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Grant: Michael Specter — Course Development Support (Coefficient Giving → Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Verdictconfirmed95%
1 check · 4/9/2026Deterministic match: grantee, amount, date matched in source snapshot (2714 rows)
Our claim
entire record- Name
- Michael Specter — Course Development Support
- Amount
- $85,000
- Currency
- USD
- Date
- November 2021
- Notes
[Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $85,000 to support Michael Specter’s work co-teaching a course with Professor Kevin Esvelt and developing a seminar for fellows of MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program. Both courses will be … expand
[Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $85,000 to support Michael Specter’s work co-teaching a course with Professor Kevin Esvelt and developing a seminar for fellows of MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program. Both courses will be held at MIT. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking.
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkconfirmed95%deterministic-row-match · 4/9/2026
- Name
- Michael Specter — Course Development Support
- Grantee
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Focus Area
- Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
- Amount
- $85,000.00
- Date
- Novembe
NoteDeterministic match: grantee, amount, date matched in source snapshot (2714 rows)
Case № 7LIFeFKGLfFiled 4/9/2026Confidence 95%