“We research solutions and strategies, mobilize resources, and uncover actionable insights to safeguard a flourishing present and future.”In its own words: rethinkpriorities.org
A nonprofit think-and-do tank working across cause areas including artificial intelligence, through teams including AI Strategy and Worldview Investigations.
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Received $13M from 7 funders
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Led by Marcus A. Davis (CEO), Kieran Greig (President), Peter Wildeford (Co-Founder)Checked 25 Oct 2026
Money flows
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18 grants totalling $13M, newest first.
2026 1 grant · $928k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $928k | Development of the Holistic Agent Leaderboard source |
2025 5 grants · $7M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $585k | Evaluation of AI Agent Risk Attitudes source |
| Sep 2025 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $166k | SFF-2025: General support of Worldview Investigation Team source |
| Sep 2025 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $28k | SFF-2025: General support of AI Strategy Team source |
| Aug 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $6.1M | "Truthful AI" Research Group source |
| Jan 2025 | EA Infrastructure Fund | $107k | Empowering Rethink Priorities to strengthen EA's public image through strategic media engagement and audience growth source |
2024 4 grants · $332k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2024 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $99k | SFF-2024: General support source |
| Oct 2024 | EA Infrastructure Fund | $67k | Developing an actionable model for guiding EA resource allocation between movement-building and direct impact source |
| Oct 2024 | EA Infrastructure Fund | $50k | Conduct a survey (and potentially interviews) with people who bounced off or dropped out of EA source |
| Apr 2024 | Coefficient Giving | $116k | Research on LLM Use source |
2023 3 grants · $697k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2023 | Lightspeed Grants | $240k | Lightspeed 2023 (paid by Jaan Tallinn): General support for Apollo Research — LSG project: Apollo Research source |
| Apr 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $302k | Grant "to support an in-person workshop bringing together professionals working on AI governance.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| Apr 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $155k | Grant "to support research on AI governance, with a focus on hardware security features.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2022 2 grants · $3.4M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2022 | Navigating Transformative AI | $2.7M | Grant "to Rethink Priorities to expand its research on topics related to AI governance.". From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
| Mar 2022 | FTX Future Fund | $700k | Research and projects on humanity's long-term prospects source |
2021 2 grants · $682k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2021 | Navigating Transformative AI | $612k | Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2021) — Grant investigator: Luke Muehlhauser This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Rethink Priorities staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy... [Navigating Transformative AI; C source |
| Apr 2021 | Long-Term Future Fund | $70k | May 2021 payout report (Nov 2020 round to Apr 2021): Research on global security, forecasting, and public communication source |
2020 1 grant · $68k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2020 | Long-Term Future Fund | $68k | April 2020 payout report (paid 15 Apr 2020): Restricted: nuclear weapons and AI arms control research [report rows sum to $552,900 vs the stated $488,350 total] source |