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 2025. 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 | |
| Facebook page | cuboulder |
| Website | http://www.colorado.edu |
| Twitter username | cuboulder |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Boulder |
| Instagram username | cuboulder |
| Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=University+of+Colorado |
| 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 | 16 | 76,238 | 289,331 | 11,000 | 25,000 | 32,500 | 32,500 | 72,030 | 76,238 | 84,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 489,628 | 3,000,000 |
| 10 | 50,000 | 69,003 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 25,000 | 32,500 | 32,500 | 50,000 | 72,030 | 83,000 | 84,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | |
| Sustainable Public Finance | 1 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Evidence-Based Policy | 1 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 | 76,238 |
| AI safety | 1 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 | 98,400 |
| Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | 1 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 |
| Criminal justice reform | 2 | 489,628 | 1,744,814 | 489,628 | 489,628 | 489,628 | 489,628 | 489,628 | 489,628 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2007 | 2006 | 1999 | 1998 | 1996 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Ventures (filter this donee) | 3,590,866.00 | 0.00 | 489,628.00 | 3,076,238.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation (filter this donee) | 467,030.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 72,030.00 | 150,000.00 | 245,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (filter this donee) | 148,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32,500.00 | 32,500.00 | 83,000.00 |
| Future of Life Institute (filter this donee) | 98,400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 98,400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walton Family Foundation (filter this donee) | 75,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 4,629,296.00 | 250,000.00 | 489,628.00 | 3,076,238.00 | 98,400.00 | 25,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 25,000.00 | 72,030.00 | 150,000.00 | 245,000.00 | 32,500.00 | 32,500.00 | 83,000.00 |
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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 16) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy | 250,000.00 | 3 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness/COVID-19 | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/university-of-colorado-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-experiments | Jacob Trefethen | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support experiments on the decontamination and safe reuse of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers (HCWs) treating COVID-19 patients. This effort is led by Professor May Chu at the Colorado School of Public Health with collaborators from academic research labs, professional PPE testing laboratories, and infectious disease hospitals around the world. The aim of this study is to identify simple, executable processes for decontamination of homemade masks, surgical masks, and N95 respirators that can be applied anywhere, from hospitals to low-resource settings, so that HCWs are protected. The results could inform PPE recommendations for HCW protection from bodies like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is made around the time that COVID-19 is declared a global pandemic, and around the time that efforts to fight the pandemic are ramping up. The grant page also highlights the credentials of the grantee: "Professor Chu serves on the WHO’s Expert Advisory Committee for COVID-19 and helped lead the United States’ response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic at the Office of Science and Technology Policy." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made around the time that COVID-19 is declared a global pandemic, and around the time that efforts to fight the pandemic are ramping up. Other notes: Announced: 2020-04-15. |
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| Arnold Ventures | 489,628.00 | 2 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To fund a follow-up randomized controlled trial comparing full-day preschool to half-day preschool. Affected states: Colorado. | |
| Arnold Ventures | 76,238.00 | 9 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To research the long-term impacts of the Nurse Family Partnership program. Affected states: Colorado. | |
| Arnold Ventures | 3,000,000.00 | 1 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To expand the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development initiative. Affected states: Colorado. | |
| Future of Life Institute | 98,400.00 | 6 | AI safety | https://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees#Herd | -- | A project grant. Project title: Seth Herd. | |
| Arnold Ventures | 25,000.00 | 14 | Sustainable Public Finance | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To research back-loaded retirement benefit designs and the impact of pension reform on teacher quality. Affected states: Colorado. | |
| Walton Family Foundation | 50,000.00 | 11 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Walton Family Foundation | 25,000.00 | 14 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Smith Richardson Foundation | 72,030.00 | 10 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/ | -- | ||
| Smith Richardson Foundation | 150,000.00 | 4 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/ | -- | ||
| Smith Richardson Foundation | 11,000.00 | 16 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/ | -- | ||
| Smith Richardson Foundation | 84,000.00 | 7 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/ | -- | ||
| Smith Richardson Foundation | 150,000.00 | 4 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/ | -- | ||
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | 32,500.00 | 12 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/the-lynde-and-harry-bradley-foundation/ | -- | ||
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | 32,500.00 | 12 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/the-lynde-and-harry-bradley-foundation/ | -- | ||
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | 83,000.00 | 8 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/the-lynde-and-harry-bradley-foundation/ | -- |