“We offer fiscal sponsorship to AI safety projects”In its own words: ashgro.org
US 501(c)(3) public charity offering fiscal sponsorship to AI safety projects, saving them time and helping them access more funding so they can focus on their main goals.
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Received $3.7M from 4 funders
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’26
Led by Jason (JJ) Hepburn (President and CEO)Checked 25 Oct 2026
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9 grants totalling $3.7M, newest first.
2026 3 grants · $1.8M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Individual #43700): Training dynamics theory for AI alignment through early detection of phase transitions and stagewise learning dynamics. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Gietelink Oldenziel, Alexander): Loss Landscape and Training Dynamics for (ReLU) Neural Networks. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Rosas, Fernando): Cybernetic Foundations for Aligned Agency: From Internal Models to Verifiable Control. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
2025 3 grants · $1.5M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2025 | Advanced Research + Invention Agency | $437k | Mathematics for Safe AI (grant, 15 months); £343,754 incl. VAT source |
| 28 Jul 2025 | Advanced Research + Invention Agency | $505k | Mathematics for Safe AI (grant, 12 months); £397,258 incl. VAT source |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Advanced Research + Invention Agency | $531k | Mathematics for Safe AI (grant, 18 months); £417,729 incl. VAT source |
2024 2 grants · $470k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2024 | Advanced Research + Invention Agency | $438k | Safeguarded AI TA1.1 (grant, 12 months); £345,117 ex VAT (end of Q2 FY24-25 transparency data, awards since 1 Jul 2024); technical area inferred source |
| 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $31k | AI safety community-building work (fiscally sponsored project) — paid by Open Philanthropy Action Fund (501(c)(4), now Coefficient Giving Action Fund), tax year Jan–Dec 2024 (Form 990 Schedule I Part II; payment in that year, not the grant total) source |
2023 1 grant · $9k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | Lightspeed Grants | $9k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support — LSG project: Agency Foundations Hackathon source |