Recommendations for Further Funding Opportunities Based on the SFF-2024 S-Process Round
In the second half of this year (2024), twelve people participated as “Recommenders” in a single round of a grant-recommendation process for the Funders Jaan Tallinn and Survival and Flourishing .Com (SFC). The total funding expected to be distributed in association with this round is $19.34MM.
In the interest of connecting organizations in need of funding to other potential donors, we are publishing further funding recommendations beyond the funding level provided by Jaan Tallinn and SFC.
For more information on who participated in this round, the recommendation process that was used, and which organizations were already recommended funding, see the SFF-2024 Recommendations Announcement for more details.
How recommendation amounts were determined
Recommenders specified marginal utility functions for funding each application, and adjusted those functions through discussions with each other as the round progressed. Similarly, Funders specified and adjusted different utility functions for deferring to each Recommender.
To generate the recommendations for further funding opportunities, we simulated two scenarios: increasing the total funding budget by an additional $5MM, and by an additional $10MM. In each scenario this simulated budget was allocated proportionally among Recommenders based on the utility functions of the Funders in this round. This allowed us to extrapolate what organizations would receive new or additional funding based on Recommenders’ marginal utility functions.
We also established a minimum recommendation threshold. We’ve only shared recommendations for further funding opportunities that are 1) at least $100,000 or 2) at least 10% of the base funding request made by the organization.
Significant contributions
If you make a significant contribution to any of the organizations after reading these recommendations for further funding, we encourage you to reach out to us at sff(char)contact@googlegroups.com, with (char) replaced by a hyphen (to avoid spam). We’re very interested in learning about any impact that comes from sharing these recommendations.
| Additional funding we’d recommend with… | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Receiving Charity | $5MM additional S-process funds | $10MM additional S-process funds |
| AGI Inherent Non-Safety | Players Philanthropy Fund | $0 | $30,000 |
| AI Futures Project | Epistea, z.s. | $0 | $80,000 |
| AI Risk Mitigation Fund | Centre For Effective Altruism Usa Inc. | $280,000 | $550,000 |
| AI Safety Info | Ashgro Inc. | $0 | $40,000 |
| AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research | Players Philanthropy Fund | $0 | $160,000 |
| AI: Futures and Responsibility Programme | University of Cambridge | $80,000 | $140,000 |
| Alignment Research Center | Alignment Research Center | $0 | $110,000 |
| Apollo Research | Rethink Priorities | $0 | $110,000 |
| Basis Research Institute | Basis Research Institute | $170,000 | $350,000 |
| Blueprint Biosecurity | Blueprint Biosecurity | $0 | $80,000 |
| Brown University AI Governance Lab | Brown University | $90,000 | $190,000 |
| Catalyze Impact | Ashgro Inc. | $20,000 | $40,000 |
| Center for AI Policy | Center for AI Policy, Inc. | $0 | $90,000 |
| Center for AI Safety Action Fund, Inc. | Center for AI Safety Action Fund, Inc. | $140,000 | $290,000 |
| Center for AI Safety, Inc. | Center for AI Safety, Inc. | $320,000 | $640,000 |
| Center for Law and AI Risk | Pledged | $10,000 | $20,000 |
| Convergence: AI Governance Recommendations | Convergence Analysis | $0 | $70,000 |
| Cornell University | Cornell University | $50,000 | $110,000 |
| Decode Research | Ashgro Inc. | $90,000 | $130,000 |
| Eisenstat Research Directions | Machine Intelligence Research Institute Inc. & Ashgro Inc. | $70,000 | $130,000 |
| Epistea, z. s. | Epistea, z. s. | $0 | $80,000 |
| FAR AI, Inc. | FAR AI, Inc. | $110,000 | $260,000 |
| Foresight Institute | The Foresight Institute | $0 | $60,000 |
| Foundation for American Innovation | Lincoln Network, Inc. | $0 | $180,000 |
| Global Shield | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | $0 | $150,000 |
| Impact Academy Limited | Stiftelsen Impact Academy | $0 | $110,000 |
| JUSTICE | JUSTICE | $60,000 | $70,000 |
| Langsikt - Centre for Long-Term Policy | Senter for langsiktig politikk AS | $50,000 | $60,000 |
| Longview Philanthropy | Longview Philanthropy USA Inc. | $0 | $80,000 |
| Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory lab, ANU | Australian National University | $0 | $120,000 |
| Machine Learning for Socio-technical Systems Lab | The University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement | $50,000 | $120,000 |
| MATS Research | MATS Research, Inc. | $220,000 | $440,000 |
| Model Evaluation and Threat Research | Model Evaluation and Threat Research, Inc. | $0 | $120,000 |
| Niagara University | Niagara University | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Oxford China Policy Lab | Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | $120,000 | $240,000 |
| Palisade Research | Palisade Research Inc. | $250,000 | $410,000 |
| Pour Demain | Pour Demain | $0 | $40,000 |
| Psychosecurity Ethics @ EURAIO | Players Philanthropy Fund | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| SaferAI | SaferAI | $0 | $60,000 |
| SecureBio | SecureBio, Inc. | $0 | $110,000 |
| SecureDNA | SecureBio, Inc. | $0 | $100,000 |
| Sentience Institute | Sentience Institute | $0 | $30,000 |
| Sentinel | Epistea, z. s. | $20,000 | $40,000 |
| Simon Institute for Longterm Governance | Simon Institute for Longterm Governance | $190,000 | $450,000 |
| Tarbell Fellowship | Players Philanthropy Fund | $190,000 | $340,000 |
| Technology Strategy Roleplay | Technology Strategy Roleplay | $0 | $30,000 |
| The AI Policy Institute | Hack Foundation | $80,000 | $140,000 |
| The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) | Founders Pledge, Inc. | $180,000 | $370,000 |
| The Future Society, Inc. | The Future Society Inc. | $0 | $130,000 |
| The Midas Project | The Midas Project, Inc. | $0 | $40,000 |
| Timaeus | Ashgro Inc. | $0 | $220,000 |
| Topos Institute | Topos Institute | $0 | $70,000 |
| University of Louisville (Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group (Cybersecurity Lab)) | University of Louisville Foundation, Inc. | $0 | $30,000 |
| Vanderbilt University | The Vanderbilt University | $0 | $20,000 |