Trace

Gavin Leech

organization

Total granted
$192,480
Grants
10
Average size
$19,248
Coverage
100%
itemized by recipient
Years active
2023–26

Grants over time

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2023202420252026

Biggest cause areas

Technical AI safety research$104,48054%2
AI safety fieldbuilding$29,50015%2
AI safety$19,60010%1
AI safety meta$15,0008%2
Other existential risk$13,4007%1
EA infrastructure$10,0005%1
Other$5000%1

Biggest recipients

Petr Salaba$97,48051%1
Principles of Intelligence$25,00013%1
Pete Wolfendale$19,60010%1
Thomas Moynihan$13,4007%1
The Metascience Observatory$10,0005%1
Peli Grietzer$10,0005%1
Yuchen Liu$7,0004%1
ALERT$5,0003%1

Grants received 9 · $26,485 · $2,943 average

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Nov 16, 2024Craig FallsManifund$10,000Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024Nickolai LeschovManifund$300Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024Ryan KiddManifund$1,000Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024Elizabeth Van NostrandManifund$500Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024Neel NandaManifund$8,000Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024ampdotManifund$10Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024Anton MakiievskyiManifund$1,000Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Nov 7, 2024Chin Ze ShenManifund$50Epistemic infrastructuremanifundShallow review of AI safety 2024
Jan 2022Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$5,625Technical AI safety researchea_fundsLongtermist lessons from COVID

Grants made

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 8, 2026Pete WolfendaleManifund$19,600AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
May 21, 2026Thomas MoynihanManifund$13,400Other existential riskmanifundHistory of ideas concerning the future.
May 18, 2026Yuchen LiuManifund$7,000InterpretabilitymanifundΦ-Arena and adversarial multi-agent VLA interpretability
Dec 8, 2025The Metascience ObservatoryManifund$10,000Research infrastructuremanifundThe Metascience Observatory
Dec 6, 2025Principles of IntelligenceManifund$25,000Training pipelinesmanifundPIBBSS - General Programs funding or specific funding
Aug 31, 2025Petr SalabaManifund$97,480Foundations, Global health and developmentmanifundDevelopment of a Cautionary Tale Feature Film about Gradual Disempowerment
Jun 18, 2025Apart ResearchManifund$4,500Training pipelinesmanifundKeep Apart Research Going: Global AI Safety Research & Talent Pipeline
May 22, 2025Peli GrietzerManifund$10,000EA infrastructuremanifundVirtue-Ethical Rationality and Training Dynamics
May 22, 2025niplavManifund$500OthermanifundOrexin Pilot Experiment for Reducing Sleep Need
Dec 7, 2023ALERTManifund$5,000Strategy & forecastingmanifundMake ALERT happen