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Open Philanthropy Grants Database
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4/5
High(4)High quality. Established institution or organization with editorial oversight and accountability.
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Open Philanthropy is one of the largest funders of AI safety research; this database is a key reference for understanding the field's funding landscape and which organizations/projects are considered high-impact.
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Summary
Open Philanthropy's grants database catalogues their philanthropic investments across global health, biosecurity, AI safety, and other cause areas. It provides transparency into which organizations and projects receive funding, offering insight into how major philanthropic capital is allocated across the AI safety and existential risk landscape.
Key Points
- •Tracks grants across AI safety, biosecurity, global health, and scientific progress, enabling analysis of funding trends in existential risk mitigation.
- •Serves as a primary funding source for many leading AI safety research organizations including Anthropic, MIRI, ARC, and academic labs.
- •Provides public transparency into philanthropic strategy, revealing which research directions and organizations are considered high-priority.
- •Useful reference for understanding the funding ecosystem and institutional landscape of the AI safety field.
- •Grant descriptions often include rationale, helping to understand Open Philanthropy's theory of change and risk priorities.
Review
Open Philanthropy represents a comprehensive approach to addressing global challenges through strategic grant-making, with a particularly noteworthy focus on existential risk mitigation and transformative technologies. Their grant areas span from immediate humanitarian concerns like global health and farm animal welfare to long-term civilization-scale challenges such as AI governance and pandemic preparedness. The organization's approach demonstrates a systematic, multi-pronged strategy for addressing complex global problems, with special emphasis on areas where targeted interventions could yield outsized positive outcomes. Their work in 'Navigating Transformative AI' is especially significant for the AI safety community, signaling a proactive stance toward ensuring responsible AI development and mitigating potential catastrophic risks associated with advanced artificial intelligence.
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| EA and Longtermist Wins and Losses | -- | 53.0 |
| Pre-TAI Capital Deployment: $100B-$300B+ Spending Analysis | Analysis | 55.0 |
| Redwood Research | Organization | 78.0 |
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We’ve evaluated hundreds of causes to identify where philanthropic capital can have outsize leverage. Our funds enable philanthropists to pool resources around these high-impact opportunities. Our Funds Prev Next Abundance & Growth Accelerating growth and scientific progress Air Quality Improving health through cleaner air Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness Building resilience against biological risk Effective Giving & Careers Empowering people to maximize their impact Farm Animal Welfare Improving the lives of farmed animals Forecasting Improving how critical decisions are made Global Aid Policy Encouraging generous and cost-effective aid Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities Countering threats to civilization Global Growth Supporting growth to reduce global poverty Global Health & Wellbeing Opportunities Improving health and wellbeing for all people Lead Exposure Action Fund Accelerating progress toward a lead-free world Navigating Transformative AI Ensuring that AI is safe and well-governed Science and Global Health R&D Supporting lifesaving ideas and discoveries We believe the most important decision a philanthropist makes is choosing which causes to fund. That’s why we devote significant effort to investigating specific areas before committing resources to them. We evaluate causes using three key criteria: Importance The scale and severity of the problem Neglectedness Whether the cause receives adequate attention and resources Tractability The likelihood that additional resources can create meaningful progress Learn more li+li]:mt-5 "> Our approach Apply for funding
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