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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Facebook page | woodrowwilsoncenter |
| Website | https://www.wilsoncenter.org/ |
| Twitter username | thewilsoncenter |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center_for_Scholars |
| Open Philanthropy Project grant review | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series |
| Launch date | 1968 |
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5 | 400,000 | 715,903 | 291,214 | 291,214 | 291,214 | 368,440 | 368,440 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 496,540 | 496,540 | 2,023,322 | 2,023,322 |
| AI safety | 5 | 400,000 | 715,903 | 291,214 | 291,214 | 291,214 | 368,440 | 368,440 | 400,000 | 400,000 | 496,540 | 496,540 | 2,023,322 | 2,023,322 |
| Donor | Total | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 3,579,516.00 | 2,023,322.00 | 291,214.00 | 864,980.00 | 400,000.00 |
| Total | 3,579,516.00 | 2,023,322.00 | 291,214.00 | 864,980.00 | 400,000.00 |
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Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 5) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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| Open Philanthropy | 2,023,322.00 | 1 | AI safety/governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/wilson-center-ai-policy-training-program-2022/ | -- | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "support [grantee's] AI policy training program, which is aimed at staffers for members of Congress and other policymakers. The program’s ultimate goal is to increase policymakers’ access to technical AI expertise." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 291,214.00 | 5 | AI safety/governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-training-program | Luke Muehlhauser | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to pilot an AI policy training program. The Wilson Center is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue." |
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| Open Philanthropy | 496,540.00 | 2 | AI safety/governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series-june-2020 | Luke Muehlhauser | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to organize additional in-depth AI policy seminars as part of its seminar series." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says "We continue to believe the seminar series can help inform AI policy discussions and decision-making in Washington, D.C., and could help identify and empower influential experts in those discussions, a key component of our AI policy grantmaking strategy." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No reason is given for the amount. The grant is a little more than the original $368,440 two-year grant so it is likely that the additional amount is expected to double the frequency of AI policy seminars. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is a top-up rather than a renewal; the previous two-year grant was made in February 2020. No specific reasons for timing are given. Donor retrospective of the donation: A later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-training-program in the same general area suggests Open Philanthropy's continued satisfaction with the grantee. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 368,440.00 | 4 | AI safety/governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series-february-2020 | Luke Muehlhauser | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to continue support for a series of in-depth AI policy seminars." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grat page says: "We continue to believe the seminar series can help inform AI policy discussions and decision-making in Washington, D.C., and could help identify and empower influential experts in those discussions, a key component of our AI policy grantmaking strategy." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is similar to the previous grant of $400,000 over a similar time period (two years). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made almost two years after the original two-year grant, so its timing is likely determined by the original grant running out. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series-june-2020 suggests ongoing satisfaction with the grant outcomes. A later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-training-program in the same general area suggests Open Philanthropy's continued satisfaction with the grantee. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 400,000.00 | 3 | AI safety/governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series | Luke Muehlhauser | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a series of in-depth AI policy seminars." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We believe the seminar series can help inform AI policy discussions and decision-making in Washington, D.C., and could help identify and empower influential experts in those discussions, a key component of our AI policy grantmaking strategy." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series-february-2020 and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/wilson-center-ai-policy-seminar-series-june-2020 suggest that the donor was satisfied with the outcome of the grant. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2018-08-01. |