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FAR AI

organization · Fund for Alignment Research, Fund for Alignment Research (FAR)

Technical AI safety researchAI safetyAI safety metaAI safety fieldbuildingAI governance, policy, and advocacy

Received
$68,439,276
from 7 funders
Grants
36
Funders
7
Years active
2021–25

Grants over time

$0$20M$40M$60M20212022202320242025

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$59,347,67687%18
Jaan Tallinn$6,108,6009%13
Future of Life Institute$1,858,0003%1
FTX Future Fund$1,025,0001%1
Longview Philanthropy$100,0000%1

Biggest recipients

Robi Rahman$30,000100%1

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2025Coefficient Giving$28,675,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Safety Research and Field-building
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$919,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Apr 2025Coefficient Giving$6,650,000AI safety metacoefficient_givingAI Field Building
Apr 2025Coefficient Giving$2,420,253Advocacycoefficient_givingAI Communications and Outreach
2025Center for Security and Emerging Technology—Technical AI safety researchorg_reportedPrincipal supporters include...Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
2025AI Safety Fund—Technical AI safety researchorg_reportedthe AI Safety Fund (AISF), supported by the Frontier Model Forum (FMF)
Dec 20, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Com$100,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineTo support the running of events, workshops, conferences, or similar, focused on the R&D of FlexHEG mechanisms
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$383,000Technical AI safety researchsffGeneral support
Jul 2024Coefficient Giving$676,180Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Alignment Research Projects
Jun 2024Coefficient Giving$12,000,000AI safetycoefficient_givingAI Safety Regranting
May 6, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Safe AI Forum
May 6, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$30,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Safe AI Forum
Apr 2024Coefficient Giving$2,160,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Apr 2024Coefficient Giving$1,800,000AI safety fieldbuildingcoefficient_givingAI Field Building 
Apr 2024Coefficient Giving$1,700,000Research hubscoefficient_givingFAR Labs Office Space
Jan 2024Coefficient Giving$645,750Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Alignment Research Projects
Dec 2023Longview Philanthropy$100,000Technical AI safety researchlongviewResearch directions focused on safely building advanced AI systems (robustness, value alignment, model testing, interpretability). ECF December 2023 grants report. — Emerging Challenges Fund
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$464,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Oct 10, 2023Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$96,500Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Alex Turner
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$134,500Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Oct 2, 2023Jaan TallinnLightspeed Grants$186,600Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Sep 2023Coefficient Giving$166,500Eventscoefficient_givingAlignment Workshop
Jul 2023Coefficient Giving$460,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$1,063,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$2,028,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Apr 7, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$170,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support
Mar 2023Coefficient Giving$100,000Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingAI Interpretability Research
Mar 2023Coefficient Giving$280,000Research hubscoefficient_givingFAR Labs Office Space
2023Future of Life Institute$1,858,000Technical AI safety researchfliGeneral support for neglected, high-potential AI safety research agendas. — 2023 Grants (Existential Risk Reduction / Institutional Grants)
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$625,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingGeneral Support
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$49,500Evalscoefficient_givingInverse Scaling Prize
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$50,000Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingInterpretability Research
Dec 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$524,000ControlsffGeneral Support
Aug 2022Coefficient Giving$463,693Alignment methodscoefficient_givingLanguage Model Misalignment
2022FTX Future Fund$1,025,000Technical AI safety researchftx_future_fundThis regrant will fund the operations of the Fund for Alignment Research, which primarily provides engineering support to AI alignment researchers. — Artificial Intelligence
Oct 2021Coefficient Giving$425,800Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingLanguage Model Misalignment

Grants made 1 · $30,000 · $30,000 average

Date ↓RecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Aug 1, 2026Robi Rahman$30,000Othergrantmaking_aiAViD verification technology grant

As fiscal sponsor 1 · $580,000 · $580,000 average

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnSafe AI ForumSurvival and Flourishing Fund$580,000Epistemic infrastructuresffGeneral support of Safe AI Forum