ACX Grants is a grant program run by Scott Alexander through his Astral Codex Ten blog. It funds a variety of projects across effective altruism, biosecurity, AI safety, scientific research, and other areas.
Planning for Frontier Lab ScalingAnalysisPlanning for Frontier Lab ScalingStrategic framework analyzing how non-lab actors could respond to frontier AI labs deploying $100-300B+ pre-TAI. For philanthropies: analysis of potential shifts from matching spend to maximizing l...Quality: 55/100Elon Musk (Funder)AnalysisElon Musk (Funder)Elon Musk's philanthropy represents a massive gap between potential and actual impact. With ~$400B net worth and a 2012 Giving Pledge commitment, he has given only ~$250M annually through his found...Quality: 45/100
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Holden KarnofskyPersonHolden KarnofskyHolden Karnofsky directed $300M+ in AI safety funding through Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy), growing the field from ~20 to 400+ FTE researchers and developing influential framewor...Quality: 40/100Josh JacobsonPersonJosh JacobsonChief Operating Officer of the Future of Life Foundation since August 2023. Extensive background in AI safety and effective altruism organizations with prior roles at ARC Evals, FAR AI, Anthropic, ...Timothy Telleen-LawtonPersonTimothy Telleen-LawtonProgram manager for the AI for Human Reasoning Fellowship at the Future of Life Foundation. Previously spent 4 years in research, operations, and management at GiveWell. B.S. and M.S. in Earth Syst...Julia WisePersonJulia WiseManager of the Community Health team at the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), where she has worked since 2015 as CEA's longest-serving employee. Serves as a community liaison and contact person ...Zach RobinsonPersonZach RobinsonCEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), appointed in February 2024. Selected through a search process that considered hundreds of internal and external candidates. Previously served as Chie...Avital BalwitPersonAvital BalwitFormer member of the FTX Future Fund team. Graduated from the University of Virginia with highest honors in Political and Social Thought. Joined the FTX Future Fund full time in June 2022, becoming...
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The MIRI EraHistoricalThe MIRI EraComprehensive chronological account of AI safety's institutional emergence (2000-2015), from MIRI's founding through Bostrom's Superintelligence to mainstream recognition. Covers key organizations,...Quality: 31/100
Organizations
Astralis FoundationOrganizationAstralis FoundationAstralis Foundation is a Swedish philanthropic organization focused on AI safety and governance.Quality: 30/100