Future of Life Institute — Grant Received: $665.8 million
The Wikipedia source directly states in the infobox that FLI's endowment was '$665.8 million (in 2021)'. This exactly matches the claim's exact stored value of 665,800,000 (i.e. ~665.8 million) as of 2021. The source also references citation [1] pointing to 'Philanthropy News Digest' which reported 'Future of Life Institute received $665 million'. The temporal alignment (both 'as of 2021') and numerical match (665.8 million) confirm the claim. The additional context about Vitalik Buterin's SHIB token donation in May 2021 and the subsequent cash-out details are not contradicted by the source, which simply reports the endowment figure without detailing the composition or later liquidation.
Our claim
entire record- Subject
- Future of Life Institute
- Property
- Grant Received
- Value
- $665.8 million
- As Of
- 2021
- Notes
- Vitalik Buterin donated $665.8M in SHIB tokens to FLI in May 2021. Buterin confirmed ~$500M was actually cashed out (March 2026). Majority transferred to a donor-advised fund.
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe Wikipedia source directly states in the infobox that FLI's endowment was '$665.8 million (in 2021)'. This exactly matches the claim's exact stored value of 665,800,000 (i.e. ~665.8 million) as of 2021. The source also references citation [1] pointing to 'Philanthropy News Digest' which reported 'Future of Life Institute received $665 million'. The temporal alignment (both 'as of 2021') and numerical match (665.8 million) confirm the claim. The additional context about Vitalik Buterin's SHIB token donation in May 2021 and the subsequent cash-out details are not contradicted by the source, which simply reports the endowment figure without detailing the composition or later liquidation.