SFF versus SAF: SFF facilitates grants to existing charities; for smaller grants and service contracts for long-termist projects that don't yet have an institutional home, visit SAF.
SFF-2021-H2 announcement
SFF is announcing its 2021-H2 grant round, find out more here: SFF-2021-H2 grant announcement
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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 announcement (round closed)
SFF’s 2021-H1 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2021-H1 announcement
SFF-2020-H2 recommentations
SFF has finalized its grant recommendations for 2020-H2:
SFF-2020-H2 S-process Recommendations Announcement
The total funding distributed was $3.625MM, above the high end of our expected $2.5-$3MM estimate.
SFF-2020-H2 announcement (round closed)
SFF’s 2020-H2 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2020-H2 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 announcement (round closed)
SFF’s 2020-H1 grant round announcement can be found here: SFF-2020-H1 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 previously maintained a DAF at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation under the same name (SFF), but that DAF is not currently in active use for our grant-making process.
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:
- SFF as a general rule does not facilitate grants to individuals, while SAF does.
- SAF as a general rule does not facilitate grants to 501(c)(3) public charities, while SFF does.
Survival and Flourishing Fund Advisors
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-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 |
| 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-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-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 |
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