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Jacob Steinhardt

organization

Technical AI safety researchAI safetyAI safety metaOther existential risk

Received
$4,360,667
from 3 funders
Grants
7
Funders
3
Years active
2015–26

Grants over time

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$3,982,61791%5
Schmidt Sciences$290,0007%1
Future of Life Institute$88,0502%1

Biggest recipients

Long-Term Future Fund$11,22566%1
Global Health and Development Fund$5,40032%1
Institute for Law & AI$4503%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 2026Coefficient Giving$130,000Research infrastructurecoefficient_givingCompute Funds for AI Safety Research
May 2025Coefficient GivingUniversity of California, Berkeley$2,587,634Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingCompute Resources for AI Safety Research (Jacob Steinhardt)
Mar 4, 2024Schmidt Sciences~$290,000*AI safetyschmidt_sciencesAI2050 Early Career Fellow, 2023 cohort; UC Berkeley. Up to $300,000 over two years; exact amount undisclosed. — AI2050 (Early Career Fellow, 2023 cohort)
Nov 2022Coefficient Giving$100,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Alignment Research
Aug 2021Coefficient GivingUniversity of California, Berkeley$53,983Other existential riskcoefficient_givingCourse Development Support (Jacob Steinhardt)
Dec 2019Coefficient GivingUniversity of California, Berkeley$1,111,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingAI Safety Research (Jacob Steinhardt)
2015Future of Life Institute$88,050Technical AI safety researchfliSummer Program in Applied Rationality and Cognition — Stanford University — 2015 AI Safety Grants

* Estimated from Schmidt Sciences' reporting of total given out in the funding round; grant-level amounts were not provided.

Grants made 3 · $17,075 · $5,692 average

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jun 23, 2021Institute for Law & AI$450Legalvipul_donations
Jun 23, 2021Global Health and Development Fund$5,400Global health and developmentvipul_donationsThe Global Health and Development Fund is managed by Elie Hassenfeld, CEO of GiveWell, and primarily funds GiveWell Incubation Grants.
Jun 23, 2021Long-Term Future Fund$11,225Other existential riskvipul_donations