“the Institute is a non-profit research lab working to ensure that both AI and future economic systems are built and deployed with genuine human objectives at their core”In its own words: ai.objectives.institute
Nonprofit research and development lab founded by the late Peter Eckersley, working so people can thrive alongside highly capable AI, with research on AI-assisted governance, transformative-AI economics and human disempowerment and structural risks.
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Received $2.8M from 4 funders
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Led by Brittney Gallagher (Co-founder & Board Chair), Değer Turan (President)Checked 25 Oct 2026
Money flows
Where its money came from and where it went. Pick years and what to show; hover a box or ribbon for details, click one to focus it, click the background to see everything.
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8 grants totalling $2.8M, newest first.
2026 2 grants · $512k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $312k | SFF-2026 Main Round: General support source |
| Jul 2026 | Founders Pledge | $200k | Gradual Disempowerment Observatory: metrics, dashboard and landscape map source |
2025 1 grant · $206k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Future of Life Institute | $206k | Support for labor union engagement via Talk to the City platform. — Multistakeholder Engagement for Safe and Prosperous AI Grants source |
2024 2 grants · $557k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $538k | SFF-2024: General support source |
| 2024 | Longview Philanthropy | $19k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support (one of six grants totalling $733k; start Q4 2024, 12 months). Supports Individual #7424 dedicating half his time to the Code of Practice, including travel to Brussels and Paris. ECF 2024 Annu source |
2023 2 grants · $992k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Future of Life Institute | $500k | Talk to the City and Moral Mirror projects — 2023 Grants source |
| 2023 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $492k | SFF-2023-H1: General support of AI Objectives Institute; receiving charity The Goodly Institute source |
2021 1 grant · $485k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $485k | SFF-2021-H2: General support; receiving charity Foresight Institute source |