“Our work aims to reduce the risk of a major global catastrophe, such as a nuclear war between great powers, an engineered pandemic, or the misuse of advanced artificial intelligence.”In its own words: longview.org
A philanthropy adviser that designs and carries out giving strategies for major donors on risks from advanced AI, nuclear weapons and biological threats. Its main AI channel is the Frontier AI Fund, a private fund for donors giving over $100k; its public Emerging Challenges Fund stopped taking donations in 2026 and is closing. It also recommends grants directly to its donors.
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Advises major donors on AI, nuclear weapons and biosecurity. Staff investigate a longlist of opportunities in two stages and send written recommendations to donors, who give directly or through Longview's funds (such as the Frontier AI Fund). It does not accept unsolicited funding requests, though it has run specific RFPs.
Typical grant $126k ($53k–$348k)
On applying “at least two members of our team regard the granting opportunity as exceptional” longview.org
Itemised here $3.4M in 21 grants
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.
How to apply
- Applications
- By invitation
- Who can apply
- Individuals, Academics, New organisations, Organisations, For-profits
No unsolicited funding requests. It occasionally runs open RFPs; the most recent, on extreme power concentration ($100K–$2M/yr), closed on 2 July 2026, and none is open now.
Programmes
Biggest recipients
Money from
- FTX Future Fund 2022$15M
- Coefficient Giving 2025$4M
- Jaan Tallinn 2024$1.2M
- Longtermism Fund donors (Giving What We Can) 2023$562k
- Jaan Tallinn 2023$400k
- Longtermism Fund donors (Giving What We Can) 2022$175k
Gifts and pooled money between funders, as recorded on the site.
All grants
21 grants totalling $3.4M, newest first. Recipients link to their own pages; people who received grants without a public profile are shown by number.
2025 7 grants · $1.8M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | METR | $450k | Evaluating risks from frontier AI models. ECF 2025 Annual Report (six grants totalling $1.5M). — Emerging Challenges Fund source |
| 2025 | Horizon Institute for Public Service | $350k | Placing technical AI experts in US government. ECF 2025 Annual Report (cover says $350k; grant page says $150k) source |
| 2025 | Forethought Research | $346k | Researching risks from superintelligence / explosive AI growth. ECF 2025 Annual Report source |
| 2025 | Simon Institute for Longterm Governance | ~$294k | Unrestricted CHF 244,888 shown in the Simon Institute's 2025 financial report (converted at about $1.20/CHF, 2025 average) source |
| 2025 | SaferAI | $115k | Establishing AI risk management standards. ECF 2025 Annual Report. — Emerging Challenges Fund source |
| 2025 | Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania | $114k | Draft US–China AI–nuclear arms control agreements. ECF 2025 Annual Report source |
| 2025 | Panoplia Laboratories | $97k | Wet-lab study of AI-enabled virus synthesis barriers (AI–bio). ECF 2025 Annual Report source |
2024 9 grants · $1.1M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | SaferAI | $262k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support — Code of Practice workshops, legal and technical research. ECF 2024 Annual Report source |
| Oct 2024 | Horizon Institute for Public Service | $150k | Placing technical experts in US government (fellowship). ECF 2024 Annual Report source |
| Oct 2024 | Pour Demain | $126k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support — additional staff and legal/technical consultants. ECF 2024 Annual Report source |
| Oct 2024 | Centre pour la Sécurité de l’IA (CeSIA) | $56k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support — staff for research and stakeholder roundtables. ECF 2024 Annual Report source |
| 2024 | Apollo Research | $219k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support (one of six grants totalling $733k; start Q4 2024, 12 months). Additional workshops plus legal and technical research for the drafting of the Code of Practice. ECF 2024 Annual Report p.7. Pro source |
| 2024 | Centre for Long-Term Resilience | $150k | Advising on biosecurity & AI policy. ECF 2024 Annual Report grants table. CLTR (formerly Alpenglow) is also a long-standing Longview featured grantee (see separate entry). — Emerging Challenges Fund source |
| 2024 | CeSIA | $56k | ECF: EU AI Act emergency support (staff, roundtables) source |
| 2024 | Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales | $51k | EU AI Act: Emergency Support (one of six grants totalling $733k; start Q4 2024, 12 months). Additional research papers, meetings with other participants, and feedback on drafts. ECF 2024 Annual Report p.7. Probably the $ source |
| 2024 | AI Objectives Institute | $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 4 grants · $482k
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2023 | ARC Evals (now METR) | $220k | Longtermism Fund (Longview/GWWC, predecessor of ECF): AI governance / evaluations work, mainly staff costs and compute source |
| Aug 2023 | Harvard University (Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas) | $110k | Longtermism Fund (Longview/GWWC, predecessor of ECF): AI interpretability research: compute cluster and graduate students/postdocs source |
| Aug 2023 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $52k | Longtermism Fund (Longview/GWWC, predecessor of ECF): Research workshops on escalation pathways to nuclear war source |
| 2023 | FAR.AI | $100k | ECF 2023 grant: finding vulnerabilities in advanced AI (ECF 2024 report's 2023 grants table) source |
2022 1 grant · $70k
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2022 | Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) | $70k | Longtermism Fund (Longview/GWWC, predecessor of ECF): Graduate students, affiliated researchers and research infrastructure for AI alignment source |