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Good Ventures Foundation

Name: Good Ventures Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,830
grants reported: $1.32B
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $125,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship research educational development career transition global future

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Global health R&D: malaria, TB, syphilis, hepatitis C vaccines
AI safety research, alignment fellowships, and AI governance policy
Farm animal welfare campaigns, cage-free work in Asia and Latin America
Biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, and health security centers
Effective altruism community building, career advice, forecasting
Scientific metascience, air quality, coal phase-out

Typical grant

Median grant is $125,000, with the middle half between roughly $38,000 and $624,000. The seven- and eight-figure checks go to established global health delivery and R&D partners (Malaria Consortium at $9.4M, Centre for Effective Altruism at $10.5M, University of Edinburgh at $8.3M) while the small end funds individual researchers, fellowships, and community groups. Repeat funding is common: Oxford, Stanford, MIT, LSHTM, MATS Research, 80,000 Hours, and Compassion in World Farming all appear multiple times, often for staged work on the same line of research.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“COST-EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS”
“AI SAFETY”
“VACCINE DEVELOPMENT”
“LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES”
“FARM ANIMAL WELFARE”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to a named funded line: malaria vaccine development, AI safety benchmarks, or farm animal welfare in Asia.
Ask $500K to $1.5M for a defined research project; that is where most university awards land.
Quantify cost-effectiveness per outcome; their own descriptions repeatedly use 'cost-effective interventions' as the frame.
Propose measurable capability or efficacy evaluation, not general capacity building, unless you are an established partner.

Worth knowing: Despite the Palo Alto base and heavy California count, a large share of the biggest dollars leaves the US entirely, going to UK institutions (Oxford, Edinburgh, LSHTM, London-based AI safety and EA orgs). Giving looks strongly relationship-driven and concentrated in a network of effective altruism-aligned organizations and a small set of research universities that appear again and again.

21 grants matching “tests” · $13.8M

$1.0M
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
Test a nanoparticle version of malaria vaccine in non-human primates
$696,742
Wits Health Consortium Limited · 2024
Preclinical development and testing of a t-cell-based tuberculosis vaccine
$597,557
University of Cape Town · 2024
Preclinical testing of a t-cell-based tuberculosis vaccine design
$554,144
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Test a nanoparticle version of malaria vaccine in non-human primates
$330,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Investigating immunological mechanisms and testing vaccine efficacy
$300,000
Sjs · Bristol, RI · 2024
Test a demand-pull approach to accelerate economies of scale for alternative protein
$282,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Inhibition of the signaling protein vista preclinical tests
$177,794
The General Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2024
Preclinical testing of a t-cell-based tuberculosis vaccine design
$100,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Scale-up testing for avian influenza a(h5) to detect human infections
$50,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Preclinical tests of inhibition of syndecan as a useful treatment of sepsis
$2.9M
Future House · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Test large language model agents' performance of biology r&d
$2.0M
University of Queensland in America · Washington, DC · 2023
Testing the impact of vaccine against strep a in non-human primates
$1.0M
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Clinical trial testing broad-spectrum prophylactic cancer vaccine in canines
$754,519
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Develop and test novel lipid nanoparticles
$192,000
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · 2023
Development of a portable tank that can administer an eeg test on fish
$965,795
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Project testing the truthfulness of ai systems
$652,600
Wisdom Good Works · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Pilot trial testing the use of rodent birth control as an alternative to rodenticide
$300,000
Sjs · Bristol, RI · 2022
Test demand-pull approach to accelerate economies of scale for alternative protein
$192,000
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · 2022
Development of a portable tank that can administer an eeg test on fish
$181,749
United States Department of Agriculture · Peoria, IL · 2022
Preclinical test of a novel antiviral lna technology
$500,000
Ai Squared · Seattle, WA · 2021
Project on creating a belief and reasoning dataset that tests consistency

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Malaria Consortium8 grants · $94.0M
Georgetown University9 grants · $56.8M
Effective Ventures Foundation39 grants · $50.3M
The Rand Corporation11 grants · $42.0M
Gates Philanthropy Partners2 grants · $34.2M
International Rescue Committee7 grants · $26.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology18 grants · $26.8M
Ird Global Limited7 grants · $24.1M
Effective Ventures Foundation USA20 grants · $22.9M
The Regents of the University of California Berkeley28 grants · $22.4M

Giving over time

$341.6M

2021

$320.5M

2022

$355.0M

2023

$306.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,830 grants.

$32.1M
Malaria Consortium · 2021
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs
$31.3M
Gates Philanthropy Partners · Seattle, WA · 2023
Work on tb vaccines, oral cholera vaccines and global education
$22.0M
Against Malaria Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Delivery of insecticide-treated bed nets in the democratic republic of the congo
$20.2M
Sci Foundation · 2021
General support
$19.3M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
Center for security and emerging technology
$17.9M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Center for security and emerging technology
$15.9M
Malaria Consortium · 2021
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs in mozambique
$15.8M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2021
Center for security and emerging technology
$13.5M
Malaria Consortium · 2021
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs
$12.8M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Malnutrition treatment project implementation and monitoring in africa
$11.8M
Horizon Institute for Public Service · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$11.0M
Malaria Consortium · 2021
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs
$10.5M
Centre for Effective Altruism · Milton, DE · 2024
General support
$10.5M
The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$10.3M
The Accountability Board · Wakefield, MA · 2022
Corporate farm animal welfare and investor campaigns
$10.2M
The Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2021
Research to prevent transmission of the malaria parasite
$10.0M
Open Philanthropy Advisors · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$10.0M
The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$9.4M
Malaria Consortium · 2024
Campaign for insecticide-treated nets in nigeria
$9.0M
US Agency for International Development · Washington, DC · 2023
Development innovation ventures program
$9.0M
US Agency for International Development · Washington, DC · 2022
Development innovation ventures program
$9.0M
Nutrition International · 2021
Vitamin a supplementation
$8.9M
Malaria Consortium · 2021
Long-lasting insecticidal net ('llin') campaigns in nigeria
$8.9M
Open Road Impact · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Zero-interest loans to orgs with outstanding funds owed to them by usaid under the div program
$8.3M
The University of Edinburgh · 2024
Centre for pesticide suicide prevention
$8.0M
University of Maryland College Park · College Park, MD · 2021
Crowdcasting project
$7.8M
Redwood Research Group · Berkeley, CA · 2021
General support
$7.7M
Ird Global Limited · 2023
Work on operations of the zindagi mehfooz platform
$7.3M
Effective Ventures Foundation · 2023
Community-building project
$7.1M
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2021
International work in vitamin a supplementation
$6.6M
80000 Hours Ltd · 2024
General support
$6.6M
Centre for Effective Altruism · 2021
Effective altruism infrastructure fund and long-term future fund
$6.5M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Work on biosecurity, global health security and global catastrophic risks posed by pathogens
$6.4M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2021
Malnutrition treatment project implementation and monitoring in africa
$6.4M
Alpenglow Group Ltd · 2024
General support
$6.3M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Malnutrition treatment project implementation and monitoring in africa
$6.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Research related to ai and computing trends and impacts
$5.9M
Effective Ventures Foundation · 2022
General support
$5.7M
Ird Global Limited · 2021
Work on operations of the zindagi mehfooz platform
$5.7M
Effective Ventures Foundation · 2022
Lease for coworking space
$5.6M
Ird Global Limited · 2022
Work on operations of the zindagi mehfooz platform
$5.5M
Effective Ventures Foundation · 2022
General support
$5.5M
The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$5.3M
Gdi-Solutions · Washington, DC · 2024
Global development incubator
$5.3M
Centre for Effective Altruism USA · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Lease for biosecurity coworking
$5.2M
Center for Ai Safety · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$5.0M
The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$5.0M
The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5.0M
The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$5.0M
Path · Seattle, WA · 2021
Malaria vaccine implementation programme in kenya, ghana and malawi
$4.9M
Centre for Effective Altruism USA · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Effective altruism infrastructure fund
$4.8M
Effective Ventures Foundation USA · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Ea infrastructure fund and long-term future fund
$4.7M
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024
Gmp manufacture of blood stage vaccine antigens
$4.5M
Pattern Labs Tech · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Developing software tools, products and analysis focused on global security
$4.5M
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Development of methods for diagnosing diseases that affect the brain
$4.4M
Factor Philanthropy · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Prevention of global catastrophic risks and ea community building
$4.4M
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative · New York, NY · 2024
Expansion of a trial for a novel tuberculosis vaccine
$4.3M
Eleanor Crook Foundation · San Marcos, TX · 2024
Cost-effective interventions to address malnutrition
$4.3M
Eleanor Crook Foundation · San Marcos, TX · 2023
Cost-effective interventions to address malnutrition
$4.3M
Eleanor Crook Foundation · San Marcos, TX · 2022
Cost-effective interventions to address malnutrition
$4.0M
Center for Ai Safety · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$4.0M
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Research on methods for producing human oocytes from somatic cells
$3.9M
Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2023
Work in vitamin a supplementation
$3.9M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Educational degree programs
$3.9M
Effective Ventures Foundation USA · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$3.8M
Institut De Formulation Des Vaccins (Ch) Ltd · 2024
Development of affordable open-access gmp adjuvants
$3.7M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Research related to ai and computing trends and impacts
$3.7M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
The center for health security
$3.7M
Effective Ventures Foundation · 2022
Community-building project
$3.5M
Katholieke Universiteit Te Leuven · 2023
Research in influenza a virus polymerase inhibitors
$3.5M
Effective Ventures Foundation USA · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support centre for effective altruism
$3.5M
Tara Climate Ltd · 2024
Accelerated coal phase out work
$3.5M
Open Road Impact · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Development innovation ventures program
$3.4M
Bridges To Prosperity · Denver, CO · 2021
Bridge-building for ongoing randomized controlled trial in rwanda
$3.3M
Effective Ventures Foundation · 2023
Support centre for effective altruism
$3.3M
Anima · 2023
General support
$3.3M
International Vaccine Institute · 2023
Phase 2 clinical trial of a conjugate vaccine for cholera
$3.3M
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research on protein design and engineering
$3.3M
Blueprint Biosecurity · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$3.3M
Dezernat Zukunft Ev · 2021
Eu macro policy organization grants and general support
$3.2M
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2021
Research on development of nanoparticle vaccines
$3.1M
Compassion in World Farming International · 2024
Broiler chicken welfare and ending cages and crates
$3.1M
Centre for Effective Altruism USA · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community-building project
$3.0M
Mats Research · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Ml alignment & theory scholars winter 24-25 cohort
$3.0M
The Clear Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support evidence action's in-line chlorination program in india
$3.0M
Arc Research Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$3.0M
Center for Responsible Innovation Ltd · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$3.0M
Dalhousie University · 2024
Investigate the composition of human colostrum
$3.0M
Arc Research Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$3.0M
Tara Climate Ltd · 2023
Accelerated coal phase out work
$3.0M
Arc Research Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General support
$3.0M
Redwood Research Group · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Operations of a co-working space for professionals working on long-run future of humanity
$3.0M
Arc Research Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2021
General support
$3.0M
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research · Washington, DC · 2021
Reduce the global incidence of keel bone damage in layer hens
$3.0M
International Vaccine Institute · 2021
Clinical trial of vaccine against hepatitis e in pregnant women in pakistan
$3.0M
University of Connecticut Health Center · Farmington, CT · 2021
Formulation and assessment of a multivalent syphilis vaccine
$3.0M
Gates Philanthropy Partners · Seattle, WA · 2024
Work on tb vaccines, oral cholera vaccines and global education
$2.9M
Future House · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Test large language model agents' performance of biology r&d
$2.9M
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research · 2021
Immunogenicity trials of fractional sized doses of covid vaccines in nigeria
$2.8M
European Summer Program On Rationality Zs · 2021
General support

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