vaccinating against pMIF may provide an important boost to the efficacy of existing malaria vaccines. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| SecureBio — Biosecurity Research | 1,420,937 | — | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,420,937 over three years to SecureBio to support their research on reducing risks from advanced biotechnology. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The University of Manitoba — Colostrum Research | 2,306,098 | University of Manitoba | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,306,098 over five years to the University of Manitoba to support research on human colostrum’s ability to reduce the incidence of neonatal sepsis. Colostrum is produced in the mammary glands early in lactation, prior to mature milk production. This grant will support an analysis of colostrum components to identify the mechanism by which it protects newborns from infection. This is one of two grants we are making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Novartis — Cryptosporidiosis Challenge Trial | 2,500,000 | Novartis | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over two years to Novartis to support a Phase IIa challenge trial of a new drug, ED1048, for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis. Cryptosporidiosis is caused by the Cryptosporidium parasite. The parasite is widespread globally and highly resistant to sanitizers used for cleaning drinking water. The disease can be fatal in small children, the elderly, and immunocompromised people. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — HAIST Office Space | 151,678 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $151,678 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to lease office space for HAIST, a project that facilitates AI safety education and outreach activities for Harvard students. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Harvard University — Antimalarial Bednet Development and Evaluation | 2,880,750 | harvard-university | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,880,750 over three years to Harvard University to support Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia’s research on a novel method of malaria prevention. The project will develop bednets and sprays that target the malaria parasites within mosquitoes to prevent malaria transmission, and establish improved screening methods for more potent transmission-blocking compounds. The activity of these nets will be evaluated in proof-of-concept hut trials, and their potential impact and cost-effectiveness will be modeled, with the ultimate goal of advancing promising interventions to larger field trials. This is one of two grants we've made to support this work. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Oxford — LLM Research Replication | 622,167 | university-of-oxford | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $622,167 to the University of Oxford to support the development of a benchmark to test whether large language models can replicate results from computational science and engineering papers published on arXiv.org. The project will be led by Professor Jakob Foerster. This gift was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (2021) | 1,500,000 | stanford-university | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to Stanford University to support research led by Professor Percy Liang on AI safety and alignment. We hope this funding will accelerate progress on technical problems and help to build a pipeline for younger researchers to work on AI alignment. This follows our 2017 support for Professor Liang’s research and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch — Nucleic Acid Antiviral Testing | 200,000 | University of Texas Medical Branch | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $200,000 to Professor Kent Tseng of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) to support a test of the utility of a locked nucleic acid (LNA) as an antiviral drug for influenza A virus. Dr. Tseng has access to BSL3-enhanced and BSL4 laboratories, and will test the drug against the highly pathogenic pandemic H5N1 virus in several animal species. R&D done by Jeffrey Glenn's group predicts that the LNA will inhibit the growth of all influenza A viruses, including H5N1 strains. This gift was funded via a request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Abundance New York — Movement-building Efforts | 150,000 | Abundance New York | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Abundance New York to support its work to grow and foster the local “Abundance” movement. Abundance New York is a nonprofit that builds political power for more abundant housing, renewable energy, transit options, and public sector capacity to improve affordability and quality of life for New Yorkers. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Associated Students of Stanford University — Stanford Law School EA Group | 10,000 | Associated Students of Stanford University | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000 over two years to the Associated Students of Stanford University to support the Stanford Law School Effective Altruism student group. The group will use this funding to run a speaker series and carry out other community building activities. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Farmed Animal Funders — Fundraising Efforts | 100,000 | Farmed Animal Funders | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to Farmed Animal Funders to support its efforts to raise funds for the farm animal welfare movement. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Redwood Research — AI Safety Research Collaborations | 1,100,000 | dwMzc9WzPa | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,100,000 to Redwood Research to support collaborations with external researchers working on technical AI safety projects related to our 2025 request for proposals. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Ask — Farm Animal Welfare Strategy Research (2023) | 150,000 | Animal Ask | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Animal Ask to support its work on strategy research to help organizations working on farm animal welfare maximize the impact of their campaigns and advocacy efforts. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Duke University — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Timothy Haystead) | 14,355 | duke-university | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $14,355 to Duke University to enable Professor Timothy Haystead to collaborate with researchers at UC Davis and the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University to study the effectiveness of an Hsp90 protein inhibitor as a host-directed antiviral against the COVID-19 virus. This follows our May 2020 support for earlier phases of the study at Duke University and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Chr. Michelsen Institute — Official Development Assistance in Norway | 150,000 | Development Learning Lab | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Chr. Michelsen Institute to support its work to improve the efficacy of Norway’s official development assistance (ODA). Led by the Development Learning Lab, the work involves knowledge production and dissemination, with all research findings and resources made publicly available. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our work on global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| United Fort Worth — Criminal Justice Reform | 200,000 | United Fort Worth | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to United Fort Worth to support work on criminal justice reform. United Fort Worth intends to use this funding to organize around prosecutor reform. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Georgia Institute of Technology — Portable Spectrometers (2024) | 1,976,562 | georgia-tech | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $1,976,562 over three years to the Georgia Institute of Technology to support work led by Professor Saad Bhamla to develop a cheap and portable Raman spectrometer, and then test it as a tuberculosis diagnostic tool. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur — Rural Air Quality Monitoring | 2,500,000 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over three years to the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) to support a project monitoring air quality in rural India, led by Professor Sachchida Nand Tripathi. Tripathi and his team will oversee the installation and monitoring of roughly 1,600 sensors in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. Air quality measurements can improve scientific understanding and have positive spillover effects on regional air quality, even in urban areas. If successful, this project could inform air pollution policy in South Asia, as well as establish infrastructure for more air quality monitoring in the future. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Convergent Research — General Support | 1,100,000 | convergent-research | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,100,000 over two years to Convergent Research for general support. Convergent Research helps to develop, launch, and support Focused Research Organizations (FROs), large-scale scientific institutions that pursue technical milestones and disseminate high-impact public goods to accelerate scientific and technological progress. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Gradient Institute — Australian AI Safety Forum | 20,000 | Gradient Institute | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $20,000 to the Gradient Institute to support the 2024 Australian AI Safety Forum. The Gradient Institute is a nonprofit research institute that aims to build ethics, accountability, and transparency into AI systems. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Platinum — Global Health Advocacy in Ghana | 118,000 | Platinum | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $118,000 to Platinum to support an educational visit to Ghana for Japanese youth activists and journalists to learn about and report on global health projects in the country. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Inclusive Abundance Initiative — Abundance Conference | 10,000 | Inclusive Abundance Initiative | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000 to the Inclusive Abundance Initiative to support the Abundance Conference, a gathering focused on advancing solutions to scarcity challenges in housing, energy, and infrastructure. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy (April 2022) | 200,000 | ea-foundation | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF) to support research and advocacy on potential policy interventions in Europe. EAF plans to use these funds to support work in the field of biosecurity. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Owain Evans Research Group — AI Evaluations Research | 1,171,120 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,171,120 to Effective Ventures Foundation USA to support a new AI safety research group, TruthfulAI, led by Owain Evans, that will focus on evaluating whether AI models have dangerous capabilities. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in August 2025. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for AI Safety — Exit Grant (October 2023) | 1,866,559 | — | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,866,559 to the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) for general support. CAIS works on research, field-building, and advocacy to reduce existential risks from artificial intelligence. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide CAIS with approximately one year of operational support. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — Deworming and Cash Transfers (2020) | 88,000 | uc-berkeley | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $88,000 to the University of California, Berkeley, to support Ted Miguel’s research on deworming and cash transfers. This grant represents an "exit grant" that will provide the grantee with one year of operating support. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Texas at Austin — AI Safety Research | 885,000 | University of Texas at Austin | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $885,000 over two years to the University of Texas at Austin to support AI safety research and field-building, led by Christian Tarsney and Brad Knox. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stanford University — Hepatitis B Research | 2,500,000 | stanford-university | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $2,500,000 to Stanford University to support research led by Professor Jeffrey Glenn on the development of a treatment to cure chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections and prevent HBV-induced liver cancer. Existing drugs treat, but do not cure, the disease. Over 300 million people globally have chronic HBV, many of whom develop fatal liver cancer. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The University of Texas at Austin — Research on AI Safety and Computational Complexity Theory | 1,650,000 | University of Texas at Austin | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,650,000 over three years to the University of Texas at Austin to support research led by Professor Scott Aaronson on several topics at the intersection of AI safety and computational complexity theory. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Harvard University — Political Polarization App | 100,000 | harvard-university | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Harvard University to support Professor Joshua Greene’s work to develop an evidence-based app designed to reduce political polarization among Americans. | ONN00wZd8U |
| IDinsight — Endline Evaluation of New Incentives RCT | 2,105,962 | idinsight | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $2,105,962 to IDinsight to conduct an endline evaluation of its randomized controlled trial (RCT) of New Incentives' conditional cash transfer program for infant immunization in northern Nigeria. GiveWell plans to use the results of this RCT as a key input for an investigation during 2020 into whether to recommend New Incentives as a top charity. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. The grant amount was updated in March 2021. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (Lorenzo Giacani) (2024) | 1,025,884 | university-of-washington | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,025,884 over three years to the University of Washington to support several research projects that may facilitate the development of a vaccine against syphilis, led by Dr. Lorenzo Giacani. This follows our August 2021 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2022) | 13,277,348 | mit | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $13,277,348 over four years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support research led by Neil Thompson on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing. Thompson will use this funding to hire new staff and expand his lab work. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Crate Free USA — Crate-Free Campaigns | 117,600 | Crate Free USA | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $117,600 over two years to Crate Free USA to support its work on corporate campaigns against the use of pig gestation crates. This follows our February 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in July 2023. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Vaccine Institute — Cholera Vaccine Clinical Trial | 2,500,000 | International Vaccine Institute | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over three years to the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to support a phase I clinical trial of a conjugate vaccine for cholera. IVI will run the clinical trial in partnership with EuBiologics. The trial will be conducted in South Korea with a focus on safety and tolerability in humans, and will test different doses and formulations for the vaccine. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford University — Pandemic Preparedness Center | 200,000 | stanford-university | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Stanford University to support the university’s new Pandemic Preparedness Center led by Professor Jeffrey Glenn. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Wild Animal Initiative – Academic Field Building | 2,500,000 | Wild Animal Initiative | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to Wild Animal Initiative to support regrants and fellowships for academics focused on improving the welfare of wild animals. This grant follows our June 2021 support and was recommended by our farm animal welfare team. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Ventures Foundation USA — General Support | 2,750,000 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,750,000 to Effective Ventures Foundation USA for general support. Effective Ventures Foundation USA is the US division of Effective Ventures Foundation, which is a federation of organizations working to have a large positive impact in the world. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| New York University — LLM Cybersecurity Benchmark | 2,077,350 | nyu | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,077,350 to New York University to support a project to develop a benchmark for large language model (LLM) agent cyber operations capabilities, in partnership with New Foundry. The project will be led by Alex Leader, Dan Zhao, and He He. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stockholm Environment Institute — Farm Animal Welfare Sustainability Reports | 120,000 | Stockholm Environment Institute | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $120,000 over two years to the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to support research toward a report on the environmental impact of insect farming and a journal article on advancing animal welfare in the next UN Sustainable Development Agenda. SEI will also engage in opportunities to further farmed animal welfare in sustainable development policy. SEI is a Swedish research and policy institute that focuses on environmentalism and sustainable development. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Palisade Research — General Support (2024) | 1,680,000 | sgEt2BpyOg | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,680,000 to Palisade Research for general support. Palisade Research studies AI capabilities to better understand misuse risks from current systems, and how advances in hacking, deception, and persuasion will affect the risk of catastrophic AI outcomes. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — Fieldwork Trip for Proposed RCT | 20,000 | uc-berkeley | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $20,000 to UC Berkeley to support fieldwork led by Professor Laura Kwong in advance of a proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT). The proposed RCT would measure the health impacts of providing solar power to health clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Georgia — Malaria Research (2023) | 192,925 | University of Georgia | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $192,925 over three years to the University of Georgia to support research on Plasmodium vivax, which is one of the parasite species that causes malaria. This research will be supervised by Dr. Chester Joyner and conducted by a graduate student in his lab. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards (2022) | 20,000 | uc-berkeley | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $20,000 to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), via UC Berkeley, to support work by CLTC's AI Security Initiative on the development and implementation of AI standards. An additional grant to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative will support related work. This follows our July 2021 grant and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — Compute Resources for AI Safety Research | 2,587,634 | uc-berkeley | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,587,634 over three years to UC Berkeley to support Professor Jacob Steinhardt’s lab in purchasing compute. Steinhardt, his graduate students, and UC Berkeley affiliates will use the compute to conduct research related to AI safety. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Vegan Women Summit — General Support (2021) | 200,000 | Vegan Women Summit | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to the Vegan Women Summit (VWS) for general support. This funding is intended to support VWS's efforts to empower women, particularly women of color, working on alternatives to animal products. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FAR.AI — Alignment Workshop | 166,500 | lCiT37k9pA | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $166,500 to FAR.AI to support a two-day alignment workshop in advance of NeurIPS 2023, a major machine learning and computational neuroscience conference. This follows our August 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Accountability Board — Advocacy Campaigns | 10,324,603 | The Accountability Board | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,324,603 over three years to the Accountability Board to support their investor advocacy campaigns aimed at securing faster implementation of corporate responsibility pledges. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Affordable Maryland — Advocacy for Affordable Housing and Land Use Reform | 500,000 | Affordable Maryland | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a contribution of $500,000 to Affordable Maryland, a new organization working to support the creation of new and more affordable housing in Maryland. Affordable Maryland plans to use this funding to advocate for candidates who support the development of affordable housing and the reduction of restrictive regulations on local land use, and against candidates who support restrictions on new housing. We hope that this advocacy will lead to increased housing supply in the region and make it easier for more people to afford homes. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. For more about our strategy in this area, see our cause report. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Aquaculture Progress — Farmed Fish Welfare | 150,000 | Centre for Aquaculture Progress | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Centre for Aquaculture Progress to support its work on farmed fish welfare in Europe. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Advocacy Careers — General Support (2025) | 1,500,000 | Animal Advocacy Careers | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to Animal Advocacy Careers for general support. Animal Advocacy Careers provides training, career coaching, and educational resources to animal advocates to increase the impact of their work. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Pure Earth — Support for Reducing Lead Exposure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | 2,130,000 | Pure Earth | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $2,130,000 to Pure Earth to work on reducing lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for AI Safety — Philosophy Fellowship and NeurIPS Prizes | 1,433,000 | — | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,433,000 to the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) to support the CAIS Philosophy Fellowship, which is a research fellowship that will support philosophers researching topics related to AI safety. This grant also supported a workshop on adversarial robustness, as well as prizes for safety-related competitions at the 2022 NeurIPS conference. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Harvard University — Antiviral Research (2022) | 2,500,000 | harvard-university | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over three years to Harvard University to support research led by Dr. Donald Ingber on a novel class of antiviral drugs with special emphasis on viruses with pandemic potential. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Center for Global Development — General Support (2022) | 1,000,000 | center-for-global-development | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to the Center for Global Development (CGD) for general support. CGD is a think tank that conducts research on and promotes improvements to rich-world policies that affect people in low and middle income countries. This is a one-year renewal of our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing (2021) | 150,000 | Forward Justice | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Forward Justice to support its statewide criminal justice reform organizing work in North Carolina. Forward Justice, led by Daryl Atkinson, plans to use these funds to promote prosecutor accountability, engage with newly re-enfranchised formerly incarcerated voters on criminal justice reform issues, and train formerly incarcerated people in leadership and organizing skills. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| IDinsight — New Incentives RCT | 184,324 | idinsight | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $184,324 to IDinsight to support the randomized control trial it is conducting on New Incentives' program of conditional cash transfers for infant immunizations in northern Nigeria. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Malaria Consortium — Monitoring and Evaluation of Net Distribution in Anambra, Nigeria | 1,099,808 | malaria-consortium | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,099,808 to the Malaria Consortium to study effects of its campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) in Anambra state, Nigeria, in early 2022. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation and follows our support for a similar monitoring study in Ondo state. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Incentives – Conditional Cash Transfers in Nigeria | 13,676,963 | New Incentives | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $13,676,963 dollars to New Incentives to support their continued expansion of their conditional cash transfer program in northern Nigeria and the extension of their work in current areas of operation through 2024. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rethink Priorities — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2021) | 2,000,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to Rethink Priorities to support their research on interventions to improve farm animal welfare. We believe more high-quality research in this area would help us and other farm animal welfare funders compare future opportunities. This follows our January 2020 support for Rethink Priorities’ farm animal welfare research and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Responsible AI Collaborative — AI Incident Database | 100,000 | Responsible AI Collaborative | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Responsible AI Collaborative to support its work maintaining the AI Incident Database, which is a database of incidents where AI systems have caused real-world harm. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI Internships | 1,050,000 | beri | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,050,000 over two years to support the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative’s collaboration with the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) to work on research relevant to potential risks from artificial intelligence and machine learning. The funding will be used to support interns at CHAI by providing them with research stipends, software, and compute. This follows our February 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Food Fortification Initiative — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Food Fortification Initiative | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Food Fortification Initiative for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s website for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Forecasting Research Institute — AI Forecasting Project | 150,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Forecasting Research Institute to support a project that will bring together forecasters who disagree about the magnitude of AI existential risk to discuss and make predictions about AI, with the goal of identifying key views and arguments driving their forecasts and disagreements. The participants will include some “superforecasters” (people with a strong track record of making accurate predictions) and some AI subject-matter experts, among others. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Dezernat Zukunft — Re-Granting (2022) | 2,400,000 | Dezernat Zukunft | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,400,000 to Dezernat Zukunft for re-granting to budding and established organizations working on monetary and fiscal policy throughout Europe. This follows our July 2021 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Southern California — Clinical Trial for Preterm Birth Supplements | 1,070,495 | usc | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $1,070,495 over four years to the University of Southern California to support a clinical trial of combination supplements that have been shown to significantly reduce pre-term birth in low- and middle-income countries. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Initiative for Impact Evaluation — Follow-up of Mozambique Preschool Trial | 169,691 | International Initiative for Impact Evaluation | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $169,691 over two years to the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation to support a follow-up of a 2008 randomized controlled trial of preschool attendance for children in rural areas of Mozambique's Gaza Province. The trial will measure educational attainment, labor market outcomes, and intergenerational transmission of human capital, among other outcomes. This falls within our focus area of global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rethink Priorities — Research on LLM Use | 115,887 | t0p43V5oLA | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $115,887 to Rethink Priorities to support a series of surveys and interviews led by David Moss on how various groups use and perceive large language models in their professional and day-to-day lives. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Vegan Women Summit — Alternative Proteins Talent Pipeline (2023) | 200,000 | Vegan Women Summit | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Vegan Women Summit to support its work to grow the talent pipeline for alternatives to animal products by hosting an annual conference, running a pitch competition for women-led alternative protein startups, and doing outreach to connect women with alternative protein employers. This follows our March 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The University of Glasgow — Malaria Resistance Research | 2,307,510 | university-of-glasgow | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,307,510 to the University of Glasgow to support Professor Steven Sinkins' research on microsporidian MB, a fungus that inhibits malaria transmission from Anopheles mosquitoes to humans. The project aims to develop detection methods for MB in mosquitoes, scale spore production, and evaluate interaction effects that may be useful for spreading MB throughout mosquito populations. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Kurzgesagt — Short-form Video Content | 2,978,000 | Kurzgesagt | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of €2,658,344 (approximately $2,978,000 at the time of conversion) with Kurzgesagt to support the production of short-form video content for platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Some of this content will feature topics relevant to effective altruism and improving humanity’s long-run future. This follows our December 2021 support. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of California, Berkeley — AI Alignment Workshop | 26,000 | uc-berkeley | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $26,000 to UC Berkeley to support a small workshop bringing together experts in computational social choice theory and AI alignment. Professor Wesley H. Holliday will organize the workshop, and participants will discuss AI alignment and AI as a tool for democracy. The grant will also allow Dr. Jobst Heitzig, a co-organizer of the workshop, to attend three related machine learning conferences. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| People For Animals Uttarakhand — Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship (2022) | 100,000 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to People For Animals Uttarakhand to support an animal welfare movement-building fellowship in collaboration with Ahimsa Trust and Humane Society International India. This 10-month fellowship will train fellows and place them in animal welfare internships. This follows our January 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit — Travel Scholarships (2022) | 100,000 | Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit to support travel grants for international attendees of their October summit. Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International Inc. Their mission is to accelerate progress and systemic change for animals by empowering advocates and organizations to increase their impact. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Governance of AI Lab | 2,724,999 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,725,000 to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to support the Governance of AI Lab, led by Dr. Noam Kolt, in undertaking research on AI governance and legal alignment. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Dezernat Zukunft — Exit Grant | 2,000,000 | Dezernat Zukunft | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,200,000 over two years to Dezernat Zukunft for general support and $800,000 for regranting to other organizations working on macroeconomic policy in Europe. Dezernat Zukunft is a nonpartisan German think tank that focuses on European monetary and fiscal policy, prioritizing employment gains, widely shared prosperity, and a more sustainable macroeconomic environment. This represents an “exit grant” that will leave Dezernat Zukunft with around two years of support. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Bar Magazine — Global Health Content | 100,000 | Global Bar Magazine | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Global Bar Magazine to support their production of free, publicly accessible articles, podcasts, and seminars covering global health in Sweden. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. The grant amount was updated in January 2025. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| 1Day Sooner — General Support (2021) | 2,000,000 | 9k7drw6Qpg | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 to 1Day Sooner for general support. 1Day Sooner’s mission is to advocate on behalf of volunteers for human challenge trials (HCTs). They hope to accelerate the development of vaccines for several neglected diseases by organizing volunteers to take part in HCTs, and by advocating for the use of regulatory and financial tools like advance market commitments. HCTs, which involve exposing volunteers to a controlled dose of a pathogen, require fewer participants and can be completed on a significantly shorter timeline than standard clinical trials. They have historically been used for smallpox, influenza, malaria, and other potentially fatal diseases. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FAR.AI — AI Interpretability Research | 100,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to FAR.AI to support a research project, led by Open Philanthropy AI Fellow Alex Tamkin, aimed at developing a neural network architecture that could serve as a more interpretable alternative to the transformer architecture used in leading language models. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Economic Innovation Group — High-Skilled Immigration Research and Advocacy | 1,223,935 | Economic Innovation Group | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,223,935 over two years to the Economic Innovation Group to support its research and advocacy for reforms that would increase high-skilled immigration to the United States. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Atlas Fellowship — General Support | 1,800,000 | atlas-fellowship | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,800,000 to Atlas Fellowship for general support. Atlas Fellowship works on applied research for developing large-scale talent search and scholarship programs. It administers a summer program, scholarship, and online community for talented high school students, and helps these students pursue impactful careers. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| LatinoJustice — Criminal Justice Reform Policy & Practice Center | 125,000 | LatinoJustice | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to LatinoJustice to continue to support its Criminal Justice Reform Policy & Practice Center. The Center aims to support criminal justice policy reforms that safely reduce incarceration and seeks to build support for such reforms among key Latinx organizations and leaders. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Cambridge in America — Data Science Benchmark | 517,693 | Cambridge in America | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $517,693 over two years to Cambridge in America to support the development of a benchmark for evaluating the performance of Large Language Model (LLM) agents in data science tasks. The project will be led by Professors Lorenzo Pacchiardi, José Hernández-Orallo, and Lucy Cheke. This gift was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Founders Pledge — General Support (2021) | 1,000,000 | founders-pledge | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to Founders Pledge for general support. Founders Pledge encourages technology entrepreneurs to pledge a chosen percentage of their future or current liquidity to charity, and supports them in making thoughtful and impactful decisions about where to give. This follows our December 2020 support. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Project Healthy Children — General Support (December 2019) | 100,000 | Project Healthy Children | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Project Healthy Children for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Project Healthy Children to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animal Ask — General Support | 130,000 | Animal Ask | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $130,000 to Animal Ask for general support. Animal Ask does strategy research to help organizations working on farm animal welfare maximize the impact of their campaigns and advocacy efforts. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Development Media International — General Support (January 2020) | 100,000 | Development Media International | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Development Media International via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Development Media International to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Charity Entrepreneurship — Work Stipends for Incubated Charities | 130,200 | charity-entrepreneurship | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $130,200 to Charity Entrepreneurship to provide stipends to talented individuals from low- and middle-income countries for placements at Charity Entrepreneurship-incubated charities. This initiative is expected to accelerate the work of the charities and support the professional growth of the chosen participants. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| AI Standards Lab — AI Standards and Risk Management Frameworks | 200,000 | AI Standards Lab | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the AI Standards Lab to support the development of AI standards and risk management frameworks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Apollo Research — Startup Funding | 1,535,480 | pKeaWwP6sQ | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,535,480 to Apollo Research for startup costs. Apollo Research is a new organization that will conduct research on how to evaluate whether AI models are aligned and safe, with a focus on interpretability and detecting whether models are deceptive. Apollo also plans to do research on AI governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Aquatic Life Institute — Fish Welfare Benchmarking | 114,420 | Aquatic Life Institute | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $114,420 over two years to the Aquatic Life Institute to support its work to evaluate the welfare standards used by fish sustainability certifiers, as well as collaborate with certifiers on welfare improvements. This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| IDinsight — Moral Weights Survey Planning | 11,760 | idinsight | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $11,760 to IDinsight, Inc to support planning for a proposed survey that would ask individuals about their moral preferences over various health and income-related outcomes. This is in line with our general interest in understanding the trade-offs from pursuing different positive outcomes. This follows our March 2019 support for an earlier version of the survey and falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Pakistan Air Quality Initiative — Air Quality in Pakistan (2025) | 200,000 | Pakistan Air Quality Initiative | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $200,000 over two years with Pakistan Air Quality Initiative to support research on air quality in Pakistan, convene gatherings of experts, and provide strategic advice. This follows our January 2024 contract and falls within our focus area of Global Public Health Policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2023) | 154,810 | t0p43V5oLA | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $154,801 to Rethink Priorities to support research on AI governance, with a focus on hardware security features. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Wilson Center — AI Policy Training Program (2022) | 2,011,251 | The Wilson Center | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,011,251 over two years to the Wilson Center to support their AI policy training program, which is aimed at staffers for members of Congress and other policymakers. The program’s ultimate goal is to increase policymakers’ access to technical AI expertise. This follows our April 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in July 2025. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| New York University — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2023) | 1,000,000 | nyu | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to New York University to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). This follows our September 2020 support and falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. It represents an "exit grant" that will provide SSGAC with operational support. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford University — Immunization Research (2023) | 500,000 | stanford-university | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $500,000 over 1.5 years to support research led by Professor Michael Fischbach on the use of modified commensal skin bacteria as a vaccine. If successful, this research could demonstrate the potential of a novel immunization method. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Oxford — AI Cybersecurity Project | 264,666 | university-of-oxford | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $264,666 over two years to the University of Oxford to support a project on securing advanced AI systems against cyber theft, led by Dr. Brianna Rosen and Professor Ciaran Martin at the Blavatnik School of Government. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Project NIA — General Support | 175,000 | Project NIA | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $175,000 to Project NIA, via the Chicago Freedom School, for general support. Project NIA intends to use this funding to support trainings on transformative justice, organize resources for activists and community members interested in this method, and identify examples of successful transformative justice solutions in various jurisdictions. This follows our July 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Good Impressions — Amazon Advertising Campaign | 60,000 | Good Impressions | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $60,000 with Good Impressions to support a campaign to run Amazon advertisements for books relevant to global catastrophic risks. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Washington University in St. Louis — Gut Microbiome Repair Research | 2,693,834 | washu | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,693,834 over two years to Washington University in St. Louis to support research by Professor Jeffrey Gordon and Dr. Michael Barratt on the repair of microbiome function in undernourished children. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Southern California — Linezolid Trial for Syphilis | 160,000 | usc | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $160,000 over two years to the University of Southern California to support a clinical trial led by Dr. Jeffrey Klausner testing linezolid as a treatment for syphilis. Linezolid is an inexpensive antibiotic commonly used to treat pneumonia and certain types of skin infections. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği — General Support | 1,726,120 | Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,726,120 over three years to Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği (CHKD) for general support. CHKD is a Turkish organization dedicated to improving farm animal welfare standards, primarily for chicken and fish. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms and fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Atlas Computing — Research Exploration | 100,000 | Atlas Computing | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Atlas Computing to support its exploration of various topics in technical AI safety, including the development of concrete project proposals for potential future funding. Atlas Computing is a research and development nonprofit investigating the potential of formal specifications for steering future AI models. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| IBRD — Air Quality in the Indo-Gangetic Plain | 1,999,999 | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,999,999 over two years to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a division of the World Bank, to support its work to improve air quality in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. IBRD will conduct research and engagement work to create action plans to improve air quality at the state and regional level. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Nonlinear Fund — Personal Assistant Hiring Agency | 15,000 | Nonlinear Fund | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Nonlinear Fund to support its work incubating a new hiring agency for personal assistants, which will be used by members of the effective altruism community. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Unlimit Health — Deworming and Worm Burden Mapping (2022) | 19,995,935 | Unlimit Health | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $19,995,935 over two years to Unlimit Health (formerly the SCI Foundation) to support its work on deworming and worm burden mapping surveys. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. The grant amount was updated in June 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Michigan — Scalable Oversight Research | 100,000 | university-of-michigan | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to support Professor Samet Oymak’s empirical and theoretical research on scalable oversight of AI. This is one of three grants we’re making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Charity Entrepreneurship — General Support | 1,616,474 | charity-entrepreneurship | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,616,474 over three years to Charity Entrepreneurship, as general support for their human-centered work. Charity Entrepreneurship conducts research on ideas for highly impactful charities and helps founders create charities that implement those ideas. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s website for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Australian Alliance for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 150,000 | Australian Alliance for Animals | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 over 1.5 years to the Australian Alliance for Animals to support its advocacy for farm animal welfare policy in Australia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Arizona State University — Adversarial Robustness Research | 200,000 | Arizona State University | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over three years to Arizona State University to support research led by Professor Chaowei Xiao on adversarial robustness in machine learning systems. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Update (March 2024): Dr. Xiao recently transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he will continue his research. The remaining funds for this grant ($180,707) were transferred to UW-Madison. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Livestock Welfare Strategies — Improved Chicken Depopulation Welfare | 165,000 | Livestock Welfare Strategies | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $165,000 over two years to Livestock Welfare Strategies to support its efforts to improve the effectiveness, humaneness, and transparency of poultry depopulation methods. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Student AI Safety Groups | 1,170,000 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,170,000 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support operating costs for Harvard's AI Safety Student Team (AISST) and MIT AI Alignment (MAIA). This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Mercy for Animals — Corporate Campaigns (2022) | 12,470,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $12,470,000 over two years to Mercy for Animals (MFA) to support their broiler welfare and cage-free corporate campaigns in the United States, Latin America, and globally. This funding will also support MFA’s People’s Fund, which makes grants to groups with the aim of improving racial diversity and equity in the farm animal movement. This follows our June 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Stanford University — Ethical Protections for Potential Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial | 188,478 | stanford-university | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $188,478 over two years to Stanford University to support research led by Professor Jason Andrews on evaluating ethical protections for research among persons incarcerated in Brazilian prisons in the context of potential tuberculosis (TB) phase III vaccine trials that are currently being explored. There is no TB vaccine that is effective in adults, and in Brazil, rates of tuberculosis are roughly more than 30 times higher among incarcerated persons than among the general population. This is one of three grants we’re making to support work in this area. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animals Aotearoa – Broiler Welfare Campaigns | 150,000 | Animals Aotearoa | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 over two years to Animals Aotearoa to support its work on corporate broiler welfare campaigns in New Zealand and Australia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Berkeley — Follow-Up Research on Cash Transfers Study | 1,735,999 | uc-berkeley | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,735,999 to the University of California, Berkeley to support research following up on a randomized controlled trial of GiveDirectly's unconditional cash transfer program in Kenya, to study the program's longer-term effects, such as changes to child mortality and possible spillover effects on households that didn't receive cash. This research will be led by Edward Miguel and Michael Walker of UC Berkeley and Dennis Egger of the University of Oxford. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Open Science — LLM Research Benchmark | 1,700,000 | Center for Open Science | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,700,000 over two years to the Center for Open Science to support the development of a systematic benchmark assessing how effectively large language models (LLMs) can evaluate, replicate, and conduct scientific research. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — LLM Cybersecurity Benchmark | 2,937,000 | stanford-university | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,937,000 to Stanford University to support research to develop a benchmark for the cybersecurity capabilities of large language model (LLM) agents, led by Dr. Percy Liang. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Conference on Artificial General Intelligence | 140,000 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $140,000 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support a conference run by members of the AI Safety Student Team, in collaboration with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. This three-day event will bring researchers, public intellectuals, and policymakers together to discuss how to navigate a world transformed by artificial general intelligence. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The END Fund — General Support (December 2019) | 2,500,000 | The END Fund | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to The END Fund for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of The End Fund to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Good Impressions — Pro-bono Marketing | 100,000 | Good Impressions | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to Good Impressions to support its pro-bono marketing work for nonprofits in the global health and wellbeing space. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Columbia University — Regulatory Affairs Position | 138,600 | columbia-university | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $138,600 to Columbia University to support a position related to regulatory affairs and cost-benefit analysis. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Georgia Institute of Technology — Portable Spectrometers | 111,000 | georgia-tech | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $111,000 over two years to the Georgia Institute of Technology to support research led by Professor Saad Bhamla on developing cheap and portable Raman spectrometers. Raman spectrometers are devices that can be used to identify molecules, and have several diagnostic applications. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford Existential Risks Initiative – General Support | 630,000 | stanford-existential-risks-initiative | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $630,000 to the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative for general support. This follows our January 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Kairos — General Support | 195,000 | Kairos Project | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $195,000 to Kairos for general support. Kairos is an AI safety organization that works on helping society navigate the transition to transformative AI by conducting research, building infrastructure, and developing expertise in the fields of AI safety and policy. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of California, San Francisco Foundation — Reproductive Medicine Research (2023) | 200,000 | uc-san-francisco | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $200,000 over 2.5 years to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Foundation to support research led by Professor Paolo Rinaudo on developing methods to improve advanced reproductive medicine. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| PATH — Malaria Vaccine Trial (2022) | 1,591,687 | PATH | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,591,687 to PATH to coordinate an efficacy trial measuring the effects of combining the RTS,S malaria vaccine and perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) vs. using RTS,S alone in infants and young children in Ghana. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford University — Transformative AI Summer Program | 165,000 | stanford-university | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $165,000 to Stanford University to support Philip Trammell in developing and organizing an intensive summer course on the economics of transformative AI. Most attendees will be graduate students at Stanford and other universities around the country. This gift was funded via a request for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Rethink Priorities — General Support (2024) | 2,100,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,100,000 to Rethink Priorities to support their research programs on Animal Welfare, Global Health and Development, Worldview Investigations, Surveys, and Existential Security, as well as the Institute for AI Policy & Strategy. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Kyle House Group — Aid Policy Strategy (2025) | 930,000 | Kyle House Group | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $930,000 with Kyle House Group to consult on Open Philanthropy’s global aid policy strategy and to advocate for select aid policy goals within the United States. This follows our January 2024 contract and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Clinton Health Access Initiative — Scoping Grant for Sickle Cell Disease Market Shaping | 204,332 | Clinton Health Access Initiative | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $204,332 to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to support scoping work on options for cost-effective market shaping for pediatric sickle cell disease diagnosis and treatment. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| UC Berkeley — Cyberoffense Benchmark | 3,390,000 | uc-berkeley | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $3,390,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support the creation of a benchmark for assessing AI cyberoffense capabilities. This project, led by Professor Dawn Song, will aim to evaluate LLM capabilities across the full cyber-attack kill chain. This gift was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to improving LLM capability evaluations. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Edinburgh — Treatments for Preterm Birth | 5,900,000 | university-of-edinburgh | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $5,900,000 over six years to the University of Edinburgh to support research on supplements that have been shown to significantly reduce preterm birth in low- and middle-income African countries. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Iodine Global Network — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Iodine Global Network for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s website for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — General Support | 264,000 | mit | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $264,000 to the MIT Media Lab to support the Sculpting Evolution group's research and related activities. The group is led by Kevin Esvelt. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Humánny pokrok – Chicken Welfare Campaigns in Slovakia | 100,000 | Humánny pokrok | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Humánny pokrok to support its work on cage-free and broiler chicken corporate campaigns in Slovakia. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| GiveWell — General Support (2023) | 1,733,862 | — | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,733,862 to GiveWell for general support. GiveWell is a nonprofit that finds outstanding giving opportunities and makes incubation grants to develop future effective charities. Read more about Open Philanthropy’s relationship to GiveWell here. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Epoch — AI Worldview Investigations | 188,558 | cBPkzcVBBQ | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $188,558 to Epoch to support its “worldview investigations” related to AI. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Thomas Liao — Foundation Model Tracker | 15,000 | Foundation Model Tracker | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to Thomas Liao to support his work on maintaining Foundation Model Tracker, a website that tracks the release of large AI models. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Long COVID Therapy Trial | 1,500,000 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to support a randomized controlled trial, led by Professor Michael Donnino, that will evaluate a potential therapy to treat long COVID. The proposed therapy is based on a therapy that is effective at reducing chronic pain. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Trevor Woolley — Effective Altruism Economics Course | 10,350 | uc-berkeley | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,350 to Trevor Woolley to teach a course titled “How to analyze EA causes using the tools of economics” at the University of California, Berkeley. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Government Relations Group — Scoping Work for Japan-Korea Aid Dialogues | 86,250 | Government Relations Group | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $86,250 with the Government Relations Group to support scoping work for a project to facilitate dialogues between the Japanese and South Korean governments on global health aid. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — MIT Office Space | 143,751 | cambridge-boston-alignment-initiative | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $143,751 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to rent office space for MIT AI Alignment, a student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on AI alignment research. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Plant Based Foods Association — Advocacy and Corporate Engagement | 2,500,000 | Plant Based Foods Association | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over two years to the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) to support its advocacy and corporate engagement work. PBFA is a trade organization that aims to promote a competitive market environment for plant-based alternatives to animal products. This follows our September 2021 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Development Media International — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Development Media International | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Development Media International for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s website for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FAR.AI — FAR Labs Office Space (2024) | 1,700,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,700,000 over three years to FAR.AI to support FAR Labs, a coworking hub in Berkeley that supports organizations and individuals working on AI safety. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| UC Santa Cruz — Adversarial Robustness Research (2023) | 114,000 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $114,000 to the University of California, Santa Cruz to support research, led by Professor Cihang Xie, on adversarial robustness in AI systems. This funding will support salaries and other costs for two graduate students in Professor Xie’s lab. This follows our January 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| George Mason University — Michael Clemens Migration Research | 450,000 | George Mason University | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $450,000 over three years to George Mason University to support Professor Michael Clemens’ research on migration, and to buy out his teaching obligations during this time. This follows our March 2020 support for Professor Clemens’ research at the Center for Global Development and falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Solutions for Our Climate Korea — Alternative Protein R&D | 200,000 | Solutions for Our Climate Korea | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Solutions for Our Climate Korea to support advocacy efforts promoting the accelerated adoption of alternative proteins. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (EVF, June 2023) | 11,000,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $11,000,000 to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) to support the Centre for Effective Altruism, which is a charity that works to build and support the effective altruism community. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| GovAI — General Support (June 2025) | 2,800,000 | — | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,800,000 to the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) for general support. GovAI intends to use this funding to conduct AI governance research and to develop a talent pipeline for those interested in entering the field. This follows our May 2025 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| BlueDot Impact — General Support | 2,009,000 | bluedot-impact | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,009,000 to BlueDot Impact for general support. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Forecasting Research Institute — AI Progress Forecasting Panel | 1,071,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,071,000 over two years to the Forecasting Research Institute to support the creation of a panel of AI experts who will forecast developments in AI capabilities, adoption, economic impacts, and other topics. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| IMPROVE — Egg Alternatives Research | 65,756 | IMPROVE | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of €60,500 (approximately $65,756 at the time of conversion) with IMPROVE to support its research on egg alternatives used in packaged foods. IMPROVE will assess the current quality of egg alternatives to better understand how they can be improved. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rethink Priorities — Strategy Workshop (2024) | 19,354 | t0p43V5oLA | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $19,354 to Rethink Priorities to support an in-person strategy event across organizations in the Global Health and Development space. The event explored challenges, opportunities, and potential avenues for collaboration. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Humane Society International — Corporate Campaigns in Mexico | 200,000 | Humane Society International | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to the Humane Society International to support cage-free pledge implementation and help egg producers transition to cage-free systems in Mexico. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other contracts. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| High Impact Professionals — General Support | 200,000 | High Impact Professionals | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to High Impact Professionals for general support. High Impact Professionals helps impact-oriented working professionals have a higher social impact by maintaining a talent directory of job seekers and running an accelerator program for promising professionals. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| UC Berkeley — In-line Water Chlorination Devices | 550,000 | uc-berkeley | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $550,000 to UC Berkeley to support work led by Professor Amy Pickering to develop and evaluate low-cost in-line water chlorination devices. Such devices could improve drinking water quality in low-resource settings and lessen the burden of diarrheal disease. This grant was originally funded by the National Institutes of Health, but was recently canceled. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford University — Bangladeshi Brick Kilns RCT | 206,910 | stanford-university | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $206,910 to Stanford University to support work led by Professor Stephen Luby on a randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed at reducing pollution from brick kilns in Bangladesh. Most traditional brick kilns in Bangladesh have already been updated to use a more efficient “zig zag” design, which produces up to 80% fewer particulate emissions. However, it is unclear whether zig zag kilns are more profitable than less efficient models in practice, which may be a barrier to completing the transition. This RCT will test interventions aimed at helping brick kiln owners design and operate zig zag kilns to specification in order to improve their profitability and efficiency. Brick kilns are a major source of air pollution in South Asia and are responsible for roughly 11% of PM2.5 emissions in Bangladesh. If effective, the tested interventions could be scaled up to help reduce kiln emissions across South Asia. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowship (2024) | 141,222 | FL52kVPTlA | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $141,222 to the Council on Strategic Risks to support a biosecurity fellowship. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| 80,000 Hours — Marketing (October 2023) | 2,400,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,400,000 to 80,000 Hours to support spending on marketing and advertising. 80,000 Hours provides online research and advice aimed at helping people enter impactful careers in what it considers to be the world’s most pressing problems. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Humane League — General Support (2025) | 10,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000,000 to The Humane League (THL) for general support. This includes support for the Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a global coalition of grassroots groups. Our farm animal welfare team estimates that major animal welfare pledges secured by THL in recent years have improved the welfare of millions of animals. This funding will support a global expansion of THL’s corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. The Open Wing Alliance is a coalition of over 80 organizations from 67 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. These groups pursue the common goal of ending the abuse of chickens worldwide. THL provides support and guidance for the OWA coalition and administers a grants program for members. OWA members and other animal protection organizations have helped secure more than 3,000 cage-free corporate commitments; most companies are sticking to their commitments, freeing millions of hens from cages. This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Tarbell Center for AI Journalism — Operating Costs | 2,888,000 | Tarbell | 2025-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,888,000 to the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. Through its yearly fellowship, grantmaking, journalist residencies, and other programs, Tarbell supports journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of increasingly advanced AI. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stockholm School of Economics — Global Health Diplomacy Project | 100,000 | Stockholm School of Economics | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Stockholm School of Economics to support work led by Anders Nordström on global health diplomacy. Nordström is piloting a project to support senior government, private sector, and civil society professionals working to drive international collaboration on public health. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| F.R.E.E. — Broiler and Cage-Free Reforms in Romania | 193,000 | Freedom and Respect for Every Earthling (F.R.E.E.) | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $193,000 to Freedom and Respect for Every Earthling (F.R.E.E.) to support its work to improve chicken and layer hen welfare in Romania through corporate campaigns and policy advocacy. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Europe. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Project Healthy Children — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Project Healthy Children | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Project Healthy Children for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s website for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Tara Climate Foundation — Clean Energy Transition in Asia | 10,000,000 | Tara Climate Foundation | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000,000 to Tara Climate Foundation to support its work on accelerating the clean energy transition in East, Southeast, and South Asia (excluding China and India). This grant is part of Open Philanthropy’s Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford University — New Method for Lead Paint Measurement | 100,796 | stanford-university | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $100,796 over two years to Project Unleaded, based at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health, to support research led by Dr. Jenna Forsyth to develop and demonstrate a new reference method for measuring lead in paint, using portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) devices. We're also supporting this project with grants to Mercer University and the Lead Exposure Elimination Project. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Algorithmic Research Group — Language Model Capabilities Benchmarking (2024) | 1,052,500 | Algorithmic Research Group | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,052,500 to the Algorithmic Research Group to support a project developing evaluations that will benchmark the ability of language model agents to accelerate AI R&D. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. It follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Global Development — General Support (2025) | 1,500,000 | center-for-global-development | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 to the Center for Global Development (CGD) for general support. CGD is a think tank that researches and promotes policy to improve the health and wellbeing of people in developing countries, such as economic research on the impact of wealthy countries' official development assistance. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Forecasting Research Institute — Red-line Evaluations | 125,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to the Forecasting Research Institute to support a three-month project operationalizing and forecasting red-line evaluations of advanced AI systems. This grant was funded as part of a funding stream for studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Charak Foundation — Ramatroban Clinical Trial | 1,015,686 | Charak Foundation | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,015,686.03 to the Charak Foundation to fund the initial stages of a clinical trial of ramatroban for the suppression of life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19 infections. Ramatroban is a pill approved for sale and use against allergic rhinitis in Japan, and has been used for over twenty years without incident. The trial will involve the recruitment of people who have been admitted to hospitals with COVID-19. The treatment cohort will be followed for 4-6 months to assess outcomes that include mortality, hypoxemia, length of hospital stay, cytopenia, pulmonary fibrosis, and symptoms related to “long COVID.” This falls within our focus area of scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in May 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Fiocruz — Ethical Protections for Potential Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial | 165,770 | Fiocruz | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $165,770 over two years to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) to support research led by Julio Croda on evaluating ethical protections for research among persons incarcerated in Brazilian prisons in the context of potential tuberculosis (TB) phase III vaccine trials that are currently being explored. There is no TB vaccine that is effective in adults, and in Brazil, rates of tuberculosis are more than 30 times higher among incarcerated persons than among the general population. This is one of three grants we’re making to support work in this area. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Toronto — AI Safety and Alignment Initiatives | 700,000 | university-of-toronto | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $700,000 over three years to the University of Toronto to support work on AI safety and alignment at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI). SRI researches and proposes frameworks for the responsible integration of advanced technology, particularly the development and regulation of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy — Centre for Air Pollution Studies Initiative | 2,000,000 | CSTEP | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) to support the work of the Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS), an initiative of CSTEP. This grant will support CAPS in increasing their team size, and help them expand their work across air quality modeling, measurement and sensor evaluation, and policy analysis. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Charity Navigator — Causeway | 200,000 | Charity Navigator | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to Charity Navigator to support Causeway, Charity Navigator's curated approach for high-impact cause-based giving. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for effective giving organizations. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Alliance for International Medical Action — Treatment of Malnutrition in Niger | 1,008,450 | Alliance for International Medical Action | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $1,008,450 to the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) to support its program providing treatment for malnutrition and pediatric emergencies in Mirriah, Niger. The grant will partially fund ALIMA's operations from March 2021 through April 2022. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dartmouth — Course Buyouts | 349,000 | dartmouth-college | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $349,000 over two years to Dartmouth to support course buyouts that will enable Professor Christopher Snyder to lead innovation and policy research at the University of Chicago’s Market Shaping Accelerator. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales — Farm Animal Welfare in Peru | 156,400 | Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $156,400 over two years to the Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de los Animales (ARBA) to support their work on farm animal welfare in Peru. ARBA will use this funding to conduct producer outreach for cage-free reforms, and advocate for legislation to improve farm animal welfare. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of British Columbia — AI Alignment Research | 100,375 | University of British Columbia | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,375 over two years to the University of British Columbia to support research led by Professor Jeff Clune on AI alignment. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (2023) | 11,195,955 | Sightsavers | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $11,195,955 to Sightsavers to support mass drug administration for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Helsinki — Travel Funding for Air Pollution Research (2023) | 109,000 | University of Helsinki | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $109,000 to the University of Helsinki to support travel grants for the European Geosciences Union conference in 2024. These grants will support scientists based in Africa, South/Southeast Asia, and Latin America who research measurement or modeling approaches to addressing air pollution in these regions. Recipients will attend a conference session on the topic. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Center for a New American Security — Risks from Militarized AI | 101,187 | cnas | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $101,187 over 18 months to the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) to support a working group that will focus on mitigating risks from possible military applications of artificial intelligence. This group will be composed of technical and policy experts from the US, Russia, China, and Europe, and will investigate possible confidence-building measures (actions designed to prevent miscalculation and conflict between states) for militarized AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Viroclinics Biosciences — Broad-Spectrum Antivirals | 421,969 | Viroclinics Biosciences | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $421,969 over four years with Viroclinics Biosciences to support in vivo testing of broad-spectrum antivirals. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Partner Africa — Chicken Welfare in Kenya | 100,000 | Partner Africa | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Partner Africa to support a pilot project to refine and implement chicken welfare standards in Kenya by working with the Kenya Bureau of Standards and other key stakeholders. Partner Africa is a nonprofit that seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable workers and producers in Africa, and to promote responsible business practices. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in broiler chicken welfare. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental grants”, which involve less vetting than our other grants. This is an experimental grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Rescue Committee — Costing Analysis | 159,460 | International Rescue Committee | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $159,460 to the International Rescue Committee to support work on a costing analysis in partnership with USAID's Office of the Chief Economist. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — General Support (2022) | 100,000 | beri | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) for general support. BERI seeks to reduce existential risks to humanity by providing services and support to university-based research groups, including the Center for Human-Compatible AI at the University of California, Berkeley. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Roots of Progress Institute — Annual Conference | 100,000 | Roots of Progress Institute | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Roots of Progress Institute to support its second annual conference. The conference aims to connect people and ideas in the progress movement; the 2025 event will focus on AI, policy, longevity, and manufacturing. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Alignment Research Center — General Support (November 2022) | 1,250,000 | — | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,250,000 over two years to the Alignment Research Center for general support. The Alignment Research Center conducts research on how to align AI with human interests, with a focus on techniques that could be adopted in existing machine learning systems and effectively scale up to future systems. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Santa Barbara — LLM Use Case Database | 133,402 | Santa Barbara | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $133,402 to the University of California, Santa Barbara to support a project led by Professor William Wang to build a database and taxonomy of large language model (LLM) use cases. This is one of two grants we recently made to support this work. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Dalberg Advisors – R&D Portfolio Analysis | 73,000 | Dalberg Advisors | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $73,000 to Dalberg Advisors to support the creation of a modeling tool to assess the expected health impact of our R&D grantmaking portfolio. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rutgers University — Ethical Protections for Potential Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial | 150,416 | rutgers-university | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $150,416 over two years to Rutgers University to support research led by Mônica Magalhães and Nir Eyal on safeguards to promote ethical design of potential future tuberculosis (TB) phase III vaccine trials among Brazilian incarcerated persons. There is no TB vaccine that is effective in adults, and in Brazil, rates of tuberculosis are more than 30 times higher among incarcerated persons than among the general population. This is one of three grants we’re making to support work in this area. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dalberg Media — Aid Advocacy Coalition in Denmark | 158,000 | Dalberg Media | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $158,000 with Dalberg Media to support a project that will explore aid policy and advocacy opportunities in Denmark. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Big Picture — Global Health Aid Advocacy in Japan | 22,400 | Big Picture | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of JPY 3,500,000 (approximately $22,400 at the time of conversion) with Big Picture to support a project aimed at understanding the feasibility and potential impact of building political will for increased emphasis on global health within aid allocation. Big Picture is a government affairs consultancy in Japan. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| UC Berkeley — AI Red-teaming Bootcamp | 100,000 | uc-berkeley | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the UC Berkeley to support an AI red-teaming bootcamp in summer 2025, led by Professor Andrew Reddie at the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. The bootcamp is aimed at postdocs and early career professionals from backgrounds other than machine learning; its goal is to give participants a better understanding of how AI systems work, how they fail, and how those failures can be detected. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| YIMBY Law — General Support (2024) | 180,000 | YIMBY Law | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $180,000 over three years to YIMBY Law for general support. YIMBY Law advocates for more affordable housing in California and pursues litigation to ensure that localities comply with state and federal housing law. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Innovation Growth Lab — General Support | 1,000,000 | Innovation Growth Lab | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Innovation Growth Lab (IGL) for general support. IGL develops and tests different approaches to support innovation, entrepreneurship, and growth, and advocates for the use of experimentation by government agencies to test new policies. This grant was made through our Abundance and Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| University of Rochester — Rural-Urban Migration in Kenya | 1,074,377 | University of Rochester | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,074,377 over five years to the University of Rochester to support the scale-up of a previous study, conducted by Professor Travis Baseler, on the impact of information asymmetries on rural-urban migration in Kenya. Approximately 500 rural households participated in the previous study, which found that correcting underestimates of wages in Nairobi led to increased migration and significantly increased migrants’ household incomes. Professor Baseler intends to use this funding to expand the study to 16,800 households in Kenya. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia (2022) | 1,142,000 | World Animal Protection | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,142,000 over three years to World Animal Protection (WAP) to support re-granting to farm animal groups in Southeast Asia. Our farm animal welfare team has been impressed by WAP’s re-granting work so far, and believes this is a way to support movement-building in countries with many farmed animals but relatively fewer organizations dedicated to farmed animal welfare. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Vital Strategies — RESET Alcohol Initiative | 15,000,000 | Vital Strategies | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000,000 over three years to Vital Strategies to support the RESET Alcohol Initiative, which is a consortium of six organizations working to reduce harms from excessive alcohol consumption in low- and middle-income countries. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — David Krueger Collaboration | 140,050 | beri | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $140,050 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support its collaboration with Professor David Krueger. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in August 2023. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Living Goods — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Living Goods | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Living Goods for general support. This is an exit grant due to GiveWell’s discontinuation of the “standout charity” designation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s website for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (January 2020) | 2,710,100 | Sightsavers | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,710,100 to Sightsavers to support deworming programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Sightsavers’ deworming program to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia (2024) | 1,233,000 | World Animal Protection | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,233,000 over two years to World Animal Protection (WAP) to support re-granting to farm animal groups in Southeast Asia. Our farm animal welfare team has been impressed by WAP’s re-granting work so far, and believes this is a way to support movement-building in countries with many farmed animals but relatively fewer organizations dedicated to farmed animal welfare. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FAR.AI — AI Communications and Outreach | 2,420,253 | lCiT37k9pA | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,420,253 over two years to FAR.AI to support expanding FAR’s communications and outreach efforts. FAR.AI is a nonprofit that works to ensure AI systems are more trustworthy and beneficial to society. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| New York University — Wild Animal Welfare Program (2024) | 200,000 | nyu | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $200,000 to New York University to support their Wild Animal Welfare program, led by Professors Becca Franks and Jeff Sebo. The program will conduct and support research, outreach, and field-building about what wild animals are like, and how humans can improve our interactions with them at scale. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our work on animal welfare. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide the Wild Animal Welfare program with operational support. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Sightsavers — Scoping Work on Deworming Programs | 118,000 | Sightsavers | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $118,000 to Sightsavers to support scoping work on deworming programs in DRC, Côte d'Ivoire, and Sudan. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Giving What We Can — General Support (2023) | 2,361,905 | aKZsmUeuWg | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,361,905 to Giving What We Can for general support. Giving What We Can advocates for people to pledge part of their income to charity and gives advice to donors to help them maximize the impact of their giving. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — Universal Salt Iodization (January 2020) | 100,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to support its Universal Salt Iodization program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GiveWell’s review of GAIN's Universal Salt Iodization program to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| World Heart Federation — Rheumatic Heart Disease Congress | 200,000 | World Heart Federation | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the World Heart Federation to support a congress on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) that will bring together researchers and practitioners to share and discuss research related to RHD. This will include group A streptococcus vaccine research, which our team believes is one of the most promising approaches to reducing the burden of RHD. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Harvard University — CRISPR-Based Diagnostics for Febrile Diseases (2024) | 1,597,247 | harvard-university | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,597,247 over three years to Harvard University to support research led by James Collins on developing CRISPR-based diagnostics for febrile (fever-inducing) diseases. Many deadly diseases such as malaria and typhoid fever cause similar fever symptoms, but require targeted treatments. Improved diagnostics could have a large health impact — particularly since these would be designed for use in resource-limited settings in the developing world. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| EffiSciences — Existential Risk Programs (2023) | 205,000 | Effisciences | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $205,000 to EffiSciences to support projects that encourage students to pursue promising research paths related to existential risk, such as AI alignment, biorisks, and climate change. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Data for Decisions — Syphilis Vaccine Economic Research | 414,804 | Data for Decisions | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $414,804 with Data for Decisions to produce an economic analysis of global demand for a possible syphilis vaccine, and to estimate the cost-effectiveness of such a vaccine. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The contract amount was changed in February 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Chicago — Research on Mobile Conditional Cash Transfers | 1,971,943 | university-of-chicago | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,971,943 over four years to the University of Chicago to support research led by Dr. Rachel Glennerster to evaluate IRD Global’s mobile conditional cash transfer program in Sindh Province, Pakistan. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. The grant amount was updated in January 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Solar Cooling Engineering — Solar Refrigerator Testing | 100,000 | Solar Cooling Engineering | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Solar Cooling Engineering, a small company based in Germany, to support field tests for a new solar-powered refrigerator model designed for use in Africa. If the tests are successful, this refrigerator could be used to cost-effectively produce ice and improve cold chain logistics for vaccines. Currently, several African countries have inadequate cold chains, which hampers the implementation of many new vaccines. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Positive Money Europe — European Macro Policy | 136,000 | Positive Money Europe | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $136,000 over two years to Positive Money Europe to support their research and advocacy on macroeconomic and monetary policy in Europe. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Joep Lange Institute — Debt to Health Advocacy | 200,000 | Joep Lange Institute | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Joep Lange Institute to support “Debt to Health” (D2H) advocacy. D2H aims to increase domestic health spending by converting debt repayment into public health investment. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Stanford University — Humane & Sustainable Food Lab (2024) | 200,000 | stanford-university | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $200,000 to Stanford University to support research on how consumers respond to alternative proteins and on other interventions to reduce meat consumption. The research will be led by Maya Mathur at the university's Humane & Sustainable Food Lab. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Southern California — Preterm Births Research | 114,353 | usc | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $114,353 to the University of Southern California to support scientific activities, led by Professor Jeffrey Klausner, to understand preterm births in lower- and middle-income countries. The IHME estimates that in 2019, preterm births caused 13% of all deaths of children under 5. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Incentives — General Support (2020) | 1,897,905 | New Incentives | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $1,897,905 to New Incentives to support its program providing conditional cash transfers for infant vaccination in North West Nigeria. This grant supplements a larger GiveWell Incubation Grant that was made in November 2017 to support New Incentives' operations during a randomized controlled trial of its program. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Government Relations Group – Japan and Korea Aid Policy Dialogues | 355,030 | Government Relations Group | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $355,030 to the Government Relations Group to support dialogue between Japanese and Korean policymakers about global health aid. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Rethink Priorities — Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Research | 418,500 | t0p43V5oLA | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $418,500 with Rethink Priorities to support research on causes falling under our work on Global Health and Wellbeing. As we contemplate adding new areas for giving, we believe that Rethink Priorities’ research outputs may help us investigate and prioritize across potential focus areas. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (Amy Pickering) (2021) | 1,900,000 | uc-berkeley | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,900,000 to UC Berkeley to support work led by Amy Pickering to develop and evaluate low-cost in-line water chlorination devices. Such devices could improve drinking water quality in low-resource settings and lessen the burden of diarrheal disease. This follows our October 2020 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| ARCED Foundation — Bangladeshi Brick Kilns Governance RCT | 281,000 | ARCED Foundation | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $281,000 over two years with Aureolin Research, Consultancy, and Expertise (ARCED) Foundation to support its work on a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh to evaluate governance interventions intended to reduce the health impacts of brick kilns, which are a major source of air pollution in Bangladesh and across South Asia. The intervention is to develop and assist in implementing an eGovernance tool. The trial will test whether the tool improves adherence to environmental regulation and how it affects the development of less harmful alternatives to traditional bricks. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| International Vaccine Institute — Schistosomiasis Vaccine Assessment | 140,000 | International Vaccine Institute | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $140,000 over two years to the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to support the assessment of the safety and efficacy of SchistoShield®, a promising schistosomiasis vaccine candidate. The assessment will be conducted by the Vaccine Against Schistosomiasis in Africa project, which is led by IVI. If safe and effective, the vaccine could be used in both humans and cattle, the latter of which contribute to the spread of the disease. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action — Syphilis Screening and Treatment | 13,153,119 | evidence-action | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $13,153,119 to Evidence Action to support its work providing technical assistance to the Zambian and Cameroonian governments to scale up syphilis testing and treatment in pregnancy. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Korean Animal Welfare Association — Cage-Free Campaigns (2022) | 158,543 | Korean Animal Welfare Association | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $158,543 over two years to the Korean Animal Welfare Association to support their campaigns for cage-free reforms for layer hen farming in South Korea. This follows our August 2021 support for research to prepare for these campaigns. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in August 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2023) | 1,000,000 | Rational Animations | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to Rational Animations to support animation costs for YouTube videos about AI and AI risk, as well as other topics relating to rationality, effective altruism, and transformative technology. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for the Governance of AI — Research Assistant | 19,200 | — | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $19,200 to the Centre for the Governance of AI to support a new research assistant. This follows our December 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| International Rescue Committee — USAID Placement | 1,071,597 | International Rescue Committee | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,071,597 over two years to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support the placement of a senior IRC staffer at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) via the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. This staffer will identify and promote ways to increase the cost efficiency of USAID programs. The grant will also cover the generation of cost evidence, utilizing the Dioptra tool, by five USAID implementing partners. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. The grant amount was updated in January 2025. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center — Fluro-BCG planning | 102,000 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $102,000 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to support preparations and planning for a clinical trial to accelerate TB vaccine development. The research, led by Dr. Jim Kublin, will study a form of the BCG TB vaccine which has been modified to fluoresce (Fluor-BCG) so that bacteria can be visualized in human volunteers, providing dynamic measurement of vaccine-induced responses over time. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| IDinsight — Beneficiary Preferences Survey | 474,374 | idinsight | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $474,374 to IDinsight to support a study surveying how potential beneficiaries of GiveWell's top charities value different good outcomes, such as averting a death or doubling a household's income. This is a renewal of one project under an April 2018 grant to support the work of IDinsight's "GiveWell embedded team." GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Postdoctoral Fellowship | 174,600 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $174,600 over three years to the Life Sciences Research Foundation to support a postdoctoral fellowship for an early-career microbiologist. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford University – Meat Purchasing Behavioral Studies | 200,000 | stanford-university | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $200,000 to Stanford University to support the university’s Humane & Sustainable Food Lab, which is led by Maya Mathur. The lab’s current research directions include investigating how adding plant-based meat alternatives to menus impacts meat ordering, using data on national-level consumption of meat and meat alternatives to explore how popular documentaries affect these outcomes, and conducting controlled experiments in university dining halls to investigate how simple nudges could reduce consumption of meat and animal products. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Risk Management Frameworks (2024) | 200,000 | Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity to support the development of risk management frameworks and the analysis of AI standards. An additional grant to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative will support related work. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2021) | 1,066,312 | uc-san-francisco | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,066,312 over three years to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to continue to support basic research, led by Allan Basbaum, on understanding the brain mechanisms that process pain messages and that contribute to the transition from acute to chronic pain after injury. The goal of the research is to contribute to the development of new methods to manage chronic pain. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our interest in funding scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Vital Strategies — Support for a Consortium on Alcohol Control Policy | 100,000 | Vital Strategies | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $100,000 to Vital Strategies to support its work on advocacy and technical assistance for alcohol policy in low- and middle-income countries. Vital Strategies plans to use part of this funding to engage a consultant to help it develop the proposal, and to allocate the remaining funding among other members of the consortium. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FABRIC — General Support | 1,436,000 | FABRIC | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,436,000 over two years to FABRIC for general support. FABRIC is a Czechia-based organization that organizes camps for talented young people to discuss topics related to rationality. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Global Development Europe — Education Research | 1,150,000 | center-for-global-development | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,150,000 to CGD Europe, the European branch of the Center for Global Development, to support a study that will follow up on the long-run impacts of education RCTs (randomized controlled trials) in low and middle income countries. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Chicago — Chicago School of Existential Risk (2022) | 207,000 | university-of-chicago | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $207,000 over 18 months to the University of Chicago to support the Chicago School of Existential Risk (CSXR), a research fellowship program for undergraduate and graduate students that will focus on research related to reducing existential risks. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Dartmouth — Workshop Travel Expenses (January 2024) | 11,000 | dartmouth-college | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $11,000 to Heidi Williams at Dartmouth to support travel expenses for participants in a workshop on estimating the economic and budgetary impacts of immigration. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Respirer Living Sciences — National Clean Air Programme Tracker | 572,000 | Respirer Living Sciences | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $572,000 over two years with Respirer Living Sciences to support work to maintain and improve its NCAP Tracker, which is an online tool that tracks the progress of India’s National Clean Air Programme on achieving air quality goals. This work will make the tracker’s methodology more transparent and make it easier to track year-on-year progress by city. The tracker has already attracted substantial attention and is frequently cited as a data source by local media. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Support for Kevin Esvelt’s Research | 100,000 | beri | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to provide support for Kevin Esvelt's Sculpting Evolution group at the MIT Media Lab. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention — General Support (2021) | 6,949,382 | Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of £5,121,212 ($6,949,382 at the time of conversion) to the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) to support work aimed at reducing deaths from deliberate ingestion of pesticides. CPSP plans to use these funds to expand to provide support to China, and work with relevant UN agencies and regulatory bodies to assist countries in which CPSP does not currently have a program. CPSP also plans to continue its work in Nepal and India. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Good Judgment Inc. — H5N1 Forecasts | 150,000 | Zx7ckq6syw | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $150,000 with Good Judgment Inc. to commission public forecasts related to the H5N1 (bird flu) virus. These forecasts will be made by “superforecasters” (people with a strong track record of making accurate predictions). This follows our March 2020 contract for COVID-19 forecasts. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Nigerian Institute of Medical Research – COVID-19 Fractional Dosing Trial | 2,921,000 | Nigerian Institute of Medical Research | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,921,000 to the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research to support a safety and immunogenicity trial in adults in Nigeria of fractional doses of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. The trial has the potential to indicate that smaller doses of these vaccines promote immune responses that are "non-inferior" to those from standard doses. If non-inferiority can be established, this could allow many people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 sooner despite limited supplies, and potentially affect booster recommendations in Nigeria or elsewhere, reducing deaths and other harms from the pandemic. This falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Stanford University — H5N1 Testing Scale-up | 100,000 | stanford-university | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $100,000 to Stanford University to support increased testing for Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in human clinical samples from areas in California’s Central Valley, near sources of potentially infected cow herds. Professor Ben Pinsky will lead the work. H5N1 continues to spread on farms, namely in poultry and dairy cattle. A recent paper in Science shows that a single point mutation can switch the receptor binding from birds to humans, suggesting that transmission to humans may be more likely than previously thought. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI Collaboration (2022) | 1,126,160 | beri | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,126,160 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to support continued work with the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) at UC Berkeley. BERI will use the funding to facilitate the creation of an in-house compute cluster for CHAI's use, purchase compute resources, and hire a part-time system administrator to help manage the cluster. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Giving What We Can — General Support (November 2024) | 2,200,000 | aKZsmUeuWg | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,200,000 to Giving What We Can for general support. Giving What We Can advocates for people to pledge part of their income to charity and gives advice to donors to help maximize the impact of their giving. This follows our February 2024 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Abundant Housing LA — General Support | 150,000 | Abundant Housing LA | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Abundant Housing LA (AHLA) for general support. This funding is intended to support AHLA’s work developing realistic housing capacity estimates as part of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation process for several cities in Los Angeles County. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Health Innovative Technology Fund — Private Sector Fundraising | 125,000 | Global Health Innovative Technology Fund | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund to support fundraising efforts focused on Japan’s private sector. The GHIT Fund is a public-private partnership fund that promotes the creation of innovative treatments for malaria, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Aquatic Life Institute — Aquatic Animal Welfare (November 2022) | 150,000 | Aquatic Life Institute | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Aquatic Life Institute for general support. The Aquatic Life Institute works to improve the welfare of aquatic animals in farms and fisheries through research and coalition building. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Malaria Consortium — Support for SMC in FCT and Oyo States, Nigeria | 15,900,000 | malaria-consortium | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant $15.9 million to Malaria Consortium, which we expect will enable them to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in Nigeria in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2022-2024 and in Oyo state in 2022. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Princeton University — Software Engineering LLM Benchmark | 1,045,620 | princeton-university | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,045,620 to Princeton University to support a project to develop a benchmark for evaluating the performance of Large Language Model (LLM) agents in software engineering tasks, led by Assistant Professor Karthik Narasimhan. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — AI Interpretability Research | 743,500 | stanford-university | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $743,500 to Stanford University to support research on AI interpretability, led by Professor Christopher Potts. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mission Realization — Support for Farm Animal Welfare Organizations (October 2024) | 820,000 | Mission Realization | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $820,000 over two years with Mission Realization, led by Neysa Colizzi, to support its focus on strategic, leadership, and organizational development for farm animal welfare organizations. This follows our July 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| SecureBio — AI Biological Capabilities Dashboard | 18,548 | — | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $18,550 to SecureBio to support the creation of an online dashboard tracking frontier AI models’ performance on biology-related evaluations. SecureBio hopes that making this data available will allow for more rigorous public conversations about AI’s biological research capabilities. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Apollo Research — General Support | 2,178,700 | pKeaWwP6sQ | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,178,700 to Apollo Research for general support. Apollo Research is a research organization that develops evaluations to test the alignment and safety of AI models, with a focus on capability evaluations, interpretability research, and governance. This follows our June 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| ETH Zurich — Research on Prompt Injection Attacks | 20,000 | ETH Zürich | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $20,000 to ETH Zurich to support a project to develop reinforcement learning techniques for generating prompt injection attacks against LLM agents, led by Xin Chen and Professor Florian Tramer. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute — Dumuria Nets for Malaria Prevention in Nomadic Populations (NOMHAD) | 2,374,022 | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,374,022 over three years to the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute to support research on the effectiveness of PermaNet® Dumuria (Vestergaard) nets. These nets are non-mesh, treated with insecticide, and designed to protect outdoor sleepers and people living in temporary semi-open shelters from malaria-carrying mosquitoes. The research will evaluate Dumuria nets' effectiveness, cost, durability, and acceptability among pastoralist nomadic populations in South Sudan. It will be led by Dr. Natacha Protopopoff, in collaboration with the Bridge Network South Sudan, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Médecins Sans Frontières (Operational Centre Brussels), and South Sudan's Ministry of Health. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Bonn — Influenza Drug Development | 2,200,000 | University of Bonn | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,200,000 over three years to the University of Bonn to support work led by Professor Hiroki Kato on further developing a drug that inhibits influenza growth by inhibiting mRNA cap structure methylation. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Dundee — StrepA Vaccine Research | 1,050,000 | University of Dundee | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,050,000 over two years to the University of Dundee to support research and development on scaling up production of the surface glycan of the Group A streptococcus (GAS) bacteria for use as a potential vaccine component. This work will be led by Dr. Helge Dorfmueller and could advance efforts to create an effective vaccine against GAS infections, for which no vaccine currently exists. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Living Goods — General Support (January 2020) | 100,000 | Living Goods | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Living Goods for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Living Goods to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022) | 2,648,881 | mit | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,648,881 over three years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab to support research led by Professor Kevin Esvelt on biosecurity, primarily focused on early detection of biosecurity threats. This follows our March 2021 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Williams College — Regulatory Affairs Position | 176,000 | Williams College | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $176,000 to Williams College to support a position related to regulatory affairs and cost-benefit analysis. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Mission Motor — Support for Farm Animal Welfare Organizations | 150,000 | The Mission Motor | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to The Mission Motor to support mentoring, learning, and evaluation services for organizations focused on farm animal welfare. The Mission Motor offers free training and support to animal advocacy organizations to help them amplify their impact. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Carreras con Impacto — Mentorship Program and Online Courses | 189,000 | Carreras con Impacto | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $189,000 to Carreras con Impacto to support a mentorship program and Spanish-language online courses focused on global catastrophic risks. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Forecasting Research Institute – Forecasting Benchmark | 100,000 | KslhqGaeJw | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Forecasting Research Institute to support a collaboration with Jacob Steinhardt’s lab to work on a large language model (LLM) forecasting benchmark. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — Immunology Project | 330,000 | stanford-university | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $330,000 over two years to Stanford University to support a project led by Professor Mark Davis to develop a human organoid system for investigating immunological mechanisms and testing vaccine efficacy. Organoids are clusters of cells that are produced by inducing differentiation of stem cells into some or all of the various cell types that comprise specific types of tissues and organs in animals. In some cases, the cells in organoids also assemble in ways that mimic the morphology found in animals. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford University — AI Economic Impacts Workshop | 120,000 | stanford-university | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $120,000 to Stanford University to support a workshop on the economic and societal impacts of transformative AI. One of the organizers was the Stanford Digital Economy Lab at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, which Erik Brynjolfsson currently leads. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Global Development — Staff for USAID Chief Economist | 1,411,409 | center-for-global-development | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,411,409 over two years to the Center for Global Development (CGD) to support their work placing two fellows in the Office of the Chief Economist at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). These placements will be done via the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. CGD will use this funding to hire, train, and place the fellows, and to provide ongoing support. We believe that these placements will help improve the cost-effectiveness of US foreign aid. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Institute for Replication — Large Language Model Replication Games | 174,112 | Institute for Replication | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $174,112 to the University of Ottawa to support the Institute for Replication in producing a series of replication games led by Abel Brodeur that test how large language models can help humans reproduce the results of economics papers and find errors in original papers. The replication games will be run as randomized controlled trials. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs. It falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| OpenMined Foundation — Secure Enclaves for LLM Evaluation | 10,943,400 | OpenMined | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,943,400 over two years to the OpenMined Foundation to support its work on using PySyft and secure enclaves for frontier model evaluations. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| ETH Zürich — LLM Adversarial Attacks Benchmark | 130,000 | ETH Zürich | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $130,000 to ETH Zürich to support the development of a benchmark to measure whether LLM agents can design and implement adversarial attacks that overcome defenses described in the academic literature. The project will be led by Professor Florian Tramér. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Malaria Consortium — Support for LLIN Distribution Campaigns | 27,175,074 | malaria-consortium | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $27,175,074 to the Malaria Consortium to support the purchase and distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) to residents of Ondo and Anambra states, Nigeria. These statewide LLIN campaigns are scheduled to take place in late 2021 and early 2022. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dansk Vegetarisk Forening — Plant-based Food Summit | 180,000 | Dansk Vegetarisk Forening | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $180,000 to Dansk Vegetarisk Forening to support a policy summit on plant-based foods. This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Evidence Action — Accelerator Program | 14,006,277 | evidence-action | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $14,006,277 to Evidence Action to support their Accelerator program. The program works to assess, pilot, and scale interventions that GiveWell and Evidence Action believe are promising but that lack existing organizations to scale them. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Shrimp Welfare Project — General Support (2023) | 2,000,000 | Shrimp Welfare Project | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to the Shrimp Welfare Project. Focuses include installing stunners at major shrimp producers, reducing stocking density on shrimp farms in South Asia, and increasing industry awareness of shrimp welfare. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (2022) | 1,250,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,250,000 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours provides online content and one-on-one coaching aimed at helping people have more impact with their careers. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The University of Chicago — EPIC Air Quality Fund | 1,490,000 | university-of-chicago | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,490,000 to The University of Chicago to establish an Air Quality Fund at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), and to support the fund's first round of regranting. This follows our August 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards (2021) | 25,000 | uc-berkeley | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $25,000 to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), via UC Berkeley, to support work by CLTC's AI Security Initiative on the development and implementation of AI standards. An additional grant to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative will support related work. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| AI Safety Support — AI Safety Technical Program (May 2023) | 146,165 | ai-safety-support | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $146,165 to AI Safety Support to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA) program, which helps individuals interested in AI safety improve their technical expertise in machine learning. This is one of two grants we’re making to support the program; the other will go to Conjecture. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Successif — Career Advising (2024) | 1,149,000 | Successif | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,149,000 over two years to Successif, an advising service that helps experienced professionals transition to impactful roles focused on mitigating catastrophic risks from artificial intelligence. This follows our February 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Touro College & University System — AI Governance Legal Research | 19,783 | Touro College & University System | 2024-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $19,783 to the Touro College & University System to support Professor Gabriel Weil's legal research on AI governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Longview Philanthropy — General Support (October 2024) | 15,961,273 | gV4U3qi2QA | 2024-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,961,273 to Longview Philanthropy to support its operational costs. Longview Philanthropy provides education, advisory and grantmaking services to donors who want to maximize the impact of their giving. This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in June 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute — Cage-free Campaigns | 200,000 | Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute to support cage-free campaigns in South Africa. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Growth Teams — Conference Support | 142,500 | Growth Teams | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Economic Growth in LMICs] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $142,500 to Growth Teams to support the 2024 Growth Conference, a summit on economic growth in developing countries. The summit will be organized by Growth Teams in partnership with the Charter Cities Institute and the Center for Global Development. This falls within our focus area of economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. The grant amount was updated in September 2024. | mQvLJvlmP_ |
| GovAI — General Support (May 2025) | 1,000,000 | — | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) for general support. GovAI intends to use this funding to conduct AI governance research and to develop a talent pipeline for those interested in entering the field. This follows our February 2025 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Bat Cell Line Research | 100,000 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to support research led by Adolfo Garcia-Sastre on developing pluripotent stem cells from bats. These cell lines can be used to study cellular immune responses, and may be very valuable for advancing virology research, including both antiviral development and the assessment of pandemic potential from zoonotic viruses. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Stanford University — In Vitro Immunology | 2,310,000 | stanford-university | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $2,310,000 over three years to Stanford University to support work led by Professor Mark Davis to develop an in vitro immunological system for characterizing the efficacy of vaccine candidates. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Harvard University — AI Interpretability, Controllability, and Safety Research | 1,000,000 | harvard-university | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Harvard University to support research led by Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas on artificial intelligence interpretability, controllability, and safety. Their research will focus on the extent to which large language models have developed internal models of the user and of themselves as distinct agents. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Yale University — Purchase of TEER Instrument | 151,325 | yale-university | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $151,325 to Yale University to support the purchase of a Transepithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER) instrument. This specialized device measures the electrical conductance of films of cells growing in cell culture. Researchers at Yale will use the device to measure the effect of hundreds of monoclonal antibodies at varying concentrations. The aim of this research is to find the most active antibody, which could be developed into a possible therapeutic for strokes and Alzheimer’s, among other conditions. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2019) | 2,500,000 | givedirectly | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 to GiveDirectly for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Incentives — General Support (2021) | 16,785,243 | New Incentives | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $16,785,243 to New Incentives for general operating support, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of New Incentives to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars | 2,047,268 | beri | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,047,268 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support their collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment, and connect them with the Berkeley alignment research community. This grant will support the MATS program’s third cohort. This follows our April 2022 support for the previous iteration of MATS, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| IRD Global — RCT Planning for Tuberculosis Program | 1,016,599 | IRD Global | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,016,599 to Interactive Research & Development (IRD) Global to support planning work for randomized controlled trial of its Zero TB program in Karachi, Pakistan. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. This follows our June 2021 support for IRD. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Pennsylvania — Adrenal Cell Research | 1,320,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,320,000 over three years to the University of Pennsylvania to support Professor Kotaro Sasaki’s research on how to convert stem cells into adrenal cells, which are responsible for producing adrenal hormones such as adrenaline and epinephrine. This work will help to advance our basic understanding of how the human body produces adrenal cells, and may contribute to the development of therapies for adrenal disorders. This follows our December 2020 support for Professor Sasaki’s research on gamete development. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Reduction (2021) | 1,250,000 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,250,000 over two years to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to support work on reducing global catastrophic biological risks. NTI works on several projects in this area; they advocate for governments to prioritize biological risks, advocate against biological weapons development, and develop methods to detect, prevent, and mitigate catastrophic biological events. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Malaria Consortium — Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Mozambique (2022) | 15,918,958 | malaria-consortium | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,918,958 to the Malaria Consortium to support its seasonal malaria chemoprevention program in Mozambique. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships and Policy Work | 2,898,350 | FL52kVPTlA | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,898,350 over two years to the Council on Strategic Risks to support their biosecurity fellowship program and their work on biosecurity policy. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Open New York — General Support (2023) | 2,000,000 | Open New York | 2023-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to Open New York for general support. Open New York advocates for policies that would produce more housing across New York. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Swift Centre — Alternative Protein Forecasting | 116,707 | YlrwnKhMqQ | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $116,707 with the Swift Centre to support a forecasting project on alternative proteins. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. To learn more about new approaches and strategies, we sometimes make “experimental contracts”, which involve less vetting than our other contracts. This is an experimental contract. The contract amount was updated in June 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Translational Health Science and Technology Institute — Henipavirus Antivirals | 1,020,475 | Translational Health Science and Technology Institute | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,020,475 over four years to the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI). The THSTI is a government institute in the Department of Biotechnology within the Ministry of Science and Technology of India. This grant will support its research on developing antiviral platforms and identifying drugs for henipaviruses such as Nipah virus and Hendra virus. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Washington University in St. Louis — Research on Cryptosporidium Hominis (2023) | 1,200,000 | washu | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,200,000 over three years to Washington University in St. Louis to support research led by Professor David Sibley on Cryptosporidium hominis (C. hominis), a species of human-specific parasite that is one of the leading causes of pediatric diarrheal deaths and long-term disability in the developing world. Professor Sibley will focus on understanding which properties of C. hominis make it a human pathogen. Our team believes that this work may lead to the discovery of methods to treat or prevent C. hominis infections. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UK Day One – Science and Technology Policy Crowdsourcing | 150,000 | UK Day One | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to UK Day One to support the development of crowdsourced science and technology policy ideas. UK Day One is a nonpartisan initiative fiscally sponsored by the Digital Harbor Foundation. It is dedicated to advancing the UK's policy landscape on science, technology, and innovation. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Ambitious Impact — General Support (2025) | 1,250,000 | ambitious-impact | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,250,000 over two years to Ambitious Impact for general support. Ambitious Impact conducts research on ideas for highly impactful charities and helps founders create charities that implement those ideas. This follows our March 2022 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| People for Animals Uttarakhand — Cage-Free Farm and Training Center | 200,000 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to People for Animals Uttarakhand to support the creation of a cage-free egg farm and training center in India. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| William & Mary — AidData | 105,767 | AidData | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $105,767 with William & Mary to support AidData, a research lab at the college that seeks to make development finance more transparent and effective. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| World Resources Institute — City Government Support for Air Quality | 1,200,000 | World Resources Institute | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,200,000 over two years to the World Resources Institute to support their work helping city governments in India implement air quality policies through technical support and capacity building. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Yale University — Regulatory Affairs Fellowship | 166,667 | yale-university | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $166,667 to Yale University to support a fellowship related to regulatory affairs and cost-benefit analysis. Yale will serve as the institution dispersing the grant funds. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| People for Animals Uttarakhand — Farm Animal Welfare in India (2023) | 204,400 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $204,400 to People for Animals Uttarakhand to support its work on farm animal welfare in India, including both policy advocacy and corporate outreach. This follows our May 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| FAR.AI — General Support (2024) | 2,160,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,160,000 over three years to FAR.AI for general support. FAR.AI works to incubate and accelerate research agendas to ensure AI systems are more trustworthy and beneficial to society. This follows our July 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in July 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| WorkStream Business Systems — EA Operations and Leadership Fellowships | 14,000 | WorkStream Business Systems | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $14,000 to WorkStream Business Systems to support the EA Operations Fellowship and the EA Leadership Fellowship, which are fellowship programs aimed at improving the skills of operations workers and organization leaders in the effective altruism movement. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| FAI Farms — Aquaculture Welfare Reforms | 1,919,600 | FAI Farms | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,919,600 over two years to FAI Farms to support training for farmers, industry workers, and government officials on deploying assessment protocols and techniques designed to improve welfare for farmed aquatic animals. FAI Farms works in Brazil and Thailand, and will soon expand its work into Egypt, Vietnam, and Honduras. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The University of Chicago — Air Quality Monitoring Research | 73,125 | university-of-chicago | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $73,125 to the University of Chicago to support research led by Dr. Christa Hasenkopf on identifying gaps in current air quality monitoring. In her analysis, Dr. Hasenkopf will aim to identify countries with high pollution levels according to satellite data, but no public data from monitors and limited or no relevant funding. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales — AI Policy Work | 110,000 | Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $110,000 to Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales to support AI policy research and science diplomacy efforts in the EU and Latin America. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Purdue University — Imatinib Trial for Drug-Resistant Malaria (2023) | 780,000 | purdue-university | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $780,000 over three years to Purdue University to support a phase IIa/IIb trial of imatinib, a drug previously approved to treat leukemia, to test its efficacy against drug-resistant strains of malaria in Africa. This research will be coordinated by Professor Philip Low, who previously organized a successful phase II trial of imatinib (and an ongoing phase III trial) in Vietnam. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| BlueDot Impact — General Support (2024) | 2,468,511 | bluedot-impact | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,468,511 over two years to BlueDot Impact for general support. BlueDot Impact runs online courses aimed at helping people increase the impact of their careers. This follows our July 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was changed in February 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (2023) | 1,200,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,200,000 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours works to help people have more impact with their careers by providing online content and one-on-one coaching. This follows our May 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Good Judgment Inc. — Forecasting Review on Power-Seeking AI | 231,000 | Zx7ckq6syw | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $231,000 with Good Judgment Inc. to support a review by “superforecasters” (people with a strong track record of making accurate predictions) of Open Philanthropy research analyst Joe Carlsmith’s report on whether power-seeking AI is an existential risk. The report includes Carlsmith’s predictions on a number of questions; the reviewers will make their own predictions for those questions. The reviewers were also commissioned to make predictions on when Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will be developed and on how likely it is that AGI will cause humanity's extinction or permanently curtail humanity's potential. This follows our March 2020 contract. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. Update, 10/19/23: The review has now been published. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| YIMBY Action — Housing Advocacy in California (2024) | 120,000 | YIMBY Action | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $120,000 over three years to YIMBY Action to support its work on housing policy advocacy in California. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Precision Development — Exit Grant | 100,000 | Precision Development | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Precision Development, a former GiveWell standout charity, as an exit grant due to GiveWell's discontinuation of the "standout charity" designation. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's grant page for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| cFactual — Consulting Services | 105,000 | cFactual | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $105,000 to cFactual, a consultancy co-founded by two alumni of the Boston Consulting Group, to support its work providing consulting services to other organizations in the effective altruism community. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Synonym Bio — Food Production Research | 30,000 | Synonym Bio | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $30,000 to Synonym Bio to produce and publish a techno-economic analysis (TEA) of gas fermentation for food production. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Impact Global Health — General Support | 1,550,000 | Impact Global Health | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,550,000 over three years to Impact Global Health (IGH) for general support. IGH works to improve health outcomes for underserved populations by helping governments, funders and civil society organizations make better R&D policy and funding decisions — for example, by creating G-FINDER, which tracks funding for global health R&D. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in July 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of California, Berkeley — Software Engineering Benchmark | 739,866 | uc-berkeley | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $739,866 to UC Berkeley to support Professor Koushik Sen and his team in developing a software engineering benchmark, using their Repository2Environment framework. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Esade — Course Buyouts | 135,000 | Esade | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $135,000 to Esade to support course buyouts that will enable Professor Uri Simonsohn to work on the development of AsCollected, a simple protocol for establishing the provenance of data in academic science. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| GDi Partners — Air Quality Governance in India | 2,592,110 | GDi Partners | 2022-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $2,592,110 over two years with GDi Partners, a governance consulting firm, to support their work on capacity building with several regional governments in India. GDi Partners will work with these governments to help implement policies to improve air quality. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Indiana University — Respiratory Distress Syndrome Interventions | 1,872,195 | Indiana University | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,872,195 to Indiana University to support a trial evaluating various interventions for respiratory distress syndrome in premature babies. The study will assess treatments such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), caffeine therapy, and surfactant delivered through a minimally invasive approach. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. The grant amount was updated in January 2025. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Simon Institute for Longterm Governance — General Support | 1,461,194 | simon-institute | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,461,194 over two years to the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance for general support. The Simon Institute is a think tank based in Geneva, Switzerland, working to foster international cooperation on governing frontier AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| FAR.AI — AI Field Building (2024) | 1,800,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,800,000 over two years to FAR.AI to support FAR.Futures, an initiative that consists of events, outreach activities, and other programs aimed at helping to build and coordinate the fields of AI safety research and governance. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Eleuther AI — Interpretability Research | 2,642,273 | Eleuther AI | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,642,273 to Eleuther AI over four years to support the work of Nora Belrose. Nora will conduct research on AI interpretability and hire other researchers to assist her in this work. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Gordon Research Conferences — Malaria Conference 2025 | 100,000 | Gordon Research Conferences | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Gordon Research Conferences to support a conference focused on the latest scientific developments in the battle against malaria. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Program (2019) | 100,000 | evidence-action | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Evidence Action to support the Dispensers for Safe Water program, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Evidence Action's Dispensers for Safe Water program to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Oxfendazole Development Group — Oxfendazole Toxicity Tests | 1,600,000 | Oxfendazole Development Group | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,600,000 over three years to the Oxfendazole Development Group to support their work conducting animal toxicity tests for oxfendazole, a veterinary deworming medicine, as part of a larger project focused on getting it approved to treat whipworm and other human parasitic diseases. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Wavefront Security — Cybersecurity Services | 206,464 | Wavefront Security | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $206,464 to Wavefront Security to provide subsidized cybersecurity services for nonprofit organizations pursuing high-impact charitable goals. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Dartmouth — Workshop Travel Expenses (March 2024) | 20,000 | dartmouth-college | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $20,000 to Heidi Williams at Dartmouth to support travel expenses for participants in a workshop on modeling the impact of public policies on pharmaceutical markets. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Generation Pledge — General Support | 1,500,000 | generation-pledge | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over two years to Generation Pledge (GP) for general support. GP is a global community of inheritors from ultra high net wealth families who commit to using their capital for impact and donating a percentage of their inheritance to charity. This grant also supports their scope expansion from individuals to entire family systems, building out their education efforts as Polycapital Academy and their advisory services under Polycapital Advisors. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| A World of Good Initiative — Animal Welfare in Asia | 156,000 | A World of Good Initiative | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $156,000 over two years to A World of Good Initiative to support farm animal welfare work in Asia through collaboration with international institutions and government officials in several Asian nations. This follows our September 2024 support, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Mila — AI Safety Research | 2,000,000 | Mila | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to Mila to support the institute's research on AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — Humane & Sustainable Food Lab (2025) | 300,000 | stanford-university | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $300,000 over two years to Stanford University to support research on how consumers respond to alternative proteins and other interventions, led by Maya Mathur at the university’s Humane & Sustainable Food Lab. This follows our October 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Exscientia — Agonists for Interferon Lambda | 2,300,000 | Exscientia | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,300,000 to Exscientia to conduct research on the activation of the host interferon response as a therapeutic approach for pandemic influenza and COVID-19. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| American University — Solar Geoengineering Initiative | 200,000 | American University | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000* to American University to provide startup funding for an initiative, led by Shuchi Talati, focused on solar geoengineering. The new organization will work on building solar geoengineering governance capacity in the Global South, and help NGOs in the US engage in related policies. It will not advocate for or against solar geoengineering, but will work to center justice in deliberations, as well as inform and provide resources to policymakers and NGOs. This falls within our work on mitigating global catastrophic risks. The grant amount was updated in October 2024. *Half of this amount went directly to Talati's organization, which is no longer sponsored by American University. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Animal Welfare Training (2022) | 15,000 | Commonwealth Veterinary Association | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA) to support animal welfare training for two CVA researchers at the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education at the University of Edinburgh. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rethink Priorities — Research Assistant and Expenses | 120,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $120,000 to Rethink Priorities to support the hiring of a research assistant and to cover research expenses. This follows our April 2021 support and falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rethink Priorities — Moral Weight Book Rights | 15,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to Rethink Priorities to purchase open access rights for an upcoming book on the organization’s Moral Weight Project, which explores how farmed animals’ capacity for welfare differs across species. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Refugee Assistance Project — Exit Grant | 1,000,000 | International Refugee Assistance Project | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) for general support. This follows our November 2020 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide IRAP with approximately two years of operating support. It falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison — Scalable Oversight Research | 100,000 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to support Professor Dimitris Papailiopoulos’ empirical and theoretical research on scalable oversight of AI. This is one of three grants we’re making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Data for India — Public Health and Development Data Analysis | 600,000 | Data for India | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $600,000 over two years with Data for India to support the analysis and dissemination of public health and development data about India. This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dharma Voices for Animals — Sri Lanka Animal Welfare Legislation (2022) | 101,000 | Dharma Voices for Animals | 2022-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $101,000 over two years to Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) to support their work advocating for farm animal welfare legislation in Sri Lanka. DVA helped secure commitments of support from a majority of members of Parliament for a national animal welfare law; this funding will support their work on passing this law, as well as lobbying for future legislation. This follows our July 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit — Conference Support (2023) | 169,200 | Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $169,200 to the Animal & Vegan Advocacy (AVA) Summit to support their 2023 Asia Farm Animal Day conference in Kuala Lumpur. The AVA Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International, and runs an annual conference for animal welfare advocates and organizations. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (Barrett and Viteri) | 153,820 | stanford-university | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $153,820 to Stanford University to support research on AI alignment by Professor Clark Barrett and Stanford student Scott Viteri. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Aquatic Life Institute — General Support (June 2022) | 100,000 | Aquatic Life Institute | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Aquatic Life Institute for general support. The Aquatic Life Institute works to improve the welfare of aquatic animals through research and coalition building. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Joep Lange Institute — Expanding the Donor Base for Global Health (2024) | 1,000,000 | Joep Lange Institute | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Joep Lange Institute to support its work to expand the donor base for multilateral global health organizations through government advocacy. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Promise of Justice Initiative — East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (2021) | 170,000 | Promise of Justice Initiative | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $170,000 over two years to the Promise of Justice Initiative to support the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition in its ongoing efforts to reduce the number of people imprisoned in the East Baton Rouge jail. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center — CAR T-cell Cancer Treatment | 195,000 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $195,000 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to support research investigating a potential way to make CAR T-cell therapy safer for cancer patients. The research, led by Alexandre V. Hirayama, will study whether an antibody (anti-Syndecan 2) can reduce dangerous side effects of CAR T-cell therapy while maintaining its effectiveness against cancer. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Dartmouth — Productivity Growth Project | 550,000 | dartmouth-college | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $550,000 over two years to Dartmouth to support the Productivity Growth Project, a policy lab run by Professor Heidi Williams. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Evotec — Henipavirus Antivirals | 1,830,588 | Evotec | 2023-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,830,588 over two years to Evotec to support research to develop small-molecule antivirals against henipaviruses that have pandemic potential, such as the Hendra and Nipah viruses. This grant was funded via our request for proposals through the Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Initiative. It falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Should We Studio — Video Production | 2,320,000 | Should We Studio | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,320,000 over two years to Should We Studio to support the creation of animated videos that will introduce viewers to effective altruism and related concepts. This falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. We sought applications for this funding to support outreach projects aimed at growing the community of people motivated to improve the long-term future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Osaka University — Reproductive Biology Research | 2,500,000 | Osaka University | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over five years to Osaka University to support research led by Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi on mammalian gametogenesis. Dr. Hayashi is at the forefront of research into methods of causing induced pluripotent stem cells to develop into oocytes in mice; he and his team aim to extend this work to monkeys and humans. This is one of two grants we recently made to support this work. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Government Relations Group — Global Health Aid Study Tour in Ghana | 204,009 | Government Relations Group | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $204,009 with Government Relations Group to support a trip to Ghana for Japanese policymakers. The purpose of the trip is to observe and learn about global health aid firsthand, with the aim of growing support for Japan’s contributions to The Global Fund and Gavi. This follows our June 2023 contract and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The grant amount was updated in January 2025. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Fund for the Global Fund — Malaria Advocacy in France | 156,600 | Fund for the Global Fund | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $156,600 to Fund for the Global Fund (FGF) to support advocacy projects in France, including a campaign about fighting malaria connected to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The FGF coordinates organizations in the US, Europe, and Japan that advocate for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit — Conference Support (2024) | 186,000 | Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $186,000 to Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit to support its 2024 conference in São Paulo, Brazil. The Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International, and runs a series of conferences for animal welfare advocates and organizations. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Oxford — Improved First-Generation Malaria Vaccine Development | 4,296,130 | university-of-oxford | 2024-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $4,296,130 over five years to the University of Oxford to support Professor Simon Draper's team and accelerate their program to develop an improved first-generation malaria vaccine (R21/Rh5/R78C). This is one of two recent gifts we’ve made to support Draper's work. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Washington — Philosophy of AI Course Development | 15,524 | university-of-washington | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,524 to the University of Washington to support Jared Moore's work to develop a course on the philosophy of AI. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Kurzgesagt — Video Production (2023) | 1,700,000 | Kurzgesagt | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of €1,600,000 (approximately $1,700,000 at the time of conversion) with Kurzgesagt to support the creation of videos on topics relevant to effective altruism and improving humanity’s long-run future. This follows our March 2022 contract and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Cornell University — Cytomegalovirus Study | 154,000 | cornell-university | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $154,000 over two years to Cornell University to support a study led by Dr. Ria Goswami of how preterm infants’ microbiomes change when the mother is infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV). Goswami's work will be part of a larger study on how CMV-infected milk impacts survival and growth of preterm infants. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of California, Berkeley — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool | 1,308,342 | uc-berkeley | 2022-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,308,342 over three years to the University of California, Berkeley to support their work on modeling air pollution in South Asia. UC Berkeley will be working to develop a modeling tool called PAVITRA (air Pollution mAnagement and interVentIon Tool foR IndiA) in collaboration with the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and the University of Washington. This is one of four grants we will be making to support this collaboration. PAVITRA will pair an inventory of emissions in India with a modeling platform that converts changes in emissions to changes in pollution concentrations. This tool will make it much easier to understand the pollution and health impacts of interventions targeting a given source of emissions. We see a lack of cost-benefit analysis as a major gap in air quality management in India and the rest of South Asia. We anticipate that PAVITRA may be used by policymakers or researchers to improve their policy analyses and prioritize the most impactful policies, with a high impact on health outcomes in expectation. This grant falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Effective Altruism Israel — Information Security Talent Development | 139,228 | ea-israel | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $139,228 to Effective Altruism Israel to support a pilot program for information security talent development. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| SeedAI — AI Policy Development and Related Events | 1,500,000 | SeedAI | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 to SeedAI to support its work on AI policy. SeedAI will use the funds to hire senior operations staff, host AI-related events, and form a “policy shop” to work on policy development and handle inbound requests from policymakers. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mission Realization — Support for Farm Animal Welfare Organizations | 992,000 | Mission Realization | 2022-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $992,000 over 2.5 years with Mission Realization, led by Neysa Colizzi, to support its focus on strategic, leadership, and organizational development for farm animal welfare organizations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Massachusetts General Hospital — Tuberculosis Vaccine Preclinical Development and Testing | 177,794 | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $177,794 over two years to Massachusetts General Hospital to support the preclinical development and testing of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, led by Dr. Bryan Bryson of the Ragon Institute. The approach to the vaccine follows a 2022 study by Musvosvi et al. that identified four TB proteins associated with natural clearance of the infection. The proposed research aims to support preclinical analysis of these four proteins in human cell and mouse assays to evaluate their potential as vaccine candidates. This is one of three grants we’re making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Apart Research — AI Alignment Hackathons (2025) | 161,280 | apart-research | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $161,280 to Apart Research to support its work hosting monthly “hackathons” where participants will work on small projects related to AI alignment. This follows our December 2022 support, and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Princeton University — Marmoset Model for Hepatitis B | 1,123,946 | princeton-university | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,123,946 over three years to Princeton University to support research led by Alexander Ploss on developing a nonhuman primate model for hepatitis B (HBV). At least 250-400 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, and there is currently no cure. One major roadblock to effective treatments is the lack of suitable animal models. This research would characterize the properties of marmosets infected with a modified strain of HBV. Because marmosets are closely related to humans, there is a high probability that they will be a good model for the human disease. We think that the development of such a model would significantly increase the probability that a cure for HBV is developed. This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FAR AI — AI Safety Regranting | 12,000,000 | lCiT37k9pA | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $12,000,000 to FAR AI to support its grantmaking aimed at advancing research, study, and scientific publications in the field of technical artificial intelligence (AI) safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Fair Share Housing Center — Legal Work in NJ | 185,000 | Fair Share Housing Center | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $185,000 to Fair Share Housing Center to support legal work on increasing housing production in New Jersey. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2025) | 3,600,000 | mit | 2025-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $3,600,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support research led by Neil Thompson on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing. This follows our July 2023 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (EVF USA, June 2023) | 2,360,192 | effective-ventures-usa | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,360,192 to the Effective Ventures Foundation (EVF) USA to support the Centre for Effective Altruism, which is a project that works to build and support the effective altruism community. This follows our January 2023 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Dartmouth — Economics Ph.D. Fellowship | 134,200 | dartmouth-college | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $134,200 to Dartmouth to support a one-year pilot of a fellowship for early-stage economics Ph.D. students. The fellowship, led by Paul Niehaus and Heidi Williams, will provide mentorship, financial support, and networking opportunities to impact-driven students. This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Khon Kaen University — Tuberculosis Diagnostic via Raman Spectroscopy | 1,248,280 | Khon Kaen University | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,248,280 over three years to Khon Kaen University to support research by Associate Professor Kiatichai Faksri, in collaboration with Dr. Noppadon Nuntawong of the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand, on developing a diagnostic for latent and active tuberculosis using Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectra can be visualized as a horizontal line composed of a complex series of peaks and valleys. A trained AI system can rapidly interpret the spectrum to indicate whether the sample — a single drop of blood — is from a person with active TB, latent TB, or no TB. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in September 2024. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — AI Safety Technical Program | 18,800 | arena-alignment | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $18,800 to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA), which is a program to help individuals interested in AI safety improve their technical skills in machine learning. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Charity Science Health — Exit Grant | 214,425 | Charity Science Health | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $214,425 to Charity Science Health (CSH), which is intended to cover its operational costs through May 2020 while it seeks other sources of funding. Charity Science Health (CSH) has previously received GiveWell Incubation Grants in July 2017 and November 2016. In May 2019, GiveWell decided to discontinue support of CSH and to no longer pursue the goal of eventually evaluating it as a potential GiveWell top charity. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Stirling — Fish Welfare Research (2025) | 2,700,795 | University of Stirling | 2025-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,700,795 over three years to the University of Stirling to support research on farmed fish welfare in Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The research will be led by Professor David Little. This follows our September 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Princeton University — Scalable Oversight Research | 100,000 | princeton-university | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Princeton University to support Professor Jason Lee’s empirical and theoretical research on scalable oversight of AI. This is one of three grants we’re making to support this work. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Renaissance Philanthropy — Japanese Office | 150,000 | Renaissance Philanthropy | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Renaissance Philanthropy to support its opening a local office in Japan, with the goal of supporting local R&D efforts. Renaissance Philanthropy helps philanthropists and foundations design, launch, and operate high-impact philanthropic programs focused on science, technology, and innovation. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| FutureHouse — Benchmarks for Biology Research and Development | 2,946,250 | FutureHouse | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,946,250 over two years to FutureHouse to support the creation of benchmarks to test how well large language models can perform biology R&D. FutureHouse is a nonprofit with a mission to build semi-autonomous AIs that can conduct scientific research. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Washington University in St. Louis — Omega-3 Trial for Pregnant Women | 1,500,000 | washu | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to Washington University in St. Louis to support a randomized controlled trial in Sierra Leone, led by Dr. Mark Manary, of omega-3 fatty acid supplements for pregnant women. This trial will examine multiple outcomes, including preterm births, infant cognition, and maternal depression. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University Health Network — Hepatitis C Challenge Model | 1,460,000 | University Health Network | 2024-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,460,000 over three years to the University Health Network to support the development and testing of a CHIM (controlled human infection model), which could be used to evaluate vaccines for hepatitis C (HCV), led by Jordan Feld. CHIM studies involve exposing volunteers to a controlled dose of a pathogen. They require fewer participants and are easier to carry out than real-world efficacy trials, which require following a large number of people until enough of them naturally contract the virus to enable a comparison between the treatment and control groups. And because there are several direct-acting antiviral medications for HCV, it is possible to reliably cure infected volunteers afterwards, making CHIM studies relatively safe. (For more on the ethics of these studies, see this issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.) This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — InterACT Lab | 775,000 | uc-berkeley | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $775,000 to UC Berkeley to support the InterACT Laboratory. Led by Anca Dragan, the lab focuses on enabling AI agents to work with, around, and in support of people. We’re also supporting this work with a recent grant to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Metaculus — Platform Development (2024) | 2,750,000 | — | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,750,000 to Metaculus to support work to improve its online forecasting platform, which allows forecasters to make predictions about world events. Metaculus has a strong forecasting track record, and offers direct forecasting services to organizations (including the option to run tournaments on specific topics). We believe this work will help to provide more accurate and calibrated forecasts in domains relevant to Open Philanthropy’s work — such as AI and biosecurity and pandemic preparedness — and enable organizations and individuals working in those areas to make better decisions. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Mercy for Animals — Corporate Campaigns (2024) | 12,380,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $12,380,000 over two years to Mercy for Animals to support its broiler welfare and cage-free corporate campaigns, as well as some related farm animal welfare activities. This follows our August 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Government Relations Group — Global Health Aid Study Tours | 440,750 | Government Relations Group | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $440,750 with Government Relations Group to support trips for Japanese and Korean policymakers to travel to Zambia and Ethiopia to see and learn about global health aid. This follows our March 2023 contract and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Norwegian Church Aid — Health Aid Advocacy | 200,000 | Norwegian Church Aid | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to Norwegian Church Aid to support its work on global health aid advocacy. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Tyler Whitmer — Scoping Work for Biosecurity Legal Research | 125,000 | Tyler Whitmer | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to Tyler Whitmer to support his scoping work for a possible organization focused on legal research to improve biosecurity. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Institute for Progress — Policy Research | 2,215,000 | institute-for-progress | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,215,000 over one and a half years to the Institute for Progress, a new think tank, to conduct research and advocacy on policies relevant to a number of our grantmaking areas, including immigration policy and scientific research. The grant amount was updated on September 19, 2022. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Rethink Priorities — Global Health and Wellbeing Research (2022) | 690,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $690,000 with Rethink Priorities to support their research on global health and wellbeing causes. This work will help inform our own cause prioritization within our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio. This follows our April 2021 support for Rethink Priorities’ research and falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Kyoto University — Reproductive Biology Research | 4,000,000 | Kyoto University | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $4,000,000 over five years to Kyoto University to support research led by Professor Mitinori Saitou on mammalian gametogenesis. Dr. Saitou is at the forefront of research into methods of causing induced pluripotent stem cells to develop into oocytes in mice; he and his team aim to extend this work to monkeys and humans. This is one of two grants we recently made to support this work. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2019) | 100,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Iodine Global Network via GiveWell for general support, due to its status as a GiveWell standout charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell standout charities. Read GiveWell’s review of the Iodine Global Network to learn more about the charity's activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Consultants for Impact — General Support | 1,397,395 | Consultants for Impact | 2024-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,397,395 over two years to Consultants for Impact for general support. Consultants for Impact supports current, former, and prospective consultants to optimize the social impact of their careers. This follows our May 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Pennsylvania — AI Governance Roundtables | 110,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2023-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $110,000 over two years to the University of Pennsylvania to support a series of roundtables led by Professor Peter Conti-Brown. At these events, experts will discuss how insights from financial regulation might inform emerging discussions on AI governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Pennsylvania — Farm Animal Welfare Conference | 30,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $30,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to support a conference on the business of farm animal welfare at The Wharton School, led by Professor Brian Berkey. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Welfare Matters — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building in Southeast Asia | 1,000,000 | Welfare Matters | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Welfare Matters to support work to build the farm animal welfare movement in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. Part of this funding will go to a fellowship program to address talent bottlenecks in the farm animal welfare movement, and the rest will be regranted to individuals and organizations working on farm animal welfare in Southeast Asia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The College of William and Mary — Uganda Smartphone RCT | 100,000 | College of William and Mary | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the College of William and Mary to support a randomized controlled trial, led by Professor Philip Roessler, on smartphone distribution in Uganda. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (2021) | 1,146,201 | uc-berkeley | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,146,201 over two years to UC Berkeley to support the Alternative Meats Lab (Alt:Meat Lab), housed at The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. Since our October 2019 support, Alt:Meat Lab has incubated a number of new startups developing alternatives to animal products and has helped build the talent pipeline for existing companies working in this space. This funding is intended to enable Alt:Meat Lab to continue its startup incubation and pipeline-building efforts and to expand its educational offerings at UC Berkeley. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Legal Priorities Project — General Support | 170,000 | legal-priorities-project | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $170,000 to the Legal Priorities Project (LPP) for general support. LPP works on strategic legal research intended to reduce existential risks from artificial intelligence and biosecurity threats. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration (2021) | 155,000 | The Ahimsa Collective | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $155,000 to The Ahimsa Collective, run by restorative justice practitioner and leader Sonya Shah, to support administrative costs of the Life Comes From It fund. The fund provides grants to restorative justice, transformative justice, and indigenous peacemaking projects as well as work at the intersection of justice, healing and soil. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| University of Utah — AI Alignment Research | 140,000 | university-of-utah | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $140,000 to the University of Utah to support research led by Professor Daniel Brown on ways to verify the extent to which an AI system is aligned with human values. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| User-Friendly Marketing — Corporate Outreach Support (2024) | 154,200 | User-Friendly Marketing | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $154,200 over two years to User-Friendly Marketing to support its work helping farm animal welfare groups around the world to improve their corporate outreach strategies. The project is being led by Amy Odene, who has extensive experience working on corporate farm animal welfare campaigns. This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Update, September 2025: The founders of User-Friendly Marketing shut down the project and created Campaigns Lab, a new organization that carries out similar work. The second year of funding for this grant ($77,100) went to Campaigns Lab. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Michigan — Research on Gamete Development (2023) | 2,000,000 | university-of-michigan | 2023-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 to the University of Michigan to support research led by Professor Sue Hammoud on producing gametes from stem cells. This follows our March 2019 support for Professor Hammoud’s research; see that page for more context on the possible benefits of this research. And it falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Kenya | 138,000 | World Animal Protection | 2023-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $138,000 over two years to World Animal Protection to support Dr. Maina Ngotho’s work in Nyeri County, Kenya. Dr. Ngotho, a lecturer at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, will work with the Nyeri County Antimicrobial Stewardship Interagency Committee to measure the impact of improved animal welfare in local dairy, pig, and aquaculture farms. Dr. Ngotho and his team also aim to develop a high-compliance demonstration farm that could then be upscaled nationally. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Harvard University — Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics | 190,000 | harvard-university | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $190,000 to Harvard University to support the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, a research center focusing on epidemiology and infectious disease modeling. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Purdue University — Language Model Research | 170,000 | purdue-university | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $170,000 to Purdue University to support research led by Professor Xiangyu Zhang on improving the robustness of language models against adversarial attacks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| 1Day Sooner — General Support (2023) | 1,000,000 | 9k7drw6Qpg | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to 1Day Sooner for general support. 1Day Sooner seeks novel ways to advance the fight against infectious diseases, building on the contributions of human research participants worldwide, especially participants in human challenge trials (HCTs). In an HCT, adult volunteers are exposed to a pathogen in controlled circumstances, often to test a vaccine or treatment. 1Day Sooner advocates for the broader adoption of HCTs to accelerate development of countermeasures against pathogens including the hepatitis C virus, influenza, group A Streptococcus, and coronaviruses, among others. 1Day Sooner also conducts research and advocacy to explore related scientific, regulatory, and policy measures, such as advance market commitments and far-UV indoor air sanitization, that can be used both to reduce the burden of infectious diseases today and prepare the world against future pandemic threats. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our work on global health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Good Forever Foundation — Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Mitigation (2021) | 200,000 | Good Forever Foundation | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Good Forever Foundation to support projects related to pandemic preparedness and COVID-19 mitigation. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Zero-knowledge Proofs for Secure AI Audits | 615,000 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $615,000 over two years to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to support research led by Professor Daniel Kang on using zero-knowledge proofs for third-party AI model evaluations. Using zero-knowledge proofs during third-party evals could allow both the AI model provider and third party to verify information about the model without revealing model weights. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This follows our December 2024 support, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Evidence Action — Dispensers for Safe Water Exit Grant | 100,000 | evidence-action | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Evidence Action to support their Dispensers for Safe Water program, a former GiveWell standout charity. This grant is an exit grant due to GiveWell's discontinuation of the "standout charity" designation. This grant was made on GiveWell's recommendation. See GiveWell's grant page for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Hofvarpnir Studios — Compute Cluster for AI Safety Research | 1,443,540 | Hofvarpnir Studios | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,443,540 over three years to Hofvarpnir Studios to create and maintain a compute cluster for Jacob Steinhardt’s lab that will also be used by researchers at the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Stanford University — Immunization Research (2025) | 1,980,000 | stanford-university | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $1,980,000 to Stanford University to continue work led by Professor Michael Fischbach on a potential new immunization method using commensal skin bacteria. This follows our September 2023 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| UCSF — Communal Computing Technology | 1,500,000 | uc-san-francisco | 2025-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Abundance & Growth] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to the University of California, San Francisco, to support a collaboration between Shawn Douglas and Bret Victor to develop practical scientific applications and use cases for Dynamicland, a computational framework made by Victor. This grant was made through our Abundance & Growth Fund. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| Supervised Program for Alignment Research — Research Mentorship Program | 13,300 | Supervised Program for Alignment Research | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $13,300 to the Supervised Program for Alignment Research to support a program matching aspiring researchers with mentors for AI safety research projects. This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Probably Good — General Support (2024) | 2,000,000 | probably-good | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to Probably Good for general support. Probably Good is a talent organization that helps people pursue impactful careers through services like one-on-one advising, online career guides, and a job board. This follows our May 2024 support and falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Hypermind — AI Forecasting | 147,180 | Zx7ckq6syw | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $147,180 with Hypermind to support forecasts on AI development. This support falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — Implementation of Corporate Pledges (2024) | 1,300,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,300,000 over two years to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) USA to support its work helping to implement corporate pledges for broiler chicken welfare and cage-free reforms. CIWF’s work involves both advocating for corporations to follow through on pledges and providing technical assistance to help them do so. This follows our March 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Swift Centre — Forecasting Workshops | 200,000 | YlrwnKhMqQ | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Swift Centre to support a series of forecasting workshops for policymakers in the UK and produce a publicly available report based on the content covered in the workshops. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Carnegie Mellon University — LLM Use Case Database | 266,805 | carnegie-mellon-university | 2024-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $266,805 to Carnegie Mellon University to support a project led by Professors Hong Shen and Fei Fang to build a database and taxonomy of large language model (LLM) use cases. This is one of two grants we recently made to support this work. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects studying and forecasting the real-world impacts of systems built from LLMs. It falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Sightsavers — Deworming Programs (February 2021) | 2,796,000 | Sightsavers | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,796,000 to Sightsavers to support deworming programs, due to its status as a GiveWell top charity. We followed the recommendation of GiveWell staff regarding how to allocate grantmaking between GiveWell top charities. Read GiveWell’s review of Sightsavers’ deworming program to learn more about the charity’s activities and follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Scarlet Spark — Animal Welfare Management Coaching | 150,000 | Scarlet Spark | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Scarlet Spark to support its work providing coaching and organizational support for organizations advocating for farm animal welfare. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Desegregate CT — Exit Grant | 174,999 | Desegregate CT | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $175,000 to Desegregate CT to support its work on affordable housing and sustainable land use policies in Connecticut. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Desegregate CT with operational support. | ONN00wZd8U |
| AHADI — Health Sector Assistance in Ghana and Guinea | 1,094,661 | AHADI | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,094,661 over two years to AHADI to support the development of a strategic technical assistance program for health sector priority-setting and sustainable domestic health financing in Ghana and Guinea. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| National Animal Disease Center — Universal Influenza Antiviral Testing | 181,749 | National Animal Disease Center | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $181,749 to the National Animal Disease Center, part of the USDA, to provide support for a collaborative project with Amy Vincent at the USDA and Professor Jeffrey Glenn at Stanford University. The aim of the project is to test the efficacy of a new antiviral therapy that Professor Glenn developed to treat influenza. This follows our July 2020 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Sharpen Strategy — Farm Animal Welfare Consulting | 2,500,000 | Sharpen Strategy | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over three years to Sharpen Strategy to support its work providing organizational consulting, executive coaching, donor advising, and other forms of support to individuals and organizations working on farm animal welfare. Sharpen Strategy is a new organization co-founded by Andrea Gunn and David Coman-Hidy, former co-leaders of The Humane League. This follows our June 2022 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Alliance Asia — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building | 164,000 | Animal Alliance Asia | 2023-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $164,000 to Animal Alliance Asia (AAA) to support farm animal welfare movement building in Asia. AAA is using this funding to host conferences for animal welfare groups, facilitate skills-building activities for groups and individuals working on farm animal advocacy, and network with organizations that could plausibly support the movement. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. It represents an “exit grant” that will provide Animal Alliance Asia with about one year of operational support. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kyle House Group — Aid Policy Strategy (2023) | 230,000 | Kyle House Group | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $230,000 with Kyle House Group to consult on Open Philanthropy’s global aid policy strategy and to advocate for select Open Philanthropy policy priorities. This falls within our focus area of global aid policy. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The contract amount was updated in July 2023. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| University of Oxford — Monoclonal Antibody Development for Malaria | 300,000 | university-of-oxford | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health R&D] Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $300,000 to the University of Oxford to support work led by Professor Simon Draper on the clinical development of a blood-stage malaria RH5 monoclonal antibody (mAb). Due to its key role in invading a host’s red blood cells, the RH5 protein is a promising target for mAb therapy. These funds will provide support to Professor Draper's team to accelerate the manufacture of clinical grade GMP RH5 mAb and preparation for human clinical trials. This falls within our focus area of global health R&D. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Sage — AI 2025 Forecasting Questions | 7,275 | Sage | 2024-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $7,275 to Sage to support the creation of forecasting questions about the rate of AI progress in 2025. Sage has published an initial analysis of respondents' forecasts on their newsletter, AI Digest. This falls within our focus area of forecasting. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Compassion in World Farming — Regranting for Farm Animal Welfare in Asia | 170,000 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $170,000 to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to support regranting to grassroots organizations and individuals in Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea advocating for farmed animal welfare. This funding represents an “exit grant” to CIWF’s regranting program that will provide it with a year of support, though we are not ending our support for their other programs. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development — General Support (2023) | 1,000,000 | center-for-global-development | 2023-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to the Center for Global Development for general support. CGD is a think tank that conducts research on and promotes improvements to policies in high-income countries that affect people in low- and middle-income countries. This follows our April 2022 support and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Institute for AI Policy and Strategy — General Support (2025) | 11,510,081 | iaps | 2025-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $11,510,081 over two years to the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy for general support. The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy is a think tank focused on AI policy and standards, compute governance, and international governance. This follows our April 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Hive (formerly Impactful Animal Advocacy) – General Support (2023) | 100,000 | Hive | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Hive for operational support. Hive works to improve coordination and collaboration in the farmed animal movement through cultivating impact-focused communities. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Maryland — LLM Cybersecurity Benchmark | 1,721,079 | university-of-maryland | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,721,079 over two years to the University of Maryland to support work led by Professor Yizheng Chen to develop a benchmark to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of large language models. This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Atlas Fellowship — General Support (2023) | 2,000,000 | atlas-fellowship | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 to the Atlas Fellowship for general support. The Atlas Fellowship works to develop large-scale talent search and scholarship programs. It administers scholarships, a summer program, and an online community, all aimed at helping talented high school students pursue impactful careers. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Friends Jogja — Farm Animal Welfare in Indonesia (2023) | 139,000 | Animal Friends Jogja | 2023-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a cooperation agreement of $139,000 over two years with Animal Friends Jogja to support its work on corporate campaigns, producer outreach, and lobbying to improve chicken and fish welfare in Indonesia. This follows our December 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Washington — Tonsil Model for Tuberculosis Research | 1,500,000 | university-of-washington | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to the University of Washington to support work led by Professor Chetan Seshadri on developing a tonsil organoid system for tuberculosis (TB) research. This involves using tonsils as an in vitro model of TB granulomas, which are structures that are involved in TB bacterial expansion and in latent TB infections. Professor Seshadri’s team will use this model to study the immune system’s response to TB. Our science team believes that this work will also be broadly relevant to scientific tools, immunology, and tuberculosis vaccines. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Pennsylvania — Human Germ Cell Research (2023) | 2,585,990 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2023-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,585,990 over five years to the University of Pennsylvania to support Professor Kotaro Sasaki’s research on converting stem cells into male germ cells. This work will help advance our basic understanding of how the human body generates spermatozoa and their progenitor cells and may contribute to the development of new infertility treatments. This follows our December 2022 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics — Indian Economic Policy Reform (2025) | 2,916,000 | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 2025-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Economic Growth in LMICs] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,916,000 over three years to the Peterson Institute for International Economics to support state-level work in India on economic development and policy design and implementation. The work will be led by Indian economist Arvind Subramanian. This follows our April 2024 support and falls within our focus area of economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. | mQvLJvlmP_ |
| Founders Pledge — General Support (2023) | 2,250,000 | founders-pledge | 2023-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Effective Giving & Careers] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,250,000 over two years to Founders Pledge for general support. Founders Pledge empowers technology entrepreneurs to pledge part of their equity to charity, and provides research, advice, and programs to help them maximize the impact of their giving. This follows our November 2021 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the EA community. | 232Xq95ny6 |
| Council on Energy, Environment and Water — Study on Alternative Proteins in India | 148,000 | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water | 2025-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $148,000 over two years to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water to support a study evaluating the environmental and socioeconomic potential of alternative proteins in India. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in alternatives to animal products. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Federation of American Scientists — High-Skilled Immigration Policy | 600,000 | federation-of-american-scientists | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Innovation Policy] Grant investigators: Emily Oehlsen and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Federation of American Scientists staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to the Federation of American Scientists to support work on high-skilled immigration policy. This falls within our focus area of innovation policy. | GwpoMM6pIj |
| UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2019) | 1,021,318 | uc-san-francisco | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of California, San Francisco staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,021,318 over three years to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to support basic research on understanding the brain mechanisms that process pain messages and that contribute to the transition from acute to chronic pain after injury. The work will be led by Allan Basbaum, PhD, Professor and Chair of UCSF's Department of Anatomy. This grant will allow UCSF to pursue an answer to the question of how the brain interprets various types of pain signals (e.g., heat, cold, mechanical) and itch, how these signals are regulated by different anesthetics and how they are altered when there is injury. Resolving these questions could facilitate the design of novel drugs that can block pain without also blocking consciousness. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (May 2020) | 500,000 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Jacob Trefethen and Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Nuclear Threat Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to support its biosecurity program. This funding is intended to support NTI’s COVID-19 work, which may include the COVID Local online tool for local decision-makers, support and advocacy for global COVID-19 preparedness and response measures in low-income countries, and/or other activities. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Impact Justice — Restorative Justice Project | 2,050,000 | Impact Justice | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/impact-justice-restorative-justice-project/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics — Animal Sentience Workshop | 6,683 | Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £5,217 ($6,683 at the time of conversion) to the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics to host a workshop on animal sentience. The one-day workshop aimed at academics and policymakers will include presentations of new science on animal sentience, including in fish and invertebrates, as well as discussions of the ethical and policy implications of those findings. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Harvard University — COVID-19 Serological Tests (Michael Mina) | 1,784,981 | harvard-university | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Harvard University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,784,981 to Harvard University to support work led by Professor Michael Mina to carry out nationwide serological testing to determine current and past COVID-19 infection rates. The results could improve the accuracy of infection rate data, monitor for new evidence of outbreaks, and help inform measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 and future viral pandemics. This funding is intended to support the rapid serological analysis of thousands of banked blood samples and the collection of tens of thousands of new samples from sites distributed across the United States over the next two months. This effort will build a foundation for future ongoing surveillance throughout the United States. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Diagnosis (Adithya Cattamanchi and Sarah Stanley) | 60,000 | uc-berkeley | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to UC Berkeley to support research led by Dr. Adithya Cattamanchi (of UC San Francisco) and Professor Sarah Stanley (of UC Berkeley) on a new method of diagnosis for latent tuberculosis. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Animal Partnership — Fish Welfare Standards | 285,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Animal Partnership staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $285,000 over two years to Global Animal Partnership (GAP) to develop welfare standards for farmed fish species. GAP will seek to develop standards for 4-6 farmed fish species (beginning with salmon) by establishing a partnership with an existing aquaculture certification program and developing a multi-step framework for farmed fish based on land animal models. GAP also intends to develop a strategy for raising consumer awareness of farmed fish welfare, and to run a promotional campaign for the launch of their initial salmon certification program. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming. He believes established fish welfare standards could eventually form the basis for welfare requests in corporate or institutional campaigns, and thinks GAP is well-positioned to lead this effort due to the credibility of its US land animal welfare certification program. The main challenge he anticipates with this project is GAP's current lack of established relationships with aquaculture companies. GAP intends to use these funds for the hiring of a fish welfare expert to lead the development of the standards, travel for visits to international fish farms, field testing of standards and consultations with experts, and marketing support. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Material Innovation Initiative — Plant-Based Fashion Alternatives | 200,000 | Material Innovation Initiative | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Material Innovation Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to the Material Innovation Initiative (MII) to support work promoting plant-based alternatives to animal-based fashion. This funding is intended to enable MII to hire a Senior Material Scientist, who will promote alternatives to silk and fur by connecting fashion companies with promising alternatives, providing support to plant-based alternatives start-ups, and working with academic researchers. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2016) | 1,429,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2015-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-popular-democracy-fed-up-campaign-2016/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Better Eating International — Millennial Vegan Survey | 67,110 | Better Eating International | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Better Eating International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $67,110 to Better Eating International to support a market research study to understand the attitudes and perceptions of non-vegans in different segments of the U.S. population toward vegan eating and animal agriculture, including the resonance of concepts like climate change, affordability, and health and nutrition, among others. A prime aim of this research is to help the farm animal welfare movement better understand and address the unique needs of various audiences, with particular focus on historically underserved communities. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source Better Eating International, Study Proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Pennsylvania — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Kotaro Sasaki) (2019) | 660,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UPenn staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $660,000 over three years to the University of Pennsylvania to support research by Professor Kotaro Sasaki on mammalian reproduction. Dr. Sasaki’s proposed research would be specifically focused on development of gametes from stem cells. Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of congenital diseases and promote other positive outcomes. Dr. Sasaki’s research is amongst the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Global Animal Partnership — General Support (2016) | 500,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/global-animal-partnership-general-support-2016/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Just Impact — Safely Reducing Incarceration | 52,813,863 | Just Impact | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Zachary Robinson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Just Impact also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $52,813,863 over 3.5 years to launch Just Impact. Just Impact describes itself as "a criminal justice reform advisory group and fund that is focused on building the power and influence of highly strategic, directly-impacted leaders and their allies to create transformative change from the ground up." The Just Impact staff previously led our CJR grantmaking and this grant is meant to continue to support their work in a new institutional home. Read more about this grant here. The grant amount was updated in August 2025. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Global Priorities Institute — General Support | 3,112,969 | global-priorities-institute | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GPI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £2,410,953 over five years (estimated at $3,112,969 depending upon currency conversion rates at the time of annual installments) to the Global Priorities Institute (GPI), via Americans for Oxford, for general support. GPI is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational research to inform the decision-making of individuals and institutions seeking to do as much good as possible. GPI intends to use this funding to support global priorities research, specifically: to hire three early-career, non-tenured research fellows with expertise in philosophy or economics, as well as two operations staff; to secure a larger office space to accommodate them; to host visiting researchers; and to hold seminars which address global priorities research topics. This grant falls within our interest in supporting effective altruism. Update: In August 2019 we supplemented our initial support for this work. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Brookings Institution – Work on China and India | 100,000 | Brookings Institution | 2015-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $100,000 to the Brookings Institution to support its work in India and China. To date, the Open Philanthropy Project's policy-oriented work has focused on U.S. policy because it is easier for us to understand U.S. policy than policy in other countries, and because we believe that policy-oriented philanthropy in the U.S. offers strong opportunities for impact. However, we are also interested in eventually being able to support policy work in other countries. In order to begin learning about policy infrastructure in both India and China, Good Ventures has decided to support the Brookings Institution's work on India and China by granting a total of $100,000 over two years. While Brookings will publish its research findings on a range of topics focused on India and China, we will also have private briefings with their scholars and expect that much of what we learn in those conversations will not be public. We hope to share reflections on what we have learned in the future. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Reducetarian Foundation — Fish Consumption Messaging Research | 14,190 | Reducetarian Foundation | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Reducetarian Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $14,190 to the Reducetarian Foundation to support research to analyze the impact of various messages on fish consumption, led by Gregg Sparkman and Johanna Matt-Navarro. The research will include a survey on norms and values correlated with fish consumption, an assessment of messages to reduce fish consumption, and a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of selected messages in reducing fish consumption among consumers. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (February 2017) | 900,000 | georgetown-university | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $900,000 to the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation (gui2de) for its Zusha! Road Safety Campaign, as part of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of GiveWell's recommendations. gui2de, an initiative that incubates and evaluates effective development solutions, manages the Zusha! Road Safety Campaign, which targets unsafe drivers of public service vehicles. The campaign distributes stickers for buses with messages encouraging passengers to speak up and urge drivers to drive more safely. The program’s goal is to reduce traffic accident deaths (which are more common in many developing countries than in most developed countries See, for example, World Health Organization, Road Safety Interactive Map). See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. Document Source World Health Organization, Road Safety Interactive Map Source (archive) | ONN00wZd8U |
| Weill Cornell Medical College — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Ria Goswami) | 220,553 | Weill Cornell Medical College | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Weill Cornell Medical College staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,553 to the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University to enable postdoctoral researcher Ria Goswami and Dr. Sallie Permar to collaborate with researchers at Duke University and UC Davis to study the effectiveness of an Hsp90 protein inhibitor as a host-directed antiviral against the COVID-19 virus. This follows our May 2020 support for earlier phases of the study at Duke University and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Global Development — Impact Evaluation Case Studies | 100,000 | center-for-global-development | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant investigators: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CGD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to the Center for Global Development (CGD) to support an evaluation of its past impact. CGD plans to use these funds to conduct case studies of past development policy victories as well as policy ideas that have not yet yielded results with the goal of better understanding causal mechanisms and limitations for achieving influence and impact through specific policy proposals. This follows our June 2019 support and falls within our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New York University — Support for a Labor Mobility RCT | 30,000 | nyu | 2015-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/new-york-university-support-for-a-labor-mobility-rct/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Pennsylvania — Geopolitical Forecasting Research (2021) | 132,181 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Pennsylvania staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $132,181 to the University of Pennsylvania to support follow-up activities related to Professor Michael Horowitz's research on potential geopolitical applications of quantified forecasting methods. Following our August 2020 support, Professor Horowitz completed a report identifying means for quantified forecasting to enhance the decision-making capabilities of the U.S. government. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation — Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy | 488,467 | Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £395,200 ($488,467 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation to support its work advocating for farm animal welfare policies in the U.K. Our farm animal welfare team believes that the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation is well-positioned to advance farm animal welfare policies with the parliamentary majority. These funds are intended to support work on animal welfare and not any other activities. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2012) | 1,250,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2012-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $1,250,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support in recognition of GiveWell’s No. 1 charity ranking in 2012. We expect this grant to help us learn about the challenges of scaling up a proven program, coordinating with governments and working through an intermediary with multiple implementation partners. See GiveWell’s review of AMF for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Genspace — DIYbio and FBI Meeting | 15,000 | Genspace | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Genspace staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,000 to Genspace, a DIYbio lab in New York, to support a meeting between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and key members of the DIYbio community in April 2017. The main purpose of the meeting was to strengthen ties between the DIYbio lab community and the FBI with a new administration in office. Genspace used the grant to cover travel costs for meeting participants. This is a discretionary grant. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University of Edinburgh — Scholarship Program in Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare | 102,041 | university-of-edinburgh | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Edinburgh staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $102,041 to the University of Edinburgh to provide scholarships for three African veterinarians or animal scientists to complete the Masters program in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare. We see this grant as largely devoted to building a talent pipeline for farm animal welfare research in Africa, which could account for a large number of new farm animals in the next 50 years. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support | 500,000 | Animal Charity Evaluators | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Fish Welfare Standard Development | 533,036 | Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Aquaculture Stewardship Council staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €459,000 ($533,036 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) to develop a fish welfare standard. ASC's goal is to develop an objective, evidence-based standard that is applicable to all eligible ASC-certified species and recognized globally. The fish welfare standard will be linked to the ASC farm standards. ASC intends to share its approach to fish welfare with all farms engaged with the program and encourage adoption of it. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming. ASC intends to use these funds for expenses related to standard development, such as salaries, consulting, outreach and communications, overhead, market testing, and travel and administrative costs. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare Work in Italy (2020) | 462,974 | Essere Animali | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Essere Animali staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €420,000 ($462,974 at the time of conversion) over two years to Essere Animali to support investigations and corporate campaigns on fish, chicken, and pig welfare in Italy. Approximately 260 million farmed land animals and 140 million farmed fish are alive in Italy at any time. Essere Animali investigations at farms where fish, pigs, and chickens are raised and slaughtered have generated media coverage in Italy and elsewhere. This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Success Stories — Workshop Support | 50,000 | Success Stories | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Success Stories staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Success Stories, led by Richie Reseda, to coach incarcerated men to lead 12-week workshops for other incarcerated men. The workshops will aim to address patterns of toxic masculinity as a means to help incarcerated men grow, heal, avoid harmful behaviors in the future, and effectively advocate for criminal justice reform. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| University of Pennsylvania — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Kotaro Sasaki) (2020) | 1,000,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Pennsylvania staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over four years to the University of Pennsylvania to support research by Professor Kotaro Sasaki on mammalian reproduction. Professor Sasaki’s research is focused on the development of gametes from stem cells. Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of congenital diseases and promote other positive outcomes. Professor Sasaki’s research is among the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field. This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Telethon Kids Institute (University of Western Australia) — Strep A Vaccine (Jonathan Carapetis) | 5,300,000 | Telethon Kids Institute | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Telethon Kids Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,300,000 over three years to the Telethon Kids Institute, which is affiliated with the University of Western Australia, to support work led by Professor Jonathan Carapetis to develop a Strep A vaccine. Strep A infections, the causal agent of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, lead to approximately 500,000 annual deaths. This funding is intended to support a Phase I clinical trial of the vaccine. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| AI Impacts — General Support (2020) | 50,000 | TdbypiKyCw | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Tom Davidson and Ajeya Cotra This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. AI Impacts also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to AI Impacts, via the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, for general support. AI Impacts plans to use this grant to work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Compassion in World Farming — Fish Welfare and Efforts to End Cages (2021) | 5,055,105 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Compassion in World Farming staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling £3,648,000 over three years ($5,055,105 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to support work on fish welfare and efforts to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species in Europe. Our farm animal welfare team believes that these programs have built momentum and are well-positioned to seize the current window of opportunity in Europe. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Open New York — General Support | 1,000,000 | Open New York | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Otis Reid This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Open New York staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Open New York for general support. This funding is intended to support Open New York’s work advocating for New York housing to be affordable and accessible to everyone. As part of our focus on land use reform to promote housing affordability, we’ve supported a number of advocacy organizations in high-wage, high-cost regions (e.g. Seattle and Washington, D.C.) to push for more housing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Otwarte Klatki — CARE Conference Travel Grants | 10,350 | Otwarte Klatki | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Otwarte Klatki staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $10,350 to Otwarte Klatki to make it possible for Eastern European farm animal advocates to attend the Conference on Animal Rights in Europe in Prague in October. This follows our previous grant to support Otwarte Klatki's corporate campaigns and capacity building in Poland and Ukraine. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Egg Tech Challenge | 3,000,000 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FFAR staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of up to $3,000,000 to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support research into, and a prize for, developing a technology that can sex select male chicks at scale in ovo, eliminating the need for chick culling. This funding includes approximately $2,000,000 for FFAR to support research teams to compete for the prize, and approximately $1,000,000 for the prize itself, which will be awarded only if certain conditions are met. Lewis Bollard, our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, believes this technology will end the acute suffering at death of ~6.5 billion chicks per year and will spare ~29 million hens per year from factory farming entirely because the aborted eggs will replace their output in the market. This follows our April 2017 grant to FFAR to support research to find solutions to bone fractures in cage-free hens and painful castration in piglets and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Mila — Research Project on Artificial Intelligence | 237,931 | Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MILA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of CAN$295,900 ($237,931 at the time of conversion) to Mila (previously, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms) to support a research project investigating AI consciousness and moral patienthood. The research will be conducted in collaboration with the Université de Montréal and the Future of Humanity Institute. This funding will support postdoctoral researchers and students studying the topic, as well as publications and workshops. This follows our July 2017 support for the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Flanders Institute of Biotechnology — Syphilis Vaccine Research | 731,828 | Flanders Institute of Biotechnology | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Open Philanthropy awarded €725,300 ($731,828 at the time of conversion) to the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology to support Anastassia Vorobieva’s research on developing a vaccine for syphilis. Vorobieva is participating in a collaborative project with David Baker, Neil King, and Lorenzo Giacani at the University of Washington, as well as Kelly Hawley and Melissa Caimano at the University of Connecticut Health Center. (See “Related Items” below.) The project will use recent advances in machine learning to carry out synthetic protein design, leveraging Baker and King’s earlier research. Proteins from the pathogen have been redesigned to facilitate tests of their utility as potential components of a future syphilis vaccine. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Future of Humanity Institute — General Support | 1,995,425 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/future-of-humanity-institute-general-support/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Protection Denmark — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare | 283,000 | Animal Protection Denmark | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Protection Denmark staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $283,000 over two years to Animal Protection Denmark to support research on ways to improve the welfare of wild-caught fish. This funding is intended to enable Animal Protection Denmark to study the feasibility of developing a more humane slaughter method to minimize the suffering of wild-caught pelagic fish. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Fellowships and Research (2024) | 2,500,000 | RAND | 2024-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $2.5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at RAND President Jason Matheny’s discretion. Matheny has designated this funding to support two initiatives: a technology policy training program, and a research fund to help produce information that policymakers need to make wise decisions about emerging technology and security priorities. We have been impressed with Matheny’s past work on technology and security — at IARPA, at the Center for Security and Technology, and in the White House — and we believe RAND is well-positioned to use such funding to great impact. This gift was recommended by Luke Muehlhauser, who leads our grantmaking on AI governance. This follows our April 2023 support and falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky) | 1,600,000 | Rockefeller University | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rockefeller University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,600,000 to Rockefeller University to support research on viral histone mimics led by Professor Alexander Tarakhovsky. Professor Tarakhovsky has discovered a novel mechanism through which viruses may influence host gene expression: he found that in influenza H3N2, the non-structural 1 (NS1) protein acts to downregulate antiviral genes (i.e. weaken host defense systems) by mimicking human histone 3, which interferes with normal histone regulation in the host cell. Professor Tarakhovsky and his collaborators plan to use this grant to further explore this mechanism in the life cycle of the yellow fever virus and to determine whether the mechanism occurs in other host-virus interactions. We are excited about this grant because we believe that understanding the structure and function of the histone mimics may present a new target for development of antiviral compounds, which we believe is an important element of maximizing pandemic preparedness. This grant falls within our work on scientific research, and was identified through our 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP. Update: In July 2018, we added $100,000 to the original award amount for additional work on the project. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for a New American Security — AI Governance Projects | 24,350 | cnas | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigators: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for a New American Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a planning grant of $24,350 to the Center for a New American Security to support work exploring possible projects related to AI governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Claremont Graduate University — Leafleting Study | 57,000 | Claremont Graduate University | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CGU staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $57,000 to Claremont Graduate University (CGU) for research to measure the effect of animal advocacy leafleting on real food purchases. The project is led by CGU Economics Professor Joshua Tasoff. The results of the study could inform future farm animal welfare strategy. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of California, Los Angeles — Epigenetic Clock Research (Steve Horvath) | 2,368,300 | uc-los-angeles | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UCLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $2,368,300 over three years to UCLA Professor Steve Horvath and collaborators to pursue a series of experiments directed toward understanding why an algorithm based on the presence or absence of epigenetic modifications at several hundred sites in the human genome, which they call the "epigenetic clock," is able to predict age with very high accuracy. Dr. Horvath and his collaborators plan to systematically alter the activity of genes that are thought to affect the clock in mice, to test whether they can slow or accelerate the clock and, if they can, what effects perturbation of the clock may have on the aging processes in the mice. They will also investigate why some human syndromes are associated with accelerated aging, and will study how the clock works in various types of cultured human cells. The research will seek to understand how the clock measures age and whether changes to the associated processes can have useful impact on aging in humans. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy | 360,000 | niskanen-center | 2015-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/niskanen-center-research-on-immigration-policy/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support | 285,000 | ImmigrationWorks Foundation | 2014-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/immigrationworks-foundation-general-support/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2022 Class | 1,840,000 | ULjDXpSLCI | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/open-phil-ai-fellowship-2022-class/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning — General Support | 25,000 | Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Distill staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to support the Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning, which will be awarded for clear explanations of concepts related to machine learning. The Open Philanthropy Project will also be administering the prize. This grant is part of the Distill Prize's total initial endowment of $125,000, which is also funded by Chris Olah, Greg Brockman, Jeff Dean, and DeepMind. We see this grant as an opportunity to increase the volume of work being done on a problem that we believe to be important but which is often not institutionally supported. We see several possible benefits that could result from the prize: Fostering a culture of deeply and fully understanding how machine learning systems work, which we expect could reduce the likelihood of undesirable side effects. Helping the Open Philanthropy Project to find and build relationships with machine learning researchers who can think and write clearly about how machine learning systems work. We expect that these researchers may also be more open to thinking and writing clearly about potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence (AI), one of our focus areas. We also believe that explaining machine learning clearly could improve the interpretability and transparency of machine learning over time, which could help to mitigate risks from advanced AI, though this was not a major consideration in our decision to make this grant. Without our funding, we estimate that there is a 60% chance that the prize would be administered at the same level of quality, a 30% chance that it would be administered at lower quality, and a 10% chance that it would not move forward at all. We believe that our assistance in administering the prize will also be of significant help to Distill. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| fair-fish international association — General Support | 630,370 | fair-fish international association | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. fair-fish international association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €565,000 ($630,370 at the time of conversion) over two years to the fair-fish international association (FFI) for general support. This grant is intended to help FFI develop welfare profiles for more species in its FishEthoBase database, conduct and disseminate research on new fish welfare solutions, and consult with fish farms to comply with new fish welfare standards adopted by Friend of the Sea and others. This follows our November 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Press Shop — Support for Human Compatible | 17,000 | Press Shop | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Press Shop staff also reviewed this page prior to publication Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $17,000 to the publicity firm Press Shop to support expenses related to publicizing Professor Stuart Russell’s book Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Russell is the director of the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) at UC Berkeley. His book examines and proposes solutions to risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our August 2016 and November 2019 support to CHAI and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Full Employment Project (2014) | 335,000 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2014-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-on-budget-and-policy-priorities-full-employment-project-2014/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| UCLA School of Law — AI Governance | 1,536,222 | UCLA School of Law | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Helen Toner This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UCLA School of Law staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $1,536,222 to the UCLA School of Law to support a fellowship, research, and meetings on governance and policy issues related to advanced artificial intelligence. The work will be led by Professor Edward Parson and Assistant Professor Richard Re, who plan to use this funding to hire two fellows for three years to do academic research, publish papers, and hold meetings and workshops related to the topic. This gift falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Charity Science — Development of New Animal Welfare Charities | 265,000 | Charity Science | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Charity Science staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $265,000 to Charity Science to support the creation of new animal welfare charities through their Charity Entrepreneurship project. Charity Science plans to use these funds to review potential farm animal welfare interventions and incubate 3-5 new animal welfare charities, including the development of first-year plans, a training program teaching key skills, and ongoing assistance to the founders. Charity Science hopes the new groups will be able to secure ongoing funding to continue operations beyond the incubation period. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Engineers Without Borders USA — Off-Grid Refrigeration Challenge | 500,000 | Engineers Without Borders USA | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. EWB staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Engineers Without Borders USA to support the Affordable Off-Grid Refrigeration Challenge. The competition will seek to develop proof of concept prototypes for refrigerators and ice-makers that have the potential to provide sustainable and affordable refrigeration for off-grid, developing world communities. Engineers Without Borders USA believes that affordable off-grid refrigeration will help reduce illnesses and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases, food poisoning, and malnutrition, and that making refrigeration more widely available will also diminish food waste, enable small farmers to grow higher value crops, and reduce the burden on women by eliminating the need to travel to the market daily for perishable food. This discretionary grant falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Soko Tierschutz — Factory Farm Investigations (2020) | 297,291 | Soko Tierschutz | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Soko Tierschutz staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €270,000 ($297,291 at the time of conversion) over two years to Soko Tierschutz to support investigations and publicity on fish and poultry welfare in Germany and Eastern Europe. Approximately 150 million farmed birds and 20 million farmed fish are alive in Germany at any time. Soko Tierschutz investigations have generated media coverage in Germany and elsewhere. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| EicOsis Human Health, Inc. — Pain Research | 5,000,000 | EicOsis Human Health, Inc. | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. EicOsis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended an investment of $5,000,000 in EicOsis to support clinical trials on a novel, non-opioid, oral therapy for neuropathic and inflammatory pain. Chronic pain affects as many as 100 million people in the U.S. alone, and total costs for treating pain have been estimated to be as high as $635 billion annually.Source: Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research We believe alternate therapies for chronic pain could help address the epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction. EicOsis previously received Blueprint funding for neuroscience research from the National Institutes of Health. This seed-stage investment is intended to support continued early research and development in the hopes that EicOsis can subsequently raise additional funds from other investors. This falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2020) | 3,600,000 | the-humane-league | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,600,000 over two years to The Humane League to continue to support program grants and associated costs for the Open Wing Alliance. This funding will support members of the Open Wing Alliance who are working to secure corporate cage-free and broiler pledges and build an effective farm animal welfare movement in more nations. Our farm animal welfare team believes that the Open Wing Alliance has a strong track record in identifying promising groups in new countries, training them in corporate campaigning, and coordinating them to achieve global corporate wins. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Direct Relief — COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa | 275,000 | Direct Relief | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant Investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Direct Relief staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $275,000 to Direct Relief to support the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa’s work distributing personal protective equipment to community health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa. This falls within our work on global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| FAI Farms — Tilapia Welfare | 426,000 | FAI Farms | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FAI Farms staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a contract of $426,000 over two years with FAI Farms (FAI) to develop welfare measures, best practice guidelines, and training materials to improve the welfare of farmed tilapia. FAI plans to research optimal stocking density, humane transport and slaughter methods, ways to minimize handling stress, and alternatives to mouth clipping of territorial male tilapia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Dezernat Zukunft — General Support and Re-Granting | 4,000,000 | Dezernat Zukunft | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Peter Favaloro This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dezernat Zukunft staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over two years to Dezernat Zukunft for general support and re-granting to budding and established organizations working on monetary and fiscal policy throughout Europe. Dezernat Zukunft is a nonpartisan German think tank that focuses on European monetary and fiscal policy, prioritizing employment gains, widely shared prosperity, and a more sustainable macroeconomic environment. This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Future of Life Institute — Artificial Intelligence Risk Reduction | 1,186,000 | d9sWZtyVwg | 2015-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/future-of-life-institute-artificial-intelligence-risk-reduction/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Against COVID-19 — COVID-19 Database Support | 10,000 | Against COVID-19 | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Against COVID-19 staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000 to Against COVID-19 to support the expansion of its database of COVID-19 cases to include data from additional countries. The database tracks COVID-19 cases by transmission (local or imported), age, and other relevant characteristics, and is made available in a public dashboard for researchers, policymakers, and others working to limit the spread of the virus. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development | 400,000 | Sightline Institute | 2015-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/sightline-institute-housing-and-urban-development/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford University — Machine Learning Security Research Led by Dan Boneh and Florian Tramer | 100,000 | stanford-university | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $100,000 to Stanford University to support machine learning security research led by Professor Dan Boneh and his PhD student, Florian Tramer. Machine learning security probes worst-case performance of learned models, and we consider work in this area a promising way of ensuring that models are "doing the right thing" in a generalizable way. Our main rationale for making this gift include: We consider Florian Tramer a very strong PhD student who is currently conducting excellent machine learning security work. We expect excellent machine learning security work to be very important for AI safety. Generally speaking, we expect increased funding in areas relevant to AI safety—like machine learning security—to move the field in a direction we consider positive and aligned with our interests in mitigating potential risks from advanced AI; we therefore consider this gift a small nudge in that direction. This gift falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — In-Line Water Chlorination Devices (Amy Pickering) (2020) | 99,000 | uc-berkeley | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $99,000 to UC Berkeley to support work led by Amy Pickering to develop low-cost in-line water chlorination devices. Such devices could improve drinking water quality in low-resource settings and lessen the burden of diarrheal disease. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Humane League — Broiler Welfare Campaigns | 750,000 | the-humane-league | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $750,000 to The Humane League to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone. According to this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, 9,050,716,000 chickens were slaughtered in 2017. Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering. This follows our August 2018 general support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Department of Agriculture 2018 Source (archive) | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (2021) | 11,955,246 | uc-berkeley | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $11,955,246 over five years to UC Berkeley to support the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI). The multi-year commitment and increased funding will enable CHAI to expand its research and student training related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This is a renewal of our August 2016 grant. The grant amount was updated in April 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Local Response Guidelines | 250,000 | center-for-global-development | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigators: Andrew Snyder-Beattie and Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CGD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Center for Global Development to support work led by Jeremy Konyndyk on developing COVID-19 response guidelines and decision support tools to disseminate to local leaders. The guidelines and tools are intended to help local leaders take appropriate measures to limit the spread of the virus. Konyndyk was formerly the director of the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, where he managed an annual budget of more than $1.4 billion and helped lead the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| ARNOVA — History of Philanthropy Prize | 2,000 | ARNOVA | 2015-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [History of Philanthropy] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. As part of our history of philanthropy project, the Open Philanthropy Project recommended a $2,000 grant to the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA, www.arnova.org) to support a prize for publications on the history of philanthropy in memory of Peter Dobkin Hall, a leading historian of philanthropy. More detail about this grant is available in the following attachments which contain excerpts from emails between Benjamin Soskis (a consultant working for the Open Philanthropy Project's History of Philanthropy project) and us. These excerpts are available here. Read more Excerpts from emails about ARNOVA Grant | ONN00wZd8U |
| Mercy for Animals — The People’s Fund | 69,750 | Mercy For Animals | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Mercy For Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $69,750 to Mercy For Animals to support farm animal welfare projects selected by The People’s Fund as part of its effort to fund U.S.-based Black activists working to build a compassionate plant-based food system by reducing animal suffering and helping communities thrive. Recipients include: Akisha Townsend Eaton Brenda Sanders Brialle Ringer Christopher Eubanks Naijha Wright-Brown This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Yale University — Malaria Vaccine Research (Richard Bucala) | 360,000 | yale-university | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Yale University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $360,000 to Yale University to support research led by Dr. Richard Bucala on the effectiveness of a vaccine against malaria infections. The vaccine targets the immune-suppressive macrophage migration inhibitory factor protein produced by plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria in humans. If effective, the vaccine may also protect against hookworm and other parasitic infections involving the same protein. Dr. Bucala’s work will be done in collaboration with Dr. Adrian Hill of the University of Oxford. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Farm Animal Welfare | 15,000 | Commonwealth Veterinary Association | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Commonwealth Veterinary Association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Commonwealth Veterinary Association to support its work on farm animal welfare. This grant will provide funding for a farm animal welfare workshop in February 2020, course fees for two staff members of the Veterinary College, Bangalore, to attend farm animal welfare classes at Cambridge University, and related educational materials. This follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy (2020) | 375,000 | ea-foundation | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant investigator: Zachary Robinson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. EAF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $375,000 to the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF) to support research and advocacy on potential policy interventions in Europe. EAF plans to use these funds to research interventions in the field of development aid. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our work on global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Ought — General Support (2019) | 1,000,000 | 2VexoROapg | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Ought staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Ought for general support. Ought conducts research on factored condition, which we consider relevant to AI alignment. This follows our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research (2019) | 1,111,000 | uc-berkeley | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,111,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support research relevant to potential risks from artificial intelligence and machine learning, led by Jacob Steinhardt. This funding will allow Professor Steinhardt to fund students to work on robustness, value learning, aggregating preferences, and other areas of machine learning. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Labor Mobility Partnerships — International Labor Mobility | 500,000 | Labor Mobility Partnerships | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Labor Mobility Partnerships staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP) to support work to enhance international labor mobility. LaMP aims to ensure workers can access employment opportunities abroad. It focuses on connecting governments, employers, researchers, and advocates to bridge gaps in international labor markets, and creating and curating resources to design and implement mobility partnerships. This follows our March 2019 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide LaMP with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Bern — Higher Welfare Cage-Free Systems | 150,000 | University of Bern | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Bern staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the University of Bern to develop and implement a pilot project for U.S. egg producers, equipment installers, and USDA extension agents to learn about management of high-welfare, cage-free systems in Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, and Belgium. The funds will support Dr. Michael Toscano, Group Leader of Switzerland’s Centre for Proper Housing of Poultry and Rabbits, and colleagues to develop the educational program and deploy it with approximately 20 U.S. producers, installers, and extension agents. Due to Switzerland’s ban of battery cages in 1992, its producers and scientists have more than 25 years of experience managing cage-free systems. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development — Migration Program (2020) | 1,000,000 | center-for-global-development | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigators: Alexander Berger and Zachary Robinson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Center for Global Development staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over three years to the Center for Global Development to support its migration program, led by Dr. Michael Clemens. We approached renewal somewhat differently than we had expected to in our 2017 grant page: this funding includes one additional year at the previous funding level and two subsequent years at a funding level that we believe may be more sustainable for the long run. This funding is intended to support Dr. Clemens’s ongoing research and policy work on immigration. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2018) | 125,000 | The People's Lobby Education Institute | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Michelle Crentsil This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The People’s Lobby Education Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $125,000 to The People’s Lobby Education Institute to support its work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The People’s Lobby Education Institute plans to use this grant to support local organizing to work with Cook County State’s Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx to ensure that her policies are keeping Cook County communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration. The People’s Lobby Education Institute recently published a report1 evaluating SA Foxx's first year in office. This grant is a renewal of our March 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources Document Source The People's Lobby, 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy) (2019) | 304,000 | uc-berkeley | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $304,000 to UC Berkeley to support research on the impact of removing some blood constituents on indicators of aging in humans, led by Dr. Irina Conboy. Dr. Conboy and collaborators plan to conduct a small pilot medical trial of plasmapheresis, a procedure similar to dialysis that removes harmful antibodies from plasma. This follows our August 2017 support, falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science, and is a product of our investigation into research on the mechanisms of aging. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Plant Based Foods Association — State-Level Policy (2018) | 250,000 | Plant Based Foods Association | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Plant Based Foods Association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) for state-level policy advocacy against threats to the plant-based food sector. PBFA plans to use these funds to monitor, analyze, and, when necessary, oppose attempts to create policies that undermine plant-based alternatives to animal products. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Animal Welfare Workshop | 31,355 | Commonwealth Veterinary Association | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Commonwealth Veterinary Association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project contracted with the Commonwealth Veterinary Association for $31,355 to provide travel for international farm animal welfare experts to attend an animal welfare workshop in March 2019 in Bangalore, India. As with our previous grants to support travel scholarships for animal welfare scientists, we believe it is possible to positively impact the trajectory of welfare science in developing nations. This funding is discretionary and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Colorado — COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Experiments | 250,000 | University of Colorado | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Colorado staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the University of Colorado to support experiments on the decontamination and safe reuse of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers (HCWs) treating COVID-19 patients. This effort is led by Professor May Chu at the Colorado School of Public Health with collaborators from academic research labs, professional PPE testing laboratories, and infectious disease hospitals around the world. The aim of this study is to identify simple, executable processes for decontamination of homemade masks, surgical masks, and N95 respirators that can be applied anywhere, from hospitals to low-resource settings, so that HCWs are protected. The results could inform PPE recommendations for HCW protection from bodies like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Professor Chu serves on the WHO's Expert Advisory Committee for COVID-19 and helped lead the United States’ response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research (2016) | 299,112 | Rescuing Biomedical Research | 2016-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/princeton-university-rescuing-biomedical-research-2016/ | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Riboscience — COVID-19 Drug Research | 210,000 | Riboscience | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Riboscience staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $210,000 in Riboscience to support work to test a new drug candidate against COVID-19. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| RAND Corporation — Forecasting Platform | 3,400,000 | RAND | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $3.4 million over two years to the RAND Corporation, to be spent at the discretion of RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny. Matheny has allocated this funding toward the development of a forecasting platform that will be used by professional forecasters and RAND staff to inform RAND's work. This gift was recommended by Benjamin Tereick on our Forecasting team. It falls within our focus area of forecasting. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Good Judgment Inc. — COVID-19 Forecasting | 75,500 | Zx7ckq6syw | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Good Judgment Inc. staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $75,500 with Good Judgment Inc. to expand its efforts to aggregate, publish, and track forecasts about the COVID-19 outbreak with the hope that the forecasts can help improve planning by health security professionals and the broader public, limit the spread of the virus, and save lives. The forecasts are aggregated each day from the most accurate 1-2% of forecasters from a large-scale, government-funded series of forecasting tournaments, plus an annual uptake of a handful of top performers from the nearly 40,000 forecasters on Good Judgement Open. This is related to our broader work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The grant amount was updated in June and October 2020, and in January 2021. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Urban Institute — Land Use Convening | 97,865 | Urban Institute | 2015-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/urban-institute-land-use-convening/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2017) | 2,500,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/centre-for-effective-altruism-general-support-2017/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities — Nanomaterials Research (Claudia Schmidt-Dannert) | 150,000 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Minnesota staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the University of Minnesota to support nanomaterials research led by Professor Claudia Schmidt-Dannert. Professor Schmidt-Dannert's proposal, titled "Genetically programmable, adhesive nanomaterials as patterned and functional surface coatings," is the grand prize winner of our Innocentive challenge on bioinspiration and unusual biology. Our science team believes Professor Schmidt-Dannert could be able to design new materials with applications such as anti-fouling, anti-corrosion, and anti-freeze coatings, as well as coatings for biomedical applications. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Mercy For Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform | 500,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mercy For Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to Mercy For Animals to support new farm animal welfare work in India. The grant will help support undercover investigations, corporate campaigns, research, and policy-related campaign activities over the next two years. We are excited about the grant primarily because of Mercy For Animals’ track record of successful undercover investigations in the U.S.; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in Mercy For Animals’ relevant leadership staff; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy. This grant was one of five recent grants recommended to various organizations supporting farm animal welfare activities in India. Sources Document Source Mercy For Animals, India Farmed Animal Advocacy Budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| AI Safety Support – Astra Fellowship | 617,000 | ai-safety-support | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended $617,000 to AI Safety Support (AISS) to support individuals participating in the Astra Fellowship, a program that pairs independent AI safety researchers with experienced advisors to collaborate on a two- to three-month research project. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in July 2024. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| protocols.io — Platform Improvements | 200,000 | protocols.io | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. protocols.io staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to ZappyLab, Inc (doing business as "protocols.io") to support improvements to the protocols.io platform. Currently, many research papers are published with insufficient detail and are not updated, which creates problems and inefficiencies related to scientific reproducibility. Protocols.io's platform is designed to address these problems by providing a free, up-to-date, crowd-sourced repository of science methods. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our interest in supporting scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for a New American Security — Technological Risks and National Security | 260,000 | cnas | 2017-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Helen Toner This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CNAS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $260,000 to the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) to support outreach by Richard Danzig,1 former Secretary of the Navy, on technological risks. Specifically, this funding will allow Dr. Danzig to revise and publish an already-drafted manuscript exploring and providing guidance on issues facing the US government related to potential risks from advanced technology (e.g., biosecurity, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence risks). In addition to completing the manuscript, this funding will allow Dr. Danzig to host a workshop and deliver approximately four speeches to military and intelligence community officials on the topic of technological risks in national security. Our main reason for supporting this work is our broad alignment with many of Dr. Danzig’s concerns and suggestions around technological risks—for example, the belief that the national security community should spend more time thinking about emergent risks and risks of accidents from increasingly sophisticated technology, and how to respond to them. Additionally, we see Dr. Danzig as a particularly good person to spread this type of message within the national security community, given his experience there. This grant falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE CNAS, Richard J. Danzig, September 2017 [archive only] Source | c5QZjjyC7w |
| California Institute of Technology — Research on Reproductive Biology (Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz) | 2,000,000 | California Institute of Technology | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. California Institute of Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over four years to the California Institute of Technology to support research by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz on reproductive biology. Dr. Zernicka-Goetz's proposed research would focus on understanding the molecular processes by which a single cell gives rise to all of the cell types and organ/tissue structures that comprise a fully developed embryo. Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of high-burden disorders (such as heart disease, chronic pain, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease) and promote other positive outcomes. Dr. Zernicka-Goetz’s research is amongst the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Changing Tastes — Market Insights and Business Engagement on Fish Welfare | 50,000 | Changing Tastes | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Changing Tastes staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a contract of $50,000 for Changing Tastes to conduct research on attitudes about humane production of fish and seafood among U.S. restaurant and supply chain decision-makers and consumers. Changing Tastes, a food consultancy, intends to conduct surveys to identify current marketplace recognition of humane production and disseminate the results via trade conferences and media. This funding is discretionary and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Future of Life Institute — General Support | 100,000 | d9sWZtyVwg | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/future-of-life-institute-general-support/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2012) | 500,000 | givedirectly | 2012-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $500,000 to GiveDirectly for general operating support in recognition of GiveWell’s No. 2 charity ranking in 2012. We expect this grant to help us learn about the challenges and benefits of providing direct aid in the form of large, one-off cash transfers and of funding a young and promising organization. See GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Vera Institute of Justice — Common Justice | 200,000 | vera-institute | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/vera-institute-of-justice-common-justice-2/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Future of Life Institute — General Support (2019) | 100,000 | d9sWZtyVwg | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Future of Life Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) for general support. FLI is a research and outreach organization that works to mitigate global catastrophic risks. We have previously collaborated with FLI on issues related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our June 2018 support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Greenfield Project — General Support | 500,000 | The Greenfield Project | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Greenfield Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to The Greenfield Project, a new group created by Liz Hallinan and Ashley Carr, to push for federal reforms to improve farm animal welfare. The Greenfield Project plans to use this grant to conduct research, build relationships with government officials, build coalitions, and use legal and public relations advocacy to advance farm animal welfare reforms. Sources Document Source The Greenfield Project Budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development — General Support (2019) | 3,000,000 | center-for-global-development | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant investigators: Alexander Berger and Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CGD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over three years to the Center for Global Development (CGD) for general support. CGD is a think tank that conducts research on and promotes improvements to rich-world policies that affect the global poor. This follows our February 2016 general support grant, which CGD says it used to conduct research on aid effectiveness, U.S. development policy, universal basic income in India, and taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar. Our renewal decision at this stage was based largely on our previous decision and the view that three years was too short a window on which to update for a mature but hits-based organization like CGD. We expect to undertake a more thorough evaluation of CGD's performance approximately two years into this grant, which would be five years into our overall support. This falls within our work on global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Adolfo García-Sastre) | 627,700 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $627,700 to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to support COVID-19 diagnostic testing, led by Professor Adolfo García-Sastre. This funding is intended to support work to test patients for asymptomatic shedding of the virus, conduct serological tests, validate tests, and identify early cellular markers of severe COVID-19 infections. The results of the tests could help inform policies to slow the spread of the virus. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support (2021) | 700,000 | Animal Charity Evaluators | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard. This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ACE staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 over two years to Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) for general support. ACE seeks to build a more effective farm animal welfare movement by identifying the most effective animal welfare charities and recommending them to donors. Our farm animal welfare team believes ACE’s top charities are consistently effective, and finds value in pushing farm animal welfare organizations to focus on effectiveness and impact. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Global Animal Partnership — Broiler Chicken Welfare Research | 515,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Animal Partnership staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $515,000 to the Global Animal Partnership to support research into broiler chicken welfare at the University of Guelph. We hope the study will help to identify which breeds of broiler chicken have the best welfare outcomes. This grant follows our April general support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| BioBricks Foundation — Biosecurity Activities at SB7.0 | 152,950 | BioBricks Foundation | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BioBricks Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $152,950 to the BioBricks Foundation to support biosecurity activities at the SB7.0 synthetic biology meeting in Singapore in June 2017. The BioBricks Foundation used this grant to support a biosecurity panel discussion at the meeting and a professional development program called the "SB7.0 Biosecurity Fellowship.” The Fellowship program, which was organized in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, brought together 30 early career scientists and policymakers from 20 countries to discuss biosecurity in the context of synthetic biology. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Rockefeller Archive Center: Workshop on the History of Philanthropy | 25,000 | Rockefeller Archive Center | 2014-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [History of Philanthropy] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. The Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) houses the archives of the Rockefeller Foundation and other foundations and nonprofit organizations. It has several full-time staff engaged in scholarship on philanthropy and regularly hosts visiting scholars working on projects related to the history of philanthropy. This grant will allow the RAC to host a workshop in October 2014 for promising scholars interested in the history of philanthropy. According to the RAC, the conference will draw the "the next generation of philanthropic researchers," and it aims "to explore ways to create more substantial bridges between contemporary practitioners and historical researchers, to put philanthropic contributions and ideas about philanthropy to a historical test, and to develop the history of philanthropy as a valuable field for studying social change and the public good." This grant is part of the Open Philanthropy Project's History of Philanthropy Initiative, which aims to better understand philanthropy's track record. Read More: Open Philanthropy Project page on the History of Philanthropy Initiative (Update) Notes from Next Generation Philanthropy Scholars workshop | ONN00wZd8U |
| WestExec — Report on Assurance in Machine Learning Systems | 540,000 | WestExec | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. WestExec staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $540,000 with WestExec to support the production and distribution of a report on advancing policy, process, and funding for the Department of Defense's work on test, evaluation, verification, and validation for deep learning systems. This falls within our focus on the future of artificial intelligence. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The grant amount was updated in October and November 2020 and May 2021. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Food Frontier — Plant-Based Meat Alternatives | 200,000 | Food Frontier | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Food Frontier staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to Food Frontier to support work to develop and promote plant-based meat alternatives in the Asia-Pacific region. This follows our October 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Plant Based Foods Association — Grocery Store Study | 230,000 | Plant Based Foods Association | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Plant Based Foods Association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $230,000 to the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) to conduct a study in partnership with U.S. supermarket chain Kroger to determine the effects of moving plant-based meat into the meat section of grocery stores. PBFA hopes that retailers and the plant-based food industry will use the study’s findings to more effectively market plant-based meat. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Applied Rationality — European Summer Program on Rationality | 340,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Applied Rationality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $340,000 over two years to the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) to support its European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR), a two-week summer workshop for about 40 mathematically gifted students aged 16-19. ESPR is partly modeled after CFAR's Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC), which we have previously funded. The program teaches a curriculum that includes a variety of topics, usually connected to science, technology, engineering, and/or math. We are excited about this grant because we expect that ESPR will orient participants to problems that we believe to be high impact, and may lead them to increase their positive impact on the world. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Icosavax — COVID-19 Vaccine Development | 6,500,000 | Icosavax | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Icosavax staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $6,500,000 in Icosavax to support the development of their virus-like-particle vaccine platform, including a new COVID-19 vaccine. Compared with other vaccines in development, Icosavax's vaccine may more effectively protect those with weakened immune responses against COVID-19. If the vaccine is found to be effective, our science team believes that the use of of Icosavax's virus-like-particle technology may be valuable in the development of vaccines for other viral diseases with pandemic potential. Icosavax was founded by Open Philanthropy grantees David Baker and Neil King. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| theguardian.org — Journalism on Factory Farming and Animal Cruelty (2020) | 900,000 | theguardian.org | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. theguardian.org staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $900,000 over two years to theguardian.org to support journalism on factory farming and animal cruelty. The funds will allow The Guardian to continue to report on issues related to factory farming. In keeping with The Guardian’s journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled, and Open Philanthropy will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published. This follows our November 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Duke University — CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing Tools (Charles Gersbach) | 2,550,171 | duke-university | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Duke University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,550,171 over three years to Duke University to develop tools to apply epigenome editing to refine genome wide association studies (GWAS). The work will be led by Charles Gersbach, the Rooney Family Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering. This funding will support research to develop CRISPR-based epigenetic tools to interrogate thousands of regions of DNA, allowing for more nuanced studies of genomic regions identified through GWAS. The grant will also fund testing and verification of the tools by identifying loci implicated in schizophrenia, a poorly understood disorder. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research, and specifically within our interest in developing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| OpenAI — General Support | 30,000,000 | — | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/openai-general-support/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research | 1,450,016 | uc-berkeley | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two gifts totaling $1,450,016 to the University of California, Berkeley to support a four-year research project on AI safety. The work will be led by Professors Sergey Levine and Anca Dragan, who will each devote approximately 20% of their time to the project, with additional assistance from four graduate students. They initially intend to focus their research on how objective misspecification can produce subtle or overt undesirable behavior in robotic systems, though they have the flexibility to adjust their focus during the grant period. Our broad goals for this funding are to encourage top researchers to work on AI alignment and safety issues in order to build a pipeline for young researchers; to support progress on technical problems; and to generally support the growth of this area of study. This funding falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Sources Document Source Levine and Dragan, Project Narrative, 2017 Source | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2019) | 1,170,000 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LSRF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,170,000 to the Life Sciences Research Foundation to support early-career investigators. The funds will support six postdoctoral fellows for three years apiece. The fellows have proposed research projects investigating Alzheimer's disease, infectious disease dynamics, forebrain development, cross-species transmission of bird flu, muscle stem cell function, and immune system evolution. This discretionary grant follows our April 2018 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series | 400,000 | The Wilson Center | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Wilson Center Staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to the Wilson Center to support a series of in-depth AI policy seminars. The Wilson Center is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue. We believe the seminar series can help inform AI policy discussions and decision-making in Washington, D.C., and could help identify and empower influential experts in those discussions, a key component of our AI policy grantmaking strategy. This grant falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (January 2016) | 22,845,518 | against-malaria-foundation | 2016-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. In January 2016, Good Ventures awarded a grant of $22,845,518 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support, in recognition of its earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. See GiveWell’s review of AMF for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology — Fish Welfare Certification Standards | 237,043 | Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €193,000 ($237,043 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology to support the development of welfare certification standards for sea bass and sea bream farms in Spain. The standards will be adopted by WelfairTM, Spain’s largest farm animal welfare certifier. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Humane Society International India — Animal Welfare Reform (2017) | 1,100,000 | Humane Society International India | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Humane Society International India staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,100,000 to Humane Society International India (HSI India) to support farm animal welfare work in India over the next two years. The grant will provide funding to commission studies on the impact of factory farming in India and potential policy solutions; staff expansion primarily in the areas of outreach and coalition-building, litigation, and policy; operational costs; and re-grants to grassroots animal welfare groups across India. We are excited about the grant primarily because of HSI/India’s track record of promising litigation activities and network-building in India; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in HSI/India’s Executive Director; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy. This grant was one of five recent grants recommended to various organizations supporting farm animal welfare activities in India. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kyushu University — Research on Mammalian Reproduction (Katsuhiko Hayashi) | 2,500,000 | Kyushu University | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Kyushu staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over five years to Kyushu University to support research by Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi on mammalian reproduction. Dr. Hayashi has been at the forefront of research into methods of causing induced pluripotent stem cells to develop into oocytes in mice. Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of high-burden disorders (such as heart disease, chronic pain, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease) and promote other positive outcomes. Dr. Hayashi’s research is amongst the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Global Aquaculture Alliance — Fish Welfare Best Practices | 435,000 | Global Aquaculture Alliance | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Aquaculture Alliance staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $435,000 over two years to the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) via the Responsible Aquaculture Foundation to develop best practices and proposed animal welfare standards for three farmed fish species. GAA will seek to identify welfare best practices for salmonids, tilapia, and channel catfish by reviewing existing research, surveying commercial practices, and conducting lab and field trials for validation. If best practices are successfully identified, GAA will share these with industry leaders at its annual meeting, and propose them for inclusion in the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Standards, a large and influential aquaculture certification program. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming. GAA intends to use these funds for expenses related to field and lab trials, the creation of online animal welfare modules for producers, conference attendance, travel, and project administration. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source GAA, Project Budget, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| RAND Corporation — Research for Vermont | 103,000 | RAND | 2014-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/rand-corporation-research-for-vermont/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2018) | 2,688,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £2,000,000 ($2,688,000 at the time of conversion) to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) for general support. CEA is a central organization within the effective altruism (EA) community that we believe has a good track record of helping the community grow. This grant falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. We wrote more about our decision to support CEA in the writeup for our first grant to it, made in March 2017, at which point we said we planned to renew for between $1.25 million and $2.5 million. Consistent with our updated thinking on grant check-ins, we used our subsequent conversations with CEA to collect and internally report updates, lessons, and impact, and will prioritize publicly sharing especially informative or unusually clear or large lessons and impact when we believe they will be useful to emerging philanthropists. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Animal Welfare Action Lab — Meat Reduction and Elimination Messaging Study | 79,100 | Animal Welfare Action Lab | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Welfare Action Lab and Reducetarian Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $79,100 to the Animal Welfare Action Lab (AWAL) via the Reducetarian Foundation to support a multi-wave study analyzing the impact of meat reduction and elimination messaging on self-reported animal product consumption. The funded study will replicate and improve upon an earlier multi-wave study by AWAL, which found that participants who read a persuasive news article about the rise of people eating less meat later self-reported eating less meat compared to the control group.1 Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, considers the research team for this project strong and is excited to see several methodology improvements upon the original study, including: a more representative sample through the use of YouGov, a larger sample size (N=4,000 compared to N=2,685 in the original), and the potential to fund a third-wave component analyzing whether any effect endures after two months. The funds for this grant will primarily cover costs associated with the use of YouGov. This is a discretionary grant. Update: In July 2018, we added $20,550 to the original award amount. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. Sources Document Source Macdonald, Caldwell and Boese 2021 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2014) | 5,000,000 | givedirectly | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $5 million to GiveDirectly for general operating support in December 2014, in recognition of the organization's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. See GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animal Equality — Cage-Free and Broiler Welfare | 1,901,000 | Animal Equality | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Equality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling $1,901,000 over two years to Animal Equality to support cage-free and broiler welfare. Animal Equality plans to use these funds to support work in Italy, Spain, Germany, and the UK, including investigations, fundraising, and general operations. Animal Equality has helped secure cage-free and broiler welfare wins and conducted investigations in Europe, and plans to use these funds to continue its work. This follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Faunalytics — Farm Animal Welfare Goal Setting and Impact Tracking | 15,000 | Faunalytics | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Faunalytics staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to Faunalytics to support work with Southeast Asian farm animal welfare organizations on goal setting and impact tracking. Our farm animal welfare team believes that the outcomes of this work could help it and others better track the progress of farm animal welfare initiatives. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Harvard University — Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management | 783,000 | harvard-university | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/harvard-university-program-in-criminal-justice-policy-and-management/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Humane Society International — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America | 650,000 | Humane Society International | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Humane Society International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $650,000 over two years to Humane Society International (HSI) to support work advancing farm animal welfare in Southeast Asia and Latin America. HSI intends to use this funding to secure and implement cage- and crate-free egg and pork corporate pledges. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Vegan Women Summit — Plant- and Cell-Based Startup Pitch Competition | 20,000 | Vegan Women Summit | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Vegan Women Summit staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $20,000 to the Vegan Women Summit to support a pitch competition for female founders in the plant- and cell-based space. The Vegan Women Summit aims to use the competition to support early-stage female founders, particularly women of color, by connecting them with investors and publicizing their startups. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Humane Society International — African Swine Fever Training (2020) | 60,000 | Humane Society International | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Humane Society International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Humane Society International to conduct trainings in Vietnam in response to emergency disease outbreaks of African Swine Fever and other animal diseases. This funding is intended to pay for three two-day trainings for government officials in Vietnam and related travel expenses. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2021) | 672,500 | CDC Foundation | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. CDC Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $672,500 over two years to the CDC Foundation to support research on malaria control. The funding will be used to support work on the cryopreservation of mosquito larvae and embryos, as well as the artificial insemination of female mosquitoes. If successful, this work would make it easier for researchers to maintain different strains of mosquitoes and would advance the state of malaria control research. This follows our October 2018 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| ANTI-VeC — Malaria Prevention Research | 700,000 | ANTI-VeC | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. ANTI-VeC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 over three years to the ANTI-VeC Network, via the University of Glasgow, to support research on the potential effectiveness of a naturally occurring microsporidian species in preventing the transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans. ANTI-VeC plans to regrant this funding to research groups throughout Sub-Saharan Africa to analyze the presence of the microsporidian species in mosquitoes across different seasons and conditions. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| BetaGov | 200,000 | Pepperdine University | 2013-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. The goal of BetaGov is “to massively increase the number of randomized controlled trials conducted on public policies and programs to guide policy solutions for our most challenging health and social problems.” We made the grant as part of our exploration of criminal justice reform, an area we’ve prioritized for deeper investigation through learning grants. BetaGov is the project of Dr. Angela Hawken, who is an associate professor of public policy at Pepperdine University, where her research focuses on “drugs, crimes and corruption.”1 We were referred to Dr. Hawken by Steven Teles, who knew about her work leading the randomized controlled trial of HOPE, and by Dr. Kleiman, who has frequently collaborated with her.2 BetaGov aims to generate knowledge about what works in the public sector (in areas including but not limited to criminal justice) by serving as a repository for practitioners’ ideas to be tested, serving as a database of results to facilitate learning across studies, and providing a toolkit (including web-based training, webinars, assessment tools, and an RCT call-in hotline) so that practitioners can conduct their own RCTs.3 Dr. Hawken believes that Ph.D.’s are not necessarily needed to implement randomized controlled trials in all cases, and that by collecting ideas, enabling and encouraging practitioners to conduct RCTs, and sharing the results, BetaGov will dramatically increase the evidence available for public sector programs 4 At the time we began funding BetaGov, Dr. Hawken was already working with two jurisdictions seeking to test out variations on swift-and certain sanctions (Washington State and a jurisdiction in a western state), suggesting that there is demand for BetaGov’s service.5 Dr. Hawken’s rough estimate is that BetaGov’s full budget would be “on the order of $2 million for a five-year period.”6 We hope to make BetaGov’s budget and proposal public shortly. We are interested in promoting an attitude toward the criminal justice system (and public policy in general) that values evidence and outcomes. Facilitating randomized controlled trials by practitioners seems like a good way to encourage this approach among policymakers and implementers on the ground. We believe that BetaGov’s efforts to increase the evidence base in the field of criminal justice may be an important complement to our other efforts to take advantage of the bipartisan interest in policy change in this field.7 We have therefore made a $200,000 grant to Pepperdine University to provide BetaGov with seed funding. We plan to follow up with BetaGov and would consider providing additional funding if the project is successful. Read more: Angela Hawken’s Faculty Page Sources Document Source Angela Hawken email to GiveWell on September 17, 2013 Unpublished Angela Hawken homepage Source (archive) BetaGov proposal Unpublished GiveWell's notes on a July 2, 2013 conversation with Mark Kleiman Source GiveWell's notes on a June 12, 2013 conversation with Steve Teles Source GiveWell's notes on a September 16, 2013 with Angela Hawken Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Compassion in World Farming — End the Cage Age Campaign | 1,000,000 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $1,000,000 to Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) to support its "End the Cage Age" campaign in the UK and Europe. The campaign will seek to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species in the UK and Europe through advocacy and outreach, including an EU-wide citizens' ballot measure. Our funds will support staffing needs related to the campaign in six regional EU offices as well as its headquarters in the United Kingdom; marketing, social media, and exhibition activities; advocacy work; investigations; as well as technical and operational costs over the next two years. These grants fall within our focus area of farm animal welfare, and are among several other recent grants made to strengthen the farm animal welfare movement in Europe. Sources Document Source Compassion, End the Cage Age Budget, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2017) | 2,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to The Humane League to support the Open Wing Alliance to expand corporate campaigns in Europe. The Alliance, started by The Humane League, supports global efforts to eliminate battery cages. The new grant will bolster these campaigns in Europe and allow Alliance members to expand into campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler (meat) chickens. The Open Wing Alliance project grew out of our initial $1,000,000 grant in February 2016, and our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to continue supporting the Open Wing Alliance due to the coalition's strong track record of securing corporate cage-free pledges; his confidence in its leadership team; and the project's strategic fit with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. Funds from this grant are unrestricted, though we expect The Humane League to use them toward some combination of expanding the Open Wing Alliance staff, re-granting to European Open Wing Alliance member organizations, general campaign support expenses, and travel. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source Open Wing Alliance Budget, 2017-2018 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Oxford — Animal Welfare Research | 41,800 | university-of-oxford | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Oxford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $41,800 to the University of Oxford to support research on animal welfare. The work will be led by Michael Bonsall, Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology. This funding will support a one-day academic workshop on wild animal welfare as well as pilot research seeking to analyze existing ecological data for information about the welfare of members of various species. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (August 2019) | 557,446 | World Animal Protection | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. WAP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $557,446 over two years to World Animal Protection (WAP) to support campaigns aimed at mobilizing the food industry to improve their chicken welfare standards. WAP plans to use these funds to develop and produce campaign materials, engage with key stakeholders, and support travel, research, and salaries. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (2018) | 510,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigators: Nick Beckstead and Nicole Ross This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. 80,000 Hours staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $510,000 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours provides free career advice on its website and in-person, targeted at talented young people who want to use their careers for social impact. This is a renewal of our 2017 grant recommendation to 80,000 Hours, at which point we said: We expect to recommend another grant to 80,000 Hours at the beginning of 2018, with the amount recommended being whichever of the following is smallest: $1.25 million The amount 80,000 Hours raises from other donors in 2017 The amount necessary for 80,000 Hours to have $3.75 million in its bank account The second bullet above turned out to be the smallest, and is therefore what we used to determine the amount of this new award. This grant falls within our interest in supporting work related to effective altruism. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Compassion in World Farming — Fish Welfare | 1,026,253 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling £805,000 ($1,026,253 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) to advance fish welfare in Europe. The funding will allow Compassion to significantly expand its existing corporate engagement, research, campaigning and legislative advocacy on fish welfare in the United Kingdom and EU. Specifically, Compassion plans to build a dedicated fish welfare team focused on engaging with food retailers and corporations; launch a new online information hub featuring resources on fish welfare such as white papers, technical reports, and case studies; conduct and commission new research and evidence-gathering on topics related to intensive fish farming, higher welfare systems, and to improve understanding of the welfare needs of fish. Compassion will also produce and promote public-facing materials designed to achieve a cultural and attitudinal shift toward fish in the longer-term. They will also conduct advocacy work in the EU and United Kingdom focused on securing enforcement of existing animal welfare laws which apply to farmed fish while also promoting species-specific protections. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source Compassion, Farmed Fish Budget, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp) (2021) | 1,769,056 | university-of-notre-dame | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Notre Dame staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,769,056 over two years to the University of Notre Dame to continue support for Dr. Gregory Timp’s work developing an instrument that uses a sub-nanometer-diameter pore (i.e. a sub-nanopore) to read the amino acid sequence of whole protein molecules. If successful, we believe this tool could facilitate a wide range of basic biological research and ultimately allow for rapid detection of pathogens, thereby improving the diagnosis and treatment of disease as well as potentially improving our ability to respond to pandemic threats. This follows our June 2017 support, which we recommended as part of our "second chance" program for NIH Transformative Research applicants. It falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Project Peanut Butter — Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food RCT (2019) | 484,785 | Project Peanut Butter | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Project Peanut Butter staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $484,785 over two years to Project Peanut Butter to complete a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effects of reformulated ready-to-use therapeutic foods on cognitive functioning in children with severe acute malnutrition. This follows our September 2016 grant, which helped launch the RCT, and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rockefeller University — Viral Histone Mimics (Alexander Tarakhovsky) (2020) | 200,000 | Rockefeller University | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rockefeller University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Rockefeller University to support research on viral histone mimics led by Professor Alexander Tarakhovsky. This follows our April 2017 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide Professor Tarakhovsky with approximately six months of operating support. It falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Professor Tarakhovsky’s research was identified through our 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Population-Level Bioethics — General Support | 250,000 | Center for Population-Level Bioethics | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Holden Karnofsky This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Population-Level Bioethics staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Center for Population-Level Bioethics at Rutgers University for general support. The Center for Population-Level Bioethics was recently launched by Professor Nir Eyal, a professor of bioethics at Rutgers University, who co-authored a paper earlier this year on the idea of and preconditions for employing human challenge trials to accelerate a COVID-19 vaccine. This funding is intended to support the Center for Population-Level Bioethics’s efforts to analyze paths to testing vaccine safety and efficacy that could best combine speed, safety, and high ethical standards. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — New Discretionary Fund | 5,000,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Holden Karnofsky This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a grant of $5 million to the Centre for Effective Altruism USA (CEA) to create and seed a new discretionary fund that will be administered by Carl Shulman (Carl), who is a Research Associate at the Future of Humanity Institute and an advisor to the Open Philanthropy Project. Based on our experience with Carl as an advisor, we believe he has the potential to source outstanding grants that we could not, and we are supporting this fund in order to experiment with this. The hypothesis is that Carl can regrant this first $5 million more effectively than we can grant out our last $5 million. We may experiment in the future with regranting by other people for whom the same could be said; we are starting with Carl because he has advised us extensively in the past and we have a particularly strong sense of his potential in this regard. This means CEA does not expect this new discretionary fund to be optimal for most individual donors. Examples of the types of work Carl has signaled he might fund include: Studies to help inform estimates regarding when transformative AI might be developed (e.g., economic modeling of the impacts of automating different aspects of AI development) Improved predictive models for pharmaceutical and biotechnology innovation to better guide research investments Improved characterization of effects of quantum computing on chemistry, computing, and nanotechnology Note that we are simultaneously experimenting with an “external investigators” program with similar goals but a different setup, namely that grants recommended by external investigators go through our standard process where the reasoning and recommendation is discussed in detail with Open Philanthropy Project decision-makers. Carl is also part of the external investigators program. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2018 Class | 1,245,000 | ULjDXpSLCI | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/open-phil-ai-fellowship-2018-class/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| theguardian.org — Journalism on Factory Farming and Farm Animal Cruelty | 886,600 | theguardian.org | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. theguardian.org staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $886,600 over two years to theguardian.org to support journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty. Theguardian.org has stated that it will regrant the funds to The Guardian newspaper, which will allow The Guardian to increase its reporting output on issues related to factory farming, including publishing approximately one article per week as well as the creation of multimedia content. In keeping with The Guardian's journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled and the Open Philanthropy Project will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, considers this grant both an opportunity to learn valuable lessons about the efficacy of media sponsorship, as well as an opportunity to increase the salience of farm animal welfare issues amongst influential journalists, policymakers, and business leaders. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source The Guardian, Proposal, September 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Binx — COVID-19 Testing Platform | 2,000,000 | Binx | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Binx staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $2,000,000 in Binx to support work to incorporate Sherlock Biosciences’s COVID-19 assay into Binx's point-of-care diagnostic platform. This funding is intended to support work to obtain Emergency Use Authorization approval of the Binx-Sherlock Biosciences COVID-19 testing platform. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016) | 5,555,550 | uc-berkeley | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/uc-berkeley-center-for-human-compatible-ai-2016/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Princeton University — Animal Liberation | 100,000 | princeton-university | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Princeton staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of up to $100,000 to Princeton University to support expenses related to updating Animal Liberation. Animal Liberation, a 1975 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer, has been influential in the farm animal welfare field. The book has remained continuously in print since first publication, and the author has written new prefaces, but the basic text has not been revised since 1990 and is now dated. We believe updating the book to reflect recent developments would provide an accurate and up-to-date resource on factory farming and help recruit new leaders to the field. The update work will be led by Professor Singer. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Future of Research — General Support | 300,000 | Future of Research | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/future-of-research-general-support/ | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2017) | 3,750,000 | — | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MIRI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3,750,000 over three years to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) for general support. MIRI plans to use these funds for ongoing research and activities related to reducing potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence, one of our focus areas. This grant represents a renewal of and increase to our $500,000 grant recommendation to MIRI in 2016, which we made despite strong reservations about their research agenda, detailed here. In short, we saw value in MIRI's work but decided not to recommend a larger grant at that time because we were unconvinced of the value of MIRI's research approach to AI safety relative to other research directions, and also had difficulty evaluating the technical quality of their research output. Additionally, we felt a large grant might signal a stronger endorsement from us than was warranted at the time, particularly as we had not yet made many grants in this area. Our decision to renew and increase MIRI's funding sooner than expected was largely the result of the following: We received a very positive review of MIRI's work on “logical induction” by a machine learning researcher who (i) is interested in AI safety, (ii) is rated as an outstanding researcher by at least one of our close advisors, and (iii) is generally regarded as outstanding by the ML community. As mentioned above, we previously had difficulty evaluating the technical quality of MIRI's research, and we previously could find no one meeting criteria (i) - (iii) to a comparable extent who was comparably excited about MIRI’s technical research. While we would not generally offer a comparable grant to any lab on the basis of this consideration alone, we consider this a significant update in the context of the original case for the grant (especially MIRI’s thoughtfulness on this set of issues, value alignment with us, distinctive perspectives, and history of work in this area). While the balance of our technical advisors’ opinions and arguments still leaves us skeptical of the value of MIRI’s research, the case for the statement “MIRI’s research has a nontrivial chance of turning out to be extremely valuable (when taking into account how different it is from other research on AI safety)” appears much more robust than it did before we received this review. In the time since our initial grant to MIRI, we have recommended several more grants within this focus area, and are therefore less concerned that a larger grant will signal an outsized endorsement of MIRI's approach. We are now aiming to support about half of MIRI’s annual budget. MIRI expects to use these funds mostly toward salaries of MIRI researchers, research engineers, and support staff. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Asar Social Impact Advisors — Clean Air Hubs | 1,630,485 | Asar Social Impact Advisors | 2022-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $1,630,485 to Asar Social Impact Advisors to support their work on coordinating “clear air hubs” in at least 10 Indian cities. These hubs will bring together civil society groups and local communities to engage with municipal governments on air quality policy. This funding will also support Asar’s work on maintaining Indian Clean Air Connect, an online platform that supports community groups working on improving air quality in India. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The contract amount was updated in March 2024. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2021) | 1,190,000 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €986,000 (approximately $1,190,000 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to support its fish welfare advocacy. This will allow Eurogroup for Animals to continue and expand its EU-level political advocacy, its support of its member groups’ advocacy in member states, and its support for corporate reforms and increased research funding on fish welfare. Our farm animal welfare team considers building the field of fish welfare advocacy a priority because fish are likely the most numerous vertebrate farmed animals. This follows our September 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of New South Wales — In Vitro Fertilization Research (Robert Gilchrist) | 2,500,000 | University of New South Wales | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of New South Wales staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over five years to the University of New South Wales to support research led by Professor Robert Gilchrist on in vitro maturation of oocytes. This funding is intended to support the development of improved methods for obtaining healthy, mature oocytes from women who intend to use in vitro fertilization to conceive. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Animal Equality — Corporate Animal Welfare Campaigns | 2,772,430 | Animal Equality | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Equality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended five grants totaling $2,772,430 over three years to Animal Equality to support corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. Animal Equality plans to expand its corporate campaigns in Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S. This is a renewal of our August 2016 grant to launch international cage-free layer hen campaigns, and follows 2017 grants to Animal Equality to support new work in India and advocacy in Europe. It falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration | 403,890 | beri | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BERI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $403,890 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to support BERI’s work with the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) at UC Berkeley. This funding is intended to help BERI hire contractors and part-time employees who will assist CHAI in a variety of ways; for example, BERI has previously provided CHAI with web development and event coordination support, and in the future BERI may hire or contract (e.g.) research engineers, software developers, or research illustrators. This funding is also intended to help support BERI’s core staff, who oversee BERI’s efforts at hiring and liaising with CHAI (and possibly with other “clients” in the future). Our impression is that it is often difficult for academic institutions to flexibly spend funds on technical, administrative, and other support services. We currently see BERI as valuable insofar as it can provide CHAI with these types of services, and think it’s plausible that BERI will be able to provide similar help to other academic institutions in the future. This grant falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Document Source BERI Grant Proposal, 2017 Source BERI Budget for CHAI Collaboration, 2017 Source | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Humane Society Legislative Fund — Opposing the King Amendment | 395,094 | Humane Society Legislative Fund | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. HSLF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $395,094 to the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) to support efforts to defeat the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, also known as the King Amendment. The amendment, if enacted, would prevent states from imposing animal welfare standards on the sale of animal products produced in another state. HSLF plans to run targeted advertising, organize new grassroots support and third-party validators, and advocate against the amendment with key congressional committee members. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Update: In January 2020, $129,906 of unspent funds were returned by HSLF. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research | 493,425 | University of Cape Town | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-cape-town-geomagnetics-research/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Georgia Institute of Technology — Biology Research (Saad Bhamla) | 50,000 | georgia-tech | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Georgia Institute of Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Georgia Institute of Technology to support research led by Saad Bhamla. Dr. Bhamla's proposal, "Feathers as extreme water pumps," was submitted in response to our Innocentive challenge on bioinspiration and unusual biology. While this funding is not restricted to the execution of that proposal, our science team believes Dr. Bhamla's lab conducts other creative research, and wants to reward the spirit of creative science. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2018) | 1,044,501 | CDC Foundation | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. CDC Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,044,501 to the CDC Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to support research on malaria control. This funding will be used to support work on the cryopreservation of mosquito larvae and embryos (which, if successful, would make it easier for researchers to maintain different strains of mosquitoes) and on RNA interference (which could lead to important improvements in efforts to control mosquitoes that spread malaria). Conceptually, we consider this part of our previous grant to Target Malaria. This is a renewal of our September 2016 grant to the CDC Foundation and falls within our work on scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (December 2013) | 1,500,000 | evidence-action | 2013-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $1.5 million to the Deworm the World Initiative (DtWI) for general operating support via Evidence Action The Deworm the World Initiative is led by Evidence Action. This grant was made in the form of unrestricted support to Evidence Action, with an informal understanding that we intend these funds to support the Deworm the World Initiative, in line with GiveWell’s recommendation and our own preference for providing unrestricted support to organizations. in recognition of DtWI's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2013. See GiveWell’s review of DtWI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Net Health Impact Calculations | 550,000 | center-for-global-development | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant investigators: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CGD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to the Center for Global Development (CGD) to support work to calculate the net health impacts of COVID-19 in various countries. CGD intends for the calculations to estimate the indirect effects of COVID-19 on mortality and health due to suspended health services, malnutrition, and reduced economic activity. This research could help inform measures to limit the spread of the virus and mitigate its downstream harmful effects. This follows our March 2020 support and falls within our focus area of global health and development. The grant amount was updated in January 2021. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Yale University School of Medicine — Vascular Therapy Research | 180,000 | yale-university | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Yale University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $180,000 to the Yale University School of Medicine to support research on the modification of vascular permeability by monoclonal antibodies against key regulatory proteins. Increased permeability might allow medicines to cross the blood-brain barrier and could accelerate the development of new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, while decreased permeability could be useful in treating conditions such as swelling in stroke victims and sepsis. This discretionary grant falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Soroka Medical Center — COVID-19 Interferon Lambda Trial Study (Ohad Etzion) | 55,000 | Soroka Medical Center | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Soroka Medical Center staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to the Soroka Medical Center to support an approximately three-month trial study of weekly injections of pegylated interferon lambda proteins (Lambda) as a treatment for COVID-19, led by Dr. Ohad Etzion of the Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, Israel. The trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Lambda according to patients’ viral load and physiological measurements. Interferon lambda has previously been shown to decrease infection rate and spread of coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 in animal models, but has not yet been studied as a treatment for COVID-19 in humans. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2016) | 1,300,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/blue-ribbon-study-panel-on-biodefense-general-support-2016/ | IVKWfIkgOz |
| National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research | 452,545 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. NASEM staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $452,545 to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to support its organization of an international meeting on the governance of dual-use research in the life sciences. The Open Philanthropy Project is concerned that advances in biotechnology and democratization of access may lower the technical barriers to unleashing a pandemic that poses a global catastrophic risk. Countries around the world are expanding their life science research capacity and their investment in advanced biotechnology, but, in our view, many of them lack adequate safeguards to manage the potential risks of this work, and there is little international consensus on how to govern it. To address this problem, NASEM plans to collaborate with the InterAcademy Partnership, a global network of academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine, to hold a meeting of scientists, government representatives, funders, representatives of international organizations, and policy experts from think tanks. The goals for the meeting include collecting information about the current state of dual-use research governance internationally through discussions about current governance approaches in a range of countries; providing a forum for ongoing conversation about how this research might be governed; and, in the longer term, influencing policy to reduce risks from dual-use research in the life sciences. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The Good Food Institute — General Support (2017) | 1,500,000 | good-food-institute | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GFI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a renewal grant of $1,500,000 to The Good Food Institute (GFI) for general support. We previously supported GFI with a $1,000,000 grant recommendation in 2016. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, considers GFI to be the leading nonprofit promoting alternatives to industrial farmed animal products and has been particularly impressed with its strategic support (for example, providing branding guidance, facilitating venture capital connections, conducting market research, and consulting on media rollout plans) for early-stage companies producing plant-based products, such as Good Dot and Good Catch. GFI has also achieved growing influence as a think tank and resource provider. GFI expects to use much of this new funding for programmatic expansion by hiring new staff. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Mercy For Animals — US Broiler Chicken Welfare Corporate Campaigns (2018) | 375,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mercy For Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $375,000 to Mercy for Animals (MFA) to support its broiler chicken welfare corporate campaigns in the U.S. This discretionary grant follows two 2016 grants to MFA to support broiler chicken welfare and cage-free egg corporate campaigns, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. We expect to evaluate the merits of a longer renewal of our support to MFA closer to the end of 2018. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (October 2019) | 700,000 | uc-berkeley | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 over two years to UC Berkeley to support the Alternative Meats Lab, housed at The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. This grant may help spur new startups developing alternatives to animal products, and could help build the talent pipeline for existing companies working in this space. This follows our January 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| OliLux Biosciences — Rapid Tuberculosis Detection and Treatment Management Tools | 400,000 | OliLux Biosciences | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. OliLux Biosciences staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $400,000 in OliLux Biosciences to support the development of diagnostic and treatment monitoring tools for the detection and management of tuberculosis. The tools rapidly distinguish between active and inactive tuberculosis pathogens, have lower detection limits than existing detection methods, will be accessible in low-resource settings, and are expected to be useful in identification of drug resistance and sensitivity. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2021 Class | 1,004,941 | ULjDXpSLCI | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/open-phil-ai-fellowship-2021-class/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (2021) | 2,000,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn and Jesse Rothman This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over two years to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Council) for general support. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Davis — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Lark L. Coffey) | 100,642 | uc-davis | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Davis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,642 to UC Davis to enable Associate Professor Lark L. Coffey to collaborate with researchers at Duke University and the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University to study the effectiveness of an Hsp90 protein inhibitor as a host-directed antiviral against the COVID-19 virus. This follows our May 2020 support for earlier phases of the study at Duke University and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Initiatives | 10,500,000 | RAND | 2023-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $10.5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at the discretion of RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny. Matheny has allocated this funding across multiple initiatives, including: A technology policy training program. Support for the Pardee RAND Graduate School. A new research center focused on China studies. A research fund that will help to produce information for policymakers about emerging technology and security priorities. This gift was recommended by Luke Muehlhauser, who leads our grantmaking on AI governance. It follows our April 2023 support, and falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| California YIMBY — General Support (2021) | 2,600,000 | California YIMBY | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Otis Reid This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. California YIMBY also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,600,000 over two years to California YIMBY (short for "yes in my backyard") for general support. California YIMBY is a statewide organization that advocates for more housing across California. We continue to see advocacy aimed at changing California state policies to allow more housing as a promising philanthropic opportunity. As part of our focus on land use reform to promote housing affordability, we’ve supported a number of advocacy organizations in high-wage, high-cost regions (e.g. Seattle and Washington, D.C.) to push for more housing. See our previous grant for more context. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology — Malaria Prevention Research (Jeremy Herren) | 2,199,645 | International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. icipe staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,199,645 over three years to the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) to support research led by Jeremy Herren on the potential effectiveness of a naturally occurring microsporidian species in preventing the transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans. This funding is intended to support research on the relevant biological properties of the microsporidian species and its potential effects on mosquito populations. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Charity Entrepreneurship — Development of New Animal Welfare Charities (2021) | 247,500 | charity-entrepreneurship | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Charity Entrepreneurship staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totalling $247,500 to Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) to support the creation of new animal welfare charities. Since our initial support to Charity Science, CE has incubated a number of promising farm animal welfare charities. This funding is intended to enable CE to incubate two additional animal welfare charities. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Michigan — Research on Mammalian Gamete Development (2019) | 2,500,000 | university-of-michigan | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Michigan staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over four years to the University of Michigan to support research by Professor Sue Hammoud on mammalian gamete development. Dr. Hammoud’s proposed research would be specifically focused on development of gametes from stem cells. Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of high-burden disorders (such as heart disease, chronic pain, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease) and promote other positive outcomes. Dr. Hammoud’s research is amongst the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| University of Bern — Layer Hen Breeding Research | 410,000 | University of Bern | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Bern staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $410,000 over six years to the University of Bern to support research led by Michael Toscano on breeding layer hens better adapted to cage-free environments. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations — India Farm Animal Welfare (2019) | 445,000 | Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FIAPO staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $445,000 over two years to the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations to support farm animal welfare work in India. This funding will support work to improve the welfare of chickens at slaughter and dairy cows as well as support movement building and exploratory work on fish farming in India. This grant follows our July 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Hypermind — COVID-19 Forecasting | 311,333 | Zx7ckq6syw | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Hypermind also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $311,333 with Hypermind to support efforts to aggregate, publish, and track forecasts on the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| VST Bio — Stroke Treatment | 4,500,000 | VST Bio | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. VST Bio staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $4,500,000 in VST Bio to develop a novel treatment for stroke and traumatic brain disease. Stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide and the third most common cause of disability. Currently, there are no drugs that reduce the brain damage caused by acute stroke. Following our March 2019 support to Yale University, researchers developed antibodies that significantly reduce the brain damage caused by stroke in mice. This seed-stage investment is intended to support additional research and development in the hopes that VST Bio can subsequently raise additional funds from other investors to conduct a clinical trial of the treatment in humans. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The investment amount was updated in April 2022. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Humane Slaughter Association — Fish, Crustacean, and Cephalopod Welfare | 2,528,678 | Humane Slaughter Association | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. HSA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £1,999,137 ($2,528,678 at time of conversion) to the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) to support research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid). According to the best estimates we are aware of, fish account for about three quarters of all vertebrate farmed animals alive at any time.1 Despite this, we are not aware of any major animal welfare groups that have campaigns focused on fish welfare, and we therefore believe that it is important to start building this area of farm animal welfare advocacy and research. Over the past year, we recommended three previous grants in the area of fish welfare: one to Eurogroup for Animals, one to Dyrevernalliansen, and one to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation. This funding will allow HSA to seek proposals for research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid), and to translate related HSA publications. This work may take several years depending on the nature of the research applications received. Lewis Bollard, our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, is uncomfortable with the phrase “humane slaughter,” but recommends this grant to reduce avoidable suffering caused by current slaughter practices. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Farm Animal Statistics, Open Philanthropy Summary Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Sea-Long Global Respiratory Systems — COVID-19 Ventilation Helmet Production | 325,000 | Sea-Long Global Respiratory Systems | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sea-Long Global Respiratory Systems staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $325,000 to Sea-Long Global Respiratory Systems to support the increased production of non-invasive ventilation helmets for COVID-19 patients. The helmets are intended to aid patients under respiratory distress and reduce the demand for ventilators in regions experiencing severe outbreaks, in the U.S. and internationally. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Sankalpa — Farm Animal Welfare Workshop | 22,000 | Sankalpa | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sankalpa staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $22,000 to Sankalpa to host a workshop on cage-free egg production in Brazil. Sankalpa had a commercial-scale free-range egg company from the UK and a Brazilian cage-free model farm lead a workshop with local producers, industry representatives, NGOs, certifiers, retailers, and investors that they hope will kick off a technical assistance process for cage-free egg production in Brazil. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for International Security and Cooperation — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition | 67,000 | stanford-university | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigators: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for International Security and Cooperation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a planning grant of $67,000 to Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) to explore possible projects related to AI accident risk in the context of technology competition. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Service Delivery Indicators Project | 500,000 | International Development Association | 2014-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/service-delivery-indicators-project/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Redwood Research — General Support (2021) | 9,420,000 | dwMzc9WzPa | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Redwood Research staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling $9,420,000 to Redwood Research for general support. Redwood Research is a new research institution that conducts research to better understand and make progress on AI alignment in order to reduce global catastrophic risks. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| International Conference on Learning Representations — Machine Learning Paper Awards | 3,500 | International Conference on Learning Representations | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,500 to the International Conference on Learning Representations to provide awards for the best papers submitted as part of the "Towards Trustworthy Machine Learning" virtual workshop. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Compassion in World Farming — Organizational Development | 10,720 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £8,000 ($10,720 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) for organizational development. This follows our October 2017 grant to Compassion. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Pew Public Safety Performance Project | 3,000,000 | Pew Charitable Trusts | 2014-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/pew-public-safety-performance-project/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ordinary People Society — General Support | 125,000 | The Ordinary People Society | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/the-ordinary-people-society-general-support/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Alliance for Open Society International: Albanian Renaissance | 500,000 | Alliance for Open Society International | 2014-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $500,000 to the Alliance for Open Society International to support the Open Society Foundation for Albania's project “Albanian Renaissance," a group of initiatives designed to upgrade public services, bring transparency to public life, and help position the country for European integration. This grant is part of our effort to learn from other major foundations by co-funding projects with them. After considering several co-funding opportunities with the Open Society Foundations (OSF), we decided to co-fund its work to support political and social reform in Albania based on the recommendation of George Soros and OSF President Chris Stone. We believe this work has many of the qualities that make Mr. Soros's philanthropy unique, given its focus on Eastern Europe and working with policymakers. Several possible projects were proposed by Andi Dobrushi, director of the Open Society Foundation for Albania. Mr. Dobrushi and other executives at the Open Society Foundations selected three of the projects to pursue with Good Ventures' funding, based on factors including the projects' importance and viability, the level of interest in the projects from the Albanian government, and where OSF saw opportunities for concrete outcomes in a relatively short timeframe. Below are the proposals and budget for the three projects, to which OSF also contributed funding. Also included are updates on the projects' progress from Ida Kenny Le Duc, our main point of contact at OSF, who works in Office of the President. Additional updates and conversation notes are forthcoming. Read more: Initial List of Possible Projects Update #1 — April 2014 Update #2 — April 2014 Green Schools Concept Note — April 2014 Business Incubator Concept Note — April 2014 Higher Education Reform Concept Note — April 2014 Budget Estimate — April 2014 Update #3 — May 2014 Update #4 — June 2014 | ONN00wZd8U |
| AI Impacts — General Support (2018) | 100,000 | TdbypiKyCw | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. AI Impacts also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to AI Impacts via the Machine Intelligence Research Institute for general support. AI Impacts plans to use this grant to work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our December 2016 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Evidence Action — Strengthen Operations | 2,642,300 | evidence-action | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $2,642,300 to Evidence Action as part of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of GiveWell's recommendations. The grant is intended to strengthen Evidence Action's operations, including its financial systems, human resources, and information technology. Evidence Action is an organization that takes evidence-backed development interventions to scale, working to turn successful trials into sustainable large-scale organizations. We made this grant with two goals in mind: (a) to support the development of programs that could be future top charities (the goal of GiveWell's Incubation Grants program), and (b) to support the Deworm the World Initiative, a program run by Evidence Action that is one of GiveWell's top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock’s “Making Conversations Smarter, Faster” Forecasting Project | 1,550,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Pennsylvania staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,550,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to support work on a collaborative reasoning system called “Making Conversations Smarter, Faster" (MCSF). This system will be designed to incentivize high epistemic quality in participants' contributions to a collaborative reasoning process, for example a policy debate or a forecasting exercise. Another goal of MCSF is to identify and cultivate "super analysts" (who are significantly better than average at distinguishing between strong and weak ideas, arguments, and evidence) in much the same way that recent forecasting tournaments have identified and cultivated "superforecasters" (who are significantly better than average at producing accurate forecasts). See Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner’s 2015 book: “Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction”. Superforecasting, Tetlock and Gardner, 2015 The funds are intended to support the initial development and pre-testing of MCSF, laying the groundwork for future confirmatory studies. This work will be led by Professors Philip Tetlock and Barbara Mellers of University of Pennsylvania, and Professor Emeritus Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University. Update: In February 2019, we added $250,000 to the original award amount. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. Sources Document Source Superforecasting, Tetlock and Gardner, 2015 Source (archive) | pzaZuaBSxG |
| The Good Food Institute — General Support (2021) | 10,000,000 | good-food-institute | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. GFI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000,000 over two years to the Good Food Institute (GFI) for general support, including its work promoting plant-based alternatives to animal products. Our Farm Animal Welfare team has been particularly impressed with GFI’s public policy work relating to plant-based products. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Crate Free USA — Campaigning Against Gestation Crates (2021) | 70,350 | Crate Free USA | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Crate Free USA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,350 to Crate Free USA to support campaigning against the use of gestation crates for pigs. There are approximately 6 million sows in the United States, at least three-quarters of which are routinely confined in gestation crates. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Kainomyx — Antimalarial Drug (2019) | 1,999,999 | Kainomyx | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Kainomyx staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $1,999,999 in Kainomyx to develop and produce a new antimalarial drug. If effective, the new drug would act by inhibiting cytoskeletal proteins in malarial parasites. Our science team believes that there is a need for new antimalarial drugs due to increasing artemisinin resistance to existing treatments. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford University — Percy Liang Planning Grant | 25,000 | stanford-university | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a planning grant of $25,000 to Professor Percy Liang at Stanford University. This grant was recommended to enable Professor Liang to spend significant time engaging in our process to determine whether to provide his research group with a much larger grant. We did end up recommending that larger grant, which we have written about in more detail here. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Sherlock Biosciences — Research on Viral Diagnostics | 17,500,000 | Sherlock Biosciences | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Sherlock Biosciences staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of up to $17,500,000 over five years and an additional investment in Sherlock Biosciences to support the development of a diagnostic platform to quickly, easily, and inexpensively identify any human virus present in a patient sample. Development of this technology would represent a significant advance in viral diagnosis, and could both reduce threats from viral pandemics and also benefit health care broadly. Sherlock recently spun out of Harvard University's Wyss Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. This falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Pakistan Air Quality Initiative — Air Quality in Pakistan | 100,000 | Pakistan Air Quality Initiative | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $100,000 with Pakistan Air Quality Initiative to support research on air quality in Pakistan, convene gatherings of experts, commission early white papers, and provide strategic advice. This falls within our focus area of South Asian air quality. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2019) | 200,000 | uc-berkeley | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to UC Berkeley to support the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI). CHAI plans to use these funds to support graduate student and postdoc research. This supplements our August 2016 support for CHAI's launch, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| The Pollination Project — Farm Animal and Veg Advocacy Conference | 75,800 | The Pollination Project | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Pollination Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,800 to The Pollination Project to support the Farm Animal and Veg Advocacy Conference, a new annual movement-building conference hosted by farm animal welfare organizations. This funding is intended to cover costs related to hiring a conference organizer. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Welfare Metrics — Impacts of Animal Welfare Reforms (2020) | 784,586 | Center for Welfare Metrics | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Welfare Metrics staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two contracts with the Center for Welfare Metrics for $784,586 over three years to assess the welfare impacts of farm animal welfare reforms. Among other projects, the Center for Welfare Metrics plans to produce a report on the welfare impact of reforms for egg-laying hens, including a comparison of the prevalence, duration, and intensity of harms under various systems, including cages, enriched cages, and cage-free aviaries. This analysis could inform farm animal welfare grantmaking decisions and assessment. This funding follows our January 2019 support to researchers Cynthia Schuck and Wladimir Alonso, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| American Society for Microbiology — Biothreats Meeting | 43,149 | American Society for Microbiology | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ASM staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $43,149 to the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) to support a keynote panel discussion and dinner on "Preparing for Biological Catastrophe" during the 2018 ASM Biothreats meeting.[ref]Archived copy of link: ASM, 2018 Biothreats Meeting, January 2018 [archive only][/ref] The dinner discussion will address global catastrophic biological risks as part of a broader conversation about past and potential future pandemics, and is expected to be attended by approximately 400 guests. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Sources Document Source ASM, 2018 Biothreats Meeting, January 2018 [archive only] Source | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Purdue University — Preclinical Data Research (Douglas Brubaker) | 1,500,000 | purdue-university | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Purdue University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over five years to Purdue University to support research led by Dr. Douglas Brubaker on developing a computational model to translate preclinical data in mouse disease models to humans. It is not uncommon that preclinical data from mice fail to translate to similar preclinical results in humans, limiting the applicability of mouse data to human medicine. Dr. Brubaker intends to use this funding to develop a computational model that uses mouse data from an Alzheimer’s disease study conducted by Washington University to attempt to predict the study’s human trial outcomes. Good Ventures, Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz’s foundation, has provided funding for the Washington University study. The foundation, with support from Open Philanthropy, has been investigating how best to fund scientific research that might help reduce the future burden of Alzheimer’s disease. Our scientific research team believes that Dr. Brubaker’s computational model, if successful, could improve drug discovery and reduce reliance on mouse experiments. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. Update (September 2023): Dr. Brubaker recently transferred to Case Western University, where he will continue his research. The remaining funds for this grant ($1,334,011) were transferred to Case Western. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (May 2019) | 15,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Morgan Davis This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ASJ staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), via the Tides Center, for general support. This funding is intended to acknowledge ASJ's participation in our impact evaluation process. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2020) | 550,688 | mit | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigators: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Massachusetts Institute of Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,688 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support research led by Neil Thompson on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing. The research will consist of projects to learn how algorithmic improvement affects economic growth, gather data on the performance and compute usage of machine learning methods, and estimate cost models for deep learning projects. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in October 2021. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Smart Growth America — Greater Greater Washington Education Project | 275,000 | Smart Growth America | 2015-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/smart-growth-america-greater-greater-washington-education-project/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (August 2021) | 38,920,000 | lvsDuyzPcg | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Security and Emerging Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $38,920,000 over three years to the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, via Georgetown University, for general support. CSET is a think tank, incubated by our January 2019 support, dedicated to policy analysis at the intersection of national and international security and emerging technologies. This funding is intended to augment our original support for CSET, particularly for its work on security and artificial intelligence. This follows our January 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Future of Humanity Institute — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks | 12,250,810 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant Investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Future of Humanity staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a series of awards totaling up to £13,428,434 over three years to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), a multidisciplinary research institute working on global catastrophic risks at the University of Oxford. Of the total amount, $12,250,810 (at the time of conversion) has been committed to date, with the remainder conditional on successful hiring; these totals may be updated in the future. These funds will support work on risks from advanced artificial intelligence, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and macrostrategy. The largest pieces of the omnibus award package will allow FHI to recruit and hire for an education and training program led by Owen Cotton Barratt, and retain and attract talent in biosecurity research and FHI's Governance of AI program. We previously recommended grants to FHI for biosecurity in 2016 and general support in 2017 which helped fund part of the Governance of AI program. The grant amount was updated in November 2018, June 2019, September 2019, December 2020, and January 2021. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Ayni Institute — Criminal Justice Reform Coaching (2019) | 264,000 | Ayni Institute | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn and Jesse Rothman This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Ayni Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $264,000 to the Ayni Institute to support coaching and training on strategy, operational capacity, leadership, and scaling. The Ayni Institute plans to provide this support to other organizations working on criminal justice reform. This discretionary grant follows our December 2016 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2012) | 250,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2012-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support, via the Imperial College Foundation, in recognition of GiveWell's No. 3 charity ranking in 2012. We expect this grant to help us learn about the challenges of scaling up a proven program and coordinating with country governments. See GiveWell's review of SCI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI ML Engineers | 250,000 | beri | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BERI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to temporarily or permanently hire machine learning research engineers dedicated to BERI's collaboration with the Center for Human-compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI). Based on conversations with various professors and students, we believe CHAI could make more progress with more engineering support. This grant follows previous support to UC Berkeley to launch CHAI and to BERI to collaborate with CHAI, and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Waitlist Zero — Planning Grant | 50,000 | WaitList Zero | 2014-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/waitlist-zero-planning-grant/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Californians Against Pandemics — California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act Ballot Initiative | 11,100,000 | Californians Against Pandemics | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Zachary Robinson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Californians Against Pandemics staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $11,100,000 over two years to Californians Against Pandemics to support work on the California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act ballot initiative. If passed by voters, the California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act will create a grantmaking institute that will fund research on and development of pathogen genomics in order to reduce biosecurity risks posed by novel pathogens. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in July 2022. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Reducetarian Foundation — Reducetarian Fellowship | 200,000 | Reducetarian Foundation | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Reducetarian Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Reducetarian Foundation to support a new fellowship program for undergraduate students in the United States. Fellows will work with mentors, participate in seminars and networking opportunities, and be placed in internships at participating organizations and startups working to reduce societal consumption of animal products. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2018) | 780,000 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Life Sciences Research Foundation staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $780,000 to the Life Sciences Research Foundation to support early-career investigators. The funds will support four postdoctoral fellows for three years apiece. The fellows have proposed research projects investigating immunology, virology, neurobiology, and tuberculosis. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our work on scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2020) | 1,000,000 | International Refugee Assistance Project | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Zachary Robinson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. IRAP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) for general support. You can read more about our rationale for supporting IRAP on the page for our first grant to them in 2016. This follows our January 2019 support and falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| American Conservative Union Foundation — Center for Criminal Justice Reform (2016) | 200,000 | American Conservative Union Foundation | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/american-conservative-union-foundation-center-for-criminal-justice-reform-2016/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for a New American Security — AI and Security Projects | 116,744 | cnas | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for a New American Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $116,744 to the Center for a New American Security to support work by Paul Scharre on projects related to AI and security. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Chickpea and Corn Zein Research | 444,000 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $444,000 over three years to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support research on optimizing plant protein for use in plant-based meat. This funding is intended to support protein optimization in chickpeas, led by NuCicer, and research into improving corn zein’s functionality for plant-based meat, led by Professor Bruce Hamaker of Purdue University. Both projects were submitted as part of FFAR’s request for proposals, which we co-funded in April 2020. This falls within our focus areas of farm animal welfare. The chickpea portion of this research represents a match of a similar grant from the scientific research program. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation — Young Investigators (2020) | 585,000 | Life Sciences Research Foundation | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Life Sciences Research Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $585,000 to the Life Sciences Research Foundation to support early-career investigators. The funds will support three postdoctoral fellows for three years apiece. The fellows have proposed research projects investigating viral pathogenesis and the neural control of behavior. This follows our April 2019 support. It falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security — Forecasting Platforms | 7,993,782 | Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security | 2021-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,993,780 over two years to the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security at the University of Maryland, to support the development of two forecasting platforms, in a project led by Dr. Adam Russell. The forecasting platforms will be provided as a resource to help answer questions for policymakers. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative — General Support | 500,000 | Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative | 2015-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/solar-radiation-management-governance-initiative-general-support/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2021) | 3,333,997 | global-priorities-institute | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GPI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £2,391,333 ($3,333,997 at the time of conversion) over four years to the Global Priorities Institute (GPI), via the University of Oxford, for general support. GPI is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational research to inform the decision-making of individuals and institutions seeking to do as much good as possible. This follows our April 2020 support and falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people doing research on humanity’s long-run future. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative | 2,744,000 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security staff reviewed this page prior to publication. June 2017 update: this page previously listed the grantee as the UPMC Center for Health Security. The page has been updated to reflect the fact that the Center is now housed at Johns Hopkins University. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,744,000 to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to support the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative (ELBI) for the next three years. ELBI is a biosecurity leadership development and training program that focuses on early career professionals in the field and qualified people seeking to enter the field. ELBI recruits a class of approximately 28 fellows each year, runs meetings that expose the fellows to a broad range of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness sub-fields, and provides networking opportunities with their peers and senior experts. We see the lack of a leadership pipeline as a significant gap in the biosecurity and pandemic preparedness (BPP) space. Specifically, we believe that ELBI can contribute to building this field in the following ways: Providing an on-ramp to a career in biosecurity and pandemic preparedness for young people trained in relevant fields, as well as ongoing training for early-career biosecurity professionals. Our impression is that this field is relatively small, both in terms of people and available funding. We think the small talent pool of subject matter experts will be a rate-limiting factor in our efforts to grow this field. Building connections across disciplines within the large, multidisciplinary field of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Our impression is that BPP sub-fields are often siloed from one another; we see this as a significant obstacle given our understanding that many of the hard problems in this space are complex and require expertise from and cooperation across multiple sub-fields. We believe that ELBI can address this by helping fellows establish diverse peer networks and broadening their expertise across multiple disciplines. Helping improve US government decision-making on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. We believe ELBI can contribute in the near term by helping to bring new ideas and approaches to the attention of staff within relevant government agencies. In the longer term we think ELBI can help get better-qualified people, with subject-matter expertise and connections throughout the field, into biosecurity-related leadership positions within government. This grant is intended to support the continuation of this annual program and provide additional resources to run programs for the growing ELBI alumni network. For the first five years of its program, ELBI was funded by the Department of Defense (DoD). Our understanding is that, for reasons unrelated to the quality of the program, DoD is not planning to renew support for it this year, and that the possibility of future DoD funding for the program is uncertain. Our highly positive impression of ELBI is based in part on the opinion of Jaime Yassif (our Program Officer for Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness), in part on our observation that the program has a strong reputation throughout the field, and in part on our favorable view of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, which runs the program. Jaime is a 2012 alumna of ELBI. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Immune Observatory — Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Modeling | 100,000 | Immune Observatory | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigators: Holden Karnofsky This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Immune Observatory staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Immune Observatory to support work led by Professor Michael Mina modeling the potential impact of the widespread use of single-dose vaccines on ending the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows our April 2020 support for Professor Mina’s work at Harvard and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2021) | 550,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) USA for general support. CIWF intends to use this funding to continue to seek implementation of existing cage-free reforms, pursue its meat reduction strategy and priorities, and to secure new corporate broiler welfare reforms. This follows our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Georgetown University — Public Health and Cannabis Legalization | 250,000 | georgetown-university | 2015-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/georgetown-university-public-health-and-cannabis-legalization/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| 221B Foundation — COVID-19 Testing in Nepal (Jay Mahat) | 100,000 | 221B Foundation | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. 221B Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the 221B Foundation to support a pilot study, led by Jay Mahat, of a COVID-19 assay in Nepal. The 221B Foundation, founded by Sherlock Biosciences, seeks to address the COVID-19 pandemic using Sherlock Biosciences’s diagnostic technology. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Future of Life Institute — General Support (2020) | 176,000 | d9sWZtyVwg | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Future of Life Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $176,000 to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) for general support. FLI is a research and outreach organization that works to mitigate global catastrophic risks. This funding is intended to support the production of educational materials on issues related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our October 2019 support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Charity Entrepreneurship — Development of New Animal Welfare Charities (2020) | 260,000 | charity-entrepreneurship | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Charity Entrepreneurship staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $260,000 to Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) to support the creation of new animal welfare charities. Since our July 2018 support to Charity Science, CE has incubated two promising farm animal welfare charities. This funding is intended to enable CE to incubate two additional animal welfare charities. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| People for Animals Uttarakhand — Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship | 85,000 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. People for Animals Uttarakhand staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $85,000 to People for Animals Uttarakhand to support a movement-building fellowship for farm animal welfare advocates in India. The 10-month fellowship, run by People for Animals Uttarakhand and Humane Society International India, will train fellows and place them in animal welfare internships. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi — Air Quality Sensors in South Asia | 228,000 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Grant investigators: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. IIT Delhi staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $228,000 over three years to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) to collaborate with the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) and Professor Joshua Apte of UC Berkeley to install a network of low-cost air quality sensors in South Asia and conduct research and policy outreach on their use. The area that the air quality sensors will monitor has some of the worst air quality in the world. IIT Delhi, CEEW, and Professor Apte intend to use the data they collect from the air quality sensors to inform policies that address air pollution in South Asia. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. For more about our strategy in this area, read our South Asian air quality cause report. The grant amount was updated in December 2022 | q9u4ra9Caf |
| Stanford University — Coronavirus Drug Research (June 2020) (Jeffrey Glenn) | 2,531,000 | stanford-university | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,531,000 over three years to Stanford University to support work led by Professor Jeffrey Glenn to test an antiviral drug candidate against COVID-19 and a number of other viruses. Professor Glenn plans to use this funding to conduct toxicity and efficacy tests and to have a supply of the drug synthesized for use in future trials. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Broad Institute — Pandemic Preemption System (Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi) | 1,000,000 | Broad Institute | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Broad Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to support work on a pandemic preemption system, led by Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi of Redeemer's University in Nigeria. The pandemic preemption system will use advanced technologies for the early detection and rapid containment of viral infections in the developing world. Sabeti is the cofounder of Sherlock Biosciences and has worked extensively on the epidemiology and management of dangerous viral diseases in Africa. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Wilson Center — AI Policy Training Program | 291,214 | The Wilson Center | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Wilson Center Staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $291,214 to the Wilson Center to pilot an AI policy training program. The Wilson Center is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue. This follows our June 2020 support. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University of Michigan — Support for David Manley | 46,696 | university-of-michigan | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant Investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Michigan staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $46,696 to the University of Michigan to support course development and research by Professor David Manley. Professor Manley is planning to develop and teach a new course titled “Changing the World.” The course will focus on global health and poverty, animal welfare, environmental preservation, and the long-term survival of human civilization. The goal is to provide students with the conceptual resources to evaluate which global causes matter most, and how they can most effectively make a difference. This is a discretionary grant. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2013) | 750,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2013-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $750,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support, via the Imperial College Foundation, in recognition of SCI's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2013. See GiveWell’s review of SCI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Center for Applied Rationality — General Support | 1,035,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-applied-rationality-general-support/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Equalia — General Support | 817,000 | Animal Welfare Observatory | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Equalia staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $817,000 over two years to Equalia (now the Animal Welfare Observatory) to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of the 90 million broiler chickens and 35 million caged hens in Spain. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (January 2021) | 8,000,000 | lvsDuyzPcg | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Security and Emerging Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,000,000 to the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), via Georgetown University, for general support. CSET is a new think tank, incubated by our January 2019 support, dedicated to policy analysis at the intersection of national and international security and emerging technologies. It is led by Jason Matheny, former Assistant Director of National Intelligence and Director of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the U.S. intelligence community’s research organization. This funding is intended to augment our original support for CSET, particularly for its work on the intersection of security and artificial intelligence. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| We Animals — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy (2019) | 240,000 | We Animals | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. We Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $240,000 to We Animals to continue documenting the lives and experiences of farm animals. We Animals works with filmmakers, writers, and photographers to produce open-source media content that advocates and others can deploy in their campaigns. We Animals also intends to use some of the funds to support the Unbound Project, which recognizes and celebrates women at the forefront of animal advocacy. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Fellowships and Research | 5,500,000 | RAND | 2023-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $5.5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at RAND President Jason Matheny's discretion. Matheny has designated this funding to launch two new initiatives: a technology policy training program, and a research fund to help produce information that policymakers need to make wise decisions about emerging technology and security priorities. We have been impressed with Matheny's past work on technology and security — at IARPA, at the Center for Security and Technology, and in the White House — and we believe RAND is well-positioned to use such funding to great impact. This gift was recommended by Luke Muehlhauser, who leads our grantmaking on AI governance. This falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| RAND — AI Evaluation and Testing | 10,000,000 | RAND | 2025-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $10 million over three years to RAND in support of its work on Canary, an effort to develop advanced methods for evaluating AI systems, test systems for dangerous capabilities, and share the findings to help inform evidence-based policies. This gift was recommended by Trevor Levin on our AI Governance and Policy team. It falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| RAND Corporation — Technology and Security Policy Center | 6,000,000 | RAND | 2024-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $6,000,000 to the RAND Corporation, to be spent at the discretion of RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny. Matheny has allocated this funding to RAND’s Technology and Security Policy Center. This gift was recommended by Trevor Levin on our AI Governance and Policy team. It follows our July 2024 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Harvard University — Animal Law and Policy Program | 21,200 | harvard-university | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Harvard staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $21,200 to Harvard University to support the Animal Law & Policy program at Harvard Law School. The program plans to use these funds to research the policy consequences of the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, also known as the King Amendment, in key states and jurisdictions. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Eurogroup for Animals — EU Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2017) | 625,400 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €530,000 ($625,400 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to support EU advocacy work for chicken welfare. Eurogroup for Animals plans to use these funds on either broiler chicken or egg-laying hen welfare campaigns, depending upon which campaign appears most tractable. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, and is one of several other recent grants made to strengthen the farm animal welfare movement in Europe. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2016) | 700,000 | International Refugee Assistance Project | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/international-refugee-assistance-project-general-support-2016/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Glasgow — Animal Welfare Research | 109,552 | university-of-glasgow | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Glasgow staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £81,000 (approximately $109,552 at the time of conversion) to the University of Glasgow to support research on animal welfare led by Davide Dominoni. This funding will support research on the effects of urbanization and artificial light on birds’ welfare. The project was endorsed by the Wild Animal Initiative due to its potential to expand the field of welfare biology. This grant was recommended by our farm animal welfare team. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Future of Research — Exit Grant | 150,000 | Future of Research | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Future of Research staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to Future of Research (FoR) for general support. We previously recommended a two-year, $300,000 grant to FoR in 2016 to support its mission to “improve the scientific research enterprise.” FoR Proposal, 2016 Since that time, we have devoted less attention to directly funding science policy and infrastructure work than anticipated, and do not feel that we are in a position to properly evaluate FoR's work. This award therefore represents an “exit grant” to FoR while it looks for other sources of funding. This grant falls within our work on scientific research. Sources Document Source FoR Proposal, 2016 Source | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support | 6,000,000 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/nuclear-threat-initiative-biosecurity-program-support/ | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (December 2014) | 250,000 | evidence-action | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative (DtWI) for general operating support The Deworm the World Initiative is led by Evidence Action. This grant was made in the form of unrestricted support to Evidence Action, doing business as Alethia Solutions, with an informal understanding that we intend these funds to support the Deworm the World Initiative, following GiveWell’s recommendation and our own preference for providing unrestricted support to organizations. in recognition of DtWI's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. See GiveWell’s review of DtWI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Campaign | 14,961 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €13,242 (approximately $14,961 at the time of conversion) to Eurogroup for Animals to support a two-day International Broiler Advocacy Meeting in Brussels in June 2017. During the meeting, participants—which included representatives from various European animal welfare advocacy groups—discussed issues and strategy related to broiler chicken welfare campaigns. Our funds covered associated organizing costs, including travel expenses for representatives of smaller advocacy groups. In preparation for the meeting, Eurogroup for Animals conducted an inventory of broiler welfare campaigns and an initial analysis of the relevant economic, legislative, and policy climate in Europe. Recent cage-free campaigns have been successful in Europe, and we hope a convening of this kind will facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing among various European groups as they consider launching new campaigns related to broiler chicken welfare. This is a discretionary grant. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| New Incentives — General Support (April 2017) | 820,000 | New Incentives | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $820,000 to New Incentives for general support, as part of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of GiveWell's recommendations. New Incentives plans to use these funds to support its work on conditional cash transfers to incentivize child immunization. Good Ventures previously made several grants to New Incentives, including funding for general support in 2014, 2015, and 2016, as well as a November 2016 exit grant that included funding for New Incentives to pivot to its new program incentivizing immunizations. Since then, New Incentives has begun operating a program providing conditional cash transfers for child immunizations in Nigeria. Over the next few months, New Incentives plans to explore potential for scale-up. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology | 55,000,000 | lvsDuyzPcg | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/georgetown-university-center-for-security-and-emerging-technology/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2015) | 250,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2015-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Iodine Global Network (IGN) for general operating support in December 2015, in recognition of IGN's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of IGN for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition | 25,000 | Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $25,000 with Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC to explore possible projects related to AI accident risk and technology competition. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence and was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Rita Allen Foundation — Fellowship Support | 495,000 | Rita Allen Foundation | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rita Allen staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a total of approximately $495,000 over three years in flexible support to three scholars identified by the American Pain Society in collaboration with the Rita Allen Foundation as excellent researchers in the fields of pain, neuroscience, anesthesiology and neurology. The scholars are: Jordan McCall, assistant professor, Washington University St. Louis, plans to develop a new unguided model to assess and predict inflammatory and neuropathic pain Peter Grace, assistant professor, MD Anderson Center Texas, plans to study antibody receptor signaling via astrocytes, a new pathway for neuropathic pain Vivianne Tawfik, assistant professor, Stanford University, plans to research engaging pro-resolution microglia to block the transition to chronic pain This discretionary grant falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research | 15,358 | ea-foundation | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant investigators: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. EAF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,358 to the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF) to support research on potential policy interventions in Europe. EAF plans to use these funds to research interventions in the field of development aid. This falls within our work on global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2017) | 112,613 | Justice Solutions | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Ms. Seymour with Rep. Ted Poe and Rep. Jim Costa of the Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus. (Photo courtesy of Justice Solutions) Published: March 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $112,613 to Justice Solutions to support an 18-month project by Anne Seymour, whom we view as a prominent and well-connected victims’ rights advocate who is supportive of criminal justice reform, with a goal of enabling her to build relationships and increase communication between the fields of victims' rights and criminal justice reform. This grant will cover Ms. Seymour’s time, sub-grants to research institutions, a videographer, project support staff, and travel costs. The project aims to assess the status of victims’ rights to dignity and respect, which are included in statutes and constitutions in many states but are not defined in most of these states. The project will consist of research on existing statutory and constitutional language; meta-analysis of existing research on what factors affect the fair treatment of victims; and surveys, interviews, and roundtables to learn the views of victims, law enforcement and other stakeholders on this issue. Ms. Seymour aims to create a national dialogue around what constitutes dignified and respectful treatment of victims, which she then plans to use in advocacy with law enforcement to encourage reforms. She plans to create a website that will feature the products of her research, including interviews and quotes regarding victims’ needs. This is a discretionary (formerly called "no-process") grant. For discretionary grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. Sources Document Source Justice Solutions Proposal Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Development Media International — General Support (December 2014) | 250,000 | Development Media International | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Development Media International (DMI) for general operating support in December 2014, in recognition of DMI's earning a "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of DMI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| US Cochrane Center — General Support | 100,000 | United States Cochrane Center | 2012-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $100,000 to the US Cochrane Center (USCC) for general operating support. We made this grant based on GiveWell's recommendation after it learned that USCC had an urgent need for funding to maintain uninterrupted, minimal staffing. Learn more about our rationale for awarding this grant and why we believe meta-research is a promising philanthropic cause. This award is a “learning grant,” meaning that it’s designed to help us learn more about an organization or cause we find promising. This grant is unrestricted so that the organization can decide for itself how best to translate the funds into impact. Read more: Give & Learn: "Quick Grant" to the US Cochrane Center Blog: US Cochrane Center (USCC) Gets Our First “Quick Grant” Recommendation | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animal Equality — India Animal Welfare Reform | 292,000 | Animal Equality | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Equality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $292,000 to Animal Equality to support farm animal welfare work in India. This two-year grant will help support a pro-vegetarian messaging campaign, a corporate and/or institution-directed campaign encouraging animal product alternatives, organization capacity building, and advocacy related to in-ovo sex selection technology and other chicken welfare reforms. We are excited about the grant primarily because of Animal Equality’s track record of successful undercover investigations and subsequent media coverage in India; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in Animal Equality’s relevant leadership staff; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy. This grant was one of five recent grants recommended to various organizations supporting farm animal welfare activities in India. Sources Document Source Animal Equality, India Animal Welfare Reform Budget (note: items in red not funded by this grant) Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Brown Institute for Media Innovation — COVID-19 Rapid Micro-Grants | 15,000 | Brown Institute for Media Innovation | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Brown Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (the Brown Institute) at Columbia University to support rapid micro-grants for work that aims to inform the public about the COVID-19 virus. This funding enabled the Brown Institute to award five micro-grants to journalists, technologists, health researchers, data scientists, social scientists, and others. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Vegan Women Summit — General Support | 5,000 | Vegan Women Summit | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Vegan Women Summit staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,000 to the Vegan Women Summit, to be held in San Francisco in February 2020, for general support. The summit aims to empower vegan women, particularly women of color, and inspire them to be leaders of the plant-based movement. A portion of the summit’s proceeds will benefit Mercy for Animals. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Oregon Health and Science University — Research on Oocyte Production | 4,000,000 | Oregon Health and Science University | 2022-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Image courtesy of Oregon Health and Science University Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over three years to Oregon Health and Science University to support research on the development of methods for producing human oocytes from somatic cells, with the goal of developing a new fertility treatment. The research will be led by Professor Paula Amato. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC | 304,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-applied-rationality-sparc/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| University of Notre Dame — Nanopore Protein Sequencing (Gregory Timp) | 2,054,142 | university-of-notre-dame | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Notre Dame staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,054,142 over three years to the University of Notre Dame to support the development of an instrument that uses a sub-nanometer-diameter pore (i.e. a sub-nanopore) to read the amino acid sequence of whole protein molecules. The collaborative effort led by Dr. Gregory Timp involves researchers at the University of San Diego and Johns Hopkins University. Currently, proteomics relies mainly on mass spectrometry (MS) to analyze the structure of proteins. However, MS does not inform on the complete sequence; it lacks sensitivity (it requires about 1 billion molecules); and it is accomplished using an expensive, room-sized apparatus. In contrast, a sub-nanopore, which is about the size of an amino acid residue, reads the primary structure of a single whole protein molecule, although imperfectly, and is embedded in a microfluidic device about the size of a flash-drive. If it proves out, we believe this tool could facilitate a wide range of basic biological research and ultimately allow for rapid detection of pathogens, thereby improving the diagnosis and treatment of disease as well as potentially improving our ability to respond to pandemic threats. While the initial applications of this tool are expected in research settings, we believe it is possible that it could eventually be commercialized and lead to inexpensive methods for protein identification and sequencing in clinical settings. Using our funding, Dr. Timp and his collaborators will experiment with new sub-nanopore topographies, membrane materials and electrolyte conditions to improve the read fidelity and translocation kinetics, as well as explore new algorithms to discriminate between proteins and identify all twenty proteogenic amino acids and their post-translational modifications. This grant falls within our work on scientific research, and was identified through our 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Humane League — Open Wing Alliance (2019) | 1,565,000 | the-humane-league | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,565,000 over two years to The Humane League to support program grants, events, and associated costs for the Open Wing Alliance. This funding will support members of the Open Wing Alliance who are working to secure corporate cage-free pledges and build an effective farm animal welfare movement in more nations. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, believes the Open Wing Alliance has a strong track record in identifying promising groups in new countries, training them in corporate campaigning, and coordinating them to achieve global corporate wins. This follows our September 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Living Goods — General Support (December 2015) | 250,000 | Living Goods | 2015-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Living Goods for general operating support in December 2015, in recognition of Living Goods' "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. See GiveWell’s review of Living Goods for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| World Economic Forum — Global AI Council Workshop | 50,000 | World Economic Forum | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. World Economic Forum staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of up to $50,000 to the World Economic Forum to support a workshop hosted by the Global AI Council and co-developed with the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley. The workshop will facilitate the development of AI policy recommendations that could lead to future economic prosperity, and is part of a series of workshops examining solutions to maximize economic productivity and human wellbeing. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Council on Energy, Environment, and Water — Air Quality Sensors in South Asia | 410,000 | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Grant investigators: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. CEEW staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $900,000 to the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) to collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and Professor Joshua Apte of UC Berkeley to install a network of low-cost air quality sensors in South Asia and conduct research and policy outreach on their use. The area that the air quality sensors will monitor has some of the worst air quality in the world. IIT Delhi, CEEW, and Professor Apte intend to use the data they collect from the air quality sensors to inform policies that address air pollution in South Asia. This falls within our focus area of South Asian Air Quality. The grant amount was updated in March 2023. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| University of Washington — Syphilis Vaccine Development (Lorenzo Giacani) | 816,063 | university-of-washington | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Washington staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $816,063 over three years to the University of Washington to support research led by Dr. Lorenzo Giacani that may facilitate the development of a vaccine against syphilis. A leading cause of stillbirth, syphilis is carried by an estimated 36 million people worldwide and infects approximately 11 million people annually.1 Our scientific research team believes that an effective syphilis vaccine could prevent hundreds of thousands of neonatal deaths. Giacani is participating in a collaborative project with David Baker and Neil King at the University of Washington, Kelly Hawley and Melissa Caimano at the University of Connecticut Health Center, and Anastassia Vorobieva at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology. (See "Related Items", below.) This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Broad Institute — Genome Editing Research (Feng Zhang) | 2,500,000 | Broad Institute | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Broad Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over three years to the Broad Institute to support exploratory research on new technologies for genome editing, led by Feng Zhang. Zhang is well-known for his research on the discovery and applications of CRISPR enzymes for genome editing, and plans to use these funds to support a series of experiments to try and discover better ways of getting CRISPR reagents into cells for gene therapy applications, and several other topics. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Catalyst — Farm Animal Welfare in Thailand | 447,000 | Catalyst | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Catalyst staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $447,000 over two years to Catalyst, a new organization led by Dr. Wadchara Pumpradit, to advocate for farm animal welfare in Thailand. This funding is intended to enable the new organization to advocate for pig and chicken welfare, specifically by working with the government to, among other things, provide welfare training and develop humane certification standards. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in February 2023 | ho2AG7NXWE |
| L214 — Broiler Welfare Campaigns in France (2017) | 1,347,742 | L214 | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. L214 staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €1,140,000 (approximately $1,347,742 at the time of conversion) over two years to Association L214 (L214) to support work on broiler chicken welfare in France. Using this funding, L214 will conduct a campaign advocating for reduced chicken meat consumption as well as a corporate campaign targeting higher welfare standards for broiler chickens. Additionally, it plans to establish a new campus outreach program for movement building purposes, and will apply some funding toward capacity building such as software, training, and fundraising expenses. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to support L214 due to its track record securing large wins to date, such as cage-free pledges from some of France's largest retailers; his impression of its leadership team; and the organization’s strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| New York University — Work on Fish Welfare (2019) | 125,840 | nyu | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. NYU staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $125,840 to New York University to support research scientist Becca Franks' work on fish welfare. These funds will support projects including systematic reviews of the literature on aquaculture (farmed fish) welfare and general fish welfare, as well as research on curiosity, play, and positive emotions in fish. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Broad Institute — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Stacey Gabriel) | 925,000 | Broad Institute | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Broad Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $925,000 to the Broad Institute to support research led by Stacey Gabriel on the development, validation, and clinical testing of COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The funding will allow the Broad Institute, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Partners Healthcare, and other clinical sites, to increase capacity for COVID-19 diagnostic testing and conduct clinical tests for tens of thousands of patients. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Humane Society International India — Animal Welfare Reform (2019) | 1,039,124 | Humane Society International India | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Humane Society International India staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of 71,095,000 INR ($1,039,124 at the time of conversion) over two years to Humane Society International India (HSI India) to support public policy change, organizing, and the work of People for Animals. The groups intend to use these funds to continue commissioning studies on the impact of factory farming in India and potential policy solutions, as well as outreach, coalition-building, litigation, and policy. This follows our May 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development — IPA Fellow Placements | 1,050,000 | center-for-global-development | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Image courtesy of Center for Global Development Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,050,000 over two years to the Center for Global Development to support their Advancing Evidence in Policy Fellowship. This grant will support placing two fellows using the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA). This falls within our focus area of global health and wellbeing. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| UC Berkeley — Air Quality Sensors in South Asia | 700,000 | uc-berkeley | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [South Asian Air Quality] Grant investigators: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 to UC Berkeley to enable Professor Joshua Apte to collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) to install a network of low-cost air quality sensors in South Asia and conduct research and policy outreach on their use. The area that the air quality sensors will monitor has some of the worst air quality in the world. IIT Delhi, CEEW, and Professor Apte intend to use the data they collect from the air quality sensors to inform policies that address air pollution in South Asia. This falls within our focus area of global health and development. For more about our strategy in this area, read our South Asian air quality cause report. | q9u4ra9Caf |
| University of Washington — Universal Flu Vaccine and Computational Protein Design (David Baker and Neil King) | 11,367,500 | university-of-washington | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-washington-universal-flu-vaccine-and-computational-protein-design-david-baker-and-neil-king/ | B4pZkOtjSk |
| SPCA Selangor — Cage-Free Campaigns | 99,000 | SPCA Selangor | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SPCA Selangor staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $99,000 over two years to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Selangor (SPCA Selangor) to support cage-free campaigns for layer and broiler hens in Malaysia, where millions of farmed birds are consumed each year. Since our October 2019 funding, SPCA Selangor has helped secure a number of major cage-free commitments. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Re-Imagine L.A. County — Measure J | 140,000 | Yes on J: Re-Imagine L.A. County | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Yes on J: Re-Imagine L.A. County staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $140,000 to Yes on J: Re-Imagine L.A. County, a Coalition of Nonprofit Organizations and Justice Advocates to support work on Measure J. If passed by voters, Measure J would amend the county’s charter to require that at least 10% of locally controlled revenue be spent on community programs and alternatives to incarceration, such as mental health services, restorative justice programs, non-custodial diversion, and re-entry programs. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2016) | 1,000,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2016-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $1,000,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support in January 2016, in recognition of the organization's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. See GiveWell’s review of SCI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Princeton University — Rescuing Biomedical Research (2018) | 409,112 | Rescuing Biomedical Research | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Rescuing Biomedical Research staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a renewal grant of $409,112 over two years to support the Rescuing Biomedical Research project at Princeton University. The goal of Rescuing Biomedical Research is to address systemic problems in U.S. biomedical research, particularly in relation to funding structures and career paths. You can read more about our rationale for supporting this work on our 2016 grant page to Rescuing Biomedical Research. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Humane Slaughter Association — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare | 570,402 | Humane Slaughter Association | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. HSA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £430,915 ($570,402.19 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) to support research on ways to improve the welfare of wild-caught fish. This will allow HSA to seek proposals for a peer-reviewed and published systematic review of current fish slaughter practices, potential changes to the catching process to minimize suffering, and new stunning methods that could be more humane than current practices, economically viable for wide adoption, and feasible for on-ship use. This follows our June 2017 grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support 2016 | 150,000 | ImmigrationWorks Foundation | 2015-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/immigrationworks-foundation-general-support-2016/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Iodine Global Network — General Support (December 2014) | 250,000 | Iodine Global Network | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Iodine Global Network (IGN), formerly ICCIDD, for general operating support in December 2014, in recognition of IGN's earning a "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of IGN for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Chicken Welfare Campaign in the UK | 374,631 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. RSPCA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £282,000 (approximately $374,631 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to support a corporate chicken welfare campaign in the United Kingdom. Using this funding, RSPCA will launch a campaign encouraging retailers and food companies to adopt higher welfare broiler chicken practices. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Document Source RSPCA, Budget, 2018-2019 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| CDC Foundation — Reproductive Health Data Analysis (Dmitry Kissin) | 662,072 | CDC Foundation | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. CDC Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $662,072 over two years to the CDC Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to support research led by Dmitry Kissin on outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). This funding is intended to help hire a small team to carry out studies on outcomes of ART, analyze data, and share findings with other scientists. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Future of Life Institute — General Support (2018) | 250,000 | d9sWZtyVwg | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Future of Life Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 over two years to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) for general support. FLI is a research and outreach organization that works to mitigate global catastrophic risks. We have previously collaborated with FLI on issues related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This grant is a renewal of our May 2017 support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Global Development — Malaria Reduction | 50,000 | center-for-global-development | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Center for Global Development staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Center for Global Development to support work to reduce malaria in Africa. This falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Glasgow — Malaria Prevention Research (Steven Sinkins) | 3,175,000 | university-of-glasgow | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Glasgow staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,175,000 over three years to the University of Glasgow to support research led by Professor Steven Sinkins on the potential effectiveness of a naturally occurring microsporidian species in preventing the transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans. This funding is intended to support research on the relevant biological properties of the microsporidian species and its potential effects on mosquito populations. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animal Equality — Cage-Free and Broiler Welfare (2021) | 3,000,000 | Animal Equality | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Equality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two “exit grants" totaling $3,000,000 over two years to Animal Equality to support cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. Animal Equality plans to use these funds to support work in Italy, Spain, Germany, the US, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, and India, including corporate campaigns, investigations, and general operations. This follows our February 2020 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide Animal Equality with approximately two years of operating support. It falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Arizona State University — Canine Cancer Vaccine Clinical Trial (Stephen Johnston) | 7,421,402 | Arizona State University | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Arizona State University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a multi-year grant of $7,421,402 to Arizona State University to support a canine clinical trial assessing the effectiveness of a multivalent, preventative cancer vaccine. The trial will test the cancer-prevention efficacy of a multi-valent frameshift peptide (FSP) vaccine, developed by Dr. Stephen Albert Johnston, in healthy, middle-aged pet dogs.1 The trial will be conducted under the direction of Dr. Douglas Thamm, Director of Clinical Research at the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University.2 The dogs will live their normal lives at home and receive biannual exams with a complete clinical pathology workup, and each owner whose dog develops cancer during the trial will be given a credit toward medical expenses. Cancer will not be induced in dogs in the study, which will only test the effectiveness of the vaccine against naturally occurring cancer. If successful, this trial would provide strong support for the concept of employing FSP vaccines to prevent cancer in the early stages, possibly lead to a canine cancer vaccine, and could eventually justify human clinical trials for both treatment and prevention. The funding will be split into an initial payment to support trial set-up and recruitment, and if successful, additional payments will be released to fund all aspects of the trial including examination, vaccination, and follow up over five to seven years. We consider this a high-risk project with an unusual opportunity for high impact as it could possibly reduce the incidence of cancer and cancer metastasis. We believe cancer preventative vaccines have a higher expected value than curative cancer therapies, since an effective vaccine would likely be a less expensive way to provide decades of healthy life compared to current cancer therapies, which often only extend life for a few months or years. We also believe cancer vaccines would be tractable in developing countries, which have a high cancer burden.3 FSP vaccines are particularly attractive compared to other proposed cancer vaccines because they may work against many cancer cell types. Additionally, we believe the study is appropriate and necessary to test the hypothesis, do not see anything similar in the literature or in current clinical trials, consider the trial team well-qualified, and believe the project would be unlikely to be funded through other mechanisms. This grant falls within our work on scientific research, and was identified through our 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP. DOCUMENT SOURCE Margaret Chan, World Health Organization, September 2010 [archive only] Source The grant amount was updated in June 2024. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rita Allen Foundation — Award in Pain Scholars | 330,000 | Rita Allen Foundation | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Rita Allen Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,000 over three years to two Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain Scholars identified as excellent researchers in the fields of pain and anesthesiology. The scholars are: Sarah Linnstaedt, assistant professor, University of North Carolina, plans to research a novel protein target to prevent sensitization to pain following traumatic stress Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, plans to study novel objective measures of pain in the millisecond timescale This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| World Animal Net — Co-Organizing Workshops with the World Bank | 50,000 | World Animal Net | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. World Animal Net staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to World Animal Net (WAN) to support its engagement with the World Bank to co-organize farm animal welfare workshops. The funding is intended to allow WAN to contribute to the preparatory work and costs of the workshops; invite farm animal welfare experts/scientists who could potentially advocate for animal welfare reforms to the workshops; support research, analysis, and coordination of advocacy strategy in advance of the workshops; and conduct post-workshop follow-up and dissemination activities. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, believes influencing multilateral institutions' policies through conference participation and activities is a potentially high-leverage route to improving farm animal welfare, particularly in emerging economies. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Broiler Breed Study | 231,677 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. RSPCA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £171,600 (approximately $231,677 at the time of conversion) to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to support a broiler chicken breed welfare study. The study, to be conducted by the Royal Veterinary College under RSPCA supervision, will test the welfare of two new breeds and will validate two new behavioral measures to enhance future breed tests. Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer Lewis Bollard believes the research is likely to assist broiler welfare campaigns in the U.S. and Europe. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Stanford University — AI Safety Seminar | 6,500 | stanford-university | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,500 to Stanford University to support an artificial intelligence (AI) safety seminar led by Professor Dorsa Sadigh. This grant is intended to fund the travel costs for experts on AI safety to present at the seminar. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Berryville Institute of Machine Learning — Machine Learning Security Research | 150,000 | Berryville Institute of Machine Learning | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigators: Catherine Olsson and Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Berryville Institute of Machine Learning staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning to support research led by Gary McGraw on machine learning security. The research will focus on building a taxonomy of known attacks on machine learning, exploring a hypothesis of representation and machine learning risk, and performing an architectural risk analysis of machine learning systems. Our potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence team hopes that the research will help advance the field of machine learning security. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Bridges to Prosperity — Trailbridge Building RCT in Rwanda | 3,390,138 | Bridges to Prosperity | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Image courtesy of Bridges to Prosperity Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,390,138 to Bridges to Prosperity to support their work building trailbridges in Rwanda as part of an ongoing randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the cost-effectiveness of bridge-building. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| L214 — Broiler Welfare Campaigns in France (2020) | 1,642,046 | L214 | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. L214 staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling €1,408,000 (approximately $1,642,046 at the time of conversion) over two years to L214 to support fundraising, professionalization, investigations, and broiler welfare advocacy in France. Since our November 2017 support, L214 has secured broiler welfare and cage-free commitments from a number of major French supermarket chains and companies. This funding is intended to support additional welfare campaigns, investigations, and fundraising. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Soko Tierschutz — Factory Farm Investigations | 100,000 | Soko Tierschutz | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Soko Tierschutz staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Soko Tierschutz to conduct and publicize investigations at factory farms in Germany and Eastern Europe. This funding will enable Soko Tierschutz to hire an investigator and cover all of their costs for multiple investigations over the course of one year. We believe these investigations will support the corporate and policy advocacy of other animal welfare groups. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ought — General Support (2018) | 525,000 | 2VexoROapg | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/ought-general-support-2018/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2016) | 520,000 | International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] iGEM staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $520,000 over three years to the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation to help iGEM grow its safety and security staff and to support a pilot workshop on safety and security led by iGEM advisors. iGEM is an international synthetic biology competition for students. We believe that supporting iGEM's safety and security work could be directly beneficial for the competition, and could also provide valuable opportunities to identify and test new safety and security measures for the field of synthetic biology more broadly. 1. Background This grant falls within our work on biosecurity, one of our focus areas within global catastrophic risks. 1.1 The organization iGEM is an international synthetic biology competition for students. iGEM’s advisors include a number of people whom we understand to be well-respected in the synthetic biology safety space. Our confidence that iGEM's safety and security work is worth supporting is based in part on their involvement. 2. About the grant 2.1 Proposed activities The only restriction on this grant is that iGEM use it to support work on safety and security. Our understanding is that iGEM currently plans to use the funds to support: A pilot workshop led by iGEM advisors focused on safety and security, planned for summer 2016. iGEM estimates the cost of the workshop at roughly $50,000 to $60,000; we decided to grant $70,000 to allow iGEM some flexibility. The hiring of a new full-time, mid-level staff member focused on safety and security. iGEM advisor Kenneth Oye estimated the annual cost of the hire at $150,000; our grant includes $450,000 for three years' salary. Goals for this hire include allowing iGEM to: Screen competition projects for safety and security concerns before teams start working with potentially dangerous biological materials. Be available to advise teams if safety and security concerns arise. 2.2 Case for the grant We believe that supporting iGEM’s safety and security efforts is likely to be beneficial for three main reasons: We believe that safety efforts around the iGEM competition itself are important, since the participants may be working with dangerous materials. We also believe that the iGEM competition could serve as an indicator of what is currently possible within synthetic biology and help identify current gaps in safety and security, outside the bounds of the competition itself. iGEM may provide a useful environment for testing new procedures or tools (for example, a government considering a new biosecurity regulation could test an application of it at iGEM). 2.3 Risks and reservations We think there is some chance that a new hire may not provide iGEM as much additional capacity as expected. For instance, we think it is possible that the new staff member will need to spend most of their time focused on safety and security for the iGEM competition itself, and so will not enable iGEM to significantly engage in other new, more outward-facing activities. If this turns out to be the case, we believe it would likely be beneficial for iGEM to add more capacity than it currently plans to. 2.4 Follow-up expectations We expect to have a conversation with iGEM staff roughly every 6 months for the duration of the grant, with public notes if the conversation warrants it. Towards the end of the grant, we may attempt a more holistic and detailed evaluation of the grant's performance. 3. Our process Howie Lempel, our Program Officer for Global Catastrophic Risks, has been in touch with iGEM's safety and security advisors regularly over the course of the past year. We also spoke to Kenneth Oye a few times while considering a potential grant to iGEM. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Center for Global Development — General Support 2016 | 3,000,000 | center-for-global-development | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-global-development-general-support-2016/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2018) | 1,500,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming USA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to Compassion in World Farming USA (CIWF USA) for general support. CIWF USA has been one of the major contributors to the success of corporate reforms for layer hens, and intends to use these funds to seek implementation of existing cage-free reforms and to secure new corporate broiler welfare reforms. We wrote more about our decision to support CIWF USA in the writeup for our first grant to them, made in April 2016. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2018) | 560,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigators: Nick Beckstead and Nicole Ross This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. CFAR staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a renewal grant of $560,000 over two years to the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) to support the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC). SPARC is a two-week summer program for top high school students to further develop skills related to applied reasoning, with a broad-ranging curriculum. We expect that this program will expand the horizons of some students with extremely high potential and, hopefully, increase their positive impact on the world. We are especially interested in the possibility that participation in SPARC leads to greater awareness of effective altruism and issues important to the effective altruism community. To learn more about the SPARC program and our reasons for supporting it, see our 2016 grant page to CFAR. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Stanford University — Preclinical Research on Hepatitis B (Jeffrey Glenn) | 915,000 | stanford-university | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $915,000 to Stanford University to support preclinical research on the development of a drug to cure chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections and prevent HBV-induced liver cancer, led by Professor Jeffrey Glenn. If effective, the new drug could replace existing drugs that treat, but do not cure, the disease. Approximately 250 million people globally have chronic HBV, many of whom develop fatal liver cancer. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| World Animal Net — Broiler Chicken and Pig Welfare Guidelines | 37,600 | World Animal Net | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. World Animal Net staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $37,600 over two years to World Animal Net to engage with international financial institutions, including the World Bank, on the adoption of broiler chicken and pig welfare guidelines for agribusiness projects. This follows our October 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Global Development — Pandemic Policy Project Led by Jeremy Konyndyk | 49,942 | center-for-global-development | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Global Development staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $49,942 to the Center for Global Development to support a project titled "Policymaking during the Ebola Outbreak: Implications for Future Pandemics" led by Jeremy Konyndyk. Our Program Officer for Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness, Jaime Yassif, is particularly interested in the project's analysis of both the political pressures around travel restrictions that could be a major factor in disease spread during a global catastrophic biological risk event as well as the role of military response in shaping outcomes. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense | 300,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2015-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/blue-ribbon-study-panel-on-biodefense/ | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Duke University — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Ria Goswami) | 130,982 | duke-university | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Duke University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $130,982 to Duke University to support initial studies, led by postdoctoral researcher Ria Goswami, on the effectiveness of Hsp90 protein inhibitors as host-directed antivirals against the COVID-19 virus. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| VasoRX — Atherosclerosis Investment | 5,400,000 | VasoRX | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Representatives of VasoRX reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended an investment of $5,400,000 in VasoRX to test a new therapy for vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and pulmonary hypertension. Atherosclerosis, a disease in which arteries narrow due to the buildup of plaque, leads to heart attacks and strokes and is one of the leading causes of death in the developed world. Researchers have been able to suppress a protein believed to contribute to atherosclerosis in mice. This seed-stage investment is intended to support additional research and development in the hopes that VasoRx can subsequently raise additional funds from other investors to conduct a clinical trial of the therapy in humans. This falls within our interest in funding scientific research. Update: In January 2019 and October 2019, we added funding to the original award amount. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | ONN00wZd8U |
| AcceleratingHT — COVID-19 Response | 50,000 | AcceleratingHT | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigators: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. AcceleratingHT staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to AcceleratingHT, via the University of Chicago, for general support. AcceleratingHT intends to use this funding to accelerate the development and widespread availability of vaccines against COVID-19 by supporting governments and global health institutions in their use of Advanced Market Commitments and other financing tools. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University of Toronto — Machine Learning Research | 520,000 | university-of-toronto | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Daniel Dewey and Catherine Olsson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Toronto staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $520,000 over four years to the University of Toronto to support research on understanding, predicting, and controlling machine learning systems, led by Professor Chris Maddison, a former Open Phil AI Fellow. This funding is intended to enable three students and a postdoctoral researcher to work with Professor Maddison on the research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Human Impact Partners — Criminal Justice Convening | 60,990 | Human Impact Partners | 2015-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Human Impact Partners staff reviewed this page prior to publication. Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. As of the time of this writing, criminal justice reform is a priority cause within our work on U.S. policy, and we have therefore prioritized it for possible grantmaking. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a $60,990 grant to Human Impact Partners (HIP) to support a convening intended to advance a public health approach to criminal justice policy. This event will bring together professionals in both public health and criminal justice reform in order to develop a vision of a health-based approach to criminal justice and an agenda to achieve that vision. HIP is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, CA that works to increase the consideration of health and equity in decision-making.1 It accomplishes this through research, advocacy, and capacity building.2 This convening will be a component of its Health Instead of Punishment program, which aims to advance the use of public health science in criminal justice reform.3 The November convening will take place in New York City and will include approximately 45 participants. The backgrounds of the attendees will range across fields including policy, advocacy, funding, and research. The additional funding provided by the Open Philanthropy Project will mostly be used to help cover travel costs and to pay for staff time. Our decision to make this grant was based primarily on the recommendation of Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform. We believe that this convening represents the first attempt to bring together criminal justice reform and health experts from multiple jurisdictions to discuss a health-based approach to addressing harms currently processed by the criminal justice system. Chloe considers the quality of the planned attendees at this convening to be very high, and believes that this meeting could initiate a practical agenda to induce change. We believe that there are a number of plausible beneficial outcomes of this convening. First, a robust discussion between leading criminal justice reformers and health experts that examines the premises of a health-based approach to criminal justice reform could lead to an improved analysis of the benefits and uses of this approach, as well as any drawbacks. The key premise is that refocusing social policies in response to harm to emphasize the health and healing of all individuals involved can improve the wellbeing of those implicated in the harm, reduce the flow of people into the criminal justice system, reduce harm and violence, and promote rehabilitation. Second, while some of the attendees have previous relationships, many will be meeting for the first time at the convening. These interactions can strengthen the field and open channels for good ideas coming out of the meeting to connect with policy reform opportunities. We believe that without Open Philanthropy’s support, HIP would be unlikely to receive external funding for this convening. Our understanding is that the meeting’s speculative nature and cross-sector approach have made fundraising from other foundations difficult. Without the funding from the Open Philanthropy Project, the convening would likely have been less productive: HIP would have had to reduce the number of participants; attendees would have been required to pay for their own travel and lodging, which would have been an obstacle for many community organization participants; and HIP would not have been able to hire a professional facilitator. The Open Philanthropy Project maintains some reservations about the grant. As this convening represents an early stage i | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| New Incentives — General Support (2015) | 100,000 | New Incentives | 2015-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $100,000 to New Incentives in March 2015 for general operating support. Good Ventures previously granted New Incentives $100,000 in January 2014. New Incentives is a startup organization that aims to increase delivery of conditional cash transfers, an intervention we believe to be supported by strong evidence of effectiveness. We are continuing to support New Incentives in its early stages of expansion because we believe that New Incentives, if successful, could become a GiveWell-recommended charity. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — Crate- and Cage-Free Campaigning in Brazil (2018) | 200,000 | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal (FNPDA) for campaigning to reduce the use of battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil. FNPDA has played a role in securing crate-free pledges from Brazil’s four largest pork producers and cage-free pledges from 26 Brazilian food companies, and intends to use these funds to continue its corporate campaigns, to start a tracker of corporate implementation of cage-free pledges, and to host a conference with egg producers, food companies, scientists, and activists to discuss implementation. This is a renewal of our October 2016 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Pennsylvania — Geopolitical Forecasting Research (2020) | 29,432 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Pennsylvania staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $29,432 to the University of Pennsylvania to support research led by Professor Michael Horowitz on potential geopolitical applications of quantified forecasting methods. Professor Horowitz intends for the research to identify means for quantified forecasting to enhance the decision-making capabilities of the U.S. government. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Center for Global Development — General Support | 300,000 | center-for-global-development | 2013-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $300,000 to be paid over three years to the Center for Global Development (CGD) in July 2013 for general operating support. The grant will support CGD’s research on topics related to global poverty and inequality. We've found CGD to be a valuable resource as we explore potential future focus areas for Good Ventures. Learn more about our rationale for awarding this grant and how CGD is informing our work. This award is a “learning grant,” meaning that it’s designed to help us learn more about an organization or cause we find promising. This grant is unrestricted so that the organization can decide for itself how best to translate the funds into impact. Read more: Blog Post: Grant to Center for Global Development | ONN00wZd8U |
| Wild Animal Initiative — Animal Welfare Research | 3,500,000 | Wild Animal Initiative | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Wild Animal Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,500,000 over two years to Wild Animal Initiative (WAI) to support research on animal welfare. This funding is intended to support academic projects relevant to the field of welfare biology. WAI, recently named an Animal Charity Evaluators Top Charity, has previously recommended to us a number of giving opportunities, including to the University of Missouri and the University of Glasgow. This grant was recommended by our farm animal welfare team. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| 1Day Sooner — General Support (November 2020) | 600,000 | 9k7drw6Qpg | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Holden Karnofsky This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. 1Day Sooner staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 to 1Day Sooner for general support. 1Day Sooner’s mission is to advocate on behalf of volunteers for COVID-19 human challenge trials (HCTs). They hope to accelerate the development and deployment of a vaccine for COVID-19 by raising awareness about, organizing volunteers around, and otherwise laying the groundwork for HCTs. HCTs, which involve exposing volunteers to a controlled dose of a pathogen, require fewer participants and can be completed on a significantly shorter timeline than standard randomized control trials, and have been historically used for smallpox, influenza, malaria, and other potentially fatal diseases. The idea of and preconditions for employing HCTs to accelerate a COVID-19 vaccine were discussed by Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine epidemiologist Peter Smith, and Rutgers bioethicist Nir Eyal in a paper published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases earlier this year. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Sources Document Source Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Source | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Stanford University — Universal Flu Drug Research (Jeffrey Glenn) | 415,000 | stanford-university | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $415,000 to Stanford University to support work led by Professor Jeffrey Glenn to test the efficacy of a universal antiviral drug candidate against all influenza strains. An effective pan-influenza antiviral drug could avert hundreds of thousands of deaths annually and minimize the spread of highly infectious and lethal strains of the virus. Professor Glenn intends to use this funding to conduct protective assays in ferrets, a transmission study, and a pharmacokinetics and distribution analysis. This follows our June 2020 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| USAIM — Seasonal Migration from Haiti | 1,310,483 | U.S. Association for International Migration | 2014-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/usaim-seasonal-migration-from-haiti/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Colorado State University — Planning Gift | 80,400 | Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $80,400 to Colorado State University (CSU) via the Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science to support CSU research into humane treatment of broiler chickens. This is a discretionary grant. Update: In February 2018 we supplemented our initial support for this work with an additional $55,100 grant recommendation. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Run, George, Run — General Support (September 2020) | 45,000 | Run, George, Run | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Run, George, Run staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $45,000 to Run, George, Run for general support on criminal justice reform. Run, George, Run intends to use these funds to build support for a reform-minded candidate for Los Angeles district attorney. Our criminal justice reform team believes this effort could help safely reduce incarceration in Los Angeles, which incarcerates the most people of any county in the U.S. and currently represents one-third of California’s prison population. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (June 2020) | 496,540 | The Wilson Center | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Wilson Center Staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $496,540 to the Wilson Center to organize additional in-depth AI policy seminars as part of its seminar series. The Wilson Center is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue. We continue to believe the seminar series can help inform AI policy discussions and decision-making in Washington, D.C., and could help identify and empower influential experts in those discussions, a key component of our AI policy grantmaking strategy. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2020) | 100,000 | Mijente | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigators: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Mijente staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Mijente to support work on criminal justice reform. Mijente, a national hub for Latinx- and Chincanx-focused organizing and direct action, plans to use these funds to pay for staff and other operating expenses related to criminal justice reform. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| University of Tübingen — Robustness Research (Wieland Brendel) | 590,000 | University of Tübingen | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigators: Catherine Olsson and Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Tübingen staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $590,000 over three years to the University of Tübingen to support early-career research by Wieland Brendel on robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Kyoto University — Research on Reproductive Biology (Mitinori Saitou) | 4,000,000 | Kyoto University | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Kyoto University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over five years to Kyoto University to support research by Professor Mitinori Saitou on reproductive biology. Dr. Saitou has been at the forefront of research into methods of causing induced pluripotent stem cells to develop into oocytes in mice. Progress in this area could eventually enable people with fertility challenges to have children and could eventually help reduce the incidence of a wide variety of high-burden disorders (such as heart disease, chronic pain, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease) and lead to other beneficial outcomes. Dr. Saitou’s research is amongst the most promising our science team has encountered so far in this field. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2015) | 750,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2015-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-popular-democracy-fed-up-campaign-2015/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Crate Free USA — Campaigning Against Gestation Crates (2019) | 94,720 | Crate Free USA | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Crate Free USA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $94,720 to Crate Free USA to support campaigning against the use of gestation crates for pigs. There are approximately 6 million sows in the United States, at least three-quarters of which are routinely confined in gestation crates. 1 This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Deworm the World Initiative — General Support (January 2016) | 10,790,000 | evidence-action | 2016-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. In January 2016, Good Ventures awarded a grant of $10,790,000 to Evidence Action in support of its Deworm the World Initiative, in recognition of the Initiative earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. See GiveWell’s review of Deworm the World for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (April 2022) | 3,936,955 | helen-keller-international | 2022-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Image courtesy of Helen Keller International Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,936,955 to Helen Keller International to support their work on vitamin A supplementation. This grant was made on GiveWell’s recommendation. See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Against Malaria Foundation — General Support (December 2014) | 5,000,000 | against-malaria-foundation | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $5,000,000 to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) for general operating support in December 2014, in recognition of AMF's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. See GiveWell’s review of AMF for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Research on Crime, Incarceration and Cannabis Regulation | 245,000 | Washington Office on Latin America | 2013-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/research-on-crime-incarceration-and-cannabis-regulation/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support (2014) | 3,000,000 | Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $3,000,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support, via the Imperial College Foundation, in recognition of SCI's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. See GiveWell’s review of SCI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Protect the People — Seasonal Migration from Haiti | 550,000 | Protect the People | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/protect-the-people-seasonal-migration-from-haiti/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Anima — Movement Building | 367,222 | Anima | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Anima staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €325,494 ($367,222.33 at the time of conversion) over two years to support a new project focused on building the farm animal welfare movement globally. The project will be run by Andrzej Pazgan and Laura Gough, will be initially housed at Anima International, and will launch with a focus on Eastern Europe. Early success there could lead to expansion to to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and/or Africa. Our farm animal welfare team believes large portions of the world still have little organized farm animal welfare advocacy, and that the only support capacity that does exist in some regions is in the form of corporate cage-free advocacy, which may not be a good fit for all countries and activists. This project, by identifying promising groups, training them, coordinating them around campaigns, and funding them, could eventually increase farm animal welfare capacity globally. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Essere Animali — Farm Animal Welfare Work in Italy | 150,000 | Essere Animali | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Essere Animali staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to Essere Animali to conduct farm investigations and scale up media outreach and corporate campaigning in Italy. Approximately 260 million farmed land animals and 140 million farmed fish are alive in Italy at any time. Essere Animali investigations at farms where fish, pigs, and chickens are raised and slaughtered have generated media coverage in Italy and elsewhere, and we believe these investigations are useful to others working on animal welfare globally. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2017) | 2,321,617 | idinsight | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $2,321,617 to IDinsight to support and expand its GiveWell-embedded team for the next twelve months. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities. IDinsight supports and conducts rigorous evaluations of development interventions, often involving randomized controlled trials, with an explicit focus on partnering with funders and policy makers to use data to inform key strategy decisions. GiveWell therefore sees working with IDinsight as a promising way of supporting the development of future GiveWell top charities. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| AI Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2018) | 159,000 | AI Scholarships | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. During 2018, the Open Philanthropy Project recommended a total of approximately $159,000 over two years in scholarship support to two artificial intelligence researchers. This is an estimate because of uncertainty around future year tuition costs and currency exchange rates. The funding is intended to be used for the students' tuition, fees, living expenses, and travel during their respective degree programs, and is part of an overall effort to grow the field of technical AI safety by supporting value-aligned and qualified early-career researchers. This discretionary support falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — SynBioBeta 2018 Meeting | 169,600 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and SynBioBeta staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $127,600 to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a grant of $42,000 to SynBioBeta to support a biosecurity fellowship program and a biosecurity panel discussion at the 2018 SynBioBeta conference on synthetic biology.[ref]Archived copy of link: SynBioBeta 2018 [archive only][/ref] These are discretionary grants, and they fall within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Sources Document Source SynBioBeta 2018 [archive only] Source | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Kyle House Group — Aid Policy Strategy (2024) | 1,027,500 | Kyle House Group | 2024-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Aid Policy] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $1,027,500 with Kyle House Group to consult on Open Philanthropy’s global aid policy strategy and to advocate for select aid policy goals within the United States. This follows our January 2023 contract and falls within our focus area of global aid policy. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The grant amount was updated in September 2025. | t9rVNbSZs- |
| Dyrevernalliansen — Fish Welfare (2021) | 300,000 | Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dyrevernalliansen also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to Dyrevernalliansen (The Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance) to support efforts to improve fish welfare in Norway. Dyrevernalliansen intends to use this funding to secure corporate commitments to fish welfare improvements. This follows our February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — General Support (2016) | 550,000 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/compassion-in-world-farming-usa-general-support-2016/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Stanford University — Coronavirus Drug Research (February 2020) (Jeffrey Glenn) | 165,000 | stanford-university | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an unrestricted grant of $165,000 to Stanford University to support work led by Stanford Professors Jeffrey Glenn and Rhiju Das and University of North Carolina Professor Ralph Baric, which they intend to use to test antiviral drug candidates against the COVID-19 coronavirus. This falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Prevent Cruelty California — “Yes on Prop 12” Campaign | 4,000,000 | Prevent Cruelty California | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Prevent Cruelty California representatives also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $4,000,000 to Prevent Cruelty California, a coalition of veterinarians, animal shelters, farmworkers, food safety groups, and animal protection charities advocating for Proposition 12. Prop 12, which will appear on California's general election ballot this November, would require cage-free housing and improve space requirements in California for veal calves, pigs, and egg-laying hens, and would ensure that veal, pork, and eggs sold in California come from operations meeting these standards. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization to which we occasionally make funding recommendations and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Initiatives (2024) | 5,000,000 | RAND | 2024-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at the discretion of RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny. Matheny has allocated this funding across multiple initiatives, including: A technology policy training program. Support for the Pardee RAND Graduate School. A new research center focused on China studies. A research fund that will help to produce information for policymakers about emerging technology and security priorities. This gift was recommended by Luke Muehlhauser, who leads our grantmaking on AI governance. It follows our October 2023 support, and falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| University Health Network — Preterm Birth Research (2020) | 1,228,000 | University Health Network | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University Health Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,228,000 to the University Health Network, a Canadian research center affiliated with the University of Toronto, to continue a randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy of L-arginine supplementation to reduce preterm birth and examine the impact of COVID-19 co-infection on risk of poor birth outcomes. The research will be led by Kevin Kain and Chloe McDonald. Preterm birth is a leading cause of global under-five mortality, resulting in over 1 million deaths each year. Pregnant women living in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia face high rates of poor birth outcomes as a result of multiple risk factors, including protein-deficient diets and a high burden of diseases, including malaria, anemia, HIV, and potentially COVID-19. This clinical trial will compare the current standard of care for expectant mothers in Kenya, which includes dietary supplementation of iron and folic acid, to the same standard of care with the addition of the amino acid L-arginine, an essential nutrient in pregnancy that contributes to healthy placental development. The expanded study will examine if COVID-19 increases the risk of poor birth outcomes (e.g. preterm birth), in women with co-infections common in low- and middle-income countries (e.g. malaria, HIV-1), and if interventions (e.g. L-arginine) will improve placental function and reduce preterm birth. This follows our February 2019 support. It falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Harvard University — Solar Geoengineering Research Program | 2,500,000 | harvard-university | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/harvard-university-solar-geoengineering-research-program/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2016) | 9,750,000 | givedirectly | 2016-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $9.75 million to GiveDirectly for general operating support in January 2016, in recognition of the organization's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. See GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2018) | 44,627 | georgetown-cghss | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GHSS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $44,627 to the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) for general support. We previously recommended a grant to GHSS for general support in 2017; the goal of this supplemental funding is to collect data about Libya's pandemic preparedness capacity and also to establish a model process that can be applied in other countries in the region where it is difficult to obtain data due to political instability or ongoing conflict. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| University Health Network — Preterm Birth Research (2019) | 2,778,879 | University Health Network | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Grant Investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University Health Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,778,879 to the University Health Network, a Canadian research center affiliated with the University of Toronto, to support a randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy of an intervention to reduce preterm birth in Kenya. Preterm birth is a leading cause of global under-five mortality, resulting in over 1 million deaths each year. Pregnant women living in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia face high rates of preterm birth as a result of multiple risk factors, including protein-deficient diets and a high burden of diseases, including malaria, anemia, and HIV. This trial will compare the current standard of care for expectant mothers in Kenya, which includes dietary supplementation of iron and folic acid, to the same standard of care with the addition of the amino acid L-arginine, an essential nutrient in pregnancy that contributes to healthy placental development. The research will be led by Kevin Kain and Chloe McDonald. This falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in August 2024. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Humane League — General Support (2018) | 10,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $10,000,000 over 3.5 years to The Humane League (THL) for general support. This represents a consolidation, renewal, and expansion of four previous grants to THL for corporate cage-free advocacy in the U.S. and internationally, general operating support, and the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of 55 grassroots groups. THL has used our previous funding to secure corporate cage-free and broiler welfare pledges that, if fully implemented, will benefit approximately 150 million hens and 50 million broiler chickens alive at any time. The multi-year commitment and expanded funding will enable THL to continue current programs and strengthen infrastructure through initiatives like increasing staff salaries and benefits to be in line with industry standards. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Welfare Footprint Project — Research on Animal Welfare Reforms (2023) | 1,250,000 | Welfare Footprint Project | 2022-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $1,250,000 over three years with the Welfare Footprint Project (formerly known as Center for Welfare Metrics) to support its work to model the welfare impacts of farm animal welfare reforms. Welfare Footprint Project will extend its work to several new species — likely aquatic animals and pigs. This follows our January 2020 contract, which led to research on the welfare impact of cage-free reforms that has helped to inform both our grantmaking and the work of several farm animal welfare organizations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017) | 16,000,000 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/johns-hopkins-center-for-health-security-biosecurity-global-health-security-and-global-catastrophic-risks-2017/ | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Wageningen University & Research — Wild-Caught Fish Welfare | 519,434 | Wageningen University & Research | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Wageningen University & Research staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €473,260 ($519,434 at the time of conversion) over three years to Wageningen University & Research to support work led by Hendrik Kramer, Michelle Boonstra, and Hans van de Vis to develop and implement a humane stunning system for wild-caught demersal fish. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute – Early detection of preterm births | 90,000 | Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute | 2021-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Image courtesy of Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $90,000 to the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute to support an NIH-funded study led by Dr. Jeff Klausner. This study is investigating the early diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea in pregnant women in order to prevent adverse neonatal outcomes. This grant will cover cost overruns caused by COVID-19. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Research on Drought-Tolerant Rice | 122,500 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $122,500 over three years to support work on CRISPR modifications to increase drought tolerance in Indian rice, a project led by Professor Brian Staskawicz at UC Berkeley. It’s our understanding that sporadic drought has caused Indian rice yields to become erratic, which has negative impacts on the livelihood of about 100 million small farmers. The proposed experiments will exploit recent advances in genome editing. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) plans to match our support, and we intend this funding to support the research of PhD student Nicholas Karavolias. A portion of the funding supports Nicholas's inclusion in the FFAR Fellows Program, a three-year leadership and professional development program for 22 PhD students in the agricultural and life sciences. This follows our October 2018 support to UC Berkeley and falls within our work on scientific research. The grant amount was updated in May 2022. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford University — Support for Percy Liang | 1,337,600 | stanford-university | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/stanford-university-support-for-percy-liang/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Study and Training Related to AI Policy Careers — Scholarship Support | 593,540 | Study and Training Related to AI Policy Careers | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Scholarship recipients also reviewed the page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended flexible support to enable individuals to pursue and explore careers in artificial intelligence policy. We sought applications for this funding here. We have also offered funding to a few other applicants, but are waiting to learn whether they accept (e.g. based on whether they are admitted to their graduate school program of choice). We plan to update this page again once the full list of recipients is known, at which time we will also list the total amount of funding provided. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount has been updated to reflect $700 in funds returned to us in September 2020. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mercy For Animals — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns (2016) | 1,000,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/mercy-for-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns-2016/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| New Incentives — Exit Grant and Immunizations Pilot | 368,587 | New Incentives | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a grant of $368,587 to New Incentives as part of GiveWell's Incubation Grants to support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of GiveWell's recommendations. Part of this funding ($205,024) is intended as an "exit grant" to support New Incentives in closing down its program giving conditional cash transfers to women who deliver at a health facility. The remaining $163,563 is intended to support New Incentives' pilot program to instead make conditional cash transfers to incentivize routine immunizations. New Incentives is a startup organization that aims to increase delivery of conditional cash transfers, an intervention we believe to be supported by strong evidence of effectiveness. We are continuing to support New Incentives in its expansion because we believe that New Incentives, if successful, could become a GiveWell-recommended charity. See GiveWell's page on this grant for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| InterAcademy Partnership — Side Event at the BWC Meeting of State Parties | 14,605 | InterAcademy Partnership | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. IAP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $14,605 to the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) to support a side event during the December 2017 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of State Parties. The event will focus on IAP's experience engaging international scientists in biosecurity work, particularly from developing countries, and is part of our general effort to strengthen the BWC. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Mercy Corps — Seasonal Migration Pilot Project and RCT | 1,000,000 | Mercy Corps | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant Investigators: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Mercy Corps staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to Mercy Corps, in partnership with the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University, to conduct a pilot project with a randomized control trial (RCT) on seasonal migration for rural Nigeriens. The project and the RCT will examine the drivers and returns to seasonal migration, and will subsidize the transportation of underemployed men in the rural Tillabéri region to urban centers in Niger and surrounding countries. This falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2019 Class | 2,325,000 | ULjDXpSLCI | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/open-phil-ai-fellowship-2019-class/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| New York University — Work on Swift-and-Certain Sanctions | 80,000 | nyu | 2015-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/new-york-university-work-on-swift-and-certain-sanctions/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Yale University — Cardiovascular Disease Therapy Research | 450,000 | yale-university | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Yale University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 over two years to Yale University to support research on the development of RNA interference (RNAi) therapies for cardiovascular diseases. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Update to Millions Saved Project | 50,000 | center-for-global-development | 2013-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [History of Philanthropy] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. In May 2013, GiveWell recommended that Good Ventures make a $50,000 grant to the Center for Global Development (CGD) to support updating its Millions Saved series. Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health, published by CGD, provides case studies on large-scale success stories in global health. This recommendation is part of our history of philanthropy project, which aims to find or produce careful analysis of the causal impact of historical philanthropic spending; we view the Millions Saved project as consistent with that general goal. We view grants aimed at improving our understanding of the history of philanthropy as similar to GiveWell staff research costs (because this is work we would do on our own) rather than as an attempt to fund the project we would guess is accomplishing the most humanitarian good possible. Accordingly, we are not planning to produce public materials presenting the same sort of case for this grant that we do for our top charities. We do intend to share regular updates on this project’s progress. We used the previous edition of Millions Saved as an input into our 2009 international aid report and found it valuable, though we did not always feel that the evidence presented in the first edition fully supported the claims of impact it made (more). This award is a “learning grant,” meaning that it’s designed to help us learn more about an organization or cause we find promising. Rationale for the grant Based on our conversations with Amanda Glassman at CGD, we would not guess that these funds, themselves, are allowing this project to do things it otherwise would not have been able to do. However, we do believe that providing these funds will gain us a “seat at the table” and put us in a position to provide feedback on the work as it is being done, aiming to improve the eventual output. Ms. Glassman told us in a phone conversation on April 10th that CGD has applied for the bulk of the project’s funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition, we have valued the work that the Center for Global Development has done and see this grant as a vote of confidence for their work more broadly. Specifically, our views have been heavily influenced by the work of multiple CGD staff and fellows, including (a) David Roodman’s work on microfinance, including demonstrating the need for data sharing (blog post), (b) Michael Clemens’ work on immigration (conversation notes), and (c) conversations we have had with other fellows (and former fellows) at CGD who have informed our views on a variety of issues related to international development. Project details and timeline As of May 2013, the Millions Saved update project is still in an early stage. It aims to hold a meeting in mid-to-late 2013 to select cases for inclusion in the project. It would then produce a single model case that it would use to solicit feedback from its Advisory Council, on which a GiveWell staff member will sit. It plans to hold several additional meetings in 2014 to track progress.1 CGD shares GiveWell’s view on the importance of transparency, and Ms. Glassman told us that this project will be covered by CGD’s Data and Code Transparency Policy.2 Read more: Give & Learn: Supporting a Closer Look at Philanthropy’s Track Record Sources SOURCE NAME USED IN FOOTNOTES LINK DATE LINK WAS LAST ACCESSED (FOR EXTERNAL FILES) ARCHIVED LINK (FOR EXTERNAL FILES) Conversation with Amanda Glassman, April 10, 2013. Source - - Conversation with Amanda Glassman, May 1, 2013. Source - - Amanda Glassman, Email to GiveWell, May 9, 2013 Unpublished - - CGD transparency policy Source 5/10/2013 Arc | ONN00wZd8U |
| Sentient Media — Digital Content Optimization Work | 100,000 | Sentient Media | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sentient staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Sentient Media to promote public awareness of factory farming and farm animal advocacy groups. Sentient Media plans to optimize digital content to make it easier for supporters to find advocacy groups working on key issues and shift public opinion in coming years. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers | 900,000 | JustLeadershipUSA | 2015-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] JustLeadershipUSA staff reviewed this page prior to publication. Criminal justice reform is one of the Open Philanthropy Project’s focus areas within U.S. Policy. JustLeadershipUSA, a national advocacy organization formed in 2014 to advocate for reforms to reduce incarceration, with a focus on training and lifting up the voices and leadership of formerly incarcerated people as advocates, has proposed a major campaign to create public demand and secure political commitment to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. We believe that this campaign is well-positioned to take advantage of a unique opportunity within criminal justice reform, with the potential to positively impact criminal justice reform nationally in addition to its direct benefits in New York City. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform (“Chloe” throughout this page), believes that the campaign’s leadership team, as well as the specific opportunity that Rikers represents, make this a particularly promising campaign. Based on these considerations, the Open Philanthropy Project has decided to recommend a $900,000 grant to JustLeadershipUSA to support its #CLOSErikers campaign. The cause This grant falls within criminal justice reform, one of our focus areas. The average daily jail population in the U.S. is about 731,000 (compared to about 1.3 million in state prisons and 200,000 in federal prisons), and about 12 million unique individuals are jailed each year.1 The issue of over-jailing in America, especially of the poor, is summarized well by a report from the Vera Institute of Justice.2 We believe jails may be a relatively tractable target for advocacy (compared to other potential targets within criminal justice reform) for several reasons: Because most people in jail have not yet been convicted of a crime (unlike people in prison), it may be easier from a communications perspective to advocate for reducing jail populations than prison populations. Because most people remain in jail for only a short time, policy changes could lead to population reductions fairly quickly (in contrast to prisons, where sentencing reforms might not result in significant population reduction for several years). Our understanding is that people exiting jail may have an easier reentry experience into society than people exiting prison, since they have typically been away from home for a shorter time. Some policy reforms have the potential to significantly impact jail populations if implemented across the country. However, because jail policy is usually determined at the local level, advocacy for broad-based policy change can be challenging. (Most states, with a few exceptions, do not have central, state-level oversight of jails.) We see targeting a single, high-profile jail for closure as a potential way to address this decentralization challenge. A successful campaign to close a high-profile jail would likely draw significant attention to the issue of over-jailing, and has the potential to shift the Overton Window in a way that increases the chances of similar reforms being implemented around the country. The campaign This grant proposes to target Rikers Island jail complex in New York City for closure. Rikers, the second largest jail in the country, has received media attention over the past few years due to especially harsh conditions and numerous abuses.3 Our understanding is that there is a pending Department of Justice investigation into abuses at Rikers, as well as various ongoing lawsuits. In part, we believe, due to this increased attention, calls to reform Rikers have begun to shift toward a demand to close the facility altogether. Over the last six months in particular, we have seen support for closing Rikers in some influential circles. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sinergia Animal — General Support (2019) | 245,000 | Sinergia Animal | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $245,000 to Sinergia Animal to pursue corporate campaigns across Latin America. Approximately 500 million layer hens and 2 billion broiler chickens are alive in Latin America at any time, and corporate campaigners have had some success in Latin America, securing numerous cage-free commitments in the last two years. We believe Sinergia Animal played a significant role in some of those campaigns, including some of the first wins in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| People for Animals — India Animal Welfare Reform | 120,000 | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. People for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $120,000 to People for Animals (PFA) to support new farm animal welfare work in India over the next two years. We are excited about the grant primarily because of PFA’s influence and network; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in PFA’s relevant leadership; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy. This grant was one of five recent grants recommended to various organizations supporting farm animal welfare activities in India. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai — Legal Aid for Scientists in Japan | 40,000 | Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai representatives reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai for general support. Mamoreruinochi wo Mamorukai, which translates roughly as Protect the Lives Protectable, is a Japanese organization that protects science journalists and scientists from attacks, insults, and litigation. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our work on scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2020) | 500,000 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FFAR staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to co-fund a request for proposals for research on optimizing plant protein for use in plant-based meat. The resulting research could eventually improve the quality and lower the costs of plant-based meat. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ayni Institute — Movement Ecology Training | 110,000 | Ayni Institute | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Note: Ayni Institute staff reviewed this page prior to publication. As part of our work in criminal justice reform, the Open Philanthropy Project recommended a $110,000 grant via Centro Presente to the Ayni Institute, a movement strategy research and training organization, to develop and run a training on the topic of ‘movement ecology’. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, believes that the lack of shared language and coordination between groups seeking criminal justice reform will limit the reach and impact of reforms. The Ayni Institute plans to build on previously-developed analysis by some of its leaders around what is required to create and sustain a healthy movement ecosystem, where groups are in good communication and able to successfully build momentum for significant social change.1 This analysis draws from history, the experiences of organizers in the Ayni community, and lessons from movements elsewhere in the world. Ayni plans to formulate this analysis into a training, and to recruit as participants for this training leaders from the criminal justice field, two other major social reform fields, and others. The goal is for the criminal justice participants to come away with a shared language that enables them to deeply collaborate and build more advanced strategies together. Including participants from other movements in the training is intended to provide outside perspectives and new ideas. If the training is successful, Chloe will consider adding more resources to include additional participants from the field. Chloe has participated in an Ayni Institute training, and has also spoken at some length with others who have participated in trainings, in all cases run by the same people who will be responsible for the training funded by this grant. Chloe was impressed by Ayni’s rigorous training development process, sophisticated pedagogy, and rich analysis. She believes this training has a high probability of being very beneficial to at least some participants. The Ayni Institute intends to provide additional training and support beyond the initial convening with the aim of sustaining and deepening connections between the participants and continuing to improve the analysis developed at the workshop. It also intends to reconvene the group some months after the training to reflect and set the stage for further development. We see a number of risks to the success of this grant: Much of this grant’s effectiveness may ultimately depend on who participates in the Ayni Institute training; we expect it to be difficult to identify the best potential participants. Participants may not find the training compelling or helpful. Part of the goal of this grant is to develop further the model of movement ecology that was created for the Momentum trainings,2 initiated by the Ayni Institute. It is possible that this additional work will not actually make the model more powerful or useful. The leaders of the Ayni Institute are organizers by training; their style of teaching may not suit participants from other backgrounds. We do not consider any of these concerns major enough to prevent us from making the grant. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Ayni Institute Proposal Outline Source Ayni Institute, What is Social Movement Ecology Source Ayni Institute website, Momentum Source (archive) Engler and Engler 2016 Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy) (2017) | 5,000,000 | uc-berkeley | 2017-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigator: Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $5 million over five years to support research on the basic biology of aging-related diseases and impairments, led by Dr. Irina Conboy at the University of California, Berkeley. A better understanding of basic biological mechanisms in this area might eventually help provide a path to treatments for conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or neurodegenerative diseases, which could reduce mortality and impairment for very large numbers of people. Dr. Conboy's planned research is the most promising our science advisors have encountered so far in this field. This funding will support Dr. Conboy's research group and will promote multi-disciplinary collaborations in the arena of aging research. This grant falls within our work on scientific research, and is a product of our investigation into research on the mechanisms of aging. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| VasoRX — Atherosclerosis and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy | 5,550,000 | VasoRX | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. VasoRX staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended an investment of $5,550,000 in VasoRX to continue work testing a new therapy for vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension. This seed-stage investment is intended to support additional research and development in the hopes that VasoRX can subsequently raise additional funds from other investors to conduct a clinical trial of the therapy in humans. This follows our April 2018 support and falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Hypermind — AI Forecasting Tournament | 121,124 | Zx7ckq6syw | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Hypermind staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $121,124 with Hypermind to collaborate with Metaculus on an AI development forecasting tournament. Forecasts will cover the themes of hardware and supercomputing, performance and benchmarks, research trends, and economic and financial impact. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Animal Equality — Broiler Welfare Campaigns | 215,000 | Animal Equality | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Equality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.” The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $215,000 to Animal Equality to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone.According to this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, 9,050,716,000 chickens were slaughtered in 2017. Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering. This follows our June 2018 support of U.S. and international corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Department of Agriculture 2018 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Yale University — Research on the Global Politics of AI | 299,320 | yale-university | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Yale University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two gifts totaling $299,320 to Yale University to support research on the global politics of advanced artificial intelligence. The work will be led by Assistant Professor of Political Science, Allan Dafoe, who will conduct part of the research at the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, United Kingdom over the next year. Funds from the two gifts will support the hiring of two full-time research assistants, travel, conferences, and other expenses related to the research efforts, as well as salary, relocation, and health insurance expenses related to Professor Dafoe's work in Oxford. This funding falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Mercy For Animals — Broiler Welfare Campaigns | 261,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Mercy for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $261,000 to Mercy For Animals to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone.According to this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, 9,050,716,000 chickens were slaughtered in 2017. Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering. This follows our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Department of Agriculture 2018 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Urban Institute — History of Philanthropy Project | 365,833 | Urban Institute | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [History of Philanthropy] Grant investigators: Luke Muehlhauser and Alexander Berger. This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Urban Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $365,833 to the Urban Institute to support a series of literature reviews and case studies on the history of philanthropy. The work will be led primarily by Benjamin Soskis, a research associate at the Urban Institute, who has previously produced case studies for our history of philanthropy project. The Urban Institute plans to publish approximately 6-8 literature reviews and case studies, and we may summarize some of these on our blog. We're hoping that the Urban Institute is eventually able to scalably produce informative historical case studies about the impact of philanthropy with limited input from us. This is a discretionary grant. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Synthetic Neurobiology Group | 2,970,000 | mit | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-synthetic-neurobiology-group/ | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Food Frontier — General Support | 100,000 | Food Frontier | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Food Frontier staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Food Frontier for general support. Food Frontier is an Australian organization promoting plant-based meat alternatives, and will explore opportunities for Australia and New Zealand to supply the Asia-Pacific region with alternative proteins. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms — AI Safety Research | 2,400,000 | Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/montreal-institute-for-learning-algorithms-ai-safety-research/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| African Union Development Agency — General Support (2020) | 2,500,000 | African Union Development Agency | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. AUDA-NEPAD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,500,000 over five years to the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the technical arm of the African Union, to support the evaluation, preparation, and potential deployment of genetically-based vector control technologies to help eliminate malaria in some African regions. Deployment would only take place if determined to be feasible, ethical, safe, approved by the regulatory authorities, and supported by the affected communities. This funding will support AUDA-NEPAD’s work educating government regulators about genetically-based vector control technologies and continuing to develop regulatory capacity for novel vector control approaches, including gene drive mosquitoes, at national and regional levels. AUDA-NEPAD is also a grantee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This follows our April 2017 support and falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Containment of Artemisinin Resistance in Eastern Myanmar | 1,000,000 | Population Services International | 2012-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/containment-of-artemisinin-resistance-in-eastern-myanmar/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Society for Applied Ethology — Travel Scholarships | 40,000 | International Society for Applied Ethology | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. International Society for Applied Ethology officers also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $40,000 to the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) to support travel scholarships for 14 animal welfare scientists from developing nations to attend ISAE's 2017 International Congress on applied animal behavior and welfare. We view this as a learning grant; we may consider recommending similar grants in the future if there is significant interest and evidence of positive results. These are discretionary grants. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Equalia — Broiler Welfare and Cage-Free Campaigns and International Farm Animal Welfare Investigations | 150,000 | Animal Welfare Observatory | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Equalia staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Equalia (now the Animal Welfare Observatory) to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of chickens and caged hens in Spain and international investigations into welfare standards for chickens and laying hens in cages. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Davis — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Koen Van Rompay) | 170,190 | uc-davis | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Davis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $170,190 to UC Davis to support a trial led by Koen Van Rompay of an HSP90 inhibitor as a possible treatment for Zika infections in rhesus macaque monkeys. The results of the trial could have implications for the use of HSP90 inhibitors as antiviral treatments in humans. This funding is part of our science team’s effort to explore chaperone inhibitors as broad spectrum, host-directed antiviral drugs. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in May 2022. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| UC Berkeley — Research on Drought-Tolerant Rice (Brian Staskawicz) | 200,000 | uc-berkeley | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support Professor Brian Staskawicz's work on CRISPR modifications to increase drought tolerance in Indian rice. It's our understanding that sporadic drought has caused Indian rice yields to become erratic, which has negative impacts on the livelihood of about 100 million small farmers. The proposed experiments, which will be funded in part by a match from the Innovative Genomics Institute, will exploit recent advances in genome editing. This discretionary grant follows our December 2016 support of a plant pathology workshop at UC Berkeley and falls within our interest in funding scientific research. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Farm Forward — Leadership Circle (2018) | 165,691 | Farm Forward | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Farm Forward staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $165,691 to Farm Forward to continue to seek commitments from universities, hospitals, and companies to source certified higher-welfare animal products. This grant represents a renewal of our January 2017 support, which the organization says helped enable its work with the University of California system, Dr. Bronner's, Airbnb, Duke University, Villanova University, Johns Hopkins University, and others to commit to source some of their animal products from farms certified to higher-welfare standards. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Living Goods — General Support (December 2014) | 250,000 | Living Goods | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Living Goods for general operating support in December 2014, in recognition of the nonprofit's earning a "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. See GiveWell’s review of Living Goods for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — Plant Protein Optimization Research | 250,000 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 over three years to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support research on optimizing plant protein for use in plant-based meat. This funding is intended to support protein optimization in chickpeas, led by NuCicer. The project was submitted as part of FFAR’s request for proposals, which we co-funded in April 2020. This falls within our focus areas of scientific research and represents a match of a similar grant from the farm animal welfare program. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Harvard University — Biosecurity and Biosafety | 315,000 | harvard-university | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigators: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Harvard University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $315,000 over three years to Harvard University to support biosecurity and biosafety work led by Professor Marc Lipsitch. Professor Lipsitch is director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics and also co-founded the Cambridge Working Group, which has highlighted ethical concerns and safety risks in pathogen research. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| American University — Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment | 76,234 | Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment | 2016-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/american-university-forum-for-climate-engineering-assessment/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Global Development — Aid Effectiveness Advocacy Research | 50,000 | center-for-global-development | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Grant investigators: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CGD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Center for Global Development to support research led by Amanda Glassman on the impact of aid effectiveness advocacy. This follows our April 2020 support and falls under our focus area of global health and development. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — General Support (October 2015) | 250,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2015-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) for its Universal Salt Iodization program in October 2015, in recognition of GAIN's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. See GiveWell’s review of GAIN for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Accountable Justice Project — General Support | 350,000 | Accountable Justice Project | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/accountable-justice-project-general-support/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Future of Life Institute — General Support (2017) | 100,000 | d9sWZtyVwg | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Future of Life Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a research and outreach organization that works to mitigate global catastrophic risks, for general support. This grant will primarily be used to help organize and administer a request for proposals for technical research related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. We have recommended two previous grants to FLI. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Sepsis Therapy Clinical Trial (Michael Donnino) | 2,939,400 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Drs. Donnino and Marik reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,939,400 to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to support a multicenter clinical trial of a new therapy for severe sepsis, led by Dr. Michael Donnino of Harvard. Sepsis, most commonly the result of bacterial infection of the lungs or other organs, is a significant cause of mortality both in the United States and worldwide, resulting in an estimated 5.3 million deaths annually.1 The trial will test the utility of a therapy first described by Dr. Paul E. Marik and colleagues, which involved administering a combination of drugs that included hydrocortisone and thiamine with ascorbic acid to treat patients with severe sepsis.2 Dr. Marik’s treatment suggested significant improvements in outcomes, however the study was small and not randomized, and so the results are merely suggestive of impact. The new trial, led by Dr. Donnino with Dr. Marik as a co-investigator, is intended to more rigorously test the treatment through a larger, randomized study. If shown to be effective, we believe the treatment could be adopted relatively quickly around the world, as the necessary components are both inexpensive and readily available. We therefore view this funding as an opportunity to substantially accelerate the adoption of a potentially life-saving therapy. We originally became aware of this opportunity through this blog post.3 We initially did not see an opportunity to accelerate progress because plans for other trials were underway. We chose to fund this trial despite the fact that other trials are planned because we believe that this trial is likely to be completed earlier than others, leading to swifter adoption if the treatment succeeds. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Assessment of Global Incidence and Mortality of Hospital-treated Sepsis Source (archive) Hydrocortisone, Vitamin C, and Thiamine for the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Retrospective Before-After Study, 2017 Source (archive) Otium Blog, Sepsis Cure Needs An RCT, April 2017 [archive only] Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| fair-fish international association — Fish Welfare Standards for Aquaculture | 453,841 | fair-fish international association | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. fair-fish international association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €375,000 ($453,841 at the time of conversion) over two years to the fair-fish international association (FFI) for a farmed fish welfare assessment and standards project. FFI's research team, FishEthoBase, will work jointly with fish welfare certifier Friend of the Sea (FOS) to assess fish welfare at approximately 50% of all FOS-certified farms. Findings from these assessments will then be used to create farm-specific improvement recommendations and to develop animal welfare criteria for possible inclusion in FOS standards. Additionally, FFI plans to share its findings through formal presentations at academic and industry conferences. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming. FFI intends to use these funds for expenses related to onsite consulting, standards development, project management, travel, conference participation and presentations, and media and public relations. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source FFI and FOS, Memo of Understanding, 2017 Source FFI, Proposal, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| GLOBALG.A.P. — Fish Welfare Standards | 61,667 | GLOBALG.A.P. | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GLOBALG.A.P staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €59,861 (approximately $61,667 at the time of conversion) over two years to GLOBALG.A.P. to support the development of an animal welfare add-on module for its Aquaculture Standard, in collaboration with RSPCA Assured. GLOBALG.A.P. aims to promote more humane and sustainable aquaculture practices by setting certification standards for farmed fish. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Cochrane Collaboration — General Support | 300,000 | Cochrane Collaboration | 2014-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Note: This page was created using content published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project, before this website was launched. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $300,000 over three years to The Cochrane Collaboration to promote evidence-informed healthcare by producing high-quality, relevant, accessible systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence. We made this grant primarily for the purpose of "good citizenship" (more on this idea here), in recognition of the important role Cochrane reviews play in the research that GiveWell, working in partnership with Good Ventures, does on evidence-backed charities serving the global poor. We previously made a grant to the US Cochrane Center; but we also were interested in supporting the Collaboration as a whole. Since then, at our request, The Cochrane Collaboration’s Central Executive submitted a proposal for support of the organization’s work around the world. In the meantime, we suspended our investigation of meta-research as a possible focus area (see our updated agenda here), but we went ahead with a grant of general support to this organization on "good citizenship" grounds. The grant has a three-year term because we expect Cochrane's work to continue to be important to us, and longer-term grants give organizations more visibility into future funding and improve their ability to plan. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations — India Animal Welfare Reform | 332,944 | Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of ₹21,400,000 (approximately $332,944 at the time of conversion) to the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) to support farm animal welfare work in India over the next two years. The grant will provide funding to support reform of poultry slaughter and dairy industry practices; grassroots advocacy including capacity building for farm animal welfare; and a pilot corporate/institution campaign to reduce animal product usage. We are excited about the grant primarily because of FIAPO’s broad network of grassroots members across India; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in FIAPO’s relevant leadership; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy. This grant was one of five recent grants recommended to various organizations supporting farm animal welfare activities in India. Sources Document Source FIAPO, Budget Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Boston Children’s Hospital — Chronic Pain Research (Yi Zhang) | 2,695,376 | Boston Children's Hospital | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Boston Children's Hospital staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,695,376 over four years to Boston Children’s Hospital to conduct basic research into the epigenetics of chronic pain. The work will be led by Yi Zhang, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and the Fred Rosen Chair Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital. This funding will support research to identify 1) specific neurons in a region of the brain involved in processing environmental stimulation into associative learning; 2) changes in gene expression and epigenetic modification in neurons associated with chronic pain; and 3) feedback and modulatory processes that may be involved in resolving pain signals and neuronal sensitivity. This research will contribute to our understanding of the top-down feedback and acclimation process that may contribute to some types of chronic pain. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. The grant amount was updated in May 2024. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Group Nine Media — Factory Farming Videos (2020) | 680,448 | Group Nine Media | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Group Nine Media staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $680,448 over two years to Group Nine Media to continue to produce videos on factory farming topics. These videos could cover farm animal welfare campaigns, the welfare of chicken, fish, and other animals, and other relevant topics. Our farm animal welfare team believes that the videos could increase the salience of farm animal welfare issues among the public. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Better Eating International — Organizational Development | 12,690 | Better Eating International | 2018-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Better Eating International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $12,690 to Better Eating International for organizational development. This follows our February 2018 grant to Better Eating International. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Organizational Development | 13,813 | Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Aquaculture Stewardship Council staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $13,813 to Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for organizational development. This follows our November 2017 grant to ASC. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Otwarte Klatki — Chicken Welfare Campaigns and Merger Support | 472,864 | Otwarte Klatki | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Otwarte Klatki staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $472,864 over two years to Otwarte Klatki to support farm animal welfare campaigns and organizational capacity building in Poland and Ukraine. The funding will allow Otwarte Klatki to launch broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Poland and cage-free campaigns in Ukraine, as well as support expenses related to a planned merger with the Danish animal rights organization, Anima. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to support Otwarte Klatki due to its track record building a strong grassroots movement and securing cage-free successes in a challenging political environment; his impression of its leadership team; and the organization's strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source Otwarte Klatki, Project Budget, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Animal Equality — EU Farm Animal Welfare | 2,110,460 | Animal Equality | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Equality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended four grants totaling $2,110,460 to expand Animal Equality's farm animal welfare work in Europe. The funding will support corporate outreach and animal welfare campaigns, investigations, and capacity building for Animal Equality's teams in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. We previously recommended a $500,000 grant to Animal Equality to launch its first international cage-free campaign in 2016. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to continue supporting Animal Equality due to its track record of successful corporate outreach and investigations to date; his confidence in its leadership team; and the organization's alignment with our strategy to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| North Carolina State University — DIYbio Labs Project | 252,725 | North Carolina State University | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. North Carolina State University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $706,750 over three years to Dan Grushkin and Todd Kuiken, Ph.D., to evaluate and support the creation of biosafety and biosecurity practices in DIYbio labs. This includes a grant of $454,025 to Genspace, where Mr. Grushkin is Executive Director, and a grant of $252,725 to North Carolina State University, where Dr. Kuiken is a Senior Research Scholar. The project includes two parts: Visiting numerous DIYbio labs and gathering information on the kinds of experiments they’re doing and the safety and security provisions they have in place. Creating a biosafety and biosecurity pilot program in three DIYbio labs. This will involve hiring three early-career biosafety officers to work in these labs for a year and figure out how to apply standard biosafety procedures and biosecurity provisions in the DIY lab context. The goals of this activity are to improve safety and security standards in the participating labs and to establish three biosafety and biosecurity experts with a specialization in DIY labs. The three officers will also develop a list of biosafety and biosecurity best practices for DIY labs and co-author a shareable manual that can be used by others. We decided to recommend these grants for several reasons: We believe that the democratization of advanced biotechnology tools that were once accessible only to advanced labs at elite institutions is making it increasingly difficult to prevent the misuse of biotechnology, and we expect that barriers to access to these tools will continue to fall. We believe that it is important to reduce the risks of misuse by working to ensure that the spaces where bioscience research takes place (including university, industry, and DIY labs) are as safe and secure as possible, while acknowledging that we cannot eliminate the risk entirely. Since DIYbio labs are growing in number and undertaking increasingly sophisticated research, they seem to us like a good target for efforts to strengthen biosafety and biosecurity measures. Mr. Grushkin and Dr. Kuiken seem to us like good candidates to do this work. Our impression is that they both care about biosafety and biosecurity, are well-connected to the DIYbio community, and have experience working in this area. Mr. Grushkin is the Executive Director of Genspace, and Dr. Kuiken serves on the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation (iGEM) Safety Committee and is a Senior Research Scholar at the Genetic Engineering & Society Center at North Carolina State University. We are not aware of much other work in this area. There is a lack of basic information on how many DIYbio labs exist and what work is being done there, and we are not aware of any existing guidance for DIYbio labs on how to approach biosafety and biosecurity. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2014) | 7,000,000 | givedirectly | 2014-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $2 million to GiveDirectly in December 2013 and matched $5 million in additional donations to GiveDirectly from December 3, 2013 through January 31, 2014. Both grants were for general operating support in recognition of GiveDirectly's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2013. See GiveWell’s review of GiveDirectly for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2018) | 125,000 | Workers Center for Racial Justice | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Michelle Crentsil This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Workers Center for Racial Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $125,000 to the Workers Center for Racial Justice to support its work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The Workers Center for Racial Justice plans to use this grant to support local organizing to work with Cook County State’s Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx to ensure that her policies are keeping Cook County communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration. This grant is a renewal of our March 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Impossible Foods — R&D Investment | — | Impossible Foods | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/impossible-foods-rd-investment/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Family Farm Action — Opposing the King Amendment | 153,000 | Family Farm Action | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Family Farm Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $153,000 to Family Farm Action (FFA) to support efforts to defeat the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, also known as the King Amendment. The amendment, if enacted, would prevent states from imposing animal welfare standards on the sale of animal products produced in another state. FFA plans to conduct grassroots outreach to affected groups, especially family farmers. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Wakker Dier — Farm Animal Welfare Litigation | 1,215,000 | Wakker Dier | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Wakker Dier staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €1,000,000 ($1,215,000 at the time of conversion) over three years to Wakker Dier to support farm animal welfare litigation in the Netherlands, based on violations of European Union directives transposed into Dutch law. Our farm animal welfare team believes that successful litigation could encourage large-scale reforms to and enforcement of key European Union farm animal welfare policies. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Engineers Without Borders USA — COVID-19 Hospital Equipment | 250,000 | Engineers Without Borders USA | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Engineers Without Borders USA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Engineers Without Borders USA, in collaboration with the University of San Carlos, to support the design, testing, production, and distribution of low-cost personal protective equipment and ventilators to hospitals throughout Guatemala. The equipment will help hospitals in Guatemala and other low-income countries safely and effectively treat COVID-19 patients. This follows our May 2019 support. It falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Center for Global Development — Migration Program | 1,800,000 | center-for-global-development | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-global-development-migration-program/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Impact Alliance — Cage-Free Program | 17,603 | Impact Alliance | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Impact Alliance staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $17,603 to Impact Alliance, via Textile Exchange, to support work to secure corporate participation in a cage-free program in Asia. Our farm animal welfare team believes that this funding could help advance the implementation of cage-free systems across Asia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in April 2025. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Chinese and Indian Perspectives on Biotech Security Risks | 613,380 | carnegie-endowment | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEIP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $613,380 over three years to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP). The grant will support a project to assess Chinese and Indian perspectives on biosecurity risks associated with advances in biotechnology. CEIP plans to collaborate on this project with its China-based center located at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and its India-based center in Delhi. CEIP's stated goals for the project are to: understand Chinese and Indian perceptions of how rapid advances in biotechnology will change the risk landscape in coming years and decades; understand the degree to which Chinese and Indian policymakers are engaged with biotechnology risks, and what unique considerations and experiences affect their thinking; and ultimately make recommendations for further study and work. We decided to recommend this grant primarily for the following reasons: We consider CEIP to have a good team of respected experts with experience and a track record in WMD threat reduction. Examples include George Perkovich, a senior nuclear security and arms control researcher; Katherine Charlet, former acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy at the U.S. Department of Defense; and Li Bin, a former Chinese nuclear weapons scientist who has been an arms control researcher and advocate for many years. We think finding ways to engage on dual-use biotechnology issues in China and India is important to our goal of mitigating biosecurity risk, and we view this project as a good way to pursue that goal. We think CEIP's centers in Delhi and Beijing provide a comparative advantage for working on biotechnology issues in China and India. Our main open question for this project is whether CEIP will be able to successfully translate its nuclear policy experience and track record to biosecurity work. CEIP currently has limited biosecurity expertise at its headquarters and overseas centers, which we consider a potential risk to the effectiveness of this project. To be successful, we think CEIP will need to build additional biosecurity capacity. This grant falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Sources Document Source CEIP, George Perkovich Bio, December 2017 [archive only] Source CEIP, Katherine Charlet Bio, December 2017 [archive only] Source CEIP, Li Bin Bio, December 2017 [archive only] Source | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Youth and Families Taking Power — General Support | 80,000 | Youth and Families Taking Power | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn and Michelle Crentsil This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Youth and Families Taking Power staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $80,000 to Youth and Families Taking Power for general support on criminal justice reform. Youth and Families Taking Power intends to use these funds to organize community members to elect a reform-minded candidate for Los Angeles district attorney. Our criminal justice reform team believes this effort could help safely reduce incarceration in Los Angeles, which incarcerates the most people of any county in the U.S. and currently represents one-third of California’s prison population. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2018) | 500,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Animal Partnership staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) to support corporate outreach and certification oversight. GAP intends to use these funds to secure new corporate partners and increase the number of animals covered by its program. This is a renewal of our April 2016 and February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Abundant Housing Massachusetts — General Support (2021) | 600,000 | Abundant Housing Massachusetts | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Zachary Robinson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Abundant Housing Massachusetts staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to Abundant Housing Massachusetts for general support. Abundant Housing Massachusetts is a new statewide organization that advocates for more housing across Massachusetts and within the Greater Boston Area. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Michigan — COVID-19 Protein Production (Aubree Gordon) | 348,000 | university-of-michigan | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Michigan staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $348,000 to the University of Michigan to support the production of antigenic proteins from the COVID-19 virus for use in serological tests, led by Professor Aubree Gordon. This funding is intended to support protein production, strain optimization, serological test validation, and the shipment of proteins to other laboratories in the United States and abroad for use in serological tests. The tests could expedite the selection of plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 for use in treatments against the virus. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI Collaboration (2019) | 705,000 | beri | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BERI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $705,000 over two years to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to support continued work with the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) at UC Berkeley. This includes one year of support for machine learning researchers hired by BERI, and two years of support for CHAI. This follows our July 2017 and January 2019 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| UC Berkeley — Research on Rapid COVID-19 Serology Testing (Lisa Barcellos and Eva Harris) | 1,300,000 | uc-berkeley | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant Investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,300,000 to UC Berkeley School of Public Health to support research led by Professors Lisa Barcellos and Eva Harris on asymptomatic carriage and seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2, including evaluation of rapid COVID-19 serology tests. The study will consist of a large, representative sample of individuals in the Bay Area followed over time and will help determine current and past local infection rates. The results will improve the accuracy of infection rate data, help inform measures to limit the spread of the virus, and monitor the effects of adjustments to mitigation strategies. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in May 2021. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rethink Priorities — Moral Patienthood and Moral Weight Research | 315,500 | t0p43V5oLA | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rethink Priorities staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $315,500 over two years to Rethink Priorities to support research related to moral patienthood and moral weight. We believe the research outputs may help us compare future opportunities within farm animal welfare, prioritize across causes, and update our assumptions informing our worldview diversification work. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Pennsylvania — Philip Tetlock on Forecasting | 500,000 | university-of-pennsylvania | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-pennsylvania-philip-tetlock-on-forecasting/ | pzaZuaBSxG |
| Alianima — General Support | 130,000 | Alianima | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alianima staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $130,000 to Alianima for general support. Alianima works to secure corporate pledges to reduce the use of battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Missouri — Animal Welfare Research | 189,000 | University of Missouri | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Missouri staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $189,000 to the University of Missouri to support animal welfare research led by Professor Samniqueka Halsey. This funding will support the creation of a database of wildlife diseases and disease interventions, as well as a stress index measuring the impact of disease on wild animal welfare. The project was endorsed by the Wild Animal Initiative due to its potential to expand the field of welfare biology. This grant was recommended by our farm animal welfare team. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Development Media International — General Support (December 2015) | 250,000 | Development Media International | 2015-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to Development Media International (DMI) for general operating support in December 2015, in recognition of DMI's "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2015. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of DMI for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Mercy For Animals — Corporate Campaigns (2019) | 6,638,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MFA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended multiple grants totaling $6,638,000 over two years to Mercy For Animals (MFA) to support corporate engagement on animal welfare and capacity building. MFA plans to continue its broiler chicken campaigns and cage-free egg enforcement work in the U.S. and Canada and its cage-free egg campaigns in Brazil and Mexico. This follows our 2016 grants to MFA to support broiler chicken welfare, cage-free egg corporate campaigns, and international cage-free advocacy, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in February, March, and July 2020, and in March 2021. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018) | 2,588,162 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,588,162 over two years to the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense for general support. The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense advocates for improvements to U.S. biodefense policy through a variety of activities, including hosting public meetings, publishing reports, and conducting outreach to members of Congress and the executive branch. This is our second recommended grant renewal for the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense; you can read more about our rationale for supporting this work on our 2015 and 2016 grant pages. This grant falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Exit Grant | 500,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Peter Favaloro This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Popular Democracy staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) to support the “Fed Up” campaign. This follows our June 2020 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide CPD with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveDirectly — General Support (June 2015) | 25,000,000 | givedirectly | 2015-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a $25 million grant to GiveDirectly for the support of GiveDirectly’s general operations. While the grant is unrestricted, we expect that GiveDirectly will most likely use this grant as follows: ~$6-9 million: to hire a marketing team to raise significantly more funding than GiveDirectly has raised in the past. ~$16-19 million: to provide cash transfers to extremely low-income households, either using its standard operating model or as part of collaborations with large aid institutions or governments. These collaborations are intended to address questions that institutional funders have about cash transfers and could include running experiments comparing other aid programs against cash transfers. We see this grant as an outstanding giving opportunity because: We believe that GiveDirectly is an exceptionally strong organization, and we see supporting its growth as an excellent opportunity. Providing funds to help GiveDirectly build its marketing team and arrange partnerships with large institutions could lead to future funding for cash transfers that dwarfs this initial investment. Funding GiveDirectly's current model is one of the best giving opportunities we know of. A significant portion of this grant will directly fund GiveDirectly's core model. | ONN00wZd8U |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support | 1,125,000 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/80000-hours-general-support/ | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Broiler Chicken Welfare Outreach | 425,000 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. RSPCA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £329,000 (approximately $425,000 at the time of conversion) over two years to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to support its outreach to improve the welfare of broiler chickens in the United Kingdom. RSPCA plans to use these funds to support corporate campaigns, industry events and awards, advertising, reports and materials, and other outreach expenses. This follows our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Anima — Chicken Welfare Campaigns and Merger Support | 683,000 | Anima | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Anima staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $683,000 to support Anima's corporate chicken welfare campaigns and organizational capacity building in Scandinavia. The funding will allow Anima to launch hen and broiler chicken welfare campaigns over the next two years, as well as support expenses related to a planned merger with the Polish animal rights organization, Otwarte Klatki. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to support Anima due to its track record securing Danish animal welfare reforms to date; his impression of its leadership team; and the organization's strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. These grants fall within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Document Source Anima, Corporate Campaign Budget, 2017 Source Anima, Merger Proposal, 2017 Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — KLPS-4 Survey | 1,104,259 | uc-berkeley | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] Note: This page was created using content previously published by Good Ventures and GiveWell, the organizations that created the Open Philanthropy Project. Uses of “we” and “our” on this page may therefore refer to Good Ventures or GiveWell, but they still represent the work of the Open Philanthropy Project. Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awarded a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $1,104,259 to the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley to support the Kenya Life Panel Survey Round 4 (KLPS-4), a follow-up study to assess the long-term impact of deworming on consumption. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities and improve the quality of GiveWell's recommendations. This survey will follow up on the study that is most central to GiveWell's current view of deworming. GiveWell hopes that the results will provide a useful update to the evidence base for deworming, which could influence the amount of money that they recommend donating to deworming charities. See GiveWell's page on this gift for more details. | ONN00wZd8U |
| We Animals Media — Content for Farm Animal Welfare Advocacy (2020) | 517,000 | We Animals Media | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. We Animals Media staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $517,000 over two years to We Animals Media (WAM) to continue documenting the lives and experiences of farm animals. WAM works with filmmakers, writers, and photographers to produce open-source media content via the We Animals Archive for advocates and others to utilize in their campaigns. Many of our farm animal welfare grantees have used WAM’s media content in their work to secure corporate and governmental farm animal welfare commitments. This funding is intended to support WAM's photography and video archive and farm animal welfare media work. This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support | 1,750,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/alliance-for-safety-and-justice-general-support/ | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control | 17,500,000 | Target Malaria | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/target-malaria-gene-drives-for-malaria-control/ | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Durham for All — Fellowship Program | 50,000 | Durham for All | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn and Michelle Crentsil. This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Durham for All staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to Durham for All to support hiring a fellowship coordinator for prosecutor accountability. Durham for All's fellowship program allows justice-involved leaders to lead prosecutor accountability work by coordinating meetings with elected officials, organizing community members to show community support, and providing ongoing mentorship, political education and leadership development. The fellowship coordinator will coach the fellows, coordinate logistics, and help develop strategies. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| We Got Us Now — General Support (2018) | 100,000 | We Got Us Now | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Michelle Crentsil This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. We Got Us Now also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to We Got Us Now for general support. We Got Us Now is a digital platform seeking to organize children of incarcerated parents and raise public awareness about the impacts of parental incarceration. Michelle Crentsil, our Associate for Criminal Justice Reform and the investigator of this grant, believes it's plausible that We Got Us Now will continue to encourage members to take various actions; begin to build a national network; develop partnerships to develop and deploy this constituency; and identify other leaders in this constituency. This grant is a renewal of our September 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Crustacean Compassion — General Support | 786,830 | Crustacean Compassion | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Crustacean Compassion staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £575,000 (approximately $786,830 at the time of conversion) over two years to Crustacean Compassion for general support. This funding is intended to support work to advance UK welfare reforms for decapod crustaceans, approximately 420 million of which are caught by UK vessels every year. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Center for Election Science — General Support (2017) | 628,600 | The Center for Election Science | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Will MacAskill This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Center for Election Science staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a grant of $628,600 to The Center for Election Science (CES) for general support. CES is a US-based nonprofit that promotes alternative voting methods to plurality voting, with an emphasis on cardinal methods and a special focus on approval voting. Our grant is intended to go toward CES' general expenses over the next year such as salaries, marketing, office supplies, as well as its Ballot Initiative Education Campaign project. We see voting system reform as a neglected area with potential to facilitate more qualified candidates, increase competition and reduce hyper-partisanship in elections, and ultimately lead to improved policy decisions. Insofar as other voting systems may be superior to plurality systems, it is because they may better realize a community's electoral preferences, whatever those may be. These systems provide no structural advantages or disadvantages to either the Democratic or Republican parties or to any single politician. Will MacAskill, the external investigator for this grant, believes there is a strong case that approval voting is the best alternative voting system to campaign for, based both on the mathematical properties of the system and its simplicity. CES plans to cultivate grassroots supporters to build support for alternative voting system ballot initiatives at the city level. In parallel to this organizing and support building, CES will run a public education campaign on alternative voting systems. If a ballot initiative is secured, CES will conduct further outreach and educational campaigns at the local level. This grant was recommended by an external investigator, Will MacAskill. External investigators are not full-time staff. Each grant recommended by an external investigator goes through our standard process where the reasoning and recommendation is discussed in detail with Open Philanthropy Project decision-makers. External investigators are prohibited from recommending grants to organizations they are affiliated with. Update: In October of 2018, we added $30,000 to the original award amount. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Just Outcomes — Restorative Justice Convenings | 30,000 | Just Outcomes | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn and Jesse Rothman This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Just Outcomes staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $30,000 to Just Outcomes via the Social Good Fund to hire a third facilitator and support statewide restorative justice standards convenings in Oregon. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Federal Reserve Campaign (2014) | 100,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2014-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-popular-democracy-federal-reserve-campaign-2014/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index | 3,556,773 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Nuclear Threat Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3,556,773 over two years to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to create a Global Health Security Index in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Economist Intelligence Unit. NTI plans to use these funds to support the development of an index of national-level biosecurity and pandemic preparedness capacity in at least 194 countries. The project is modeled on NTI’s analogous Nuclear Materials Security Index. This is a renewal of our February 2017 planning grant, which supported the development of an Index framework and the collection of data from four countries, and it falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Center for Global Development — Labor Mobility Research | 1,184,720 | center-for-global-development | 2014-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/center-for-global-development-labor-mobility-research/ | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eurogroup for Animals — Fish Welfare (2018) | 990,000 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2018-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €853,415 (approximately $990,000 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to continue and expand its fish welfare advocacy. This will allow Eurogroup for Animals to continue and expand its EU-level political advocacy, its support of its member groups’ advocacy in member states, and its support for corporate reforms and increased research funding on fish welfare. We consider building the field of fish welfare advocacy a priority because fish are likely the most numerous vertebrate farmed animals. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations, is a renewal of our December 2016 support, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| 1Day Sooner — General Support (May 2020) | 500,000 | 9k7drw6Qpg | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Holden Karnofsky This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. 1Day Sooner staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to 1Day Sooner, via WaitList Zero, for general support. 1Day Sooner's mission is to advocate on behalf of volunteers for COVID-19 human challenge trials (HCTs). They hope to accelerate the development and deployment of a vaccine for COVID-19 by raising awareness about, organizing volunteers around, and otherwise laying the groundwork for HCTs. HCTs, which involve exposing volunteers to a controlled dose of a pathogen, require fewer participants and can be completed on a significantly shorter timeline than standard randomized control trials, and have been historically used for smallpox, influenza, malaria, and other potentially fatal diseases. The idea of and preconditions for employing HCTs to accelerate a COVID-19 vaccine were discussed by Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine epidemiologist Peter Smith, and Rutgers bioethicist Nir Eyal in a paper published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases earlier this year. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Sources Document Source Human Challenge Studies to Accelerate Coronavirus Vaccine Licensure, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Source | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Compassion in World Farming — Fish Welfare and Efforts to End Cages (2019) | 2,169,429 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling £1,759,701 over two years ($2,169,429 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming to support work on fish welfare and efforts to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species in the UK and Europe. These funds will support staffing needs, marketing, social media, advocacy work, investigations, and technical and operational costs. This follows our October 2017 support for work to end the use of cages and our January 2017 support for work on fish welfare, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Washington University in St. Louis — Research on Cryptosporidium Hominis (David Sibley) | 1,154,589 | washu | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Washington University in St. Louis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,154,589 over three years to Washington University in St. Louis to support research led by Professor David Sibley on Cryptosporidium hominis (C. hominis), a species of human-specific parasite that is one of the leading causes of pediatric diarrheal deaths and long-term disability in the developing world. This funding is intended to support work to culture and study C. hominis in order to better understand and lessen the burden of diarrheal disease. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in June 2022. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UCSF — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Raul Andino) | 880,000 | uc-san-francisco | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UCSF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $880,000 to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to support experiments testing several antiviral drugs. The work will be led by Dr. Raul Andino, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UCSF. This grant will allow Dr. Andino to carry out tests of the effectiveness of two commercial-quality drugs against five different viruses. We consider this research important to better understanding the broad spectrum antiviral potential of these compounds, which we believe could potentially be used to minimize the effects of a bioterrorism attack or pandemic virus outbreak. This grant falls within our interest in funding scientific research, and is additionally related to our biosecurity and pandemic preparedness focus area. Update: In June 2018, we added $180,000 to the original award amount, and in October 2018 we added $380,000. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2021) | 612,185 | t0p43V5oLA | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rethink Priorities staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $612,185 with Rethink Priorities to support research projects on topics related to AI governance. We believe that Rethink Priorities’ research outputs may help inform our AI policy grantmaking strategy. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. The grant amount was updated in March 2022. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support | 1,000,000 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Albert Schweitzer Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for general support of its farm animal welfare activities in Germany. The funding will allow the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to significantly expand their corporate outreach on broiler chicken welfare, increase their fundraising capacity, and hire a law firm to pursue litigation related to turkey and pig welfare. This is the third grant we have recommended to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation. Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to increase our support due to the organization's track record securing cage-free pledges from major German retailers; his confidence in its leadership team; and the organization's strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Group Nine Media – Factory Farming Videos (2019) | 215,000 | Group Nine Media | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Group Nine Media staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $215,000 to Group Nine Media to produce videos on factory farming topics. These videos could cover farm animal welfare campaigns, legislation, regulations, and ballot measures; profile effective groups and political leaders working on farm animal welfare issues; investigate whether food companies are honoring pledges; and explain the mental capacity of farm animals and environmental impacts of factory farming. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rethink Priorities — Farm Animal Welfare Research | 200,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rethink Priorities staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to Rethink Priorities to support farm animal welfare research. This funding is intended to help Rethink Priorities produce research on potential and existing interventions like evaluating the efficacy of corporate campaigns and analyzing public support for various types of reform. We believe more high-quality research in this area would help us and other farm animal welfare funders compare future opportunities. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rethink Priorities — Farm Animal Welfare Research (2020) | 910,000 | t0p43V5oLA | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rethink Priorities staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $910,000 over two years to Rethink Priorities to support farm animal research. This funding is intended to help Rethink Priorities continue to produce research on potential and existing interventions, including analyzing public support for various types of reform and producing survey results that inform future farm animal welfare policy proposals. We believe more high-quality research in this area would help us and other farm animal welfare funders compare future opportunities. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Humane Society of the United States — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns | 500,000 | Humane Society of the United States | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/humane-society-of-the-united-states-corporate-cage-free-campaigns/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Effective Altruism Foundation — Research and Operations | 1,000,000 | ea-foundation | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigators: Nick Beckstead and Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. EAF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF) to support some aspects of its research and general operations. EAF is an organization whose values put a particular emphasis on trying to reduce the risks of future suffering. While preventing suffering is a value we share, we also believe that the speculative and suffering-focused nature of this work means that it needs to be communicated about carefully, and could be counterproductive otherwise. As a result, we have felt ambivalent about EAF's work to date (despite feeling unambiguously positively about some of their projects). A major purpose of this grant is to encourage and support EAF and our other grantees in the space in taking approaches to longtermism with greater emphasis on shared objectives between different value systems. We conceive of this grant as falling under our work aimed at growing and supporting the EA community. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The Center for Election Science — General Support (2019) | 1,800,000 | The Center for Election Science | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Will MacAskill This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Center for Election Science staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended $1,800,000 over three years to the Center for Election Science (CES) for general support. CES is a nonprofit that promotes alternative voting methods to plurality voting, with an emphasis on cardinal methods and a special focus on approval voting. We see voting system reform as a neglected area with potential to facilitate more qualified candidates, increase competition and reduce hyper-partisanship in elections, and ultimately lead to improved policy decisions. Insofar as other voting systems may be superior to plurality systems, it is because they may better realize a community’s electoral preferences, whatever those may be. These systems provide no structural advantages or disadvantages to either the Democratic or Republican parties or to any single politician. This is a renewal of our December 2017 support, which allowed CES to organize a ballot initiative for approval voting that was adopted by Fargo, North Dakota. The renewal is intended to help CES scale up its operations and replicate ballot initiatives for approval voting in other cities. This grant was recommended by an external investigator, Will MacAskill. External investigators are not full-time staff. Grants recommended by external investigators go through our standard process where reasoning and recommendations are discussed in detail with Open Philanthropy Project decision-makers. External investigators are prohibited from recommending grants to organizations they are affiliated with. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research (2018) | 1,145,000 | uc-berkeley | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $1,145,000 over three years to UC Berkeley for machine learning researchers Pieter Abbeel and Aviv Tamar to study uses of generative models for robustness and interpretability. This funding will allow Mr. Abbeel and Mr. Tamar to fund PhD students and summer undergraduates to work on classifiers, imitation learning systems, and reinforcement learning systems. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center — Infant Immunome and Influenza Studies (Mary Staat) | 9,105,777 | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,105,777 over six years to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to augment the National Institutes of Health's studies on the infant immunome and influenza. The studies will enroll mother-infant pairs and follow them from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child is three to four years of age, and will leverage new sequencing techniques to analyze the adaptive immune system. Our supplemental funding seeks to advance understanding of core mechanisms in immunology, including the role of the innate immune system and the microbiome in combating pathogens beyond influenza, that could lead to changes in how vaccines are developed and used. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing and our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Johns Hopkins University — Support for Jared Kaplan and Brice Ménard | 55,000 | johns-hopkins-university | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigators: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Johns Hopkins University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to Johns Hopkins University to support the initial research of Professors Jared Kaplan and Brice Ménard on principles underlying neural network training and performance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| The Humane League-UK — General Support | 507,900 | The Humane League-UK | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigators: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. The Humane League-UK staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $507,900 to The Humane League-UK (THL-UK) for general support. THL-UK has secured a number of broiler welfare and cage-free commitments from major UK and international restaurant chains and food service companies. This funding is intended to enable THL-UK to fill positions focused on European and global corporate welfare campaigns. This follows our January 2019 support for The Humane League and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Founders Pledge — General Support (2018) | 5,222,653 | founders-pledge | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Founders Pledge staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended three grants totaling $5,222,653 to Founders Pledge for general support over three years. Founders Pledge, based in London, encourages technology entrepreneurs to pledge a chosen percentage of their proceeds upon exit to charity, and supports them in making thoughtful and impactful decisions about where to give. This funding represents a renewal of our 2016 grant recommendation to Founders Pledge. Since that time, Founders Pledge has increased its pledge commitments and a large percentage of donations made by founders taking their pledge have been to organizations that prioritize an evidence based approach with respect to their interventions. However, its expansion into other parts of Europe has been more limited than anticipated. Instead, FP has shifted its primary expansion focus to the United States and Canada. We hope this funding will reduce Founders Pledge's time spent on organizational fundraising so that it can spend more time securing pledges from entrepreneurs and helping them to donate thoughtfully and impactfully. This grant falls within our interest in supporting effective altruism. The grant amount above was updated in September 2019. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Mount Kenya University — Farm Animal Welfare Science Masters Program | 29,886 | Mount Kenya University | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mount Kenya University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $29,886 over two years to Mount Kenya University to support the implementation of a masters degree program in farm animal welfare science, led by Professor Maina Ngotho. Our farm animal welfare team believes that the program will help develop farm animal welfare expertise and capacity in Kenya and across Africa. This funding is intended to cover costs related to course resources and student research projects. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount has been updated to reflect $137,880 in funds returned to us in November 2022. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Initiatives (2025) | 2,500,000 | RAND | 2025-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $2.5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at the discretion of RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny. Matheny has allocated this funding across multiple initiatives, including: A technology policy training program. Support for the Pardee RAND Graduate School. A new research center focused on China studies. A research fund that will help to produce information for policymakers about emerging technology and security priorities. This gift was recommended by Luke Muehlhauser, who leads our grantmaking on AI governance. It follows our July 2024 support, and falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Penn State University — Research on Emergency Food Resilience (Charles Anderson) (2020) | 3,064,660 | Penn State University | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Grant investigator: Jacob Trefethen This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Penn State University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,064,660 over four years to Penn State University to support research led by Professor Charles T. Anderson and colleagues on the production of food from unconventional sources following a global catastrophe, such as an all-out nuclear war, large asteroid strike, or supervolcano eruption. This funding will support research to identify plant-based resources that could grow in post-catastrophic climate conditions, develop strategies for emergency food production, analyze potential impacts of post-catastrophic foods on human health, and predict and develop household, community, and market responses to globally catastrophic disasters. This follows our June 2019 support, falls within our work on scientific research, and is related to our efforts to reduce global catastrophic risks. Our interest in emergency foods first came from encountering the work of David Denkenberger and his colleagues at the Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| The Humane League — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns | 1,000,000 | the-humane-league | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/the-humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns/ | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Just Outcomes — Restorative Justice Convenings and Affinity Group Meetings | 30,000 | Just Outcomes | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigators: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Just Outcomes staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to Just Outcomes, via the Social Good Fund, to support statewide and regional restorative justice convenings and affinity group meetings in Oregon. This funding is intended to support Just Outcomes’s outreach to restorative justice practitioners of color in particular, as well as its efforts to encourage collaborations among victims’ advocacy and restorative justice leaders. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| YIMBY Law — General Support (October 2020) | 500,000 | YIMBY Law | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. YIMBY Law staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to YIMBY Law for general support. YIMBY Law is a new organization that advocates for more available and affordable housing in California and pursues litigation to ensure compliance with state housing laws. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2020 Class | 2,300,000 | ULjDXpSLCI | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/open-phil-ai-fellowship-2020-class/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Animal Outlook — Factory Farm Investigations Media Coverage | 44,200 | Animal Outlook | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Outlook staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $44,200 to Animal Outlook, formerly Compassion over Killing, to promote media coverage of its factory farm investigations. This funding is intended to enable Animal Outlook to hire two outside contractors specializing in public relations and the entertainment industry. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (January 2019) | 131,579 | uc-berkeley | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $131,579 to UC Berkeley to support the Alternative Meats Lab, housed at The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. The lab is the outgrowth of a class on developing animal product alternatives. This grant may help spur new startups developing alternatives to animal products, and could help build the talent pipeline for existing startups working in this space. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Oxford — Research on the Global Politics of AI | 429,770 | university-of-oxford | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Oxford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of £323,646 ($429,769.52 at the time of conversion) to the University of Oxford to support research on the global politics of advanced artificial intelligence. The work will be led by Professor Allan Dafoe at the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, United Kingdom. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended additional funds to support this work in 2017, while Professor Dafoe was at Yale. This funding falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2018) | 1,000,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CFAR staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a renewal grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) for general support. CFAR is an adult education nonprofit that seeks to find and develop cognitive tools and to deliver these tools to promising individuals, groups, organizations, and networks focused on solving large and pressing problems. Our primary interest in these workshops is that we believe they introduce people to and/or strengthen their connections with the effective altruism (EA) community and way of thinking, which we hope results in people with outstanding potential pursuing more impactful career trajectories. CFAR is particularly interested in growing the talent pipeline for work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). More on our interest in supporting work along these lines is here. Since our 2016 funding recommendation, CFAR has largely met its milestones for organizational improvement. CFAR's performance on this grant will be judged primarily in terms of whether it provides adequate evidence of its programs resulting in improved career trajectories of the sort described above. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| EA Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019) | 49,676 | EA Scholarships | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigators: Claire Zabel and Bastian Stern This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Scholarship recipients also reviewed the page prior to publication. During 2019, Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $49,676 in scholarship support to students whose studies or interests are related to effective altruism. The funding is intended to be used for the students’ tuition, fees, living expenses, and travel during their respective studies, and is part of an overall effort to grow and empower the effective altruism community. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition — General Support (December 2014) | 250,000 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | 2014-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [GiveWell-Recommended Charities] Note: This grant was awarded while the Open Philanthropy Project was a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. Good Ventures awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) for its Universal Salt Iodization program in December 2014, in recognition of the program's earning a "standout charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2014. The grant was made via GiveWell. See GiveWell’s review of GAIN for more about its activities and to follow its progress. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (February 2020) | 368,440 | The Wilson Center | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Wilson Center Staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $368,440 over two years to the Wilson Center to continue support for a series of in-depth AI policy seminars. The Wilson Center is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue. We continue to believe the seminar series can help inform AI policy discussions and decision-making in Washington, D.C., and could help identify and empower influential experts in those discussions, a key component of our AI policy grantmaking strategy. This follows our July 2018 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition | 118,307 | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigators: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Strategic and International Studies staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a planning grant of $118,307 to the Center for Strategic and International Studies to explore possible projects related to AI accident risk in the context of technology competition. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in May 2021. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Desegregate CT — General Support | 425,000 | Desegregate CT | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Otis Reid This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Desegregate CT staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $425,000 over two years to Desegregate CT, via the Regional Plan Association, for general support. Desegregate CT intends to use this funding to advocate for zoning reform in Connecticut (as part of the greater New York City metro area) and to collaborate on a data project with the Urban Institute. As part of our focus on land use reform to promote housing affordability, we’ve supported a number of advocacy organizations in high-wage, high-cost regions (e.g. Seattle and Washington, D.C.) to push for more housing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Society for Applied Ethology — Advance Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Nations (2018) | 135,412 | International Society for Applied Ethology | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. International Society for Applied Ethology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $135,412 over two years to the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) to advance farm animal welfare science in developing nations. Developing nations account for an increasing share of the world’s factory farmed animals, yet few have many farm animal welfare scientists. ISAE intends to use these funds to send 15 developing nation scientists to its annual conference, and to host workshops, regional meetings, and farm visits, which could both accelerate the development of farm animal welfare science in developing nations and increase the likelihood that the science focuses primarily on welfare rather than productivity. This is a renewal of our March 2017 grants, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Cambridge — Machine Learning Research | 250,000 | university-of-cambridge | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Cambridge staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 over four years to Cambridge in America for the University of Cambridge to support Professor David Krueger’s machine learning research. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2016) | 500,000 | — | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/machine-intelligence-research-institute-general-support-2016/ | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Working Families Organization — Prosecutor Accountability and Criminal Justice Reform (2019) | 1,440,000 | Working Families Organization | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Organization staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,440,000 over two years to the Working Families Organization (WFO) to support its work on prosecutor accountability and criminal justice reform. The funding will allow WFO to increase its organizing capacity, promote accountability demands among voters, and advocate for the election of reform-minded prosecutors. These funds are restricted to work on criminal justice reform and cannot be used to support other WFO priorities. This follows our April 2019 support to the Working Families Party and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2020) | 50,000 | Smart Justice CA | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Smart Justice CA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Smart Justice CA, via Tides Advocacy, to support their lobbying and work on behalf of criminal justice reform in California. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — General Support (2020) | 500,000 | Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Florida Rights Restoration Coalition staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $500,000 to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), via the Tides Foundation, for general support. FRRC worked to build support for Amendment 4, the 2018 ballot initiative that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated people in Florida. This funding will enable FRRC to hire additional canvassers and continue to conduct outreach to formerly incarcerated people across the state. This follows our February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| College and Community Fellowship — General Support | 50,000 | College and Community Fellowship | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. College and Community Fellowship staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the College and Community Fellowship (CCF) for general support. CCF works to increase access to education for formerly incarcerated people via direct service work in New York City (including academic support and peer mentoring programs), policy advocacy, and technical assistance. CCF's direct service work informs its national advocacy and national technical assistance programs, both of which aim to increase awareness about issues related to mass incarceration and education and to encourage community members and decision-makers to push for criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Movement for Family Power — General Support | 120,000 | Movement for Family Power | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Movement for Family Power staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $120,000 to Movement for Family Power, via Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, for general support.Movement of Family Power was previously known as the National Family Defense Project. Movement for Family Power challenges the separation of children from their parents under policies of the criminal justice and child welfare systems. Movement for Family Power plans to use these funds to support organizing, advocacy, and movement building work in various states to combat the criminalization and punishment of families. This follows our July 2018 support for the National Family Defense Project and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Urban Institute — Countercyclical State Funding Mechanisms | 50,000 | Urban Institute | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Urban Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Urban Institute to support a report on implementing countercyclical state funding mechanisms as a means to support states and localities in managing the effects of economic shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Dignity and Power Now — Decarceration Work | 1,700,000 | Dignity and Power Now | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dignity and Power Now staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,700,000 over two years to Dignity and Power Now to support its efforts, along with those of JusticeLA and other coalition partners, to reduce incarceration. Dignity and Power Now organizes and advocates for community members impacted by incarceration in Los Angeles County, which currently contains the largest jail system in the country. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sisters Unchained — General Support | 25,000 | Sisters Unchained | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sisters Unchained staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to Sisters Unchained, via The City School, for general support. Sisters Unchained supports, trains, and organizes young women in Boston with incarcerated parents. This funding is intended to enable Sisters Unchained to hire a full-time staff member. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2017) | 250,000 | Greater Greater Washington | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Greater Greater Washington staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 over two years to Greater Greater Washington to continue our support for its work on housing affordability and land use reform. We think it is mostly too early to tell whether its work has had any impact on housing construction or affordability, though we see the coalition it has helped coordinate in support of including more housing in D.C.'s revised Comprehensive Plan as a promising initial step.1 Sources Document Source Greater Greater Washington, Grant Renewal Request April 2017 Source Vox, "A promising new coalition looks to rewrite the politics of urban housing" Source (archive) | ONN00wZd8U |
| Ohio Voice — Vision for Ohio Fellowship | 210,000 | Ohio Voice | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Ohio Voice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $210,000 over two years to Ohio Voice to support the Vision for Ohio fellowship program. The fellowship trains emerging leaders in movement strategy and campaign development, with the ultimate goal of implementing systemic change. Criminal justice has a strong presence in the curriculum, and a portion of the current fellow class focuses exclusively on criminal justice reform. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Law for Black Lives — Criminal Justice Reform | 150,000 | Law for Black Lives | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. L4BL staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to Law For Black Lives (L4BL) to support criminal justice reform work, including convening and aligning grassroots groups around criminal justice issues. The purpose of this grant is to support L4BL as it grows its lawyer network and to maintain the alignment between the Movement for Black Lives and key decarceral strategies. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2018) | 100,000 | Prison Policy Initiative | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PPI also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) for general support. PPI creates reports intended to change national discourse around criminal justice reform and provides data and research support to partner organizations around the country. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, sees PPI as filling an important role in its efforts to both compile and report on key data trends in criminal justice reform and package that information in a manner that is most helpful to advocates, organizers, and others working to understand and reform the criminal justice system. While data collection and reporting are not primary focuses of our criminal justice reform strategy, we would like to see more effective use of data and information. Chloe encourages other funders for whom data and information are a priority to consider PPI as a possible investment. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2019-2020) | 1,394,530 | Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Scholarship recipients also reviewed the page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $1,394,530 in flexible support to enable early-career people to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks. We sought the majority of applications for this funding here. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in July 2023. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Momentum — Criminal Justice Reform Trainings | 15,000 | Momentum | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Momentum staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,000 to Momentum, a training institute and movement incubator, to support a training in the South for organizers of color this fall. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2018) | 420,000 | International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $420,000 over two years to the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation for its work on safety and security, led by Piers Millett. iGEM is an international synthetic biology competition for students. We believe that supporting iGEM’s safety and security work could help raise awareness about biosecurity among current and future synthetic biologists. This is a renewal of our May 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2020) | 15,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) for general support. CWN observes and collects data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms, and is advocating for changes to arrest and detention practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. It intends to use this funding to maintain its operations during the pandemic and to provide stipends to staff and interns. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Community Justice Exchange — Technical Assistance, Campaign Support, and Re-grants | 1,400,000 | Community Justice Exchange | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Community Justice Exchange staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,400,000 over two years to the Community Justice Exchange (CJE), via the Tides Center, to support technical assistance, campaign support, and re-grants for criminal justice reform organizations. CJE intends to use this funding to continue to provide training, support, coordination, and strategic direction for grassroots organizations advocating for decarceration, to support its work on the National Bail Fund Network, and to provide re-grants to emerging leaders and organizations. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Dignity and Power Now — JusticeLA Campaign (2017) | 500,000 | Dignity and Power Now | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dignity and Power Now staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to Dignity and Power Now to support its work on the JusticeLA campaign. The campaign is a coalition of organizations opposed to the planned construction of two new jail facilities in Los Angeles county, which currently contains the largest jail system in the country, with an average daily inmate population of approximately 17,000.[ref]Archived copy of link: CNN, September 2016 [archive only][/ref] JusticeLA estimates that the jail plan as put forward by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors will cost $3.4 billion and exacerbate harms caused by overincarceration. The campaign therefore intends to build public opposition to the jail plan, and has called for a moratorium on all new jail construction and expansion until more independent reviews have been conducted on voter priorities, the impact of current criminal justice reforms on jail populations, and alternatives to incarceration. Dignity and Power Now is a co-founding organization of the JusticeLA campaign, and its founder, Patrisse Cullors, is a co-chair of the campaign. We previously supported Dignity and Power Now with a grant recommendation in June 2017, which funded a convening of community stakeholders opposed to the L.A. jail plan. As a result of this convening, numerous community groups decided to re-launch and expand the JusticeLA campaign. Dignity and Power Now will allocate funds in accordance with the executive committee’s campaign plan, which includes using funding for hiring lead staff and organizers, hosting meetings, and providing re-grants to other JusticeLA organizations. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is excited to support this project due to the potential decarceration impact, as well as the opportunity to increase both the quality and level of community leadership on criminal justice reform issues in Los Angeles. Our rationale for funding this campaign is similar in many ways to the #CLOSERikers campaign in New York City, which we've written about in more detail on this page. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the Justice Team Network, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with Dignity and Power Now. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources Document Source CNN, September 2016 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018) | 570,000 | Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Scholarship recipients also reviewed the page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a total of approximately $570,000 over three years in flexible support to enable five early-career people to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks.This is an estimate because of uncertainty around future year tuition costs and currency exchange rates. We sought applications for this funding here and ultimately elected to support a cohort of interns, masters candidates, and PhD students. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Update: In October 2018, we added $55,000 to the original award amount. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2017) | 4,000,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alliance for Safety and Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $4,000,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ) via the Tides Center for general support. This funding represents a renewal of previous support for ASJ, which our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, considers an exceptionally high-performing organization with a track record of securing significant criminal justice policy reforms. Background The organization ASJ is a national organization seeking to replace overreliance on incarceration in states across the U.S. with new safety priorities rooted in community health and well-being. It has built off of and scaled up the success of Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ), a state-based advocacy and policy reform organization that, among other accomplishments, has ushered in several major policy changes and developed a statewide network for crime survivors calling for justice reform and new community investments to stop the cycle of crime. The cause This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform, and represents a renewal of our 2016 grant recommendation to ASJ. About the grant Proposed activities ASJ intends to use this funding for overall capacity building and expansion. Specifically, ASJ has the following goals for 2017: Increase staff (15-20 new hires) and further develop organizational infrastructure. Provide support to advance policy reforms across several states. Launch the national Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ) network of state chapters and an online community. Influence state-based and major national media outlets' coverage of safety and justice reform. Launch the Safe and Just Campaign Academy, including curriculum design, pilot completion, and inaugural cohort selection and start. Case for the grant Details on our initial support for ASJ can be found on our February 2016 grant page. In considering continued and expanded funding for ASJ, our primary considerations were: Successful justice reform efforts in Illinois: We consider ASJ's work to have directly contributed to two major policy changes in Illinois that we estimate will result in a reduction of approximately 4,500 prison beds. Strong leadership and room for growth: We continue to consider ASJ's leadership team exceptionally strong at management, capacity growth, fundraising, and overall strategy. We also consider ASJ's expansion plans well-developed and have confidence they can be executed at a high level and could likely lead to further justice reform successes. Support for the crime survivor organizing model: ASJ is building a national organizing network to center debates on crime policy around the experiences and voices of crime survivors, especially those from the communities most harmed by crime cycles and least helped. We consider this a powerful and persuasive approach for developing broader public support for replacing "tough on crime" with holistic community safety solutions, and see ASJ as a national leader in this type of organizing and narrative shifting. Budget and room for more funding ASJ is currently scaling up and targeting a $20-$25 million annual budget; once reached, it is our impression that ASJ intends to operate at that level for a few years, augmenting with additional fundraising for individual campaigns as needed. Our present intention is to continue supporting ASJ at some level for the foreseeable future. Our process In deciding on renewal, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, requested evidence of impact from ASJ's leadership as well as detailed documentation on its plans for future expansion. The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to the Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund via The Advocacy Fund, a 501(c | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition — Power Building (2017) | 558,000 | Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FRRC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $558,000 to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) via The Advocacy Fund to support power-building work. FRRC is led by Desmond Meade, a formerly incarcerated advocate and organizer who is chair of the sponsorship campaign for the 2018 Florida Voting Rights Restoration for Felons ballot initiative.[ref]Archived copy of link: Ballotpedia, October 2017 [archive only][/ref] This grant is intended to allow FRRC to increase its organizing and movement-building capacity in Florida ahead of the ballot initiative, particularly by mobilizing returning citizens. Specifically, FRRC will use these funds to: launch regional chapters; hire fellows, organizing staff, and support staff; recruit local leaders and volunteers; launch leadership development and organizing training; and conduct public education and engagement campaigns advocating for the restoration of voting rights for returning citizens. Additionally, FRRC will use part of these funds to make a sub-grant to Organize Florida. We have previously supported the FRRC with general support grants in August 2016 and February 2017. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, considers Desmond a talented and committed leader, and while she would like to see the ballot initiative pass, primarily views this grant as a way to strengthen FRRC’s long-term position as a central voice in the criminal justice reform movement in Florida. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Ballotpedia, October 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2019) | 50,000 | Smart Justice CA | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Smart Justice CA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Smart Justice CA, via Tides Advocacy, to support lobbying on criminal justice bills considered during the 2020 California legislative session. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sneha’s Care — Dairy Welfare Regulations | 110,050 | Sneha’s Care | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sneha’s Care staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $110,050 over two years with Sneha’s Care to support work to establish and implement dairy welfare regulations in Nepal, which contains 12.5 million cattle. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia, and was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Color Of Change Education Fund — Prosecutor Accountability | 321,228 | Color Of Change Education Fund | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ColorofChange.org Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $321,228 to the ColorOfChange.org Education Fund ("Color Of Change Education Fund") to support prosecutorial reform and accountability work. This work was intended to consist largely of movement coordination activities for advocates of reform, such as facilitating conversations, hosting convenings, developing strategy, tracking activities, as well as public education campaigns related to prosecutorial accountability. For the accountability campaigns, the Color Of Change Education Fund was intended to attempt to mobilize advocates for reform through a mix of online and offline strategies, such as targeted social media ads, traditional media outreach, grassroots advocacy, and the leveraging of its large digital member list. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to Color Of Change, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with the Color Of Change Education Fund. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Color Of Change PAC — Criminal Justice Reform | 200,000 | Color Of Change PAC | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color Of Change PAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $200,000 to the ColorOfChange political action committee (Color Of Change PAC) to support electoral engagement work related to prosecutor accountability and reform. Color of Change PAC intends to use this funding to organize national and local partners to participate in voter engagement activities several months prior to important district attorney elections, with a goal to promote prosecutors or prosecutor candidates who are supportive of criminal justice reform. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform, where our overall goal is to reduce incarceration. Prosecutors have tremendous amounts of discretion deciding whether to charge someone for a particular offense, what to charge, and what to recommend for sentencing. We see changing prosecutors’ behavior as an effective route toward increasing the chances for substantial reforms. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to Color Of Change, a 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with the Color Of Change PAC. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (April 2019) | 50,000 | Real Justice PAC | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Real Justice PAC also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $50,000 to Real Justice PAC for general support on criminal justice reform work. Real Justice intends to use these funds to elect reform-minded candidates who will work to safely reduce the number of people incarcerated in their jurisdictions. The funds were distributed to an account that is limited to work in New York state. This follows our August 2018 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2021) | 55,000 | Justice Solutions | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Justice Solutions staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to Justice Solutions to support work by Anne Seymour to identify and meet the needs of crime victims and survivorsCHAR(59) to support justice reform initiatives at the federal and state levelsCHAR(59) and to promote ongoing partnerships among organizations that serve crime survivors, incarcerated individuals, and formerly incarcerated individuals. This follows our February 2019 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide Justice Solutions with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Justice Collaborative — General Support (2017) | 1,301,280 | The Justice Collaborative | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TJC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,301,280 to The Justice Collaborative (TJC) via the Tides Foundation for general support. TJC is led by Rob Smith and houses the Accountable Justice Project, which we helped launch with a grant in April 2016. This new funding is intended to increase TJC's organizational capacity to facilitate media engagement and outreach related to prosecutor accountability. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the Accountable Justice Collaborative via The Advocacy Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| We Got Us Now — General Support (2017) | 100,000 | We Got Us Now | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. We Got Us Now staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to We Got Us Now for general support. This grant falls within our work on criminal justice reform, and will support the launch of a digital platform devoted to the interests of children of incarcerated parents. The digital platform will include resources for children of incarcerated parents, storytelling media such as videos, audio files, and a blog, and a leadership institute to train children of incarcerated parents (ages 16-35) to organize and advocate for relevant criminal justice reforms. Funds from this grant will be used primarily for hiring staff and to cover costs associated with the production of original content. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Quest for Democracy Fund — Just Mercy | 200,000 | Quest for Democracy Fund | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FICPFM staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Quest for Democracy Fund, via Forward Justice, to support criminal justice work related to the film "Just Mercy." The Quest for Democracy Fund is directed by formerly incarcerated leaders and makes grants to organizations led by formerly incarcerated people around the country. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Dignity and Power Now — Convening to Oppose L.A. Jail Construction | 132,000 | Dignity and Power Now | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dignity and Power Now staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $132,000 to Dignity and Power Now to support a convening of stakeholders opposed to the construction of two new jails in Los Angeles. According to our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, the proposed jails have been stalled for several years and there is some indication that an organized campaign could permanently defeat the project. This grant will allow Dignity and Power Now to organize a convening of community coalitions, labor groups, elected officials, and other interested parties to discuss and assess the potential for a larger campaign opposing the jails. Specifically, the funding will cover meeting materials, food and location costs, staff support, and potentially a commissioned report on alternative uses for the city and state funds estimated to be needed for the jail construction projects. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Global Health Security Network — Global Health Security Conference | 50,000 | Global Health Security Network | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Health Security Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended $50,000 to the Global Health Security Network to support the next Global Health Security Conference. The conference will gather members of the global health security community, including academics, policymakers, and practitioners, to discuss and debate global health security challenges. This follows our December 2018 support to the University of Sydney and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The Good Food Institute — International Work | 4,000,000 | good-food-institute | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GFI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over two years to the Good Food Institute (GFI) to support its international work. GFI promotes alternatives to animal products. This funding will support GFI’s international expansion of its mission to create a sustainable, healthy, and just global food system. This follows our November 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Projects to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks | 1,904,942 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Nuclear Threat Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,904,942 over three years to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to support projects to reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs). NTI intends to use these funds to support projects including, among others, strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention and reducing state biological threats and additional GCBRs through international dialogues. This follows our October 2017 and July 2018 grants and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| LessWrong — General Support | 300,000 | — | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LessWrong staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to LessWrong for general support. LessWrong.com is a community blog and website that seeks to improve reasoning and decision-making. This funding is intended to support work on LessWrong.com, as well the LessWrong team’s work on a number of other rationalist and effective altruism community websites and projects. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| UCSF — Organ Regenerative Surgery (Tammy Chang) | 825,000 | uc-san-francisco | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of California, San Francisco staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $825,000 over three years to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to support research into the development of a stem cell treatment[ref]Archived copy of link: UCSF News Center, May 2017 [archive only][/ref] method for repairing or replacing damaged human livers. The work will be led by Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Surgery. In addition to the potential utility for liver repair, our science team is particularly interested in whether the method could have broad applications for repairing or replacing other human organs. This grant falls within our work on scientific research, and was identified through our 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP. Sources Document Source UCSF News Center, May 2017 [archive only] Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| Essie Justice Group — General Support (2017) | 300,000 | Essie Justice Group | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Essie Justice Group staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to the Essie Justice Group for general support. The Essie Justice Group organizes women with incarcerated loved ones for criminal justice reform. In the coming year, the Essie Justice Group will expand its on-the-ground network of women with incarcerated loved ones and continue to advocate for an end to the money bail system and industry. We previously supported the Essie Justice Group with a grant in 2016. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support (October 2017) | 100,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) for general support. CWN is a 501(c)(3) organization led by Simone Levine that utilizes over 100 volunteers annually to observe and collect data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Its observations and data are then compiled into regular reports, which can be used by the general public and advocacy groups for work related to criminal justice reform. We previously recommended $25,000 grant to CWN in April 2017. Since that time, it published a report that influenced several media stories relevant to criminal justice reform, for example, coverage on the improper use of false subpoenas1 by district attorneys. On the basis of this success and other activities, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is excited to offer increased support. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Court Watch NOLA, Annual Report 2016 Source The Lens NOLA, June 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Story-Based Strategy — General Support | 100,000 | Center for Story-Based Strategy | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CSS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Center for Story-Based Strategy (CSS) for general support. CSS intends to use most of these funds to organize a narrative strategy convening and training in Chicago with the Coalition to End Money Bond. CSS will also continue to provide individuals and organizations in the criminal justice reform sector with narrative strategy support. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign — Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment (March 2018) | 500,000 | Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Representatives of the Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign to support the Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment. The amendment, which advocates plan to place on the ballot in November 2018, aims to reduce imprisonment for low-level, nonviolent drug and probation violation offenses; encourage participation in rehabilitation for people in prison; and reallocate prison spending to drug treatment, community alternatives to incarceration, and victim services. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| VegeProject — Corporate Outreach (2020) | 102,400 | VegeProject | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. VegeProject Japan staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $102,400 to VegeProject to support its work conducting corporate outreach to increase the availability of plant-based food in Japan. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative (2018) | 400,000 | Gamechanger Labs | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Gamechanger Labs staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 to Gamechanger Labs via the Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation to support student and community organizing to reduce incarceration. Gamechanger Labs intends to use these funds to organize convenings, hire support staff and a digital communications strategist, and support local youth and student organizations working on criminal justice reform issues. This renewal of our September 2017 support is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Employ America — Exit Grant | 1,250,000 | Employ America | 2022-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Employ America staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,250,000 to Employ America for general support. Employ America makes the public and intellectual case for policies that support full employment and seeks to build a broad set of allies to further that goal. It produces research and analysis on the state of the labor market and current and potential macroeconomic policies and policymakers. Employ America was founded by Sam Bell, who has consulted for us and our grantee Fed Up. This follows our May 2021 support and represents an “exit grant” that will provide Employ America with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| International Refugee Assistance Project — Family Reunification | 75,000 | International Refugee Assistance Project | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. International Refugee Assistance Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $75,000 to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) to support a family reunification pilot project. IRAP intends to try to reunite approximately 125 refugee children with their families. This is a discretionary grant, that follows our January 2019 grant, and falls within our focus area of immigration policy, one of our focus areas within U.S. policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| UC Berkeley — Adversarial Robustness Research (David Wagner) | 330,000 | uc-berkeley | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson and Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support research by Professor David Wagner on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights — Federal Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy (February 2020) | 200,000 | The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) for advocacy on federal criminal justice reform policy. LCCHR works with over 200 civil-rights-oriented groups to eliminate social and economic inequality in the United States, and recently co-published a comprehensive policy platform that will guide its future criminal justice reform work. This funding will pay for staff time and overhead related to criminal justice reform advocacy. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Global Development — Gene Drive Research | 348,550 | center-for-global-development | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Global Development staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $348,550 to the Center for Global Development (CGD) for research on the assessment and regulation of gene drive technology. CGD plans to use this grant to identify key political and social considerations that may inform global decisions on the development and deployment of gene drive technology, particularly with respect to malaria. CGD will conduct interviews and site visits to develop a better understanding of regulatory, social, and political considerations at play in different contexts. The research will be led by Gyude Moore, CGD visiting fellow and former Minister of Public Works in Liberia. This discretionary grant falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. The grant amount was updated in May 2020. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Black Strategy Fund — General Support | 100,000 | Black Strategy Fund | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Black Strategy Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Black Strategy Fund, via the Living Through Giving Foundation, for general support. The Black Strategy Fund supports grassroots organizing groups advocating for criminal justice reform, and is led by Patrisse Cullors, who has worked to implement Measure R in LA County and advocate for decarceration in response to COVID-19. Cullors is the co-founder of JusticeLA and the Black Lives Matter movement. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| A New Way of Life — Civic Engagement Work | 200,000 | A New Way of Life | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. A New Way of Life staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to A New Way of Life (ANWOL) to support its civic engagement work on criminal justice reform in Los Angeles. ANWOL, founded by formerly incarcerated leader Susan Burton, organizes and mobilizes formerly incarcerated people as advocates for social change and personal transformation. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Dignity and Power Now — JusticeLA Campaign (2019) | 500,000 | Dignity and Power Now | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. DPN staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to Dignity and Power Now to support its work on the JusticeLA campaign. The campaign is a coalition of organizations opposed to the planned construction of two new jail facilities in Los Angeles county, which currently contains the largest jail system in the country. Dignity and Power Now is a co-founding organization of the JusticeLA campaign, and its founder, Patrisse Cullors, is a co-chair of the campaign. Dignity and Power Now plans to use these funds to expand the campaign staff and build infrastructure to continue to shape Los Angeles county’s justice policies. This follows our October 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2018) | 25,000 | Smart Justice CA | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Smart Justice CA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to Smart Justice CA via The Tides Foundation to support lobbying on criminal justice bills considered during the 2018 California legislative session, including bills related to bail reform, youth justice, mandatory sentencing, and law enforcement misconduct. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our December 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Color Of Change — Prosecutor Accountability | 678,772 | Color of Change | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color Of Change staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $678,772 to ColorOfChange.org ("Color Of Change") to support prosecutorial reform and accountability work. This work was intended to consist largely of movement coordination activities for advocates of reform, such as facilitating conversations, hosting convenings, developing strategy, tracking activities, as well as civic education and engagement campaigns related to prosecutorial accountability. For the accountability campaigns, Color Of Change intended to leverage its large database of members for outreach and implement a new digital voter engagement tool. The voter engagement tool is intended to allow Color Of Change members to easily contact potential voters and educate them on issues related to criminal justice reform in the context of prosecutorial accountability, with an overall goal to drive voter turnout, increase volunteerism, and build excitement around policy reforms. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the Color Of Change Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) associated with Color Of Change. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York — Criminal Justice Reform | 15,000 | Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Public Policy and Education Fund of New York staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York to support work on criminal justice reform. The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York intends to use these funds to maintain its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Surge Network — Faith-Based Criminal Justice Reform Organizing | 115,000 | Surge Network | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Surge Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $115,000 to the Surge Network to support faith-based organizing for criminal justice reform. The Surge Network is a Phoenix-based network of evangelical churches working to mobilize evangelical Christians of color. This funding is intended to support work to recruit and train church members to organize for issues related to criminal justice reform. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro) | 1,500,000 | uc-davis | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs. This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Davis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over 18 months to UC Davis to support a preliminary feasibility analysis of a potential test of gene drives for malaria control on the adjoining islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. The work, led by Dr. Greg Lanzaro and colleagues, will focus on a potential gene drive application that would reduce or inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to transmit the malarial parasite, without impacting the mosquito population on the islands. As part of the feasibility analysis, Dr. Lanzaro's team will establish working relationships with local communities with the goal of providing information and answering questions about potential future research and defining a pathway to community approval of a potential future release. Other preliminary work potentially supported by these funds includes the establishment of an ethics advisory board, the development of a communication plan, and any appropriate safety tests. At the conclusion of this stage, we will consider whether to provide additional funding for ecological studies that would be conducted prior to any release. Deployment would only take place if determined to be feasible, ethical, safe, approved by the regulatory authorities, and supported by the affected communities. Related scientific research is being supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2019) | 1,500,000 | Fair and Just Prosecution | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Fair and Just Prosecution also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over two years to Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) via the Tides Center. FJP brings together recently elected local prosecutors as part of a network interested in implementing innovative criminal justice system policy and practicing reforms in their own offices. FJP’s network supports prosecutors by providing access to research, technical assistance, in-person convenings and other resources. This is a renewal of our January 2017 grant that supported the project's launch, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Global Animal Partnership — Farm Animal Welfare Activities (2019) | 1,000,000 | Global Animal Partnership | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Global Animal Partnership staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) to support its farm animal welfare work. GAP intends to use these funds to secure new corporate partners and increase the number of animals covered by its program. This follows our November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Community Justice Exchange — General Support | 250,000 | Community Justice Exchange | 2018-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Community Justice Exchange staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Community Justice Exchange (CJE) via the Tides Foundation for general support. CJE is a new organization that will house the National Bail Fund Network, which we have supported previously. CJE intends to use these funds to support information exchange across campaigns working with bail, court watching, participatory defense, and similar approaches, and to support particular campaigns seeking to implement litigation and policy wins relevant to bail reform. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2020) | 117,300 | Working Families Party | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Party staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $117,300 to the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party. This contribution is intended to support the Working Families Party’s work on criminal justice issues, including electing prosecutors who are supportive of criminal justice reform, and not other priorities of the Working Families Party. The funding will allow the Working Families Party to recruit, interview, and support potentially reform-minded prosecutor candidates throughout New York State. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — General Support | 404,800 | Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Brooklyn Community Bail Fund staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended $404,800 to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (BCBF) for general support. We have identified bail reform as a highly impactful area of policy change that we believe could substantially reduce incarceration in numerous jurisdictions around the country. The bail reform landscape includes litigation, advocacy, communications, technical assistance for governmental actors, and bail funds, among other things. This grant pertains to the category of bail funds. BCBF, which began operations in 2015 in Brooklyn, NY, pays bail amounts of $2,000 or less for misdemeanor defendants who cannot otherwise afford to pay bail. This approach allows defendants to return home rather than going to jail while awaiting trial, and is intended to avoid coerced guilty pleas and other harms caused by pre-trial detention. In addition to its local work, BCBF provides strategic and technical assistance to a broad range of organizations considering establishing bail funds in other jurisdictions. There are about a dozen bail funds operating around the country now and many new ones are starting to emerge. With this grant, we are supporting BCBF to: Organize existing bail funds around the country into a national network and support that network with coordination staffing. The network will allow bail funds across different cities throughout the U.S. to develop shared data and process standards for bail funds, coordinate local advocacy, and act as a coordinated voice about how bail funds can work most effectively towards broader systems change. Develop a plan for strategic bail fund expansion connected to advocacy around reducing incarceration. We do not plan to write in more detail about this grant at this time. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Stanford University — NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Security | 6,771 | stanford-university | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $6,771 to Stanford University to support the Neural Information Processing System workshop "Machine Learning and Computer Security."[ref]Archived copy of link: NIPS, Program Highlights, April 2018 [archive only][/ref] This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in June 2020. Sources Document Source NIPS, Program Highlights, April 2018 [archive only] Source | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| VOCAL-NY Action Fund — General Support | 40,000 | VOCAL-NY Action Fund | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. VOCAL-NY representatives also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to Voices of Community Activists and Leaders Action Fund (VOCAL-NY Action Fund) for general support. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform, and is part of our support of the campaign to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, which we wrote about in more detail on our December 2016 grant page to JustLeadershipUSA. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Anima International — Farm Animal Welfare Work | 152,000 | anima-international | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Anima International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $152,000 to Anima International, via Animal Charity Evaluators, to support farm animal welfare work. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| BlackRoots Alliance — Prosecutorial Accountability (2019) | 100,000 | BlackRoots Alliance | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Real BlackRoots Alliance also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the BlackRoots Alliance, via the March 13 Fund, to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The BlackRoots Alliance plans to use this grant to support local organizing to ensure Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx's policies are keeping communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| VOCAL-NY — Prosecutor Accountability | 200,000 | VOCAL-NY | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. VOCAL-NY staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL-NY) to support work on prosecutor accountability in Manhattan. VOCAL-NY intends to use this funding to recruit and convene a broad coalition of groups to develop and promote accountability demands to reduce incarceration, and educate voters through candidate forums and a voter guide. This follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for American Progress — Macroeconomic Stabilization | 500,000 | Center for American Progress | 2016-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Center for American Progress staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to the Center for American Progress (CAP). This grant aims to support CAP, a major progressive think tank, to hire an economist focused on macroeconomic stabilization policy, one of our focus areas within U.S. Policy. CAP plans to hire an economist to lead its research on macroeconomic stabilization, and Marc Jarsulic (CAP’s Vice President of Economic Policy) will also play a substantial role in this work. CAP’s overall plan for this area, modeled on the early work that eventually led to its Commission on Inclusive Prosperity,1 is to: Hold convenings to better understand the field Produce research reports documenting important factors in macroeconomic stabilization (e.g. the impact of the Taylor rule on income distribution) Produce policy proposals Use its network and outreach capacity to share its research and proposals with the media, Congress, presidential administration, and Federal Reserve CAP provided us with a list of proposed research topics, all of which struck us as potentially worthwhile.2 Our primary goal for this grant is to increase progressive capacity and attention around macroeconomic policy and business cycle issues. Our impression is that, while there are many labor economists working at progressive think tanks, significantly less attention has been devoted to monetary policy and other macroeconomic stability issues, and that CAP plays a particularly prominent role in setting, and reflecting, the progressive agenda. We see a number of potential risks to the success of this grant: Our basic theory of the case could be wrong for any number of reasons, such as: Increasing the number of macro-focused economists working at progressive think tanks could fail to have any impact on policymaking around macroeconomic issues because research and ideas aren’t the main barrier to policy change in the area. We think this is probably more likely than not, and are accordingly supporting groups that pursue alternative strategies, but we also believe that think tanks could be particularly helpful in convincing other advocates and interest groups of the importance of the issue in the long run. Progressive think tanks may have avoided work on macroeconomic stabilization for good substantive reasons, not just for lack of funding (e.g. because the topic is actually not as important as we believe it is or because there is little appetite for it amongst policymakers; we see the latter as more likely than the former). Gridlock in Congress could prevent virtually any legislative progress in the coming years. We see this as fairly likely. CAP could be the wrong partner. Our impression is that CAP has a strong track record of attracting media and policymaker attention to its work and has played a particularly prominent role in agenda-setting during Democratic administrations, but macroeconomic stabilization policy could turn out to be a bad fit for the organization. As always within this area, we could be mistaken about which sorts of policy changes would be beneficial. To follow up on this grant, we expect to have a conversation with CAP staff every 6-12 months for the next two years, with public notes if the conversation warrants it. Towards the end of the grant, we plan to attempt a written update about how we see the grant overall. Our process Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute had mentioned CAP to us in 2014 as an organization to consider supporting for macroeconomic policy work,3 but we had not prioritized a conversation because of CAP’s limited work in the area to date. However, when we first spoke with Marc Jarsulic in 2015, he expressed interest in hiring someone to work on macroeconomic stabilization and told us that lack of resources had been the main barrier to prioritizing work in the area. After several subsequent conversations, | ONN00wZd8U |
| Promise of Justice Initiative — East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (2018) | 75,000 | Promise of Justice Initiative | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Promise of Justice Initiative staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI) to support the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition, which is leading a campaign to replace the East Baton Rouge jail with a smaller, safer facility. This discretionary grant follows our May 2016 support for PJI and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Prodigal Child Project — General Support | 20,000 | The Prodigal Child Project | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Prodigal Child Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $20,000 to The Prodigal Child Project (TPCP) for general support. The grant will support TPCP's work training and organizing pastors to advocate for criminal justice reform with legislators across several southern U.S. states. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to The Ordinary People Society, a 501(c)(3) affiliated with TPCP. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations, and is a discretionary grant within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Movement Voter Project — Criminal Justice Reform | 100,000 | Movement Voter Project | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MVP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Movement Voter Project to support work on criminal justice reform in Illinois. The Movement Voter Project plans to regrant these funds to several small groups organizing to support criminal justice reform at the state level. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Newark Community Street Team — Community-Based Public Safety Work | 60,000 | Newark Community Street Team | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Newark Community Street Team staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to the Newark Community Street Team to conduct a scan of existing projects deploying community-based public safety strategies. Our criminal justice reform team believes that community-based public safety strategies can provide an alternative to incarceration as a way of responding to and preventing violent crimes. The Newark Community Street Team intends to use this funding to conduct interviews with community-based public safety organizations and to identify strategies for building a national coalition of effective community-based public safety organizations. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Faith in Texas — Criminal Justice Reform Work | 250,000 | Faith in Texas | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Faith in Texas staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to Faith in Texas to support criminal justice reform work, including prosecutorial accountability. This funding is intended to support organizing faith communities for accountability in the lead-up to and aftermath of district attorney elections this fall, and organizing for statewide legislative work in 2019. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, believes it is important to build grassroots support for criminal justice reform among members of white evangelical, black, and Hispanic faith communities, particularly in Texas, which has the largest incarcerated population of any state in the U.S. (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2015, table 2, pg. 3). This discretionary grant is a renewal of our September 2016 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources Document Source Bureau of Justice Statistics 2015 Source (archive) | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (2018) | 3,000,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alliance for Safety and Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), via the Tides Center, for general support. This is a renewal of previous support for ASJ, which our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, considers an exceptionally high-performing organization with a track record of securing significant criminal justice policy reforms. The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to the Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund via The Advocacy Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with ASJ. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Kingdom Foundation — Corporate Campaigns (September 2019) | 237,866 | Animal Kingdom Foundation | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Kingdom Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $237,866 over two years to Animal Kingdom Foundation to support corporate campaigns for layer hens, a model commercial farm, and efforts to secure certification standards and guidelines from the government in the Philippines, which is home to millions of farmed land animals. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| LatinoJustice — Texas Office for Latinx Engagement | 250,000 | LatinoJustice | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn and Michelle Crentsil This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LatinoJustice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 over two years to LatinoJustice to support the establishment of an office in Texas to focus on increasing engagement of Latinx communities in criminal justice reform. LatinoJustice plans to hire Jorge Renaud to run the new project, which could include convenings to increase Latinx engagement in criminal justice reform, a bilingual newsletter that goes out to criminal justice reform and immigration groups across the region; and organizing and advocacy trainings for Latinx people directly impacted by the criminal justice system. This discretionary grant follows our February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| National Family Defense Project — General Support | 120,000 | National Family Defense Project | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. National Family Defense Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $120,000 to support the formation of a new organization —the National Family Defense Project, led by Lisa Sangoi and Erin Miles Cloud — via Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs.The National Family Defense Project later changed its name to Movement for Family Power. The organization will work on challenging the separation of children from their parents under current policies of the criminal justice and child welfare systems. We previously recommended a grant to support a report on the impacts of drug policy and criminalization on child welfare. These grants are discretionary and fall within our focus area of criminal justice reform. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| WaitList Zero — General Support (2019) | 350,000 | WaitList Zero | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Waitlist Zero staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $350,000 over two years to WaitList Zero for general support. This follows our January 2018 support, which we characterized as an "exit grant" that would provide approximately 18 additional months of operating support to allow them to secure other funding. Since our last grant, we believe WaitList Zero had a surprising advocacy breakthrough,"A new Trump executive order on kidneys could save thousands of lives," Vox, July 10, 2019 and are accordingly funding them to continue their work with a second staff member. WaitList Zero plans to use these funds to advocate for Congressional appropriations to expand the National Living Donor Assistance Center. Their goal is for an expansion to pay for lost wages for living donors, increasing the number of living donations, and reducing the number of people waiting for donated organs. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Voice of the Ex-Offender — Southern Regional Convening | 40,000 | Voice of the Ex-Offender | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, Chloe Cockburn (our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing her reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of Chloe's grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for Chloe to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on her own judgment and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants; we consider them part of our bet on Chloe. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — DNA Synthesis Screening Methods | 890,000 | mit | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MIT Media Lab staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $890,000 over three years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab to support research on methods for securely screening DNA synthesis orders. This grant is intended to support research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Aarhus University, Northeastern University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Safety and Justice Oregon — General Support | 200,000 | Safety and Justice Oregon | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Safety and Justice Oregon (SJO) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to Safety and Justice Oregon (SJO) for general support. SJO intends to use these funds to conduct policy research, build community support for criminal justice reform, and lobby on reform legislation in Oregon. This follows our October 2016 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. The grant will provide SJO with approximately two years of operating support. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Citizen Action of New York — Public Education and Engagement | 200,000 | Citizen Action of New York | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizen Action of New York staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to Citizen Action of New York to support public education and engagement on the role of prosecutors in decarcerating communities in Upstate New York. Citizen Action intends to use these funds to increase the visibility of criminal justice reform in key districts. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary grant follows our October 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Justice Collaborative — General Support (August 2019) | 7,800,000 | The Justice Collaborative | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TJC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended three grants totaling $7,800,000 over two years to The Justice Collaborative (TJC), via the Tides Foundation and Tides Advocacy, for general support. TJC, a research and strategic communications collaborative fighting for a smaller, more humane criminal justice system, is led by Rob Smith. We helped launch an earlier iteration of this organization in April 2016. This follows our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Dharma Voices for Animals — Farm Animal Welfare Legislation | 150,000 | Dharma Voices for Animals | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Dharma Voices for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 over two years to Dharma Voices for Animals, a Buddhist animal welfare organization, to support its work advocating for farm animal welfare legislation in Sri Lanka. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Amistad Law Project — General Support (April 2020) | 15,000 | Amistad Law Project | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Amistad Law Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Amistad Law Project for general support. The Amistad Law Project intends to use these funds to develop an online network to mobilize families of incarcerated people during the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Encompass — Diversity in the Farm Animal Welfare Movement | 200,000 | Encompass | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Encompass staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 over two years to Encompass to support its work to make the farm animal welfare movement more racially diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Encompass intends to use these funds to provide long-term support to advocates of color, as well as to farm animal welfare organizations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Detroit Justice Center — General Support | 50,000 | Detroit Justice Center | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Detroit Justice Center staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Detroit Justice Center (DJC) via the Urban Justice Center for general support. DJC is a new nonprofit law firm focused on remedying the impacts of mass incarceration by building a model of integrated legal services, advocacy, and alternatives in Detroit. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is excited about the model and leadership of DJC, which she considers to be very strong. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2017) | 305,000 | Voters Organized to Educate | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Voters Organized to Educate staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two awards totaling $305,000 to Voters Organized to Educate ("Voters Organized") to support its work on criminal justice reform in Louisiana. The funding is intended to allow Voters Organized to continue developing and testing its electoral impact and voter engagement strategies, vet and publicly endorse local political candidates who support policies aligned with Voters Organized's mission, and raise its profile as an organization representing the interests of formerly incarcerated people. This funding is a renewal of our 2016 grant recommendation to Voters Organized. Voters Organized is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, and we made these recommendations to funders that are able to support 501(c)(4) organizations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Kevin Esvelt’s Research (2021) | 1,000,000 | mit | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MIT Media Lab staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab to continue to support the research of Professor Kevin Esvelt. Professor Esvelt plans to use this funding to conduct work on topics related to biosecurity. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Texas Inmate Families Association — General Support (2018) | 242,000 | Texas Inmate Families Association | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TIFA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $242,000 over two years to the Texas Inmate Families Association (TIFA) for general support. TIFA is a primarily volunteer-driven organization that provides support, education, and advocacy for family members of incarcerated individuals. This funding is intended to allow TIFA to hire a full-time organizer to increase membership, provide marketing assistance, and conduct more trainings and workshops. This grant is part of an overall strategy to provide resources and develop the organizing capacity of criminal justice reform organizations in Texas. We consider the voices of family members of incarcerated individuals particularly powerful and hope to better leverage their impact through this funding and support. Moreover, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, believes that TIFA is an especially promising organization in terms of its structure and leadership, which may serve as a model for emerging groups in other states. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Update: In March of 2019, we added $42,000 to the original award amount. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| International Refugee Assistance Project — General Support (2019) | 1,000,000 | International Refugee Assistance Project | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. IRAP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) for general support. IRAP plans to expand its work to Europe, focusing on family reunification, asylum, and humanitarian visas. This is a renewal of our May 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of immigration policy, one of our focus areas within U.S. policy. In the past, our immigration policy work has not focused much on refugee resettlement, which we had assumed would be more crowded than other aspects of immigration policy with funders aimed at supporting increased opportunities for people to move to the U.S. for humanitarian reasons. While we continue to believe that is directionally correct, our increased interest in supporting advocacy around refugee resettlement is partially based on learning more about the fairly limited foundation funding for advocacy around refugee resettlement. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017) | 125,000 | The People's Lobby Education Institute | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The People's Lobby Education Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $125,000 to The People's Lobby Education Institute to support its work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The People's Lobby Education Institute plans to use this grant to a) support local organizing to work with Cook County State's Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx to ensure that her policies are ensuring the safety of Cook County communities without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration, and b) build these groups' capacity to relate to SA Foxx in a productive way. Possible activities include town hall meetings, prayer vigils, and quarterly meetings with SA Foxx to determine whether she is meeting the groups' standards for community accountability and reduced use of harsh criminal justice sanctions. We believe that holding SA Foxx accountable is important to the long-term success of the strategy of prosecutorial accountability. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Stanford University — Adversarial Robustness Research (Dimitris Tsipras) | 330,792 | stanford-university | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,792 over three years to Stanford University to support early-career research by Dimitris Tsipras on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (May 2018) | 300,000 | Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Representatives of the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to support work on the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (Reform L.A. Jails). If passed by voters, Reform L.A. Jails will task Los Angeles leaders with developing a comprehensive plan to reduce jail populations and to redirect the cost savings to alternatives to incarceration, which advocates believe will reduce recidivism, prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling into and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues. Reform L.A. Jails is a project of the Justice Team Network, to whom we previously made a grant in February 2018 to support base-building, lobbying, communications, and research activities related to the JusticeLA campaign. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our April 2018 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform (2021) | 400,000 | Free Hearts | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Free Hearts staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to Free Hearts, via the Praxis Project, to support criminal justice reform work. Free Hearts is an organizing and advocacy group based in Tennessee that works with formerly incarcerated and currently incarcerated women and girls and their families to reduce incarceration, especially of women and girls. Free Hearts plans to use these funds to expand its member base and to continue to work on legislation and campaigns around decarceration policy, voting rights restoration and jail voting access, youth and family policy, and other criminal justice reforms. This follows our September 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| New York Working Families — Criminal Justice Reform in New York | 40,000 | New York Working Families | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. New York Working Families staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to New York Working Families via The Advocacy Fund to support its work on criminal justice reform. The funding is intended to support work to pass legislation to reduce prison and jail populations in New York, and not for other priorities of New York Working Families. Specifically, the funding will allow New York Working Families to encourage state legislation on speedy trial and pretrial confinement, among other criminal justice reform measures. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Civil Rights Corps — General Support (2018) | 25,000 | Civil Rights Corps | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Civil Rights Corps staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Civil Rights Corps for general support. In the time since our December 2016 grant, Civil Rights Corps has been successful raising funds to support litigation of cases about money bail, probation, prosecutorial misconduct, and other matters relevant to decarceration. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Aubin Pictures — Criminal Justice Media Archive Scoping | 25,000 | Aubin Pictures | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Aubin Pictures staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to Aubin Pictures to support a criminal justice media archive scoping project. The grant will allow Aubin Pictures to conduct a needs assessment and propose a strategic development plan to catalogue and archive media footage related to criminal justice reform (e.g. interviews, courtroom or prison footage). The eventual goal is to help make such media footage more accessible to criminal justice reform advocates and storytellers in a way that will support their ability to effectively persuade and communicate with stakeholders. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (May 2018) | 350,000 | Real Justice PAC | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Real Justice PAC also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $350,000 to Real Justice PAC for general support on criminal justice reform work. Real Justice intends to use these funds to develop tools and infrastructure as it seeks to raise the profile of key prosecutor and sheriff races in 2018 and elect reform-minded candidates who will work to safely reduce the number of people incarcerated in their jurisdictions. The funds were distributed to an account that is limited to work outside of California. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Just Liberty — General Support (2018) | 569,000 | Just Liberty | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Just Liberty staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $569,000 to Just Liberty for general support. This is a renewal of our 2016 funding recommendation to Just Liberty, and will allow the organization to continue its organizing, lobbying, and outreach activities to build support for criminal justice reform ahead of the 2019 Texas legislative session. Just Liberty intends to target many of its activities toward center-right voters, whose voices may be impactful on Republican lawmakers. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (2018) | 200,000 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) to support its work on prosecutorial accountability, civic engagement, and crime survivor organizing. CCJRC plans to register and mobilize eligible voters who have a criminal record, are incarcerated, or are members of several target communities most impacted by over-criminalization; push for larger reforms; expand community-based services for victims; and raise community awareness of the power of prosecutors and the need for greater accountability. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our December 2016 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Dezernat Zukunft — Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Europe (2020) | 202,079 | Dezernat Zukunft | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dezernat Zukunft staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €170,000 (approximately $202,079 at the time of conversion) to Dezernat Zukunft to continue to support its work on monetary and fiscal policy in Europe. Dezernat Zukunft is a nonpartisan German think tank that seeks to gear European monetary and fiscal policies toward encouraging employment gains and sharing prosperity more widely. Dezernat Zukunft plans to use these funds to hire staff to encourage fiscal expansion in Germany. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Impact Justice — Restorative Justice Project (2019) | 4,000,000 | Impact Justice | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Impact Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $4,000,000 over three years to Impact Justice to support its Restorative Justice Project, under the leadership of sujatha baliga. This project partners with local community organizations in cities around America to support the introduction of restorative justice diversion, before the filing of any charges in a case, to completely remove cases from the conventional justice system. The project focuses intensively in seven cities (growing to 10), and has created a toolkit and response capacity to support community leaders in many other locations to implement this solution to the question of how to address serious harm without prison. In the view of our criminal justice reform team, answering this question is key for progress in criminal justice reform, as a political and practical matter. Our criminal justice reform team believes this project is the only one in the United States to pilot restorative justice in multiple jurisdictions at once. This funding will support the project's existing programs and facilitate its expansion into additional cities. This follows our December 2016 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for a New American Security — Strategic Lessons from COVID-19 | 250,000 | cnas | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for a New American Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to support the production of a report on strategic lessons in preparedness and response from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report will evaluate the U.S.’s pre-COVID-19 preparedness and specific response efforts during the pandemic, and will provide recommendations for future pandemic preparedness. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Effective Altruism Debate Championship — General Support | 5,915 | Effective Altruism Debate Championship | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Effective Altruism Debate Championship staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $5,915 to support the Effective Altruism Debate Championship, hosted virtually in October 2020 in partnership with the World Universities Debate Championship. Part of this funding is intended to support research on the impact of the debate championship on participants’ understanding of effective altruism topics. Another portion was set aside to be allocated by the winning team, who selected the Against Malaria Foundation as the recipient of the funds. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people doing research on humanity’s long-run future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Quest for Democracy Fund — General Support | 250,000 | Quest for Democracy Fund | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Forward Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Quest for Democracy Fund, via Forward Justice, for general support. The Quest for Democracy Fund is directed by formerly incarcerated leaders and makes grants to organizations led by formerly incarcerated people around the country. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Initiate Justice — Prisoner Education on Prop 57 | 5,000 | Initiate Justice | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Initiate Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $5,000 to Initiate Justice via Dignity and Power Now to support prisoner education related to the passing of California Proposition 57.1 Initiate Justice will use these funds to conduct a direct mail campaign to prisoners in California educating them on the proposition and its potential effect on their sentences. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Prop 57, Wikipedia, August 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2019) | 300,000 | Greater Greater Washington | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Greater Greater Washington staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 over 2.5 years to Greater Greater Washington to support its work on housing affordability and land use reform. Greater Greater Washington is a news and advocacy organization that focuses on housing, transportation, and other local policy issues in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area. This follows our June 2017 grant and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (2020) | 250,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Council) for general support. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. This funding is intended to enable the National Council to organize and provide relief to members during the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Humane Society International — African Swine Fever Training | 13,145 | Humane Society International | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Humane Society International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $13,145 to Humane Society International to allow Dr. Dennis Will to provide expertise and training to World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Animal Welfare Focal Points in response to the emergency disease outbreak of African Swine Fever that has swept through Asia. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (January 2019) | 491,000 | Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Representatives of the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to support work on the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (Reform L.A. Jails). If passed by voters, Reform L.A. Jails will task Los Angeles leaders with developing a comprehensive plan to reduce jail populations and redirect the cost savings to alternatives to incarceration. Advocates believe this will reduce recidivism, prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling into and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Update: In March 2019, we added $341,000 to the original award amount. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Project South — Criminal Justice Reform Work | 50,000 | Project South | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Project South staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to Project South to support its work on criminal justice reform. Founded as the Institute to Eliminate Poverty and Genocide, Project South works in education, local and regional organizing, legal infrastructure and advocacy, and movement support throughout the southern U.S. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Michigan Liberation — Prosecutor Accountability (2019) | 165,000 | Michigan Liberation | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Michigan Liberation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $165,000 to Michigan Liberation to support its criminal justice reform organizing work on prosecutor accountability. Michigan Liberation is a community organizing group that seeks to reduce the number of people in jail by advocating for comprehensive criminal justice reform. This funding will help Michigan Liberation promote accountability and assist organizers in setting the context for reform-minded prosecutor candidates. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (2017) | 517,588 | World Animal Protection | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] A broiler chick. (Photo courtesy of World Animal Protection) Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. World Animal Protection staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $517,588 over two years to World Animal Protection (WAP) to support its campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. WAP plans to use this grant to support the following activities: Producing and promoting campaign materials to raise awareness of broiler chicken suffering Developing and launching a corporate chicken welfare scorecard Building evidence of the suffering endured by broiler chickens in factory farming operations Staff time, creative development, and travel Indirect costs such as occupancy, technical support, and administrative support Sources Document Source World Animal Protection Broiler Chicken Budget Proposal Source | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support (2018) | 2,000,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,000,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund (ASJ Action), via The Advocacy Fund, for general support. This funding is intended to support ASJ Action’s ongoing policy reform, legislative and ballot advocacy, and lobbying efforts. We consider ASJ Action an effective organization that has contributed to the passing of several criminal justice reform bills at the state level. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to Alliance for Safety and Justice via the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with ASJ Action. This is a renewal of previous support for ASJ Action and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2019) | 85,000 | Workers Center for Racial Justice | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Workers Center for Racial Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $85,000 to the Workers Center for Racial Justice to support its work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The Workers Center for Racial Justice plans to use this grant to support local organizing to ensure Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx's policies are keeping communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration. This discretionary grant follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Freedom Network — Texas Rising Program (2020) | 150,000 | Texas Freedom Network | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Freedom Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Texas Freedom Network (TFN) to support the Texas Rising program’s work on criminal justice reform. Texas Rising plans to use these funds to continue organizing young people (under 30 years old) to push for prosecutor accountability and other reforms. This follows our October 2019 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide TFN with approximately one year of support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2018) | 800,000 | Faith in Action | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Faith in Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $800,000 to Faith in Action (formerly PICO National Network) to support the national Live Free Campaign. The campaign intends to continue building organizing power in key jurisdictions with a focus on prosecutorial accountability and reducing gun violence. This is a renewal of our August 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, believes decarceration impacts can be achieved most quickly and tangibly at the local level. Supporting work in many different jurisdictions has the potential to both reduce incarceration and simultaneously build long-term community capacity to alter power dynamics around public safety. In addition to being tractable, Chloe believes local organizing is neglected by funders relative to other approaches to criminal justice reform. However, this model carries significant challenges. Those in the best position to tell us about opportunities to enact local reforms and help us evaluate the efficacy of our support are scattered throughout the country and can be difficult to find and get feedback from. We hope to get better at gathering this information. Despite these challenges, we believe local organizing is an important component of any systems change work, along with the policy change and political change efforts we continue to support. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Better Boulder — YIMBY 2016 | 37,000 | Better Boulder | 2016-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Better Boulder staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $37,000 to Better Boulder to support a conference of land use reform advocates from around the U.S. and Canada. Land use reform is one of our focus areas. We are aware of, and have supported, several organizations that advocate for more permissive housing policy in key metro areas around the U.S. However, as far as we are aware there has never been a national conference to bring these advocates together. This grant will support YIMBY 2016, to be held in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2016. (The conference is named for the "Yes, In My Backyard" movement, which refers to the better-known acronym "NIMBY".) Grant funds will primarily be used to subsidize participants who might not otherwise be able to attend. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Alexander Berger, our Program Officer for U.S. Policy) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. Sources Document Source YIMBY 2016 Proposal Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| Kurzgesagt — Video Creation and Translation | 2,649,936 | Kurzgesagt | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Kurzgesagt staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of €2,413,800 ($2,649,936 at the time of conversion) over two years with Kurzgesagt, a YouTube channel and design studio that creates educational videos on a variety of topics, to support the creation of videos on topics relevant to effective altruism and improving humanity’s long-run future. In addition to video creation, Kurzgesagt intends to use this funding to translate existing videos into a number of non-English languages. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development (December 2019) | 600,000 | Sightline Institute | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sightline Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $600,000 over two years to the Sightline Institute to support its work on housing and urban development. Sightline Institute, a Seattle-based think tank focused on sustainability issues in the Pacific Northwest, plans to use these funds to build coalitions in support of allowing more housing in Washington and Oregon. This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2019) | 25,000 | Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Power Coalition for Equity and Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice to support its work on criminal justice reform in Louisiana. The Power Coalition organizes and promotes civic engagement among Louisiana’s historically overlooked communities. The Power Coalition plans to use these funds to provide fundraising and strategy trainings to its coalition of Louisiana criminal justice reform groups. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| California YIMBY — General Support (August 2018) | 350,000 | California YIMBY | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. California YIMBY also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $350,000 to California YIMBY (short for “yes-in-my-back-yard”) to complete a match that we established at the same time as our previous general operating support grant. California YIMBY plans to use our support to hire additional staff members to focus on organizing, communications, digital outreach, data and analytics, and finance and operations. This falls within our focus area of land use reform and our work to promote housing affordability. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | ONN00wZd8U |
| VOCAL-NY Action Fund — Prosecutor Accountability | 155,000 | VOCAL-NY Action Fund | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. VOCAL staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $155,000 to Voices of Community Activists and Leaders Action Fund (VOCAL-NY Action Fund) to support work on prosecutor accountability. This funding will help VOCAL-NY Action Fund promote accountability demands, register voters, recruit new members, coordinate the Queens for DA Accountability coalition, and organize and educate members on the role of the prosecutor through town halls and other events. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary grant follows our July 2016 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sinergia Animal — Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia (2019) | 187,600 | Sinergia Animal | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sinergia staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $187,600 over two years to Sinergia Animal to support farm animal investigations and corporate campaigns in Southeast Asia. Sinergia Animal specifically plans to use these funds to launch corporate cage-free egg campaigns, as the region has a large number of farmed birds. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2017) | 125,000 | Workers Center for Racial Justice | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Workers Center for Racial Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $125,000 to the Workers Center for Racial Justice to support its work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The Workers Center for Racial Justice plans to use this grant to a) support local organizing to work with Cook County State’s Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx to ensure that her policies are ensuring the safety of Cook County communities without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration, and b) build these groups’ capacity to relate to SA Foxx in a productive way. Possible activities include town hall meetings, prayer vigils, and quarterly meetings with SA Foxx to determine whether she is meeting the groups’ standards for community accountability and reduced use of harsh criminal justice sanctions. We believe that holding SA Foxx accountable is important to the long-term success of the strategy of prosecutorial accountability. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Floridians for a Fair Democracy — Ballot Committee Contribution | 750,000 | Floridians for a Fair Democracy | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Floridians for a Fair Democracy staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $750,000 to Floridians for a Fair Democracy, a ballot measure committee seeking to pass an amendment to restore voting eligibility to 1.4 million people in Florida who were previously convicted of felonies. The amendment would apply only to those who have completed their full sentences and excludes certain offenses. Chloe Cockburn, our program officer for criminal justice reform, believes increasing the political and advocacy power of formerly incarcerated people is an important element of strategies to safely reduce incarceration. According to the committee, Florida is currently one of four states with a lifetime ban on voting for people with prior felony convictions. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Movement Voter Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2020) | 1,500,000 | Movement Voter Project | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MVP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,500,000 over two years to the Movement Voter Project (MVP) to support work on criminal justice reform. MVP intends to use these funds to provide technical assistance and regrants to small organizations around the country working on criminal justice reform campaigns. This follows our May 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2020) | 7,703,750 | — | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. MIRI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $7,703,750 to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) for general support. MIRI plans to use these funds for ongoing research and activities related to reducing potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence, one of our focus areas. This follows our February 2019 support. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Players Coalition Charitable Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform | 50,000 | Players Coalition Charitable Foundation | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Players Coalition Charitable Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the NFL Players Coalition Charitable Foundation to support criminal justice reform efforts. Members of the players coalition have been vocal supporters of criminal justice reform work, writing op-eds, participating in prosecutor candidate forums, and working with communities to push for changes that will ensure better safety and representation for people impacted by crime and incarceration. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The University of Sydney — 2019 Global Health Security Conference | 32,621 | University of Sydney | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Sydney staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $45,000 AUD ($32,620.50 at the time of conversion) to the University of Sydney to support the 2019 Global Health Security Conference in Sydney, Australia. The funds are intended for general support of the conference, and to support travel bursaries to allow participants from low-income countries to attend a gathering of the global health security community, including academics, policymakers, and practitioners. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — General Support (December 2019) | 10,000,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alliance for Safety and Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $10,000,000 over three years to the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), via the Tides Center, for general support of its state-level criminal justice reform advocacy. ASJ is a national organization seeking to reduce overreliance on incarceration in states across the U.S. and to promote new safety priorities rooted in community health and well-being. This grant falls within our work on criminal justice reform, follows our February 2016, April 2017, and November 2018 support, and will be our last grant to ASJ. We are providing a three-year runway of stepped-down funding to ensure that ASJ has time to recruit other major donors. At the end of this three-year runway, we will have funded ASJ for seven years. In that time, the organization has grown substantially in exciting ways, and has established a strong reputation for effective leadership and impactful policy reform work. At this stage, our criminal justice reform team thinks ASJ is a better fit for funders that are looking to support major, well-established institutions. Consistent with our thinking on hits-based giving, we want to ensure that our funding is tracking the emerging edge of the field, and that we are leaving room for funders to resource the lower-risk, more established organizations. Sources Document Source Crime Survivors Speak: The First-Ever National Survey of Victims' Views on Safety and Justice Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Photo Patch Foundation — General Support (2019) | 10,000 | Photo Patch Foundation | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Photo Patch Foundation also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $10,000 to Photo Patch Foundation for general support. Photo Patch has a website and an app that allows kids with incarcerated parents to send letters and pictures to their parents in prison for free. This diminishes barriers, helps families remain in touch, and reduces the number of children who have not communicated with their parents in weeks, months, or sometimes years. This discretionary grant follows our October 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Nepal — Farm Animal Welfare | 271,700 | Animal Nepal | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Nepal staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $271,700 to Animal Nepal to support its farm animal welfare work. This grant is intended to provide funding for Animal Nepal’s poultry and buffalo welfare advocacy, as well as its work raising awareness of animal welfare within Nepal’s government and media outlets. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in farm animal welfare in Asia. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of Tübingen — Adversarial Robustness Research (Matthias Hein) | 300,000 | University of Tübingen | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson and Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. University of Tübingen staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over three years to the University of Tübingen to support research by Professor Matthias Hein on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Frontline Dads — General Support (October 2020) | 60,000 | Frontline Dads | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Frontline Dads staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 over two years to Frontline Dads for general support. Frontline Dads seeks to rebuild and empower communities impacted by incarceration. This funding is intended to support Frontline Dads’ leadership development work. This follows our June 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| 215 People’s Alliance — Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 155,000 | 215 People’s Alliance | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. 215 People's Alliance staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $155,000 to 215 People’s Alliance to support the coordination of a criminal justice reform coalition in Philadelphia. 215 People’s Alliance plans to regrant a portion of these funds to coalition members and to build grassroots support for reform-minded prosecutor and judicial candidates. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Run, George, Run — Los Angeles District Attorney Recruitment | 25,000 | Run, George, Run | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. George Gascón's team also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $25,000 to Run, George, Run to support local efforts to recruit a reform-minded candidate to run for Los Angeles district attorney. This recruitment effort is being supported by community leaders who have been directly impacted by the criminal justice system and hope to give their community a voice in choosing the district attorney after the race was uncontested in 2016. Our criminal justice reform team believes this effort could help safely reduce incarceration in Los Angeles, which incarcerates the most people of any county in the U.S. and currently represents one-third of California's prison population. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (December 2019) | 2,250,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,250,000 over two years to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Council) for general support. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. The grant amount was updated in April 2020. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019) | 20,192,755 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $20,192,755 over three years to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (CHS) to support work on biosecurity, global catastrophic risks posed by pathogens, and other work related to CHS's mission, and to support the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative. CHS plans to use these funds to continue to conduct policy research and continue to build communications and advocacy capacity. This follows our October 2016 and January 2017 support , and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in July 2022. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support (2019) | 500,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) for general support. CWN utilizes over 100 volunteers annually to observe and collect data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Its observations and data are then compiled into regular reports, which can be used by the general public and advocacy groups for work related to criminal justice reform. We think that CWN's focus on public accountability for system actors' behavior in court is a critical component of reform in New Orleans and a model for locations elsewhere. This follows our November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration (2020) | 155,000 | The Ahimsa Collective | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Ahimsa Collective staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $155,000 to The Ahimsa Collective, run by restorative justice practitioner and leader Sonya Shah, to support administrative costs of the Life Comes From It fund. The fund provides grants of up to $25,000 to restorative justice, transformative justice, and peacemaking projects. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2019) | 250,000 | Mijente | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mijente staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to Mijente to support work on criminal justice reform. Mijente, a national hub for Latinx- and Chincanx-focused organizing and direct action, plans to use these funds to pay for staff, convenings, mobilizations, and communications. This discretionary grant follows our December 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Equity and Transformation — General Support (2021) | 100,000 | Equity and Transformation | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Equity and Transformation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 over two years to Equity and Transformation (EAT) for general support. EAT organizes informal Black workers in Chicago around issues, including criminal justice reform, affecting their communities’ political and economic wellbeing. This follows our April 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2021) | 7,500,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $7,500,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism for general support. CEA is a central organization within the effective altruism (EA) community that engages in a variety of activities aimed at helping the EA community. This follows our January 2020 support and falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people doing research on humanity’s long-run future. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Federation of American Scientists — International Science Advisory Body for Biosecurity | 175,000 | federation-of-american-scientists | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Federation of American Scientists staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $175,000 to the Federation of American Scientists to investigate the merits of a science advisory body for the Biological Weapons Convention. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Texas Organizing Project PAC — General Support | 100,000 | Texas Organizing Project PAC | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Organizing Project PAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $100,000 to the Texas Organizing Project political action committee (Texas Organizing Project PAC) for general support on criminal justice reform. Texas Organizing Project PAC intends to use these funds to hire canvassers to engage with community members to elect a reform-minded candidate for Houston district attorney. Our criminal justice reform team believes this effort could help safely reduce incarceration in Houston. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Worth Rises — General Support (2019) | 300,000 | Worth Rises | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Worth Rises staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to Worth Rises, via the Urban Justice Center, for general support. Worth Rises, led by Bianca Tylek, conducts research on the commercialization of the corrections system and advocates against the exploitation of incarcerated people. This follows our November 2018 support to the Corrections Accountability Project and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2021) | 250,000 | Prison Policy Initiative | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PPI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 over two years to the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) for general support. PPI intends to use this funding to continue to produce reports and data analysis that are useful for campaigns by criminal justice reform partners across the country and to build out a new training and advocacy program for grassroots groups. This follows our June 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| PICO National Network — General Support | 50,000 | PICO National Network | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PICO National Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the PICO National Network for general support. They intended to use these funds to help expand Cosecha's community organizing work, including hiring full time organizers for a Detention Defense Campaign in several communities across 12 states. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the PICO Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with the PICO National Network. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2020) | 375,000 | l5K9ZdbXww | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CFAR staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $375,000 to the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) for general support. CFAR is an adult education nonprofit that seeks to find and develop cognitive tools and to deliver these tools to promising individuals, groups, organizations, and networks focused on solving large and pressing problems. Our primary interest in these workshops is that we believe they introduce people to and/or strengthen their connections with the effective altruism (EA) community and way of thinking, which we hope results in people with outstanding potential pursuing more impactful career trajectories. CFAR is particularly interested in growing the talent pipeline for work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). More on our interest in supporting work along these lines is here. This follows our January 2018 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide CFAR with approximately one year of operating support. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support (November 2018) | 200,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) for general support. CWN utilizes over 100 volunteers annually to observe and collect data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Its observations and data are then compiled into regular reports, which can be used by the general public and advocacy groups for work related to criminal justice reform. This discretionary grant follows our February 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2021) | 5,656 | Tampere University | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Tampere University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,656 over two years to Tampere University to support Professor Hiski Haukkala’s research on biosecurity and other topics related to global catastrophic risks. Professor Haukkala plans to conduct his research in collaboration with researchers from from the University of Oxford. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Employ America — General Support (October 2019) | 1,000,000 | Employ America | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Employ America staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,000,000 to Employ America for general support. Employ America makes the public and intellectual case for policies that support full employment and seeks to build a broad set of allies to further that goal. It produces research and analysis on the state of the labor market and current and potential macroeconomic policies and policymakers. Employ America is led by Sam Bell, who has consulted for us and our grantee Fed Up. This follows our April 2019 support that launched Employ America, and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Chicago Community Bond Fund — Coordinator for Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 80,000 | Chicago Community Bond Fund | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Chicago Community Bond Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $80,000 to the Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) to support coordination of a criminal justice coalition in Chicago. CCBF intends to use these funds to support and coordinate local organizers working on bail reform issues. The work will be led by Sharlyn Grace. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Mijente — Anti-Criminalization Work (2017) | 255,000 | Mijente | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mijente staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $255,000 to Mijente to support criminal justice reform and anti-criminalization work.We originally published this page when only one of the two grants ($100,000 via fiscal sponsor Puente Arizona) had been finalized. When the second grant was finalized ($155,000 to Mijente directly after receiving its 501c3 status), we updated the page and "Grant Amount" section above. Mijente is a national hub for Latinx- and Chincanx-focused organizing and direct action, and this grant is intended to help Mijente mobilize Latinxs, particularly young activists and organizers, on issues related to criminal justice reform. This funding is a renewal of our 2016 recommendation to Mijente. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is particularly interested in building more criminal justice reform leadership capacity within the Latinx community, since there are comparatively few Latinx-led organizations engaged in anti-criminalization and decarceration work. These are discretionary grants, and fall within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2019) | 300,000 | Prison Policy Initiative | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PPI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) to produce reports and data analysis that are useful for campaigns by criminal justice reform partners across the country. PPI's reports on the overall state of incarceration, women’s and youth incarceration, unemployment and homelessness among formerly incarcerated people, and the state of parole and probation, among others, have been used by many other groups in campaigns, in writing, and in public testimony. PPI plans to use these funds to continue to produce its annual publications and to continue to support organizations with data and research needs. This discretionary grant follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Riverside Justice Table — Prosecutor Accountability (2021) | 217,000 | Riverside Justice Table | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Riverside Justice Table staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $217,000 over two years to the Riverside Justice Table, via Starting Over, to continue to support work on prosecutor accountability in Riverside, California, a county with high incarceration rates. This funding will help the Riverside Justice Table promote accountability demands, register voters, and educate Riverside residents on the role of the prosecutor through town halls and other events. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support (2017) | 1,000,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund (ASJ Action) via The Advocacy Fund for general support. This funding is intended to support ASJ Action's ongoing policy reform, legislative and ballot advocacy, and lobbying efforts in states such as Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, and California, and to lay the foundation for future advocacy work in Florida, Ohio, and California. We consider ASJ Action an effective organization that has contributed to the passing of several criminal justice reform bills at the state level, such as Illinois Senate Bill 2872, the Neighborhood Safety Act, in March 2017.[ref]Archived copy of link: CBS Chicago, Gov. Rauner Signs Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill, May 2017 [archive only][/ref] This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to Alliance for Safety and Justice via the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with ASJ Action. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources Document Source CBS Chicago, Gov. Rauner Signs Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill, May 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2016) | 65,000 | Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 2016-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizens for Juvenile Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $65,000 to Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ) for general support. The funding was intended to be applied toward efforts to improve the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. CfJJ's campaign aims to promote healthier outcomes and less recidivism among 18- to 25-year-olds involved in the criminal justice system including: (1) restructuring the juvenile justice system to include 18- to 20-year-olds to prevent them from long-term entanglement in the adult justice system; and (2) improving recidivism outcomes for 21- to 24-year-olds in the adult justice system by creating targeted, developmentally appropriate changes designed to better engage and rehabilitate emerging adults. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education — Farm Animal Welfare Work | 64,600 | Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education (AWARE) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $64,600 to Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education (AWARE) to support its work researching potential farm animal welfare policy reforms in South Korea. Approximately 460 million farm animals are alive in South Korea at any given time. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| InMyWords — General Support | 21,500 | InMyWords | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. InMyWords staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $21,500 to InMyWords, via the Watershed Center, for general support. InMyWords plans to use these funds to pay for coordination staff, travel, and training with an emphasis on restorative justice as a means of providing support for survivors of sexual violence. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. The grant amount above was updated in February 2020. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Ought — General Support (2020) | 1,593,333 | 2VexoROapg | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Ought staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,593,333 to Ought for general support. Ought conducts research on factored cognition, which we consider relevant to AI alignment and to reducing potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This follows our November 2019 support. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019) | 2,652,500 | — | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. MIRI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,652,500 over two years to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) for general support. MIRI plans to use these funds for ongoing research and activities related to reducing potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence, one of our focus areas. Planned activities include alignment research, a summer fellows program, computer scientist workshops, and internship programs. This grant supplements our three-year October 2017 support. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. Update: In November 2019, we added funding to the original award amount. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Dezernat Zukunft — Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Europe (2019) | 100,000 | Dezernat Zukunft | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Dezernat Zukunft staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €91,000 (approximately $100,000 at the time of conversion) to Dezernat Zukunft to support its work on monetary and fiscal policy in Europe. Currently run by volunteers, Dezernat Zukunft is a nonpartisan German think tank that seeks to gear European monetary and fiscal policies towards encouraging employment gains and sharing prosperity more widely. Dezernat Zukunft plans to use these funds to increase its organizational capacity, specifically by hiring a full-time staff person, and to support its ability to disseminate innovative macroeconomic policy proposals among policymakers, the press, and the general public. This falls under our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (March 2018) | 500,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. National Council staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Council) via Families for Justice as Healing for general support. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Update: In July 2018, we added $250,000 to the original award amount. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| PICO National Network — Live Free Campaign | 1,394,250 | PICO National Network | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PICO National Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,394,250 to the PICO National Network to support the national Live Free Campaign. The Live Free Campaign is a movement of PICO-affiliated organizations and congregations committed to addressing the causes of violence and mass incarceration in communities across the country. The campaign's main activities were intended to include community organizing and outreach; advocating for reforms attempting to reduce gun violence and mass incarceration; and civic engagement. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is excited to support the PICO National Network's work because of their strong organizing infrastructure, detailed strategic planning, and criminal justice experience. Her main reservations include the difficulties of maintaining consistent quality and cohesion among many affiliates and the fact that PICO has relatively little experience with some of the proposed 501(c)(4) civic engagement and advocacy strategies (for example, educating voters on the differences between candidates). The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the PICO Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with the PICO National Network. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| LatinoJustice — Work to End Mass Incarceration (2019) | 400,000 | LatinoJustice | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LatinoJustice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to LatinoJustice to support the Criminal Justice Reform Policy & Practice Center. The Center's advocacy, communications, and litigation aims to support criminal justice policy reforms that safely reduce incarceration and seeks to encourage more key Latinx organizations and leaders to support criminal justice reform. This discretionary grant follows our February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| A New Way of Life — General Support | 25,000 | A New Way of Life | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. A New Way of Life staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to A New Way of Life (ANWOL) for general support. ANWOL organizes and mobilizes formerly incarcerated people as advocates for social change and personal transformation. This funding is intended to enable ANWOL to maintain its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide relief to members affected by the virus. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Faith in Action — Street Certified | 400,000 | Faith in Action | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Faith in Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to Faith in Action to support Street Certified, a leadership development and training program for formerly incarcerated leaders, led by Brittany White. Street Certified is a project of the national Live Free Campaign. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — National Bail Fund Network | 404,800 | Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Brooklyn Community Bail Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $404,800 to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (BCBF) to support its National Bail Fund Network, led by Pilar Weiss. The Network is comprised of bail funds around the country—including immigration and movement-oriented funds as well as more traditional community-based funds engaging with local criminal justice systems—which pay bail for defendants who cannot otherwise afford to pay bail. On average, 60% of people sitting in jails, sometimes for weeks and months at a time, have not yet been convicted of a crime, and many are there largely because they cannot afford to pay bail.1 Bail fund interventions allow defendants to return home rather than going to jail while awaiting trial, removing the pressure for defendants to plead guilty just to get out of jail, thereby reducing the number of guilty pleas and staving off other harms caused by pre-trial detention. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, believes that organizing and advocacy in partnership with bail funds can help increase media attention and shift public support in favor of needed policy reforms, as well as put pressure on local systems to change practices. She does not endorse the idea of bail funds as being institutionalized as an alternative to current criminal justice system practices, but rather as a useful tactical device that can assist campaigns while also reducing the number of people sitting in jails prior to their convictions. We previously supported BCBF with a grant in 2016, and were pleased with achievements over the last year including: the launch of six bail funds; hosting a national convening; and supporting the “Mama’s Bail Out Day” campaign, which was produced by a broad coalition of organizations who worked together to bail over 100 mothers out of jail. BCBF served as a fiscal sponsor and provided other strategic and administrative support for organizations involved with the campaign, which raised more than $1,000,000 from the public through crowdfunding activities. BCBF plans to use our renewal funding to support the following goals: Continue to develop the National Bail Fund Network as a useful and energetic networking and strategic planning space. Support creative and impactful tactical bail out interventions. Produce and disseminate analysis on community bail funds and bail out actions. Launch new community justice pilots with members of the National Bail Fund Network. Provide technical assistance, strategic planning, and fundraising support for new and emerging bail funds. Serve as connector across the bail reform organizing space. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE NY Times, The Bail Trap, 2015 Source (archive) | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| One Voice — General Support | 20,000 | One Voice | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. One Voice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $20,000 to One Voice via A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds for general support. One Voice is a new nonprofit led by Andy Potter, Vice President and Chief of Staff of the Michigan Corrections Organization and a lifelong correctional officer. One Voice hopes to engage a diverse set of stakeholders to explore the role that corrections officers might play in advancing a common ground approach to criminal justice reform. One of its initial activities, just recently completed, involved organizing a meeting of corrections representatives, union leaders, and criminal justice reformers (including some of our current grantees) to identify common ground issues, discuss systems change strategies, and build relationships. We see value in supporting more direct engagement with corrections professionals and unions—particularly around efforts aimed at building a multi-stakeholder approach to advancing criminal justice reform—and want to increase One Voice's capacity to facilitate this. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| University of Southern California — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (July 2019) | 2,250,000 | usc | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SSGAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,250,000 to the University of Southern California (USC) to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication, most notably through their discussions of frequently asked questions. Approximately 20% of this grant is intended to support work on bioethics and the public discussion of these topics. This follows our January 2019 support for USC and falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2017) | 25,000 | Smart Justice CA | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Smart Justice CA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to Smart Justice CA via The Advocacy Fund to support lobbying on criminal justice bills during the 2017 California legislative session. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Washington Center for Equitable Growth — Macroeconomic Policy Research | 750,000 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Washington Center for Equitable Growth staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 over two years to the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to hire a director of macroeconomic policy and research staff. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth conducts and funds research on the effect of economic inequality on economic growth and stability in the United States. It recently partnered with the Hamilton Project to publish the book Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy, which proposes policies for preparing for and mitigating the long-term effects of the next economic recession. This follows our October 2018 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing (2019) | 450,000 | Forward Justice | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Forward Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $450,000 over two years to Forward Justice to support its statewide criminal justice reform organizing work in North Carolina. Forward Justice, led by nationally prominent formerly incarcerated advocate Daryl Atkinson, plans to use these funds to promote prosecutor accountability, train formerly incarcerated people in leadership and organizing skills, and coordinate justice coalitions throughout the state. This follows our November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Community Based Public Safety Collective — General Support | 150,000 | Community Based Public Safety Collective | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Community Based Public Safety Collective staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Community Based Public Safety (CBPS) Collective, via the Newark Community Street Team, for general support. The CBPS Collective is a new national network supporting local community-based violence interruption programs. Its launch came out of the Newark Community Street Team’s scan of existing projects deploying community-based public safety strategies, which we supported in September 2020. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund — National Bail Fund Network (2018) | 100,000 | Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BCBF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (BCBF) to support its National Bail Fund Network, led by Pilar Weiss. The funds will support a pilot project exploring a partnership between bail funds and participatory defense, two emerging models we believe could lead to high community engagement in justice system processes. In addition to this grant, we also recommended a grant to Silicon Valley De-Bug, which will be collaborating with BCBF on this project. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for the Governance of AI — General Support (2020) | 450,000 | — | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. GovAI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 to the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI), via the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative, for general support. GovAI intends to use these funds to support the visit of two senior researchers and a postdoc researcher. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Photo Patch Foundation — General Support | 10,000 | Photo Patch Foundation | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Photo Patch Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $10,000 to Photo Patch Foundation for general support. Photo Patch has a website and an app that allows kids with incarcerated parents to send letters and pictures to their parents in prison for free. This diminishes barriers, helps families remain in touch, and reduces the number of children who have not communicated with their parents in weeks, months, or sometimes years. Our grant will pay for packaging, shipping, and other related costs. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| University of Southern California — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (January 2019) | 2,250,000 | usc | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SSGAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,250,000 to the University of Southern California (USC) to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication, most notably through their discussions of frequently asked questions. Approximately 20% of this grant is intended to support work on bioethics and the public discussion of these topics. This follows our April 2016 support for USC and falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| George Washington University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship | 450,000 | George Washington University | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. George Washington University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $450,000 over two years to George Washington University to support a fellowship related to innovation policy and national security. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support (February 2018) | 100,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) for general support. CWN is a 501(c)(3) organization led by Simone Levine that utilizes over 100 volunteers annually to observe and collect data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Its observations and data are then compiled into regular reports, which can be used by the general public and advocacy groups for work related to criminal justice reform. We previously recommended a $100,000 grant to CWN in October 2017. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, considers CWN to be a good source of learning and training on court watching methodology. For more on Chloe's thoughts about CWN, see her section in a recent blog post, which suggests CWN as a good giving option for individual donors. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers (2016) | 4,000,000 | JustLeadershipUSA | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. JustLeadershipUSA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. In December 2016, the Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $4,000,000 over two years to JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) to support its campaign to close the Rikers Island Prison Complex in New York City (#CLOSErikers). See the "Case for the grant" section of our 2015 grant page for rationale on why we decided to support this project. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, was excited to continue supporting JLUSA due to her confidence in the leadership of Glenn Martin and his team, as well as her impressions of JLUSA's progress in the year between the previous grant and this one. In particular, she was pleased that JLUSA: met their infrastructure and hiring goals; established a strong media presence; successfully built a coalition of more than 100 New York City organizations and hosted well-attended, bi-monthly meetings; worked with allies to secure an agreement from the Mayor that she believes will likely result in a small but important reduction in the standing population of minors (aged 16-17) detained at Rikers; partnered with others to help pass a “speedy trial” bill through the New York State Assembly with bipartisan support; worked with campaign supporters to lead the effort to stop the construction of a new $500 million jail facility on Rikers; and altered the political discourse around the closure of Rikers—for example, by encouraging the Speaker of the City Council to propose an Independent Commission on Criminal Justice Reform (Glenn Martin served as one of the Commissioners), creating a public platform for the City Comptroller to announce support for the closure of Rikers, and securing public support for the closure of Rikers from prominent voices, including a number of other elected city and state officials. A very significant development, which occurred in the time between our decision to recommend these grants and our publishing of this page, was that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio publicly committed to closing Rikers [ref]Archived copy of link: New York Times, March 2017 [archive only][/ref] within 10 years. While much work remains to actually guarantee closure, Chloe believes this announcement was a result of JLUSA's leadership on the #CLOSErikers campaign. Funding for these grants was intended to expand JLUSA's overall campaign capacity over 2017 and 2018 to continue advocating for the closure of Rikers. Due to the nature of the campaign and its evolving conditions, it was difficult to predict exact uses of these grant funds at the time of the recommendation. Examples of potential expenditures discussed with JLUSA included: Provide re-grants at JLUSA's discretion to other New York city/state organizations supporting work aligned with the #CLOSErikers campaign. Hire public relations firms to develop a strong public presence. Increase JLUSA's policy research and analysis capacity through hiring additional, dedicated policy staff. Conduct polling/research relevant to the #CLOSErikers campaign. Increase JLUSA's social media presence and celebrity endorsements in order to raise the campaign's profile in New York City. These grants fall within our work on criminal justice reform. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. Sources Document Source New York Times, March 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform | 150,000 | Free Hearts | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Free Hearts staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to Free Hearts to support criminal justice reform work. Free Hearts is an organizing and advocacy group based in Nashville, which works with formerly incarcerated and currently incarcerated women and girls to reduce female incarceration. Free Hearts plans to use these funds to expand its member base to cover all 31 judicial districts across Tennessee and to work on legislation and campaigns around diversion policy, increased clemency, and more pretrial release. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation — Disability Rights Fellowship | 45,000 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. American Civil Liberties Union Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $45,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation's Disability Rights Program to support a fellowship for Zoe Brennan-Krohn, a disability rights attorney. Ms. Brennan-Krohn plans to use this grant to pilot litigation and advocacy to move people with mental disabilities from jails to communities. She will be working under the supervision of Susan Mizner, whose work is well-regarded by Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform and the investigator for this grant. We see this grant as an opportunity to support the training of an early-career attorney who we believe has the potential to become a powerful advocate for reducing incarceration of people with mental disabilities. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform (June 2019) | 200,000 | New Virginia Majority Education Fund | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Virginia New Majority Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to New Virginia Majority to support work on criminal justice reform. New Virginia Majority, a base-building organization working on securing rights restoration for the formerly incarcerated, intends to use these funds to support issue organizing, including hiring organizers, doing communications, and leveraging infrastructure to educate and mobilize their base. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This follows our October 2018 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| San Francisco Rising — Prosecutor Accountability | 50,000 | San Francisco Rising | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. San Francisco Rising staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to San Francisco Rising to support work on prosecutor accountability in San Francisco. San Francisco Rising is a coalition of groups that seeks to organize marginalized communities for prosecutor accountability. Our criminal justice reform team believes that this effort could help San Francisco’s recently elected prosecutor implement reform-minded policies. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — Organizational Development | 36,957 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. RSPCA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £30,000 ($36,957 at the time of conversion) to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for organizational development. This follows our February 2017 grant to the RSPCA. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (December 2018) | 350,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $350,000 to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Council) for general support. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2021) | 117,300 | Working Families Party | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Party staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $117,300 to the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party. This contribution is intended to support the Working Families Party’s work on criminal justice issues, including electing prosecutors who are supportive of criminal justice reform, and not other priorities of the Working Families Party. The funding will allow the Working Families Party to recruit, interview, and support potentially reform-minded prosecutor candidates throughout New York State. This follows our May 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Just Liberty— General Support (April 2019) | 100,000 | Just Liberty | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Just Liberty staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Just Liberty for general support. Just Liberty intends to use these funds to continue its organizing, lobbying, and outreach activities to build support for criminal justice reform in Texas. Many of its activities appeal to center-right voters, whose voices may be impactful on Republican lawmakers. This discretionary grant follows our January 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2020) | 465,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Popular Democracy staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $465,000 to the Center for Popular Democracy to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve. Fed Up plans to use this funding to build up grassroots support for policies that prioritize full employment during and following the current economic crisis. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GoalsRL — Workshop on Goal Specifications for Reinforcement Learning | 7,500 | GoalsRL | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GoalsRL staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended an award of $7,500 to offset travel, registration, and other expenses associated with attending the GoalsRL 2018 workshop on goal specifications for reinforcement learning. The workshop was organized by Ashley Edwards, a recent computer science PhD candidate interested in reward learning. This funding is discretionary and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| ReFrame — SPIN Academy | 45,000 | ReFrame | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ReFrame staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $45,000 to ReFrame via Proteus Fund to support criminal justice reform leaders seeking communications training with SPIN Academy. This discretionary grant follows our May 2018 support to SPIN Academy and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Just Liberty — General Support (November 2019) | 320,000 | Just Liberty | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Just Liberty staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $320,000 to Just Liberty for general support. Just Liberty intends to use these funds to continue its lobbying and outreach activities to build support for criminal justice reform in Texas. Many of its activities appeal to center-right voters, whose voices may be impactful on Republican lawmakers. This follows our April 2019 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide Just Liberty with approximately 18 months of operating support. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Mass Liberation Project — General Support (2019) | 600,000 | Mass Liberation Project | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mass Liberation Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $600,000 to the Mass Liberation Project, via Tides Advocacy, to support work on training and organizing for prosecutor accountability. The Mass Liberation Project intends to use these funds to train directly impacted people as organizers and leaders in their communities, to support organizers to set the context for electing and re-electing reform-minded prosecutors, and to provide coaching and guidance to groups, especially those led by formerly incarcerated people. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Note: The first of these grants was awarded in December 2018. This page has been updated to reflect a second grant awarded subsequently, and the "grant amount" above includes both grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship | 300,000 | The Soze Agency | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Soze Agency staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to The Soze Agency via The Soze Foundation to support its Right of Return fellowship program for formerly incarcerated artists. This is a renewal and expansion of our December 2016 grant, which The Soze Agency used to support seven artists. Co-founders and previous fellows Jesse Krimes and Russell Craig will continue to provide mentorship and leadership for the new class. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2020) | 940,000 | International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $940,000 over two years to the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation for its work on safety and security, led by Piers Millett. iGEM is an international synthetic biology competition for students. We believe that supporting iGEM’s safety and security work could help raise awareness about biosecurity among current and future synthetic biologists. This funding will enable iGEM to hire additional staff and host workshops related to biosafety and security. This follows our November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Vera Institute of Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Report | 50,000 | vera-institute | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Vera Institute of Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Vera Institute of Justice to create a report on the state of safety and justice reform, which it hopes will function as a guide to help people outside the criminal justice reform movement (including new funders, allies, academics, and business leaders) to orient themselves to the field. The Vera Institute of Justice also plans to give 4-6 presentations in order to broaden the set of people engaged in criminal justice reform. This is a seed grant intended to help the Vera Institute of Justice raise the remaining funding it will need to create the report and fund launch events. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Rights Center Japan — Broiler and Layer Hen Campaigns | 274,000 | Animal Rights Center Japan | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ARCJ staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $274,000 over two years to Animal Rights Center Japan to support broiler and layer hen campaigns, including campaigns on humane slaughter. Hundreds of millions of farmed birds are consumed in Japan each year. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Ayni Institute — Criminal Justice Reform Coaching (2021) | 100,000 | Ayni Institute | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Ayni Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Ayni Institute to support coaching and training on strategy, coordination, and scaling as part of its digital Movement Ecology program. The Ayni Institute plans to provide this support to other organizations working on criminal justice reform. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Georgetown University — Center on Poverty and Inequality | 50,000 | The Center on Poverty and Inequality | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Center on Poverty and Inequity staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Georgetown University to support the Center on Poverty and Inequality’s work on enhancing automatic fiscal stabilizers. Automatic fiscal stabilizers are taxes and government programs that respond automatically to changing economic conditions, and do not require additional Congressional action. We believe they are important for mitigating the effects of economic downturns. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Oxford — New Office for Effective Altruism Organizations | 776,271 | university-of-oxford | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. University of Oxford staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $776,271 to the University of Oxford and the Centre for Effective Altruism to support a new office CEA will share with the Forethought Foundation, the Future of Humanity Institute, and the Global Priorities Institute. This follows previous grants to three of the organizations who will share the new office. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we've presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (October 2016) | 31,500 | Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $31,500 to the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund (CPD Action) to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve, and specifically in the selection of regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents and leaders. We have written in more detail about our rationale for supporting this campaign on our 2014, 2015, and 2016 grant pages to the Center for Popular Democracy, a 501(c)(3) affiliated with CPD Action. CPD Action expects to use this funding primarily for lobbying activities associated with the campaign. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2019) | 950,000 | Voters Organized to Educate | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Voters Organized to Educate staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $950,000 over two years to Voters Organized to Educate ("Voters Organized") for general support. Voters Organized intends to use this funding to hire an organizing director and continue its work to reduce incarceration in Louisiana. This follows our February 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Good Films Impact — “Just Mercy” Engagement | 125,000 | Good Films Impact | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Good Films Impact staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to Good Films Impact to support cultural engagement around the Los Angeles release of the film "Just Mercy." Good Films Impact plans to use these funds to leverage attention around the film to increase engagement on prosecutor accountability and other criminal justice reform issues. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Silicon Valley De-Bug — Participatory Defense / Bail Fund Pilot | 20,600 | Silicon Valley De-Bug | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Silicon Valley De-Bug staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $20,600 to Silicon Valley De-Bug to support a pilot project exploring a partnership between bail funds and participatory defense, led by Raj Jayadev. We consider bail funds and participatory defense emerging models that could lead to high community engagement in justice system processes. In addition to this grant, we also recommended a grant to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, which will be collaborating with Silicon Valley De-Bug on this project. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation — Prosecutorial Accountability | 150,000 | Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. This funding is intended to enable SOUL to train organizers and faith leaders in campaigning, push for policy changes, and frame the media narrative on criminal justice issues broadly and prosecutor-related topics in particular. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — Regranting to Promising Projects | 500,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (National Council) to support regranting to promising leaders and projects consistent with its mission. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Just Liberty — General Support | 530,000 | Just Liberty | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Just Liberty staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $530,000 to Just Liberty for general support. The funds were intended to primarily cover expenses related to piloting and potentially expanding a digital media campaign—including the creation and maintenance of a statewide email list devoted to criminal justice issues—as well as staffing support for traditional grassroots organizing and outreach activities. Just Liberty’s constituency includes center-right voters concerned about criminal justice reform, whose voices are likely to be impactful on Republican lawmakers. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Farm Forward — Exit Grant | 166,000 | Farm Forward, Inc | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Farm Forward staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $166,000 to Farm Forward to continue to seek commitments from universities, hospitals, and companies to source certified higher-welfare animal products. We previously recommended a grant in February 2018. This new funding represents an “exit grant” that will provide Farm Forward with approximately one year of operating support. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy (2020) | 200,000 | niskanen-center | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Niskanen Center staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Niskanen Center to support its work on immigration policy. The Niskanen Center, a libertarian think tank, seeks to reduce barriers to immigration by developing and disseminating information, arguments, and policy ideas. This follows our January 2018 support and falls within our focus area of immigration policy. It represents an "exit grant" that will provide the Niskanen Center immigration team with an additional year of support. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animals Australia Federation — Pig Welfare in Indonesia | 48,324 | Animals Australia Federation | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animals Australia staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $48,324 to Animals Australia Federation to support trainings into the more humane treatment of pigs at slaughter in Indonesia, with an emphasis on Bali. Animals Australia Federation plans to use these funds to conduct a literature review to inform protocols, draft and reach an agreement on the protocols, and visit slaughterhouses to conduct trainings. According to Animals Australia Federation, nearly 400,000 pigs are slaughtered annually in Bali. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Color Of Change — Criminal Justice Reform (2018) | 1,000,000 | Color of Change | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color of Change staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to Color of Change to support their work on prosecutor reform and narrative change. This grant will support Color of Change to continue increasing the salience of prosecutor and bail reform at a national level and support local groups to win electoral and prosecutorial accountability campaigns in various jurisdictions. See our criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform and its relation to our primary goal of reducing incarceration. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a renewal of our December 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2017) | 75,000 | Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizens for Juvenile Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $75,000 to Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ) for general support. These grants represent a renewal of our 2016 grant recommendation to CfJJ, and will allow it to continue advocating for reforms to the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, in particular, raising the age of criminal court jurisdiction to 21. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. These are discretionary grants, and fall within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| La Defensa — General Support | 280,000 | La Defensa | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. A La Defensa staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $280,000 over two years to La Defensa, via Tides Advocacy, for general support of its criminal justice reform work. La Defensa seeks to organize and empower impacted community members to advocate for decarceration in Los Angeles County, which currently contains the largest jail system in the country. This follows our January 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Court Watch NOLA — Coalition Coordination (2019) | 57,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CWN staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $57,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) to support coordination of a coalition of community groups working on criminal justice reform in New Orleans. CWN plans to use these funds to support administration, coordination, and logistics work to collaborate with other local organizations to develop shared positions on key reforms and to produce a position paper summarizing their shared conclusions. This discretionary grant follows our November 2018 general support grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Justice Team Network — JusticeLA Campaign | 400,000 | Justice Team Network | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Justice Team Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 to Justice Team Network, via Tides Advocacy, to support its work on the JusticeLA campaign. Justice Team Network intends to use this funding for base-building (e.g. town halls), lobbying, communications, and research activities related to the campaign. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to Dignity and Power Now, a 501(c)(3) affiliated with the Justice Team Network. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources Document Source CNN, September 2016 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure | 500,000 | Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Representatives of the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to support work on the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (Reform L.A. Jails). If passed by voters, Reform L.A. Jails will task Los Angeles leaders with developing a comprehensive plan to reduce jail populations and to redirect the cost savings to alternatives to incarceration, which advocates believe will reduce recidivism, prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling into and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues. Reform L.A. Jails is a project of the Justice Team Network, to whom we previously made a grant in February 2018 to support base-building, lobbying, communications, and research activities related to the JusticeLA campaign. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Berkeley — Adversarial Robustness Research (Dawn Song) | 330,000 | uc-berkeley | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson and Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support research by Professor Dawn Song on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2020) | 3,298,715 | global-priorities-institute | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. GPI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,298,715 to the Global Priorities Institute (GPI), via the University of Oxford, for general support. GPI is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational research to inform the decision-making of individuals and institutions seeking to do as much good as possible. GPI intends to use this funding to support global priorities research, specifically by hiring additional early-career, non-tenured research fellows with expertise in philosophy or economics. This follows our February 2018 support. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — General Support | 150,000 | beri | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BERI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) for general support. BERI seeks to reduce existential risks to humanity, and collaborates with other longtermist organizations, including the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley. This funding is intended to help BERI establish new collaborations. This follows our January 2019 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — Criminal Justice Reform (2020) | 30,000 | Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Power Coalition for Equity and Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, via Public Allies, to continue to support its work on criminal justice reform in Louisiana. The Power Coalition organizes and promotes civic engagement among Louisiana’s historically overlooked communities. The Power Coalition plans to use these funds to provide fundraising and strategy trainings to its coalition of Louisiana criminal justice reform groups. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Mercy for Animals — Corporate Campaigns (2021) | 3,000,000 | Mercy For Animals | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Demonstration supported by Mercy for Animals. (Photo courtesy of Mercy for Animals.) Grant investigators: Lewis Bollard and Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. MFA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 to Mercy for Animals (MFA) to support corporate engagement on animal welfare. MFA plans to use this funding to continue its cage-free and broiler welfare corporate campaigns in Latin America and the United States, respectively. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Court Watch NOLA — Coalition Coordination (2020) | 35,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CWN staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $35,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) to support coordination of a coalition of community groups working on criminal justice reform in New Orleans. CWN plans to use these funds to continue to support administration, coordination, and logistics work to collaborate with other local organizations to develop and publicize shared positions on key reforms. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (2020) | 300,000 | Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $300,000 to support work on the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (Reform L.A. Jails). If passed by voters, Measure R will significantly strengthen civilian oversight of the Sheriff's Department and task Los Angeles leaders with developing a comprehensive plan to reduce jail populations and redirect the cost savings to alternatives to incarceration. Advocates believe this will ensure accountability, reduce recidivism, prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling into and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| People’s Action — Prosecutor Accountability | 1,927,640 | People's Action | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. People's Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,927,640 over two years to People's Action to support its prosecutor accountability campaign.We originally recommended a two-year, $1,674,000 grant to People's Action in March 2017. In February 2018, we restructured the recommendation to include a larger second-year payment, bringing the total grant amount to $1,927,640 over two years. People's Action is a national organization driven by local and state organizing, with member organizations across several states. Using this funding, they plan to expand their community organizing and advocacy activities related to prosecutor accountability and reform to several new cities and regions such as Brooklyn, Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee. The broad goal was intended to be to mobilize stakeholders to advocate for policy reforms that reduce incarceration levels, particularly through movement building and voter engagement and outreach. We expect these funds to cover expenses related to personnel, leadership gatherings, communications, materials and supplies, travel and lodging, and re-grants to member organizations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the People's Action Institute, a 501(c)(3) affiliated with People's Action. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative — General Support (2017) | 2,000,000 | Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SRMGI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,000,000 to the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI) via the Environmental Defense Fund for general support. The funding is intended to help support SRMGI's on-going governance work related to solar radiation management (SRM), and will additionally help support a new research fund for modeling the impacts of SRM across the developing world, called the Developing Country Impacts Modeling Analysis for SRM (DECIMALS). This is the second grant we have recommended to SRMGI, and our July 2015 grant page includes more information on our case for the funding as well our perceived risks and reservations, which remain largely unchanged. In short, our impression is that there is globally very little work focused on improving the governance of potential SRM implementation, and we therefore consider funding SRMGI as an opportunity to build a sparse field. Additionally, we are inclined to agree with SRMGI’s case that it is important to increase the engagement of experts in the developing world with SRM governance issues. This grant falls within our work on mitigating global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Global Development — Labor Mobility Partnerships | 709,888 | center-for-global-development | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for Global Development staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $709,888 over 1.5 years to the Center for Global Development to support a working group on and incubation of a new organization aimed at enhancing international labor mobility. The new organization, called LaMP (Labor Mobility Partnerships), hopes to assist countries negotiating new legal channels for migration on terms of mutual benefit and to generate research and evidence on effective labor mobility regimes, in the ultimate service of reducing global poverty and inequality. Rebekah Smith and Lant Pritchett, who will be working together on the incubation and launch, proposed the idea for this type of organization in a 2016 CGD working paper. This grant follows previous support to the Center for Global Development's migration program in March 2014 and March 2017, and falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Vote Safe — Criminal Justice Reform Policy Advocacy | 250,000 | Vote Safe | 2016-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Vote Safe representatives also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $250,000 to Vote Safe for criminal justice reform policy advocacy.1 Vote Safe is affiliated with Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ), an advocacy and policy reform organization that developed the first statewide network for crime victims supporting justice reform. Vote Safe crafted and ran the successful campaign for Proposition 47, a 2014 California ballot measure that reduced incarceration by changing several low-level felonies to misdemeanors, and reallocating the prison cost savings to prevention and treatment.2 The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to the Alliance for Safety and Justice, a national organization aiming to build off and scale up the success of CSJ. This funding falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE The New York Times 2015 Source (archive) | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Reclaim Philadelphia — Judge Accountability Work (2019) | 170,000 | Reclaim Philadelphia | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Reclaim Philadelphia staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $170,000 to Reclaim Philadelphia, via the Keystone Progress Education Fund, to support work coordinating the Judge Accountability Table coalition. The Judge Accountability Table, formed by a coalition of 15 local organizations, plans to use these funds to build a website, to hire organizers to lead participatory defense, courtwatching, education, and accountability measures, and to develop leaders who have been directly impacted by the criminal justice system. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Penn State University — Emergency Food Research (Charles Anderson) | 109,063 | Penn State University | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Scientific Research Areas] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Penn State University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $109,063 to Penn State University to support Professor Charles Anderson's research on production of food from unconventional sources in a situation of low global insolation. This funding will support a team of faculty and graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral students to develop a proposal outlining possible future research projects that might alleviate food shortages following a great power war or similar event leading to nuclear winter. This falls within our work on scientific research and is related to our efforts to reduce global catastrophic risks. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Texas Inmate Families Association — General Support (2020) | 120,000 | Texas Inmate Families Association | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TIFA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $120,000 to the Texas Inmate Families Association (TIFA) for general support. TIFA provides support, education, and advocacy for family members of incarcerated individuals. This follows our February 2018 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide TIFA with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (2019) | 400,000 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CCJRC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) to support criminal justice reform work, including prosecutor accountability. CCJRC plans to use these funds to mobilize members to participate in community meetings, candidate forums, and voter registration drives, to work on implementing criminal justice legislation passed earlier this year, and to support further legislative reforms in future years. This follows our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Santa Cruz — Adversarial Robustness Research | 265,000 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson and Nick Beckstead This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Santa Cruz staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $265,000 over three years to UC Santa Cruz to support early-career research by Cihang Xie on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Workers Center for Racial Justice — Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2020) | 20,000 | Workers Center for Racial Justice | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Workers Center for Racial Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $20,000 to the Workers Center for Racial Justice to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. This funding is intended to enable the Workers Center for Racial Justice to support local organizing to ensure Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s policies are keeping communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration and to continue to set the context for electing and re-electing reform-minded prosecutors. This follows our July 2019 support and represents an "exit grant." It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Employ America — General Support (2021) | 1,250,000 | Employ America | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Employ America staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,250,000 to Employ America for general support. Employ America makes the public and intellectual case for policies that support full employment and seeks to build a broad set of allies to further that goal. It produces research and analysis on the state of the labor market and current and potential macroeconomic policies and policymakers. Employ America was founded by Sam Bell, who has consulted for us and our grantee Fed Up. This follows our July 2020 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support | 300,000 | Safety and Justice Action Fund | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Safety and Justice Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to the Safety and Justice Action Fund (SJAF) to support prosecutorial reform efforts in Oregon. Funds for this project were intended to primarily cover costs related to program staffing, contracting fees, and polling activities to be used for future lobbying efforts. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Justice Collaborative — General Support (November 2019) | 600,000 | The Justice Collaborative | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TJC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 to The Justice Collaborative (TJC), via the Tides Foundation and Tides Advocacy, for general support. TJC plans to use these funds to conduct polling and research around criminal justice reform issues and contested prosecutorial elections across the country, and to partner more closely with advocates on the ground in key jurisdictions. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — Criminal Justice Reform Work | 450,000 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition,Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action | 2021-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CCJRC also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended $400,000 over two years to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) and $50,000 to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action (CCJRC4Action) to support criminal justice reform work. CCJRC and CCJRC4Action plan to use this funding to continue work supporting decarceration measures, crime survivors, youth violence reduction programs, and educating the public on prosecutor accountability. This follows our October 2020 support for CCJRC4Action and our August 2019 support for CCJRC and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| People’s Action Institute — Prosecutor Accountability | 279,000 | People's Action Institute | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. People's Action Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $279,000 to the People's Action Institute to support its prosecutor accountability campaign.We originally recommended a two-year, $558,000 grant to the People's Action Institute in March 2017. In January 2018, we increased our funding recommendation to People's Action, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with the People's Action Institute, and the second payment on the People's Action Institute grant was cancelled. The People's Action Institute is a national organization driven by local and state organizing, with member organizations across several states. Using this funding, they plan to expand their community organizing and public education activities related to prosecutor accountability and reform to several new cities and regions. The broad goal will be to mobilize stakeholders to advocate for reforms that reduce incarceration levels. We expect these funds to cover expenses related to personnel, leadership trainings, consulting fees, materials and supplies, communications, travel and lodging, and re-grants to member organizations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to People's Action, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with the People's Action Institute. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| SPCA Selangor — Farm Animal Welfare | 134,000 | SPCA Selangor | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SPCA Selangor staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $134,000 over two years to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Selangor (SPCA Selangor) to start a farm animal welfare program largely focused on a cage-free campaign for layer and broiler hens. SPCA Selangor plans to build connections to retailers and producers, attend trainings, workshops, and meetings, and reach out to the government in Malaysia, where millions of farmed birds are consumed each year. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice — Campaign Academy | 250,000 | Alliance for Safety and Justice | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ), via the Tides Center, to support its Campaign Academy for Safety and Justice. The Campaign Academy trains people impacted by crime and incarceration in campaigning, negotiations, and communications. The course focuses primarily on those who are survivors of crime or were formerly incarcerated and have relevant experience and vision of how their communities can be transformed. ASJ believes leaders who go through the Campaign Academy may eventually support legislative work and other criminal justice reform campaigns. This follows our November 2018 general operating support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Employ America — General Support (April 2019) | 300,000 | Employ America | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Employ America staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $300,000 to help launch Employ America and cover a six-month pilot period. Employ America will focus on making the public and intellectual case for policies that support full employment and building a broader set of allies to further that goal, especially with an eye to the next economic downturn. In order to do so, it will produce research and analysis on the state of the labor market and current and potential macroeconomic policies and policymakers. It will be led by Sam Bell, who has previously consulted for us and our grantee Fed Up. As labor market conditions have improved over the last few years, we’ve become less confident about the appropriate short term stance of monetary policy, but we continue to believe it is worthwhile to support research and advocacy like this, at least through the next recession. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Protect the People — Exit Grant | 50,000 | Protect the People | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Protect the People staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended $50,000 to Protect the People, as an exit grant to close out our support of its program helping workers from Haiti to access seasonal work in the U.S. We wrote a more detailed update on the program and this grant decision on this page. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveWell — General Support (October 2020) | 2,389,753 | — | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] GiveWell staff reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,389,753 to GiveWell for general support. GiveWell is a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities. We expect this grant to increase the availability of high-quality information and analysis about charities and giving opportunities, thereby increasing the impact of donors who use GiveWell’s research. Read more about Open Philanthropy’s relationship to GiveWell here. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics — Macroeconomic Research Projects | 400,000 | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PIIE staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) to support a pair of research projects on macroeconomic stabilization policy. Karen Dynan, a PIIE nonresident senior fellow, Harvard professor, and former chief economist at the Treasury Department, will study the optimal design of automatic stabilizer programs — taxes and government programs that respond automatically to changing economic conditions. Jason Furman, a PIIE nonresident senior fellow and formerly chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, will study the costs and benefits of allowing employment to exceed some estimates of full employment. We see these both as crucially important questions in macroeconomic stabilization policy and believe Dynan and Furman are especially well-placed to address them in an influential and informative fashion. This follows our April 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| GiveWell — General Support (January 2020) | 2,245,570 | — | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] GiveWell staff reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,245,570 to GiveWell for general operating support. GiveWell is a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities. We expect this grant to increase the availability of high-quality information and analysis about charities and giving opportunities, thereby increasing the impact of donors who use GiveWell’s research. Read more about Open Philanthropy's relationship to GiveWell here. This grant provides 18 months of general operating support, including retroactive funding for a portion of GiveWell’s 2019 operating costs. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Michigan Liberation — Prosecutor Accountability (2020) | 80,000 | Michigan Liberation | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Michigan Liberation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $80,000 to Michigan Liberation to support its criminal justice reform work on prosecutor accountability. Michigan Liberation is a community organizing group that seeks to reduce incarceration by advocating for comprehensive criminal justice reform. This funding will help Michigan Liberation promote accountability and assist organizers in setting the context for reform-minded prosecutor candidates. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Momentum — Criminal Justice Reform Trainings (2020) | 9,000 | Momentum | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Momentum staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $9,000 to Momentum, a training institute and movement incubator, to reconvene organizers who have participated in the Black Momentum training series. Momentum plans to use these funds to work with Black Momentum alumni to identify and synthesize lessons from contemporary and historic social movements. Many of those who plan to attend the training are involved in criminal justice reform work. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Stanford University — Infant Immunome Study (Mark Davis, Justin Sonnenburg, and Bali Pulendran) | 8,293,676 | stanford-university | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $8,293,676 over six years to Stanford University to augment the National Institutes of Health's studies on the infant immunome and influenza. The studies will enroll mother-infant pairs and follow them from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child is three to four years of age, and will leverage new sequencing techniques to analyze the adaptive immune system. Our supplemental funding seeks to advance understanding of core mechanisms in immunology, including the role of the innate immune system and the microbiome in combating pathogens beyond influenza, that could lead to changes in how vaccines are developed and used. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing and our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Faith in Texas — Justice System Reform (2019) | 150,000 | Faith in Texas | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Faith in Texas staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Faith in Texas to support its decarceration work in Dallas. This funding is intended to help Faith in Texas train formerly incarcerated leaders to organize faith communities for reform in the local detention and justice systems. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Essie Justice Group — General Support (December 2019) | 3,000,000 | Essie Justice Group | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Essie Justice Group staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over three years to Essie Justice Group for general support. Essie Justice Group organizes women with incarcerated loved ones for criminal justice reform. Essie Justice Group plans to use these funds to build its membership, train women impacted by incarceration in advocacy, and lead decarceration campaigns in California. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within the focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing (2018) | 150,000 | Forward Justice | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Forward Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to Forward Justice, led by nationally prominent formerly incarcerated advocate Daryl Atkinson, to support local prosecutor accountability and organizing work in North Carolina in Durham and Pitt counties. This funding will support Forward Justice to continue to grow the local chapter of All of Us or None, and will also support local organizing, public forums, and town halls to work with Durham's newly elected district attorney to ensure policies are keeping communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration. This is a renewal of our May 2017 grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ordinary People Society — General Support (2017) | 280,000 | The Ordinary People Society | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TOPS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $280,000 to The Ordinary People Society (TOPS) for general support. This grant represents a renewal of our 2016 grant to TOPS, and will support its work organizing and training a network of pastors to advocate for criminal justice reform across Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the Prodigal Child Project, a new 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with TOPS. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Royal Veterinary College — Halal Poultry Slaughter Research | 130,850 | Royal Veterinary College | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. RVC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £100,000 ($130,850 at the time of conversion) to Royal Veterinary College to investigate a more humane method of halal poultry slaughter. Controlled atmosphere slaughter techniques, which are among the most commonly used stunning systems, are not currently approved by halal authorities. Royal Veterinary College intends to use these funds to investigate a new method of stunning that would both be approved by halal authorities and allow chickens to be individually stunned, potentially reducing suffering for more than 100 million chickens slaughtered in halal facilities in Europe each year. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Free Hearts — Criminal Justice Reform (2020) | 150,000 | Free Hearts | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Free Hearts staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Free Hearts, via the Praxis Project, to support criminal justice reform work. Free Hearts is an organizing and advocacy group based in Nashville that works with formerly incarcerated and currently incarcerated women and girls to reduce female incarceration. Free Hearts plans to use these funds to expand its member base and to continue to work on legislation and campaigns around diversion policy, increased clemency, more pretrial release, and other criminal justice reforms. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project | 275,000 | Grassroots Leadership, Inc. | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Grassroots Leadership, Inc. staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $275,000 over two years to Grassroots Leadership, Inc. to support the Texas Advocates for Justice Project (TAJ). TAJ offers intensive community organizing and communications trainings for formerly incarcerated people, who then lead and participate in local policy-change campaigns in cities across Texas. TAJ intends to use this grant to expand its staff and launch chapters in six additional cities, including San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, by 2019. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, considers Texas an especially high-impact state on which to focus decarceration work due to its large number of prison admissions. She sees additional value in supporting a project run by a formerly incarcerated person—Jorge Renaud—whom she considers an experienced and effective advocate for reform. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Justice Solutions — Anne Seymour’s Crime Victims and Survivors Work (2019) | 115,000 | Justice Solutions | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Justice Solutions staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $115,000 over two years to Justice Solutions to support work by Anne Seymour to identify and meet the needs of crime victims and survivors; to support justice reform initiatives at the federal and state levels; and to promote ongoing partnerships among organizations that serve crime survivors, incarcerated individuals, and formerly incarcerated individuals. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our February 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| American Conservative Union Foundation — Center for Criminal Justice Reform (2017) | 206,000 | American Conservative Union Foundation | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. American Conservative Union Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $206,000 to the American Conservative Union Foundation to support the work of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR), led by Pat Nolan and David Safavian. This is a renewal grant, similar in purpose to our 2016 support for CCJR, and will allow the project to maintain its current staffing level through 2017. The goal of CCJR is to increase support for criminal justice reform from conservative policymakers in Congress, at the state level, and among the broad conservative base. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Chicago Community Bond Fund — Support for the Coalition to End Money Bond (2021) | 85,000 | Chicago Community Bond Fund | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Chicago Community Bond Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $85,000 to the Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) to support the Coalition to End Money Bond. After the coalition’s work on the issue, the Illinois legislature passed the Pretrial Fairness Act earlier this year, which will end money bail in the state and could significantly reduce the statewide jail population. In collaboration with the Coalition and Illinois Pretrial Justice, CCBF intends to use these funds on efforts to implement the act, and to support and coordinate state and local organizers working on other pretrial reform issues. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Stanford University — Adversarial Robustness Research (Shibani Santurkar) | 330,792 | stanford-university | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,792 over three years to Stanford University to support early-career research by Shibani Santurkar on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — FreeHer Conference | 50,000 | National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls to support the 2019 FreeHer national conference in Montgomery, Al. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Media Mobilizing Project — Criminal Justice Coalition | 140,000 | Media Mobilizing Project | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Media Mobilizing Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $140,000 to the Media Mobilizing Project to support coordination of the Coalition for a Just District Attorney. The coalition seeks to amplify the voices of communities fighting to end mass incarceration, raise the dignity of communities in Philadelphia, maintain public support for decarceration reforms in Philadelphia, and increase justice in the city and nationwide. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Longtermist Project Incubator (September 2020) | 48,736 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $48,736 to the Centre for Effective Altruism to support the development of a longtermist project incubator. This follows our February 2020 support and falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people doing research on humanity’s long-run future. The grant amount has been updated to reflect $451,264 returned to us in March 2023. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Center for Security and Emerging Technology — Biosecurity Research Project | 3,330,000 | lvsDuyzPcg | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CSET staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,330,000 over three years to the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, via Georgetown University, to support a project investigating the extent and risks of dual-use research in the biosciences. The hope is that the results of this project will better inform policymakers and other stakeholders of the security implications of such research. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness and follows our August 2021 support for CSET, which we recommended as part of our interest in potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| InMyWords — Restorative Justice | 61,500 | InMyWords | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. InMyWords staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $61,500 to InMyWords, via the Watershed Center, to support its work advocating for restorative justice as a means of providing support for survivors of sexual violence. InMyWords intends to use this funding to pay for coordination staff and training related to building support for survivors’ justice and healing. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Momentum — Criminal Justice Reform Trainings (2019) | 25,000 | Momentum | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Momentum staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to Momentum, a training institute and movement incubator, to support a training specifically for Black organizers. Momentum plans to use these funds to give organizers tools to build popular social movements around pressing justice issues, drawing on lessons and skills from contemporary and historic social movements. Many of those who plan to attend the training are involved in criminal justice reform work. This follows our October 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| California YIMBY — General Support (April 2018) | 500,000 | California YIMBY | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. California YIMBY also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to California YIMBY (short for “yes-in-my-back-yard”) for general support. As part of our focus on land use reform to promote housing affordability, we’ve supported a number of advocacy organizations in high-wage, high-cost regions (e.g. Seattle and Washington, D.C.) to push for more housing. California YIMBY is a new organization started by advocates we funded previously who successfully sponsored legislation in 2017 to strengthen the state’s Housing Accountability Act, and who subsequently saw sufficient opportunity and need for statewide legislative advocacy to justify a new organization. We see advocacy aimed at changing California state policies to allow more housing as a promising philanthropic opportunity for several reasons: California accounts for 12% of the U.S. population and roughly half of most expensive metro areas in the country.1 As a result of the state’s high housing costs, California has the highest rent-inclusive poverty rate in the country, and a high rate of out-migration by low-income residents.2 As we’ve seen with our work on criminal justice reform, state-level advocates can often be very effective in winning statewide victories without enormous resources. By comparison, we expect building city-by-city support for reforms to be much slower and more costly, and in some cases potentially impossible.3 Housing markets tend to operate at a wider geographic scope than current responsibility for housing approvals is allocated: people looking for housing do not necessarily stop their search at the city limits.4 States have the constitutional authority to determine land use and may be able to more effectively balance the costs and benefits of new housing approvals, but there has not been a lot of experimentation on this front. | ONN00wZd8U |
| California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support | 300,000 | CalHDF | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] CaRLA staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 over two years to the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) (now CalHDF) for general support. CaRLA is a nascent advocacy organization that intends to litigate and advocate against regulatory barriers to building housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sonja Trauss, the organization’s cofounder, has been successful in some past efforts at mobilizing the public on the subject of land use reform, and we believe that CaRLA presents a good opportunity to grow the field of advocacy-oriented land use reform groups. 1. Background Land use reform is one of our focus areas within U.S. policy. Our current priority within this focus area is to grow the field of advocacy-oriented groups working to remove regulatory barriers to building more housing in key regions. 2. About the grant 2.1 Proposed activities Initially, the main strategy CaRLA intends to follow is to pursue litigation against municipalities that restrict the construction of new housing despite laws that give developers the right to build. If these lawsuits are successful, CaRLA hopes that municipalities and developers will more often take pro-housing state laws into account.1 To begin with, CaRLA has hired a lawyer to sue the City of Lafayette for violating the Housing Accountability Act by rejecting a proposal to build 315 apartments in favor of a lower-density project, despite the original proposal being compliant with relevant zoning laws and previous planning. For more examples of cases where local governments have potentially broken state or federal law by not allowing more housing construction, see CaRLA Vision Statement. In addition to litigating such cases, other activities that CaRLA may undertake include developing educational resources and/or hosting educational events about housing in the Bay Area; coordinating local residents to attend hearings regarding proposed housing projects; and researching potential future cases it could pursue. 2.2 Case for the grant The San Francisco Bay Area is a key region for land use reform, having some of the highest housing costs and heaviest constraints on further construction in the country (more in our cause report on land use reform). CaRLA’s cofounder, Sonja Trauss, has been able to attract some public interest to the issue in San Francisco through the SF Bay Area Renters’ Federation (SFBARF), which she also founded. We view CaRLA as a good opportunity to support Trauss to do broader work to reduce housing restrictions throughout the rest of the Bay Area, which we expect will be necessary to make progress on housing affordability. SFBARF will continue to focus on community organizing and campaigning, particularly within San Francisco, while CaRLA, as a 501(c)(3), will focus on approaches like the litigation strategy described above and educational initiatives to increase public awareness about the need for more housing across the Bay Area. 2.3 Budget and room for more funding CaRLA expects Trauss’s salary and legal fees to be its main expenses in the near-term future. In addition to this grant, the organization has also received $100,000 from one other donor.3 Overall, we believe this grant is riskier than usual. 3. Plans for follow-up We expect to have a conversation with CaRLA staff every 3-6 months for the next two years, with public notes if the conversation warrants it. At the one-year mark, we expect to provide an update on this grant, either by publishing public notes or by producing a brief write-up. Towards the end of the grant, we plan to attempt a more holistic and detailed evaluation of the grant’s performance. 4. Goals for the grant We hope that this grant will allow CaRLA to establish itself as a sustainable independent organization supporting increased construction of housing throughout the Bay Area. Ideally, the organization would be successful in its case agai | ONN00wZd8U |
| Metaculus — AI Forecasting Tournament | 100,000 | — | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Forecasting] Grant Investigator: Carl Shulman This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Metaculus staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a contract of $100,000 with Metaculus to support work related to forecasting the future of machine learning. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. This contract was recommended by an external investigator, Carl Shulman. External investigators are not full-time staff. Grants and contracts recommended by external investigators go through our standard process where reasoning and recommendations are discussed in detail with Open Philanthropy decision-makers. External investigators are prohibited from recommending grants to or contracts with organizations they are affiliated with. | pzaZuaBSxG |
| The Justice Collaborative — Just Mercy | 300,000 | The Justice Collaborative | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TJC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to The Justice Collaborative (TJC), via the Tides Foundation, to support cultural engagement around the Los Angeles release of the film "Just Mercy." TJC plans to use these funds to leverage attention around the film to increase attention on local criminal justice issues in Los Angeles via prosecutor candidate forums, film screenings, and other awareness-building efforts. This follows our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| World Animal Protection — Farm Animal Welfare in Southeast Asia | 400,000 | World Animal Protection | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. WAP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to World Animal Protection (WAP) to support re-granting to farm animal groups in Southeast Asia. Our farm animal welfare team believes this is a way to support movement-building in countries with many farmed animals but relatively fewer organizations dedicated to farmed animal welfare. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Biosecure Ltd — Campaign Against Bioweapons Research | 25,000 | Biosecure Ltd | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Biosecure staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a contract of $25,000 with Biosecure Ltd to support research for a campaign against biological weapons. Biosecure Ltd intends to use these funds to explore different models for strengthening the societal norm against biological weapons and reducing the likelihood of an arms race involving biological weapons, as well as investigating the feasibility, costs, and potential benefits of the various models. This funding is discretionary and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan — Farm Animal Welfare Campaigns | 521,000 | Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. EAST staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $521,000 over two years to EAST to support campaigns for layer hens, farmed fish, broiler hens, water fowl, and humane slaughter in Taiwan. EAST plans to hire scientists, campaigners, and outreach staff. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Adversarial Robustness Research | 1,430,000 | mit | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson and Daniel Dewey This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Massachusetts Institute of Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,430,000 over three years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support research by Professor Aleksander Madry on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon — Prosecutorial Accountability | 145,000 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ACLU of Oregon staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $145,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon (ACLU of Oregon) to support its work on prosecutorial accountability. The ACLU of Oregon plans to use this grant to pursue some or all of the following activities: Designing and implementing a "report card" on district attorney (DA) policies, practices, and positions, to be completed for each elected DA Polling and message testing Supporting base-building in three of Oregon’s largest counties Building a website that provides key information to the press, the public, and advocates about the role of DAs and prosecutorial accountability issues | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy (2018) | 400,000 | niskanen-center | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Niskanen Center staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to the Niskanen Center to support its work on immigration policy. This funding represents a renewal of our 2015 grant recommendation to the Niskanen Center. Since that time, Niskanen has grown its immigration program to approximately $1M/year. Because we do not expect significant positive movement on immigration at the federal level over the next few years, we view this support primarily as a way to ensure the Niskanen Center is able to continue developing relationships and policy ideas in advance of any future opportunities for progress. This grant falls within our focus area of immigration policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research (2016) | 1,214,437 | CDC Foundation | 2016-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] CDC’s insectary and mosquito lab, where research on malaria control is conducted. (Photo courtesy David Snyder / CDC Foundation) Published: May 2017 The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,214,437 to the CDC Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to support research on malaria control. Conceptually, we consider this funding part of a larger grant we recommended to support Target Malaria. We lay out the reasoning behind the grant in more detail on the linked page, along with more information about the proposed research. This funding for the CDC Foundation will be used to support work on the cryopreservation of mosquito larvae (which, if successful, would make it easier for researchers to maintain different strains of mosquitoes) and on RNA interference (which, if successful, would make it easier for researchers to avoid releasing female mosquitoes — which could potentially spread malaria — as part of field trials). | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations — General Support | 25,000 | Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations (TRR), via the Watershed Center, for general support. TRR seeks to build and lead a national movement for the establishment of a federal truth and reconciliation commission. Our criminal justice reform team believes that TRR’s strong leadership team and movement-building strategies could benefit ongoing decarceration efforts. This funding is intended to cover expenses related to meeting coordination costs, travel, and organizer training. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| A La Defensa — Prosecutor Accountability (2020) | 125,000 | A La Defensa | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. A La Defensa staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to A La Defensa, via Tides Advocacy, to support work on prosecutor accountability in Los Angeles County. A La Defensa plans to use these funds to coordinate a workgroup of criminal justice organizations within the JusticeLA Coalition that will promote accountability demands among community members through public forums and other events. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Frontline Dads — General Support (June 2020) | 15,000 | Frontline Dads | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Frontline Dads staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to Frontline Dads for general support. Frontline Dads seeks to rebuild and empower communities impacted by incarceration. This funding is intended to enable Frontline Dads to provide immediate relief to formerly incarcerated people in Philadelphia during the COVID-19 pandemic. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| JusticeLA — General Support | 100,000 | JusticeLA | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. JusticeLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to JusticeLA, via the Living Through Giving Foundation, for general support. JusticeLA intends to use this funding to maintain its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, educate the public on the public health dangers posed by Los Angeles County incarceration facilities, and push for decarceration. This follows our August 2019 support for Dignity and Power Now and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2018) | 109,600 | Working Families Party, Inc. | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Party staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $109,600 to the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party. This contribution is intended to support the Working Families Party’s work on criminal justice issues, including electing prosecutors who are supportive of criminal justice reform, and not other priorities of the Working Families Party. The funding will allow the Working Families Party to recruit, interview, and support potentially reform-minded prosecutor candidates throughout New York State. This is a renewal of our October 2017 recommendation and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Greenfield Project — General Support (2019) | 250,000 | The Greenfield Project | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Greenfield staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to The Greenfield Project for general support. We previously recommended a $500,000 grant in 2017. This new funding represents an “exit grant” that will provide The Greenfield Project with approximately one year of operating support to allow them to secure other funding. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Prism — Criminal Justice Vertical (2020) | 50,000 | Prism | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Prism staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Prism to support a criminal justice vertical. Prism, a new nonprofit organization that works closely with Dailykos.com, plans to launch multiple verticals focusing on important issues. This funding will support the hiring of reporters, fellowship stipends, and administrative support for criminal justice journalism. In keeping with journalistic standards, all produced content will be clearly labeled, and Open Philanthropy will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published. This follows our May 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Kingdom Foundation — Corporate Campaigns (May 2019) | 17,000 | Animal Kingdom Foundation | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Kingdom Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $237,866 over two years to Animal Kingdom Foundation to support corporate campaigns for layer hens, a model commercial farm, and efforts to secure certification standards and guidelines from the government in the Philippines, which is home to millions of farmed land animals. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Texas After Violence Project — Video Documentation Project | 52,000 | Texas After Violence Project | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas After Violence Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $52,000 to the Texas After Violence Project (TAVP) to support a research and video documentation project in collaboration with Texas Advocates for Justice. TAVP will record on-camera interviews with formerly incarcerated people to document the impacts of incarceration on their families and communities. These stories will be shared with the public and policy makers as part of systems change efforts. This grant will cover project planning, post-production, training and workshops, and travel expenses. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Amistad Law Project — General Support (2019) | 25,000 | Amistad Law Project | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ALP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Amistad Law Project for general support. The Amistad Law Project plans to use these funds to support efforts to organize families of incarcerated people in Pennsylvania. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| SPIN Academy — Communications Training | 42,000 | SPIN Academy | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SPIN Academy staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $42,000 to SPIN Academy via Community Initiatives to support criminal justice reform leaders seeking communications training. SPIN Academy strengthens non-profit organizations working for social change. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ahimsa Collective — “Life Comes From It” Fund Administration (2019) | 155,000 | The Ahimsa Collective | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Ahimsa Collective staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $155,000 to the Ahimsa Collective, run by restorative justice practitioner and leader Sonya Shah, to support administrative costs of the Life Comes From It fund. The fund provides grants up to $25,000 to restorative justice, transformative justice, and peacemaking projects. This follows our November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal — Crate- and Cage-Free Campaigning in Brazil (2020) | 100,000 | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal (FNPDA) to support work campaigning to reduce the use of battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil. Using our August 2018 funding, FNPDA secured multiple crate- and cage-free corporate pledges and published a tracker of the implementation of corporate pledges. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| We Got Us Now — Leadership, Training, and Planning Support | 150,000 | We Got Us Now | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. We Got Us Now also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to We Got Us Now to support leadership development, training children of incarcerated parents, and organizational strategic planning. We Got Us Now is a national organization seeking to engage, educate, elevate and empower children of incarcerated parents and raise public awareness about the impacts of parental incarceration. This follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Fair and Just Prosecution — General Support (2021) | 1,500,000 | Fair and Just Prosecution | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Fair and Just Prosecution also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years and up to $500,000 in matching funding to Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP), via the Tides Center, for general support. FJP brings together elected local prosecutors, as part of a network interested in implementing innovative criminal justice system policy and practice reforms in their own offices. These elected leaders are supported by FJP’s network through access to research, technical assistance, in-person convenings, and other resources. This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund — Working With MOVE San Antonio Foundation | 56,000 | Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Organizing Project Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $56,000 to the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund (TOP) to support their partnership with the MOVE San Antonio Foundation on criminal justice reform work. MOVE San Antonio is a grassroots organizing group with an emphasis on engaging young people and has worked with TOP on issues including bail reform. MOVE San Antonio plans to use these funds for staffing, leadership, training, and other expenses. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Youth First Initiative — General Support (2017) | 250,000 | Youth First Initiative | 2017-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Youth First staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to the Youth First Initiative (Youth First) for general support. Youth First is undertaking a coordinated national advocacy campaign with the ultimate goals of completely ending youth incarceration, closing youth prisons, and redirecting young people to community-based programs. Youth First is a project of New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. This funding represents a renewal of our $250,000 grant to Youth First in 2016. Since that time, Youth First's campaign has contributed to the successful closure of two prisons and built pressure toward closing two more. Youth First plans to use this new funding to support its Youth Leaders Network, which will provide training, organizing, and leadership development for young people. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, considers Youth First's Executive Director, Liz Ryan, an exceptionally talented advocate with the strategic capacity and drive to make its vision a reality. While Chloe has chosen not to prioritize work on youth incarceration, she believes the work of Youth First is so strong that another grant was warranted. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities — General Support (2020) | 50,000 | Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. HEARD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities (HEARD) for general support. HEARD advocates on behalf of deaf and disabled people affected by mass incarceration. It plans to use this funding to host trainings for advocates and organizers, produce materials on disability justice, and make police and prison abolition events more accessible to deaf and disabled people. Our criminal justice reform team hopes that HEARD’s work will continue to raise awareness among advocates and policymakers about the interconnections between disability justice and criminal justice reform. This follows our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support | 50,000 | Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizens for Juvenile Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a grant of $50,000 to Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ) for general support. The funding will be applied toward efforts to improve the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, and falls within our work on criminal justice reform. This grant was recommended at the same time as another grant to Citizens for Juvenile Justice. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sightline Institute – Housing and Urban Development (February 2019) | 150,000 | Sightline Institute | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sightline Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Sightline Institute to support work on housing and land use. Sightline Institute, a think tank based in Seattle focused on sustainability issues in the Pacific Northwest, plans to use these funds to support priority housing legislation in Washington and Oregon. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary support follows our October 2017 grant and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Compassion Over Killing — Exit Grant | 250,000 | Compassion Over Killing | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Compassion Over Killing conducts outreach related to chicken welfare. (Photo courtesy of Compassion Over Killing) Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion Over Killing staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $250,000 to Compassion Over Killing to support farm animal welfare outreach and investigations related to chicken and fish. We previously recommended a $500,000 grant in 2016. This new funding represents an “exit grant” that will provide Compassion Over Killing with approximately one year of operating support to allow them to secure other funding. This grant falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Faith in Action — Live Free Campaign (2019) | 400,000 | Faith in Action | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Faith in Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to Faith in Action to support the national Live Free Campaign. The campaign intends to use this funding to identify and train formerly incarcerated leaders to organize faith communities for criminal justice reform, with a focus on prosecutor accountability. This follows our May 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Anima International — Chicken Welfare Campaigns (2019) | 1,700,000 | anima-international | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Anima International staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,700,000 over two years to Anima International to support cage-free and broiler corporate campaigns. Anima International plans to use these funds to support campaigns, investigations, and communications, with a focus on cage-free egg campaigns in Ukraine and a mixture of cage-free egg and broiler chicken campaigns in Norway, Denmark, and Poland. This follows our October 2017 support for Anima and our November 2017 support for Otwarte Klatki, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| JustLeadershipUSA — Campaign to Close Rikers Summer Canvassing Support | 63,807 | JustLeadershipUSA | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. JustLeadershipUSA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $63,807 to JustLeadershipUSA to support its advocacy campaign to close the Rikers Island Prison Complex in New York City. We made an initial grant to this project in December 2015 and a renewal in December 2016. This grant was intended to support the hiring of additional street canvassers in four New York City neighborhoods over the summer of 2017 to engage with the public on issues related to the closure of Rikers Island. This is a discretionary grant, and falls under our criminal justice reform focus area. The grant amount was updated in November 2020. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Animal Friends Jogja — Farm Animal Welfare Work | 78,000 | Animal Friends Jogja | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Animal Friends Jogja staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a cooperation agreement of $78,000 over two years to Animal Friends Jogja to support its farm animal welfare work in Indonesia. This cooperation agreement will support Animal Friend Jogja’s animal welfare investigations, as well as its corporate campaigns and lobbying efforts promoting poultry and fish welfare. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2016) | 500,000 | Economic Policy Institute | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Economic Policy Institute staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Economic Policy Institute to support work on macroeconomic policy. Macroeconomic stabilization policy is one of our focus areas. This is one in a series of grants attempting to build up the capacity of progressive think tanks on macroeconomic policy issues we see as important. We would characterize the work that these grants will support as falling into two main areas: Preparing for the next U.S. recession, which we would guess is likely to occur before interest rates return to “normal” levels.1 This could include exploring: Monetary policy tools that the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) could use if it were to return to the zero lower bound on nominal short term interest rates, such as quantitative easing or a change to the inflation target Proposals for automatic stabilizers that Congress could put in place to reduce the need for discretionary responses to the next recession Proposals for novel fiscal stimulus measures in case a recession does strike Making the case for the importance of continued focus on reducing unemployment and against premature monetary tightening today. We think it will eventually be appropriate to raise interest rates but that the Fed is more likely to raise prematurely than belatedly, and that doing so carries greater welfare costs, so we see value in supporting work that argues for a continued focus on unemployment. Our key uncertainty for this grant, along with our other grants to think tanks for work on macroeconomic policy, is whether work by think tanks on these issues is likely to sway decisionmakers at the Fed or in Congress. We would guess that the work we support is relatively unlikely to affect policy, but that if it did our support would be justified many times over, and we see that as a bet worth taking. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Economic Policy Institute, Rough Proposal Source Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Effective Federal Funds Rate Source (archive) | ONN00wZd8U |
| Riverside Justice Table — Criminal Justice Reform Work | 15,000 | Riverside Justice Table | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Riverside Justice Table staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to the Riverside Justice Table, via Starting Over, Inc., to support work on criminal justice reform in Riverside, California, a county with high incarceration rates. The Riverside Justice Table intends to use these funds to maintain its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Altruistic Technology Labs — Planning Grant | 250,000 | Altruistic Technology Labs | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Altruistic Technology Labs staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to altLabs to support a strategic planning process as part of its work on developing and promoting technologies for biosecurity risk reduction. This follows our May 2019 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Atlas Fellowship — Scholarships and Summer Program for Students | 5,000,000 | atlas-fellowship | 2022-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,000,000 to the Atlas Fellowship, via the Centre for Effective Altruism, to support a summer program and scholarship funding for talented high school students. The Fellowship is aimed at helping these students pursue highly impactful careers. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to reduce global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (July 2019) | 750,000 | Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $750,000 to support work on the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (Reform L.A. Jails). If passed by voters, Reform L.A. Jails will task Los Angeles leaders with developing a comprehensive plan to reduce jail populations and redirect the cost savings to alternatives to incarceration. Advocates believe this will reduce recidivism, prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling into and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues. This follows our January 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Movement Voter Project — Student Organizing | 100,000 | Movement Voter Project | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Movement Voter Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Movement Voter Project (MVP), via the Tides Foundation, to support student organizing for criminal justice reform. MVP plans to use these funds to continue its work to organize convenings and support local youth and student organizations working on criminal justice reform issues. MVP also plans to re-grant a portion of the funds to Freedom to Thrive, another youth organizing organization. This follows our April 2018 support to Gamechanger Labs and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2019) | 600,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CPD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $600,000 over two years to the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve. As labor market conditions have improved, we’ve become less confident about the appropriate short term stance of monetary policy, but we continue to believe it to be worthwhile to support the campaign through the next recession, when its advocacy might be especially useful and when we could better evaluate its impact. This follows our 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 support to CPD and 2016, 2017, and 2018 support to the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund, and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| American Conservative Union Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform (2021) | 150,000 | American Conservative Union Foundation | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. American Conservative Union Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the American Conservative Union Foundation to support the Nolan Center for Justice. The Nolan Center for Justice aims to increase support for criminal justice reform among conservative policymakers in Congress and at the state and local levels, as well as in the conservative base more broadly. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| VOCAL-NY — Court Watch NYC | 75,000 | VOCAL-NY | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. VOCAL-NY also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $75,000 over two years to Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL-NY) to support the Court Watch NYC program. Court Watch NYC seeks to increase accountability by training New Yorkers to watch court proceedings, collect data, and report out what they see. The goal of the program is to improve prosecutor practices on bail, plea deals, sentencing, and other related areas. Court Watch NYC recently published its first newsletter detailing how the program works. We wrote more about our interest in this work in our recent support for Court Watch Nola, as well as in suggestions for individual donors from Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Run, George, Run — General Support (February 2020) | 30,000 | Run, George, Run | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Run, George, Run staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $30,000 to Run, George, Run for general support on criminal justice reform. Run, George, Run intends to use these funds to build support for a reform-minded candidate for Los Angeles district attorney. Our criminal justice reform team believes this effort could help safely reduce incarceration in Los Angeles, which incarcerates the most people of any county in the U.S. and currently represents one-third of California’s prison population. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2018) | 75,000 | Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizens for Juvenile Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $75,000 to Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ) for general support. These grants represent a renewal of our 2017 grant recommendation to CfJJ, and will allow it to continue advocating for reforms to the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, in particular, raising the age of criminal court jurisdiction to 21. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. These are discretionary grants and fall within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| LEAF — Lead Exposure Reduction | 20,000,000 | Lead Exposure Action Fund | 2024-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Public Health Policy] Good Ventures made a grant of $20,000,000 over four years to the Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF) to support grants aimed at measuring, mitigating, and mainstreaming lead exposure. LEAF is a collaborative fund with multiple funding partners. Partners other than Good Ventures have given over $80,000,000 so far. Though Open Philanthropy manages the fund, we conceptually view the fund as a grantee that grants to other sub-grantees. As such, grants from LEAF are listed on the LEAF website rather than in Open Philanthropy's database. This falls within our focus area of global public health policy. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Eurogroup for Animals — EU Chicken Welfare Advocacy (2020) | 635,000 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €586,000 (~$635,000 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to support EU advocacy work for layer hen and broiler chicken welfare. This funding will enable Eurogroup for Animals to carry out EU welfare campaigns, provide regrants to cage-free advocacy groups, and research layer hen and broiler chicken welfare. This follows our September 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency — General Support | 2,350,000 | New Partnership for Africa’s Development | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Science for Global Health] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. NEPAD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,350,000 over three years to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency, the technical arm of the African Union, to support the evaluation, preparation, and potential deployment of gene drive technologies in some African regions. NEPAD plans to use this grant to develop regulatory capacity for novel vector control approaches, including gene drive mosquitoes, at national and regional economic levels; support the functioning of relevant regulatory bodies in areas related to transgenic mosquitoes; conduct study tours for key stakeholders at political, regulatory, scientific and community levels; engage communities and the public through outreach and education; and develop guidelines and other technical documents related to synthetic biology and gene drive technologies. This is one of several grants we are recommending with a goal of supporting gene drive technologies to help eliminate malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, if feasible, ethical, safe, approved by the regulatory authorities, and supported by the affected communities. The rationale behind this effort is described in more detail in our writeup about a larger grant we made to support Target Malaria. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| A New Way of Life — Community Education and Voter Registration | 200,000 | A New Way of Life | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. A New Way of Life staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $200,000 to A New Way of Life (ANWOL) to support its work registering formerly incarcerated voters and educating Los Angeles communities about criminal justice reform issues. ANWOL, founded by formerly incarcerated leader Susan Burton, organizes and mobilizes formerly incarcerated people as advocates for social change and personal transformation. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support | 1,860,000 | vKC8BA9hHA | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,860,000 to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to support the implementation of a Masters and PhD program. The program will focus on major biological and health security risks. This funding will support four PhD students for four years each and four masters students for one year each, as well as faculty time for advising students and a junior administrator. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Reclaim Philadelphia — Judge Accountability Work (2020) | 165,000 | Reclaim Philadelphia | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Reclaim Philadelphia staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $165,000 over two years to Reclaim Philadelphia, via Commonwealth Foundation for Inclusive Democracy, to support work coordinating the Judge Accountability Table. The Judge Accountability Table, formed by a coalition of 15 local organizations, plans to use these funds to hire organizers to lead participatory defense, courtwatching, education, and accountability measures, and to develop leaders who have been directly impacted by the criminal justice system. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Justice Strategies — Criminal Justice Reform | 75,000 | Justice Strategies | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Justice Strategies staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $75,000 to Justice Strategies, via the Tides Center, to provide technical assistance and research support for groups working on criminal justice reform. Justice Strategies is a small think tank that produces reports and convenings and provides testimony, thought-partnership and leadership, and other support to advocates. This discretionary grant follows our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Voice of the Experienced — General Support | 325,500 | Voice of the Experienced | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Voice of the Experienced staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $325,500 to Voice of the Experienced for general support. This grant is intended to support the development of a rigorously constructed organizing and voter engagement system for formerly incarcerated people and their families throughout Louisiana. We see the grant primarily as an opportunity to learn about the feasibility of building such a system and its potential value on organizing efforts. Funds were intended to pay for increased staffing, direct mailings, travel, and materials. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to Voters Organized to Educate, a 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with Voice of the Experienced. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work Led by Mariame Kaba | 121,000 | Project NIA | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Project NIA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $121,000 to Project NIA via Chicago Freedom School to support Mariame Kaba's transformative justice work. The funding is intended to support trainings to develop a model of intervention, prevention, and community engagement around violence against women and gender-nonconforming people; and the creation of a toolkit, a convening, and advocacy around incarcerated people who have been the victims of sexual harm and domestic violence. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Accountable Justice Collaborative — General Support | 200,000 | Accountable Justice Collaborative | 2017-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. AJC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 the Accountable Justice Collaborative (AJC) via The Advocacy Fund for general support. The funding is intended to increase AJC's organizational capacity to facilitate advocacy, media engagement, and outreach related to prosecutor accountability. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the The Justice Collaborative via the Tides Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Just Media — Communications Training | 15,000 | Just Media | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Aubin staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,000 to Just Media via Aubin Pictures to support asha bandele's communications training. The international training program is bringing together leaders from around the world. Just Media hopes to leverage the training to reshape cultural discourse around criminal justice issues. This discretionary grant follows our July 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform (2018) | 220,000 | New Virginia Majority Education Fund | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Virginia New Majority Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $220,000 to New Virginia Majority to support work on criminal justice reform. New Virginia Majority is a political base-building organization working on securing rights restoration for the formerly incarcerated. These funds will help support court watching, allow New Virginia Majority to hire and train formerly incarcerated organizers and increase its capacity in key counties, and lay groundwork for future elections. One of these grants was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a renewal of our October 2016 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform | 765,000 | Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Organizing Project Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $765,000 to the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund (TOP Ed Fund) to support its work on criminal justice reform.We originally recommended a two-year, $1,530,000 grant to the TOP Ed Fund in March 2017. In January 2018, we increased our funding recommendation to the Texas Organizing Project, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with the TOP Ed Fund, and the second payment on the TOP Ed Fund grant was cancelled. This funding is intended to support a build-up of TOP Ed Fund’s organizational capacity in Texas, in order to allow it to continue pushing for criminal justice reforms. Several counties in Texas are among the largest drivers of prison admissions in the country. We view the TOP Ed Fund as particularly effective at community organizing at the city level, and we expect it to have a good chance of moving significant policy reforms. The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to the Texas Organizing Project, a 501(c)(4) affiliated with the TOP Ed Fund. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2017) | 1,100,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CPD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a renewal grant of $1,100,000 to the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve, and specifically in the selection of regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents and leaders. We have written in more detail about our rationale for supporting this campaign on our 2014, 2015, and 2016 grant pages. CPD expects to use this funding toward campaign expenses such as salaries, travel, sub-grants, and overhead. We decided to renew our support based primarily on CPD's continued success drawing attention for its agenda from the press, Congress, and the Fed; ongoing opportunities to potentially influence the appointment or priorities of new Federal Reserve governors and regional Fed presidents; and our intention to provide the campaign with enough sustainable funding to last through the next recession, when CPD's advocacy might be especially useful and when we could better evaluate its performance. Since our last grant, one new area of uncertainty introduced for the campaign is the degree to which the Trump administration and a unified Republican Congress might support policies that reduce the need for expansionary monetary policy. Additionally, as unemployment rates have declined, we have become less confident in the appropriate short-term stance of monetary policy, and could imagine disagreeing with the Fed Up campaign about the appropriate direction for interest rates to move. However, our primary reason for continuing to support the campaign is that we believe it may be able to potentially prevent extraordinary harm during the next recession, when we think it will be more likely to have a meaningful short-term influence (as compared to the current gradual tightening cycle). The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to CPD Action, a 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with CPD. | ONN00wZd8U |
| New Economy Organisers Network — KIN Convenings | 42,285 | New Economy Organisers Network | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. New Economy Organisers Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £32,000 ($42,284.80 at the time of conversion) to the New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) to support planning, travel, and other costs for convenings in London later this year and in 2019. The convenings will bring together black organizers from the U.S. and the UK to build relationships and discuss strategy on a number of issues, including mass incarceration. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Research Institute of Industrial Economics — Genomic Research Methods (2019) | 1,500,000 | Research Institute of Industrial Economics | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. IFN staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over three years to the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication, most notably through their discussions of frequently asked questions. Approximately 20% of this grant is intended to support work on bioethics and the public discussion of these topics. This follows our August 2016 support for IFN and falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Equity and Transformation — General Support | 25,000 | Equity and Transformation | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Equity and Transformation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to Equity and Transformation (EAT), via Men and Women in Prison Ministries, for general support. EAT organizes informal Black workers in Chicago around issues, including criminal justice reform, affecting their communities’ political and economic wellbeing. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| New Virginia Majority — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019) | 266,000 | New Virginia Majority Education Fund | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Virginia New Majority Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $266,000 to New Virginia Majority to support work on criminal justice reform. New Virginia Majority, a base-building organization working on securing rights restoration for the formerly incarcerated, intends to use these funds to train formerly incarcerated organizers and leaders, organize formerly incarcerated people in support of voting-rights restoration, and prepare for potential future legislative opportunities. This follows our June 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform | 510,000 | Citizen Action of New York | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizen Action of New York staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $510,000 over two years to Citizen Action of New York to support work on criminal justice reform. Citizen Action intends to use these funds to continue to engage in grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy to decarcerate jails, reform the pretrial system, and advance other reforms to the criminal justice system. This follows our May 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Employ America — General Support (2020) | 1,000,000 | Employ America | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Employ America staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $1,000,000 to Employ America for general support. Employ America makes the public and intellectual case for policies that support full employment and seeks to build a broad set of allies to further that goal. It produces research and analysis on the state of the labor market and current and potential macroeconomic policies and policymakers. Employ America is led by Sam Bell, who has consulted for us and our grantee Fed Up. This follows our October 2019 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2017) | 1,195,500 | Texas Organizing Project | 2017-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Organizing Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,195,500 over two years to the Texas Organizing Project (TOP) to support its work on criminal justice reform.We originally recommended a two-year, $500,000 grant to TOP in March 2017. In March 2018, we restructured the recommendation to include a larger second-year payment, bringing the total grant amount to $1,195,500 over two years. This grant is primarily intended to grow TOP's organizational capacity so that it can continue building pressure for criminal justice reforms in Texas. We see the main value of this grant in building significant capacity for policy reform advocacy in counties that represent a major locus of mass incarceration in the US. The Open Philanthropy Project separately recommended a grant to the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the Texas Organizing Project. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. [toc] Background on the organization TOP, headquartered in Houston, describes its primary activity as "organizing Black and Latino communities in Dallas, Harris, and Bexar counties with the goal of transforming Texas into a state where working people of color have the power and representation they deserve." Unpublished email from TOP representative, 4/4/18 We view TOP as particularly effective at combining community organizing with electoral politics at the city level. TOP has strong relationships with other organizations in the space that we checked in with. Our impression is that TOP is viewed by others in the field as a leading voice on its issues and an effective coalition leader, with a consistent track record of putting together successful electoral campaigns. TOP also has a large and diverse base of thousands of community members, which we think has a good chance of effectively advocating for significant changes to criminal justice practices. About the grant This grant will grow TOP's organizational capacity to continue building pressure for criminal justice reforms in Texas. Several Texas counties are among the country's largest prison admissions drivers. This grant will pay for TOP to hire two new organizers and a researcher to support both of them. TOP has also told us it needs to hire more communications staff to help defend its wins from backlash. In all, TOP has 43 staff members, 11 of whom will be substantially or wholly supported by this grant. Proposed activities TOP plans to continue to organize and mobilize its base to put pressure on government officials to move criminal justice policy reforms, which might include: Bail reform working with elected officials to create a drug diversion program reducing the use of pre-trial detention for felonies through more effective use of a risk assessment instrument; and creation of an oversight committee for police accountability. TOP also aims to continue to build out its base of supporters and of organizations signed onto its policy platform, as well as grow its event turnout, media coverage, and rapid response capacity. Budget and room for more funding This grant will increase TOP’s budget by more than a third. We are not aware of any other major national criminal justice reform funders considering grants to TOP, particularly on this scale. Risks and reservations Beyond noting its track record of campaign victories, we feel we have less of an ability to directly evaluate TOP’s effectiveness than some of our other grantees within criminal justice reform. In addition to our own positive interactions with TOP, we are relying to a large extent on the evaluations of many people in the field whom we trust who see T | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| We Got Us Now — Leadership, Training, and Planning Support (2020) | 100,000 | We Got Us Now | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. We Got Us Now also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to We Got Us Now to support leadership development, training children of incarcerated parents, and organizational strategic planning. We Got Us Now is a national organization seeking to engage, educate, elevate, and empower children of incarcerated parents and raise public awareness about the impacts of parental incarceration. This follows our August 2019 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide We Got Us Now with approximately one year of additional support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Federation of American Scientists — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Fellowship | 480,000 | federation-of-american-scientists | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Federation of American Scientists staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $480,000 over two years to the Federation of American Scientists to support a fellowship related to biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. This follows our September 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020) | 8,000,000 | D9lqMW2HVw | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Nuclear Threat Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $8,000,000 over three years to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to support its biosecurity program. NTI is a nonprofit global security organization focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity. This funding is intended to support NTI’s work to reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, enhance biosecurity, and advance pandemic preparedness. This follows our October 2017 and November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in August 2020 and January 2021. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| You Are Not Alone — Drug Possession Decriminalization | 1,500 | You Are Not Alone | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. YANA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1500 to You Are Not Alone (YANA), via Ohio Voice, to support a national mobilization effort to decriminalize drug possession. Our criminal justice reform team believes YANA’s work could help reduce incarceration levels and generate public support for the implementation of more measured responses to drug use. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. In March 2021, the grantee returned $28,500 in funding, from an original grant of $30,000; due to shifting circumstances on the ground, You Are Not Alone was unable to do the work originally covered by our funding. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Southerners On New Ground — Anti-Criminalization Work | 400,000 | Southerners On New Ground | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SONG staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 over two years to Southerners On New Ground (SONG) to support anti-criminalization work. SONG intends to use this funding to hire more full-time organizers and increase efforts on anti-criminalization campaigns, particularly those focused on the abolition of cash bail and the closure or slowed expansion of local jails. We are impressed by SONG’s reputation for effective community organizing around multiple issues, and are excited to support an organization based in Atlanta, which we consider an important city for criminal justice reform efforts. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Common Justice — General Support | 100,000 | Common Justice | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Common Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Common Justice via the Vera Institute of Justice for general support. Common Justice, which began as a Brooklyn-based project of the Vera Institute of Justice, develops and promotes solutions to violent crime that focus on improving outcomes for victims and holding people accountable for harm without relying on incarceration. We wrote more about the organization on our page about a previous grant to Common Justice. We believe that in the last year, executive director Danielle Sered has continued to be a powerful thought leader in making the case for alternative, non-punitive models of holding people accountable for harm. Her program stands for the proposition that crime victims and communities can be well-served through restorative justice, a concept that we find to be promising (see also our grant to Impact Justice). When we made our investment in Common Justice last year, we hoped it would provide a boost to the organization so that it could sign a lease for larger offices in Brooklyn. Following our grant, Common Justice was able to secure the necessary space, and has proceeded with its expansion plans. Executive Director Danielle Sered reported to us that in addition, the grant allowed her the breathing room to take on new bodies of work. We have been pleased to see our investment have a catalytic effect on Common Justice, whose budget has grown rapidly in the past year. Because our original objectives have been met and several other major donors have begun to invest in Common Justice’s innovative vision, we no longer see this as a critical gap that we in particular need to fill. Accordingly, we have structured this year’s grant as an exit grant, and do not plan to make additional grants to Common Justice. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| BlackRoots Alliance — Work on Prosecutor Accountability (2020) | 15,000 | BlackRoots Alliance | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BlackRoots Alliance staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to BlackRoots Alliance to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. This funding is intended to enable BlackRoots Alliance to support local organizing around prosecutorial reform and decarceration. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Justice Collaborative — General Support (2018) | 1,800,000 | The Justice Collaborative | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Justice Collaborative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,800,000 to The Justice Collaborative (TJC) via the Tides Foundation for general support. TJC, a research and strategic communications collaborative fighting for a smaller, more humane criminal justice system, is led by Rob Smith and houses the Accountable Justice Project, which we helped launch with a grant in April 2016. This is a discretionary grant, a renewal of our January 2017 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (November 2020) | 2,050,000 | FL52kVPTlA | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Council on Strategic Risks staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,050,000 over two years to the Council on Strategic Risks to support policy research and mentorship activities aimed at preventing the development of biological weapons and responding to the threat of bioweapons programs. The Council on Strategic Risks will use this funding to expand its fellowship program, conduct research and workshops related to reducing the risks from biological weapons, and develop a new policy program. This follows our March 2020 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in January 2023. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Carnegie Mellon University — Adversarial Robustness Research | 330,000 | carnegie-mellon-university | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant Investigator: Catherine Olsson This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Carnegie Mellon staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $330,000 over three years to Carnegie Mellon University to support research by Professor Zico Kolter on adversarial robustness as a means to improve AI safety. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| European Summer Program on Rationality — General Support | 510,000 | European Summer Program on Rationality | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. European Summer Program on Rationality staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $510,000 over two years to the European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR) for general support. ESPR, a summer workshop for mathematically gifted students aged 16-19, is partly modeled after the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition and recently became institutionally independent from the Center for Applied Rationality. This follows our May 2017 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Washington Center for Equitable Growth — Automatic Stabilizers Conference | 100,000 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Washington Center for Equitable Growth staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to host a conference, in partnership with the Hamilton Project, on a framework for thinking about optimal design of automatic stabilizer programs as well as specific suggestions for reforms. Automatic fiscal stabilizers are taxes and government programs that respond automatically to changing economic conditions, and do not require additional Congressional action. We believe they are important for mitigating the effects of economic downturns. The conference will bring together macroeconomists who are interested in automatic stabilizers as a way to fight recession and academics and advocates who focus on the mechanics of various programs, such as the unemployment insurance system, and will hopefully complement work in this area by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Columbia University — Beyond the Bars Conference 2019 | 20,000 | Center for Justice at Columbia University | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Beyond the Bars conference organizers also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $20,000 to the Center for Justice at Columbia University’s School of Social Work to support its 2019 Beyond the Bars conference. Beyond the Bars is an annual interdisciplinary conference on mass incarceration that brings together stakeholders including formerly incarcerated individuals as well as community organizations interested in ending mass incarceration and promoting justice and equity. This discretionary grant follows our February 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2019) | 15,000 | Tampere University | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Tampere University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,000 to Tampere University to support Professor Hiski Haukkala's efforts related to global catastrophic risks. Haukkala, a Finnish professor of international relations, plans to use the funding to bring speakers to Finland to discuss existential risks, to attend events related to existential risks, and to support networking and related projects. This funding is discretionary and falls within our focus area of global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Movement Alliance Project — Prosecutor Accountability (March 2020) | 180,000 | Movement Alliance Project | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Movement Alliance Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $180,000 to the Movement Alliance Project to support work on prosecutor accountability in Philadelphia. The Movement Alliance Project intends to use these funds to organize community members for prosecutor accountability and to make re-grants to community groups seeking to challenge mainstream narratives around criminal justice. Our criminal justice reform team believes that this effort could help Philadelphia’s prosecutor implement reform-minded policies. This follows our March 2018 support to the Media Mobilizing Project and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sinergia Animal — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns | 800,000 | Sinergia Animal | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $800,000 over two years to Sinergia Animal to support corporate cage-free campaigns and investigations across Latin America. Sinergia Animal intends to use this funding to secure cage-free corporate commitments and carry out investigations in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, which have a combined total of approximately 184 million layer hens. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Plant Based Foods Association — State-Level Policy (2019) | 625,000 | Plant Based Foods Association | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Alternatives to Animal Products] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Plant Based Foods Association staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $625,000 over 18 months to the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) to protect the plant-based food sector from state-level policy threats. PBFA plans to use these funds to monitor, analyze, and, when necessary, oppose attempts to create policies that undermine plant-based alternatives to animal products. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| LA Voice — Prosecutor Accountability | 150,000 | LA Voice | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LA Voice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to LA Voice to support its criminal justice reform organizing work on prosecutor accountability. LA Voice is a faith-based community organization that advocates for systemic change. Its voter mobilization and outreach efforts seek to reform Los Angeles’s criminal justice system. This funding will help LA Voice promote accountability and assist organizers in setting the context for reform-minded prosecutor candidates. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Legal Services for Prisoners with Children — CJR Events Support | 10,000 | Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LSPC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $10,000 to Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) to support criminal justice events. LSPC, led by formerly incarcerated activist Dorsey Nunn, advocates for policy reforms, trains organizing fellows, provides legal services to inmates, and runs campaigns related to criminal justice. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Justice Strategies — General Support (2018) | 100,000 | Justice Strategies | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Justice Strategies staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Justice Strategies via Tides Center for general support. Justice Strategies is a small think tank that produces reports and convenings and provides testimony, thought-partnership and leadership, and other support to advocates. This is a discretionary grant, a renewal of our 2016 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation — Reform Implementation and Prosecutorial Accountability | 500,000 | Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation | 2021-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 over two years to Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) to support work on prosecutor accountability and on the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act, which ends money bail in Illinois. The Illinois legislature passed the Pretrial Fairness Act earlier this year, following work by SOUL and other members of the Coalition to End Money Bond to raise awareness of the issue of money bail. This follows our August 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| PICO Action Fund — General Support | 50,000 | PICO Action Fund | 2016-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PICO Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the PICO Action Fund for general support. They intended to use these funds to support Cosecha's community organizing and advocacy work, which may include lobbying activities. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the PICO National Network, a 501(c)(3) associated with the PICO Action Fund. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development (2017) | 350,000 | Sightline Institute | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sightline Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $350,000 over two years to the Sightline Institute to support work on housing and urban development. Sightline Institute is a think tank based in Seattle, WA, focused on sustainability issues in the Pacific Northwest. This grant represents a renewal of our October 2015 support to the Sightline Institute, which we wrote about in more detail on this page. The Sightline Institute intends to use this funding to continue promoting the Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory Committee's (HALA) land use reform agenda in Seattle, and to promote similar reforms nationally by disseminating lessons learned from the Seattle initiative. This grant falls within our focus area of land use reform. Sources Document Source Sightline Institute, Program Summary, 2017-2019 Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| Court Watch NOLA — General Support | 25,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $25,000 to Court Watch NOLA for general support. Court Watch NOLA is a small 501(c)(3) organization that has over 100 volunteers annually who do regular court watching and data gathering on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Court watchers gather data relating to violations of transparency, constitutional rights, ethics rules, state law, and victim rights. This data is compiled into regular reports that the organization uses for advocacy. We are interested in exploring the possibility of scaling up court watching as a prominent public education and engagement tactic in criminal justice reform work. This is a discretionary grant. Sources Document Source Court Watch NOLA Proposal Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| GiveWell — General Support (2018) | 751,179 | — | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Development] GiveWell staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $751,179 to GiveWell for general operating support. GiveWell is a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities. We expect this grant to increase the availability of high-quality information and analysis about charities and giving opportunities, thereby increasing the impact of donors who use GiveWell’s research. Read more about the Open Philanthropy Project's relationship to GiveWell here. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2016) | 222,500 | Voters Organized to Educate | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Voters Organized to Educate staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $222,500 to Voters Organized to Educate for general support. The grant was intended to support its development of evidence-based voter engagement strategies for formerly incarcerated people and families throughout Louisiana. Funds were intended to pay for increased staffing, website development, direct mailings, and a contract with the Analyst Institute to support testing and voter engagement research. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to Voice of the Experienced, a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Voters Organized to Educate. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2017) | 109,600 | Working Families Party, Inc. | 2017-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Party staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $109,600 to the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party. Cari intends her contribution to support the Working Families Party’s work on criminal justice issues, including electing prosecutors who are supportive of criminal justice reform, and not other priorities of the Working Families Party. Prosecutors have tremendous amounts of discretion deciding whether to charge someone for a particular offense, what to charge, and what to recommend for sentencing. Changing prosecutors’ behavior would go a long way towards increasing the chances for substantial reforms, and we believe the Working Families Party is well-positioned to try to do so in New York State. The funding will allow the Working Families Party to recruit, interview, and support potentially reform-minded prosecutor candidates throughout New York State. Additionally, we believe the Working Families Party can be helpful on the campaign to close the Rikers Island Prison Complex that we have previously funded. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Constitutional Accountability Center — California Prop 12 Legal Defense | 37,123 | Constitutional Accountability Center | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Constitution Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra (left) and attorney Brianne Gorod (right) with Senator Richard Blumenthal (center-left) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (center-right). (BRITAIN EAKIN, Courthouse News Service) Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $37,123 to the Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC). The grant will support CAC’s work on coordinating the amicus strategy to defend California Proposition 12 (2018) — the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative — in the Supreme Court. This follows our May 2022 support to the Humane Society of the United States for its Prop 12 legal defense, and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling (2020) | 3,000,000 | rutgers-university | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rutgers University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,000,000 over three years to Rutgers University to support research conducted by Professors Alan Robock and Owen Brian Toon on the potential climatological and subsequent ecological and social effects of large nuclear conflicts. This follows our March 2017 support and falls within our focus area of global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Aubin Pictures — Criminal Justice Media Archive | 60,000 | Aubin Pictures | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Aubin Pictures staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $60,000 to Aubin Pictures to support the launch of the Criminal Justice Media Archive, an online portal and offline networking and convening hub for filmmakers working with criminal justice reform content. The Criminal Justice Media Archive will compile footage from documentaries and news interviews and make it available for repurposing. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, believes making footage more accessible and promoting stronger connections between filmmakers will help increase exposure and engagement around criminal justice reform issues. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our December 2017 support of a scoping project, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Debt Collective — Criminal Justice Reform Work | 75,000 | The Debt Collective | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Debt Collective staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Debt Collective, via the Sustainable Markets Foundation, to support its work on criminal justice reform. The Debt Collective seeks to end mass indebtedness by empowering people to dispute debts and advocate for debt policy reform. This funding will build the Debt Collective’s capacity to support people with criminal justice debts, lead campaigns to negotiate the retirement of those debts, and conduct research on other potential debt-related interventions into the criminal justice space. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Altruistic Technology Labs — Work on Biological Risk Prevention | 440,525 | Altruistic Technology Labs | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Altruistic Technology Labs staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a project grant of $440,525 to Altruistic Technology Labs (“AltLabs”) to support its activities related to global catastrophic biological risk prevention. AltLabs, a new organization, intends to use these funds to hire initial staff and pursue various research projects related to catastrophic risk reduction, including machine-learning-based attribution of engineered DNA and broad-spectrum infectious disease diagnostics. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights — Federal Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy | 200,000 | The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights | 2018-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) for advocacy on federal criminal justice reform policy. LCCHR works with over 200 civil rights oriented groups and has taken a strong position on risk assessment. This funding will pay for staff time and overhead. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Mass Liberation Arizona — General Support | 10,000 | Mass Liberation Arizona | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mass Liberation Arizona staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,000 to Mass Liberation Arizona, via Poder in Action, for general support. Mass Liberation Arizona is led by Lola Levesque and seeks to organize formerly incarcerated and other directly-impacted community members for decarceration and related criminal justice reform measures. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| San Francisco Rising — Criminal Justice Reform | 50,000 | San Francisco Rising | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. San Francisco Rising staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to San Francisco Rising to support work on criminal justice reform in San Francisco. San Francisco Rising is a coalition of groups that seeks to organize marginalized communities. Our criminal justice reform team believes that this effort could help improve criminal justice outcomes. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Partnership for Safety and Justice — Crisis Communications Strategy | 50,000 | Partnership for Safety and Justice | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Partnership for Safety and Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Partnership for Safety and Justice (PSJ) to support work to develop a crisis communications strategy around criminal justice reform issues. This funding is intended to enable PSJ to hire a communications firm and organize a coalition of partner community groups to develop public narrative campaigns. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition — General Support (June 2016) | 61,600 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 2016-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $61,600 to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) for general support. This grant is intended to support two civic engagement campaigns around upcoming district attorney (DA) elections. One campaign aims to inform people with criminal records about their potential eligibility to vote; the second aims to raise awareness with voters about the role and influence of DAs, including by developing voter guides and hosting forums for candidates. This is a "no-process" grant. For no-process grants, the grant investigator (in this case Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform) can recommend the grant without needing to go through our normal process of providing their reasoning, discussing with the team, and providing input on and review of our public page. These grants are limited to a relatively small proportion of our grantmaking, and some other stipulations apply to what types of grant are eligible. The overall aim is for us to be able to move forward on relatively small and low-risk grants, based purely on the judgment of a single staff member and with minimal delay. In keeping with the lack of process, we don't plan to publish in-depth pages about the reasoning behind these grants. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Color Of Change — Studying Voter Activity in Prosecutorial Elections | 229,100 | Color of Change | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color Of Change staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $229,100 to ColorOfChange.org (“Color Of Change”) to support research on voter behavior in prosecutorial elections. This work is intended to help learn whether criminal justice reform messages are effective in increasing turnout in prosecutorial elections, and whether messages about prosecutorial elections increase overall voter turnout in general election years. Color Of Change hopes the research will provide useful insights into how it can effectively advance criminal justice reform in the context of future prosecutorial elections. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we care about prosecutorial elections. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Working Families Party — Prosecutor Reforms in New York (2019) | 117,300 | Working Families Party | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Party staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $117,300 to the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party. This contribution is intended to support the Working Families Party’s work on criminal justice issues, including electing prosecutors who are supportive of criminal justice reform, and not other priorities of the Working Families Party. The funding will allow the Working Families Party to recruit, interview, and support potentially reform-minded prosecutor candidates throughout New York State. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Law for Black Lives — Criminal Justice Reform (2020) | 100,000 | Law for Black Lives | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. L4BL staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Law for Black Lives (L4BL), via NEO Philanthropy, to support its criminal justice reform work. This grant is intended to support L4BL as it grows its lawyer network and maintains the alignment between the Movement for Black Lives and key decarceral strategies. This follows our May 2019 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide L4BL with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| International Society for Applied Ethology — Advance Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Nations (2020) | 229,830 | International Society for Applied Ethology | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. International Society for Applied Ethology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $229,830 over three years to the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) to advance welfare science in developing nations. Developing nations account for an increasing share of the world’s factory farmed animals, yet have relatively few farm animal welfare scientists. ISAE intends to use these funds to host workshops and meetings, and to provide scholarships for farm animal welfare scientists in developing nations. Our farm animal welfare team believes ISAE’s work could help to both accelerate the development of farm animal welfare science in developing nations and increase the likelihood that the science focuses primarily on welfare rather than productivity. This follows our April 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| UC Berkeley — Assessing COVID-19 Infection Prevalence in Rural Kenya (Amy Pickering and Michael Kremer) | 220,000 | uc-berkeley | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Berkeley staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $220,000 over two years to UC Berkeley to support a project led by Professors Amy Pickering and Michael Kremer to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in rural Kenya. The project will survey a subset of 14,000 households across 240 villages in order to estimate asymptomatic and symptomatic cumulative population infection prevalence by age group, generate data to inform estimates of the effective reproductive number (Rt) in the study area, identify risk factors for infection, and assess the utility of mobile phone surveys as a low-cost surveillance tool. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| American Conservative Union Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform (2018) | 212,000 | American Conservative Union Foundation | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. American Conservative Union Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $212,000 to the American Conservative Union Foundation to support the work of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR), led by Pat Nolan and David Safavian. CCJR aims to increase support for criminal justice reform from conservative policymakers in Congress and at the state level, as well as among the conservative base more broadly. This is a renewal of our July 2017 and May 2016 grants, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (March 2020) | 410,000 | FL52kVPTlA | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Council on Strategic Risks staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $410,000 to the Council on Strategic Risks to support mentorship and idea generation aimed at preventing the development of biological weapons. The Council on Strategic Risks will use this funding to recruit fellows and conduct research and workshops related to reducing the risks from biological weapons. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in August 2020. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Mass Liberation Project — General Support (2020) | 150,000 | Mass Liberation Project | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Mass Liberation Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Mass Liberation Project, via Tides Advocacy, to support work on training and organizing for prosecutor accountability. The Mass Liberation Project intends to use these funds to train directly impacted people as organizers and leaders in their communities, to support organizers to set the context for electing and re-electing reform-minded prosecutors, and to provide coaching and guidance to groups, especially those led by formerly incarcerated people. This follows our June 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Rethink Charity — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building | 79,040 | Rethink Charity | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Rethink Charity staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $79,040 to Rethink Charity to support farm animal welfare movement building activities led by Amanda Cramer. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Automatic Stabilizers | 100,000 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CBPP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to support work on enhancing automatic fiscal stabilizers. Automatic fiscal stabilizers are taxes and government programs that respond automatically to changing economic conditions, and do not require additional Congressional action. They are important for mitigating the effects of economic downturns. We believe CBPP, which has done work in this area before, is a strong candidate to advance these policies given its combination of relevant relationships and deep knowledge of these issues. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures — California Institute for Regenerative Medicine | 580,000 | Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Transformative Basic Science] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $580,000 to Californians for Stem Cell Research, Treatments and Cures to support a ballot initiative to renew funding for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). CIRM is a bond-funded state agency that funds stem cell and genetic research focused on treatments and cures for chronic disease. Our science team believes that developing safe and effective stem cell treatments is an important area of research and has been impressed by CIRM's past grants. This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing transformative basic science. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| New York University — Work on Fish Welfare (2020) | 95,000 | nyu | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. NYU staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $95,000 to New York University to support research scientist Becca Franks’s work on fish welfare. These funds will support research on curiosity in fish, and will enable Professor Franks to help commission articles that promote state-of-the-art fish welfare research as guest editor of Frontiers in Veterinary Science. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| University of California, Los Angeles — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2020) | 2,250,000 | uc-los-angeles | 2020-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SSGAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,250,000 to the University of California, Los Angeles, to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication, most notably through their discussions of frequently asked questions. Approximately 20% of this grant is intended to support work on bioethics and the public discussion of these topics. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our interest in scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing tools and techniques. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Run, George, Run — General Support | 70,000 | Run, George, Run | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Run, George, Run staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $70,000 to Run, George, Run for general support on criminal justice reform. Run, George, Run intends to use these funds to build support for a reform-minded candidate for Los Angeles district attorney. Our criminal justice reform team believes this effort could help safely reduce incarceration in Los Angeles, which incarcerates the most people of any county in the U.S. and currently represents one-third of California’s prison population. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ladies of Hope Ministries — Hope House Project | 155,000 | The Ladies of Hope Ministries | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Ladies of Hope Ministries staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $155,000 to The Ladies of Hope Ministries via Operation Restoration to support the crafting of a scaling plan for Hope House and staffing for Hope House, a reentry housing program for and by formerly incarcerated women. These funds will be used to manage internal logistics and policies to inform the culture of the house and help manage relationships with the community. Chloe Cockburn, our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, believes intentional communities created by this housing model, connected to local groups, could provide ripe conditions for criminal justice reform organizing. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Update: In March 2020, we supplemented our initial support for this work with an additional $5,000 grant recommendation. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for The Precipice | 38,350 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $38,350 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) to support the promotion of Toby Ord’s book, The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity. CEA hopes that the book will help inform people inside and outside the EA community about longtermism. These recommendations falls under our work aimed at reducing global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work Led by Mariame Kaba (2019) | 165,000 | Project NIA | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Project NIA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $165,000 to Project NIA, via the Chicago Freedom School, to support Mariame Kaba’s work on transformative justice. Project NIA plans to use these funds to support trainings on transformative justice and to organize resources for activists and community members interested in this method. Project NIA also plans to write about and lead campaigns to reduce the incarceration of people who are survivors of sexual and domestic violence. This follows our June 2018 grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums — General Support | 15,000 | Families Against Mandatory Minimums | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. FAMM staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $15,000 to Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) for general support. FAMM mobilizes families with incarcerated loved ones serving long sentences to advocate for criminal justice reform measures, such as sentencing reform, prison reform, and compassionate release programs. FAMM intends to use this funding to augment its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support and Community-Building Grants (2020) | 4,146,795 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $4,146,795 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) for general support and community-building grants. CEA is a central organization within the effective altruism (EA) community that engages in a variety of activities aimed at helping the EA community. This grant follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Chicago Community Bond Fund — Support for Coalition to End Money Bond (2019) | 170,000 | Chicago Community Bond Fund | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Chicago Community Bond Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $170,000 over two years to the Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) to support the Coalition to End Money Bond. CCBF intends to use these funds to support and coordinate state and local organizers working on pretrial reform issues. This follows our October 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ordinary People Society — General Support (2019) | 150,000 | The Ordinary People Society | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. TOPS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to The Ordinary People Society (TOPS) for general support. This grant will support TOPS work organizing and training a network of pastors to advocate for criminal justice reform across Alabama. This follows our December 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Kevin Esvelt’s Research (2019) | 1,000,000 | mit | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MIT Media Lab staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to the MIT Media Lab to support the research of Professor Kevin Esvelt. Professor Esvelt plans to use this funding to conduct research on global catastrophic risks, global health, and animal welfare. This grant falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support | 2,970,000 | bipartisan-commission-biodefense | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,970,000 to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense for general support. The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense was previously known as the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense. The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense advocates for improvements to U.S. biodefense policy through a variety of activities, including hosting public meetings, publishing reports, and conducting outreach to those in the U.S. government. This follows our January 2018 support to the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. The grant amount was updated in October 2020. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019) | 750,000 | Real Justice PAC | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Real Justice PAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $750,000 to Real Justice PAC for general support on criminal justice reform work. Real Justice PAC intends to use these funds to raise the profile of key prosecutor and sheriff races and elect reform-minded candidates supported by community groups and leaders. These candidates will work to safely reduce the number of people incarcerated in their jurisdictions. The funds were distributed to an account that is limited to work outside of California. This follows our April 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund — Texas Rising Program (2018) | 150,000 | Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | 2018-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Freedom Network Education Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund to support its Texas Rising program. This grant will allow Texas Rising to increase its base of young people (under 30 years old) engaged on criminal justice reform issues. The grant will pay for computers, student stipends, and field staff salaries for activities including convenings, trainings, leadership development, digital organizing, and grassroots organizing. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Riverside Justice Table — Prosecutor Accountability (2019) | 275,000 | Riverside Justice Table | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Riverside Justice Table staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $275,000 over two years to the Riverside Justice Table to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Riverside, California, a county with high incarceration rates. This funding will help the Riverside Justice Table promote accountability demands, register voters, conduct surveys on voter preferences, and educate Riverside residents on the role of the prosecutor through town halls and other events. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. The grant amount above was updated in March 2020. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (February 2020) | 1,200,000 | georgetown-cghss | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GHSS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,200,000 to the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) to provide general support and to support GHSS project activities on deliberate events and global health security. This follows our February 2018 support and represents one year of additional support at the current funding level. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| MoveOn Civic Action — Syrian Refugee Advocacy | 375,000 | MoveOn.org Civic Action | 2015-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Immigration Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MoveOn.org Civic Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $375,000 to MoveOn.org Civic Action to support advocacy on behalf of Syrian refugees. MoveOn.org Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) organization focused on nonpartisan education and advocacy, used these funds to advocate to Congress against reductions in the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the U.S. This grant falls within our focus area of immigration policy, one of our focus areas within U.S. policy. In the past, our immigration policy work has not focused much on refugee resettlement, which we had assumed would be more crowded than other aspects of immigration policy with funders aimed at supporting increased opportunities for people to move to the U.S. for humanitarian reasons. While we continue to believe that is directionally correct, our increased interest in supporting advocacy around refugee resettlement is partially based on learning more about the fairly limited foundation funding for advocacy around refugee resettlement. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Gamechanger Labs — Student Organizing Initiative | 100,000 | Gamechanger Labs | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Gamechanger Labs staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Gamechanger Labs via the Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation to support awareness-raising and organizing of college students. This funding will support project planning, initial campaign staffing, travel, and potentially small sub-grants to partner organizations. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Amistad Law Project — General Support (February 2020) | 25,000 | Amistad Law Project | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Amistad Law Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Amistad Law Project for general support. The Amistad Law Project plans to use these funds to support efforts to organize families of people serving life sentences in Pennsylvania and to advocate for expanded clemency and parole eligibility. This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| World Animal Protection — Broiler Chicken Welfare (April 2019) | 781,498 | World Animal Protection | 2019-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. WAP staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $781,498 over two years to World Animal Protection (WAP) to support corporate broiler chicken campaigns in Southeast Asia with a focus on Thailand and Indonesia. WAP plans to increase its broiler chicken campaigns in Thailand and perform scoping research to lay the groundwork for future campaigns in Indonesia, as both Thailand and Indonesia have large numbers of farmed birds. This follows our March 2017 grant and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Trap Heals — “Just Mercy” Engagement | 1,075,000 | Trap Heals | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Trap Heals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $1,075,000 to Trap Heals via the Tides Foundation to support cultural engagement around the Los Angeles release of the film "Just Mercy." Trap Heals is a cultural architecture firm that builds the skills of formerly incarcerated artists and works with advocacy organizations to transform campaigns into a popular culture narrative. Trap Heals plans to use these funds for a retreat to bring advocates and artists together around criminal justice reform issues. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. The grant amount above was updated in November 2019. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Duke University — Co-Crystallization of Hsp70i and Inhibitor HS-72 (Timothy Haystead) | 81,500 | duke-university | 2017-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Scientific Research] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Duke University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $81,500 to Duke University to support work on the co-crystallization of Hsp70i and the inhibitor HS-72. The work will be led by Dr. Timothy Haystead, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at the Duke University School of Medicine. Funding from this grant will allow Dr. Haystead to pay a specialized company to determine the molecular structure of the human Hsp70i protein in a complex with HS-72, and to hire a summer intern to support his antiviral and inhibitor work. According to our science advisors, determining the molecular structure of Hsp70i may help optimize a class of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs that are active against diseases such as dengue. This grant falls within our work on scientific research. This is a discretionary grant. Update: In May 2018, we added $32,000 to the original award amount for additional work on the project. The “grant amount” above has been updated to reflect this. | B4pZkOtjSk |
| Stanford Existential Risks Initiative — Global Catastrophic Risk Education | 1,500,000 | stanford-existential-risks-initiative | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford Existential Risks Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 over two years to the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative to support student education about global catastrophic risks. Stephen Luby and Paul Edwards, who together teach the course "Preventing Human Extinction," plan to use these funds to expand their activities in this area, including student fellowships, research, career development opportunities, a speaker series, and faculty support. This follows our December 2019 support and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Compassion in World Farming — Farm Animal Welfare in Asia | 1,391,971 | compassion-in-world-farming | 2020-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £1,083,600 ($1,391,971 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to support its work to advance farm animal welfare in Asia. CIWF plans to engage in corporate outreach on poultry welfare and to re-grant funds to farm animal welfare groups throughout Asia. This follows our September 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. The grant amount was updated in July 2022. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| American Conservative Union Foundation — Criminal Justice Reform (2019) | 225,000 | American Conservative Union Foundation | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. American Conservative Union Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $225,000 to the American Conservative Union Foundation to support the work of the Nolan Center for Justice, led by Pat Nolan and David Safavian. The Nolan Center for Justice aims to increase support for criminal justice reform from conservative policymakers in Congress and at the state level, as well as among the conservative base more broadly. This follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro) (2021) | 10,248,967 | uc-davis | 2021-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Human Health and Wellbeing] Grant investigator: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs. This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. UC Davis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $10,248,967 over three years to UC Davis to support subsequent stages of a feasibility analysis of a potential test of gene drives for malaria control on the adjoining West African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. The work, led by Dr. Greg Lanzaro and colleagues, will focus on a potential gene drive application that would reduce or inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to transmit the malarial parasite, without impacting the size of the mosquito population on the islands. As part of the preliminary feasibility analysis, which we supported in February 2020, Dr. Lanzaro’s team developed working relationships with local communities, established an ethics advisory board, developed a communication plan, and conducted appropriate safety tests. The next phase of the feasibility analysis will include stakeholder engagement and educational and public outreach activities to enable residents of the islands to consider the purpose of the potential gene drive, capacity-building activities to empower the local government and scientific and regulatory agencies to develop and implement a regulatory framework, and ecological studies to assess the potential ecological impacts of a malaria gene drive. At the conclusion of this stage, Dr. Lanzaro’s team will consider submitting a proposal to the government of São Tomé and Príncipe seeking approval for a field trial. Deployment would only take place if determined to be feasible, ethical, safe, approved by the regulatory authorities, and supported by the affected communities. Related scientific research is being supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This falls within our focus area of scientific research, specifically within our interest in advancing human health and wellbeing. | ONN00wZd8U |
| University of Oxford — D.Phil Support for Andrew Snyder-Beattie | 26,086 | university-of-oxford | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Oxford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of £20,000 ($26,086 at the time of conversion) to the University of Oxford to support the research of the Mathematical Ecology Research Group and the research costs of Andrew Snyder-Beattie, who recently served as Director of Research at the Future of Humanity Institute and a member of FHI's Biotechnology Research Team. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Animal Advocacy Careers — General Support | 432,000 | Animal Advocacy Careers | 2020-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Animal Advocacy Careers staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $432,000 over two years to Animal Advocacy Careers for general support. Animal Advocacy Careers seeks to increase the effectiveness of farm animal welfare advocacy, and was incubated following our support for Charity Science. This funding is intended to enable Animal Advocacy Careers to provide training on leadership and management, career guidance, and effective animal advocacy to existing and aspiring farm animal welfare advocates. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| POWER — Voter Engagement on Criminal Justice Reform | 25,000 | POWER | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. POWER staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to POWER to engage voters on criminal justice reform issues ahead of this year’s prosecutorial elections. POWER is an interfaith organizing group within the Faith in Action network. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Sightline Institute — YIMBYtown (2019) | 50,000 | Sightline Institute | 2019-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Sightline staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to the Sightline Institute to support a national “Yes In My Back Yard” conference, which will take place in Portland, Oregon. We previously supported the first three national YIMBY conferences to bring those housing advocates together in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado, in 2017 in Oakland, California, and in 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| The Pollination Project — Global Animal Advocacy Movement (2019) | 362,000 | The Pollination Project | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Pollination Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $362,000 over two years to The Pollination Project to support movement-building and re-granting to farm animal groups in Brazil, India, Mexico, and possibly Thailand and Vietnam. Our farm animal welfare team believes this is a low-cost way to support movement-building in countries with many farmed animals but relatively few welfare advocates. This funding follows our December 2016 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Color Of Change Education Fund — Criminal Justice Reform (2019) | 2,500,000 | Color Of Change Education Fund | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color of Change staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $2,500,000 over two years to Color of Change and the Color of Change Education Fund to support prosecutorial reform and work related to the film "Just Mercy." Color of Change plans to use these funds to support digital campaigns, rapid response communications, and convening groups engaged in criminal justice reform work. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (2018) | 100,000 | Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CPD Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund (CPD Action) to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve. As labor market conditions have improved, we've become less confident about the appropriate short term stance of monetary policy, but we continue to believe it to be worthwhile to support the campaign through the next recession, when its advocacy might be especially useful and when we could better evaluate its impact. CPD Action expects to use this funding primarily for lobbying activities associated with the campaign. This grant falls within our work on macroeconomic stabilization policy. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the Center for Popular Democracy, a 501(c)(3) associated with CPD Action. | ONN00wZd8U |
| JustLeadershipUSA — General Support | 40,000 | JustLeadershipUSA | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. JustLeadershipUSA representatives also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) for general support. This grant falls within our work on criminal justice reform, and is part of our support of the campaign to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, which we wrote about in more detail on our December 2016 grant page to JustLeadershipUSA. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship (2019) | 320,000 | The Soze Agency | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Soze Agency staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $320,000 to The Soze Agency to support its Right of Return fellowship program for formerly incarcerated artists. The fellowship provides fellows with materials, a stipend, and mentorship under co-founders Jesse Krimes and Russel Craig. Fellows work closely with criminal justice reform organizations, using art and the artistic process to highlight issues and further criminal justice reform efforts. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Gryphon Scientific — Empirical Biosafety Research | 2,000,000 | Gryphon Scientific | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Gryphon Scientific staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,000,000 over three years to Gryphon Scientific to support the generation of empirical data to fill critical gaps in biosafety. The research will analyze lab safety measures, with the aim of reducing the probability of catastrophic accidents. This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities — General Support (2018) | 50,000 | Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. HEARD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities (HEARD) to hire a program coordinator. With the increased capacity, HEARD plans to spend more time advocating on behalf of deaf and disabled people affected by mass incarceration. They plan to educate deaf and disabled communities about their rights and to train and support attorneys and advocates on how to work with and protect the rights of deaf/disabled defendants as well as incarcerated and formerly imprisoned people. We hope HEARD’s work will raise awareness about the rates of disability in prison among advocates and policymakers. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project (2020) | 150,000 | Grassroots Leadership, Inc. | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Grassroots Leadership, Inc., staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Grassroots Leadership, Inc., to support the Texas Advocates for Justice Project (TAJ). TAJ offers intensive community organizing and communications trainings for formerly incarcerated people who then lead and participate in local policy-change campaigns across Texas. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (August 2018) | 850,000 | Real Justice PAC | 2018-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Real Justice PAC also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended that Cari Tuna personally contribute $850,000 to Real Justice PAC for general support on criminal justice reform work. Real Justice intends to use these funds to develop tools and infrastructure as it seeks to raise the profile of key prosecutor and sheriff races in 2018 and elect reform-minded candidates who will work to safely reduce the number of people incarcerated in their jurisdictions. The funds were distributed to an account that is limited to work outside of California. This is a renewal of our May 2018 support, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Prism — Criminal Justice Vertical | 300,000 | Prism | 2019-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Prism staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to Prism to support the launch of a criminal justice vertical. Prism, a new nonprofit organization that works closely with Dailykos.com, plans to launch multiple verticals focusing on important issues. This funding will support the hiring of reporters, fellowship stipends, and administrative support for criminal justice journalism. In keeping with journalistic standards, all produced content will be clearly labeled, and the Open Philanthropy Project will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published. This discretionary grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Compassion in World Farming USA — Global EggTrack Program | 78,750 | Compassion in World Farming USA | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Compassion in World Farming USA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $78,750 to Compassion in World Farming USA (CIWF USA) to support the global expansion of its EggTrack program. This funding will support CIWF USA’s work tracking and reporting on multinational companies’ progress implementing cage-free egg commitments. This follows our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice — General Support (2019) | 75,000 | Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizens for Juvenile Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $75,000 to Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ) for general support. CfJJ plans to use these funds to continue advocating for reforms to the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, in particular, raising the age of criminal court jurisdiction to 19 or higher. This follows our 2018 grant recommendation and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for a New American Security — Outreach on Technological Risk Led by Richard Danzig | 400,352 | cnas | 2018-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center for a New American Security staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,352 to the Center for a New American Security to support outreach by Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy, on technological risks. This is a renewal and expansion of our August 2017 grant, which allowed Dr. Danzig to produce Technology Roulette, a report intended for the national security community detailing the management of risks from losing control of advanced technology. Dr. Danzig intends to use these new funds to continue sharing these ideas with U.S. government officials, as well as spreading them to national security leaders abroad. This grant falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| The People’s Lobby — Prosecutorial Accountability | 125,000 | The People's Lobby | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The People’s Lobby staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $125,000 to the People’s Lobby to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. This funding is intended to enable the People’s Lobby to support local organizing to ensure Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s policies are keeping communities safe without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration and to continue to set the context for electing and re-electing reform-minded prosecutors. This follows our July 2019 support for the People’s Lobby Education Institute and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Founders Pledge — General Support (2020) | 1,500,000 | founders-pledge | 2020-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Bastian Stern This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Founders Pledge staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 to Founders Pledge for general support. Founders Pledge encourages technology entrepreneurs to pledge a chosen percentage of their future or current liquidity to charity, and supports them in making thoughtful and impactful decisions about where to give. This follows our February 2018 support and falls under our work aimed at growing and empowering the effective altruism community. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice — General Support | 64,500 | Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice representatives also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $64,500 to the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, for general support. This grant falls within our work on criminal justice reform, and is part of our support of the campaign to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, which we wrote about in more detail on our December 2016 grant page to JustLeadershipUSA. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2020) | 550,000 | Economic Policy Institute | 2020-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Economic Policy Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 over two years to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) to support macroeconomic policy research. EPI plans to use these funds to continue to produce policy-relevant research on the ways in which macroeconomic policy can boost living standards for working Americans, including work on different aspects of the relationships between unemployment, wage growth, inflation, and productivity. This follows our July 2018 support and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Corrections Accountability Project — General Support (2018) | 150,000 | Corrections Accountability Project | 2018-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Corrections Accountability Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Corrections Accountability Project (CAP), housed at the Urban Justice Center, for general support. CAP, led by Bianca Tylek, educates the public about the harms of the commercialization of the corrections system, advocates against exploitation of incarcerated people, and supports others to lead campaigns that address these harms. This discretionary funding is a renewal of our October 2017 seed grant, which supported the production of a report on the "Prison Industrial Complex," and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Eurogroup for Animals — European Union Trade Strategy | 700,000 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of €625,000 over two years (approximately $700,000 at the time of conversion) to Eurogroup for Animals to work on inserting farm animal welfare language into European Union trade agreements. In the event that farm animal welfare language is included in any agreements, Eurogroup for Animals plans to work with in-country groups to help ensure any provisions in the language are implemented into national regulations or export practices. This follows our September 2018 and September 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy in New York State | 266,000 | Citizen Action of New York | 2018-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Citizen Action of New York staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $266,000 to Citizen Action of New York to support legislative advocacy and grassroots organizing for criminal justice reform in New York State. Citizen Action intends to use these funds to hire a criminal justice policy director, engage in grassroots organizing and legislative lobbying to decarcerate jails, reform the pretrial system, and advance other legislative reforms to the criminal legal system. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2019) | 1,625,000 | stanford-university | 2019-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CISAC staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $1,625,000 over three years to Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) to support Megan Palmer’s work on biosecurity. Dr. Palmer's research is focused on developing ways to improve governance of biological science and to reduce the risk of misuse of advanced biotechnology. This funding is intended to allow Dr. Palmer to continue and extend a study on the attitudes of participants in International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), to better understand how institutional environments, safety practices or competition incentives might motivate young scientists and engineers. This is a renewal of our October 2016 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Longtermist Project Incubator (February 2020) | 180,000 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $180,000 to the Centre for Effective Altruism to support the development of a longtermist project incubator. This funding is intended to help cover the incubator’s preliminary costs. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people doing research on humanity’s long-run future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Essie Justice Group — General Support (August 2019) | 150,000 | Essie Justice Group | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Essie Justice Group staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Essie Justice Group for general support. The Essie Justice Group organizes women with incarcerated loved ones for criminal justice reform. The Essie Justice Group plans to use these funds to build its membership, train cohorts of women impacted by incarceration, and move the trained leaders into campaigns. This follows our October 2017 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Color Of Change — Criminal Justice Reform (2017) | 1,000,000 | Color of Change | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Color Of Change staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,000,000 to ColorOfChange.org ("Color Of Change") to support its work on criminal justice reform. The funding represents a renewal of our 2016 grant recommendation to Color Of Change, and is intended to continue supporting its movement coordination and prosecutor accountability activities, as well as work on bail reform. Color Of Change intends to use these funds to promote coordination among key criminal justice reform stakeholders through convenings and communications; undertake and provide support and guidance on criminal justice reform campaigns; amplify public demand for reforms through media engagement; advocate for reform legislation; and develop publicly available tools through its website and open source organizing platform to promote prosecutor accountability in regions beyond its organizational reach. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is excited to continue supporting Color Of Change's work, and believes it is playing an important role shifting the public narrative around prosecutor accountability. See our overall criminal justice reform strategy for more information on why we support prosecutorial reform and its relation to our primary goal of reducing incarceration. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended funding to the Color Of Change PAC, a political action committee affiliated with Color Of Change. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Stanford University — Global Catastrophic Risk Education | 250,000 | stanford-university | 2019-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant Investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to Stanford University to support student education about global catastrophic risks. Stephen Luby and Paul Edwards, who together teach the course "Preventing Human Extinction," plan to use these funds to expand their activities in this area, including student research and a speaker series. They are fellows at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, which we have supported. This falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (2019) | 4,795,803 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. 80,000 Hours staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $4,795,803 over two years to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours aims to solve skill bottlenecks for career paths in what it considers to be the world's most pressing problems. It does this by providing online research, in-person advice, and support with the goal of helping talented graduates age 20-40 enter high-impact careers. This grant follows our February 2018 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support and Community-Building Grants (2019) | 1,755,921 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2019-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,755,921 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) for general support and community-building grants. CEA is a central organization within the effective altruism (EA) community that engages in a variety of activities aimed at helping the EA community. This grant follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (March 2020) | 2,400,000 | georgetown-cghss | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Grant investigator: Andrew Snyder-Beattie This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GHSS staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,400,000 over two years to the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) to provide general support and to support GHSS project activities on deliberate events and global health security. This follows our February 2020 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide GHSS with approximately two years of operating support. It falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2019) | 2,756,250 | gNsqAes7Dw | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $2,756,250 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) for general support. CEA is a central organization within the effective altruism (EA) community that engages in a variety of activities aimed at helping the EA community. This grant follows our June 2018 support and falls under our work aimed at growing and empowering the EA community. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Future of Humanity Institute — New DPhil Positions | 939,263 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. Future of Humanity Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $939,263 to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), a multidisciplinary research institute working on global catastrophic risks at the University of Oxford, to support new DPhil positions. This grant follows our July 2018 support, which was intended to support work on risks from advanced artificial intelligence, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and macrostrategy. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. The grant amount was updated in October 2020. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Southerners on New Ground — Criminal Justice Reform Work | 100,000 | Southerners On New Ground | 2020-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. SONG staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to Southerners on New Ground (SONG) to support its criminal justice reform work. SONG organizes LGBTQ people across the South around multiple issues, including decarceration campaigns. This follows our February 2018 support and represents an "exit grant" that will provide SONG with approximately one year of operating support. It falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| ReFrame — ReFrame Academy | 31,500 | ReFrame | 2020-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ReFrame staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $31,500 to ReFrame to support criminal justice reform leaders seeking communications training at the 2020 ReFrame Academy, formerly known as SPIN Academy. This follows our March 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Movement Alliance Project — Prosecutor Accountability (October 2020) | 245,000 | Movement Alliance Project | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Movement Alliance Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $245,000 over two years to the Movement Alliance Project to support work on prosecutor accountability in Philadelphia. The Movement Alliance Project intends to use these funds to organize community members for prosecutor accountability and to make re-grants to community groups seeking to challenge mainstream narratives around criminal justice. This follows our March 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Freedom Network — Texas Rising Program (2019) | 150,000 | Texas Freedom Network | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Freedom Network staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Texas Freedom Network to support the Texas Rising program's work on criminal justice reform. Texas Rising plans to use these funds to continue organizing young people (under 30 years old) to push for prosecutorial accountability. This follows our April 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute — AI Safety Retraining Program | 150,000 | — | 2018-06 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. MIRI also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) to support its artificial intelligence safety (AI) retraining project. MIRI intends to use these funds to provide stipends, structure, and guidance to promising computer programmers and other technically proficient individuals who are considering transitioning their careers to focus on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. MIRI believes the stipends will make it easier for aligned individuals to leave their jobs and focus full-time on safety. MIRI expects the transition periods to range from three to six months per individual. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (2017) | 305,000 | Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 2017-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CPD Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $305,000 to the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund (CPD Action) to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve, and specifically in the selection of regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents and leaders. We have written in more detail about our rationale for supporting this campaign on our 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 grant pages to the Center for Popular Democracy, a 501(c)(3) affiliated with CPD Action. CPD Action expects to use this funding primarily for lobbying activities associated with the campaign. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Animal Charity Evaluators — General Support (2020) | 650,000 | Animal Charity Evaluators | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ACE staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $650,000 over two years to Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) for general support. ACE seeks to build a more effective farm animal welfare movement by identifying the most effective animal welfare charities and recommending them to donors. Our farm animal welfare team believes ACE's top charities are consistently effective, and finds value in pushing farm animal welfare organizations to focus on effectiveness and impact. This follows our April 2017 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation — General Support (2019) | 1,600,000 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. ASF staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,600,000 over two years to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for general support. The funding will allow the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to continue to pursue animal welfare reforms across Europe, including campaigns and litigation to improve the welfare of egg-laying hens, broiler chickens, farmed fish, and other animals. This follows our January 2017 and September 2017 grants and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Korean Animal Welfare Association — Cage-Free Layer Hen Farming | 57,000 | Korean Animal Welfare Association | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Cage-Free Reforms] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. KAWA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $57,000 to the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA) to promote the transition to cage-free layer hen farming in Korea. KAWA intends to use this funding to conduct research in preparation for cage-free corporate campaigns and government outreach. Approximately 57 million layer hens are alive in Korea at any given time. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programme | 1,586,224 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant Investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. The Future of Humanity staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling £1,298,023 ($1,586,224 at the time of conversion) to the Future of Humanity Institute to hire future scholars to its Research Scholars Programme. FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute working on global catastrophic risks at the University of Oxford. This grant follows our July 2018 support. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Harborlight Community Partners — YIMBYtown 2018 Conference | 40,000 | Harborlight Community Partners | 2018-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. YIMBYtown organizers also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to Harborlight Community Partners to support the 2018 national "Yes In My Back Yard" conference, which will take place in Boston, Massachusetts, in September. We previously supported the first two national YIMBY conferences to bring those housing advocates together in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado, and in 2017 in Oakland, California. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Columbia University — Beyond the Bars Conference 2018 | 50,000 | columbia-university | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Beyond the Bars Conference organizers also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $50,000 to the Center for Justice at Columbia University's School of Social Work to support its 2018 Beyond the Bars conference. Beyond the Bars is an annual interdisciplinary conference on mass incarceration that brings together stakeholders including formerly incarcerated individuals as well as community organizations interested in ending mass incarceration and promoting justice and equity. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, has attended the conference in the past and is particularly impressed by Columbia University's interdisciplinary approach to studying mass incarceration. This is a discretionary gift, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Changing Markets Foundation — Fish Welfare Retail Campaigns | 500,000 | Changing Markets Foundation | 2021-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant Investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Changing Markets Foundation staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Changing Markets Foundation to support work on global investor engagement and on retailer and investor fish welfare campaigns in Spain, France, Austria, and Switzerland. This falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights — Federal Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy (April 2020) | 75,000 | The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights | 2020-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $75,000 to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) for advocacy on federal criminal justice reform policy. LCCHR works with over 200 civil-rights-oriented groups to eliminate social and economic inequality in the United States. LCCHR intends to use this funding to advocate for the inclusion of criminal justice reform policies in federal COVID-19 stimulus packages and other relief efforts. This follows our February 2020 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2019) | 340,000 | CalHDF | 2019-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CaRLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $340,000 over two years to the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) (now CalHDF) for general support. CaRLA intends to continue pursuing litigation, advocating against regulatory barriers to building housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and developing educational resources. This follows our June 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of land use reform. Update: In November 2019, $60,000 of unspent funds were returned by CaRLA. The "grant amount" above has been updated to reflect this. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Million Voters Project Action Fund — Support for Proposition 57 | 400,000 | Million Voters Project Action Fund | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Million Voters Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $400,000 to the Million Voters Action Fund for lobbying and field operations work related to the passing of California Proposition 57. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Prop 57, Wikipedia, August 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Positive Money Europe — Macroeconomic Policy Research and Advocacy | 73,368 | Positive Money Europe | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Positive Money Europe staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €60,000 (approximately $73,368 at the time of conversion) to Positive Money Europe to support research and advocacy on macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone. This falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice — Criminal Justice Convening | 20,000 | Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $20,000 to the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice to support a convening regarding the intersection of mental health and incarceration. The purpose of the convening is to organize directly affected people to discuss strategies to decriminalize mental illness. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| 80,000 Hours — General Support (2020) | 3,457,284 | hvg9ecR3nA | 2020-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. 80,000 Hours staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,457,284 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours aims to solve skill bottlenecks for career paths in what it considers to be the world’s most pressing problems. It does this by providing online research, in-person advice, and support, with the goal of helping talented graduates aged 20-40 enter high-impact careers. This grant follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of growing and empowering the community of people focused on global catastrophic risk reduction. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee for effective altruism support, described in more detail here. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Community Justice Exchange — Technical Assistance and Campaign Support | 900,000 | Community Justice Exchange | 2019-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Community Justice Exchange staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $900,000 over two years to the Community Justice Exchange (CJE) via the Tides Foundation to support technical assistance and campaign support for criminal justice reform organizations. CJE plans to use these funds to continue its coaching to support campaigns around participatory defense, bail funds, prosecutor accountability, and pretrial risk assessment tools, to expand its cohort of court-watching groups and bail funds, and to develop and deliver training materials on various tactics. This follows our September 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Full Employment Project (2018) | 250,000 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended an exit grant of $250,000 to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to support the Full Employment Project. This is a renewal of our July 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. We continue to think the Project's work is important but do not have a clear sense of how much of a difference marginal funding makes in driving that work forward. This grant will bring us to five years of supporting the Full Employment Project, and at this point we want to take the opportunity to step back and see if other funders may be interested in supporting the Project. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2018) | 100,000 | Voters Organized to Educate | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Voters Organized to Educate staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to Voters Organized to Educate ("Voters Organized") for general support. Voters Organized intends to use these funds to hire a senior legislative policy consultant and build administrative capacity for its criminal justice reform legislative efforts in Louisiana. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2018) | 1,200,000 | Center for Popular Democracy | 2018-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CPD staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1,200,000 to the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) to support the "Fed Up" campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve. As labor market conditions have improved, we've become less confident about the appropriate short term stance of monetary policy, but we continue to believe it to be worthwhile to support the campaign through the next recession, when its advocacy might be especially useful and when we could better evaluate its impact. We have written in more detail about our rationale for supporting this campaign on our 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 grant pages. This grant falls within our work on macroeconomic stabilization policy. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to CPD Action, a 501(c)(4) organization affiliated with CPD. | ONN00wZd8U |
| East Bay Forward — YIMBYtown 2017 Conference | 40,000 | East Bay Forward | 2017-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. East Bay Forward staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $40,000 to East Bay Forward via California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) to support the 2017 national YIMBY conference, which will take place in Oakland, California in July. The conference is named for the "Yes, In My Backyard" movement, which refers to the better-known acronym "NIMBY". We previously recommended a grant to support the first national YIMBY conference in 2016. This is a discretionary grant. Sources Document Source East Bay Forward Proposal Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| Stanford Existential Risks Initiative — Distribution of The Precipice | 24,000 | stanford-existential-risks-initiative | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Other Areas] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Stanford Existential Risk Initiative staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of up to $24,000 to reimburse the Stanford Existential Risk Initiative for copies of Toby Ord's book, The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity, to distribute to attendees at the Stanford Existential Risks Conference. This follows our January 2020 support for the Centre for Effective Altruism's promotion of The Precipice and falls within our focus area of global catastrophic risks. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Yes on Prop. 57 — General Support | 200,000 | Yes on Prop. 57 | 2016-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Yes on Prop. 57 also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 to the Yes on Prop. 57, Californians and Governor Brown for Public Safety and Rehabilitation committee (“Yes on Prop. 57”) for general support. Proposition 57 was a 2016 California ballot measure which passed with 64% of the vote.1 This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Prop 57, Wikipedia, August 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2016) | 124,400 | Texas Organizing Project | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Organizing Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $124,400 to the Texas Organizing Project to support its work on criminal justice reform in Houston. The funds were intended to support community organizing, as well as civic engagement activities. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This grant falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Court Watch NOLA — Public Relations Support | 30,000 | Court Watch NOLA | 2019-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Court Watch NOLA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $30,000 to Court Watch NOLA (CWN) to support hiring communications consultants for public relations, social media, and branding. CWN utilizes over 100 volunteers annually to observe and collect data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Its observations and data are then compiled into regular reports, which can be used by the general public and advocacy groups for work related to criminal justice reform. This discretionary grant follows our November 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| WaitList Zero — General Support (January 2018) | 100,000 | WaitList Zero | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Health & Wellbeing] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. WaitList Zero staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 to WaitList Zero for general support. We previously recommended a $50,000 planning grant in 2014 and a $200,000 general support grant in 2015 to WaitList Zero. This new funding represents an “exit grant” that will provide WaitList Zero with approximately 18 additional months of operating support to allow them to secure other funding. Sources Document Source WaitList Zero, Exit Grant Funding Proposal, 2017 Source | ONN00wZd8U |
| Eurogroup for Animals — European Union Trade Strategy (2022) | 912,994 | Eurogroup for Animals | 2022-02 | coefficientgiving.org | [Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Eurogroup for Animals staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of €806,265 (approximately $912,994 at the time of conversion) over two years to Eurogroup for Animals to support their efforts to insert farm animal welfare language into EU trade agreements. The farm animal welfare team views trade agreements as a relatively neglected way to improve the welfare of farmed animals. This follows our July 2019 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. | ho2AG7NXWE |
| Health Alliance for Violence Intervention — General Support | 25,000 | Health Alliance for Violence Intervention | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Health Alliance for Violence Intervention staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI) for general support. HAVI is a network of hospital-based violence intervention programs that aim to support victims of violence. Our criminal justice reform team believes that HAVI’s violence intervention programs can provide an alternative to incarceration as a way of responding to and preventing violent crimes. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| LatinoJustice — Media Fellowship | 50,000 | LatinoJustice | 2018-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. LatinoJustice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to LatinoJustice to support its new media fellowship program. The fellowship program is intended to allow a member of the Latinx community to document and eventually publish an account of his or her direct involvement with the criminal justice and correction system. For its inaugural fellow, LatinoJustice selected Jason Hernandez, one of the first individuals to receive clemency under President Barack Obama's clemency program.See The Atlantic, What It Takes to Secure Clemency, 2016 According to LatinoJustice, Jason has been instrumental in raising the profile of Latinx prisoners and assisting their families in the clemency process. During his fellowship, Jason intends to co-author a book focusing on his personal story as well as criminal justice issues. The book will primarily be directed at a Latinx audience, and is intended to engage more Latinx leaders and communities on issues related to criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary grant, and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Texas Organizing Project — Criminal Justice Reform (2019) | 4,200,000 | Texas Organizing Project | 2019-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant Investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Texas Organizing Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $4,200,000 over two years to the Texas Organizing Project (TOP) to support work on criminal justice reform. TOP plans to use these funds to expand its criminal justice reform and prosecutor accountability work in Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas. These cities have high incarceration rates, and TOP believes there are many potential policy changes that would generate substantial impact. This follows our August 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programs (2021) | 3,121,861 | Zmw9nfUYWA | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks] Grant Investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. The Future of Humanity staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,121,861 over two years to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), via the University of Oxford, to support its early career researcher programs. FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute working on global catastrophic risks at the University of Oxford. This follows our May 2020 support and falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people doing research on humanity’s long-run future. While we see the basic pros and cons of this support similarly to what we’ve presented in past writeups on the matter, our ultimate grant figure was set by the aggregated judgments of our committee reviewing the grant proposal. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Voters Organized to Educate — Civic Engagement and Criminal Justice Reform | 700,000 | Voters Organized to Educate | 2021-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Voters Organized to Educate staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $700,000 over two years to Voters Organized to Educate ("Voters Organized") to support work on civic engagement and criminal justice reform. Voters Organized intends to use this funding to continue its work to reduce incarceration in Louisiana. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| YIMBY Law — General Support (January 2020) | 100,000 | YIMBY Law | 2020-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Housing Policy Reform] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. YIMBY Law staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to YIMBY Law for general support. YIMBY Law is a new organization that advocates for more available and affordable housing in California and pursues litigation to ensure compliance with state housing laws. Its founder, Sonja Trauss, pursued a similar strategy as part of her previous work at the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund. This falls within our focus area of land use reform. | ONN00wZd8U |
| PICO Action Fund — Live Free Campaign | 816,188 | PICO Action Fund | 2016-08 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. PICO Action Fund staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $816,188 to the PICO Action Fund to support the national Live Free Campaign. The Live Free Campaign is a movement of PICO-affiliated organizations and congregations committed to addressing the causes of violence and mass incarceration in communities across the country. The campaign’s main activities were intended to include community organizing and outreach; advocating for policy reforms attempting to reduce gun violence and mass incarceration; and civic engagement. Funds for this grant were intended to primarily be used for voter education and engagement campaigns related to accountability measures for district attorneys and sheriffs. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. The Open Philanthropy Project has separately recommended a grant to the PICO National Network, a 501(c)(3) affiliated with the PICO Action Fund. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Corrections Accountability Project — General Support (2017) | 100,000 | Corrections Accountability Project | 2017-09 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Corrections Accountability Project staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $100,000 in seed funding for the Corrections Accountability Project (CAP), housed at the Urban Justice Center and led by Bianca Tylek. CAP aims to eliminate the influence of commercial interests on the criminal system and end the exploitation of those it touches. In the near-term, the organization is taking on the following activities to expose the harms caused by the commercialization of justice and return resources to affected communities: public education, legislative and government engagement, investor and corporate activism, and potentially impact litigation. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Full Employment Project (2016) | 425,000 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 2016-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] CBPP staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $425,000 to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to support the Full Employment Project. This grant is a renewal of our 2014 grant to CBPP, and falls within our work on macroeconomic stabilization policy. It is also one in a series of grants attempting to build up the capacity of progressive think tanks on macroeconomic policy issues we see as important. We would characterize the work that these grants will support as falling into two main areas: Preparing for the next U.S. recession, which we would guess is likely to occur before interest rates return to “normal” levels.1 This could include exploring: Monetary policy tools that the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) could use if it were to return to the zero lower bound on nominal short term interest rates, such as quantitative easing or a change to the inflation target Proposals for automatic stabilizers that Congress could put in place to reduce the need for discretionary responses to the next recession Proposals for novel fiscal stimulus measures in case a recession does strike Making the case for the importance of continued focus on reducing unemployment and against premature monetary tightening today. We think it will eventually be appropriate to raise interest rates but that the Fed is more likely to raise prematurely than belatedly, and that doing so carries greater welfare costs, so we see value in supporting work that argues for a continued focus on unemployment. This grant to CBPP will support its continued work on the Full Employment Project, which we wrote about in more detail on our page about our previous grant to CBPP. Our understanding is that our marginal funding will support CBPP to undertake a project commissioning outside macroeconomists to develop their own estimates of potential output of the U.S. economy, based on the possibility that the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate may be too low. This project is related to the second bullet above. Our key uncertainty for this grant, along with our other grants to think tanks for work on macroeconomic policy, is whether work by think tanks on these issues is likely to sway decisionmakers at the Fed or in Congress. We would guess that the work we support is relatively unlikely to affect policy, but that if it did our support would be justified many times over, and we see that as a bet worth taking. Sources DOCUMENT SOURCE Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Effective Federal Funds Rate Source (archive) | ONN00wZd8U |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative – SERI Summer Fellowships | 210,000 | beri | 2021-03 | coefficientgiving.org | [Navigating Transformative AI] Grant investigator: Claire Zabel This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. BERI staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $210,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) to provide stipends for the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) summer research fellowship program. This follows our January 2020 support for BERI and our January 2021 support for SERI and falls within our work on global catastrophic risks. | EXpTP-ujq6 |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action — Prosecutor Accountability | 100,000 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action | 2020-10 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CCJRC4Action staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $100,000 to the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition 4 Action (CCJRC4Action) to support work on prosecutor accountability. CCJRC4Action plans to use this funding to promote accountability, elevate their "Equitable Prosecution Statement of Principles," and conduct activities related to voter engagement. This follows our August 2019 support for the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project | 454,025 | Genspace | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness] Genspace members working on their projects in the lab. (Photo courtesy of Genspace) Grant investigator: Jaime Yassif This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Genspace staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended two grants totaling $706,750 over three years to Dan Grushkin and Todd Kuiken, Ph.D., to evaluate and support the creation of biosafety and biosecurity practices in DIYbio labs. This includes a grant of $454,025 to Genspace, where Mr. Grushkin is Executive Director, and a grant of $252,725 to North Carolina State University, where Dr. Kuiken is a Senior Research Scholar. The project includes two parts: Visiting numerous DIYbio labs and gathering information on the kinds of experiments they’re doing and the safety and security provisions they have in place. Creating a biosafety and biosecurity pilot program in three DIYbio labs. This will involve hiring three early-career biosafety officers to work in these labs for a year and figure out how to apply standard biosafety procedures and biosecurity provisions in the DIY lab context. The goals of this activity are to improve safety and security standards in the participating labs and to establish three biosafety and biosecurity experts with a specialization in DIY labs. The three officers will also develop a list of biosafety and biosecurity best practices for DIY labs and co-author a shareable manual that can be used by others. We decided to recommend these grants for several reasons: We believe that the democratization of advanced biotechnology tools that were once accessible only to advanced labs at elite institutions is making it increasingly difficult to prevent the misuse of biotechnology, and we expect that barriers to access to these tools will continue to fall. We believe that it is important to reduce the risks of misuse by working to ensure that the spaces where bioscience research takes place (including university, industry, and DIY labs) are as safe and secure as possible, while acknowledging that we cannot eliminate the risk entirely. Since DIYbio labs are growing in number and undertaking increasingly sophisticated research, they seem to us like a good target for efforts to strengthen biosafety and biosecurity measures. Mr. Grushkin and Dr. Kuiken seem to us like good candidates to do this work. Our impression is that they both care about biosafety and biosecurity, are well-connected to the DIYbio community, and have experience working in this area. Mr. Grushkin is the Executive Director of Genspace, and Dr. Kuiken serves on the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation (iGEM) Safety Committee and is a Senior Research Scholar at the Genetic Engineering & Society Center at North Carolina State University. We are not aware of much other work in this area. There is a lack of basic information on how many DIYbio labs exist and what work is being done there, and we are not aware of any existing guidance for DIYbio labs on how to approach biosafety and biosecurity. | IVKWfIkgOz |
| Action St. Louis — Prosecutor Accountability | 65,000 | Action St. Louis | 2021-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Action St. Louis staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $65,000 to Action St. Louis, via the ArchCity Defenders, to support work on prosecutor accountability in St. Louis. Since 2018, Action St. Louis has led a coalition of 10 organizations working on prosecutor accountability. This grant will support staffing to coordinate program activities such as court watching, data collection, and media projects. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2021) | 365,000 | Smart Justice CA | 2021-04 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Smart Justice CA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $365,000 over two years to Smart Justice CA, via Tides Advocacy, to support their lobbying on behalf of criminal justice reform in California and efforts to build support for reform-minded prosecutors throughout the state. This follows our December 2020 [page not yet published] support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The Ahimsa Collective — Restorative Justice Movement-Building Report | 15,000 | The Ahimsa Collective | 2017-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Ahimsa Collective staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $15,000 to The Ahimsa Collective via Community Works West to support the completion of a restorative justice movement-building report. The report is intended to be a resource for donors and advocates interested in supporting restorative justice work, and will include reference data on movement-building efforts to date as well as recommendations on funding strategy. This grant falls into our work on criminal justice reform. This is a discretionary grant. Sources Document Source Wikipedia, August 2017 [archive only] Source | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Frontline Wellness — General Support | 240,000 | Frontline Wellness | 2021-01 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Frontline Wellness staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $240,000 over two years to Frontline Wellness, via NEO Philanthropy, for general support. Frontline Wellness seeks to advocate for alternatives to incarceration and reorient the public safety system around public health. This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Victory Briefs Institute — Effective Altruism Curriculum for Debaters | 95,000 | Victory Briefs Institute | 2022-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Grant investigator: Bastian Stern This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $95,000 to the Victory Briefs Institute to support the creation of a curriculum and content focused on effective altruism (EA); scholarships for students focused on the EA curriculum track at VBI 2022 (a summer debate camp); and support for guest speaker costs related to EA content. This falls under our work aimed at growing the community of people working to improve the long-term future. | c5QZjjyC7w |
| Project NIA — Transformative Justice Work Led by Mariame Kaba (2020) | 170,000 | Project NIA | 2020-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Project NIA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $170,000 to Project NIA, via the Chicago Freedom School, to support Mariame Kaba’s work on transformative justice. Project NIA plans to use these funds to support trainings on transformative justice and to organize resources for activists and community members interested in this method. Project NIA also plans to write about and lead campaigns to reduce the incarceration of people who are survivors of sexual and domestic violence. This follows our August 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Blackbird — Ending Mass Incarceration (2017) | 425,000 | Blackbird | 2017-12 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Blackbird staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $425,000 to Blackbird to support its efforts to end mass incarceration. This grant is intended to support Blackbird’s communications, policy and organizing work. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Prosecutor Impact — Prosecutor Training Pilot | 50,000 | Prosecutor Impact | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Prosecutor Impact staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $50,000 to Prosecutor Impact via TNSE MissionWorks to support a partnership with Ideo for development of a prosecutor training pilot in Philadelphia. Prosecutor Impact believes taking a cohort of incoming district attorneys into prisons and jails and sharing skills and wisdom from national leaders can build community and camaraderie that helps the vision of reform-minded prosecutors permeate through their offices. This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| The People’s Lobby Education Institute — Work on Prosecutorial Accountability in Chicago (2019) | 150,000 | The People's Lobby Education Institute | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. People’s Lobby Education Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to The People’s Lobby Education Institute to support its work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The People’s Lobby Education Institute recently recently co-authored a progress report on addressing systemic racism in the Cook County criminal justice system. This discretionary grant follows our June 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Economic Policy Institute — Macroeconomic Policy Research (2018) | 700,000 | Economic Policy Institute | 2018-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy] Grant investigator: Alexander Berger This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Economic Policy Institute staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $700,000 over two years to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) to support macroeconomic policy research. EPI plans to use these funds primarily to continue producing policy-relevant research on the ways in which macroeconomic policy can boost living standards for working Americans, including work on different aspects of the relationships between unemployment, wage growth, inflation, and productivity. This is a renewal of our June 2016 grant and falls within our focus area of macroeconomic stabilization policy. | ONN00wZd8U |
| Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign — Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment (May 2018) | 500,000 | Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign | 2018-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Representatives of the Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $500,000 to the Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign to support the Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment. The amendment, which advocates plan to place on the ballot in November 2018, aims to reduce imprisonment for low-level, nonviolent drug and probation violation offenses; encourage participation in rehabilitation for people in prison; and reallocate prison spending to drug treatment, community alternatives to incarceration, and victim services. This grant was made by a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to which we occasionally make funding recommendations. This discretionary grant is a renewal of our March 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Forward Justice — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy and Organizing | 75,000 | Forward Justice | 2017-05 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Forward Justice staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $75,000 to Forward Justice via Repairers of the Breach to support the advocacy and organizing activities of Daryl Atkinson in North Carolina. This grant falls under our criminal justice reform focus area. The funding is intended to support the hiring of two organizers in North Carolina who will attempt to grow the local chapter of All of Us or None—a grassroots advocacy organization—and outreach and public education activities in Durham and Pitt counties related to prosecutorial accountability and reform. Our Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, is excited to support work led by Mr. Atkinson, who she considers a leading figure in the field of criminal justice reform and an effective leader and activist. This is a discretionary grant. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project (2019) | 150,000 | Grassroots Leadership, Inc. | 2019-07 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Grassroots Leadership, Inc. staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $150,000 to Grassroots Leadership, Inc. to support the Texas Advocates for Justice Project (TAJ). TAJ plans to use these funds for staff and training in Austin and Houston, plus travel and convening expenses. TAJ offers intensive community organizing and communications trainings for formerly incarcerated people who then lead and participate in local policy-change campaigns across Texas. This discretionary grant follows our December 2016 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Working Families Organization — Prosecutor Accountability and Criminal Justice Reform (2021) | 1,500,000 | Working Families Organization | 2021-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Working Families Organization staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,500,000 to the Working Families Organization (WFO) to continue to support its work on prosecutor accountability and criminal justice reform. The funding will enable WFO to increase its organizing capacity, promote accountability demands among voters, and advocate for the election of reform-minded prosecutors. These funds are restricted to work on criminal justice reform and cannot be used to support other WFO priorities. This follows our November 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
| Promise of Justice Initiative — East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (2019) | 170,000 | Promise of Justice Initiative | 2019-11 | coefficientgiving.org | [Criminal Justice Reform] Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Promise of Justice Initiative staff reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $170,000 over two years to the Promise of Justice Initiative to support the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition in its ongoing efforts to reduce the number of people imprisoned in the East Baton Rouge jail. This follows our December 2018 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform. | Tmgr7dBiNn |
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