Center for Applied Rationality
Founded 2012 (14 years old)
Berkeley nonprofit founded 2012 teaching applied rationality through workshops ($3,900 for 4.5 days), trained 1,300+ alumni reporting 9.2/10 satisfaction and 0.17σ life satisfaction increase at 1-year follow-up. Received $3.5M+ from Open Philanthropy and $5M from FTX (later clawed back); faced major
Funding Received
$5M
12 grants
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Organization
Founded Date2012
HeadquartersBerkeley
General
Websitehttp://rationality.org/
Funding Received
12Total tracked: $5M
| Grant | Funder | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Applied Rationality — General Supportsource | Coefficient Giving | $1.0 million | 2016-07 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2018)source | Coefficient Giving | $1 million | 2018-01 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2022)source | Coefficient Giving | $700,000 | 2022-08 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2018)source | Coefficient Giving | $560,000 | 2018-01 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2020)source | Coefficient Giving | $375,000 | 2020-02 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — European Summer Program on Rationalitysource | Coefficient Giving | $340,000 | 2017-05 |
| Center for Applied Rationality — SPARCsource | Coefficient Giving | $304,000 | 2016-05 |
| General Supportsource | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $212,000 | 2020-07 |
| Funding to trade money for saving the time or increasing the productivity of their employees (e.g. subsidizing electronics upgrades or childcare)source | Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF) | $174,021 | 2018-07 |
| Unrestricted donationsource | Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF) | $150,000 | 2019-04 |
| General Supportsource | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $23,000 | 2020-07 |
| General Supportsource | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $19,000 | 2020-07 |