“a community-building project working to reduce the likelihood of existential risk from artificial intelligence”In its own words: aisafetysupport.org
Australian charity, founded in 2020 by Individual #5158 and Individual #1052, that aims to reduce catastrophic AI risk by supporting people working on AI safety, including through fiscal sponsorship and stewardship of the Alignment Slack.
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Received $5.2M from 6 funders
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Checked 25 Oct 2026
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11 grants totalling $5.2M, newest first.
2024 1 grant · $617k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $617k | Astra Fellowship source |
2023 5 grants · $2.6M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2023 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $733k | AI Safety Support — MATS Program (November 2023) — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $732,631 to AI Safety Support to support its collaboration with the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative on the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) Winter... [Global Catastrophic Risks C source |
| Jun 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $1.2M | AI Safety Support — SERI MATS 4.0 — Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $1,240,840 to AI Safety Support to support their collaboration with Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning... [Navigating Transformative AI; Coefficient Giving source |
| Jun 2023 | Long-Term Future Fund | $50k | May 2023–Mar 2024 payout report (EA Forum appendix): Six-month stipend and expenses for decision transformer interpretability work source |
| May 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $146k | AI Safety Support — AI Safety Technical Program (May 2023) — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $146,165 to AI Safety Support to support the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA) program, which helps individuals interested in AI safety improve... [Navigating Trans source |
| Apr 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $444k | Three grants "to support research led by Owain Evans to evaluate whether machine learning models have situational awareness. These grants were made to AI Safety Support, Effective Ventures Foundation USA, and the Berkeley Existential.... From Vipul Naik's donations database (via source |
2022 3 grants · $1.8M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2022 | Navigating Transformative AI | $1.5M | Grant "to support [AI Safety Support's] collaboration with Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program.... From Vipul Naik's donations database (v source |
| May 2022 | FTX Future Fund | $200k | Community building and alignment talent pipeline source |
| Apr 2022 | Navigating Transformative AI | $42k | Grant "to scale up a research group, led by Jaime Sevilla, which studies trends in machine learning.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2021 2 grants · $225k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2021 | Long-Term Future Fund | $25k | July 2021 payout report: Six months of salary for Individual #1052's 1-on-1 support to AI safety researchers source |
| 2021 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $200k | SFF-2021-H1: General support; receiving charity Rethink Charity source |