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 | United States |
| Affiliated organizations (current or former; restricted to potential donees or others relevant to donation decisions) | Good Ventures |
| Regularity with which donor updates donations data | continuous updates |
| Regularity with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | irregular |
| Lag with which donor updates donations data | months |
| Lag with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | months |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | Manual (no scripts used) |
Brief history: Historically, Good Ventures and GiveWell worked together but were separate entities, and Good Ventures made a number of grants based on the beliefs and interets of Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna; in some cases these were helped by some GiveWell research. As GiveWell Labs began taking off and morphed into Open Philanthropy, the majority of Good Ventures money moved shifted to Open Philanthropy Project, and most of the rest was to GiveWell top and standout charities. Other than that, they also support GiveWell operations. The grants listed here are basically all the grants that may be informed by GiveWell or Open Philanthropy Project research but are not directly recommended by GiveWell or Open Philanthropy, and do not support GiveWell operations
Brief notes on broad donor philosophy and major focus areas: Focus areas here include "marriage equality", drug policy, and education. Decisions in drug policy are sometimes assisted by research of Open Philanthropy but the grants themselves are not recommended by Open Philanthropy. Recently, some funding for Alzheimers disease based on Open Philanthropy study has been funded separately by Good Ventures, see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/update-investigating-neglected-goals-biological-research
Notes on grant publication logistics: Grant pages are published on the Good Ventures website, generally within a few months after the grant is made
Notes on grant financing: Financing for these grants is provided by Good Ventures. The exact financing mechanism is not clear
Miscellaneous notes: See also http://effective-altruism.com/ea/10l/june_2016_givewell_board_meeting/#relationship-with-good-ventures "51:59: Cari and Dustin aren’t tied down, they have their own thing"
| 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 | 12 | 100,000 | 634,375 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 212,500 | 250,000 | 500,000 | 1,100,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Meta-philanthropy | 3 | 20,000 | 33,333 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Drug policy | 3 | 100,000 | 137,500 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 212,500 | 212,500 | 212,500 | 212,500 |
| Same-sex marriage | 3 | 150,000 | 166,667 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 |
| Global health | 2 | 500,000 | 800,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
| Education | 1 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.
| Cause area | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education (filter this donor) | 1 | 1 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Global health (filter this donor) | 2 | 2 | 1,600,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Same-sex marriage (filter this donor) | 3 | 2 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
| Drug policy (filter this donor) | 3 | 2 | 412,500.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 212,500.00 | 0.00 |
| Meta-philanthropy (filter this donor) | 3 | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 7,612,500.00 | 500,000.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 5,482,500.00 | 270,000.00 |
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
If you hover over a cell for a given subcause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.
| Subcause area | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education/United States | 1 | 1 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Global health/Alzheimer's disease | 1 | 1 | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global health/PTSD | 1 | 1 | 500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Same-sex marriage/United States | 3 | 2 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
| Drug policy/United States | 3 | 2 | 412,500.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 212,500.00 | 0.00 |
| Meta-philanthropy | 3 | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
| Classified total | 12 | 8 | 7,612,500.00 | 500,000.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 5,482,500.00 | 270,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 7,612,500.00 | 500,000.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 5,482,500.00 | 270,000.00 |
Graph of spending by subcause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by subcause area and year (cumulative)
| Donee | Cause area | Metadata | Total | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startup:Education (filter this donor) | WP | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital (filter this donor) | WP Site | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Freedom to Marry (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 150,000.00 | |
| Brookings Institution (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 212,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 212,500.00 | 0.00 | |
| Heffter Research Institute (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation (filter this donor) | WP | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | |
| Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 | ||
| Total | -- | -- | 7,612,500.00 | 500,000.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 5,482,500.00 | 270,000.00 |
Graph of spending by donee and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by donee and year (cumulative)
If you hover over a cell for a given influencer and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.
| Influencer | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Zuckerberg|Priscilla Chan|Cory Booker | 1 | 1 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 |
| Graham Boyd | 2 | 2 | 312,500.00 | 100,000.00 | 212,500.00 |
| Classified total | 3 | 3 | 5,312,500.00 | 100,000.00 | 5,212,500.00 |
| Unclassified total | 9 | 6 | 2,300,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 270,000.00 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 7,612,500.00 | 160,000.00 | 5,482,500.00 |
Graph of spending by influencer and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by influencer and year (cumulative)
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If you hover over a cell for a given country and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.
| Country | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 5 | 5,912,500.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 5,462,500.00 | 250,000.00 |
| Classified total | 7 | 5 | 5,912,500.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 5,462,500.00 | 250,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 5 | 3 | 1,700,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 7,612,500.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 160,000.00 | 5,482,500.00 | 270,000.00 |
Graph of spending by country and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by country and year (cumulative)
| Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update on Investigating Neglected Goals in Biological Research | 2017-11-30 | Nick Beckstead | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy Good Ventures/not recommended by GiveWell or Open Philanthropy Project | Target Malaria | Broad donor strategy | Scientific research,Global health,Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness,Agriculture | The blog post describes the way the Open Philanthropy Project is identifying neglected goals in biological research. Previously the hope was to investigate sub-areas deeply and produce write-ups. Now, the approach is more "opportunistic": rather than do public write-ups, staff look out for good opportunities for shovel-ready or highly promising grants in the specific topics identified as having strong potential. |
Graph of top 10 donees (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donee | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 12) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies | 500,000.00 | 3 | Global health/PTSD | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/maps-randomized-controlled-phase-3-trial-for-ptsd-therapy | -- | Grant to support a randomized controlled trial testing the use of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 1,100,000.00 | 2 | Global health/Alzheimer's disease | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/massachusetts-general-hospital-alzheimers-disease-research | -- | Grant to support research on Alzheimer's disease led by Professors Rudolph Tanzi and Robert Moir. This appears to be part of grants made by Good Ventures on Alzheimer's disease informed by Open Philanthropy Project research but not recommended by Open Philanthropy Project, see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/update-investigating-neglected-goals-biological-research for more. | |
| Heffter Research Institute | 100,000.00 | 7 | Drug policy/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/heffter-research-institute-general-support | -- | Grant recipient a leading institute on psychedelics. It follows up on http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/heffter-research-institute-general-support1 a previous grant of the same amount. Grantee intends to use grant for communications work over the next two years. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Heffter Research Institute | 100,000.00 | 7 | Drug policy/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/heffter-research-institute-general-support1 | Graham Boyd | Grant was recommended by Graham Boyd, advisor to Good Ventures on drug policy. Grant supports work on psychedelics, an area that Good Ventures and Boyd consider neglected, and where. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society | 60,000.00 | 10 | Meta-philanthropy | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/stanford-center-on-philanthropy-and-civil-society-general-support | -- | Grant for general operating support, to be disbursed as three annual payments of $20,000 each. | |
| Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society | 20,000.00 | 11 | Meta-philanthropy | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/stanford-pacs-general-support | -- | Grant for general operating support, and also labeled as a continuation of http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/stanford-center-on-philanthropy-and-civil-society-general-support-july-2012 a grant in 2012-07. | |
| Startup:Education | 5,000,000.00 | 1 | Education/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/startup-education-school-reform-in-newark-april-2014 | Mark Zuckerberg Priscilla Chan Cory Booker | Grant structured as a "match" to the grant by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan of $100 million for school reform in Newark. Matching grants from other donors were needed to unlock the funding from Zuckerberg and Chan. Though the grant was not recommended by GiveWell, GiveWell staff assisted with a writeup at http://www.goodventures.org/report/school-reform-in-newark to help decide on the grant. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New Jersey; affected cities: Newark. | |
| Brookings Institution | 212,500.00 | 5 | Drug policy/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/brookings-institution-research-on-marijuana-policy-change | Graham Boyd | Grant was recommended by Graham Boyd, who had previously worked as an advisor to Peter Lewis. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Washington|Colorado. | |
| Freedom to Marry | 250,000.00 | 4 | Same-sex marriage/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/freedom-to-marry-general-support-march-2014 | -- | Exit grant to Freedom to Marry as Good Ventures decides to exit funding same-sex marriage organizations. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | 100,000.00 | 7 | Same-sex marriage/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/media-buy-for-marriage-equality-campaign-in-maine-september-2012 | -- | Grant supports purchase of advertisements in Maine by Freedom to Marry Action as part of a campaign to legalized same-sex marriage. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Maine. | |
| Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society | 20,000.00 | 11 | Meta-philanthropy | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/stanford-center-on-philanthropy-and-civil-society-general-support-july-2012 | -- | Grant made via Stanford University, supports efforts of recipient to promote the study of philanthropic institutions and nonprofits. | |
| Freedom to Marry | 150,000.00 | 6 | Same-sex marriage/United States | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/freedom-to-marry-general-support-june-2012 | -- | Learning grant intended to understand more in the same-sex marriage advocacy (aka "marriage equality") space. Affected countries: United States. |
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