Effective Ventures Foundation USA

What they fund

nonprofitresearchimprovinganimalwelfareeffectivereducinghealth

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.

5 grants matching “aquatic” · $800,000

• $130,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Mamaroneck, NY · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $180,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Mamaroneck, NY · 2023

  Animal welfare community building

• $250,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Dillon, CO · 2022

  Improving animal welfare

• $80,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Dillon, CO · 2022

  Improving animal welfare

• $160,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Dillon, CO · 2021

  Reducing the suffering of aquatic animals by helping to define welfare standards to aquatic animal product certifying bodies, coalition building among nonprofits, academic institutions, industry stakeholders, and the pu… read allReducing the suffering of aquatic animals by helping to define welfare standards to aquatic animal product certifying bodies, coalition building among nonprofits, academic institutions, industry stakeholders, and the public, international policy engagement, and research to support further advocacy efforts. less

Top recipients

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

• Atlas Fellowship1 grant · $3.0M
• Rethink Priorities8 grants · $2.9M
• Helen Keller International5 grants · $2.7M
• Giving What We Can USA1 grant · $2.7M
• Pure Earth1 grant · $1.7M
• Alignment Research Center3 grants · $1.7M
• Council On Strategic Risks1 grant · $1.6M
• Against Malaria Foundation3 grants · $1.5M
• Givewell2 grants · $1.4M
• The Players Philanthropic Fund1 grant · $1.2M

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 265 grants.

• $3.0M

  Atlas Fellowship · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $2.7M

  Giving What We Can USA · Newark, DE · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $1.7M

  Pure Earth · New York, NY · 2021

  General support

• $1.6M

  Council On Strategic Risks · Washington, DC · 2021

  Growing the council on strategic risks' nuclear security policy development and engagement with decision-makers

• $1.6M

  Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2022

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $1.5M

  Alignment Research Center · Walnut, CA · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $1.3M

  Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2023

  General nonprofit support

• $1.2M

  Rethink Priorities · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  General support, support for project to organize and fund public journal-independent evaluation of ea-relevant/adjacent research, insect welfare project, support the ea market testing team research, wild animal welfare … read allGeneral support, support for project to organize and fund public journal-independent evaluation of ea-relevant/adjacent research, insect welfare project, support the ea market testing team research, wild animal welfare and invertebrate welfare research, grant for fellows/eag and survey team research less
• $1.2M

  The Players Philanthropic Fund · Towson, MD · 2021

  Players philanthropy fund and supported projects

• $1.2M

  Center for Global Development · Washington, DC · 2021

  To support work on lead exposure

• $1.1M

  Against Malaria Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2021

  Antimalarial bednets in nigeria, including operational support

• $1.0M

  Founders Pledge · New York, NY · 2021

  Climate change fund

• $949,549

  Helen Keller International · New York, NY · 2021

  Vitamin a program

• $932,611

  Center for Population-Level Bioethics Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022

  Research on bioethics

• $855,000

  Gdi Solutions · Washington, DC · 2022

  Youth empowerment

• $838,000

  Path · Seattle, WA · 2023

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $835,580

  Rethink Priorities · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  General nonprofit support

• $733,080

  The Clear Fund Dba Givewill · Oakland, CA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $708,463

  Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $658,705

  Ashgro · Wilmington, DE · 2023

  Research and collaboration on ai alignment

• $645,607

  New Incentives · Covina, CA · 2022

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $593,334

  Training for Good · Towson, MD · 2022

  Promoting ai safety

• $576,861

  Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $564,153

  Wild Animal Initiative · Long Island City, NY · 2021

  General support

• $531,280

  Wild Animal Initiative · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $502,950

  Rethink Priorities · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $475,477

  Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023

  Environment and climate change

• $407,000

  Berkeley Existential Risk Institute · Berekeley, CA · 2021

  In support of beri's collaboration with the centre for the governance of ai, to create a library for seldonian (safe and fair) machine learning algorithms, supporting interact's work enabling human-compatible robots and… read allIn support of beri's collaboration with the centre for the governance of ai, to create a library for seldonian (safe and fair) machine learning algorithms, supporting interact's work enabling human-compatible robots and ai agents less
• $404,683

  Metaculus · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021

  Research on improving the use of current tools & testing new approaches to long-term questions to make forecasting more effective

• $377,734

  Animal Charity Evaluators · Covina, CA · 2023

  Improving animal welfare

• $350,573

  Effective Altruism Dc · Washington, DC · 2023

  Effective altruism community building

• $337,087

  Evidence Action · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $334,831

  Against Malaria Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $330,147

  The Humane League US · Rockville, MD · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $328,083

  Effective Altruism Dc · Washington, DC · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $324,068

  The Good Food Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $300,000

  Tides Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

  General nonprofit support

• $300,000

  Impact Labs · New York, NY · 2021

  A one-week effective altruism educational summer camp for ~60 students aged 13-18 and their families in maine

• $300,000

  New York University · New York, NY · 2021

  Investigate and develop a proposal to start a longtermist research center at nyu

• $291,000

  International Council for Animal Welfare · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $290,923

  Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2023

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $290,200

  Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2023

  General nonprofit support

• $271,104

  Animal Charity Evaluators · Covina, CA · 2022

  Improving animal welfare

• $267,427

  The Humane League US · Redondo Beach, CA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $261,998

  The Humane League · Redondo Beach, CA · 2023

  Improving animal welfare

• $258,676

  Good Energy Collective · Sacramento, CA · 2023

  Reducing existential risks

• $250,800

  Brown University · Providence, RI · 2021

  To support oded galor's "the future journey of humanity" project

• $250,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Dillon, CO · 2022

  Improving animal welfare

• $250,000

  Patchd · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $224,250

  The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022

  Research on reducing existential risks

• $216,799

  Animal Charity Evaluators · Covina, CA · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $200,000

  Project Innerspace · Boston, MA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $200,000

  Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2021

  Deep learning and ai alignment research group at cambridge for david krueger

• $200,000

  High Impact Athletes - Simple Generosity · Lewes, DE · 2021

  Supporting the connection of world-class athletes with effective charities working on global health & poverty, animal welfare, and climate change.

• $200,000

  Mind First Foundation · Lincoln, MA · 2021

  Research and development of open-source vaccines

• $200,000

  University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

  Persuasion tournament for existential risk

• $200,000

  US Right To Know (Usrtk) · Oakland, CA · 2021

  General support

• $196,889

  Resolve To Save Lives · Alexandria, VA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $196,240

  Far Ai · San Diego, CA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $195,000

  Leap Laboratories · Richmond, CA · 2022

  Research on ai safety

• $190,097

  Animal Charity Evaluators · Walnut, CA · 2021

  General support, recommended charity fund

• $184,533

  Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2021

  Supporting clean air task force's work to push the technology and policy changes needed to achieve a zero-emissions, high-energy planet at an affordable cost

• $182,430

  Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2021

  General support

• $180,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Mamaroneck, NY · 2023

  Animal welfare community building

• $180,000

  Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  General nonprofit support

• $170,000

  Reckless Giving Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

  To support post-production to finish a film on altruistic kidney-donation

• $161,000

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2023

  Reducing existential risks

• $160,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Dillon, CO · 2021

  Reducing the suffering of aquatic animals by helping to define welfare standards to aquatic animal product certifying bodies, coalition building among nonprofits, academic institutions, industry stakeholders, and the pu… read allReducing the suffering of aquatic animals by helping to define welfare standards to aquatic animal product certifying bodies, coalition building among nonprofits, academic institutions, industry stakeholders, and the public, international policy engagement, and research to support further advocacy efforts. less
• $155,000

  Animal Advocacy Careers · Anaheim, CA · 2022

  Improving animal welfare

• $154,301

  The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $153,536

  Effective Altruism Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

  Effective altruism community building

• $152,849

  Good Food Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023

  Improving animal welfare

• $150,000

  Ashgro · Newark, DE · 2022

  Research and collaboration on ai alignment

• $150,000

  Global Food Partners · Washington Dc, WA · 2022

  Improving the welfare of caged animals

• $150,000

  Anti Entropy · Houston, TX · 2021

  Operations development and support consulting for effective altruism organizations

• $149,653

  Coalition for Rainforest Nations · New York, NY · 2021

  General support

• $148,856

  Evidence Action · Washington, DC · 2023

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $148,019

  Animal Charity Evaluators · Covina, CA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $142,869

  Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $137,000

  Humane America Animal Foundation · Claremont, CA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $133,000

  Animal & Vegan Advocacy International · Washington, DC · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $132,000

  Brighter Green · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  Education on animal welfare

• $130,000

  Aquatic Life Institute · Mamaroneck, NY · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $117,567

  Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2022

  General nonprofit support

• $116,999

  The Center for Responsible Seafood · Portsmouth, NH · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $115,017

  Machine Intelligence Research Institute (Miri) · Berekeley, CA · 2021

  Support for artificial intelligence safety research, including operational support

• $115,000

  American University · Washington, DC · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $115,000

  Adaptation Entertainment Llc · Pasadena, CA · 2022

  Effective altruism community building

• $111,754

  The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

  Research on ai safety

• $109,802

  Ashgro · Wilmington, DE · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $108,000

  Ardmore Ahimsa Initiative · Durham, NC · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $107,238

  Rethink Priorities · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Effective altruism community building

• $102,732

  Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $102,586

  Effective Altruism Nyc · New York, NY · 2023

  Effective altruism community building

• $102,499

  Arthropoda Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $101,430

  Oxfendazole Development Group · Blue Bell, PA · 2021

  Develop the deworming medicine for use against human dwelling parasitic worms

• $101,136

  Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2023

  Improving global health and wellbeing

• $100,000

  Animal Pain Research Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024

  General nonprofit support

• $100,000

  Alignment Research Center · Walnut, CA · 2023

  Research on ai safety

• $100,000

  Lone Pine Games Llc · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

  Education about ai safety

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