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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

organization · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Tegmark group), MIT

Total routed
$35,291,241
Grants
16
Average size
$2,205,703
Years active
2016–26

Grants over time

$0$5.0M$10M$15M$20M20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$33,278,24194%11
UK AI Security Institute$1,768,5005%3
Jaan Tallinn$244,5001%2

Biggest recipients

Neil Thompson$20,339,36058%4
Synthetic Neurobiology Group$5,970,00017%2
MIT Media Lab$4,538,88113%3
Aleksander Madry$1,430,0004%1
Vinod Vaikuntanathan$1,179,0003%2
Kevin Esvelt$1,000,0003%1
Ryan Williams$589,5002%1
Tony Wang$233,5001%1

Grants received 7 · $1,108,844 · $158,406 average

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 2026Longview Philanthropy$600,000Other existential risklongviewUPDATED 2026-09-03: testing whether cosmic-particle signatures of nuclear warheads could verify compliance with the Outer Space Treaty's ban on nuclear weapons in orbit. Featured (no amount published) as a Nuclear Weapons Policy Fund grant on longview.org, added to the site May 2026, but identifiable as 'Arms Control Verification of the Outer Space Treaty: Feasibility Study' -- a $600,000 first-round award announced 29 Jan 2026 by the Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, whose press release names Longview Philanthropy among the consortium members supporting this specific award (alongside Carnegie Corporation of New York and other funder(s)). The $600,000 is the Consortium's total multi-funder award for the project, not Longview's share alone. See https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/consortium-to-reduce-nuclear-dangers-announces-first-round-of-grant-awards-and-welcomes-new-partner/ . Previously recorded here with amount null and date 2026 (year precision, from longview.org alone); amount/date updated now that the underlying Consortium award has been identified. — Nuclear Weapons Policy Fund / Nuclear Consortium (co-launched by Longview)
2024Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$5,000Otherirs_990TO ASSIST THE RECIPIENT IN CARRYING OUT ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Oct 26, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$223,000FoundationssffGeneral Support
2021Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$2,500Otherirs_990GENERAL SUPPORT
Nov 2020Coefficient Giving$275,344Othervipul_donationsThe grant page says "The research will consist of projects to learn how algorithmic improvement affects economic growth, gather data on the performance and compute usage of machine learning methods, and estimate cost models for deep learning projects."
2019Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$1,500Otherirs_990GENERAL SUPPORT
2017Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$1,500Otherirs_990GENERAL SUPPORT

Grants via

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstituteRyan WilliamsMassachusetts Institute of Technology~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiExploring The Role of Relativization and Problem Extensions in AI Safety — led by Ryan Williams. — Alignment Project
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstituteVinod VaikuntanathanMassachusetts Institute of Technology~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiVerification, Robustness and Alignment through a Cryptographic Lens — led by Vinod Vaikuntanathan. — Alignment Project
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstituteVinod VaikuntanathanMassachusetts Institute of Technology~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiBackdoors and Cryptographic Hardness in Neural Networks — led by Vinod Vaikuntanathan. — Alignment Project
Jan 2025Coefficient GivingNeil ThompsonMassachusetts Institute of Technology$3,600,000Strategy & forecastingcoefficient_givingAI Trends and Impacts Research (Neil Thompson)
Mar 27, 2024Jaan TallinnTong WangMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Lightspeed Grants$11,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tong Wang’s PhD
Jan 30, 2024Jaan TallinnTony WangMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Lightspeed Grants$233,500Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tony Wang’s PhD
Jul 2023Coefficient GivingNeil ThompsonMassachusetts Institute of Technology$2,911,324Strategy & forecastingcoefficient_givingAI Trends and Impacts Research (Neil Thompson)
Dec 2022Coefficient GivingMIT Media LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology$2,648,881Biosecuritycoefficient_givingBiosecurity Research
Mar 2022Coefficient GivingNeil ThompsonMassachusetts Institute of Technology$13,277,348Strategy & forecastingcoefficient_givingAI Trends and Impacts Research (Neil Thompson)
Mar 2021Coefficient GivingMIT Media LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology$1,000,000Biosecuritycoefficient_givingKevin Esvelt’s Research
Feb 2021Coefficient GivingAleksander MadryMassachusetts Institute of Technology$1,430,000Securitycoefficient_givingAdversarial Robustness Research (Aleksander Madry)
Nov 2020Coefficient GivingNeil ThompsonMassachusetts Institute of Technology$550,688Strategy & forecastingcoefficient_givingAI Trends and Impacts Research (Neil Thompson)
Oct 2020Coefficient GivingMIT Media LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology$890,000Biosecuritycoefficient_givingDNA Synthesis Screening Methods
Mar 2019Coefficient GivingKevin EsveltMassachusetts Institute of Technology$1,000,000Biosecuritycoefficient_givingKevin Esvelt's Research
Feb 2018Coefficient GivingSynthetic Neurobiology GroupMassachusetts Institute of Technology$3,000,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingSynthetic Neurobiology Group
Mar 2016Coefficient GivingSynthetic Neurobiology GroupMassachusetts Institute of Technology$2,970,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingSynthetic Neurobiology Group

* UK AISI reported a total of 27m GBP over 60 projects, so estimating each of them at the average grant size.