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15 grants totalling $63M, newest first.
2025 5 grants · $22M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $6M | AI Security Research source |
| Sep 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $10M | AI Evaluation and Testing source |
| Sep 2025 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $1M | SFF-2025: General support of Technology and Security Policy Center (base amount; the $22,000 conditional matching pledge is a separate row) source |
| May 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $2.5M | Emerging Technology Initiatives source |
| May 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $2M | Technology and Security Policy Center source |
2024 7 grants · $26M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $6M | AI Security Research source |
| 28 Aug 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $2M | SFF's own grant, paid by Jaan Tallinn: For general operating support source |
| Aug 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $6M | Technology and Security Policy Center source |
| Aug 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $3.4M | Forecasting Platform source |
| Jul 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $5M | Emerging Technology Initiatives source |
| Apr 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $2.5M | Emerging Technology Fellowships and Research source |
| 16 Feb 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $1M | Paid by Jaan Tallinn via Founders Pledge (US): Unrestricted Gift source |
2023 2 grants · $16M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $11M | RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Initiatives — Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $10.5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at the discretion of RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny. Matheny has allocated this funding across multiple... [Navigating Transformative AI; Coe source |
| Apr 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $5.5M | RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Fellowships and Research — Open Philanthropy gave a gift of $5.5 million to RAND Corporation, to be spent at RAND President Jason Matheny's discretion. Matheny has designated this funding to launch two new initiatives: a... [Navigating Trans source |
2020 1 grant · $31k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2020 | Navigating Transformative AI | $31k | Grant "to support exploratory research by Individual #9903 on the state of AI assurance methods.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |