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Who does Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative fund?

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative has awarded $4.5 million across 21 grants to 13 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in science & technology. Its typical grant is $70,125, with most between $26,000 and $250,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $385,000 versus $68,212 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$4.5M
Typical grant
$70K
Grantees
13
Grants
21
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

13 of 13 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Mats Research INC $1.5M120242024CA
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC $937K32020–20222022CA
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $500K120202020CA
Machine Intelligence Research Institute INC $300K120202020CA
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $250K120242024CA
International Association for Safe and Ethical Artificial Intelligence INC $250K120242024CA
Center for Applied Rationality $70K120222022CA
Effective Ventures Foundation USA INC $40K120232023CA
Convergence Analysis $39K120202020CA
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $26K120232023CA
Securebio INC $25K120242024MA
Rethink Priorities $16K120242024CA
Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute $7K120202020CA

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