This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Website | http://www.law.ucla.edu |
| Twitter username | ucla_law |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_School_of_Law |
| Instagram username | uclalawschool |
| Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=UCLA+School+of+Law |
| 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 | 150,000 | 513,317 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 60,467 | 60,467 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 |
| 2 | 43,800 | 52,134 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 43,800 | 60,467 | 60,467 | 60,467 | 60,467 | 60,467 | |
| Criminal justice reform | 1 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| Global catastrophic risks | 1 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 | 776,095 |
| AI safety | 1 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 | 1,536,222 |
| Donor | Total | 2017 | 2014 | 1998 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 2,312,317.00 | 2,312,317.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Public Welfare Foundation (filter this donee) | 150,000.00 | 0.00 | 150,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| John M. Olin Foundation (filter this donee) | 104,267.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43,800.00 | 60,467.00 |
| Total | 2,566,584.00 | 2,312,317.00 | 150,000.00 | 43,800.00 | 60,467.00 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy | 1,536,222.00 | 1 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/ucla-artificial-intelligence-governance | Helen Toner | Grant to support work on governance related to AI risk led by Edward Parson and Richard Re. Announced: 2017-07-27. | |
| Open Philanthropy | 776,095.00 | 2 | Global catastrophic risks/geoengineering | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/ucla-climate-engineering-governance | -- | Donation process: Grantee submitted a proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/UCLA_Climate_Engineering/Parson_CE_Governance_Proposal_Narrative_02-10-17.pdf on 2017-02-10 with sections: (1) Background, Need, and Opportunity (2) Examples of questions to be addressed (3) Activities. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research and meetings on climate engineering governance led by Professor Edward Parson. Professor Parson plans to use this grant to hire one or two fellows for three years to do academic research, publish papers, and hold meetings and workshops on climate engineering governance with relevant policymakers." The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/UCLA_Climate_Engineering/Parson_CE_Governance_Proposal_Narrative_02-10-17.pdf also has an Activities section, though it's not clear how much the plans changed between the proposal and the final grant. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We hope that this grant will positively influence the future of climate engineering governance and policy." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/UCLA_Climate_Engineering/Parson_CE_Governance_Proposal_Narrative_02-10-17.pdf includes an attached budget, though this is not publicly available. The budget likely influenced the amount granted. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing was likely influenced by the timing of the submission of the grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/UCLA_Climate_Engineering/Parson_CE_Governance_Proposal_Narrative_02-10-17.pdf (2017-02-10, a month before the grant). Intended funding timeframe in months: 36 Other notes: Announced: 2017-04-19. |
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| Public Welfare Foundation | 150,000.00 | 3 | Criminal justice reform/youth justice | https://www.publicwelfare.org/grants/ | -- | Term: 18 months. Support for UCLA School of Law's Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy for its Jail Removal Project to provide jurisdictions with guidance on how t…. Affected regions: Los Angeles, CA; affected countries: United States. | |
| John M. Olin Foundation | 43,800.00 | 5 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/john-m-olin-foundation/ | -- | ||
| John M. Olin Foundation | 60,467.00 | 4 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/john-m-olin-foundation/ | -- |