FTX Future Fund

Funder

The FTX Future Fund was a philanthropic vehicle launched in February 2022 by the FTX Foundation, primarily funded by Sam Bankman-Fried. It distributed $132 million in 262 grants within its first four months, with approximately $32 million directed to AI safety research. The fund collapsed abruptly in November 2022 when FTX filed for bankruptcy; its entire team resigned publicly, stating that they believed committed grants could not be honored and raising questions about the legitimacy of the funds' source.

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Grants Made

$83M

75 grants

Grants Given

75 grants totaling $83M

Grant	Recipient	Amount	Date
Grant to "support Longview’s independent grantmaking on global priorities research, nuclear weapons policy, and other longtermist issues."source	Longview Philanthropy	$15 million	2022-02
Grant for "general support for their activities, including running conferences, supporting student groups, and maintaining online resources."source	Centre for Effective Altruism	$13.9 million	2022-03
Grant to "support Helix Nano running preclinical and Phase 1 trials of a pan-variant Covid-19 vaccine."source	HelixNano	$10 million	2022-01
Grant to "support Ought’s work building Elicit, a language-model based research assistant."source	Elicit (AI Research Tool)	$5 million	2022-05
Grant to "support scholarships for talented and promising high school students to use towards educational opportunities and enrolling in a summer program."source	The Atlas Fellowship	$5 million	2022-01
Investment in AVECRIS’s "Project DOOR to support the development of a next generation genetic vaccine platform that aims to allow for highly distributed vaccine production using AVECRIS’s advanced DNA vector delivery technology."source	AVECRIS	$3.6 million	2022-05
Grant to "support the development of universal CRISPR-based diagnostics, including paper-based diagnostics that can be used in developing-country settings without electricity."source	Sherlock Biosciences	$2 million	2022-02
Grant to "support Lightcone’s ongoing projects including running the LessWrong forum, hosting conferences and events, and maintaining an office space for Effective Altruist organizations."source	Lightcone Infrastructure	$2 million	2022-02
Grant to "support Prof. Levine, as well as students and collaborators, to work on alignment theory research at the Cornell math department."source	Cornell University	$1.5 million	2022-04
The grant description states: "We recommended a grant to support the hiring of several key staff for Dr. Kevin Esvelt’s pandemic prevention work. SecureBio is working to implement universal DNA synthesis screening, build a reliable early warning system, and coordinate the development of improved personal protective equipment and its delivery to essential workers when needed."source	301	$1.2 million	2022-03