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 December 2019. See the about page for more details.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Affiliated organizations (current or former; restricted to potential donees or others relevant to donation decisions) | GiveWell Good Ventures |
| Best overview URL | https://causeprioritization.org/Open%20Philanthropy%20Project |
| Facebook username | openphilanthropy |
| Website | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/ |
| Donations URL | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants |
| Twitter username | open_phil |
| PredictionBook username | OpenPhilUnofficial |
| Page on philosophy informing donations | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/vision-and-values |
| Grant application process page | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/guide-for-grant-seekers |
| Regularity with which donor updates donations data | continuous updates |
| Regularity with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | continuous updates |
| Lag with which donor updates donations data | months |
| Lag with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | days |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | Manual (no scripts used) |
| AI Watch page | https://aiwatch.issarice.com/?organization=Open+Philanthropy+Project |
Brief history: The Open Philanthropy Project (Open Phil for short) spun off from GiveWell, starting as GiveWell Labs in 2011, beginning to make strong progress in 2013, and formally separating from GiveWell in June 2017
Brief notes on broad donor philosophy and major focus areas: The Open Philanthropy Project is focused on openness in two ways: open to ideas about cause selection, and open in explaining what they are doing. It has endorsed "hits-based giving" and is working on areas of AI risk, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and other global catastrophic risks, criminal justice reform (United States), animal welfare, and some other areas.
Notes on grant decision logistics: See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-grantmaking-so-far-approach-and-process for the general grantmaking process. Every grant has a grant investigator that we call the influencer here on Donations List Website; for focus areas that have Program Officers, the grant investigator is usually the Program Officer. The grant investigator has been included in grants published since around July 2017. Grants usually need approval from an executive; however, some grant investigators have leeway to make "discretionary grants" where the approval process is short-circuited; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/discretionary-grants for more. Note that the term "discretionary grant" means something different for them compared to government agencies, see https://www.facebook.com/vipulnaik.r/posts/10213483361534364 for more
Notes on grant publication logistics: Every publicly disclosed grant has a writeup published at the time of public disclosure, but the writeups vary significantly in length. Grant writeups are usually written by somebody other than the grant investigator, but approved by the grant investigator as well as the grantee. Grants have three dates associated with them: an internal grant decision date (that is not publicly revealed but is used in some statistics on total grant amounts decided by year), a grant date (which we call donation date; this is the date of the formal grant commitment, which is the published grant date), and a grant announcement date (which we call donation announcement date; the date the grant is announced to the mailing list and the grant page made publicly visible). Lags are a few months between decision and grant, and a few months between grant and announcement, due to time spent with grant writeup approval
Notes on grant financing: See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/guide-for-grant-seekers or https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/who-we-are for more information. Grants generally come from the Open Philanthropy Project Fund, a donor-advised fund managed by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, with most of its money coming from Good Ventures. Some grants are made directly by Good Ventures, and political grants may be made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. At least one grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/working-families-party-prosecutor-reforms-new-york was made by Cari Tuna personally. The majority of grants are financed by the Open Philanthropy Project Fund; however, the source of financing of a grant is not always explicitly specified, so it cannot be confidently assumed that a grant with no explicit listed financing is financed through the Open Philanthropy Project Fund; see the comment https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/october-2017-open-thread?page=2#comment-462 for more information. Funding for multi-year grants is usually disbursed annually, and the amounts are often equal across years, but not always. The fact that a grant is multi-year, or the distribution of the grant amount across years, are not always explicitly stated on the grant page; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/october-2017-open-thread?page=2#comment-462 for more information. Some grants to universities are labeled "gifts" but this is a donee classification, based on different levels of bureaucratic overhead and funder control between grants and gifts; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/october-2017-open-thread?page=2#comment-462 for more information.
Miscellaneous notes: Most GiveWell-recommended grants made by Good Ventures and listed in the Open Philanthropy Project database are not listed on Donations List Website as being under Open Philanthropy Project. Specifically, GiveWell Incubation Grants are not included (these are listed at https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donor.php?donor=GiveWell+Incubation+Grants with donor GiveWell Incubation Grants), and grants made by Good Ventures to GiveWell top and standout charities are also not included (these are listed at https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donor.php?donor=Good+Ventures%2FGiveWell+top+and+standout+charities with donor Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities). Grants to support GiveWell operations are not included here; they can be found at https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donor.php?donor=Good+Ventures%2FGiveWell+support with donor "Good Ventures/GiveWell support".The investment https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/impossible-foods in Impossible Foods is not included because it does not fit our criteria for a donation, and also because no amount was included. All other grants publicly disclosed by the Open Philanthropy Project that are not GiveWell Incubation Grants or GiveWell top and standout charity grants should be included. Grants disclosed by grantees but not yet disclosed by the Open Philanthropy Project are not included; some of them may be listed at https://issarice.com/open-philanthropy-project-non-grant-funding
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.
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 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI safety | 20 | 17 | 52,633,572.00 | 1,662,539.00 | 43,221,048.00 | 6,563,985.00 | 1,186,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Criminal justice reform | 93 | 69 | 42,181,361.00 | 5,129,000.00 | 14,241,433.00 | 18,224,938.00 | 1,140,990.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 445,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | 24 | 17 | 37,146,344.00 | 2,682,731.00 | 28,840,546.00 | 5,323,067.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scientific research | 13 | 12 | 28,094,512.00 | 8,539,400.00 | 16,717,500.00 | 2,837,612.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scientific research/malaria/gene drive testing and governance | 1 | 1 | 17,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 17,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scientific research/transformative R01 | 4 | 4 | 10,800,544.00 | 0.00 | 10,800,544.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming | 11 | 11 | 7,258,602.00 | 3,011,542.00 | 3,247,060.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Macroeconomic stabilization policy | 14 | 7 | 7,225,500.00 | 1,300,000.00 | 1,405,000.00 | 1,906,500.00 | 2,179,000.00 | 435,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | 11 | 11 | 6,415,339.00 | 0.00 | 3,915,339.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | 16 | 15 | 5,161,340.00 | 0.00 | 3,157,240.00 | 2,004,100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Effective altruism/donor pledges | 2 | 1 | 4,255,600.00 | 3,222,653.00 | 0.00 | 1,032,947.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | 5 | 5 | 3,611,986.00 | 0.00 | 111,986.00 | 3,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming/China | 9 | 9 | 3,583,571.00 | 0.00 | 1,893,604.00 | 1,689,967.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global poverty/Global health and development | 2 | 1 | 3,300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Global catastrophic risks/climate change/geoengineering | 3 | 3 | 3,076,234.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,576,234.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global catastrophic risks/climate/HFC | 1 | 1 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | 2 | 2 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Migration policy/international labor mobility | 2 | 1 | 2,984,720.00 | 0.00 | 1,800,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,184,720.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global catastrophic risks/nuclear war | 1 | 1 | 2,982,206.00 | 0.00 | 2,982,206.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scientific research/neurobiology | 1 | 1 | 2,970,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,970,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cause prioritization | 1 | 1 | 2,870,096.00 | 2,870,096.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | 6 | 5 | 2,746,943.00 | 13,813.00 | 2,733,130.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/fish welfare/crustacean welfare/cephalopod welfare | 1 | 1 | 2,528,678.00 | 0.00 | 2,528,678.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Effective altruism/movement growth | 2 | 2 | 2,510,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 10,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/United States | 3 | 3 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global catastrophic risks | 3 | 3 | 2,360,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,360,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scientific research/malaria/gene drive | 1 | 1 | 2,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Classified total | 372 | 253 | 308,060,132.00 | 32,355,175.00 | 188,027,725.00 | 70,478,152.00 | 7,280,855.00 | 8,023,225.00 | 795,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 1 | 1 | 5,000,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 373 | 253 | 313,060,132.00 | 37,355,175.00 | 188,027,725.00 | 70,478,152.00 | 7,280,855.00 | 8,023,225.00 | 795,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 |
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 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI (filter this donor) | AI safety | FB Tw WP Site | 30,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 30,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (filter this donor) | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | FB Tw WP Site | 18,744,000.00 | 0.00 | 16,000,000.00 | 2,744,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Target Malaria (filter this donor) | 17,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 17,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| University of Washington (Institute for Protein Design) (filter this donor) | 11,367,500.00 | 0.00 | 11,367,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Alliance for Safety and Justice (filter this donor) | 8,750,000.00 | 0.00 | 4,000,000.00 | 4,750,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Centre for Effective Altruism (filter this donor) | Effective altruism/movement growth | FB Site | 7,500,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 6,476,859.00 | 0.00 | 6,476,859.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| University of California, Berkeley (filter this donor) | 6,450,016.00 | 0.00 | 6,450,016.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Arizona State University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 6,421,402.00 | 0.00 | 6,421,402.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Center for Global Development (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 6,384,662.00 | 49,942.00 | 1,800,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,184,720.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | |
| MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group (filter this donor) | 5,970,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,970,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Center for Human-Compatible AI (filter this donor) | AI safety | Site | 5,555,550.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,555,550.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The Humane League (filter this donor) | Animal welfare/Diet change/Veganism/Factory farming | FB Tw WP Site | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense (filter this donor) | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | FB Tw WP Site | 4,688,162.00 | 2,588,162.00 | 500,000.00 | 1,300,000.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Center for Popular Democracy (filter this donor) | WP | 4,579,000.00 | 1,200,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,179,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| JustLeadershipUSA (filter this donor) | 4,440,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 3,440,000.00 | 900,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Founders Pledge (filter this donor) | Effective altruism/donor pledges | FB Tw WP Site | 4,255,600.00 | 3,222,653.00 | 0.00 | 1,032,947.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute (filter this donor) | AI safety | FB Tw WP Site CN GS TW | 4,250,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,750,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security (filter this donor) | 3,544,627.00 | 44,627.00 | 3,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Mercy For Animals (filter this donor) | Animal welfare/Diet change/Veganism/Factory farming | FB Tw WP Site | 3,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Humane Society International (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 3,464,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,464,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| The Justice Collaborative (filter this donor) | 3,101,280.00 | 1,800,000.00 | 1,301,280.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| ClimateWorks Foundation (filter this donor) | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Pew Public Safety Performance Project (filter this donor) | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Rutgers University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 2,982,206.00 | 0.00 | 2,982,206.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Humane Slaughter Association (filter this donor) | 2,947,914.00 | 0.00 | 2,947,914.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (filter this donor) | WP | 2,934,400.00 | 2,934,400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Animal Equality (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 2,902,460.00 | 0.00 | 2,402,460.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Global Priorities Institute (filter this donor) | 2,870,096.00 | 2,870,096.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Compassion in World Farming (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 2,791,365.00 | 0.00 | 2,791,365.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Center for Applied Rationality (filter this donor) | Rationality | FB Tw WP Site TW | 2,679,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 340,000.00 | 1,339,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The Good Food Institute (filter this donor) | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | FB Tw WP Site | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Harvard University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (filter this donor) | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (filter this donor) | 2,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| New Partnership for Africa’s Development (filter this donor) | 2,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| UCLA School of Law (filter this donor) | Tw WP Site | 2,312,317.00 | 0.00 | 2,312,317.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Future of Humanity Institute (filter this donor) | Global catastrophic risks/AI risk/Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | FB Tw WP Site | 2,109,652.00 | 0.00 | 1,994,000.00 | 115,652.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Compassion in World Farming USA (filter this donor) | 2,080,000.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 30,000.00 | 550,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| University of Notre Dame (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 2,054,142.00 | 0.00 | 2,054,142.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Impact Justice (filter this donor) | 2,050,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,050,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Color of Change (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,937,872.00 | 0.00 | 1,030,000.00 | 907,872.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| People's Action (filter this donor) | 1,927,640.00 | 0.00 | 1,927,640.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| University of Pennsylvania (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,800,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,300,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| University of Southern California (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,738,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,738,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 80,000 Hours (filter this donor) | Career coaching/life guidance | FB Tw WP Site | 1,635,000.00 | 510,000.00 | 1,125,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| VasoRx (filter this donor) | 1,600,000.00 | 1,600,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Rockefeller University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Fair and Just Prosecution (filter this donor) | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Humane Society of the United States (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| U.S. Association for International Migration (filter this donor) | 1,490,505.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,490,505.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| PICO National Network (filter this donor) | 1,444,250.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,444,250.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries (filter this donor) | WP | 1,429,046.00 | 0.00 | 1,429,046.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Drug Policy Alliance (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Future of Life Institute (filter this donor) | AI safety/other global catastrophic risks | FB Tw WP Site | 1,386,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 1,186,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Stanford University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,365,139.00 | 2,539.00 | 1,362,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Association L214 (filter this donor) | 1,347,742.00 | 0.00 | 1,347,742.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Texas Organizing Project (filter this donor) | 1,319,900.00 | 0.00 | 1,195,500.00 | 124,400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,228,845.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,228,845.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| CDC Foundation (filter this donor) | Tw Site | 1,214,437.00 | 0.00 | 1,214,437.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| WildAid (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,200,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Eurogroup for Animals (filter this donor) | WP | 1,176,060.00 | 0.00 | 640,361.00 | 535,699.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| University of California, San Francisco (filter this donor) | 1,145,000.00 | 320,000.00 | 825,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| AI Fellows Program (filter this donor) | 1,135,000.00 | 1,135,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Just Liberty (filter this donor) | 1,099,000.00 | 569,000.00 | 0.00 | 530,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| World Animal Protection (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,062,195.00 | 0.00 | 517,588.00 | 544,607.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Population Services International (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | |
| Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (filter this donor) | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund (filter this donor) | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Global Animal Partnership (filter this donor) | WP | 985,000.00 | 0.00 | 485,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (filter this donor) | 909,600.00 | 100,000.00 | 404,800.00 | 404,800.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Essie Justice Group (filter this donor) | 900,000.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| theguardian.org (filter this donor) | 886,600.00 | 0.00 | 886,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| PICO Action Fund (filter this donor) | 866,188.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 866,188.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Blackbird (filter this donor) | WP | 850,000.00 | 0.00 | 425,000.00 | 425,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 828,071.00 | 0.00 | 828,071.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Harvard University Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management (filter this donor) | 783,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 783,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Life Sciences Research Foundation (filter this donor) | 780,000.00 | 780,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund (filter this donor) | 765,000.00 | 0.00 | 765,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 760,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 425,000.00 | 0.00 | 335,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Niskanen Center (filter this donor) | WP | 760,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 360,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| The Ordinary People Society (filter this donor) | 755,000.00 | 0.00 | 280,000.00 | 475,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Sightline Institute (filter this donor) | 750,000.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (filter this donor) | 736,000.00 | 0.00 | 688,000.00 | 48,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Project Peanut Butter (filter this donor) | 724,929.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 724,929.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 713,380.00 | 0.00 | 613,380.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| International Refugee Assistance Project (filter this donor) | Migration policy/refugee assistance/legal help | FB Tw Site | 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 700,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Anima (filter this donor) | 683,000.00 | 0.00 | 683,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Center for International Security and Cooperation (filter this donor) | WP | 643,415.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 643,415.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Faith in Texas (filter this donor) | 637,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 637,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Dignity and Power Now (filter this donor) | 632,000.00 | 0.00 | 632,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Voters Organized to Educate (filter this donor) | 627,500.00 | 100,000.00 | 305,000.00 | 222,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Protect the People (filter this donor) | 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Center for Election Science (filter this donor) | 598,600.00 | 0.00 | 598,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| LatinoJustice (filter this donor) | 550,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council (filter this donor) | 546,849.00 | 13,813.00 | 533,036.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Brighter Green (filter this donor) | 529,360.00 | 430,000.00 | 0.00 | 99,360.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ought (filter this donor) | 525,000.00 | 525,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation (filter this donor) | 520,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 520,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Mijente (filter this donor) | 510,000.00 | 0.00 | 255,000.00 | 255,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Greenfield Project (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Research Institute of Industrial Economics (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| International Development Association (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Youth First Initiative (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Animal Charity Evaluators (filter this donor) | Animal welfare/factory farming/meta/charity evaluator | FB Tw WP Site | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dream Corps (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Center for American Progress (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| California YIMBY (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Economic Policy Institute (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Compassion Over Killing (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Alliance for Open Society International (filter this donor) | WP | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Gamechanger Labs (filter this donor) | 500,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| University of Cape Town (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 493,425.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 493,425.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Otwarte Klatki (filter this donor) | 472,864.00 | 0.00 | 472,864.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Genspace (filter this donor) | WP | 469,025.00 | 0.00 | 469,025.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| fair-fish international association (filter this donor) | 453,841.00 | 0.00 | 453,841.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (filter this donor) | 452,545.00 | 0.00 | 452,545.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Future of Research (filter this donor) | 450,000.00 | 0.00 | 150,000.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund (filter this donor) | 436,500.00 | 100,000.00 | 305,000.00 | 31,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| ImmigrationWorks Foundation (filter this donor) | 435,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150,000.00 | 285,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Global Aquaculture Alliance (filter this donor) | 435,000.00 | 0.00 | 435,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Ayni Institute (filter this donor) | Criminal justice reform | FB Tw Site | 405,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 405,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (filter this donor) | AI safety/other global catastrophic risks | Site TW | 403,890.00 | 0.00 | 403,890.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Southerners On New Ground (filter this donor) | 400,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Justice Team Network (filter this donor) | 400,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Million Voters Project Action Fund (filter this donor) | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| American Conservative Union Foundation (filter this donor) | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Dyrevernalliansen (filter this donor) | FB Tw Site | 378,000.00 | 0.00 | 378,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Vera Institute of Justice (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 358,000.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 308,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| ACTAsia (filter this donor) | 350,000.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Accountable Justice Project (filter this donor) | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (filter this donor) | 332,944.00 | 0.00 | 332,944.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Voice of the Educated (filter this donor) | 325,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 325,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Color of Change Education Fund (filter this donor) | 321,228.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 321,228.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (filter this donor) | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Justice Strategies (filter this donor) | 300,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Safety and Justice Action Fund (filter this donor) | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Cochrane Collaboration (filter this donor) | Tw WP Site | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Smithsonian Institution (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Yale University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 299,320.00 | 0.00 | 299,320.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Rescuing Biomedical Research (filter this donor) | 299,112.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 299,112.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| People's Action Institute (filter this donor) | 279,000.00 | 0.00 | 279,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| George Mason University (filter this donor) | FB WP Site | 277,435.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 277,435.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Grassroots Leadership, Inc. (filter this donor) | 275,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 275,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Smart Growth America (filter this donor) | WP | 275,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 275,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Farm Forward (filter this donor) | 265,691.00 | 165,691.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Urban Institute (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 263,698.00 | 0.00 | 165,833.00 | 0.00 | 97,865.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Center for a New American Security (filter this donor) | 260,000.00 | 0.00 | 260,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Jeanne Marchig Centre (filter this donor) | 255,816.00 | 0.00 | 255,816.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| North Carolina State University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 252,725.00 | 0.00 | 252,725.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (filter this donor) | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Greater Greater Washington (filter this donor) | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Peterson Institute for International Economics (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Georgetown University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Waitlist Zero (filter this donor) | WP | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (filter this donor) | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Washington Office on Latin America (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 245,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 245,000.00 | 0.00 | |
| Animal Welfare Standards Project (filter this donor) | 238,212.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 238,212.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Pollination Project (filter this donor) | 233,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 233,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Green Monday (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 226,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 226,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Court Watch NOLA (filter this donor) | 225,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 125,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Science Philanthropy Alliance (filter this donor) | 225,000.00 | 225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Soze Agency (filter this donor) | 216,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 216,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| People for Animals (filter this donor) | WP | 209,392.00 | 0.00 | 120,000.00 | 89,392.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Civil Rights Corps (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| ColorOfChange PAC (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Texas Inmate Families Association (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| LEAD National Support Bureau (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes on Prop. 57 (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Roosevelt Institute (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| protocols.io (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Accountable Justice Collaborative (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| BetaGov (filter this donor) | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Electronic Frontier Foundation (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 199,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 199,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| International Society for Applied Ethology (filter this donor) | WP | 175,412.00 | 135,412.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| National Network for Safe Communities (filter this donor) | WP | 161,040.00 | 0.00 | 161,040.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Center for Court Innovation (filter this donor) | WP | 160,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 160,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| BioBricks Foundation (filter this donor) | 152,950.00 | 0.00 | 152,950.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund (filter this donor) | 150,000.00 | 150,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Pepperdine University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 150,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon (filter this donor) | 145,000.00 | 0.00 | 145,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice (filter this donor) | 140,000.00 | 0.00 | 75,000.00 | 65,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Media Mobilizing Project (filter this donor) | 140,000.00 | 140,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| ReFrame Mentorship (filter this donor) | 137,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 37,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (filter this donor) | 136,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 136,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The People’s Lobby Education Institute (filter this donor) | 125,000.00 | 0.00 | 125,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Workers Center for Racial Justice (filter this donor) | 125,000.00 | 0.00 | 125,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Griffith University (filter this donor) | WP Site | 120,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 120,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Prison Policy Initiative (filter this donor) | WP | 116,000.00 | 0.00 | 66,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Justice Solutions (filter this donor) | 112,613.00 | 0.00 | 112,613.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| New York University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 110,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 110,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Working Families Party (filter this donor) | 109,600.00 | 0.00 | 109,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| RAND Corporation (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 103,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 103,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Brookings Institution (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| We Got Us Now (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Common Justice (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| US Cochrane Center (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | ||
| Corrections Accountability Project (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| National Alliance of Faith and Justice (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso (filter this donor) | 96,130.00 | 96,130.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Wageningen UR (filter this donor) | 88,345.00 | 0.00 | 88,345.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Promise of Justice Initiative (filter this donor) | 81,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 81,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science (filter this donor) | 80,400.00 | 0.00 | 80,400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment (filter this donor) | 76,234.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 76,234.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Forward Justice (filter this donor) | 75,000.00 | 0.00 | 75,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (filter this donor) | 70,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Better Eating International (filter this donor) | 67,110.00 | 67,110.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| David Manheim (filter this donor) | 65,308.00 | 0.00 | 65,308.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice (filter this donor) | 64,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 64,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Texas Fair Defense Project (filter this donor) | 63,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Innovative Genomics Institute (filter this donor) | 63,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Human Impact Partners (filter this donor) | 60,990.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60,990.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Animal Welfare Action Lab (filter this donor) | 58,550.00 | 0.00 | 58,550.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Mission: Launch, Inc. (filter this donor) | 55,000.00 | 0.00 | 55,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Texas After Violence Project (filter this donor) | 52,000.00 | 0.00 | 52,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| World Animal Net (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Project South (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Columbia University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Correctional Association of New York (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Mothers Against Police Brutality (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Detroit Justice Center (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Seattle for Everyone (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| College and Community Fellowship (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Institute of the Black World (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Duke University (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 49,500.00 | 0.00 | 49,500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (filter this donor) | 45,000.00 | 0.00 | 45,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| American Society for Microbiology (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 43,149.00 | 0.00 | 43,149.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Voice of the Ex-Offender (filter this donor) | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| New York Working Families (filter this donor) | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| VOCAL-NY Action Fund (filter this donor) | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| East Bay Forward (filter this donor) | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Harborlight Community Partners (filter this donor) | 40,000.00 | 40,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Better Boulder (filter this donor) | 37,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| AI Impacts (filter this donor) | 32,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Rockefeller Archive Center (filter this donor) | FB Tw Site | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Smart Justice CA (filter this donor) | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Aubin Pictures (filter this donor) | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Distill (filter this donor) | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Free Migration Project (filter this donor) | 24,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Silicon Valley De-Bug (filter this donor) | 20,600.00 | 20,600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice (filter this donor) | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Prodigal Child Project (filter this donor) | 20,000.00 | 0.00 | 20,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Ahimsa Collective (filter this donor) | 15,000.00 | 0.00 | 15,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| InterAcademy Partnership (filter this donor) | 14,605.00 | 0.00 | 14,605.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (filter this donor) | 10,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Initiate Justice (filter this donor) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| ARNOVA (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 2,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total | -- | -- | 313,060,132.00 | 37,355,175.00 | 188,027,725.00 | 70,478,152.00 | 7,280,855.00 | 8,023,225.00 | 795,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 |
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.
Graph of spending by influencer and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by influencer and year (cumulative)
If you hover over a cell for a given disclosures 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.
| Disclosures | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holden Karnofsky | 3 | 3 | 33,274,000.00 | 30,000,000.00 | 3,274,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Dario Amodei | 2 | 2 | 32,970,000.00 | 30,000,000.00 | 2,970,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Paul Christiano | 3 | 3 | 30,804,000.00 | 30,000,000.00 | 804,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Kevin Esvelt | 2 | 2 | 18,020,000.00 | 17,500,000.00 | 520,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Jaime Yassif | 1 | 1 | 16,000,000.00 | 16,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nick Beckstead | 7 | 7 | 8,356,435.00 | 3,119,000.00 | 4,051,435.00 | 1,186,000.00 |
| Daniel Dewey | 4 | 4 | 5,171,435.00 | 4,394,000.00 | 777,435.00 | 0.00 |
| Unknown, generic, or multiple | 4 | 4 | 3,846,000.00 | 1,125,000.00 | 1,535,000.00 | 1,186,000.00 |
| Lewis Bollard | 4 | 3 | 3,464,000.00 | 2,464,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Carl Shulman | 2 | 2 | 3,029,000.00 | 1,994,000.00 | 1,035,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Luke Muehlhauser | 4 | 3 | 3,025,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,839,000.00 | 1,186,000.00 |
| Adam Marblestone | 1 | 1 | 2,970,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,970,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Claire Zabel | 1 | 1 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Chris Olah | 1 | 1 | 2,400,000.00 | 2,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Helen Toner | 3 | 3 | 1,990,000.00 | 0.00 | 804,000.00 | 1,186,000.00 |
| Chloe Cockburn | 6 | 5 | 1,828,000.00 | 395,000.00 | 1,433,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Ben Hoffman | 1 | 1 | 1,186,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,186,000.00 |
| Jacob Steinhardt | 2 | 2 | 804,000.00 | 0.00 | 804,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Alexander Berger | 2 | 2 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 300,000.00 | 200,000.00 |
| Howie Lempel | 1 | 1 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 |
| Classified total | 26 | 23 | 84,103,435.00 | 71,878,000.00 | 10,839,435.00 | 1,386,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 347 | 242 | 228,956,697.00 | 116,149,725.00 | 59,638,717.00 | 5,894,855.00 |
| Total | 373 | 253 | 313,060,132.00 | 188,027,725.00 | 70,478,152.00 | 7,280,855.00 |
Graph of spending by disclosures and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by disclosures and year (cumulative)
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 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 193 | 136 | 76,130,567.00 | 10,052,401.00 | 24,234,473.00 | 33,007,838.00 | 4,552,855.00 | 3,738,000.00 | 445,000.00 | 100,000.00 |
| China | 11 | 10 | 4,445,783.00 | 850,000.00 | 1,893,604.00 | 1,702,179.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| India | 6 | 5 | 2,434,336.00 | 0.00 | 2,344,944.00 | 89,392.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Germany|Italy|Spain|United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2,110,460.00 | 0.00 | 2,110,460.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2 | 1,374,631.00 | 0.00 | 1,374,631.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Japan|South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1,364,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,364,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1,347,742.00 | 0.00 | 1,347,742.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 1,317,060.00 | 0.00 | 1,317,060.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| United States|Europe | 1 | 1 | 1,035,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,035,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Germany|France|Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1,032,947.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,032,947.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 |
| Scandinavia | 1 | 1 | 683,000.00 | 0.00 | 683,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Albania | 1 | 1 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Poland|Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 472,864.00 | 0.00 | 472,864.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 378,000.00 | 0.00 | 378,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| India|China | 2 | 2 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| United States|Canada | 1 | 1 | 37,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Argentina|Brazil|Columbia|Chile|Mexico | 1 | 1 | 30,000.00 | 0.00 | 30,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Classified total | 229 | 161 | 95,993,390.00 | 10,902,401.00 | 37,550,778.00 | 37,004,356.00 | 4,752,855.00 | 4,238,000.00 | 445,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 144 | 107 | 217,066,742.00 | 26,452,774.00 | 150,476,947.00 | 33,473,796.00 | 2,528,000.00 | 3,785,225.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 373 | 253 | 313,060,132.00 | 37,355,175.00 | 188,027,725.00 | 70,478,152.00 | 7,280,855.00 | 8,023,225.00 | 795,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 |
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 | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update on Partnerships with External Donors | 2018-05-16 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project Future Justice Fund Accountable Justice Action Fund Effective Altruism Funds | Accountable Justice Action Fund Effective Altruism Funds | Miscellaneous commentary | Criminal justice reform,Animal welfare | The Open Philanthropy Project describes how it works with donors other than Good Ventures (the foundation under Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna that accounts for almost all Open Phil grantmaking). The blog post reiterates that the long-term goal is to inform many different funders, but that is not a short-term priority because the Open Philanthropy Project is not moving enoguh money to even achieve the total spend that Good Ventures is willing to go up to. The post mentions that Chloe Cockburn, the program officer for criminal justice reform, is working with other funders in criminal justice reform, and they have created a separate vehicle, the Accountable Justice Action Fund, to pool resources. Also, Mike and Kaitlyn Krieger, who previously worked with the Open Philanthropy Project, now have their own criminal justice-focused Future Justice Fund, and are getting help from Cockburn to allocate money from the fund. For causes outside of criminal justice reform, the role of Effective Altruism Funds (whose grantmaking is managed by Open Philanthropy Project staff members) is mentioned. Also, Lewis Bollard is said to have moved ~10% as much money through advice to other donors as he has moved through the Open Philanthropy Project |
| With the Backing of Top Funders, This Group is Taking the Criminal Justice System to Court | 2018-04-24 | Philip Rojc | Inside Philanthropy | MacArthur Foundation Laura and John Arnold Foundation Open Philanthropy Project Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Civil Rights Corps | Evaluator review of donee | Criminal justice reform/litigation | The article describes the efforts of Civil Rights Corps, an organization dedicated to challenging criminal justice abuses in court. It includes the Open Philanthropy Project and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative among its funders |
| Hiring analytical thinkers to help give away billions | 2018-03-30 | Ajeya Cotra | Medium | Open Philanthropy Project | Job advertisement | Open Philanthropy Project research analyst Ajeya Cotra speaks highly of the work there, and highlights the new research analyst positions the organization is hiring for. The post would be shared on Facebook by Claire Zabel at https://www.facebook.com/claire.zabel/posts/10216805589078395 and 80,000 Hours at https://www.facebook.com/80000Hours/posts/1703309639750767 | ||
| Managing Funder-Grantee Dynamics Responsibly | 2018-03-30 | Michael Levine | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Miscellaneous commentary | Michael Levine of the Open Philanthropy Project discusses how big donors (like the Open Philanthropy Project) can unduly influence the plans of existing and potential grantees, and what the organization is doing to mitigate that impact | ||
| Hi, I'm Holden Karnofsky. AMA about jobs at Open Philanthropy | 2018-03-26 | Holden Karnofsky | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Project | Job advertisement | Holden Karnofsky opens himself up to questions about what it is like to work at the Open Philanthropy Project. This is part of a concerted push by Open Phil to increase its number of research analysts | ||
| An Update to How We’re Thinking About Grant Check-Ins | 2018-03-09 | Morgan Davis | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Miscellaneous commentary | Morgan Davis of the Open Philanthropy Project describes the process that the organization uses to check in on and learn from past grants. A check-in has three goals: updates (most frequent, and quite minor), lessons (less frequent, more important, and more wide-ranging), and impact (most rare, but really important when it occurs) | ||
| New Job Opportunities | 2018-02-14 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Job advertisement | Holden Karnofsky links to job opening pages for generalist Research Analyst and Senior Research Analyst roles, specialized roles related to AI risk, roles such as Grants Associate, Operations Associate, and General Counsel, and the Director of Operations | ||
| Where, why and how I donated in 2017 | 2018-02-01 | Ben Kuhn | Ben Kuhn Open Philanthropy Project Effective Altruism Funds Effective Altruism Grants | GiveWell GiveWell top charities EA Giving Group Effective Altruism Funds | Periodic donation list documentation | Global health and global poverty | Kuhn describes his decision to allocate money between GiveWell, GiveWell top charities, and his own donor-advised fund managed by Fidelity. Kuhn also discusses the Open Philanthropy Project, EA Funds, and EA Grants, and the EA Giving Group he donated to the previous year | |
| Update on Cause Prioritization at Open Philanthropy | 2018-01-26 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Cause prioritization | This very long blog post describes how the Open Philanthropy Project currently views its trade-off between near-termist human welfare, near-termist animal welfare, and long-termism. It also discusses allocation to different causes within these broad cause types. It builds upon ideas discussed at http://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/worldview-diversification and http://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/good-ventures-and-giving-now-vs-later-2016-update | |
| Fish: The Forgotten Farm Animal | 2018-01-18 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | The blog post, cross-posted from a newsletter published by the author, makes the case that fish welfare is neglected within the domain of factory farming, and provides suggestions for how to address that problem, including suggestions that the Open Philanthropy Project (where Bollard is the Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare) is acting upon | |
| Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff - 2017 | 2017-12-21 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Jaime Yassif Chloe Cockburn Lewis Bollard Nick Beckstead Daniel Dewey | Center for International Security and Cooperation Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Good Call Court Watch NOLA Compassion in World Farming USA Wild-Animal Suffering Research Effective Altruism Funds Donor lottery Future of Humanity Institute Center for Human-Compatible AI Machine Intelligence Research Institute Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Centre for Effective Altruism 80,000 Hours Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters | Donation suggestion list | Animal welfare,AI risk,Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness,Effective altruism,Criminal justice reform | Open Philanthropy Project staff give suggestions on places that might be good for individuals to donate to. Each suggestion includes a section "Why I suggest it", a section explaining why the Open Philanthropy Project has not funded (or not fully funded) the opportunity, and links to relevant writeups |
| Our ‘Second Chance’ Program for NIH Transformative Research Applicants | 2017-12-20 | Heather Youngs | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Arizona State University University of Notre Dame Rockefeller University Univesity of California San Francisco | Broad donor strategy | Scientific research/transformative R01 | The blog post describes a "second chance" program that the Open Philanthropy Project ran for rejected applications to the National Institutes of Health transformative R01 program https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra Four grants were made based on this, totaling $10.8 million. The grants were also covered in Nature at https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08795-0 |
| Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2017 | 2017-12-18 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Holden Karnofsky Alexander Berger Nick Beckstead Helen Toner Claire Zabel Lewis Bollard Ajeya Cotra Morgan Davis Michael Levine | GiveWell top charities GiveWell GiveDirectly EA Giving Group Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Effective Altruism Funds Sentience Institute Encompass The Humane League The Good Food Institute Mercy For Animals Compassion in World Farming USA Animal Equality Donor lottery Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly | Periodic donation list documentation | Open Philanthropy Project staff members describe where they are donating this year, and the considerations that went into the donation decision. By policy, amounts are not disclosed. This is the first standalone blog post of this sort by the Open Philanthropy Project; in previous years, the corresponding donations were documented in the GiveWell staff members donation post | |
| Reasoning Transparency | 2017-12-12 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Reasoning supplement | The document describes what sort of document structure for discourse and research exposition is most helpful to the Open Philanthropy Project as a consumer of the work. Announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/i2F6YxE14O8 | |||
| Update on Investigating Neglected Goals in Biological Research | 2017-11-30 | Nick Beckstead | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project 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 |
| How to end animal agriculture as soon as possible | 2017-09-27 | Robert Wiblin Lewis Bollard | 80,000 Hours | Open Philanthropy Project | Mercy For Animals Compassion in World Farming The Humane League The Humane Society of the United States Humane Society International The Good Food Institute Animal Equality Animal Charity Evaluators | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming | Podcast with interview of Lewis Bollard (Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer at the Open Philanthropy Project) by Robert Wiblin of 80000 Hours, along with transcript. The podcast covers the strategy of the Open Philanthropy Project. 80000 Hours is an Open Philanthropy Project grant recipient and Wiblin was also on the board of Animal Charity Evaluators, an animal welfare-focused grant recipient that is discussed in the podcast |
| The impacts of inacercation on crime | 2017-09-25 | David Roodman | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Reasoning supplement | Criminal justice reform/United States | The document reviews three mechanisms through which incarceration might reduce crime: deterrence, incapacitation, and aftereffects. It is also published in the form of four blog posts https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/reasonable-doubt-new-look-whether-prison-growth-cuts-crime https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/deterrence-de-minimis https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/incapacitation-how-much-does-putting-people-inside-prison-cut-crime-outside https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/aftereffects-us-evidence-says-doing-more-time-typically-leads-more-crime-after and is also available as http://files.openphilanthropy.org/files/Focus_Areas/Criminal_Justice_Reform/impacts_of_incarceration_v4.mobi (Kindle) and http://files.openphilanthropy.org/files/Focus_Areas/Criminal_Justice_Reform/impacts_of_incarceration_v4.epub (Mobi) | |
| How Will Hen Welfare Be Impacted by the Transition to Cage-Free Housing? | 2017-09-15 | Ajeya Cotra | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Reasoning supplement | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign | A followup to https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms which described the original cage-free campaign funding strategy. This report compares aviaries (cage-free living environments) with cages for hens. It tempers original enthusiasm for cage-free by noting higher mortality rates, but continues to support the position that cage-free is likely better on net for hens. Described in blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/new-report-welfare-differences-between-cage-and-cage-free-housing that expresses regret for not investigating this more thoroughly earlier, and thanks Direct Action Everywhere for highlighting the issue. See https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/cnK5yNlYHuc for the announcement | |
| The Open Philanthropy Project AI Fellows Program | 2017-09-12 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | AI safety | This annouces an AI Fellows Program to support students doing Ph.D. work in AI-related fields who have interest in AI safety. See https://www.facebook.com/vipulnaik.r/posts/10213116327718748 and https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/long-term-world-improvement/FeZ_h2HXJr0 for critical discussions | ||
| Should EAs think twice before donating to GFI? | 2017-08-31 | Kevin Watkinson | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Project | The Good Food Institute | Third-party case against donation | Animal welfare | The post argues against donations to The Good Food Institute, noting its limited track record as well as the huge amount of funding it is already receiving from the Open Philanthropy Project. This post is made shortly after an exchange between the post author (Kevin Watkinson) and Holden Karnofsky of the Open Philanthropy Project in http://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/march-2017-open-thread?page=1#comment-305 (the open thread of the Open Philanthropy Project). The post also critiques Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) for a positive assessment of GFI, and comments include a response from an ACE employee and an ACE board member (neither in an official capacity) |
| Relationship Disclosure Policy | 2017-08-30 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Miscellaneous commentary | The document, announced on a mailing list at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/4-0KIw2aVmQ (2017-08-30) describes a change in relationship disclosure policy on grant pages published by the Open Philanthropy Project. Relationship disclosures would now no longer be included on grant pages. See https://www.facebook.com/vipulnaik.r/posts/10212973153219475 (cross-posted at https://github.com/vipulnaik/working-drafts/blob/master/open-phil/relationship-disclosure-policy.txt to GitHub) for a critique | |||
| Grants to Support Farm Animal Welfare Work in China | 2017-08-09 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Compassion in World Farming WildAid World Animal Protection Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Humane Slaughter Association Jeanne Marchig Centre Animal Welfare Standards Project Green Monday Griffith University Brighter Green | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | The document describes the strategy of the Open Philanthropy Project to focus on farm animal welfare advocacy in China, and lists ten grants that are part of this strategy. It is announced 2017-08-09 at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg on the mailing list; this comes 9.5 months after the strategy was unofficially announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) on Facebook |
| My current thoughts on MIRI’s highly reliable agent design work | 2017-07-07 | Daniel Dewey | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Project | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Evaluator review of donee | AI safety | Post discusses thoughts on the MIRI work on highly reliable agent design. Dewey is looking into the subject to inform Open Philanthropy Project grantmaking to MIRI specifically and for AI risk in general; the post reflects his own opinions that could affect Open Phil decisions. See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/long-term-world-improvement/FeZ_h2HXJr0 for critical discussion, in particular the comments by Sarah Constantin |
| Hi, I’m Luke Muehlhauser. AMA about Open Philanthropy’s new report on consciousness and moral patienthood | 2017-06-28 | Luke Muehlhauser | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Project | Dyrevernalliansen Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries Eurogroup for Animals | Reasoning supplement | Moral patienthood/animal welfare | Luke Muehlhauser hosts an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the Effective Altruism Forum about his recently published report https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood (2017-06-06). The post gets 61 comments |
| The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization | 2017-06-12 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project Good Ventures | Status change | The Open Philanthropy Project announces that it is now a separate entity from GiveWell, and that it has incorporated as a LLC. The change was effective 2017-06-01. See https://blog.givewell.org/2017/06/12/separating-givewell-open-philanthropy-project/ for the complementary post on the GiveWell blog | ||
| 2017 Report on Consciousness and Moral Patienthood | 2017-06-06 | Luke Muehlhauser | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Dyrevernalliansen Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries Eurogroup for Animals | Reasoning supplement | Moral patienthood/animal welfare | The writeup announced at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/new-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood provides an overview of the findings of Luke Muehlhauser on moral patienthood -- a broad subject covering what creatures are the subject of moral concern. As described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/radical-empathy Open Phil identifies with radical empathy, extending concern to beings considered of moral concern, even if they are not traditionally subjects of empathy and concern. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/effective.altruists/permalink/1426329927423360/ for a discussion of the post on the Effective Altruism Facebook group, and see http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1c3/hi_im_luke_muehlhauser_ama_about_open/ for a related AMA. The writeup influenced the Open Philanthropy Project Farm Animal Welfare Officer Lewis Bollard to investigate and donate in the domain of fish welfare; see http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1c3/hi_im_luke_muehlhauser_ama_about_open/b8o for a comment clarifying this effect |
| An Open Letter to SOZE and the Open Philanthropy Project: The Right of Return Fellowship and Ethics in Funding | 2017-04-27 | Taylar Nuevelle | Medium | Open Philanthropy Project | The Soze Agency | Third-party case against donation | Criminal justice reform/United States | The writer, a contestant for the Right of Return Fellowship, feels that the contest was rigged, and is writing to bring that to the attention of the Open Philanthropy Project, that funded the Soze Agency for this work |
| Soros Connected Groups Dominate Ayala’s Personal & Professional Life | 2017-04-19 | Jacob Engels | Central Florida Post | Open Philanthropy Project | Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Fair and Just Prosecution | Third-party case against donation | Criminal justice reform/United States | The writer notes how the Open Philanthropy Project (that he mistakenly believes to be a Soros-funded group) has been attempting to influence Orange and Osceola County State Attorney Aramis Ayala, and argues for more openness. See https://www.facebook.com/vipulnaik.r/posts/10212752692588097 for a discussion |
| Why Are the US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding? | 2017-04-11 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | The Humane League Mercy For Animals The Humane Society of the United States Compassion in World Farming USA | Review of current state of cause area | Animal welfare/factory farming/cage-free campaign | Lewis Bollard, Open Philanthropy Project Program Officer for Animal Welfare, who brought passion about cage-free campaigns to the organization when he joined, provides a timeline of cage-free campaigns and an assessment of the success of these campaigns, and the role of the Open Philanthropy Project as a funder |
| OpenAI makes humanity less safe | 2017-04-03 | Benjamin Hoffman | LessWrong | Open Philanthropy Project | OpenAI | Evaluator review of donee | AI safety | Hoffman argues that OpenAI is good intentions gone awry, and is critical of the Open Philanthropy Project donation to OpenAI |
| Open Philanthropy Project non-grant funding | 2017-04-02 | Issa Rice | Open Philanthropy Project | Miscellaneous commentary | The document lists some funding by the Open Philanthropy Project that is publicly disclosed (either by Open Philanthropy Project or by the donee or another reliable source) but is not part of the Open Philanthropy Project grants database, and is not included in employee salaries and benefits. | |||
| Criminal Justice Reform Strategy | 2017-03-27 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Criminal justice reform/United States | Explanation of the criminal justice reform strategy of the Open Philanthropy Project in the United States, under the leadership of Chloe Cockburn. Discusses broad goals, types of organizations funded, other funders in the space, and expected impact. Announced in email https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/_aKeLKRqtQY by Devin Jacob on 2017-03-27 | ||
| A conversation with Lewis Bollard, February 23, 2017 | 2017-02-23 | Lewis Bollard Luke Muehlhauser | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Animal welfare | Farm animal welfare program officer Lewis Bollard speaks with Luke Muehlhauser, investigator into moral patienthood, on the history of the animal rights and welfare movements as well as recent developments | |
| Daniel May: "Open Science: little room for more funding." | 2017-02-15 | Daniel May | Oxford Prioritisation Project | Oxford Prioritisation Project Laura and John Arnold Foundation Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Scientific research | The summary states: "I consider open science as a cause area, by reviewing Open Phil’s published work, as well as some popular articles and research, and assessing the field for scale, neglectedness, and tractability. I conclude that the best giving opportunities will likely be filled by foundations such as LJAF and Open Phil, and recommend that the Oxford Prioritisation Project focusses elsewhere." Also available as a Google Doc at https://docs.google.com/document/d/13wsMAugRacu52EPZo6-7NJh4QuYayKyIbjChwU0KsVU/edit?usp=sharing and at the Effective Altruism Forum at http://effective-altruism.com/ea/17g/daniel_may_open_science_little_room_for_more/ (10 comments) | |
| Forget Washington. Criminal Justice Funders Have Big Plans at the Local Level | 2017-02-08 | Philip Rojc | Inside Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy Project Laura and John Arnold Foundation MacArthur Foundation | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | Criminal justice reform/United States | The post compares the criminal justice reform strategies followed by, on the one hand, the Arnold and MacArthur Foundation (working on the inside with government agencies and power players), on the other hand, the Open Philanthropy Project (keeping the pressure for reform from the outside). It says that the two strategies are complementary, and taken together, improve the expected amount of reform | |
| Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update) | 2016-12-28 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly Malaria Consortium Sightsavers END Fund Development Media International Food Fortification Initiative Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Iodine Global Network Living Goods Project Healthy Children | Reasoning supplement | Global health and global poverty | Explanation of reasoning that led to $50 million allocation to GiveWell top charities |
| Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff - 2016 | 2016-12-14 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Jaime Yassif Chloe Cockburn Lewis Bollard Daniel Dewey Nick Beckstead | Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense Alliance for Safety and Justice Cosecha Animal Charity Evaluators Compassion in World Farming USA Machine Intelligence Research Institute Future of Humanity Institute 80,000 Hours Ploughshares Fund | Donation suggestion list | Animal welfare,AI risk,Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness,Effective altruism,Migration policy | Open Philanthropy Project staff describe suggestions for best donation opportunities for individual donors in their specific areas |
| Worldview Diversification | 2016-12-13 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Cause prioritization | The blog post discusses the challenge of comparing donation opportunities in very different cause areas, and the importance of relying on a diversity of worldviews to inform grantmaking strategy | |
| Catastrophic Global Risks: A Silicon Valley Funder Thinks the Unthinkable | 2016-11-30 | Sue Lynn-Moses | Inside Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy Project | Center for International Security and Cooperation | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | A discussion of the overall work done by the Open Philanthropy Project on global catastrophic risks, with a particular focus on biosecurity. Comparisons are made with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, and the historical work of the Rockefeller Foundation in disease surveillance (that it recently pulled out of) is referenced |
| Vast Suffering, Clear Solutions: The Logic Behind a Global Push to Help Farm Animals | 2016-11-17 | Tate Williams | Inside Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming | The article reviews Open Philanthropy Project grants for animal welfare, primarily grants focused on cage-free campaigns, decided by program officer Lewis Bollard. The connection with the effective altruist movement is also highlighted | |
| The Open Philanthropy Project just announced our latest grant to WildAid in China | 2016-10-25 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Green Monday World Animal Protection Brighter Green WildAid | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | Announcement of strategy on Facebook; official document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). |
| Grisly Undercover Video Shows Chickens Being Starved To Produce More Eggs | 2016-10-11 | Nico Pitney | Huffington Post | Open Philanthropy Project | Humane Society International Mercy For Animals Animal Equality People for Animals The Humane League | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | Provides some context for the move by the Open Philanthropy Project in mid-2016 to expand its cage-free campaign funding internationally |
| Brian Tomasik, Research Lead, Foundational Research Institute on October 6, 2016 | 2016-10-06 | Brian Tomasik Luke Muehlhauser | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Reasoning supplement | Moral patienthood/animal welfare | Conversation as part of research by Muehlhauser into moral patienthood, that would culminate in the writeup https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood published in 2017 | |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support | 2016-09-06 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Evaluator review of donee | AI safety | Open Phil writes about the grant at considerable length, more than it usually does. This is because it says that it has found the investigation difficult and believes that others may benefit from its process. The writeup also links to reviews of MIRI research by AI researchers, commissioned by Open Phil: http://files.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/MIRI/consolidated_public_reviews.pdf (the reviews are anonymized). The date is based on the announcement date of the grant, see https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/XkSl27jBDZ8 for the email |
| Anonymized Reviews of Three Recent Papers from MIRI’s Agent Foundations Research Agenda (PDF) | 2016-09-06 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Evaluator review of donee | AI safety | Reviews of the technical work done by MIRI, solicited and compiled by the Open Philanthropy Project as part of its decision process behind a grant for general support to MIRI documented at http://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/machine-intelligence-research-institute-general-support (grant made 2016-08, announced 2016-09-06) | |
| Why the Open Philanthropy Project Should Prioritize Wild Animal Suffering | 2016-08-26 | Michael Dickens | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Project | Unsolicited third-party suggestions for donor | Animal welfare/wild animals | Michael Dickens offers reasons that the Open Philanthropy Project should prioritize Wild Animal Suffering. He writes: "What we need is a large, committed source of funding to jump-start the cause. If the Open Philanthropy Project began funding work on wild animal suffering, it could stimulate new research efforts or small-scale interventions by offering grants. Specifically, Open Phil should probably create a new focus area for wild animal suffering and possibly hire dedicated staff. This problem has such large scale, and so many possible interventions, that it absolutely deserves to be a dedicated focus area. Open Phil might consider lumping WAS under its farm animal welfare program, but this would excessively constrain its budget and limit the amount of staff time that it could receive. Wild animal suffering is a massive problem, and easily deserves as much attention as most of Open Phil’s other focus areas." | |
| Housing and Incarceration Memorandum | 2016-08-22 | Chelsea Tabart | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Reasoning supplement | Criminal justice reform/United States | An internal memorandum on the intersection between housing and incarceration written by Chelsea Tabart for Chloe Cockburn (the criminal justice program officer). The memorandum would be publicly announced and linked to from https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/jQyJCLBgenc (2017-10-25) | |
| Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity | 2016-05-06 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | AI safety | In this blog post that that the author says took him over over 70 hours to write (See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/update-how-were-thinking-about-openness-and-information-sharing for the statistic), Holden Karnofsky explains the position of the Open Philanthropy Project on the potential risks and opportunities from AI, and why they are making funding in the area a priority | |
| Initial Grants to Support Corporate Cage-free Reforms | 2016-03-31 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | The Humane League Mercy For Animals The Humane Society of the United States | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | Written to explain a bunch of grants already made in 2016-02 to support cage-free reforms in the United States for egg-laying chicken. The blog post had a heated comment section, potentially influencing future Open Phil communication on the subject |
| EPISODE 324: LEWIS BOLLARD FROM THE OPEN PHILANTHROPY PROJECT | 2016-03-26 | Lewis Bollard Jasmin Singer Mariann Sullivan | Our Hen House | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming | Lewis Bollard, who recently joined the Open Philanthropy Project and has recently recommended a bunch of grants related to corporate campaigns, describes what he is working on | |
| Suggestions for individual donors from Open Philanthropy Project staff | 2015-12-23 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Chloe Cockburn Lewis Bollard Alexander Berger Nick Beckstead Howie Lempel | Alliance for Safety and Justice Bronx Freedom Fund The Humane League The Humane Society of the United States Center for Global Development Center for Popular Democracy Ploughshares Fund | Donation suggestion list | Criminal justice reform,animal welfare,Global health | Open Philanthropy Project stff describe suggestions for best donation opportunities for individual donors in their specific areas. The post is originally published to the GiveWell blog |
| ALLEVIATING ANIMAL SUFFERING: A CONVERSATION WITH LEWIS BOLLARD | 2015-11-29 | Marc Gunther | Nonprofit Chronicles | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming | The author discusses takeaway from a recent lunch with Lewis Bollard, who has recently joined the Open Philanthropy Project as the Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare | |
| Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard | 2015-09-11 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare | Open Philanthropy Project announces that it is hiring Lewis Bollard, poaching him from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) via a referral from Howie Lempel. Bollard would direct tens of millions of dollars in funding in the area over the next few years, including massive spend on corporate cage-free campaigns in the United States and internationally. The post was originally published on the GiveWell blog at https://blog.givewell.org/2015/09/11/incoming-program-officer-lewis-bollard/ and has 6 comments there | |
| Open Philanthropy Project | 2015-09-05 | Sydney Martin | Open Philanthropy Project | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | Criminal justice reform/United States | The blog post describes the Open Philanthropy Project and its broad strategy of selecting a few areas through cause prioritization, studying them in depth, and granting a lot in those areas. She particularly focuses on criminal justice reform and the hiring of Chloe Cockburn | ||
| Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform: Chloe Cockburn | 2015-06-16 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Criminal justice reform/United States | The post notes that the Open Philanthropy Project is hiring Chloe Cockburn as the Program Officer in criminal justice reform, poaching her from the American Civil Liberties Union. Cockburn would direct tens of millions of dollars in funding in criminal justice reform over the next few years. The post was originally published on the GiveWell blog at https://blog.givewell.org/2015/06/16/incoming-program-officer-for-criminal-justice-reform-chloe-cockburn/ and has 5 comemnts there | |
| Open Philanthropy Project Update: U.S. Policy | 2015-03-10 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Cause prioritization,Criminal justice reform,Animal welfare,Macroeconomic stabilization policy,Migration policy,Drug policy | Originally published on the GiveWell blog at https://blog.givewell.org/2015/03/10/open-philanthropy-project-update-u-s-policy/ where comments can still be found. This is an annual update on where the Open Philanthropy Project stands on its investigation of United States policy issues. Some of the cause areas covered under what they call United States policy would later include grants to outside the United States (in particular, animal welfare), while others, such as criminal justice reform and macroeconomic stabilization policy, would remain within the United States | |
| Criminal justice reform | 2014-11-01 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Criminal justice reform | The document gives the state of understanding of the Open Philanthropy Project as of November 2014, of the landscrape for criminal justice reform in the United States. It was originally prepared for a November 2014 convening. It is superseded by later documents, in particular https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/criminal-justice-reform-strategy (2017-03-27) | ||
| Potential U.S. Policy Focus Areas | 2014-05-29 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Cause prioritization,Criminal justice reform,Drug policy,Migration policy,Macroeconomic stabilization policy,Global health and development,Climate change,Tax policy | The blog post reviews the current understanding of the Open Philanthropy Project of various cause areas that they are considering for their grantmaking. They break up the cause areas discussed as: Windows of opportunity: outstanding tractability (i.e., "the time is right"), Ambitious longshots: outstanding importance, and Green fields: outstanding "room for more philanthropy". Other causes of interest (that do not neatly fit into one of these boxes) are also discussed | |
| Macroeconomic policy | 2014-05-01 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | Initial findings from a medium-depth investigation into the current state of macroeconomic stabilization policy | ||
| Criminal Justice Reform | 2014-05-01 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Criminal justice reform | The document summarizes the state of investigation of the Open Philanthropy Project into criminal justice reform in a United States context, as of May 2014. The nutshell headers are: What is the state of our investigation into U.S. criminal justice reform? Why are we making criminal justice reform grants? What is the problem? What are possible interventions? | ||
| GiveWell Labs - Progress in 2013 and Plans for 2014 | 2014-03-05 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Broad donor strategy | Cause prioritization | Originally published on the GiveWell blog at https://blog.givewell.org/2014/03/05/givewell-labs-progress-in-2013-and-plans-for-2014/ where comments can still be found. This is an annual update on the state of the Open Philanthropy Project, which, at the time, was called GiveWell Labs. It describes the areas that the Open Philanthropy Project plans to focus on, and the level of depth it plans to go into | |
| Biosecurity | 2014-01-01 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | Initial findings from a shallow investigation into the current state of biosecurity and its funding | ||
| Treatment of Animals in Industrial Agriculture | 2013-09-01 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Animal welfare/factory farming/United States | Initial findings from a shallow investigation into the impact of industrial agriculture on animal welfare in the United States | ||
| Migration policy/international labor mobility | 2013-05-01 | Open Philanthropy Project | Open Philanthropy Project | Review of current state of cause area | Migration policy/international labor mobility | Initial findings from a shallow investigation into the current state of labor mobility, with more focus on the United States | ||
| Open Philanthropy Project: Grants for Global Security | Inside Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy Project | Center for International Security and Cooperation | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | An overview by Inside Philanthropy of the Open Philanthropy Project and its work on biosecurity grants |
| Donee | Amount (current USD) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Fellows Program (Earmark: Aditi Raghunathan|Chris Maddison|Felix Berkenkamp|Jon Gauthier|Michael Janner|Noam Brown|Ruth Fong) | 1,135,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/ai-fellows-program-2018 | Daniel Dewey | Grants to 7 AI Fellows pursuing research relevant to AI risk. More details at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence. Announced: 2018-06-01. | |
| Ought | 525,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/ought-general-support | Daniel Dewey | Grantee has a mission to “leverage machine learning to help people think.” Ought plans to conduct research on deliberation and amplification, a concept we consider relevant to AI alignment. The funding, combined with another grant from Open Philanthropy Project technical advisor Paul Christiano, is intended to allow Ought to hire up to three new staff members and provide one to three years of support for Ought’s work, depending how quickly they hire. Announced: 2018-05-31. | |
| Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice | 20,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/greenburger-center-for-social-and-criminal-justice-criminal-justice-convening | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support a convening regarding the intersection of mental health and incarceration. The purpose of the convening is to organize directly affected people to discuss strategies to decriminalize mental illness. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-05-31. | |
| California YIMBY | 500,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/california-yimby-general-support | Alexander Berger | Grant to new organization founded by people that Open Phil previously funded at CaRLA (California Renters Legal Advocacy Fund): https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform who successfully sponsored legislation in 2017 to strengthen California’s Housing Accountability Act, and who subsequently saw sufficient opportunity and need for statewide legislative advocacy to justify a new organization. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2018-05-24. | |
| Gamechanger Labs | 400,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/gamechanger-labs-student-organizing-initiative-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant that is a renewal of September 2017 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/gamechanger-labs-student-organizing-initiative The grant is via the Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation to support student and community organizing to reduce incarceration. Gamechanger Labs intends to use these funds to organize convenings, hire support staff and a digital communications strategist, and support local youth and student organizations working on criminal justice reform issues. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-05-17. | |
| Project South | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/project-south-criminal-justice-reform-work | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for criminal justice reform work. Grantee works in education, local and regional organizing, legal infrastructure and advocacy, and movement support throughout the southern U.S. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-05-17. | |
| International Society for Applied Ethology | 135,412.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years to support workshops, scholarships, and an online hub to advance farm animal welfare science in developing nations. Announced: 2018-05-17. | |
| Science Philanthropy Alliance | 225,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/science-philanthropy-alliance-general-support | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Discretionary grant over three years to join the Science Philanthropy Alliance, "a community of funders who work together to inspire new, emerging and current philanthropists to dedicate a portion of their philanthropy to basic science.". Announced: 2018-05-15. | |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation | 780,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/life-sciences-research-foundation-young-investigators | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Grant to support early-career investigators. The funds will support four postdoctoral fellows for three years apiece. The fellows have proposed research projects investigating immunology, virology, neurobiology, and tuberculosis. Announced: 2018-05-03. | |
| Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative | 500,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/reform-jails-and-community-reinvestment-initiative-reform-la-jails-ballot-measure | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work on the Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative (Reform L.A. Jails). If passed by voters, Reform L.A. Jails will task Los Angeles leaders with developing a comprehensive plan to reduce jail populations and to redirect the cost savings to alternatives to incarceration, which advocates believe will reduce recidivism, prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling into and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund,. Previously, Open Phil made a grant to Justice Team Network, the parent organization: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-team-network-justice-la-campaign. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2018-04-26. | |
| VasoRx | 1,600,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/vasorx-atherosclerosis-investment | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Investment to test a new therapy for vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and pulmonary hypertension. Announced: 2018-04-26. | |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | 150,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-freedom-network-education-fund-texas-rising-program | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support the Texas Rising program. This grant will allow Texas Rising to increase its base of young people (under 30 years old) engaged on criminal justice reform issues. The grant will pay for computers, student stipends, and field staff salaries for activities including convenings, trainings, leadership development, digital organizing, and grassroots organizing. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Stanford University | 2,539.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/stanford-nips-workshop-machine-learning | Daniel Dewey | Discretionary grant to support the Neural Information Processing System (NIPS) workshop “Machine Learning and Computer Security.” at https://nips.cc/Conferences/2017/Schedule?showEvent=8775. Announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| ACTAsia | 350,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/act-asia-reduce-fur-demand-2018 | Lewis Bollard | Total across two grants to support work on a fur-free ad campaign, fur-free courses at Chinese design colleges, research and reporting on the fur industry, and a Sustainable Fashion Forum to discuss alternatives to fur. Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-05-31. | |
| Centre for Effective Altruism (Earmark: Carl Shulman) | 5,000,000.00 | -- | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/centre-for-effective-altruism-new-discretionary-fund | Holden Karnofsky | Money for a discretionary fund to be administered by Carl Shulman, who is a Research Associate at the Future of Humanity Institute and an advisor to the Open Philanthropy Project. Based on experience working with Shulman, Open Phil believes that the first $5 million that Shulman could allocate would be better allocated than the last $5 million that Open Phil could allocate. Announced: 2018-05-17. | |
| Ohio Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign | 500,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ohio-safe-and-healthy-communities-campaign-ohio-neighborhood-safety-drug-treatment-and-rehabilitation-amendment | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the Ohio Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment. The amendment, which advocates plan to place on the ballot in November 2018, aims to reduce imprisonment for low-level, nonviolent drug and probation violation offenses; encourage participation in rehabilitation for people in prison; and reallocate prison spending to drug treatment, community alternatives to incarceration, and victim services. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2018-04-26. | |
| Compassion in World Farming USA | 1,500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support-2018 | Lewis Bollard | Grant for general support for three years, starting 2018. Renewal of original grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support Grantee has been a contributor to cage-free reforms and broiler welfare reforms. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-26. | |
| The Justice Collaborative | 1,800,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/the-justice-collaborative-general-support-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support via the Tides Center. The grant is a renewal of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/the-justice-collaborative-general-support-2017 (2017-01, $1,301,280). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 13,813.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/aquaculture-stewardship-council-organizational-development | Lewis Bollard | Discretionary grant for general support; renews https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/aquaculture-stewardship-council-fish-welfare-standard-development (November 2017). Announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Justice Strategies | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-strategies-general-support-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via Tides Center for general support. Justice Strategies is a small think tank that produces reports and convenings and provides testimony, thought-partnership and leadership, and other support to advocates. Grant renews 2016 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-strategies-general-support. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-12. | |
| Media Mobilizing Project | 140,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/media-mobilizing-project-criminal-justice-coalition | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support coordination of the Coalition for a Just District Attorney. The coalition seeks to amplify the voices of communities fighting to end mass incarceration, raise the dignity of communities in Philadelphia, maintain public support for decarceration reforms in Philadelphia, and increase justice in the city and nationwide. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Pennsylvania; affected cities: Philadelhpia; announced: 2018-04-12. | |
| National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls | 250,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/national-council-incarcerated-and-formerly-incarcerated-women-and-girls-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via Families for Justice as Healing for general support. The National Council is a network of women impacted by incarceration focused on ending the incarceration of women and girls—a fast-growing incarcerated population—through a mix of relationship building, research, leadership training, and advocacy work. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-12. | |
| Harborlight Community Partners | 40,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/harborlight-community-partners-YIMBYtown-2018 | Alexander Berger | Discretionary grant to support the 2018 national "Yes In My Back Yard" conference, scheduled to take place in Boston, Masschusetts, in September. Open Phi has supported the conference for two previous years: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/better-boulder-yimby-2016 (2016, grant to Better Boulder, organizing the conference in Boulder, Colorado), and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/east-bay-forward-yimbytown-2017-conference (2017, to East Bay Forward, organizing the conference in Oakland, California). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-12. | |
| Brighter Green | 430,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2018 | Lewis Bollard | Total across two grants, one of which was discretionary. The grants represent a renewal of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china (September 2016). Grant supports work to host another national China Good Food Hero Summit as well as regional summits, administer a “Good Food Incubator” for activists and social enterprises, and research the state of factory farming and advocacy in China. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| WildAid | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-china-2018 | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support WildAid’s campaign to reduce meat consumption in China. More general information is available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china. Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| Global Priorities Institute | 2,870,096.00 | Cause prioritization | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/global-priorities-institute-general-support | Nick Beckstead | Grant of £2,051,232 over five years (estimated at $2,870,096, depending upon currency conversion rates at the time of annual installments) via Americans for Oxford for general support. GPI is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford that conducts foundational research to inform the decision-making of individuals and institutions seeking to do as much good as possible. GPI intends to use this funding to support global priorities research, specifically: to hire three early-career, non-tenured research fellows with expertise in philosophy or economics, as well as two operations staff; to secure a larger office space to accommodate them; to host visiting researchers; and to hold seminars which address global priorities research topics. Announced: 2018-05-21. | |
| Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso | 96,130.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/cynthia-schuck-wladimir-alonso-daly-project | Lewis Bollard | Grant to develop a model for evaluating disability-adjusted life year (DALY) impacts of animal welfare reforms. This six-month pilot project will focus on the impact of various potential welfare reforms for pigs, including banning crates or mutilations and requiring indoor enrichment or outdoor access. If successful, the project could be expanded to analyze the DALY impact of other welfare reforms for other farmed species. Announced: 2018-05-17. | |
| Founders Pledge | 3,222,653.00 | Effective altruism/donor pledges | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/founders-pledge-general-support-2018 | Nick Beckstead | Total across two grants for general support over three years, representing a renewal of the 2016 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/founders-pledge-general-support Since the previous grant, Founders Pledge has increased its pledge commitments and a large percentage of donations made by founders taking their pledge have been to organizations that prioritize an evidence based approach with respect to their interventions. However, its expansion into other parts of Europe has been more limited than anticipated. Instead, FP has shifted its primary expansion focus to the United States and Canada. Announced: 2018-04-05. | |
| Farm Forward | 165,691.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-leadership-circle-2018 | Lewis Bollard | Grant renews the grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-broiler-chicken-welfare-advocacy to support the Leadership Circle institutional outreach program to continue to seek commitments from universities, hospitals, and companies to source certified higher-welfare animal products. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-05. | |
| Columbia University | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/decriminalization and prison time reduction and formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/columbia-university-beyond-the-bars-conference-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant (labeled a gift) to the Center for Justice at Columbia University’s School of Social Work to support its 2018 Beyond the Bars conference. Beyond the Bars is an annual interdisciplinary conference on mass incarceration that brings together stakeholders including formerly incarcerated individuals as well as community organizations interested in ending mass incarceration and promoting justice and equity. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 100,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-action-fund-fed-campaign-2018 | Alexander Berger | Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund to the 501(c)(4) Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund to support the “Fed Up” campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2018 to the Center for Popular Democracy, the associated 501(c)(3). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy | 1,200,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2018 | Alexander Berger | Grant to support the “Fed Up” campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve. Renewal of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2017 (2017 grant). Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-action-fund-fed-campaign-2018 by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund to the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund, the associated 501(c)(4). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| University of California, San Francisco | 320,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness/Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/ucsf-research-antiviral-activity-hsp90-inhibitors | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Grant to support research led by Dr. Raul Andino to test the broad spectrum antiviral potential of several drugs. The grant will allow Dr. Andino to carry out tests of the effectiveness of two commercial-quality drugs against five different viruses. Announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| Better Eating International | 67,110.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/better-eating-international-millenial-vegan-survey | Lewis Bollard | Discretionary grant to support a market research study to "Segment U.S. millennials for Targeted Vegan Education.". Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security | 44,627.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity-and-pandemic-preparedness/georgetown-center-global-health-science-and-security-general-support-2018 | Jaime Yassif | Grant for general support, continuing grant of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity-and-pandemic-preparedness/georgetown-center-global-health-science-and-security-general-support to collect data about Libya’s pandemic preparedness capacity and also to establish a model process that can be applied in other countries in the region where it is difficult to obtain data due to political instability or ongoing conflict. Announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| Justice Team Network | 400,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-team-network-justice-la-campaign | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work on the JusticeLA campaign. Justice Team Network intends to use this funding for base-building (e.g. town halls), lobbying, communications, and research activities related to the campaign. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/dignity-and-power-now-justice-la-campaign to Dignity and Power Now. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: Los Angeles; announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| Center for Global Development | 49,942.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/center-for-global-development-pandemic-policy-project-jeremy-konyndyk | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support a project on "Policymaking during the Ebola Outbreak: Implications for Future Pandemics" led by Jeremy Konyndyk. Announced: 2018-03-08. | |
| Court Watch NOLA | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/court-watch-nola-general-support-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant. Grantee utilizes over 100 volunteers annually to observe and collect data on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Its observations and data are then compiled into regular reports, which can be used by the general public and advocacy groups for work related to criminal justice reform. Follows up on grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/court-watch-nola-general-support-october-2017. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New Orleans; announced: 2018-03-08. | |
| Southerners On New Ground | 400,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/decriminalization and bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/southerners-on-new-ground-anti-criminalization-work | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant over two years to Southerners On New Ground (SONG) to support anti-criminalization work. SONG intends to use this funding to hire more full-time organizers and increase efforts on anti-criminalization campaigns, particularly those focused on the abolition of cash bail and the closure or slowed expansion of local jails. Open Phil is impressed by SONG’s reputation for effective community organizing around multiple issues. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-08. | |
| Voters Organized to Educate | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/voters-organized-to-educate-general-support-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee intends to use these funds to hire a senior legislative policy consultant and build administrative capacity for its criminal justice reform legislative efforts in Louisiana. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New Orleans; affected cities: Louisiana; announced: 2018-03-08. | |
| MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group | 3,000,000.00 | Scientific Research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/massachusetts-institute-technology-synthetic-neurobiology-group-2018 | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Grant over two years. Grantee group led by Ed Boyden. Followup to March 2016 grant, and made for similar reasons as that first grant: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/massachusetts-institute-technology-synthetic-neurobiology-group. Announced: 2018-03-08. | |
| Texas Inmate Families Association | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-inmate-families-association-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee (TIFA) is a primarily volunteer-driven organization that provides support, education, and advocacy for family members of incarcerated individuals. This funding is intended to allow TIFA to hire a full-time organizer to increase membership, provide marketing assistance, and conduct more trainings and workshops. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2018-02-22. | |
| 80,000 Hours | 510,000.00 | Other areas | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/80000-hours-general-support-2018 | Nick Beckstead Nicole Ross | Grant for general support, and a renewal of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/80000-hours-general-support (2017 grant) and consistent with the statement made at the time about the likely conditions that would lead to renewal. Announced: 2018-02-22. | |
| Just Liberty | 569,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/just-liberty-general-support-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Renewal of 2016 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/just-liberty-general-support-2016 that will will allow the organization to continue its organizing, lobbying, and outreach activities to build support for criminal justice reform ahead of the 2019 Texas legislative session. Just Liberty intends to target many of its activities toward center-right voters, whose voices may be impactful on Republican lawmakers. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| LatinoJustice | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/latino-justice-media-fellowship-program | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support a media fellowship. The fellowship program is intended to allow a member of the Latinx community to document and eventually publish an account of his or her direct involvement with the criminal justice and correction system. For its inaugural fellow, LatinoJustice selected Jason Hernandez, one of the first individuals to receive clemency under President Barack Obama’s clemency program. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/brooklyn-community-bail-fund-national-bail-fund-network-2018 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant supports the National Bail Fund Network led by Pilar Weiss. It is accompanied by a grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/silicon-valley-debug-bail-fund-participatory-defense-pilot to Silicon Valley De-Bug, a collaboator on the project. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-01. | |
| Silicon Valley De-Bug | 20,600.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/silicon-valley-debug-bail-fund-participatory-defense-pilot | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support a pilot project exploring a partnership between bail funds and participatory defense, led by Raj Jayadev. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/brooklyn-community-bail-fund-national-bail-fund-network-january-2018 to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-01. | |
| Center for Applied Rationality | 1,000,000.00 | Rationality improvement | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support-2018 | Nick Beckstead | Grant for general support. Grantee primarily organizes workshops and develops underlying material and tools to improve rationality. Grant is based on the belief that CFAR workshops help connect people better to the effective altruism movement and grow the talent pipeline in AI safety. Also, Open Phil considers CFAR to have met the milestones set with the 2016 grant. Announced: 2018-03-01. | |
| Detroit Justice Center | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/detroit-justice-center-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via the Urban Justice Center for general support. DJC is a new nonprofit law firm focused on remedying the impacts of mass incarceration by building a model of integrated legal services, advocacy, and alternatives in Detroit. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Michigan; affected cities: Detroit; announced: 2018-02-22. | |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense | 2,588,162.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/blue-ribbon-study-panel-biodefense-general-support-2018 | Jaime Yassif | Grant for general support. The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense advocates for improvements to U.S. biodefense policy through a variety of activities, including hosting public meetings, publishing reports, and conducting outreach to members of Congress and the executive branch. Represents a grant renewal of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/blue-ribbon-study-panel-biodefense-general-support. Announced: 2018-02-16. | |
| Niskanen Center | 400,000.00 | Migration policy/politics | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/niskanen-immigration-2018 | Alexander Berger | Grant over two years to continue to support work on immigration policy. Grant is a renewal of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/niskanen-immigration and is in recognition of the Niskanen Center growing its immigration program to $1 million/year, while also keeping in mind the expectation of no significant positive movement on immigration at the federal level. Announced: 2018-01-30. | |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2,934,400.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-clinical-trial-sepsis-therapy | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Grant to support Dr. Michael Donnino to conduct a multicenter clinical trial of a therapy for severe sepsis. Announced: 2018-01-30. | |
| WaitList Zero | 100,000.00 | Organ donation | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/waitlist-zero-general-support-exit-grant-2017 | -- | Exit grant, to give WaitList Zero approximately 18 months of operating support to allow them to secure other funding. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-30. | |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 75,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/citizens-for-juvenile-justice-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Total across two discretionary grants (one made via the Open Philanthropy Action Fund) for general support, representing a continuation of the 2016 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/citizens-for-juvenile-justice-general-support-2016. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Massachusetts; announced: 2018-03-01. | |
| Mijente | 255,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/mijente-anti-criminalization-work | Chloe Cockburn | Two discretionary grants totaling $255,000 to support criminal justice reform and anti-criminalization work. Mijente is a national hub for Latinx- and Chincanx-focused organizing and direct action, and this grant is intended to help Mijente mobilize Latinxs, particularly young activists and organizers, on issues related to criminal justice reform. Renewal of 2016 grant: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/mijente-criminal-justice-reform. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-01. | |
| Urban Institute | 165,833.00 | History of philanthropy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/history-of-philanthropy/urban-institute-history-of-philanthropy-project | Luke Muehlhauser Alexander Berger | Grant to support a series of literature reviews and case studies on the history of philanthropy. The work will be led primarily by Benjamin Soskis, a research associate at the Urban Institute, who has previously produced case studies for our history of philanthropy project. Announced: 2018-02-22. | |
| American Society for Microbiology | 43,149.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/american-society-for-microbiology-biothreats-conference-2018 | Jaime Yassif | Discretionary grant to support a keynote panel discussion and dinner on “Preparing for Biological Catastrophe” during the 2018 ASM Biothreats Meeting, see https://www.asm.org/index.php/biothreats-2018 for more. The dinner discussion will address global catastrophic biological risks as part of a broader conversation about past and potential future pandemics, and is expected to be attended by approximately 400 guests. Announced: 2018-02-15. | |
| Color Of Change | 1,000,000.00 | criminal justice reform/bail reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-criminal-justice-reform-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports work on criminal justice reform, and continues https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-prosecutor-accountability (2016 grant). Grantee works on movement coordination and prosecutor accountability activities, as well as work on bail reform. Grant financed by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-02-15. | |
| The Ordinary People Society | 280,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ordinary-people-society-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant renews https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ordinary-people-society-prodigal-child-project (2016 grant) and is for general support. See also https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/prodigal-child-project-general-support (a related grant). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Alabama|Georgia|Florida|Tennessee; announced: 2018-02-15. | |
| The Prodigal Child Project | 20,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/prodigal-child-project-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work training and organizing pastors to advocate for criminal justice reform with legislators across several southern U.S. states. Grant financed by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. See also https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ordinary-people-society-general-support-2017 to an affiliated organization. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Alabama|Georgia|Florida|Tennessee; announced: 2018-02-15. | |
| Voters Organized to Educate | 305,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/voters-organized-to-educate-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant intended to allow Voters Organized to continue developing and testing its electoral impact and voter engagement strategies, vet and publicly endorse local political candidates who support policies aligned with Voters Organized’s mission, and raise its profile as an organization representing the interests of formerly incarcerated people. Grant financed by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Louisiana; announced: 2018-02-15. | |
| Aubin Pictures | 25,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/aubin-pictures-criminal-justice-media-archive-scoping | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support a criminal justice media archive scoping project. The grant will allow Aubin Pictures to conduct a needs assessment and propose a strategic development plan to catalogue and archive media footage related to criminal justice reform (e.g. interviews, courtroom or prison footage). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-23. | |
| Smart Justice CA | 25,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/smart-justice-ca-california-criminal-justice-reform-lobbying | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via The Advocacy Fund to support lobbying on criminal justice bills in the California legislature in 2017. Grant financed by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2018-01-23. | |
| The Center for Election Science | 598,600.00 | Politics | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/the-center-for-election-science-general-support | William MacAskill | Grantee is a US-based nonprofit that promotes alternative voting methods to plurality voting, with an emphasis on cardinal methods and a special focus on approval voting. The grant is intended to go toward CES’ general expenses over the next year such as salaries, marketing, office supplies, as well as its Ballot Initiative Education Campaign project. Announced: 2018-01-23. | |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | 613,380.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/carnegie-endowment-international-peace-chinese-indian-perspectives-biosecurity | Jaime Yassif | Grant over three years to support a project to assess Chinese and Indian perspectives on biosecurity risks associated with advances in biotechnology. Announced: 2018-01-09. | |
| Blackbird | 425,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/blackbird-ending-mass-incarceration-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support efforts to end mass incarceration. The grant is intended to support communications, policy and organizing work. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-05. | |
| protocols.io | 200,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/protocols-io-platform-improvements | Heather Youngs | Discretionary grant to ZappyLab, Inc (doing business as “protocols.io”) to support improvements to the protocols.io platform, which provides open access for science methods. Announced: 2017-12-08. | |
| University of Washington (Institute for Protein Design) | 11,367,500.00 | Scientific Research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/university-of-washington-universal-flu-vaccine | Chris Somerville Heather Youngs | Grant to support research by Professor David Baker and collaborators on the development of a universal flu vaccine, and to support improved methods for computational design of proteins to treat disease. Announced: 2018-04-04. | |
| ColorOfChange PAC | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-pac-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support electoral engagement work related to prosecutor accountability and reform. Color of Change PAC intends to use this funding to organize national and local partners to participate in voter engagement activities several months prior to important district attorney elections, with a goal to promote prosecutors or prosecutor candidates who are supportive of criminal justice reform.. See the related grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-criminal-justice-reform-2017 to the parent 501(c)(4) organization. Grant financed by Cari Tuna personally. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-02-15. | |
| David Manheim | 65,308.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/david-manheim-research-existential-risk | Claire Zabel | Grant to perform a research and analysis project, "Eliciting Evaluations of Existential Risk from Infectious Disease.". Announced: 2018-01-30. | |
| The Good Food Institute | 1,500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meat alternatives | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support-2017 | Lewis Bollard | Renewal of previous grant of $1,000,000 at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support Lewis Bollard considers GFI to be the leading nonprofit promoting meat alternatives, and is impressed with its strategic support for early-stage companies producing plant-based products, such as Good Dot and Good Catch. Announced: 2018-01-05. | |
| Arizona State University | 6,421,402.00 | Scientific research/transformative R01 | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/arizona-state-university-canine-clinical-trial-multivalent-cancer-vaccine | Heather Youngs | Grant to be used in support of a canine clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of a multivalent, preventative cancer vaccine. The trial will test the cancer-prevention efficacy of a multi-valent frameshift peptide (FSP) vaccine, developed by Dr. Stephen Albert Johnston, in healthy, middle-aged pet dogs. The trial will be conducted under the direction of Dr. Douglas Thamm, Director of Clinical Research at the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University. Part of a set of "second chance" grants by the Open Philanthropy Project for some rejected applications for the NIH Transformative R01 program https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra discussed at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-second-chance-program-nih-transformative-research-applicants and https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08795-0. Announced: 2017-12-20. | |
| Association L214 | 1,347,742.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/L214-broiler-chicken-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years of €1,140,000 (approximately $1,347,742 at the time of conversion). Using this funding, L214 will conduct a campaign advocating for reduced chicken meat consumption as well as a corporate campaign targeting higher welfare standards for broiler chickens. Affected countries: France; announced: 2017-12-08. | |
| theguardian.org | 886,600.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty. Theguardian.org has stated that it will regard the funds to The Guardian newspaper, which will allow The Guardian to increase its reporting output on issues related to factory farming, including publishing approximately one article per week as well as the creation of multimedia content. In keeping with The Guardian’s journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled and the Open Philanthropy Project will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published. Announced: 2017-12-08. | |
| fair-fish international association | 453,841.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fair-fish-international-fish-welfare-standards | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years for a farmed fish welfare assessment and standards project. FFI’s research team, FishEthoBase, will work jointly with fish welfare certifier Friend of the Sea (FOS) to assess fish welfare at approximately 50% of all FOS-certified farms. Findings from these assessments will then be used to create farm-specific improvement recommendations and to develop animal welfare criteria for possible inclusion in FOS standards. Additionally, FFI plans to share its findings through formal presentations at academic and industry conferences. Announced: 2017-12-08. | |
| InterAcademy Partnership | 14,605.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/interacademy-partnership-bwc-meeting-state-parties | Jaime Yassif | Discretionary grant to support a side event at the December 2017 Biological Weapons Commission (BWC) Meeting of State Parties, and other related activities to support the BWC. Announced: 2017-12-01. | |
| Youth First Initiative | 250,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/youth-first-initiative-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee is undertaking a coordinated national advocacy campaign with the ultimate goals of completely ending youth incarceration, closing youth prisons, and redirecting young people to community-based programs, and is a project of New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-12-01. | |
| Animal Equality | 2,110,460.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-eu-farm-animal-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support corporate outreach and animal welfare campaigns, investigations, and capacity building for Animal Equality’s teams in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Program Officer and grant investigator Lewis Bollard is pleased with the grantee who received a $500,000 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-international-cage-free-advocacy in 2016. Affected countries: Germany|Italy|Spain|United Kingdom; announced: 2017-11-28. | |
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 533,036.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/aquaculture-stewardship-council-fish-welfare-standard-development | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years, denominatoted in euros (€459,000). Grantee goal is to develop an objective, evidence-based standard that is applicable to all eligible ASC-certified species and recognized globally. Announced: 2017-11-28. | |
| Otwarte Klatki | 472,864.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/otwarte-klatki-chicken-welfare-campaigns-poland-ukraine | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support farm animal welfare campaigns and organizational capacity building in Poland and Ukraine. The funding will allow Otwarte Klatki to launch broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Poland and cage-free campaigns in Ukraine, as well as support expenses related to a planned merger with the Danish animal rights organization, Anima. Affected countries: Poland|Ukraine; announced: 2017-11-21. | |
| Dignity and Power Now | 500,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/dignity-and-power-now-justice-la-campaign | Chloe Cockburn | Grant is for work on the JusticeLA campaign. The campaign is a coalition of organizations opposed to the planned construction of two new jail facilities in Los Angeles county, which currently contains the largest jail system in the country, with an average daily inmate population of approximately 17,000. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-team-network-justice-la-campaign to the Justice Team Network from the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: Los Angeles; announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative | 6,000,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/nuclear-threat-initiative-biosecurity-program-support | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support nascent biosecurity program led by Dr. Elizabeth Cameron. Grantee is well-respected for its efforts related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) so is promising. Announced: 2018-01-09. | |
| Essie Justice Group | 300,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/essie-justice-group-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee organizes women with incarcerated loved ones for criminal justice reform. Grantee plans to expand its on-the-ground network of women with incarcerated loved ones and continue to advocate for an end to the money bail system and industry. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-11-21. | |
| Court Watch NOLA | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/court-watch-nola-general-support-october-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grant based on perceived success of previous grant made in April 2017. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-11-21. | |
| Anima | 683,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/anima-corporate-campaigns-merger-support | Lewis Bollard | Two grants combined. Funding to support chicken welfare campaigns and organizational capacity building in Scandinavia. Affected countries: Scandinavia; announced: 2017-11-21. | |
| Sightline Institute | 350,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/sightline-institute-housing-and-urban-development-2017 | Alexander Berger | Grant supports work on housing and urban development. The grant renews a 2015-10 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/sightline-institute-housing-and-urban-development for a similar purpose, but focused on Seattle. Grantee intends to use this funding to continue promoting the Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory Committee’s (HALA) land use reform agenda in Seattle, and to promote similar reforms nationally by disseminating lessons learned from the Seattle initiative. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-11-14. | |
| Compassion in World Farming | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-end-the-cage-age-campaign | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support the End the Cage Age campaign in the United Kingdom and Europe. The campaign will seek to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species in the UK and Europe through advocacy and outreach, including an EU-wide citizens’ ballot measure. Open Philanthropy Project funds will support staffing needs related to the campaign in six regional EU offices as well as its headquarters in the United Kingdom; marketing, social media, and exhibition activities; advocacy work; investigations; as well as technical and operational costs over the next two years. Affected countries: United Kingdom; announced: 2017-11-14. | |
| Working Families Party | 109,600.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/working-families-party-prosecutor-reforms-new-york | Chloe Cockburn | Grant made personally by Cari Tuna to the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party. Grant is intended to support the Working Families Party’s work on criminal justice issues, including electing prosecutors who are supportive of criminal justice reform. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; announced: 2017-11-10. | |
| Initiate Justice | 5,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/initiate-justice-prisoner-education-prop-57 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support prisoner education on Proposition 57. Funds will be used to conduct direct mail campaign to prisoners in California educating them on the proposition and its potential effect on their sentences. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2017-11-10. | |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute | 3,750,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/machine-intelligence-research-institute-general-support-2017 | Nick Beckstead | Grant over three years for general support. Represents a renewal and increase of the previous $500,000 grant in 2016 announced at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/machine-intelligence-research-institute-general-support -- the increase is due to a positive review by a leading researcher of the logical induction work by MIRI, and a general increase in Open Phil grants in AI risk making it less likely that a large grant to MIRI will be construed as too much of an endorsement of their approach. Donee (MIRI) also blogged this grant at https://intelligence.org/2017/11/08/major-grant-open-phil/. Announced: 2017-11-08. | |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 374,631.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/broiler chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-broiler-chicken-welfare-campaign-UK | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years to support a corporate chicken welfare campaign in the United Kingdom. Affected countries: United Kingdom; announced: 2017-11-08. | |
| World Animal Net | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-net-co-organizing-workshops-world-bank | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support engagement with the World Bank to co-organize farm animal welfare workshops. The funding is intended to allow WAN to contribute to the preparatory work and costs of the workshops; invite farm animal welfare experts/scientists who could potentially advocate for animal welfare reforms to the workshops; support research, analysis, and coordination of advocacy strategy in advance of the workshops; and conduct post-workshop follow-up and dissemination activities. Announced: 2017-11-08. | |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | 404,800.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/brooklyn-community-bail-fund-national-bail-fund-network | Chloe Cockburn | Discreionary grant to support National Bail Fund Network, led by Pilar Weiss. The Network is comprised of bail funds around the country—including immigration and movement-oriented funds as well as more traditional community-based funds engaging with local criminal justice systems—which pay bail for defendants who cannot otherwise afford to pay bail. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-10-25. | |
| University of California, Berkeley (Earmark: Sergey Levine,Anca Dragan) | 1,450,016.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/uc-berkeley-ai-safety-levine-dragan | Daniel Dewey | Pair of grants to support AI safety work led by Professors Sergey Levine and Anca Dragan, who would each devote half their time to the project, with additional assistance from four graduate students. They initially intend to focus their research on how objective misspecification can produce subtle or overt undesirable behavior in robotic systems. Announced: 2017-10-20. | |
| Global Aquaculture Alliance | 435,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-aquaculture-alliance-fish-welfare-best-practices | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years via the Responsible Aquaculture Foundation to develop best practices and proposed animal welfare standards for three farmed fish species. Announced: 2017-12-01. | |
| Eurogroup for Animals | 625,400.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-eu-chicken-welfare-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years, denominated in euros (€530,000) to support EU policy advocacy for chicken welfare. Grantee plans to use these funds on either broiler chicken or egg-laying hen welfare campaigns, depending upon which campaign appears most tractable. Actual financing of the grant from a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Announced: 2017-11-28. | |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | 558,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/florida-rights-restoration-coalition-power-building | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via The Advocacy Fund to support power-building work. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Florida; announced: 2017-11-21. | |
| Global Animal Partnership | 285,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-fish-welfare-standards | Lewis Bollard | Grant to develop fish welfare standards for 4-6 farmed fish species, beginning with salmon by establishing a partnership with an existing aquaculture certification program and developing a multi-step framework for farmed fish based on land animal models. Grantee also intends to develop a strategy for raising consumer awareness of farmed fish welfare, and to run a promotional campaign for the launch of their initial salmon certification program. Announced: 2017-11-14. | |
| New York Working Families | 40,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/new-york-working-families-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant made via The Advocacy Fund to support work to pass legislation to reduce prison and jail populations in New York, and not for other priorities of New York Working Families. Affected countries: United STates; affected states: New York; announced: 2017-11-10. | |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/turkey/pig welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-general-support-2017 | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years for general support for farm animal welfare activities in Germany. Grant will allow grantee to significantly expand their corporate outreach on broiler chicken welfare, increase their fundraising capacity, and hire a law firm to pursue litigation related to turkey and pig welfare. Affected countries: Germany; announced: 2017-10-25. | |
| We Got Us Now | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/we-got-us-now-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the launch of a digital platform devoted to the interests of children of incarcerated parents. The digital platform will include resources for children of incarcerated parents, storytelling media such as videos, audio files, and a blog, and a leadership institute to train children of incarcerated parents (ages 16-35) to organize and advocate for relevant criminal justice reforms. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-10-20. | |
| Gamechanger Labs | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/gamechanger-labs-student-organizing-initiative | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via the Movement Voter Fund at the Tides Foundation to support awareness-raising and organizing of college students. This funding will support project planning, initial campaign staffing, travel, and potentially small sub-grants to partner organizations. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-10-09. | |
| Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative | 2,000,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/solar-radiation-management-governance-initiative-general-support-2017 | Claire Zabel | Grant awarded via the Environmental Defense Fund for general support. The funding is intended to help support SRMGI’s on-going governance work related to solar radiation management (SRM), and will additionally help support a new research fund for modeling the impacts of SRM across the developing world, called the Developing Country Impacts Modeling Analysis for SRM (DECIMALS). Announced: 2017-10-09. | |
| The Humane League | 2,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-open-wing-alliance-2017 | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years to support the Open Wing Alliance to expand corporate cage-free campaigns in Europe. The Open Wing Alliance grew out of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns ($1,000,000 grant in 2016-02). Announced: 2017-10-09. | |
| Corrections Accountability Project | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/corrections-accountability-project-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to project housed at the Urban Justice Center and led by Bianca Tylek. Grantee aims to eliminate the influence of commercial interests on the criminal system and end the exploitation of those it touches. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-10-03. | |
| Texas After Violence Project | 52,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-after-violence-project-video-documentation-project | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support a research and video documentation project in collaboration with Texas Advocates for Justice, focused on inacarceration and its effects. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2017-10-03. | |
| University of California, Berkeley | 5,000,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/uc-berkeley-aging-related-research-conboy | Heather Youngs | Grant over five years to support research on the basic biology of aging-related diseases and impairments, led by Dr. Irina Conboy. Grant is a result of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/cause-reports/mechanisms-aging (investigation into mechanisms of aging). Announced: 2017-11-03. | |
| Center for a New American Security (Earmark: Richard Danzig) | 260,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/center-for-a-new-american-security-richard-danzig-outreach-on-technological-risk | Helen Toner | Grant awarded to support outreach by Richard Danzig,1 former Secretary of the Navy, on technological risks. Specifically, this funding will allow Mr. Danzig to revise and publish an already-drafted manuscript exploring and providing guidance on issues facing the US government related to potential risks from advanced technology (e.g., biosecurity, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence risks). Announced: 2017-10-16. | |
| Smithsonian Institution | 300,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity-and-pandemic-preparedness/smithsonian-institution-outbreak-exhibit | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support the Outbreak exhibit and related programming at the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit is planned to open in 2018 and run for approximately three years; it may reach up to 8.5 million visitors during that time. Donor hopes this exhibit will help raise awareness of pandemics, in part by drawing public attention to the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic, which is the largest on record. Announced: 2017-12-01. | |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | 403,890.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/berkeley-existential-risk-initiative-core-staff-and-chai-collaboration | Daniel Dewey | Grant to support core functions of grantee, and to help them provide contract workers for the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) housed at the University of California, Berkeley, also an Open Phil grantee (see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/uc-berkeley-center-human-compatible-ai for info on that grant). Open Phil also sees this as a promising model for providing assistance to other BERI clients in the future. Announced: 2017-09-28. | |
| Yale University (Earmark: Allan Dafoe) | 299,320.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/yale-university-global-politics-of-ai-dafoe | Nick Beckstead | Grant to support research into the global politics of artificial intelligence, led by Assistant Professor of Political Science, Allan Dafoe, who will conduct part of the research at the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, United Kingdom over the next year. Funds from the two gifts will support the hiring of two full-time research assistants, travel, conferences, and other expenses related to the research efforts, as well as salary, relocation, and health insurance expenses related to Professor Dafoe’s work in Oxford. Announced: 2017-09-28. | |
| University of Pennsylvania | 1,300,000.00 | Forecasting | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/university-pennsylvania-philip-tetlock-making-conversations-smarter-faster | Luke Muehlhauser | Grant to support development and pre-testing of the “Making Conversations Smarter, Faster” project. The work will be led by Professors Philip Tetlock and Barbara Mellers of University of Pennsylvania, and Professor Emeritus Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University. Announced: 2017-08-25. | |
| American Conservative Union Foundation | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/american-conservative-union-center-criminal-justice-reform-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the Center for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR) led by Pat Nolan and David Safavian. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-08-21. | |
| Future of Research | 150,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/future-research-exit-grant-2017 | Nick Beckstead | Exit grant to allow grantee to find time for alternative funding sources. Follows a $300,000 grant made in 2016 for two years. Announced: 2017-08-21. | |
| Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations | 332,944.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken and dairy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/federation-indian-animal-protection-organisations-india-animal-welfare-reform | Lewis Bollard | Reason for grant includes excitement about broad network of FIAPO throughout India, and the scale of opportunity in India. Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-21. | |
| The Ahimsa Collective | 15,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/restorative justice | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ahimsa-collective-restorative-justice-report | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via Community Works West to support the completion of a restorative justice movement building report. The report is intended to be a resource for donors and advocates interested in supporting restorative justice1 work, and will include reference data on movement building efforts to date as well as recommendations on funding strategy. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-08-16. | |
| Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (Earmark: Yoshua Bengio) | 2,400,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/montreal-institute-learning-algorithms-ai-safety-research | -- | Grant to support research to improve the positive long-term impact of artificial intelligence on society. Mainly due to star power of researcher Yoshua Bengio who influences many young ML/AI researchers. Detailed writeup available. See also https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10110258359382500&id=13963931 for a Facebook share by David Krueger, a member of the grantee organization. The comments include some discussion about the grantee. Announced: 2017-07-19. | |
| University of Notre Dame | 2,054,142.00 | Scientific research/transformative R01 | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/university-notre-dame-nanopore-protein-sequencing-development | Heather Youngs | Grant over three years to the University of Notre Dame to support the development of an instrument that uses a sub-nanometer-diameter pore (i.e. a sub-nanopore) to read the amino acid sequence of whole protein molecules. The collaborative effort led by Dr. Gregory Timp involves researchers at the University of San Diego and Johns Hopkins University. Part of a set of "second chance" grants by the Open Philanthropy Project for some rejected applications for the NIH Transformative R01 program https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra discussed at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-second-chance-program-nih-transformative-research-applicants and https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08795-0. Announced: 2017-12-20. | |
| University of California, San Francisco | 825,000.00 | Scientific research/transformative R01 | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/ucsf-liver-regeneration-experiments | Chris Somerville | Grant over three years to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to support research into the development of a stem cell treatment method for repairing or replacing damaged human livers. The work will be led by Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Surgery. Part of a set of "second chance" grants by the Open Philanthropy Project for some rejected applications for the NIH Transformative R01 program https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra discussed at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-second-chance-program-nih-transformative-research-applicants and https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08795-0. Announced: 2017-12-20. | |
| Humane Slaughter Association | 2,528,678.00 | Animal welfare/fish welfare/crustacean welfare/cephalopod welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-slaughter-association-fish-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid). Grant made in light of perceived lack of fish welfare efforts relative to importance of the issue. The funding will allow HSA to seek proposals for research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid), and to translate related HSA publications. This work may take several years depending on the nature of the research applications received. Announced: 2017-11-08. | |
| Animal Welfare Action Lab | 58,550.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/survey research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-action-lab-meat-reduction-survey | Lewis Bollard | Discretionary grant via the Reducetarian Foundation to fund a study to replicate and improve upon an earlier multi-wave study by grantee (AWAL). Improvements include a larger, more representative sample via YouGov, and the potential to fund a third-wave component analyzing whether any effect endures after two months. Funds primarily cover spending on YouGov. Announced: 2017-08-21. | |
| Duke University | 49,500.00 | Scientific research/antiviral and inhibitor work | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/duke-university-timothy-haystead-hsp70 | Chris Somerville | Grant for work that will be led by Dr. Timothy Haystead, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at the Duke University School of Medicine. Funding from this grant will allow Dr. Haystead to pay a specialized company to determine the molecular structure of the human Hsp70i protein in a complex with HS-72, and to hire a summer intern to support his antiviral and inhibitor work. Announced: 2017-08-16. | |
| Greater Greater Washington | 250,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/greater-greater-washington-housing-and-land-use-reform | Alexander Berger | Grant to support work on housing affordability and land use reform, and the grant writeup cites the existing coalition http://www.dchousingpriorities.org/ as impressive evidence of progress so far. Affected countries: United States; affected cities: Washington, D.C.; announced: 2017-08-11. | |
| Dignity and Power Now | 132,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/Jail plan | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/dignity-and-power-now-la-jail-opposition | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for an organized campaign to permanently defeat Los Angeles plans for jails. Grantee plans to organize a convening of community coalitions, labor groups, elected officials, and other interested parties to discuss and assess the potential for a larger campaign opposing the jails. Specifically, the funding will cover meeting materials, food and location costs, staff support, and potentially a commissioned report on alternative uses for the city and state funds estimated to be needed for the jail construction projects. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: Los Angeles; announced: 2017-08-08. | |
| Humane Slaughter Association | 419,236.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-slaughter-association-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Grant in UK pounds of 331458 (419236 USD at time of conversion). Recipient plans to use this grant to translate its guides on humane handling, transport, stunning, and slaughter into Mandarin Chinese and publicize the translated publications in Chinese agriculture industry magazines. It also plans to pay for HSA staff to travel to China to lecture at veterinary universities and train staff at slaughterhouses and livestock markets, and invite Chinese officials for an expenses-paid study tour of slaughterhouses and livestock markets in the United Kingdom. Donor is excited about this project’s potential to reduce suffering and institutionalize farm animal welfare values. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-07-19. | |
| JustLeadershipUSA | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign-summer-canvassing | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant to support advocacy campaign to close the Rikers Island Prison Compex in New York City. Continuation of grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign-2016. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Forward Justice | 75,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/forward-justice-daryl-atkinson-north-carolina | Chloe Cockburn | Grant via Repairers of the Breach to support the advocacy and organizing activities of Daryl Atkinson in North Carolina. The funding is intended to support the hiring of two organizers in North Carolina who will attempt to grow the local chapter of All of Us or None—a grassroots advocacy organization—and outreach and public education activities in Durham and Pitt counties related to prosecutorial accountability and reform. Affected countries: United States; affected states: North Carolina; announced: 2017-09-28. | |
| Future of Life Institute | 100,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/future-life-institute-general-support-2017 | Nick Beckstead | Grant awarded for increasing awareness of global catastrophic risks. Announced: 2017-09-27. | |
| Center for Applied Rationality | 340,000.00 | Rationality improvement | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-european-summer-program-rationality | Nick Beckstead | Grant for the European Summer Program on Rationality. Announced: 2017-09-27. | |
| Genspace | 454,025.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/genspace-diy-bio-labs-project | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support an evaluation of biosafety and biosecurity in the DIYbio lab community, and a biosafety & biosecurity pilot program in three DIY bio labs, led by Daniel Grushkin and Todd Kuiken, Ph.D. See also the twin grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/north-carolina-state-university-diy-bio-labs-project to North Carolina State University. Announced: 2017-09-26. | |
| North Carolina State University | 252,725.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/north-carolina-state-university-diy-bio-labs-project | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support an evaluation of biosafety and biosecurity in the DIYbio lab community, and a biosafety & biosecurity pilot program in three DIY bio labs, led by Daniel Grushkin and Todd Kuiken, Ph.D. See also the twin grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/genspace-diy-bio-labs-project to Genspace. Announced: 2017-09-26. | |
| Stanford University (Earmark: Percy Liang) | 1,337,600.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/stanford-university-support-percy-liang | Daniel Dewey | Grant awarded over year years (July 2017 to July 2021) to support research by Professor Percy Liang and three graduate students on AI safety and alignment. The funds will be split approximately evenly across the four years (i.e. roughly $320,000 to $350,000 per year). Preceded by planning grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/stanford-university-support-percy-liang of $25,000. Announced: 2017-09-26. | |
| Eurogroup for Animals | 14,961.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/broiler chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-campaign | Lewis Bollard | Discretionary grant to support the International Broiler Advocacy Meeting in Brussels, of European advocacy groups to discuss broiler chicken welfare campaigns. Announced: 2017-08-08. | |
| People for Animals | 120,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/people-for-animals-india-animal-welfare-reform | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support farm animal welfare work in India over two years, as part of the potential/promise for the nascent field of farm animal welfare in India. Grant one of five grants made to animal welfare groups in India. Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-03. | |
| Humane Society International | 1,100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-india-animal-welfare-reform | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support farm animal welfare work in India over two years. Grant to provide funding to commission studies on the impact of factory farming in India and potential policy solutions; staff expansion primarily in the areas of outreach and coalition-building, litigation, and policy; operational costs; and re-grants to grassroots animal welfare groups across India. Strong track record of grantee part of the reason for the grant. Part of five grants made to animal welfare groups in India. Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-03. | |
| Mercy For Animals | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-india-animal-welfare-reform | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support new farm animal welfare work in India. The grant will help support undercover investigations, corporate campaigns, research, and policy-related campaign activities over the next two years. Grant based on strong track record of similar work in United States. Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-03. | |
| UCLA School of Law (Earmark: Edward Parson,Richard Re) | 1,536,222.00 | 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. | |
| Compassion in World Farming USA | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/Latin America | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-latin-america-broiler-chicken-welfare-research | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support research into opportunities for broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Latin America. Affected countries: Argentina|Brazil|Columbia|Chile|Mexico; announced: 2017-07-27. | |
| Animal Equality | 292,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-india-animal-welfare-reform | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support farm animal welfare work in India. This two-year grant will help support a pro-vegetarian messaging campaign, a corporate and/or institution-directed campaign encouraging animal product alternatives, organization capacity building, and advocacy related to in-ovo sex selection technology and other chicken welfare reforms. Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-07-27. | |
| National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine | 452,545.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/national-academy-sciences-international-meeting-governance-dual-use-research | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support an international meeting on governance of dual-use research in the life sciences organized by the National Academy of Sciences. Announced: 2017-06-14. | |
| Target Malaria | 17,500,000.00 | Scientific research/malaria/gene drive testing and governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/target-malaria-general-support | -- | Unrestricted support to group also funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Funding hopes to accelerate progress toward use of gene drive technologies for malaria control. Announced: 2017-05-17. | |
| CDC Foundation | 1,214,437.00 | Scientific research/malaria/mosquito cryopreservation | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/cdc-foundation-malaria-control-research | -- | Supplement to grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/target-malaria-general-support to Target Malaria; see writeup for latter to understand grant reasoning. Announced: 2017-05-17. | |
| Color of Change | 30,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-change-criminal-justice-meeting | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support activities including meeting on bail reform. Discretionary grant decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-05-16. | |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund | 1,000,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-action-fund-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support ongoing policy reform, legislative and ballot advocacy, and lobbying efforts in states such as Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, and California, and to lay the foundation for future advocacy work in Florida, Ohio, and California. Open Phil considers grantee an effective organization that has contributed to the passing of several criminal justice reform bills at the state level, such as Illinois Senate Bill 2872, the Neighborhood Safety Act, in March 2017. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund; companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-general-support-2017 made via Tides Center. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice | 4,000,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support; renewal of previous similar grants such as https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-general-support Donor considers grantee an exceptionally high-performing organization with a track record of securing significant criminal justice policy reforms. Grant via Tides Center. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-action-fund-general-support-2017 made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Rockefeller University | 1,500,000.00 | Scientific research/transformative R01 | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/rockefeller-university-viral-histone-mimics | Heather Youngs | Grant to support research on viral histone mimics led by Professor Alexander Tarakhovsky. Professor Tarakhovsky has discovered a novel mechanism through which viruses may influence host gene expression: he found that in influenza H3N2, the non-structural 1 (NS1) protein acts to downregulate antiviral genes (i.e. weaken host defense systems) by mimicking human histone 3, which interferes with normal histone regulation in the host cell. Professor Tarakhovsky and his collaborators plan to use this grant to further explore this mechanism in the life cycle of the yellow fever virus and to determine whether the mechanism occurs in other host-virus interactions. Part of a set of "second chance" grants by the Open Philanthropy Project for some rejected applications for the NIH Transformative R01 program https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra discussed at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-second-chance-program-nih-transformative-research-applicants and https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08795-0. Announced: 2017-12-20. | |
| Common Justice | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/common-justice-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant via Vera Institute of Justice structured as an exit grant since grantee has made progress in meeting goals and securing alternate funding. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/vera-institute-justice-common-justice for the previous grant to Vera Institute of Justice that provided grantee funds to meet its goals. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2017-10-03. | |
| Court Watch NOLA | 25,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/Court watching | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/court-watch-nola-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Grantee supports over 100 volunteers who do regular court watching and data gathering on practices used in New Orleans courtrooms. Court watchers gather data relating to violations of transparency, constitutional rights, ethics rules, state law, and victim rights. This data is compiled into regular reports that the organization uses for advocacy. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New Orleans; announced: 2017-08-11. | |
| The Greenfield Project | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/greenfield-project-general-support | Lewis Bollard | Grant provides seed funding for new group created by Liz Hamilton and Ashley Carr pushing for federal reforms to improve farm animal welfare. Recipient plans to use this grant to conduct research, build relationships with government officials, build coalitions, and use legal and public relations advocacy to advance farm animal welfare reforms. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-07-21. | |
| BioBricks Foundation | 152,950.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/biobricks-foundation-biosecurity-activities-sb70 | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support biosecurity activities at the SB7.0 meeting. Announced: 2017-07-07. | |
| East Bay Forward | 40,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/east-bay-forward-yimbytown-2017-conference | Alexander Berger | Money to support a YIMBYtown 2017 conference planned for July 2017. Grant via the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA). Follows up on grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/better-boulder-yimby-2016 to Better Boulder supporting the YIMBY 2016 conference. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-07-07. | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | 45,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/disability rights | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/american-civil-liberties-union-foundation-disability-rights-fellowship | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for Disability Rights Program to support a fellowship for Zoe Brennan-Kohn, a disability rights attorney. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-06-26. | |
| Animal Charity Evaluators | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meta/charity evaluator | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years for general support (goal of finding best charities to help animals). Detailed write-up available. See also https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/on-receiving-a-grant-from-the-open-philanthropy-project/ on the blog of ACE, the donee. Announced: 2017-06-09. | |
| New Partnership for Africa’s Development | 2,350,000.00 | Scientific research/malaria/gene drive | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/new-partnership-africa-s-development-general-support | Claire Zabel | Grant to the Planning and Coordinating Agency, the technical arm of the African Union, to support the evaluation, preparation, and potential deployment of gene drive technologies in some African regions. Part of a set of grants related to gene drives; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/target-malaria-general-support for a larger grant to Target Malaria in the same domain and at around the same time. Announced: 2017-05-26. | |
| Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken and pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-farm-animal-welfare-research | Lewis Bollard | Grant was to match FFAR funding 1:1 in supporting research to find solutions to bone fractures in cage-free hens and painful castration in piglets. Announced: 2017-05-11. | |
| UCLA School of Law (Earmark: Edward Parson) | 776,095.00 | Global catastrophic risks/climate engineering governance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/ucla-climate-engineering-governance | -- | Grant to support research and meetings on climate engineering governance led by Professor Edward Parson. 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. Announced: 2017-04-19. | |
| People's Action Institute | 279,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/movement growth/prosecutorial reform and decriminalization | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/peoples-action-institute-prosecutor-accountability | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support its prosecutor accountability campaign.1 The People’s Action Institute is a national organization driven by local and state organizing, with member organizations across several states. Using this funding, they plan to expand their community organizing and public education activities related to prosecutor accountability and reform to several new cities and regions. The broad goal will be to mobilize stakeholders to advocate for reforms that reduce incarceration levels. We expect these funds to cover expenses related to personnel, leadership trainings, consulting fees, materials and supplies, communications, travel and lodging, and re-grants to member organizations. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/peoples-action-prosecutor-accountability to the People’s Action by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| People's Action | 1,927,640.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/peoples-action-prosecutor-accountability | Chloe Cockburn | Grant over two years to support prosecutor accountability campaign. People’s Action is a national organization driven by local and state organizing, with member organizations across several states. Using this funding, they plan to expand their community organizing and advocacy activities related to prosecutor accountability and reform to several new cities and regions such as Brooklyn, Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee. The broad goal was intended to be to mobilize stakeholders to advocate for policy reforms that reduce incarceration levels, particularly through movement building and voter engagement and outreach. Grant made by the Open Philnthropy Action Fund. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/peoples-action-institute-prosecutor-accountability to the People’s Action Institute. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Texas Organizing Project | 1,195,500.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-organizing-project-criminal-justice-reform-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant intended to grow TOP’s organizational capacity so that it can continue building pressure for criminal justice reforms in Texas. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Detailed writeup available. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/texas-organizing-project-education-fund-criminal-justice-reform made to the Texas Orgaizing Project Education Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | 765,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-organizing-project-education-fund-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant intended to support a build-up of TOP Ed Fund’s organizational capacity in Texas, in order to allow it to continue pushing for criminal justice reforms. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-organizing-project-criminal-justice-reform-2017 by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| The People’s Lobby Education Institute | 125,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/peoples-lobby-education-institute-support-work-prosecutorial-accountability-chicago | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago; announced: 2018-01-05. | |
| Stanford University (Earmark: Percy Liang) | 25,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/stanford-university-percy-liang-planning-grant | Daniel Dewey | Grant awarded to Professor Percy Liang to spend significant time engaging in the Open Philanthropy Project grant application process, that would lead to a larger grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/stanford-university-support-percy-liang of $1,337,600. Announced: 2017-09-26. | |
| Workers Center for Racial Justice | 125,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/workers-center-racial-justice-prosecutorial-accountability-chicago | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. The Workers Center for Racial Justice plans to use this grant to a) support local organizing to work with Cook County State’s Attorney (SA) Kim Foxx to ensure that her policies are ensuring the safety of Cook County communities without overly relying on jail and prison incarceration, and b) build these groups’ capacity to relate to SA Foxx in a productive way. Possible activities include town hall meetings, prayer vigils, and quarterly meetings with SA Foxx to determine whether she is meeting the groups’ standards for community accountability and reduced use of harsh criminal justice sanctions. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago; announced: 2017-09-07. | |
| Centre for Effective Altruism | 2,500,000.00 | Effective altruism/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/centre-effective-altruism-general-support-2017 | Nick Beckstead | Grant for general support. Donor impressed by what grantee has achieved in terms of Giving What We Can pledge amounts and recruit quality. Also believes it is value-aligned with other potential donors to donee, so less fungibility concern. Expected to renew grant for $1.25 million or $2.5 million next year. Predictions included in detailed grant page. See also https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/blog/announcing-grant-from-the-open-philanthropy-project/ for the corresponding confirmation from the grantee. See https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donor.php?donor=Effective+Altruism+Grants for the full list of Effective Altruism Grants, for which part of the funds from this grant were used. Announced: 2017-08-17. | |
| Distill | 25,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/distill-prize-clarity-machine-learning-general-support | Daniel Dewey | Grant covers 25000 out of a total of 125000 USD initial endowment for the Distill prize https://distill.pub/prize/ administered by the Open Philanthropy Project. Other contributors to the endowment include Chris Olah, Greg Brockman, Jeff Dean, and DeepMind. The Open Philanthropy Project grant page says: "Without our funding, we estimate that there is a 60% chance that the prize would be administered at the same level of quality, a 30% chance that it would be administered at lower quality, and a 10% chance that it would not move forward at all. We believe that our assistance in administering the prize will also be of significant help to Distill.". Announced: 2017-08-11. | |
| College and Community Fellowship | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/college-and-community-fellowship-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee works to increase access to education for formerly incarcerated people via direct service work in New York City (including academic support and peer mentoring programs), policy advocacy, and technical assistance. CCF’s direct service work informs its national advocacy and national technical assistance programs, both of which aim to increase awareness about issues related to mass incarceration and education and to encourage community members and decision-makers to push for criminal justice reform. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2017-07-19. | |
| Center for Global Development (Earmark: Michael Clemens) | 1,800,000.00 | Migration policy/international labor mobility | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/center-global-development-migration-program | Alexander Berger | Grant supports work at CGD of Michael Clemens and his team. Continues a 2014 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/center-global-development-labor-mobility-research for the same purpose. Announced: 2017-06-27. | |
| Vera Institute of Justice | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/Safety and justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/vera-institute-justice-criminal-justice-reform-report | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support a report on the state of safety and justice reform. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-06-26. | |
| Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science | 80,400.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/colorado-state-university-planning-gift | Lewis Bollard | Grant goes for Colorado State University research on broiler chicken welfare. Discretionary grant. Amount increased from original value of $25,300 to $80,400 on 2018-02-16. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Announced: 2017-06-26. | |
| World Animal Protection | 517,588.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-broiler-chicken-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Grant over two years to support campaigns to improve welfare of broiler chicken. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Announced: 2017-06-26. | |
| International Society for Applied Ethology | 40,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-travel-scholarships | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support travel scholarships for animal welfare scientists, government and NGO veterinarians, and graduate students from developing nations to attend the 2017 51st International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Announced: 2017-06-16. | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon | 145,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/american-civil-liberties-union-foundation-oregon-prosecutorial-accountability | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support prosecutorial reform, including a report cost on district attorney (DA) policies, practices, and positions, to be completed for each elected DA. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Oregon; announced: 2017-06-09. | |
| 80,000 Hours | 1,125,000.00 | Effective altruism/movement growth/career counseling | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/80000-hours-general-support | Nick Beckstead | Grant for general support. Grant writeup not written by grant investigator. Grant includes plans to make a similar grant next year, with criteria for next year grant amount, as well as grantee plans. Forecasts made on 2016-12-16 (three months before the grant was offiically awarded) are also included. Announced: 2017-05-16. | |
| Wageningen UR | 88,345.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wageningen-ur-broiler-welfare-review | Lewis Bollard | Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare started in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Announced: 2017-05-08. | |
| National Alliance of Faith and Justice | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/national-alliance-faith-and-justice-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the National Alliance of Faith and Justice work in advancing criminal justice reform by empowering victims of crime to become advocates for safe and just communities. Discretionary grant decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Grant page published on 2017-04-27, see https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/_iLMF5lWwnQ for the email announcing the grant. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-04-26. | |
| Drug Policy Alliance | 1,400,000.00 | Drug policy/United States/Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/drug-policy-alliance-drug-decriminalization | -- | Grant supports the work of asha bandele and Kassandra Frederique, who plan to lead culture change and pilot project strategies to advance a public health approach to the use and sale of all drugs. Although the grantee is working on drug policy, the current criminalization of various drugs also makes the grant fall under criminal justice reform. Open Phil hopes to move the United States toward a Portugal-style public health approach to drugs, and sees the grant as a step in that direction. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-04-22. | |
| Rutgers University (Earmark: Alan Robock) | 2,982,206.00 | Global catastrophic risks/nuclear war | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/rutgers-university-nuclear-conflict-climate-modeling | -- | Grant over three years to support a series of modeling studies on the climatological and subsequent ecological and social effects of large nuclear conflict. Research to beconducted by Alan Robock of Rutgers University and Owen Brian Toon of the University of Colorado Boulder. Announced: 2017-04-19. | |
| Jeanne Marchig Centre | 255,816.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/jeanne-marchig-centre-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Grant made in UK sterlink value 201,594, dollar amount of 255,816 at time of conversion. Recipient plans to use this grant primarily to fund the staff and travel costs to send international farm animal welfare experts to China to work collaboratively with large-scale producers, veterinarians, small-scale rural producers, and technical staff to identify and solve animal welfare challenges. It also plans to fund a complete PhD focused on evaluating whether the program improves outcomes for animals. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-04-19. | |
| Humane Society International | 1,364,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/East Asia | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-east-asian-and-oie-projects | Lewis Bollard | Grant made to support five projects to improve farm animal welfare, primarily in East Asia. Disclosure agreement: program officer Lewis Bollard previously worked at the Humane Society of the United States, affiliate of grantee. Affected countries: Japan|South Korea; announced: 2017-04-19. | |
| OpenAI | 30,000,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/openai-general-support | -- | Grant for general support; 10 million dollars each over three years. Grant write-up explains reasons for this grant being larger than other grants in the cause area. External discussions include https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/848009582492360704 (critical tweet with replies), https://www.facebook.com/vipulnaik.r/posts/10211478311489366 (Facebook post by Vipul Naik, with some comments), https://www.facebook.com/groups/effective.altruists/permalink/1350683924987961/ (Facebook post by Alasdair Pearce in Effective Altruists Facebook group, with some comments), and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14008569 (Hacker News post, with some comments). Announced: 2017-03-31. | |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security | 3,500,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity-and-pandemic-preparedness/georgetown-center-global-health-science-and-security-general-support | -- | Grant over three years. Grantee housed at Georgetown University Medical Center. Grantee conducts research to help build sustainable capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies worldwide. It is comprised of a team of four experts and academic researchers in biosecurity and pandemic preparedness along with several support staff. Announced: 2017-03-24. | |
| ClimateWorks Foundation | 3,000,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks/climate/HFC | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/climateworks-montreal-protocol-energy-cooling-office | -- | Grant agreed upon in 2016-09, but not awarded; the grant date of 2017-03 is provisional. Grant intended to contribute to the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, which was created recently to assist with a phase-down of the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in developing nations, in connection with the passing of an amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Announced: 2017-03-08. | |
| Future of Humanity Institute | 1,994,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/future-humanity-institute-general-support | -- | Grant for general support. A related grant specifically for biosecurity work was granted in 2016-09, made earlier for logistical reasons. Announced: 2017-03-06. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 305,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-action-fund-fed-campaign-2017 | Alexander Berger | Grant from the Open Philanthropy Action Fund to CPD Action to support the "Fed Up" Campaign. This supplements the grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2017 to the Center for Popular Democracy. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy | 1,100,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2017 | Alexander Berger | Grant from the Open Philanthropy Action Fund for the "Fed Up" campaign, renewing https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2016 It is accompanied by the grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-action-fund-fed-campaign-2017 to the CPD Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| LatinoJustice | 500,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/latino-justice-work-end-mass-incarceration | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work to end mass incarceration by increasing the visibility and changing the public will of Latinx in favor of criminal justice reform. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-09-07. | |
| Global Animal Partnership | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support-2017 | Lewis Bollard | Discretionary grant for gneral support. GAP plans to use this grant to hire a senior staff member to assist the executive director, which we believe will enable GAP to work more effectively on farm animal welfare projects such as its certifier accreditation program and standards development and management. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-09-07. | |
| Genspace | 15,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/genspace-diybio-and-fbi-meeting | Jaime Yassif | Grant to support a meeting between the DIYbio community and the FBI. Announced: 2017-06-16. | |
| Compassion in World Farming | 765,112.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Grant made in UK sterling, value 598,500, dollar amount of 765,112 at time of conversion. Recipient plans to use this grant to augment the capacity of its dedicated China team, increase technical and operational support, expand its Good Pig Production Awards, roll out its recently-launched Good Chicken and Good Egg Production Awards, and extend work and deepen engagement with its in-country partner, the International Cooperation Committee on Animal Welfare. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-04-19. | |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 453,440.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Recipient plans to use this grant to develop and launch China’s first higher farm animal welfare standards. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-04-04. | |
| National Network for Safe Communities | 161,040.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/national-network-safe-communities-la-larceny-project | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support a larceny intervention project in Los Angeles. Grant page published on 2017-03-31. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: Los Angeles; announced: 2017-03-31. | |
| Dyrevernalliansen | 378,000.00 | Animal welfare/fish welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/dyrevernalliansen-fish-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Grantee is the Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance. Goal of grant is to enable grantee to expand its animal welfare engagement with the Norwegian fish farming industry as part of a larger effort to build the field of farmed fish welfare advocacy. Affected countries: Norway; announced: 2017-03-20. | |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | 130,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/florida-rights-restoration-coalition-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program officer Chlor Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Florida; announced: 2017-03-17. | |
| Prison Policy Initiative | 66,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/prison-policy-initiative-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-03-15. | |
| Justice Solutions | 112,613.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-solutions-anne-seymours-crime-victims-and-survivors-work | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports work of well-known victim rights advocate Anne Seymour. The project aims to assess the status of victims’ rights to dignity and respect, which are included in statutes and constitutions in many states but are not defined in most of these states. Discretionary grant by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-03-15. | |
| ReFrame Mentorship | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/reframe-mentorship-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant via Center for Civic Policy, following up on https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/reframe-mentorship-general-support an earlier grant. Discretionary grant decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-03-15. | |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California | 250,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/aclu-nor-cal-prosecutorial-accountability | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports project on prosecutorial accountability called “What a difference a DA makes” and led by Ana Zamora. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2017-03-15. | |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative | 476,859.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/nuclear-threat-initiative-global-health-security-index-planning-grant | -- | Grant supports the first phase of the creation of the Global Health Security (GHS) Index, a public report that will score countries on factors relevant to biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Grantee is partnering with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, another grantee of the Open Philanthropy Project: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/center-health-security-biosecurity-global-health-security-and-global-catastrophic. Announced: 2017-03-07. | |
| Accountable Justice Collaborative | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/accountable-justice-collaborative-advocacy-fund-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund via The Advocacy Fund to the Accountable Justice Collaborative (AJC) for general support. The funding is intended to increase AJC’s organizational capacity to facilitate advocacy, media engagement, and outreach related to prosecutor accountability. Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/the-justice-collaborative-general-support-2017 to The Justice Collaborative. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| The Justice Collaborative | 1,301,280.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/the-justice-collaborative-general-support-2017 | Chloe Cockburn | Grantee houses the Accountable Justice Project, that was launched via an April 2016 Open Phil grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/accountable-justice-project-general-support Companion grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/accountable-justice-collaborative-advocacy-fund-general-support-2017 by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-15. | |
| Compassion in World Farming | 1,026,253.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-fish-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Two grants totaling £805,000 ($1,026,253 at the time of conversion) to Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) to advance fish welfare in Europe. The funding will allow Compassion to significantly expand its existing corporate engagement, research, campaigning and legislative advocacy on fish welfare in the United Kingdom and EU. Announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Farm Forward | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-broiler-chicken-welfare-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Recipient works with institutions that purchase animal food products, and pushes them to raise the standards of treatment of animals for the food they purchased, through the Leadership Circle. Example: sourcing 100% of chicken from farms that are certified to at least Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step two in two years. Announced: 2017-03-30. | |
| Fair and Just Prosecution | 1,500,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/fair-and-just-prosecution-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support launch of new project, a 501(c)(3) organization housed at the Tides Center. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-03-21. | |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries | 317,060.00 | Animal welfare/fish welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-fish-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Grant of 299,000 Euros (317,060 USD at time of conversion) to Albert Schweitzer Foundation for work to develop and implement a fish welfare standard in Germany. Affected countries: Germany; announced: 2017-03-21. | |
| Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries | 111,986.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-international-cage-free-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Grant focused on ending confinement of hens in battery cages in Poland. Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Announced: 2017-03-21. | |
| Mission: Launch, Inc. | 55,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/child welfare, drug policy, criminalization | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/mission-launch-inc-lisa-sangoi-child-welfare | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to be used to increase awareness of the negative impacts of the criminal justice system and increase interest in criminal justice reform. Discretionary grant decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-03-15. | |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense | 500,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/blue-ribbon-study-panel-biodefense-general-support-2017 | -- | Grant for general support. Top-up to previous grant of 1300000 in 2016-08 described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/blue-ribbon-study-panel-biodefense-general-support. Announced: 2017-02-27. | |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | 16,000,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/center-health-security-biosecurity-global-health-security-and-global-catastrophic | Jaime Yassif | Largest grant made to date by Open Phil. Grant writeup includes lengthy discussion of grant. Open Phil had previously made a grant to the organization when it was housed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and known as the UPMC Center for Health Security. Using the grant money, the grantee would launch a bunch of projects related to Global Catastrophic Biological RIisks (GCBR); see http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/about-the-center/pressroom/press_releases/2017-07-27_global-catastrophic-biological-risk-definition.html (2017-07-27) for the associated press release. Announced: 2017-02-08. | |
| Grassroots Leadership, Inc. | 275,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/grassroots-leadership-texas-advocates-for-justice-project | Chloe Cockburn | Grant over two years to support the Texas Advocates for Justice Project (TAJ). TAJ offers intensive community organizing and communications trainings for formerly incarcerated people, who then lead and participate in local policy-change campaigns in cities across Texas. TAJ intends to use this grant to expand its staff and launch chapters in six additional cities by 2019, including San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| PICO Action Fund | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-action-fund-general-support-cosecha | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee intends to use these funds to support Cosecha’s community organizing and advocacy work, which may include lobbying activities. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. See also the related grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-national-network-general-support-cosecha to the PICO National Network. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| PICO National Network | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-national-network-general-support-cosecha | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant for general support. Grantee intends to use these funds to support Cosecha’s community organizing and advocacy work, including hiring full time organizers for a Detention Defense Campaign in several communities across 12 states. See also the related grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-action-fund-general-support-cosecha to the PICO Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| JustLeadershipUSA | 3,400,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign-2016 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant renews a previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign supporting a campaign to close Rikers Island. Detailed writeup on previous grant page. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2017-09-01. | |
| Blackbird | 425,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/blackbird-ending-mass-incarceration | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support efforts to end mass inacercation. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-05-31. | |
| Griffith University | 120,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Grant made to support a symposium on farm animal welfare in China, related papers, and a book. Grant supports the work of Deborah Cao, who plans to use this grant to fund her collaboration with several Chinese animal studies academics to write papers on farm animal welfare and vegetarianism in China; to host a Farm Animal Welfare in China Symposium in Beijing in 2017; and to edit and publish a book on farm animal welfare. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-05-03. | |
| Harvard University (Earmark: Solar Geoengineering Research Program) | 2,500,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks/climate change/geoengineering | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/harvard-university-solar-geoengineering-research-program | -- | Grant over five years to support the founding of the Solar Geoengineering Research Program (SGRP) as part of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. This program will be a coordinated research effort focusing on solar geoengineering research, governance, and advocacy led by Professor David Keith and Dr. Gernot Wagner (formerly the Environmental Defense Fund’s lead senior economist). Other founding funders include Bill Gates, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Plans for the grant include: researching ways to improve our understanding, reduce the risks, and increase the benefits of geoengineering; developing solar geoengineering technology; increasing transparency in solar geoengineering research; engaging with policy makers and the broader public; and creating a broad blueprint for solar geoengineering research going forward. Announced: 2017-04-14. | |
| Innovative Genomics Institute | 63,000.00 | Scientific research/plant pathology | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/uc-berkeley-plant-pathology-workshop | -- | Money for a plant pathology workshop. Grantee housed at the University of California, Berkeley. Announced: 2017-03-27. | |
| Animal Welfare Standards Project | 238,212.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China and Southeast Asia | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-standards-project-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Grant to expand work on farm animal welfare in China and Southeast Asia. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-03-20. | |
| Eurogroup for Animals | 535,699.00 | Animal welfare/fish welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-fish-welfare | Lewis Bollard | First grant in support of fish welfare. Grant denominated in euros at €498,928. Open Phil considers fish farming a candidate for the farming that causes the most suffering; however, there are no existing groups focusing on fish welfare. Announced: 2017-03-13. | |
| Dream Corps | 500,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/dream-corps-criminal-justice-and-criminalization | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports the work of Van Jones and his team. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-16. | |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 75,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/colorado-criminal-justice-reform-coalition-prosecutorial-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to be used to reach out to voters with criminal convictions, to provide public education on the powers and practices of prosecutors, and to work closely with a newly-elected district attorney on criminal justice reform. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Colorado; announced: 2017-02-16. | |
| Compassion Over Killing | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-over-killing-us-broiler-welfare-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Announced: 2017-02-16. | |
| The Pollination Project | 233,000.00 | Animal welfare/movement building | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/pollination-project-global-animal-advocacy-movement | Lewis Bollard | Grant to support a new pilot project focused on building the grassroots farm animal welfare movement globally. Announced: 2017-02-16. | |
| Impact Justice | 2,050,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/impact-justice-restorative-justice-project | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supported the Restorative Justice Project. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-06. | |
| Civil Rights Corps | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/civil-rights-corps-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| Ayni Institute | 250,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ayni-institute-movement-ecology-and-metrics | Chloe Cockburn | Grant was to support work on research, communication, and training on movement ecology and movement metrics. These metrics would be used to assess the capacity of groups to successfully mobilize the public on a large scale around issues such as mass incarceration, specifically 1) the capacity of movements to create or capitalize on trigger events to shift public opinion, 2) their capacity to absorb increased partition in high-profile moments. Discretionary grant decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| LEAD National Support Bureau | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/lead-national-support-bureau-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Intended uses of grant money: 1) to hire Chief Brendan Cox, a highly-regarded retiring police chief, to serve as a police ambassador for LEAD, and 2) to provide technical support to the 20-30 places that are planning to be implementing or considering implementing LEAD programs by the end of 2017. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| The Soze Agency | 216,500.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/soze-agency-returning-citizens-project | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports the Returning Citizens Project. Michael Skolnik, CEO, plans to use the grant to coordinate the launch of a formerly incarcerated artist network, with an initial group of five selected artists. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| The Ordinary People Society | 300,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ordinary-people-society-prodigal-child-project | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports the Prodigal Child Project, which organizes pastors in the Southern U.S. in support of prisoners, former prisoners, their families, and communities, as part of larger campaigns to raise public awareness and reduce incarceration. The work is led by Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, a formerly incarcerated person who has long worked for reforms in Alabama and surrounding states. This grant would allow Pastor Glasgow to begin building up the infrastructure of his organization. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Alabama|Mississippi|Florida|Georgia; announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| Mothers Against Police Brutality | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/mothers-against-police-brutality-prosecutorial-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports efforts to increase prosecutorial accountability in Texas. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| AI Impacts | 32,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/ai-impacts-general-support | -- | Grant for work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Announced: 2017-02-02. | |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice | 65,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/citizens-for-juvenile-justice-general-support-2016 | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant, made in two parts. One part of the grant was made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Grantee campaign aims to promote healthier outcomes and less recidivism among 18- to 25-year-olds involved in the criminal justice system including: (1) restructuring the juvenile justice system to include 18- to 20-year-olds to prevent them from long-term entanglement in the adult justice system; and (2) improving recidivism outcomes for 21- to 24-year-olds in the adult justice system by creating targeted, developmentally appropriate changes designed to better engage and rehabilitate emerging adults. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| National Association of Community and Restorative Justice | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/national-association-community-and-restorative-justice-restorative-justice-convening | Chloe Cockburn | Grant was for the Restorative Justice Conference. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-01-10. | |
| Green Monday | 226,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/green-monday-promoting-work-china | Lewis Bollard | Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-01-10. | |
| Mercy For Animals | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-01-10. | |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation (Earmark: Peter Eckersley) | 199,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/electronic-frontier-foundation-ai-social | -- | Grant funded work by Peter Eckersley, whom the Open Philanthropy Project believed in. Followup conversation with Peter Eckersley and Jeremy Gillula of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Peter_Eckersley_Jeremy_Gillula_05-26-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-05-26. Announced: 2016-12-15. | |
| The Humane League | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support | Lewis Bollard | Unrestricted support to an organization that was among the previous cage-free grant recipients. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-15. | |
| The Humane Society of the United States | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-united-states-new-broiler-welfare-corporate-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-15. | |
| Color of Change | 229,100.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-change-studying-voter-activity-prosecutorial-elections | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support research on voter behavior in prosecutorial elections. This work is intended to help learn whether criminal justice reform messages are effective in increasing turnout in prosecutorial elections, and whether messages about prosecutorial elections increase overall voter turnout in general election years. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Yes on Prop. 57 | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/yes-on-prop-57-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to the Yes on Prop. 57, Californians and Governor Brown for Public Safety and Rehabilitation committee (“Yes on Prop. 57”) for general support. Proposition 57 was a 2016 California ballot measure which passed with 64% of the vote. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Just Liberty | 530,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/just-liberty-general-support-2016 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant intended to primarily cover expenses related to piloting and potentially expanding a digital media campaign—including the creation and maintenance of a statewide email list devoted to criminal justice issues—as well as staffing support for traditional grassroots organizing and outreach activities. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Million Voters Project Action Fund | 400,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/million-voters-project-action-fund-proposition-57 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for lobbying and field operations work related to the passing of California Proposition 57. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund | 31,500.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-action-fund-fed-campaign-october-2016 | Alexander Berger | Grant to support the “Fed Up” campaign. The campaign aims to encourage more accommodative monetary policies and greater transparency and public engagement in the governance of the Federal Reserve, and specifically in the selection of regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents and leaders. Related to other grants made to the Center for Popular Democracy; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2016. Grant financed by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/FrHyHKPNy-M the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Safety and Justice Action Fund | 300,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/safety-and-justice-action-fund-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for prosecutorial reform in Oregon. Funds intended to primarily cover costs related to program staffing, contracting fees, and polling activities to be used for future lobbying efforts. Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Oregon; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Protect the People | 50,000.00 | Migration policy/Haiti/US agricultural migration | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/protect-people-exit-grant | Alexander Berger | Exit grant to close out support for helping workers from Haiti access season work in the US. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/may-2017-update-protect-people-grant for a grant update. Announced: 2017-10-20. | |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/new-virginia-majority-formerly-incarcerated-organizers | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Virginia; announced: 2017-01-17. | |
| Justice Strategies | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/unclassified | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justice-strategies-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-15. | |
| Texas Fair Defense Project | 63,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/unclassified | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-fair-defense-project-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; announced: 2016-12-05. | |
| Youth First Initiative | 250,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/unclassified | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/youth-first-initiative-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-05. | |
| Essie Justice Group | 600,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/essie-justice-group-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-05. | |
| Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international/Brazil | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-international-cage-free-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Affected countries: Brazil; announced: 2016-11-07. | |
| Center for International Security and Cooperation | 643,415.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/center-international-security-and-cooperation-biosecurity-research | -- | In support of research by Megan Palmer. Her policy research is focused on developing ways to improve the governance of biological science and technology. One of the projects she intends to focus on in the next few years is a study of past, current and future iGEM competitions to better understand how to motivate young scientists and engineers to take biosafety and biosecurity seriously and how to instill those values in a way that lasts throughout their careers. Announced: 2016-11-03. | |
| World Animal Protection | 544,607.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2016-10-26. | |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | 2,744,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/upmc-center-health-security-emerging-leaders-biosecurity-initiative | Jaime Yassif | The recipient was housed at the time at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and called the UPMC Center for Health Security. The grant was made to fully support the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative (ELBI) for the next three years. The grant was based partly on the positive impression of the program by Jaime Yassif, program officer in the area who was an alumnus from 2012. Announced: 2016-10-12. | |
| Color of Change | 678,772.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-prosecutor-accountability | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support prosecutorial reform and accountability work. Grant is intended to consist largely of movement coordination activities for advocates of reform, such as facilitating conversations, hosting convenings, developing strategy, tracking activities, as well as civic education and engagement campaigns related to prosecutorial accountability. An accompanying grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-education-fund-prosecutor-accountability is made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Future of Humanity Institute | 115,652.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/future-humanity-institute-biosecurity-and-pandemic-preparedness | -- | Conceptually part of a larger grant to the recipient, whose primary work area is AI risk reduction. More details in writeup for larger grant at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/future-humanity-institute-general-support. Announced: 2017-03-06. | |
| Founders Pledge | 1,032,947.00 | Effective altruism/donor pledges | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/founders-pledge-general-support | -- | Grant made over two years, via the Centre for Effective Altruism, to enable expansion to Germany, France, and Sweden, and hire a developer. Affected countries: Germany|France|Sweden; announced: 2016-10-31. | |
| Project Peanut Butter | 724,929.00 | Global health/nutrition | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/project-peanut-butter-ready-use-therapeutic-food-rct | -- | Grant over three years to support Project Peanut Butter to run a RCT on the effect on cognitive development of reformulated ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) with additional omega-3 fatty acids and decreased omega-6 fatty acids, compared to conventional RUTF. Announced: 2016-10-26. | |
| The Good Food Institute | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support | Lewis Bollard | Announced: 2016-10-25. | |
| WildAid | 700,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-china | Lewis Bollard | Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2016-10-25. | |
| Brighter Green | 99,360.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Lewis Bollard | Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2016-10-11. | |
| Faith in Texas | 637,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/faith-texas-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant intended to support work to build grassroots support for criminal justice reform among members of white evangelical, black, and Hispanic faith communities in Texas, especially in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; affected cities: Dallas|Fort Worth; announced: 2016-10-06. | |
| University of Cape Town (Earmark: Trevor Gaunt) | 493,425.00 | Global catastrophic risks/geomagnetic currents and power systems | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/university-cape-town-geomagnetics-research | -- | Grant over three years to Professor Trevor Gaunt, Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, to research the potential risks that geomagnetic storms could pose to the electric power system. Announced: 2016-10-06. | |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | 404,800.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/brooklyn-community-bail-fund-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant accompanies identification of bail reform as a highly impactful area of policy change to reduce incarceration. Grant to CBF is to organize existing bail funds around the country into a national network and support that network through coordination staffing, and develop a plan for strategic bail fund expansion connected to advocacy around reducing incarceration. No detailed writeup. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2016-09-16. | |
| Texas Organizing Project | 124,400.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/texas-organizing-project-criminal-justice-reform-2016 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support criminal justice reform work in Houstin, in particular community organizing and civic engagement activities. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Texas; affected cities: Houston; announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Research Institute of Industrial Economics | 500,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/research-institute-of-industrial-economics-genomic-research-methods | -- | Grant to the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC). IFN is a private, non-profit research institute in Stockholm, Sweden, with around 40 researchers. Previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/university-southern-california-genomic-research-methods (2016-04) to the University of Southern California also supported SSGAC. Donor notes: "Our understanding is that SSGAC has received substantially less funding to date than comparable consortia (such as in psychiatric genetics), but still produces high-quality, replicable research and serves as a model of careful public communication". Announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| PICO National Network | 1,394,250.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-national-network-live-free-campaign | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the Live Free Campaign. See also the related grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-action-fund-live-free-campaign to the PICO Action Fund. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| PICO Action Fund | 816,188.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-action-fund-live-free-campaign | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the Live Free Campaign. Money is intended to primarily be used for voter education and engagement campaigns related to accountability measures for district attorneys and sheriffs. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pico-national-network-live-free-campaign for the corresponding grant to the PICO National Network. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice | 64,500.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/katal-center-health-equity-and-justice-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support, and part of the effort to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign-2016 for more detail. Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2018-01-19. | |
| Color of Change Education Fund | 321,228.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-education-fund-prosecutor-accountability | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support prosecutorial reform and accountability work. Supplements the grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/color-of-change-prosecutor-accountability Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Voters Organized to Educate | 222,500.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/voters-organized-to-educate-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support development of evidence-based voter engagement strategies for formerly incarcerated people and families throughout Louisiana. Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Louisiana; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Voice of the Educated | 325,500.00 | Criminal justice reform/formerly incarcerated people | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/voice-of-the-experienced-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support the development of a rigorously constructed organizing and voter engagement system for formerly incarcerated people and their families. An accompanying grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/voters-organized-to-educate-general-support is made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Louisiana; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense | 1,300,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/blue-ribbon-study-panel-biodefense-general-support | -- | Grant via Potomac Institute of Policy Studies. Second grant to the recipient; Open Phil was impressed with the progress made the the recipient since its previous 300,000 dollar grant in April 2015. Detailed writeup available. Announced: 2016-11-10. | |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | 48,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/florida-rights-restoration-coalition-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Florida; announced: 2016-10-06. | |
| Humane Society International | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-international-cage-free-outreach | Lewis Bollard | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Announced: 2016-10-03. | |
| Mercy For Animals | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-international-cage-free-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Announced: 2016-10-03. | |
| Animal Equality | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-international-cage-free-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Announced: 2016-10-03. | |
| People for Animals | 89,392.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/people-animals-international-cage-free-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Followup conversation with Gauri Mulekhi of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Gauri_Maulekhi_02-06-17_%28public%29.pdf on 2017-02-06. Affected countries: India; announced: 2016-10-03. | |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute | 500,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/machine-intelligence-research-institute-general-support | -- | The grant page describes grant process in detail; also links to commissioned reviews at http://files.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/MIRI/consolidated_public_reviews.pdf The grant was also announced on the MIRI website at https://intelligence.org/2016/08/05/miri-strategy-update-2016/. Announced: 2016-09-06. | |
| Mijente | 255,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/mijente-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant via Puente Arizona. No detailed writeup. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Arizona; announced: 2016-09-02. | |
| Center for Human-Compatible AI | 5,555,550.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/uc-berkeley-center-human-compatible-ai | -- | Grant page references https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence-philanthropic-opportunity and states a 50% chance that two years from the grant date, the Center will be spending at least $2 million a year, and will be considered by one or more of our relevant technical advisors to have a reasonably good reputation in the field. Note that the grant recipient in the Open Phil database has been listed as UC Berkeley, but we have written it as the naem of the center for easier cross-referencing. Announced: 2016-08-29. | |
| JustLeadershipUSA | 40,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support, and part of suport for the campaign to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| VOCAL-NY Action Fund | 40,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support, and part of suport for the campaign to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. As explained at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/F-AE_gVn6Zg the grant announcement was delayed till the Open Philanthropy Project was completely separate from GiveWell. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2017-12-28. | |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 425,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-budget-and-policy-priorities-full-employment-project-2016 | Alexander Berger | Grant supports the Full Employment Project, and renews a previous grant to CBPP made in 2014. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-10-25. | |
| The Humane League | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-international-cage-free-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Announced: 2016-10-03. | |
| Vera Institute of Justice | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/bail reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/vera-institute-justice-new-orleans-user-funded-justice-system | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supports the New Orleans office for research into and cost-benefit analysis of the New Orleans user-funded justice system. Specifically: impposition of financial bail as a condition of pretrial release, the assessment of fines and fees at sentencing, and the relationship between these practices and the number of people in jail. Disclosure: Open Philanthropy Project Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform, Chloe Cockburn, had worked at the Vera Institute New Orleans office for a year earlier. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New Orleans; announced: 2016-09-20. | |
| The Ordinary People Society | 125,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ordinary-peoples-society-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant was support Pastor Kenneth Glasgow in launching the Prodigal Child Project, which will train and organize pastors in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia as advocates for reducing incarceration. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Alabama|Mississippi|Florida|Georgia; announced: 2016-09-09. | |
| Center for Applied Rationality | 1,035,000.00 | Rationality improvement/effective altruism/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support | -- | Grant over two years. Usage split: 915000 will support workshops and organizational improvements, and 120000 will fund a pilot version of EuroSPARC, an eight-day summer program in Europe run by CFAR for mathematically gifted high school students, modeled on SPARC (see also https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-sparc the separate grant to SPARC). Reasons for grants include value alignment, improving rationality, highlighting risks for advanced AI and other GCRs, successful pipeline-building to things like the effective altruism movement. Affected countries: United States|Europe; announced: 2016-09-06. | |
| Center for Court Innovation | 160,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/decriminalization | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/center-court-innovation-new-thinking-about-criminal-justice-responses | Chloe Cockburn | Grant intended to promote new thinking about criminal justice responses in Cook County. No detailed writeup. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago; announced: 2016-09-02. | |
| ReFrame Mentorship | 37,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/reframe-mentorship-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant (called a "no-process" grant at the time) decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-09-02. | |
| Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | 70,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prison life quality | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/legal-services-prisoners-children-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-08-01. | |
| Ayni Institute | 40,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ayni-institute-momentum-training | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support momentum trainings. This was the second grant to the Ayni Institute; the first grant had supported initial work on developing and running a training on movement ecology. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-08-01. | |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health | 1,228,845.00 | Scientific research/malaria/gene drive testing | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/foundation-national-institutes-health-working-group | -- | Grant to support ~20 experts recommending a consensus on field testing gene drives to fight malaria. This recommendation will include guidelines on how to safely field test gene drives for population modification and population suppression of vector mosquitoes in order to determine whether they could safely and ethically be deployed widely. FNIH and Gates Foundation have been the two big players in this area so far. Announced: 2016-08-01. | |
| Harvard University Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management | 783,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/harvard-university-program-criminal-justice-policy-and-management | Chloe Cockburn | Program receiving funds housed at the Harvard Kennedy School. Grant supports work on reforms impacting young adults convicted of crimes. Grant intended to support staff, travel, and incidental costs for work of Senior Fellow Vincent Schiraldi providing though leadership, technical support, and strategic advice for state-level reforms to treatment of young adults (ages 18 to 25) in the criminal justice system. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-07-22. | |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice | 3,000,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-general-support-2 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-01-10. | |
| Roosevelt Institute | 200,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/roosevelt-institute-macroeconomic-policy-research | Alexander Berger | Grant supports work on macroeconomic policy. Includes exploring monetary policy tools, automatic stabilizes, novel fiscal stimulus measures, also making the case for importance of continued focus on reducing unemployment and against premature monetary tightening today. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-10-25. | |
| Economic Policy Institute | 500,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/economic-policy-institute-macroeconomic-policy-research | Alexander Berger | Grant supports work on macroeconomic policy. Includes exploring monetary policy tools, automatic stabilizes, novel fiscal stimulus measures, also making the case for importance of continued focus on reducing unemployment and against premature monetary tightening today. Essentially, same as grant to Roosevelt Institute. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-10-25. | |
| George Mason University (Earmark: Robin Hanson) | 277,435.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/george-mason-university-research-future-artificial-intelligence-scenarios | -- | Earmarked for Robin Hanson research. Grant page references https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence for background. Original amount $264,525. Increased to $277,435 through the addition of $12,910 in July 2017 to cover an increase in George Mason University’s instructional release costs (teaching buyouts). Announced: 2016-07-07. | |
| Vera Institute of Justice | 8,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/vera-institute-justice-common-justice-2 | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support Brooklyn-based project Common Justice. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. This is a followup grant to a much larger grant (200000 USD) made in 2016-02 for the same purpose; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/vera-institute-justice-common-justice. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2016-07-01. | |
| Prison Policy Initiative | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/prison-policy-initiative-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-07-01. | |
| Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | 61,600.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/colorado-criminal-justice-reform-coalition-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Colorado; announced: 2016-06-28. | |
| California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund | 300,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/california-renters-legal-advocacy-and-education-fund-general-support | -- | Recipient org, CaRLA, is a nascent advocacy organization that intends to litigate and advocate against regulatory barriers to building housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: San Francisco; announced: 2016-06-28. | |
| Free Migration Project | 24,000.00 | Migration policy/humanitarian migration/free migration | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/free-migration-project-planning-grant | -- | Grantee organization in planning phase at time of grant; represented by David Bennion, immigration lawyer and activist. Announced: 2017-01-10. | |
| Center for Applied Rationality | 304,000.00 | Rationality improvement/effective altruism/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-sparc | -- | Grant supports the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC), a two-week summer program for high school students. Students selected to participate in the program typically show exceptional ability in mathematics, with many scoring highly among US participants in national or international math competitions. Grant covers the program for two years, with 137000 for 2016 and 167000 for 2017. Detailed writeup available. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-07-07. | |
| International Refugee Assistance Project | 700,000.00 | Migration policy/refugee migration | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/international-refugee-assistance-project-general-support | -- | Grant references https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy for background. Followup conversation with Becca Heller of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Becca_Heller_05-09-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-05-09 and again at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Becca_Heller_07-06-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-07-06. Announced: 2016-06-16. | |
| American Conservative Union Foundation | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/american-conservative-union-center-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant was to support the work of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform led by Pat Nolan. Detailed writeup available. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-06-02. | |
| Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment | 76,234.00 | Global catastrophic risks/climate change/geoengineering | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/american-university-forum-climate-engineering-assessment | -- | Donation via American University. Detailed write-up available. Announced: 2016-05-27. | |
| International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation | 520,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/igem-synthetic-biology-safety-and-security | -- | Grant for iGEM (the recipient) to grow staff devoted to safety and security and support a pilot workshop on safety and security. Detailed writeup available. Announced: 2016-05-24. | |
| Promise of Justice Initiative | 81,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/promise-justice-initiative-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. No detailed writeup. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-05-11. | |
| University of Southern California | 1,738,500.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/university-southern-california-genomic-research-methods | -- | Grant to support the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (SSGAC) and the Behavioral and Health Genomics Center. Grant falls within interest area of expanding tools and techniques as described in https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/path-biomedical-progress See also the followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/research-institute-of-industrial-economics-genomic-research-methods to the Research Institute of Industral Economics, also to support the SSGAC. Announced: 2018-04-19. | |
| Compassion in World Farming USA | 550,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/welfarism/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support | Lewis Bollard | Grant for general support, after organization was considered and rejected for cage-free campaign grant. Annual budget of organization was 450000. Followup conversation with Leah Garces (Executive Director) and Dawn Rotheram (Development Director) at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Leah_Garces_Dawn_Rotheram_11-08-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-11-08. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-07-06. | |
| Accountable Justice Project | 350,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/prosecutorial reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/accountable-justice-project-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant was made to the Proteus Fund to support the launch of the Accountable Justice Project. Majority of grant to be used to hire staff to conduct nationwide research on misconduct by elected prosecutors and to share this information with a wide audience through media engagement. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-05-24. | |
| Better Boulder | 37,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/better-boulder-yimby-2016 | -- | Money to support a conference of land use reform advocates from around the United States and Canada, called YIMBY 2016, in Boulder, Colorado. YIMY = Yes, In My Backyard" is a play on the corresponding more famous opposite acronym NIMBY. Affected countries: United States|Canada; announced: 2016-05-09. | |
| Peterson Institute for International Economics | 250,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/peterson-institute-international-economics-macroeconomic-stabilization | Alexander Berger | Grant supports work on macroeconomic stabilization. Initial grant; Open Phil considering larger grant to support much more work. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-04-29. | |
| Future of Research | 300,000.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/future-research-general-support | -- | Grantee is a new nonprofit with a stated mission “to improve the scientific research enterprise.” Grant is a preliminary one and Open Phil plans to revisit the organization after 2 years of progress. Announced: 2016-04-29. | |
| Correctional Association of New York | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/correctional-association-new-york-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant decided by program office Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; announced: 2016-04-28. | |
| Global Animal Partnership | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/welfarism/rating system/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support | Lewis Bollard | Supports improvements of the GAP 5-star rating system (used by companies such as Whole Foods). Affected countries: United States. | |
| MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group | 2,970,000.00 | Scientific research/neurobiology | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/massachusetts-institute-technology-synthetic-neurobiology-group | -- | Grant is to expand research at MIT Media Lab’s Center for Extreme Bionics. Among other things, the grantee is working on developing new methods and techniques for mapping the brain. Announced: 2016-05-09. | |
| Ayni Institute | 115,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ayni-institute-movement-ecology-training | Chloe Cockburn | Grant was made via Centre Presente, on the recommendation of program officer Chloe Cockburn. It was intended to sponsor the development and running of a training on the topic of movement ecology. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-04-19. | |
| Center for American Progress | 500,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-american-progress-macroeconomic-stabilization | Alexander Berger | Grant for macroeconomic stabilization policy: convenings, research reports on impacts (e.g., impact of Taylor rule on income distribution), policy proposals, and network and outreach capacity to share research and proposals with media, politicians, and Federal Reserve. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-04-19. | |
| University of Pennsylvania | 500,000.00 | Forecasting | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/university-pennsylvania-philip-tetlock-forecasting | -- | Grant supports new work by Tetlock. He finished The Good Judgment Project and grant funds two new projects called called “Adversarial Collaboration Tournaments” and the “Alpha Pundit Challenge.”. Announced: 2016-04-14. | |
| Future of Life Institute | 100,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks/general research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/future-life-institute-general-support | -- | Grant for general support. Recipient organization does research and outreach on global catastrophic risks (GCRs) at a broad level. Announced: 2016-03-18. | |
| Institute of the Black World | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform/unclassified | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/institute-black-world-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Discretionary grant (called a "no-process" grant at the time) decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-03-15. | |
| The Ordinary People Society | 50,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/ordinary-people-society-criminal-justice-reform | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support work on criminal justice reform only. Discretionary grant (called a "no-process" grant at the time) decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-03-15. | |
| Vera Institute of Justice | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/vera-institute-justice-common-justice | Chloe Cockburn | Grant is for Common Justice, a Brooklyn-based initiative. Grant intended to scale up space and staff for Common Justice to 1) increase outreach and promotion of its ideas, 2) scale up its intervention program so that its effectiveness can be studies more robustly. Detailed writeup available. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2016-04-07. | |
| Seattle for Everyone | 50,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/seattle-everyone-general-support | -- | Recipient is a coalition of various interest groups (including market rate developers, affordable housing developers, labor and social justice advocates, businesses, environmentalists, and urbanists) formed to promote the same set of proposed land use reforms in Seattle that Sightline Institute (another Open Phil grantee) also promotes. No detailed writeup. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Washington; affected cities: Seattle; announced: 2016-03-30. | |
| Mercy For Animals | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more. Followup conversation with Nick Cooney of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Nick_Cooney_08-01-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-08-01. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-03-10. | |
| The Humane Society of the United States | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-united-states-corporate-cage-free-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more. Followup conversation with Paul Shapiro of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Paul_Shapiro_07-20-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-07-20. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-03-10. | |
| Protect the People | 550,000.00 | Migration policy/Haiti/US agricultural migration | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/protect-people-seasonal-migration-haiti | -- | A second grant in the area; after a 2014 grant described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/usaim-seasonal-migration-haiti to other organizations. New grant builds on positive and negative lessons from earlier grant. Followup conversation with Sarah Williamson of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Sarah_Williamson_09-09-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-09-09. Announced: 2016-02-29. | |
| Alliance for Safety and Justice | 1,750,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/alliance-safety-and-justice-general-support | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for general support. Goal is to build off and scale up Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ) to partner with state-based advocates across different states of the United States. Detailed writeup available. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California|others; announced: 2016-02-26. | |
| The Humane League | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns | Lewis Bollard | Part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more. Followup conversation with grantee team at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/The_Humane_League_08-22-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-08-22. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-02-24. | |
| Center for Global Development | 3,000,000.00 | Global poverty/Global health and development | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/center-global-development-general-support-2016 | -- | Grant for general support. Note that the grant was misclassified on the Open Phil website as being under U.S. policy. Followup conversation with Todd Moss and Kathy Smith of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Todd_Moss_Kathy_Smith_06-21-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-06-21. Announced: 2016-02-24. | |
| Voice of the Ex-Offender | 40,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/voice-ex-offender-southern-regional-convening | Chloe Cockburn | Grant for a Southern strategy meeting on building capacity to end mass incarceration in the South. Discretionary grant (called "no-process grant" at the time) decided by program officer Chloe Cockburn. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Alabama|Mississippi|Florida|Georgia; announced: 2016-02-19. | |
| Rescuing Biomedical Research | 299,112.00 | Scientific research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/miscellaneous/princeton-university-rescuing-biomedical-research | -- | Grantee is a project based in Princeton University. Goal is to establish a more “predictable and stable” federal budget for research, and to improve grant funding so that trainees are funded by dedicated training grants. Followup conversation with Shirley Tilghman of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Shirley_Tilghman_05-19-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-05-19 and with Christopher Pickett of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Christopher_Pickett_11-16-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-11-16. Announced: 2016-01-27. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy | 1,429,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2016 | Alexander Berger | Grant supports the "Fed Up" campaign. Deemed unlikely to succeed but high-impact if it succeeds. Conversation with Ady Barkman of grantee organization around the time of the grant allocation at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Ady_Barkan_12-8-15_%28public%29.pdf on 2015-12-08. Followup conversations with Ady Barkan and Shawn Sebastian of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Fed_Up_07-14-16_and_08_31_16_and_09_02_16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-07-14, 2016-08-31, and 2016-09-02. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-04-06. | |
| JustLeadershipUSA | 900,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/justleadershipusa-close-rikers-campaign | Chloe Cockburn | Grant to support campaign to close Rikers Island. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York City; announced: 2016-02-19. | |
| ImmigrationWorks Foundation | 150,000.00 | Migration policy/low-skilled migration promotion | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/immigrationworks-general-support-2016 | -- | Second grant; previous grant made in July 2014. New grant provided based on satisfaction with first grant and review of grantee situation. Followup conversation with Tamar Jacoby of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Tamar_Jacoby_03-31-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-03-31. Announced: 2015-12-14. | |
| Sightline Institute | 400,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/sightline-institute-housing-and-urban-development | -- | Grant distribution over two years. Grant would support Sightline’s work to promote a package of land use reforms in Seattle that combines increases in market rate and below market rate housing. Followup conversation with Alan Durning of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Alan_Durning_07-05-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-07-05. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Washington; affected cities: Seattle; announced: 2016-02-03. | |
| Human Impact Partners | 60,990.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/human-impact-partners-convening | Chloe Cockburn | Grant supported a convening intended to advance a public health approach to criminal justice policy. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2015-11-06. | |
| Niskanen Center | 360,000.00 | Migration policy/politics | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/niskanen-immigration | -- | Grantee is a libertarian think tank looking to hire legal counsel. Followup conversation with grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/David_Bier_12-14-2015_%28public%29.pdf on 2015-12-14 and again at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Niskanen_Center_07-22-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-07-22. Announced: 2015-10-29. | |
| Urban Institute | 97,865.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/urban-institute-land-use-convening | -- | Funds research project and convening aimed at identifying policy changes that would allow more housing supply in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Affected countries: United States; affected cities: Washington, D.C.; announced: 2015-10-06. | |
| New York University | 30,000.00 | Migration policy/labor mobility/RCT | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/new-york-university-support-labor-mobility-rct | -- | Grantee represented by Suresh Naidu and Yaw Nyarko; grant references cause page https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/cause-reports/labor-mobility. Announced: 2015-09-23. | |
| Georgetown University | 250,000.00 | Drug policy/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/georgetown-university-public-health-and-cannabis-legalization | -- | Grant funds proposal developed by Graham Boyd with O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2015-09-04. | |
| Future of Life Institute | 1,186,000.00 | AI safety | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/future-life-institute-artificial-intelligence-risk-reduction | -- | Grant accompanied a grant by Elon Musk to FLI for the same purpose. See also the March 2015 blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/open-philanthropy-project-update-global-catastrophic-risks that describes strategy and developments prior to the grant. An update on the grant was posted in 2017-04 at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/update-fli-grant discussing impressions of Howie Lempel and Daniel Dewey of the grant and of the effect on and role of Open Phil. Announced: 2015-08-26. | |
| Waitlist Zero | 200,000.00 | Organ donation/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/waitlist-zero-general-support | -- | Grant over two years for policies that advocate for living kidney donation, following up on a planning grant in 2014. Conflict of interest due to relationships with Alexander Berger. Followup conversation with Josh Morrison of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Josh_Morrison_02-05-2016_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-02-05 and again at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Josh_Morrison_04-25-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-04-25. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2015-08-14. | |
| ARNOVA | 2,000.00 | History of philanthropy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/history-of-philanthropy/arnova-history-philanthropy-prize | -- | Grant to ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) to support a prize on the history of philanthropy in memory of Peter Dobkin Hall, a leading historian of philanthropy. Announced: 2015-08-11. | |
| Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative | 500,000.00 | Global catastrophic risks/climate change/geoengineering | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/miscellaneous/solar-radiation-management-governance-initiative-general-support | -- | Solar Radiation Management (SRM) eeks to investigate ways to deflect solar radiation from the earth. One of many geoengineering approaches. The governance initiative works to promote the good governance of SRM by building capacity and understanding around it, especially in the developing world. It is not for or against SRM per se. Followup conversation with grantee team at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/SRMGI_09-02-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-09-02. Announced: 2016-02-10. | |
| Smart Growth America | 275,000.00 | Land use reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/smart-growth-america-greater-greater-washington-education-project | -- | To support Smart Growth America’s Greater Greater Washington Education Project. Greater Greater Washington (GGW) is a group blog that covers local policy issues, such as housing, education, and transportation, in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area. Followup conversation with David Alpert, Sarah Guidi, and Jonathan Neeley of grante organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/David_Alpert_Sarah_Guidi_and_Jonathan_Neeley_12-16-2015_%28public%29.pdf on 2015-12-16. Second followup conversation with David Alpert, Sarah Guidi, and David Whitehead of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/David_Alpert_Sarah_Guidi_David_Whitehead_06-07-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-06-07. Affected countries: United States; affected cities: Washington, D.C.; announced: 2015-07-28. | |
| Brookings Institution | 100,000.00 | International relations | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/brookings-institution-work-china-and-india | -- | Grant supports work on India and China. Open Phil has historically focused on policy in the United States, so it also hopes that through this grant it will learn more about policy in other countries. That learning will be through non-public conversations, though some reflections from Open Phil may be shared in the future. See also a similar grant to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 2015-03. Followup conversation with Paul Haenle of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Paul_Haenle_1-26-2016_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-01-26. Affected countries: India|China; announced: 2015-07-27. | |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense | 300,000.00 | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/biosecurity/blue-ribbon-study-panel-biodefense-grant | -- | The Panel convened four meetings and intended to release a report in October 2015 using this grant. The Open Philanthropy Project published a detailed writeup justifying the grant. Announced: 2015-10-27. | |
| New York University | 80,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/new-york-university-work-swift-and-certain-sanctions | -- | The grant supported the work of Mark Kleiman on swift-and-certain sanctions. It followed up on a previous grant to the Washington Office of Latin America that supported earlier work by Mark Kleiman, available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/research-crime-incarceration-and-cannabis-regulation. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | 100,000.00 | International relations | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/carnegie-endowment-international-peace-work-india-and-china | -- | Grant supports work on India and China. Open Phil has historically focused on policy in the United States, so it also hopes that through this grant it will learn more about policy in other countries. That learning will be through non-public conversations, though some reflections from Open Phil may be shared in the future. See also a similar grant to the Brookings Institition. Affected countries: India|China. | |
| Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice | 100,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/florida-state-university-project-accountable-justice-general-support | -- | The recipient aims to "advance public safety through evidence-based practices and policies in Florida and beyond.". Affected countries: United States; affected states: Florida; announced: 2015-03-03. | |
| Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley | 10,000.00 | Effective altruism/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/asuc-effective-altruists-berkeley-decal-university-course | -- | Grant is for the Effective Altruists of Berkeley “DeCal” University Course to be held in Spring 2015. See http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Ajeya_Cotra_6-19-2015_(public).pdf for a followup conversation with Ajeya Cotra and Oliver Habryka (course architects), Rohin Shah and Davis Foote (Effective Altruists of Berkeley members), and Helen Toner and Catherine Hollander of the Open Philanthropy Project. Affected countries: United States; affected states: California; affected cities: Berkeley. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy | 750,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-fed-campaign-2015 | Alexander Berger | Grant is for Fed Up Campaign 2015. Supports campaign to educate public and policymakers about monetary policy issues. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2015-02-27. | |
| Waitlist Zero | 50,000.00 | Organ donation | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/waitlist-zero-planning-grant | -- | Planning grant. Organ donation not a focus area but identified as an area with potentially outstanding room for more philanthropy. Senior Research Analyst knows founders Thomas Kelly and Josh Morrison and vouched for them. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2014-09-25. | |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | 335,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-budget-and-policy-priorities-full-employment-project | Alexander Berger | Grant is for the Full Employment Project. Open Phil is impressed by the track record of CBPP. Followup conversation with Jared Bernstein and Ben Spielberg of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Jared_Bernstein_and_Ben_Spielberg_10-21-15_%28public%29.pdf on 2015-10-21. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2014-09-19. | |
| Center for Popular Democracy | 100,000.00 | Macroeconomic stabilization policy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/macroeconomic-policy/center-popular-democracy-federal-reserve-campaign | Alexander Berger | Grant is to support a campaign to educate the public and policymakers about monetary policy issues. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2014-09-25. | |
| Rockefeller Archive Center | 25,000.00 | History of philanthropy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/history-of-philanthropy/rockefeller-archive-center-workshop-history-philanthropy | -- | Grant to support a workshop of scholars interested in the history of philanthropy. | |
| RAND Corporation | 103,000.00 | Drug policy/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/rand-corporation-research-vermont | -- | Grant to enable researchers affiliated with the RAND Drug Policy Research Center to conduct a study about the consequences of legalizing marijuana in Vermont, on behalf of the State of Vermont. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Vermont. | |
| Pew Public Safety Performance Project | 3,000,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/pew-public-safety-performance-project | -- | PSPP has engaged in the following activities: (1) Research and public education, (2) Engaging nontraditional allies of criminal justice reform, (3) Providing technical assistance to individual states. The grant would support and expand this work. Affected countries: United States. | |
| U.S. Association for International Migration | 1,490,505.00 | Migration policy/Haiti/US agricultural migration | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/usaim-seasonal-migration-haiti | -- | Grant first published in August 2014; updated with progress report. Grantee was USAIM but project was carried out by it along with International Organization for Migration (IOM). Grant was not repeated next year, but a new grant was made to Protect the People for a similar purpose. | |
| ImmigrationWorks Foundation | 285,000.00 | Migration policy/low-skilled migration promotion | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/immigrationworks-foundation-general-support | -- | First major grant to an advocacy group related to promoting more low-skilled migration from the perspective of interests of potential employers of low-skilled workers. | |
| Alliance for Open Society International | 500,000.00 | Public services improvement and transparency/Albania | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/alliance-open-society-international-albanian-renaissance | -- | Grant to support the Open Society Foundation for Albania’s project “Albanian Renaissance,” a group of initiatives designed to upgrade public services, bring transparency to public life, and help position the country for European integration. Part of our effort to learn from other major foundations by co-funding projects with them, the major foundation in this case being Open Society Foundations (OSF). Affected countries: Albania. | |
| Cochrane Collaboration | 300,000.00 | Biomedical research/meta-research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/cochrane-collaboration-general-support | -- | Grant over three years to promote evidence-informed healthcare by producing high-quality, relevant, accessible systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence. | |
| Pepperdine University | 150,000.00 | Drug policy/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/miscellaneous/december-2015-updates-angela-hawken | -- | Grant in support of Washington THC monitoring by Angela Hawken. Grant made for time-sensitive experiment where Hawken expected NSF funding based on a grant application (but the funding would come too late). Only 120000 of the 150000 was spent and enough data was collected for a conclusion. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Center for Global Development (Earmark: Michael Clemens) | 1,184,720.00 | Migration policy/international labor mobility | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/center-global-development-labor-mobility-research | -- | Grant supports the CGD research agenda on labor mobility, including 75% of the time of Michael Clemens. Followup conversation with Michael Clemens and Cynthis Rathinasamy of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Michael_Clemens_and_Cynthia_Rathinasamy_12-15-2015_%28public%29.pdf on 2015-12-15 and again at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Michael_Clemens_Cynthia_Rathinasamy_06-21-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-06-21. | |
| International Development Association | 500,000.00 | Global health/measurement | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/service-delivery-indicators-project | -- | Grant supports work on the Service Delivery Indicators Program (SDI). Estimated budget is $27 million. | |
| BetaGov | 200,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/betagov | -- | Grant made to Pepperdine University to support the work of Angela Hawken on BetaGov. BetaGov aims to generate knowledge about what works in the public sector (in areas including but not limited to criminal justice) by serving as a repository for practitioners’ ideas to be tested, serving as a database of results to facilitate learning across studies, and providing a toolkit (including web-based training, webinars, assessment tools, and an RCT call-in hotline) so that practitioners can conduct their own RCTs. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Washington Office on Latin America | 245,000.00 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/criminal-justice-reform/research-crime-incarceration-and-cannabis-regulation | -- | Grant made to support research projects on crime, incarceration and cannabis regulation led by Mark Kleiman. Affected countries: United States. | |
| Center for Global Development | 300,000.00 | Global poverty/Global health and development | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/center-global-development-general-support | -- | Grant for general support, to support efforts to reduce global poverty and inequality through rigorous research and active engagement. See also the blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/grant-center-global-development-cgd for more. Followup conversation with Todd Moss and Kathy Smith of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Todd_Moss_and_Kathy_Smith_12-15-2015_%28public%29.pdf on 2015-12-15. | |
| Center for Global Development | 50,000.00 | History of philanthropy | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/history-of-philanthropy/update-millions-saved-project | -- | Grant for an update to the Millions Saved project. | |
| Population Services International | 1,000,000.00 | Global health/malaria/resistance | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/containment-artemisinin-resistance-eastern-myanmar | -- | Grant made by Good Ventures before Open Phil formally came into being. Grant is a co-funding with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and supports work to prevent the spread of artemisinin resistance in Myanmar. Good Ventures hoped to use the grant opportunity to learn how big players like the Gates Foundation effect progress in global health. Affected countries: Myanmar. | |
| US Cochrane Center | 100,000.00 | Biomedical research/meta-research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/us-cochrane-center-general-support | -- | Unrestricted grant met urgent short-term need to maintain uninterrupted minimal staffing. Grant is a “learning grant,” meaning that it’s designed to help us learn more about an organization or cause we find promising. Affected countries: United States. |
The following table uses the Jaccard index and cosine similarity to compare the similarity of donors. We are showing the top 30 donors by the Jaccard index because we show up to 30 donors and show only donors with at least one donee in common.
| Donor | Number of distinct donees | Number of donees in common (intersection) | Union size | Jaccard similarity | Cosine similarity | Weighted cosine similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | 410 | 22 | 641 | 0.0343 | 0.0683 | 0.0382 |
| Effective Altruism Funds | 30 | 9 | 274 | 0.0328 | 0.1033 | 0.0192 |
| Public Welfare Foundation | 104 | 11 | 346 | 0.0318 | 0.0678 | 0.0236 |
| Sloan Foundation | 467 | 21 | 699 | 0.03 | 0.0611 | 0.0513 |
| Future of Life Institute | 27 | 7 | 273 | 0.0256 | 0.0847 | 0.05 |
| Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 10 | 6 | 257 | 0.0233 | 0.1193 | 0.0379 |
| EA Giving Group | 13 | 6 | 260 | 0.0231 | 0.1046 | 0.0082 |
| Michael Dickens | 6 | 5 | 254 | 0.0197 | 0.1283 | 0.0428 |
| Grace King | 8 | 5 | 256 | 0.0195 | 0.1111 | 0.1436 |
| Foundational Questions Institute | 116 | 7 | 362 | 0.0193 | 0.0409 | 0.0255 |
| Peter Hurford | 29 | 5 | 277 | 0.0181 | 0.0584 | 0.0084 |
| John Templeton Foundation | 607 | 14 | 846 | 0.0165 | 0.0357 | 0.0393 |
| Nick Brown | 6 | 4 | 255 | 0.0157 | 0.1027 | 0.0799 |
| Michael Sesser | 7 | 4 | 256 | 0.0156 | 0.095 | 0.0858 |
| Saulius Šimčikas | 8 | 4 | 257 | 0.0156 | 0.0889 | 0.0133 |
| David Barry | 9 | 4 | 258 | 0.0155 | 0.0838 | 0.0454 |
| Michael Dello-Iacovo | 31 | 4 | 280 | 0.0143 | 0.0452 | 0.0003 |
| Hewlett Foundation | 2205 | 32 | 2426 | 0.0132 | 0.0428 | 0.0278 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 2111 | 30 | 2334 | 0.0129 | 0.0411 | 0.0104 |
| Jonathon Smith | 3 | 3 | 253 | 0.0119 | 0.1089 | 0.0843 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | 4 | 3 | 254 | 0.0118 | 0.0943 | 0.0753 |
| Josh Jacobson | 5 | 3 | 255 | 0.0118 | 0.0843 | 0.0712 |
| Raymond Arnold | 5 | 3 | 255 | 0.0118 | 0.0843 | 0.0893 |
| Robert Yaman | 4 | 3 | 254 | 0.0118 | 0.0943 | 0.0896 |
| Tyler John | 5 | 3 | 255 | 0.0118 | 0.0843 | 0.0524 |
| Cornelis Haupt | 6 | 3 | 256 | 0.0117 | 0.077 | 0.0054 |
| JP Addison | 6 | 3 | 256 | 0.0117 | 0.077 | 0.0068 |
| Max Broad | 6 | 3 | 256 | 0.0117 | 0.077 | 0.0783 |
| Vidur Kapur | 7 | 3 | 257 | 0.0117 | 0.0713 | 0.0284 |
| Samuel Hilton | 8 | 3 | 258 | 0.0116 | 0.0667 | 0.1091 |