This is a linkpost for https://survivalandflourishing.fund/sff-2023-h1-recommendations
Survival and Flourishing Funds just announced their grant recommendations for the first half of 2023! I've visualized the grants by size via treemap, grouping AI safety/governance charities in blue and others in orange:
Thanks to all the recommenders, and congrats to all the recommendees!
| Organization | Amount | Receiving Charity | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Objectives Institute | $492,000 | The Goodly Institute | General Support of AI Objectives Institute |
| Alignment Research Center (Evals Team) | $3,247,000 | Alignment Research Center | General Support of Alignment Research Center (Evals Team) |
| Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) | $1,159,000 | Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) | General Support |
| Arkose | $683,000 | Players Philanthropy Fund | General Support of Arkose |
| Basis Research Institute | $126,000 | Basis Research Institute | General Support |
| BERI-CHAI Collaboration | $631,000 ($150,000)† | Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | General Support of BERI-CHAI Collaboration |
| BERI-CLTC Collaboration | $522,000 | Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | General Support of BERI-CLTC Collaboration |
| Center for AI Safety | $22,000 | Center for AI Safety, Inc. | General Support |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies (AI Governance Project) | $291,000 ($155,000)† | Center for Strategic and International Studies | General Support of Center for Strategic and International Studies (AI Governance Project) |
| Center on Long-Term Risk | $1,327,000 | Center on Long-Term Risk | General Support |
| Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) | $116,000 | Effective Ventures Foundation | General Support of Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) |
| Charter Cities Institute | $315,000 | Center for Innovative Governance (d/b/a Charter Cities Institute) | General Support |
| Church Lab Meiosis Team | $700,000 ($401,000)† | Hansjorg Wyss Institute For Biologically Inspired Engineering | General Support of Church Lab Meiosis Team |
| FAR AI, Inc. | $2,028,000 ($170,000)† | FAR AI, Inc. | General Support |
| FAR AI, Inc. | $1,063,000 ($380,000)† | FAR AI, Inc. | General Support of FAR AI, Inc. Labs |
| fp21 | $172,000 | fp21 | General Support |
| Holtman Systems Research | $269,000 | AI Safety Support Ltd - Equivalency Determination | General Support of Holtman Systems Research |
| Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS) | $379,000.00 ($75,000)† | Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS) | General Support |
| Lightcone Infrastructure | $1,733,000 | Center for Applied Rationality | General Support of Lightcone Infrastructure |
| Manifold Markets | $1,241,000 | Manifold for Charity | General Support of Manifold Markets |
| Ought Inc. | $358,000 | Ought Inc. | General Support |
| Project Solve | $196,000 | Effective Ventures Foundation | General Support of Project Solve |
| Redwood Research Group Inc. | $1,098,000 | Redwood Research Group Inc. | General Support |
| Senter for langsiktig politikk/Centre for Long-Term Policy | $325,000 | Effektiv Altruisme Norge | General Support of Senter for langsiktig politikk/Centre for Long-Term Policy |
| The Collective Intelligence Project | $300,000 | The Collective Intelligence Project | General Support |
| The Unjournal | $565,000 | Open Collective Foundation | General Support of The Unjournal |
| Topos Institute | $69,000 ($69,000)† | Topos Institute | General Support |
| University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory | $380,000 | The University of Chicago | General Support of University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory |
| University of Louisville (Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group (Cybersecurity Lab)) | $274,000 ($115,000)† | University of Louisville Foundation, Inc. | General Support of University of Louisville (Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group (Cybersecurity Lab)) |