Trace

New York University

organization

Total routed
$3,556,350
Grants
4
Average size
$889,088
Years active
2021–26

Grants over time

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M202120222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$2,077,35058%1
UK AI Security Institute$1,179,00033%2
EA Infrastructure Fund$300,0008%1

Biggest recipients

Alex Leader, Dan Zhao, and He He$2,077,35058%1
Pavel Izmailov$589,50017%1
Rico Angell$589,50017%1
Joshua Lewis$300,0008%1

Grants received 5 · $1,115,000 · $223,000 average

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 2025Coefficient Giving$135,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingZoning Regulations and Housing Research
Jul 2024Coefficient Giving$200,000Animal welfarecoefficient_givingWild Animal Welfare Program
Nov 2022Coefficient Giving$450,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingEthiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Follow-Up
Aug 2022Coefficient Giving$300,000Animal welfarecoefficient_givingWild Animal Welfare Program
Aug 2015Coefficient Giving$30,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingSupport for a Labor Mobility RCT

Grants via

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstitutePavel IzmailovNew York University~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiWeak-to-Strong Consistency Reinforcement Learning — led by Pavel Izmailov. — Alignment Project
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstituteRico AngellNew York University~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiWhat Can Mr. Hyde Tell Us About Dr. Jekyll? Efficiently Evaluating and Red-teaming "Safe" Models with Unsafe Alter Egos — led by Rico Angell. — Alignment Project
Jul 2024Coefficient GivingAlex Leader, Dan Zhao, and He HeNew York University$2,077,350Securitycoefficient_givingLLM Cybersecurity Benchmark (Alex Leader, Dan Zhao, He He)
Jan 2021EA Infrastructure FundJoshua LewisNew York University, EA Funds$300,000EA infrastructureea_fundsGift for Joshua Lewis for his project "Generating infrastructure, momentum, and funding for academic research into promoting EA principles and recruiting EAs"

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