Grants awarded
Who does Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative fund?
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative has awarded $4.5 million across 21 grants to 13 organizations 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
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mats Research INC
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$1.5M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC
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$937K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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$500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Machine Intelligence Research Institute INC
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$300K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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$250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$70K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Effective Ventures Foundation USA INC
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$40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Convergence Analysis
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$39K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $26K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Securebio INC
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Rethink Priorities
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$16K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute
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$7K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA |
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