SFF versus SFP: SFF facilitates grants to existing charities; for smaller grants and service contracts for mission-aligned projects that don't yet have an institutional home, visit SFP.
Ongoing Speculation Grant Announcement
In 2022, in collaboration with our primary funder Jaan Tallinn, SFF selected a group of ~20 people to serve as volunteer grant-approvers, called Speculation Grantors. Speculation Grantors were awarded individual budgets to make expedited grants to charitable organizations. Speculation Grantors have a combined budget of ~$4MM. Each Speculation Grantor’s budget can increase or decrease over time based on the value of their grants as evaluated by the settlement of “impact futures” by the S-process. To learn more about the Speculation Grant process or how your organization can apply for one, go here.
*Please note that the nature of these grants is to make expedited funding available that may or may not align with the long-term vision of SFF or the S-process grants. These grants have been evaluated and selected on an individual agent basis, instead of a committee that reflects the values of the fund at large.
Final Speculation Grants
| Organization | Amount | Receiving Charity | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergent Research | $100,000 | The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | General support for Convergent Research | |
| Language Model Safety Fund | $150,000 | Players Philanthropy Fund | General support for Language Model Safety Fund | |
| Language Model Safety Fund | $190,000 | Players Philanthropy Fund | General support for Language Model Safety Fund | |
| Foresight Institute | $80,000 | Foresight Institute | General support for Foresight Institute | |
| Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group at UofL (Cybersecurity Lab) | $100,000 | University of Louisville Foundation, Inc. | General support for Dr. Roman Yampolskiy’s Research Group at UofL (Cybersecurity Lab) | |
| PARPA | $110,000 | Rethink Charity | General support for PARPA | |
| Cave Exploration Society Inc. | $20,000 | Cave Exploration Society Inc. | General support | |
| 1Day Sooner | $50,000 | 1Day Sooner | General support | |
| 1Day Sooner | $25,000 | 1Day Sooner | General support | |
| The Modern Agriculture Foundation | $20,000 | The Modern Agriculture Foundation | General support | |
| Effective Institutions Project | $150,000 | Nine Muses Foundation | General support for Effective Institutions Project | |
| Effective Institutions Project | $20,000 | Nine Muses Foundation | General support for Effective Institutions Project | |
| Effective Institutions Project | $20,000 | Nine Muses Foundation | General support for Effective Institutions Project | |
| Topos Institute | $50,000 | Topos Institute | General support | |
| Silent Cry, Inc. | $250,000 | Silent Cry, Inc. | General support | |
| Second Foundation | $180,000 | Second Foundation | General support | |
| AddisCoder Inc. | $30,000 | AddisCoder Inc. | General support | |
| Summer Science Program, Inc. | $13,000 | Summer Science Program, Inc | General support | |
| Mathematics Foundation of America | $57,000 | Mathematics Foundation of America | General support | ` |
| MISE Foundation, Ghana | $10,000 | Benevity/ Online giving foundation | General support for MISE Foundation, Ghana | |
| Maine School of Science and Mathematics | $30,000 | Maine School of Science and Mathematics Foundation | General support | |
| Number Champions | $10,000 | Number Champions | General support | |
| The Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc. | $10,000 | The Art of Problem Solving, Inc | General support for The Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc. | |
| Eugene Math Circle | $30,000 | University of Oregon Foundation | General support for Eugene Math Circle |