“AI Impacts aims to improve our understanding of the likely impacts of human-level artificial intelligence.”In its own words: aiimpacts.org
Research project led by Katja Grace, based at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, that studies the likely impacts of human-level AI, including the recurring Expert Survey on Progress in AI.
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Received $3.5M from 7 funders
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Led by Katja Grace (Co-founder and Lead Researcher)Checked 25 Oct 2026
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20 grants totalling $3.5M, newest first.
2026 1 grant · $351k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $351k | SFF-2026 Main Round: General support of AI Impacts source |
2023 4 grants · $1.3M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $620k | AI Impacts — General Support (2023) — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $620,000 over two years to AI Impacts for general support. AI Impacts works to answer questions about the future of artificial intelligence. This follows our... [Navigating Transformative AI; Coefficie source |
| Aug 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $345k | AI Impacts — Expert Survey on Progress in AI — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $345,000 to AI Impacts to support an expert survey on progress in artificial intelligence. AI Impacts works to answer questions about the future of artificial... [Navigating Transformative AI; source |
| 2023 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $179k | SFF-2023-H2: General support (Jaan Tallinn's share; FLI's $162,000 share is in the FLI list); receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source |
| 2023 | Future of Life Institute | $162k | General support for research on AI's future, focused on neglected strategy and forecasting questions — 2023 Grants source |
2022 3 grants · $1.2M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2022 | Navigating Transformative AI | $365k | Grant "for general support. AI Impacts works on strategic questions related to advanced artificial intelligence.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| Jun 2022 | FTX Future Fund | $250k | Regrant (recommended by an FTX regrantor): Rerunning the 2016 expert survey on AI progress source |
| 2022 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $546k | SFF-2022-H2: Unrestricted funding for AI Impacts; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source |
2021 2 grants · $303k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $221k | SFF-2021-H1: General support; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source |
| 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $82k | SFF-2021-H1: General support; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute; funded by Jed McCaleb through the S-Process source |
2020 4 grants · $185k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2020 | Navigating Transformative AI | $50k | The grant page says: "AI Impacts plans to use this grant to work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| Sep 2020 | Long-Term Future Fund | $75k | September 2020 payout report (paid 4 Sep 2020): Research on decision-relevant questions about AI's future source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $40k | SFF-2020-H1: General support; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $20k | SFF-2020-H1: General support; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute; funded by Jed McCaleb through the S-Process source |
2019 2 grants · $100k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $70k | SFF-2019-Q4: General support; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute; funded by SFF itself through the S-Process source |
| 2019 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $30k | SFF-2019-Q4: General support; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source |
2018 2 grants · $105k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2018 | EA Donor Lottery (CEA / EA Funds / Giving What We Can) | $5k | Runway and new hires; recommended by Adam Gleave, winner of a $100k block of CEA's 2017 donor lottery (date is the report's, 12 Nov 2018; payment date not stated) source |
| Jun 2018 | Navigating Transformative AI | $100k | The grant page says: "AI Impacts plans to use this grant to work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2016 1 grant · $32k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2016 | Navigating Transformative AI | $32k | The grant page says: "AI Impacts plans to use this grant to work on strategic questions related to potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2015 1 grant · $5k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2015 | Jaan Tallinn | $5k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to AI Impacts; receiving charity Machine Intelligence Research Institute source |