Grants paid in 2023
Top 60 of 76 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tsinghua Education Foundation Na IncMilpitas, CA | China carbon neutrality project of the institute of energy, environment and economy, tsinghua university for the components on retrofitting… | $2.5M |
| Ukraine TrustchainEvanston, IL | General support | $2.3M |
| Clean Air Task Force (catf)Boston, MA | General support | $2.0M |
| Center for Applied Rationality (cfar)Berkeley, CA | General support of lightcone infrastructure and coordination project | $1.9M |
| Alignment Research CenterCovina, CA | General support of arc evals team | $1.8M |
| Allfed InstituteLafayette, CO | General support | $1.6M |
| Manifold for Charity (aka Manifold Markets)Austin, TX | General support | $1.2M |
| Far Ai IncSan Diego, CA | General support | $1.1M |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | General support and tegmark lab fund | $1.1M |
| Centre for Effective Altruism USA IncSan Francisco, CA | Long-term future fund, events team, online team, community health and special project team | $1.1M |
| Players Philanthropy FundTowson, MD | General support of arkose, project solve, technical alignment impossibility proofs, spiro project | $1.1M |
| Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | Foundations of cooperative ai lab (focal) | $1.0M |
| Meridian Prime IncWashington, DC | General support | $1.0M |
| The Energy for Growth Hub IncWashington, DC | Supporting the ppa transparency norms project | $1.0M |
| Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety IncSan Francisco, CA | General support | $909K |
| Berkeley Existential Risk InitiativeBerkeley, CA | General support of beri-cltc and beri-chai collaborations, mats london | $881K |
| Deploy-Us IncBoston, MA | General support | $875K |
| Founders Pledge Ltd (fpl)London, UK | General support | $837K |
| Redwood ResearchBerkeley, CA | General support | $598K |
| Opencollective FoundationCovina, CA | General support of the unjournal | $565K |
| Securebio IncCambridge, MA | General support | $548K |
| TerrapraxisCambridge, MA | General support | $500K |
| Sangro IncNewark, DE | General support | $455K |
| The Pragmatism FoundationNorristown, PA | General support of the pronatalist.org initiative | $432K |
| Radicalxchange Foundation LtdMoraga, CA | The collective intelligence project, general support of honor society films, audrey tang project | $400K |
| Goodly InstituteUniversity Avenue, CA | General support of ai objectives institute | $352K |
| Center for Innovative Governance ResearchWashington, DC | General support of charter cities institute | $315K |
| Lead Exposure Elimination Project IncChicago, IL | General support | $310K |
| Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies IncSanta Monica, CA | General support | $304K |
| Rethink PrioritiesSan Francisco, CA | General support of the rethink priorities existential security team and ai governance and strategy team | $276K |
| GivewellOakland, CA | Maximum impact fund, all grants fund, general support | $250K |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc & Global Catastrophic Risk InstituCalabasas, CA | General support | $250K |
| The Taimaka ProjectArlington, VA | Nigeria malnutrition treatment program. | $201K |
| Family Empowerment MediaBrooklyn, NY | General support | $200K |
| Lincoln Network IncSan Francisco, CA | General support | $189K |
| Fp21Washington, DC | General support | $172K |
| University of Louisville Foundation IncLouisville, KY | General support of dr. roman yampolskiys research group (cybersecurity lab) | $159K |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative (nti)Washington, DC | Biosecurity programs | $150K |
| The Against Malaria FoundationKansas City, MO | General support | $150K |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies IncWashington, DC | General support of ai governance project | $136K |
| Basis Research InstituteNew York, NY | General support | $126K |
| Shining Hope for CommunitiesNew York, NY | General support | $115K |
| Machine Intelligence Research InstituteSan Francisco, CA | General support of ai impacts | $107K |
| Legal Priorities ProjectCambridge, MA | General support | $103K |
| Animal Charity EvaluatorsCovina, CA | Sinergia animal international | $100K |
| Brookings InstitutionWashington, DC | Us/china strategic dialogues | $100K |
| Center for a New American Security IncWashington, DC | To support the one-year project on understanding an international autonomous incidents agreement | $100K |
| The Center for Election ScienceCovina, CA | General support | $96K |
| Convergence AnalysisBerkeley, CA | General support of technologies for pandemic defense | $86K |
| Safe Place InternationalSt Ignace, MI | General support | $73K |
| 1day SoonerClaymont, DE | Malaria vaccine rollout | $50K |
| EndeeBussum, NL | Advance the charitable mission of the total portfolio project (tpp), which seeks to accelerate effective impact-financial integration by re… | $50K |
| Evidence Action IncWashington, DC | Deworm the world initiative | $50K |
| Fish Welfare InitiativeNormal, IL | General support | $50K |
| Journalism Development Network IncWashington, DC | General support | $50K |
| President and Fellows of Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | Giving multiplier' with prof joshua greene, department of psychology, harvard university | $50K |
| Third Sector Capital Partners IncBoston, MA | General support | $50K |
| Wild Animal Initiative IncMinneapolis, MN | General support | $50K |
| Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD | General support of milan griffes for tuition and bsph health clinic fees | $46K |
| The Gift TrustMarion Square, NZ | Mothertree labs | $38K |
By state: California 25 · Massachusetts 9 · District of Columbia 10 · Illinois 3 · Colorado 3 · Pennsylvania 2
About this foundation
Founders Pledge Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, tax-exempt since 2020. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Founders Pledge Inc accept grant applications?
No. On its 2023 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.
How much does Founders Pledge Inc give each year?
In tax year 2023 it paid $33M across 76 grants, a median of $150K.
Where does Founders Pledge Inc give?
California (25 grants), Massachusetts (9 grants), District of Columbia (10 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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