Michael Dickens

organization

Total granted: $65,121
Grants: 8
Average size: $8,140
Coverage: 100%; itemized by recipient
Years active: 2015–24

Grants over time

Biggest cause areas

Animal welfare	$49,420	76%	4
AI safety fieldbuilding	$5,451	8%	1
AI governance, policy, and advocacy	$5,050	8%	1
Other	$5,000	8%	1
AI safety meta	$200	0%	1

Biggest recipients

The Good Food Institute	$26,400	41%	1
Raising for Effective Giving	$20,020	31%	2
PauseAI	$5,451	8%	1
AI Safety and Governance Fund	$5,050	8%	1
PauseAI US	$5,000	8%	1
Animal Charity Evaluators	$3,000	5%	1
Lightcone Infrastructure	$200	0%	1

Grants received 1 · $33,000 · $33,000 average

Date ↓	Funder	Via	Amount	Cause	Source	Purpose
Jan 2020	Long-Term Future Fund	EA Funds	$33,000	Technical AI safety research	ea_funds	Conducting independent research on cause prioritization

Grants made 8 · $65,121 · $8,140 average

Date ↓	Recipient	Via	Amount	Cause	Source	Purpose
Dec 30, 2024	AI Safety and Governance Fund	Manifund	$5,050	Advocacy	manifund	Testing and spreading messages to reduce AI x-risk
Dec 11, 2024	PauseAI US	Manifund	$5,000	Other	manifund	PauseAI US 2025 through Q2
Oct 17, 2024	PauseAI	Manifund	$5,451	Local groups, Career transitions	manifund	PauseAI local communities - volunteer stipends
Sep 4, 2024	Lightcone Infrastructure	Manifund	$200	Epistemic infrastructure	manifund	Lightcone Infrastructure
Feb 2017	The Good Food Institute		$26,400	Animal welfare	vipul_donations	See http://mdickens.me/2016/10/31/where_i_am_donating_in_2016/ for a full explanation of the reasons for donation. Note that the donation was for 2016 but was made in 2017 for personal finance and tax reasons
Dec 2015	Raising for Effective Giving		$20	Animal welfare	vipul_donations
Oct 2015	Raising for Effective Giving		$20,000	Animal welfare	vipul_donations	See http://effective-altruism.com/ea/ns/my_cause_selection_michael_dickens/ for the full reasoning; also mirrored at http://mdickens.me/2015/09/15/my_cause_selection/
May 2015	Animal Charity Evaluators		$3,000	Animal welfare	vipul_donations	Part of a collective donation by Stanford EA; Dickens had a preference for THL but deferred to group consensus