Our Grants and Investments - Future Fund

Our Grants and Investments 

 
 
 
 You can use this database to see information about a wide selection of our initial grants and investments. 1   

 We have committed over $160 million to date. 2 The grants and investments in this database were sourced through our open call for applications or were recommended by Future Fund staff. 

 

 Last updated: September 1, 2022

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 Or sort by: 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Future Fund Grants 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Future Fund Regrants 
 
 

 
 
 
 All Grants 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Organization Name 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Funding Type 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Area of Interest 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date of Grant 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Amount 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Funding Stream 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 July 2022 
 
 Our World in Data 

 
 We recommended a grant over three years to support OWID’s work producing high quality data and analysis of global trends like the rise in living standards and effects of COVID-19. This grant will specifically support work tracking trends that are relevant to humanity’s long term prospects.

 
 
 $7,500,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Epistemic Institutions 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 2022 
 
 Global Priorities Institute 

 
 We recommended a grant to allow GPI to hire pre-docs and post-docs from economics, philosophy, and psychology and publish analysis on how to do the most good.

 
 
 $1,215,800 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Epistemic Institutions 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 2022 
 
 Sherry Glied 

 
 We recommended a grant to run two pilot studies in order to develop a platform that will allow policymakers to rapidly get reliable estimates about important quantitative parameters to inform policy measures during times of crisis, like during a pandemic. The pilot will focus on evaluating the cost-benefit profile of non-pharmaceutical interventions during pandemics.

 
 
 $750,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Epistemic Institutions 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Values and Reflective Processes 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 2022 
 
 Long Term Future Fund 

 
 We recommended funding to support their longtermist grantmaking.

 
 
 $3,900,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Effective Altruism 
 
 
 
 
 
 May 2022 
 
 LEEP 

 
 We recommended a grant to an organization aiming to reduce childhood lead exposure and eliminate childhood lead poisoning worldwide.

 
 
 $400,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 2022 
 
 Differential Projections 

 
 We recommended a grant to support the creation of a small research organization that will use probabilistic models to forecast important questions about the future, in particular involving transformative artificial intelligence.

 
 
 $250,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Epistemic Institutions 
 
 
 
 
 
 August 2022 
 
 ALLFED 

 
 We recommended a grant to create a nuclear winter food scale-up plan which governments can adopt. 

 
 
 $300,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bio

... (truncated, 27 KB total)