Survival and Flourishing
.Fund (SFF)

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Announcements

SFF-2024 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2024:
SFF-2024 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding expected to be distributed in association with this round is $19.52MM, in excess of our $5MM-$15MM estimate.

SFF-2024 Flexible Hardware-Enabled Guarantees (flexHEGs) application announcement (round open)

SFF is launching an S-Process round that specifically targets proposals aiming to advance the technical maturity of flexHEGs, here: SFF-2024 flexHEGs Grant Round Application Announcement

SFF-2024 application announcement (round closed)

SFF is announcing its 2024 grant round, here: SFF-2024 Application Announcement

SFF’s new Initiative Committee

In 2024, in parallel with at least one The S-Process grant round, SFF will also be making some grants through another process called the SFF Initiative Committee. The Initiative Committee makes grants on its own initiative, without receiving or requiring proposals or applications. If you would like to propose a grant for SFF to make, the S-Process combined with Speculations Grants are probably still the most efficient route.

SFF-2023-H2 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2023-H2:
SFF-2023-H2 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding expected to be distributed in association with this round is $21.29MM, in excess of our $9MM-$21MM estimate. This total includes $9.62MM in grants organized by Lightspeed Grants, which funder Jaan Tallinn requested to incorporate in our announcement.

SFF-2023-H2 application announcement (round closed)

SFF is announcing its 2023-H2 grant round, here: SFF-2023-H2 Application Announcement

SFF-2023-H1 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2023-H1:
SFF-2023-H1 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $21MM, higher than our $10MM estimate.

SFF-2023-H1 application announcement (round closed)

SFF is announcing its 2023-H1 grant round, here: SFF-2023-H1 Application Announcement

SFF-2022-H2 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2022-H2:
SFF-2022-H2 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $10MM, higher than our $8MM estimate.

SFF-2022-H2 application announcement (round closed)

SFF is announcing its 2022-H2 grant round, here: SFF-2022-H2 Application Announcement

SFF-2022-H1 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2022-H1:
SFF-2022-H1 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $8.063MM, near the middle of our $5-$10MM estimate.

SFF-2022-H1 application announcement (round closed)

SFF is announcing its 2022-H1 grant round, here: SFF-2022-H1 Application Announcement

SFF-2021-H2 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2021-H2:
SFF-2021-H2 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $9.609MM, near the middle of our expected $8-12MM estimate.

SFF-2021-H2 application announcement (round closed)

SFF’s 2021-H2 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2021-H2 Application Announcement

SFF-2021-H1 recommendations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2021-H1:
SFF-2021-H1 S-Process Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $9.756MM, at the high end of our expected $9-10MM estimate.

SFF-2021-H1 application announcement (round closed)

SFF’s 2021-H1 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2021-H1 Application Announcement

SFF-2020-H2 recommentations

SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2020-H2:
SFF-2020-H2 Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $3.625MM, above the high end of our expected $2.5-$3MM estimate.

SFF-2020-H2 application announcement (round closed)

SFF’s 2020-H2 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2020-H2 Application Announcement

SFF-2020-H1 recommendations

SFF’s had finalized its grant decisions for 2020-H1:
SFF-2020-H1 S-Process Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $1.82MM, above the high end of our expected $0.8MM-1.5MM estimate.

SFF-2020-H1 application announcement (round closed)

SFF’s 2020-H1 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2020-H1 Application Announcement

SFF-2019-Q4 recommendations

SFF has finalized most of its grant decisions for 2019-Q4:
SFF-2019-Q4 S-Process Recommendations Announcement

The total funding distributed was $2.01MM, at the high end of our expected $1MM-$2MM estimate.

About Us

Survivalandflourishing.fund is a “virtual fund”: we organize application submission and evaluation processes to help donors decide where to make donations. Our goal is to bring financial support to organizations working to improve humanity’s long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. We use this website to host announcements about our plans to investigate grant-making opportunities.

SFF was initially funded in 2019 by a grant of approximately $2 million from the Organizational Grants Program of the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI), which in turn was funded by donations from philanthropist Jaan Tallinn. We maintain a DAF at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation under the same name (SFF), and we also occasionally process grant recommendations through other DAF’s. Initiative Grants and occasionally other grants are processed through SFC.

SFF works closely with Survival and Flourishing (SAF), a Sponsored Project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs with a similar mission and overlapping leadership. While there is no formal relationship between SAF and SFF, we have complementary functions:

Survival and Flourishing Fund Advisors

Andrew Critch
Andrew Critch
Fund Advisor
Andrew Critch is CEO of Encultured AI, and also a part-time research scientist (~1 day/week) in the EECS department at UC Berkeley, at the Center for Human Compatible AI. He earned his PhD in mathematics at UC Berkeley studying applications of algebraic geometry to machine learning models. During that time, he cofounded the Center for Applied Rationality and SPARC. Andrew has been offered university faculty positions in mathematics and mathematical biosciences, worked as an algorithmic stock trader at Jane Street Capital's New York City office, and as a research fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. His current research interests include logical uncertainty, open source game theory, "boundary theory", and avoiding arms race dynamics between nations and companies in AI development.
Eric Rogstad
Fund Advisor
Eric works at EMX.com, where he was a founding engineer, building a new cryptocurrency derivatives exchange. Previously, he worked as a software engineer at Microsoft and Amazon.com, and was co-founder of Arbital.com, a platform for finding, reading, and creating crowdsourced, intuitive explanations, developed partly in response to the observation that arguments about civilization-scale priorities like existential risk are complex and in need of better organizational tools for conveying them. Eric holds a BSE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University.

Past Grant Recommendations

Below is a list of grants we have recommended using the S-process. Recommendations after the final date might not be listed yet.

Round Source Organization Amount Receiving Charity Purpose  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn 80,000 Hours $12,000 Effective Ventures Foundation (UK) General Support of 80,000 Hours  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn AI Forensics $178,000 AI Forensics General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 FLI and Jaan Tallinn AI Impacts $162,000 and $179,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Alignment of Complex Systems Research Group (ACS) $58,000 Epistea, z.s. General Support of ACS  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER) $23,000 Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER) General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 SFC Amodo Design Ltd. $6,000 N/A General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn and SFC Apollo Research $490,000 and $153,000 N/A General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn BERI-SRL Collaboration $52,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-SRL Collaboration  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative $60,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Cavendish Labs Co. $88,000 Cavendish Labs, Co. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 SFC Center for AI Safety Action Fund $420,000 N/A General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Center for AI Safety, Inc. $909,000 Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) $5,000 Effective Ventures Foundation General Support of GovAI  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Community Health and Special Projects team at the Centre for Effective Altruism $113,000 Effective Ventures Foundation USA, Inc. General Support of Community Health and Special Projects team at the Centre for Effective Altruism  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Coordination Project $29,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Coordination Project  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Earth Law Center $24,000 Earth Law Center General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Effective Altruism Sweden Rationality Research Project $66,000 Effektiv Altruism Sverige (Effective Altruism Sweden) General Support of Effective Altruism Sweden Rationality Research Project  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Epistea $189,000 Epistea, z. s. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn FAR AI, Inc. $464,000 FAR AI, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Fønix $378,000 Effektiv Altruism Sverige General Support of Fønix  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Foundation for American Innovation $189,000 Lincoln Network (dba The Foundation for American Innovation) General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Legal Priorities Project $103,000 Legal Priorities, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Lightcone Infrastructure $410,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Lightcone Infrastructure  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Long-Term Future Fund $692,000 Effective Ventures Foundation USA General Support of Long-Term Future Fund  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Tegmark group) $223,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn MATS London Ltd $97,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of MATS London Ltd  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Online Team at the Centre for Effective Altruism $126,000 Effective Ventures Foundation USA, Inc. General Support of the Online Team at the Centre for Effective Altruism  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Orthogonal $55,000 Ashgro Inc General Support of Orthogonal  
SFF-2023-H2 FLI and Jaan Tallinn Oxford China Policy Lab $252,000 and $1,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of Oxford China Policy Lab  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Palisade Research $370,000 Palisade Research General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS) $186,000 Epistea, z. s. General Support of PIBBSS  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn SecureBio $548,000 SecureBio, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn SecureDNA $835,000 SecureDNA Stiftung General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn SERI ML Alignment Theory Scholars Program $345,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of SERI ML Alignment Theory Scholars Program  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn SLT Summit organizers $20,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of SLT Summit organizers  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Technologies for Pandemic Defense $86,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Technologies for Pandemic Defense  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn The AI Governance & Strategy team within Rethink Priorities $402,000 Rethink Priorities General Support of The AI Governance & Strategy team within Rethink Priorities  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Australian Responsible Autonomous Agents Group $83,000 Federation University Australia General Support of the Australian Responsible Autonomous Agents Group  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Center for Election Science $96,000 The Center for Election Science General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 FLI and Jaan Tallinn The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (Alpenglow Group Limited) $769,000 and $60,000 Founders Pledge General Support of The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (Alpenglow Group Limited)  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Events team at the Centre for Effective Altruism $166,000 Effective Ventures Foundation USA, Inc. General Support for The Events team at the Centre for Effective Altruism  
SFF-2023-H2 FLI and Jaan Tallinn The Future Society, Inc. $365,000 and $11,000 The Future Society, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Intrinsic Perspective $24,000 SciArt Initiative, Inc. General Support of The Intrinsic Perspective  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Rethink Priorities Existential Security Team (XST) $49,000 Rethink Priorities General Support of The Rethink Priorities Existential Security Team (XST)  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Timaeus $455,000 Ashgro Inc General Support of Timaeus  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Topos Institute $4,000 Topos Institute General Support  
SFF-2023-H2 Jaan Tallinn Wytham Abbey $76,000 Effective Ventures Foundation General Support of Wytham Abbey  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn AI Objectives Institute $492,000 The Goodly Institute General Support of AI Objectives Institute  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Alignment Research Center (Evals Team) $3,247,000 Alignment Research Center General Support of Alignment Research Center (Evals Team)  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) $1,159,000 Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Arkose $683,000 Players Philanthropy Fund General Support of Arkose  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Basis Research Institute $126,000 Basis Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn BERI-CHAI Collaboration $631,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-CHAI Collaboration  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn BERI-CLTC Collaboration $522,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-CLTC Collaboration  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Center for AI Safety $22,000 Center for AI Safety, Inc. General Support of Center for AI Safety  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Center for Strategic and International Studies (AI Governance Project) $291,000 Center for Strategic and International Studies General Support of Center for Strategic and International Studies (AI Governance Project)  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Center on Long-Term Risk $1,327,000 Center on Long-Term Risk General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) $116,000 Effective Ventures Foundation General Support of Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Charter Cities Institute $315,000 Center for Innovative Governance (d/b/a Charter Cities Institute) General Support of Center for Innovative Governance (d/b/a Charter Cities Institute)  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Church Lab Meiosis Team $700,000 Hansjorg Wyss Institute For Biologically Inspired Engineering General Support of Church Lab Meiosis Team  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn FAR AI, Inc. $2,028,000 FAR AI, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn FAR AI, Inc. $1,063,000 FAR AI, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn fp21 $172,000 fp21 General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Holtman Systems Research $269,000 AI Safety Support Ltd - Equivalency Determination General Support of Holtman Systems Research  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS) $379,000.00 Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS) General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Lightcone Infrastructure $1,733,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Lightcone Infrastructure  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Manifold Markets $1,241,000 Manifold for Charity General Support of Manifold Markets  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Ought Inc. $358,000 Ought Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Project Solve $196,000 Effective Ventures Foundation General Support of Project Solve  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Redwood Research Group Inc. $1,098,000 Redwood Research Group Inc. General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Senter for langsiktig politikk/Centre for Long-Term Policy $325,000 Effektiv Altruisme Norge General Support of Senter for langsiktig politikk/Centre for Long-Term Policy  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn The Collective Intelligence Project $300,000 The Collective Intelligence Project General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn The Unjournal $565,000 Open Collective Foundation General Support of The Unjournal  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn Topos Institute $69,000 Topos Institute General Support  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory $380,000 The University of Chicago General Support of University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory  
SFF-2023-H1 Jaan Tallinn University of Louisville (Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group (Cybersecurity Lab)) $274,000 University of Louisville Foundation, Inc. General Support of University of Louisville (Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group (Cybersecurity Lab))  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn AI Impacts $546,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) $427,000 Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Technical Alignment Impossibility Proofs $170,000 Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship Incorporated General Support of Technical Alignment Impossibility Proofs  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Alignment Research Center $2,179,000 Alignment Research Center General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn BERI-ALL Collaboration $150,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-ALL Collaboration  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn BERI-CHAI collaboration $168,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-CHAI collaboration  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Constructive Dialogue Institute (formerly called OpenMind Platform) $196,000 Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc. General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research (CEEALAR) [formerly the EA Hotel] $224,000 Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) $450,000 Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Center for Election Science $437,000 The Center for Election Science General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Fund for Alignment Research (FAR) $524,000 FAR AI, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Future Society $84,000 The Future Society General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Legal Priorities Project $115,000 Legal Priorities Inc. General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Lightcone Infrastructure $1,000,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Lightcone Infrastructure  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Longview Philanthropy $150,000 Effective Ventures Foundation General Support of Effective Ventures Foundation  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Elizabeth Van Nostrand c/o Lightcone $25,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Elizabeth Van Nostrand c/o Lightcone  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Modeling Cooperation $83,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Modeling Cooperation  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Oxford China Policy Lab $10,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of Oxford China Policy Lab  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn PARPA, Inc. $200,000 PARPA, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Pronatalist.org $482,000 Pragmatist Foundation General Support of Pronatalist.org  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Rationality Meetups $140,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Rationality Meetups  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn SaferAI $214,000 SaferAI General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Scholarship Workshop $100,000 Players Philanthropy Fund (PPF) General Support of Scholarship Workshop  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Society Library $50,000 The Benjamin Franklin Society Library Inc. General Support of The Society Library  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Topos Institute $653,000 Topos Institute General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn University of Wisconsin - Madison $309,000 University of Wisconsin Foundation General Support of University of Wisconsin - Madison  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Unite America Institute $68,000 Unite America Institute Inc. General Support  
SFF-2022-H2 Jaan Tallinn Whylome, Inc. $345,000 Whylome, Inc General Support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Redwood Research Group Inc. $1,274,000 Redwood Research Group Inc. General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Alpenglow Group Limited $908,000 The Centre for Effective Altruism General support of Alpenglow Group Limited  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Nonlinear $599,000 Rethink Charity USA General support of Nonlinear  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Language Model Safety Fund $582,000
($340,000)†
Players Philanthropy Fund General support of Language Model Safety Fund  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn 1Day Sooner $500,000
($75,000)†
1Day Sooner General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute $461,000 Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Alignment in Complex Systems research group $425,000 Epistea z.s. General support of Alignment in Complex Systems research group  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER) $400,000 הארגון למען קיימות ארוכת טווח וחוסן (אלתר) General support of ALTER  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Topos Institute $397,000
($50,000)†
Topos Institute General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Convergent Research $389,000
($100,000)†
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation General support of Convergent Research  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Simon Institute for Longterm Governance $381,000 Centre for Effective Altruism Usa Inc. General support of Simon Institute for Longterm Governance  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Social Science Prediction Platform $346,000 University of Toronto General support of Social Science Prediction Platform  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Manifold Markets $343,000 Rethink Charity General support of Manifold Markets  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn The Charter Cities Institute $261,000 Center for Innovative Governance Research General support of The Charter Cities Institute  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Median Group $250,000 Median Foundation General support of Median Group  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Laboratory for Social Minds @ Carnegie Mellon University $244,000 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) General support of Laboratory for Social Minds @ CMU  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Consequence Foundries $168,000 Convergence Analysis General support of Consequence Foundries  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Rethink Priorities $150,000 Rethink Priorities General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Earth Law Center $100,000* Earth Law Center General support `
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn The Goodly Institute $75,000 The Goodly Institute General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Good Science Project $70,000 New Venture Fund General support of Good Science Project  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Generation Pledge $70,000 Generation Pledge, Inc. General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Sentience Institute $50,000 Sentience Institute General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Existential Risk Observatory $44,000 Existential Risk Observatory General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn AIES 2022 organizers (supported by AAAI and ACM) $38,000 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence General support of AIES 2022 organizers  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Global Catastrophic Risk Institute $15,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General support of Global Catastrophic Risk Institute  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Foresight Institute $15,000
($80,000)†
Foresight Institute General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative (RADVAC) $13,000 DBF Mind First Foundation Inc. General support of RADVAC  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn MSSM Foundation $5,000
($30,000)†
Maine School of Science and Mathematics Foundation General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn MISE Foundation, Ghana $5,000
($10,000)†
Benevity/ Online giving foundation General support of MISE Foundation, Ghana  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn Cave Exploration Society Inc. $5,000
($20,000)†
Cave Exploration Society Inc. General support  
SFF-2022-H1 Jaan Tallinn AddisCoder Inc. $5,000
($30,000)†
AddisCoder Inc. General support  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Long-Term Future Fund $1,417,000 Center For Effective Altruism General Support of Long-Term Future Fund  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Center on Long-Term Risk $1,218,000 Effective Altruism Foundation, Inc. General Support of Center on Long-Term Risk  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters $979,000 Players Philanthropy Fund General Support of Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Alpenglow Group Limited $885,000 The Centre for Effective Altruism General Support of Alpenglow Group Limited  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Lightcone Infrastructure $380,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Lightcone Infrastructure  
SFF-2021-H2 The Casey and Family Foundation Lightcone Infrastructure $500,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of Lightcone Infrastructure  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn EA Infrastructure Fund $699,000 Centre For Effective Altruism Usa Inc. General Support of EA Infrastructure Fund  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Centre for the Governance of AI. $591,000 Centre for Effective Altruism General Support of Centre for the Governance of AI  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Ought Inc. $542,000 Ought Inc. General Support  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn New Science Research, Inc. $500,000 New Science Research, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn BERI-CHAI Collaboration $248,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-CHAI Collaboration  
SFF-2021-H2 Jed McCaleb BERI-CHAI Collaboration $250,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-CHAI Collaboration  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn AI Objectives Institute $485,000 Foresight Institutee General Support of AI Objectives Institute  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Topos Institute $450,000 Topos Institute General Support  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn AI Safety Camp $130,000 Rethink Charity General Support of AI Safety Camp  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Emergent Ventures India $115,000 The Mercatus Center General Support of Emergent Ventures India  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn European Biostasis Foundation $103,000 European Biostasis Foundation General Support  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Modeling Cooperation $83,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Modeling Cooperation  
SFF-2021-H2 Jaan Tallinn Research on AI & International Relations $34,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Research on AI & International Relations  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Center For Applied Rationality $1,207,000 Center For Applied Rationality General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn LessWrong $1,055,000 Center For Applied Rationality General Support of LessWrong  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Alpenglow Group Limited $1,013,000 The Centre for Effective Altruism General Support of Alpenglow Group Limited  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn David Krueger’s Research Group at Cambridge $1,000,000 Cambridge in America General Support of David Krueger’s Research Group  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Dr. Andrew Critch at CHAI, UC Berkeley $898,000 UC Berkeley Foundation General Support of Dr. Andrew Critch at CHAI, UC Berkeley  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Long-Term Future Fund $675,000 Centre for Effective Altruism General support of Long-Term Future Fund  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn BERI-FHI Collaboration $478,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-FHI Collaboration  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Expii, Inc. $347,000 Idea Foundry General Support of Expii, Inc.  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn BERI-SERI Collaboration $333,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-SERI Collaboration  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Generation Pledge $291,000 Generation Pledge, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Legal Priorities Project $265,000 Legal Priorities, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Centre for the Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute $253,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of Centre for the Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn AI Impacts $221,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn AI Safety Support $200,000 Rethink Charity General Support of AI Safety Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters $175,000 Players Philanthropy Fund General Support of Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations $171,000 Founders for Good General Support of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn New Science Research, Inc. $147,000 New Science Research, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge $145,000 Cambridge in America General Support of Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Center for Innovative Governance Research (dba Charter Cities Institute) $137,000 Center for Innovative Governance Research (dba Charter Cities Institute) General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Moonlight Institute $127,000 Moonlight Institute General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Convergence: Project AI Clarity $103,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Convergence: Project AI Clarity  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Viento $102,000 Social Good Fund General Support of Viento  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research $61,000 Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Global Catastrophic Risk Institute $48,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General Support of Global Catastrophic Risk Institute  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn BERI-CSER Collaboration $37,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-CSER Collaboration  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Convergence $13,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Convergence  
SFF-2021-H1 Jaan Tallinn Laboratory for Social Minds at Carnegie Mellon University $11,000 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) General Support of Laboratory for Social Minds at Carnegie Mellon University  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb AI Impacts $82,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb New Science Research, Inc. $51,000 New Science Research, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb Expii, Inc. $41,000 Idea Foundry General Support of Expii, Inc.  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research $21,000 Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research General Support  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb BERI-FHI Collaboration $17,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-FHI Collaboration  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb Centre for the Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute $17,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of Centre for the Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute  
SFF-2021-H1 Jed McCaleb BERI-SERI Collaboration $14,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI-SERI Collaboration  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF Future of Life Institute $23,000 Future of Life Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF Center for Applied Rationality $212,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 SAF Future of Humanity Institute, Research Scholars Programme $218,000 University of Oxford General Support of the Research Scholars Programme at Future of Humanity Institute  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF Center for Innovative Governance Research $58,000 Center for Innovative Governance Research General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF The Center for Election Science $44,000 The Center for Election Science General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF The Future Society, Inc. $37,000 The Future Society, Inc. General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF Generation Pledge $37,000 Centre for Effective Altruism General Support of Generation Pledge at the Centre for Effective Altruism  
SFF-2020-H2 SFF DAF Center for Applied Utilitarianism $21,000 N/A General Support of Center for Applied Utilitarianism  
SFF-2020-H2 Jed McCaleb Topos Institute $144,000 Topos Institute Conditional Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jed McCaleb Center for Applied Rationality $23,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jed McCaleb Stanford Existential Risks Initiative $56,000 Stanford University General Support of Stanford Existential Risks Initiative  
SFF-2020-H2 Jed McCaleb RadicalxChange Foundation Ltd. $13,000 RadicalxChange Foundation Ltd. General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jed McCaleb The Roots of Progress $14,000 Mercatus Center Inc General Support of The Roots of Progress  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Center for Human-Compatible AI $779,000 UC Berkeley Foundation General Support of Center for Human-Compatible AI  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Machine Intelligence Research Institute $543,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Future of Life Institute $347,000 Future of Life Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Topos Institute $151,000 Topos Institute Conditional Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Center for Applied Rationality $19,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Future of Humanity Institute: Research Scholars Programme $30,000 University of Oxford General Support of the Research Scholars Programme at Future of Humanity Institute  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative $247,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Global Catastrophic Risk Institute $209,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General Support of Global Catastrophic Risk Institute  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Stanford Existential Risks Initiative $69,000 Stanford University General Support of Stanford Existential Risks Initiative  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Median Group $98,000 Median Foundation General Support of Median Group  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Modeling Cooperation $74,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Modeling Cooperation  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Rethink Priorities $57,000 Rethink Priorities General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn RadicalxChange Foundation Ltd. $26,000 RadicalxChange Foundation Ltd. General Support  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn The Roots of Progress $21,000 Mercatus Center Inc General Support of The Roots of Progress  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society $20,000 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence General Support of AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence  
SFF-2020-H2 Jaan Tallinn Effective Thesis $15,000 N/A General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 SFF DAF LessWrong $290,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of LessWrong  
SFF-2020-H1 SFF DAF Machine Intelligence Research Institute $20,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 SFF DAF Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute $120,000 Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 SFF DAF 80,000 Hours $120,000 Centre for Effective Altruism USA General Support of 80,000 Hours  
SFF-2020-H1 SFF DAF Future of Life Institute $100,000 Future of Life Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn LessWrong $110,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of LessWrong  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Machine Intelligence Research Institute $280,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute $60,000 Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn 80,000 Hours $30,000 Centre for Effective Altruism USA General Support of 80,000 Hours  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn The Future Society $130,000 The Future Society, Inc. General Support of The Future Society  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Future of Life Institute $30,000 Future of Life Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Global Catastrophic Risk Institute $90,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General Support of Global Catastrophic Risk Institute  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Leverage Research $80,000 Leverage Research General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn AI Impacts $40,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Milan Griffes to pursue an MHS in Mental Health $30,000 Johns Hopkins University General Support of Milan Griffes to pursue an MHS in Mental Health  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn BERI/CSER Collaboration $20,000 Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative General Support of BERI/CSER Collaboration  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Metamorphic Group LLC $10,000 Children, Families, and Communities General Support of Metamorphic Group LLC  
SFF-2020-H1 Jaan Tallinn Convergence Analysis $10,000 Convergence Analysis General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb LessWrong $30,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support of LessWrong  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb Machine Intelligence Research Institute $40,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute $20,000 Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb 80,000 Hours $30,000 Centre for Effective Altruism USA General Support of 80,000 Hours  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb The Future Society $30,000 The Future Society, Inc. General Support of The Future Society  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb Future of Life Institute $10,000 Future of Life Institute General Support  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb Global Catastrophic Risk Institute $50,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General Support of Global Catastrophic Risk Institute  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb AI Impacts $20,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb Metamorphic Group LLC $10,000 Children, Families, and Communities General Support of Metamorphic Group LLC  
SFF-2020-H1 Jed McCaleb Future of Humanity Foundation $10,000 Future of Humanity Foundation General Support  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF 80,000 Hours $40,000 Centre for Effective Altruism, USA General Support of 80,000 Hours  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF AI Impacts $70,000 Machine Intelligence Research Institute General Support of AI Impacts  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF AAAI/ACM conference on AI, Ethics and Society (AIES 2020) $20,000 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence General Support of AIES  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) $10,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE) General Support of ALLFED  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Center For Applied Rationality $150,000 Center For Applied Rationality General Support  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Charter Cities Institute $60,000 Center for Innovative Governance Research General Support of the Charter Cities Institute  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge $50,000 Cambridge in America General Support of Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Earth Law Center $30,000 Earth Law Center General Support  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Global Catastrophic Risk Institute $30,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General Support of GCRI  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Longevity Research Institute $160,000 Longevity Research Institute General Support  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Median Group $50,000 Median Group General Support  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Modeling Cooperation $50,000 Convergence Analysis General Support of Modeling Cooperation  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF OAK (Optimizing Awakening and Kindness) $100,000 Center for Mindful Learning General Support of OAK (Optimizing Awakening and Kindness)  
SFF-2019-Q4 SFF DAF Ought Inc. $100,000 Ought Inc. General Support  
SFF-2019-Q3 SFF DAF 80,000 Hours $280,000 Centre for Effective Altruism, USA General Support  
SFF-2019-Q3 SFF DAF Center For Applied Rationality $110,000 SFF DAF General Support  
SFF-2019-Q3 SFF DAF Centre for the Study of Existential Risk $40,000 Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge General Support  
SFF-2019-Q3 SFF DAF Future of Life Institute $130,000 Future of Life Institute General Support  
SFF-2019-Q3 SFF DAF Global Catastrophic Risks Institute $60,000 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs General Support  
SFF-2019-Q3 SFF DAF LessWrong 2.0 $260,000 Center for Applied Rationality General Support  

Job Opening: Grant Software Engineer ($220k/year) [closed]

Survival and Flourishing Projects (SFP), a fiscally sponsored project of Social and Environmental Engineers, is looking to hire a software engineer at a starting salary of $220,000/year, to work full time on building grant recommendation software:
Job Posting: Grant Software Engineer

This position would work on app development full-time, reporting to SFP Director Andrew Critch, in collaboration with Oliver Habryka and others at Lightcone Infrastructure, Scott Garrabrant at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, David Dalrymple at Protocol Labs, and several other interested parties. See the job posting for more details.

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