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Center for Applied Rationality

organization · Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR)

Other existential riskEA infrastructureOther

Received
$8,551,671
from 7 funders
Grants
29
Funders
7
Years active
2014–26

Grants over time

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$4,314,00050%7
Jaan Tallinn$4,037,40047%16
Long-Term Future Fund$174,0212%1
Jed McCaleb$23,0000%1
Austin Chen$2,5000%1
Nick Tarleton$7500%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 28, 2026Nick TarletonManifund$750EA infrastructuremanifundaCFAR 2025/6 Fundraiser
Jan 28, 2026Austin ChenManifund$2,500EA infrastructuremanifundaCFAR 2025/6 Fundraiser
Dec 23, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$100,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for flexHEG prototyping
Dec 13, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$100,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for flexHEG prototyping
May 14, 2024Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$85,400Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tushita Jha
May 14, 2024Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$15,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tushita Jha
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$450,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support
Aug 2022Coefficient Giving$700,000EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingSPARC
Jul 2021Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,207,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support
Dec 8, 2020Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$39,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 2020Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$19,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support
Dec 2020Jed McCalebSurvival and Flourishing Fund$23,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support
Dec 2020Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$212,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support
Feb 2020Coefficient Giving$375,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Dec 4, 2019Jaan TallinnTallinn Community Fund$50,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 2019Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$150,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support
Sep 2019Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$110,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support
Aug 18, 2019Jaan TallinnBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$300,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Aug 14, 2018Long-Term Future Fund$174,021EA 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 24, 2018Jaan TallinnBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$300,000Otherjaan_onlineUnrestricted grant
Jan 26, 2018Jaan TallinnBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$800,000Otherjaan_onlineUnrestricted grant
Jan 2018Coefficient Giving$1,000,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Jan 2018Coefficient Giving$560,000EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingSummer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition
Dec 27, 2017Jaan TallinnBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$100,000Otherjaan_onlineUnrestricted grant
May 2017Coefficient Giving$340,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingEuropean Summer Program on Rationality
Jul 2016Coefficient Giving$1,035,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
May 2016Coefficient Giving$304,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingSPARC
2016EA Giving GroupEA infrastructurevipul_donationsActual date range: December 2015 to February 2016. Exact date, amount, or fraction not known, but it is the donee with the fifth highest amount donated out of six donees in this period
2014EA Giving GroupEA infrastructurevipul_donationsActual date range: December 2013 to December 2014. Exact date, amount, or fraction not known, but it is the donee with the second highest amount donated out of five donees in this period

Grants via 8 · $3,354,800 · $419,350 average

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 25, 2024Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$1,720,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure
Oct 25, 2024Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$200,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure
Nov 30, 2023Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$160,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure
Jul 11, 2023Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$250,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure
Dec 8, 2022Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandCenter for Applied Rationality$11,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Elizabeth Van Nostrand c/o Lightcone
Dec 8, 2022Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$600,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure
Aug 18, 2022Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$400,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure
Jul 8, 2022Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureCenter for Applied Rationality$13,800Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for Lightcone Infrastructure

As fiscal sponsor 19 · $8,252,000 · $434,316 average

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
2024Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,720,000Epistemic infrastructuresffGeneral support of Lightcone Infrastructure
2024Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$200,000Epistemic infrastructuresffGeneral support of flexHEG prototyping
2024Jaan TallinnJacob LagerrosSurvival and Flourishing Fund$100,000OthersffGeneral support of flexHEG prototyping
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$410,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of Lightcone Infrastructure
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnCoordination ProjectSurvival and Flourishing Fund$29,000OthersffGeneral Support of Coordination Project
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSLT Summit organizersSurvival and Flourishing Fund$20,000FoundationssffGeneral Support of SLT Summit organizers
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,733,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of Lightcone Infrastructure
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnRationality MeetupsSurvival and Flourishing Fund$140,000EA infrastructuresffGeneral Support of Rationality Meetups
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,000,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of Lightcone Infrastructure
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnElizabeth Van NostrandSurvival and Flourishing Fund$25,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of Elizabeth Van Nostrand c/o Lightcone
Nov 20, 2021Casey and Family FoundationLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$500,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of Lightcone Infrastructure
Nov 20, 2021Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$380,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of Lightcone Infrastructure
Jul 2021Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,055,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of LessWrong
Jun 2020Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$290,000Epistemic infrastructuresffGeneral Support of LessWrong
Jun 2020Jed McCalebLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$30,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of LessWrong
Jun 2020Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureSurvival and Flourishing Fund$110,000Research hubssffGeneral Support of LessWrong
Sep 2019Jaan TallinnLessWrong 2.0Survival and Flourishing Fund$260,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support
Sep 4, 2018Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$150,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for activities to develop and improve the website LessWrong 2.0
Feb 8, 2018Jaan TallinnLightcone InfrastructureBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$100,000Epistemic infrastructurejaan_onlineGeneral support for activities to develop and improve the website LessWrong 2.0