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80,000 Hours

80000hours.org · organization

Career advice organization that produces research, a podcast and one-on-one advising to steer people into high-impact work, with AI safety as its top-rated problem.

Leadership

  • Niel Bowerman · CEO
  • Benjamin Todd · President and Co-founder
  • Bella Forristal · Director of Growth
  • Brenton Mayer · Director of Special Projects
  • Huon Porteous · Director of Career Services
  • Michelle Hutchinson · Director of Studio and Strategy
  • Sashika Coxhead · Director of Operations

Team

56 people

source, Oct 2026

Other existential riskEA infrastructureOtherAI safety meta

Received
$53,114,330
from 55 funders
Grants
87
Funders
55
Years active
2012–25

Grants over time

$0$5.0M$10M$15M$20M20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Coefficient GivingJaan TallinnAll others

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$47,055,32589%14
Jaan Tallinn$1,159,8162%14
Laidir Foundation$828,5172%1
Ben Delo$828,5172%1
Luke Ding$828,5172%1
EA Infrastructure Fund$490,8181%4
Sam Bankman-Fried$262,0000%1
Alex Gordon-Brown and Denise Melchin$262,0000%1

Reviews

Neel Nanda · Manifund · full post · Aug 22, 2024

80,000 Hours, Aug 2024

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I think 80K is doing good work that should clearly be funded - I've had 80K career advising several times and found it quite valuable, and think it helped push me over the edge into pursuing AI Safety work (not donating more as I think they're far too large an org to get much value from EACC, and it's best spent on smaller orgs)

Matt Wage · Long-Term Future Fund · full post · Sep 18, 2020

$100,000

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General support

80,000 Hours is an organization that “provides research and support to help people switch into careers that effectively tackle [the world’s most pressing problems]”. They primarily focus on longtermist cause areas. You can see their most recent self-review here.

80,000 Hours is one of the organizations in the EA community that I am most optimistic about. This is partly because they seem to be addressing an important bottleneck with a high-caliber team, and partly because of a promising track record (e.g. “From 2016, the numbers of EAs reporting first hearing about EA from 80,000 Hours explode from 9% to 13% to 25%, making them the largest single source of EA recruitment in 2018.”)

80,000 Hours had not managed to hit their fundraising target and seemed to be running out of plausible funders, so it seemed like a good time for us to make a grant and help fill their remaining gap.

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2025Coefficient Giving$7,700,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Feb 2025Coefficient Giving$2,700,000Other existential risk, EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingMarketing
Nov 20, 2024Dr WakuManifund$10EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Oct 2024Coefficient Giving$6,600,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Sep 30, 2024AlanManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Oscar SykesManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Cameron HolmesManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Dusan D NesicManifund$100EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Lorenzo BuonannoManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Zach Stein-PerlmanManifund$200EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Matthew Cameron Farrugia-RobertsManifund$49EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Holly MorganManifund$500EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Johnny Ten-NumbersManifund$45EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Lindley LentatiManifund$10EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Daniel FriedrichManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024EA Community ChoiceManifund$2,566EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024JoëlManifund$10EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Catherine MarksManifund$20EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Andrew DjuwidjaManifund$100EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Aaron LehmannManifund$75EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Nina FriedrichManifund$40EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Elaine PerlmanManifund$200EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Neel NandaManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Anton MakiievskyiManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024David MossManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024LunManifund$10EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Isaac DunnManifund$80EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Michaël Rubens TrazziManifund$10EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Andy MartinManifund$100EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024f1c6c899-c27e-4461-ad33-4da3a4828d85Manifund$100EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Tassilo NeubauerManifund$50EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Rohan Selva-RadovManifund$40EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
Sep 30, 2024Lucas KManifund$200EA infrastructuremanifund80,000 Hours
2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$200,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral support of 80,000 hours
Oct 2023Coefficient Giving$2,400,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingMarketing
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$12,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support of 80,000 Hours
Oct 2023Coefficient Giving$4,250,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
May 2023Coefficient Giving$5,575,238EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Apr 2023Coefficient Giving$2,492,000EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingMarketing
Jan 2023Coefficient Giving$1,200,000EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Jun 2022Coefficient Giving$3,000,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingMarketing
May 2022Coefficient Giving$1,250,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Dec 16, 2020Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$20,000EA infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support
Jun 2020Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$120,000OthersffGeneral Support of 80,000 Hours
Jun 2020Jed McCalebSurvival and Flourishing Fund$30,000OthersffGeneral Support of 80,000 Hours
Jun 2020Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$30,000OthersffGeneral Support of 80,000 Hours
Apr 14, 2020Long-Term Future Fund$100,000EA infrastructurevipul_donations
Feb 2020Coefficient Giving$3,457,284Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Dec 16, 2019Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$70,000EA infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 2019Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$40,000OthersffGeneral Support of 80,000 Hours
Sep 2019Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$280,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support
Aug 23, 2019EA Infrastructure Fund$200,000EA infrastructurevipul_donations80,000 Hours plans to hirre 5 full-time equivalents (FTE) over 2019 and anothe 5 over 2020. The additional funding gives them the budget needed to pay for these hires
Apr 22, 2019Jaan TallinnBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$350,000EA infrastructurejaan_onlineRestricted grant to 80,000 Hours
Feb 2019Coefficient Giving$4,795,803Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Jan 2019EA Infrastructure FundEA Funds$170,000EA infrastructureea_fundsCarry out research into how talented individuals can maximise the impact of their careers, produce online advice, identify readers who might be able to enter priority areas, and provide these readers with free in-person advice and connections to mentors, job openings and funding
Oct 2018EA Infrastructure FundEA Funds$45,000EA infrastructureea_fundsCarry out research into how talented individuals can maximise the impact of their careers, produce online advice, identify readers who might be able to enter priority areas, and provide these readers with free in-person advice and connections to mentors, job openings and funding
Aug 14, 2018EA Infrastructure Fund$75,818EA infrastructurevipul_donationsBeckstead writes "I recommended these grants with the suggestion that these grantees look for ways to use funding to trade money for saving the time or increasing the productivity of their employees (e.g. subsidizing electronics upgrades or childcare), due to a sense that (i) their work is otherwise much less funding constrained than it used to be, and (ii) spending like this would better reflect the value of staff time and increase staff satisfaction. However, I also told them that I was open to them using these funds to accomplish this objective indirectly (e.g. through salary increases) or using the funds for another purpose if that seemed better to them."
Jul 2018Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$91,450AI safety metaea_fundsFunding to trade money for saving the time or increasing the productivity of their employees (e.g. subsidizing electronics upgrades or childcare)
Feb 2018Coefficient Giving$510,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Mar 2017Coefficient Giving$1,125,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
2016EA Giving Group—EA infrastructurevipul_donationsActual date range: December 2015 to February 2016. Exact date, amount, or fraction not known, but it is the donee with the second highest amount donated out of six donees in this period
2016Haseeb Qureshi$25,300EA infrastructurevipul_donationsThe announcement post says: "80K is an organization that advises young people on how to do the most good with their careers. They analyze different career paths, balancing career capital with altruistic aims."
2016EA Giving Group—EA infrastructurevipul_donationsActual date range: February 2016 to December 2016. Exact date, amount, or fraction not known, but it is the donee with the second highest amount donated out of three donees in this period
Dec 30, 2014Jaan Tallinn$8,678EA infrastructurejaan_onlineDonation (10 000 usd)
Mar 14, 2014Jaan Tallinn$4,139EA infrastructurejaan_onlineDonation
2014EA Giving Group—EA infrastructurevipul_donationsActual date range: December 2013 to December 2014. Exact date, amount, or fraction not known, but it is the donee with the highest amount donated out of five donees in this period
Dec 30, 2013Jaan Tallinn$5,000EA infrastructurejaan_onlineDonation
Oct 1, 2013Jaan Tallinn$15,000EA infrastructurejaan_onlineDonation
Nov 7, 2012Julia Wise and Jeff Kaufman$21,053EA infrastructurejefftkPersonal donations
Sep 6, 2012Jaan Tallinn$5,000EA infrastructurejaan_onlineDonation
—Laidir Foundation~$828,517*EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Sam Bankman-Fried~$262,000†EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Alex Gordon-Brown and Denise Melchin~$262,000†EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Tim Reynolds~$46,315‡EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Frederick Mulder Foundation~$92,631§EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Giving What We Can~$262,000†EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Y Combinator~$46,315‡EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Effektiv Spenden~$46,315‡EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Ben Delo~$828,517*EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Mark Barnes~$46,315‡EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Luke Ding~$828,517*EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Casey and Family Foundation~$262,000†EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Patrick Brinich-Langlois~$46,315‡EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Kit Harris~$92,631§EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Double Up Drive~$92,631§EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Alameda Research~$92,631§EA infrastructureorg_reportedNamed on 80,000 Hours' public list of donors
—Longview Philanthropy—EA infrastructurelongviewFeatured grant on the 2023 archived longview.org site (no amount or description recoverable; page title only). — Longview advised/recommended grant

* The source reports this donation in the 400,000–1,000,000 GBP tier; recorded at the geometric mean.

† The source reports this donation in the 100,000–400,000 GBP tier; recorded at the geometric mean.

‡ The source reports this donation in the 25,000–50,000 GBP tier; recorded at the geometric mean.

§ The source reports this donation in the 50,000–100,000 GBP tier; recorded at the geometric mean.