Private foundation · EIN 37-1795297 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Founders Pledge's grants went
It reported $33M in grants paid across 76 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 77.3% of those dollars to 57 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $25.5M 57 lines
- No confident match $6.49M 12
- Outside the US $1.01M 7
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
- Website on filing
- FOUNDERSPLEDGE.COM
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 74 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsinghua Education Foundation Na Milpitas, CA · EIN 52-2073001 | $2,540,000 | CHINA CARBON NEUTRALITY PROJECT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY FOR THE COMPONENTS ON RETROFITTING… | Same address 1.00 |
| Ukraine Trustchain Evanston, IL · EIN 88-1192170 | $2,307,956 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Clean Air Task Force Boston, MA · EIN 04-3512550 | $2,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.81 |
| Center for Applied Rationality (Cfar) Berkeley, CA · no confident EIN match | $1,922,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF LIGHTCONE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COORDINATION PROJECT | Unmatched Help match |
| Alignment Research Center Covina, CA · EIN 86-3605182 | $1,846,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF ARC EVALS TEAM | Same address 1.00 |
| Allfed Institute Lafayette, CO · no confident EIN match | $1,586,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Manifold for Charity Austin, TX · EIN 88-3668801 | $1,241,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.79 |
| Far Ai San Diego, CA · EIN 92-0692207 | $1,147,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594 | $1,100,100 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND TEGMARK LAB FUND | Same address 1.00 |
| Centre for Effective Altruism USA San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match | $1,097,000 | LONG-TERM FUTURE FUND, EVENTS TEAM, ONLINE TEAM, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SPECIAL PROJECT TEAM | Unmatched Help match |
| Players Philanthropy Fund Towson, MD · EIN 27-6601178 | $1,053,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF ARKOSE, PROJECT SOLVE, TECHNICAL ALIGNMENT IMPOSSIBILITY PROOFS, SPIRO PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-0969449 | $1,000,000 | FOUNDATIONS OF COOPERATIVE AI LAB (FOCAL) | Same street 1.00 |
| The Energy for Growth Hub Washington, DC · EIN 83-1609680 | $1,000,000 | SUPPORTING THE PPA TRANSPARENCY NORMS PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| Meridian Prime Washington, DC · no confident EIN match | $1,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Center for Ai Safety San Francisco, CA · EIN 88-1751310 | $909,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same city 1.00 |
| Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative San Diego, CA · EIN 81-4820272 | $881,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF BERI-CLTC AND BERI-CHAI COLLABORATIONS, MATS LONDON | Exact name 1.00 |
| Deployus Boston, MA · EIN 47-2818525 | $875,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same city 1.00 |
| Founders Pledge Ltd (Fpl) London, UK · outside the US | $837,200 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Redwood Research Group Berkeley, CA · EIN 87-1702255 | $598,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.85 |
| Opencollective Foundation Covina, CA · EIN 81-4004928 | $565,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE UNJOURNAL | Same address 1.00 |
| Securebio Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3068255 | $548,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Terrapraxis Cambridge, MA · EIN 85-4125576 | $500,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Ashgro Wilmington, DE · EIN 88-4232889 | $455,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| Pragmatist Foundation Audubon, PA · EIN 82-0649041 | $432,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE PRONATALIST.ORG INITIATIVE | Same address 0.87 |
| Radicalxchange Foundation Moraga, CA · EIN 83-2183139 | $400,000 | THE COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE PROJECT, GENERAL SUPPORT OF HONOR SOCIETY FILMS, AUDREY TANG PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| The Goodly Institute Oakland, CA · EIN 47-1371655 | $352,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF AI OBJECTIVES INSTITUTE | Exact name 1.00 |
| Center for Innovative Governance Research Washington, DC · EIN 82-3264419 | $315,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF CHARTER CITIES INSTITUTE | Same city 1.00 |
| Leadexposureeliminationprojectinc Newark, DE · EIN 87-3016729 | $310,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies Santa Monica, CA · EIN 84-3926982 | $304,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Rethink Priorities San Francisco, CA · EIN 84-3896318 | $276,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE RETHINK PRIORITIES EXISTENTIAL SECURITY TEAM AND AI GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGY TEAM | Same address 1.00 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Calabasas, CA · EIN 95-4116679 | $250,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.55 |
| Givewell Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match | $250,000 | MAXIMUM IMPACT FUND, ALL GRANTS FUND, GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| The Taimaka Project Arlington, VA · no confident EIN match | $201,250 | NIGERIA MALNUTRITION TREATMENT PROGRAM. | Unmatched Help match |
| Family Empowerment Media Dover, DE · EIN 87-1152680 | $200,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| Lincoln Network San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match | $189,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| FP21 Washington, DC · EIN 85-3225820 | $172,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same city 1.00 |
| University of Louisville Foundation Louisville, KY · EIN 23-7078461 | $159,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF DR. ROMAN YAMPOLSKIYS RESEARCH GROUP (CYBERSECURITY LAB) | Same address 1.00 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative Washington, DC · EIN 52-2289435 | $150,000 | BIOSECURITY PROGRAMS | Same address 0.79 |
| The Against Malaria Foundation Kansas City, MO · EIN 20-3069841 | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC · EIN 52-1501082 | $136,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF AI GOVERNANCE PROJECT | Same address 1.00 |
| Basis Research Institute New York, NY · EIN 87-4408882 | $126,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| Shining Hope for Communities New York, NY · EIN 27-1493201 | $115,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Machine Intelligence Research Institute Berkeley, CA · EIN 58-2565917 | $107,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF AI IMPACTS | Exact name 1.00 |
| Legal Priorities Project Cambridge, MA · no confident EIN match | $103,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Animal Charity Evaluators Covina, CA · EIN 36-4684978 | $100,000 | SINERGIA ANIMAL INTERNATIONAL | Same address 1.00 |
| The Brookings Institution Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196577 | $100,000 | US/CHINA STRATEGIC DIALOGUES | Same address 1.00 |
| Center for a New American Security Washington, DC · EIN 20-8084828 | $100,000 | TO SUPPORT THE ONE-YEAR PROJECT ON UNDERSTANDING AN INTERNATIONAL AUTONOMOUS INCIDENTS AGREEMENT | Same city 1.00 |
| Center for Election Science Covina, CA · EIN 45-2334002 | $96,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Convergence Analysis Berkeley, CA · EIN 83-2842233 | $86,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR PANDEMIC DEFENSE | Same address 1.00 |
| Safe Place International St Ignace, MI · no confident EIN match | $72,500 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
2 more lines ($50K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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10 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.