Trace

Blake Borgeson

individual

Total granted
$921,472
Grants
13
Average size
$70,882
Coverage
100%
itemized by recipient
Years active
2024–25

Grants over time

$0$200K$400K$600K20242025

Biggest cause areas

Technical AI safety research$511,49256%2
Other existential risk$399,00043%8
Other$5,0001%1
AI safety fieldbuilding$3,0000%1
AI governance, policy, and advocacy$2,9800%1

Biggest recipients

Machine Intelligence Research Institute$510,49255%1
Amodo Design$135,00015%1
Earendil$113,00012%2
TamperSec$85,0009%1
Worcester Polytechnic Institute & University of Massachusetts Amherst$24,0003%1
University of Southern California$19,0002%1
Oregon State University$17,0002%1
Mila$6,0001%1

Grants made

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 3, 2025Murray BuchananManifund$2,980International governancemanifundLive Governance
Dec 2024Center for AI Safety, Inc.Survival and Flourishing Fund$1,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Dec 2024Oregon State UniversitySurvival and Flourishing Fund$17,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024University of Southern CaliforniaSurvival and Flourishing Fund$19,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024MilaSurvival and Flourishing Fund$6,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024Amodo DesignSurvival and Flourishing Fund$135,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute & University of Massachusetts AmherstSurvival and Flourishing Fund$24,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024EarendilSurvival and Flourishing Fund$96,000Other existential risksffGeneral support of Security Layers Project
Dec 2024TamperSecSurvival and Flourishing Fund$85,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024EarendilSurvival and Flourishing Fund$17,000Other existential risksffGeneral support of Standards Infrastructure Project
Nov 19, 2024Michaël Rubens TrazziManifund$5,000OthermanifundFinishing The SB-1047 Documentary
Nov 14, 2024SahilManifund$3,000Eventsmanifund[AI Safety Workshop @ EA Hotel] Autostructures
Machine Intelligence Research Institute$510,492Foundationsorg_reportedRecent top contributor; cumulative contributions over the past 5 years incl. matching