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 | |
| Facebook page | universityofutah |
| Website | http://www.utah.edu |
| Twitter username | UUtah |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Utah |
| Instagram username | universityofutah |
| 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 | 34 | 100,000 | 349,749 | -657 | 1,000 | 31,773 | 69,481 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 162,500 | 200,000 | 341,911 | 750,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Global health | 6 | 100,000 | 83,224 | -657 | 0 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 7 | 1,000 | 17,783 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 50,000 | 69,481 | 69,481 | |
| AI safety | 3 | 140,000 | 150,591 | 31,773 | 31,773 | 31,773 | 31,773 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 |
| Politics | 1 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 | 63,669 |
| FIXME | 4 | 156,000 | 156,186 | 68,744 | 68,744 | 68,744 | 156,000 | 156,000 | 156,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| Other | 1 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Family planning | 1 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Population | 3 | 250,000 | 387,500 | 162,500 | 162,500 | 162,500 | 162,500 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 | 750,000 |
| Past Programs | 2 | 200,000 | 270,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 |
| Evidence-Based Policy | 1 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 | 341,911 |
| Arts and Cultural Heritage | 1 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities | 1 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Education | 1 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,103,000 |
| Health | 2 | 1,680,040 | 2,840,020 | 1,680,040 | 1,680,040 | 1,680,040 | 1,680,040 | 1,680,040 | 1,680,040 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 1995 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Ventures (filter this donee) | 6,021,951.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,021,951.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hewlett Foundation (filter this donee) | 2,329,169.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 63,669.00 | 0.00 | 750,000.00 | 162,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,103,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (filter this donee) | 1,740,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 540,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (filter this donee) | 599,342.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -657.27 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ford Foundation (filter this donee) | 556,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 156,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| FTX Future Fund (filter this donee) | 280,000.00 | 0.00 | 280,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 171,773.00 | 171,773.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| W. K. Kellogg Foundation (filter this donee) | 69,481.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69,481.00 |
| Foundational Questions Institute (filter this donee) | 68,744.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 68,744.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation (filter this donee) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walton Family Foundation (filter this donee) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 11,891,460.73 | 171,773.00 | 280,000.00 | 5,049,342.73 | 663,669.00 | 100,000.00 | 3,071,951.00 | 162,500.00 | 200,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 224,744.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,103,000.00 | 540,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 69,481.00 |
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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 34) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy | 31,773.00 | 28 | AI safety/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-utah-course-on-human-ai-alignment/ | -- | Donation process: The grant is part of Open Philanthropy Course Development Grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/open-philanthropy-course-development-grants/ for which applications can be submitted online. The grant page https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-utah-course-on-human-ai-alignment/ says: "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." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support Daniel Brown in developing a course on human-AI alignment." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The online application form linked from https://www.openphilanthropy.org/open-philanthropy-course-development-grants/ requires applicants to include an estimated budget. The amount granted was likely based on the budget submitted by the applicant. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing was likely determined by the timing of the grant application, as well as the academic year cycle. Details are not publicly available. Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The "Grantee expectations" section at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/open-philanthropy-course-development-grants/ does not specifically talk about followup grants. It says: "We would like grantees to continue teaching the developed course in the future (at least three times), but this is not a requirement of a grant. Grantees are required to provide us, after completion of the course, with a copy of the course syllabus, a copy of the final exam/final paper (if permitted of by the relevant university’s policies), enrollment statistics, student evaluations, and a brief summary (roughly half a page in length) describing their own experience teaching the course. We will strongly encourage grantees to make their syllabi available online, but we won’t require this." This suggests that the grantee is not expected to receive followup grants for teaching the same course, since the grant is for course *development*; further grants for different courses may be possible. Other notes: On the Open Philanthropy website, the cause area is listed as global catastrophic risks rather than AI safety. We're using AI safety on the donations list website, so this may result in inconsistencies in some totals between the Open Philanthropy website and the donations list website. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 140,000.00 | 16 | AI safety/technical research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/university-of-utah-ai-alignment-research/ | -- | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research led by Professor Daniel Brown on ways to verify the extent to which an AI system is aligned with human values." |
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| FTX Future Fund | 280,000.00 | 9 | AI safety | https://ftxfuturefund.org/our-grants/?_funding_stream=open-call | -- | Donation process: This grant is a result of the Future Fund's open call for applications originally announced on 2022-02-28 at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/2mx6xrDrwiEKzfgks/announcing-the-future-fund-1 (GW, IR) with a deadline of 2022-03-21. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "support research on value alignment in AI systems, practical algorithms for efficient value alignment verification, and user studies and experiments to test these algorithms." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of the open call https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/2mx6xrDrwiEKzfgks/announcing-the-future-fund-1 (GW, IR) for applications; the grant is made shortly after the application window for the open call (2022-02-28 to 2022-03-21). |
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| Hewlett Foundation | 250,000.00 | 10 | Population | https://hewlett.org/grants/university-of-utah-for-a-study-on-socioeconomic-outcomes-of-larc-uptake-0/ | -- | For A Study On Socioeconomic Outcomes Of LARC Uptake. | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 600,000.00 | 5 | Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/university-of-utah/1805-05798/ | -- | Program name: Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities. | |
| Ford Foundation | 200,000.00 | 11 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | For the Urban and Sustainability Lab and the Asian Center to conduct a study, produce publications, and organize workshops on urban housing and land and their implications for inequality, under the process of urbanization in China. Affected regions: 472###Jiangsu###0@@@907###Shanghai Municipality###0; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177978###Han; China; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | -657.27 | 34 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to inform disease-control efforts by developing an analysis tool combined with RNA sequencing that can identify viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites in post-mortem samples to determine cause of death in the many unknown cases; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Arnold Ventures | 4,000,000.00 | 1 | Health | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To provide technical support, capacity building resources, and training to reproductive health providers in Utah. Affected states: Utah. | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 500,000.00 | 6 | Arts and Cultural Heritage | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/university-of-utah/1708-04706/ | -- | Program name: Arts and Cultural Heritage. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 63,669.00 | 26 | Politics | https://hewlett.org/grants/university-of-utah-for-support-of-research-on-congress/ | -- | For Support Of Research On Congress. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Family planning | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to help develop new male and female contraceptives that could remain effective for weeks by developing a zebrafish model for high-throughput screens to identify compounds that specifically inhibit the formation of gametes (sperm or eggs); Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Global health/basic health care | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to inform disease-control efforts by developing an analysis tool combined with RNA sequencing that can identify viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites in post-mortem samples to determine cause of death in the many unknown cases; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 750,000.00 | 4 | Population | https://hewlett.org/grants/university-of-utah-for-a-study-on-socioeconomic-outcomes-of-larc-uptake/ | -- | For A Study On Socioeconomic Outcomes Of LARC Uptake. | |
| Ford Foundation | 200,000.00 | 11 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | To study spatial inequality in China to raise awareness of the uneven effects of recent reforms and promote more equitable and sustainable development and urbanization. Affected regions: 223###China, People's Republic of###100; 9177417###Female@@@9177456###No Intention@@@; China; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to provide oxygen to children with pneumonia in low resource settings by adding new functions to oxygen concentrators including manual powering and oxygen storage for use during power outages; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Arnold Ventures | 341,911.00 | 7 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To advance Pay for Success Financing. Affected states: Utah. | |
| Arnold Ventures | 1,680,040.00 | 2 | Health | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To support the University of Utah's Policy Innovation Lab in order to facilitate and implement high quality Pay for Success projects. Affected states: Utah. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 162,500.00 | 14 | Population | https://hewlett.org/grants/university-of-utah-for-a-study-of-contraceptive-failure-with-unprotected-intercourse-5-14-days-prior-to-initiation/ | -- | For A Study Of Contraceptive Failure With Unprotected Intercourse 5-14 Days Prior To Initiation. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to identify and characterize unique biomarkers expressed on latent HIV infected memory cells in an effort to design new therapeutic strategies to eradicate HIV infection.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to perform a high-throughput screen to identify compounds able to selectively induce cell death in chronically HIV-1 infected cells.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | 50,000.00 | 27 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/smith-richardson-foundation/ | -- | ||
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Global health/STD control including HIV/AIDS | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to design a vaginal gel that blocks HIV by becoming impermeable in response to the pH change induced by the presence of semen, and binds to HIV surface proteins to halt viral transport to susceptible tissues and HIV target cells; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
| Ford Foundation | 156,000.00 | 15 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | For the Institute of Public and International Affairs and Chinese partners to conduct research on the impact of global trade and technology on local development strategies. Affected regions: 1110###Worldwide###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Foundational Questions Institute | 68,744.00 | 25 | FIXME | https://fqxi.org/grants/large/awardees/view/__details/2008/wu | -- | Project title: Stochastic Approach to Quantum Gravity and Cosmology. | |
| Walton Family Foundation | 1,000.00 | 29 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Walton Family Foundation | 1,000.00 | 29 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Walton Family Foundation | 1,000.00 | 29 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Walton Family Foundation | 1,000.00 | 29 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Walton Family Foundation | 1,000.00 | 29 | -- | http://conservativetransparency.org/donor/walton-family-foundation | -- | ||
| Hewlett Foundation | 1,103,000.00 | 3 | Education | https://hewlett.org/grants/university-of-utah-for-the-engineering-schools-of-the-west-initiative/ | -- | For The Engineering Schools Of The West Initiative. | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 200,000.00 | 11 | Past Programs | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/university-of-utah/20100699/ | -- | Program name: Past Programs. | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 340,000.00 | 8 | Past Programs | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/university-of-utah/10100702/ | -- | Program name: Past Programs. | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 100,000.00 | 17 | Other | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/university-of-utah/29500662/ | -- | Program name: Other. | |
| W. K. Kellogg Foundation | 69,481.00 | 24 | -- | https://www.wkkf.org:443/grants/grant/1990/09/ukcg0004e-0000769 | -- | Purpose: Develop student leadership through support of student- directed community service projects in five rural communities; Grant period: 1990-07-01 to 1991-12-31. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Utah. |