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Organizations / Manifund
Date Event Type Description Source Dec 2021 Manifold Markets founded Founding Founded by Austin Chen, Stephen Grugett, and James Grugett. manifund.org (opens in new tab) 2022 Receives $500K from FTX Future Fund for charity prediction markets Funding — 2022 Scott Alexander approaches team about ACX Grants via impact certificates Milestone — 2022 Manifund incorporated as separate 501(c)(3) Milestone — 2022 Rachel Weinberg joins; builds manifund.org in two weeks Milestone — 2023 $2.06M distributed ($2.012M grants + $45K impact certificates) Milestone — 2023 Manifund launches with ~12 regrantors ($50K-400K budgets each) Launch — May 2023 Anonymous donor "D" provides $1.5M for regranting program Funding — Sep 2023 First Manifest conference (250 attendees, Berkeley) Milestone — 2024 ACX Grants 2024 includes impact market for 50+ proposals Milestone — Jan 2024 Impact certificate experiments conclude with mixed results Milestone — Jun 2024 Manifest 2024 (600 attendees) Milestone — 2025 $2.25M raised for 10 regrantors Funding — Jan 2025 ACX Grants 2025 funds 42 of 654 applications Milestone —