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Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc.

organization · Players Philanthropy Fund (Towson, MD; fiscal sponsor)

OtherAI safetyTechnical AI safety researchAI governance, policy, and advocacy

Received
$2,840,000
from 3 funders
Grants
24
Funders
3
Years active
2021–24

Grants over time

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M2021202220232024

Biggest funders

Jaan Tallinn$2,764,00097%22
Longview Philanthropy$51,0002%1
Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$25,0001%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
2024Robert and Virginia Shiller Foundation$25,000Otherirs_990TO ASSIST THE RECIPIENT IN CARRYING OUT ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Nov 27, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$18,280Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Psychosecurity Ethics at EURAIO
Nov 21, 2024Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$510,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Tarbell Fellowship
Aug 8, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for AGI Inherent Non-Safety
Aug 6, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research
Aug 5, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research
Jul 23, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineTo Training for Good for Tarbell Fellowship
Jul 19, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Arkose
Jul 10, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$19,720Securityjaan_onlineGeneral support for Psychosecurity Ethics at The European Responsible Artificial Intelligence Office
Jul 1, 2024Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$10,000Otherjaan_onlineFor general operating support for Centre for Enabling Effective Altruism Learning and Research
2024Longview Philanthropy$51,000Domestic policylongviewFY2024 (calendar year 2024) Form 990 Schedule I, Longview Philanthropy USA Inc (EIN 93-2664730): 'Supporting public-interest, expert-led research and collaboration to strengthen best practices for AI governance in Europe.' Likely one of the six EU AI Act Code of Practice support grants (fiscally sponsored project not named). — Longview Philanthropy USA Inc direct grant (990 Schedule I)
Dec 15, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$30,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Riesgos Catastróficos Globales
Dec 7, 2023Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$100,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Spiro Project
Aug 15, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$96,000Otherjaan_onlineVael salary component of 2023-h1 grant
Jul 6, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$95,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for EthicsNet
Jun 15, 2023Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$196,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Project Solve
Jun 15, 2023Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$587,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Arkose
Jun 14, 2023Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$50,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for EURAIO (The European Responsible Artificial Intelligence Office)
Mar 23, 2023Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$170,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Technical Alignment Impossibility Proofs
Dec 13, 2022Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$100,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Scholarship Workshop
Oct 31, 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$50,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Centre for Exploratory Altruism Research
Jun 23, 2022Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$242,000Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineGeneral support for Fund for Alignment Research
Mar 1, 2022Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$340,000AI safetyjaan_onlineGeneral support for Language Model Safety Fund
Dec 16, 2021Jaan TallinnFounders Pledge$100,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters

As fiscal sponsor 11 · $3,787,000 · $344,273 average

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnCompassion in Machine Learning (CaML)Survival and Flourishing Fund$83,000AI welfaresffGeneral support of Compassion in Machine Learning
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnAI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems ResearchSurvival and Flourishing Fund$328,000OthersffGeneral support of AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research
Sep 2025Jaan TallinnEthicsNet Creed.SpaceSurvival and Flourishing Fund$80,000OthersffGeneral support of EthicsNet Creed.Space
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnTarbell Center for AI JournalismSurvival and Flourishing Fund$520,000Training pipelinessffGeneral support of Tarbell Fellowship
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnAI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems ResearchSurvival and Flourishing Fund$184,000EvalssffGeneral support of AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnPsychosecurity Ethics @ EURAIOSurvival and Flourishing Fund$38,000OthersffGeneral support of Psychosecurity Ethics @ EURAIO
Oct 30, 2024Jaan TallinnAGI Inherent Non-SafetySurvival and Flourishing Fund$135,000FoundationssffGeneral support of AGI Inherent Non-Safety
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnArkoseSurvival and Flourishing Fund$683,000AI governance, policy, and advocacysffGeneral Support of Arkose
May 2022Jaan TallinnLanguage Model Safety FundSurvival and Flourishing Fund$582,000AI safetysffGeneral support of Language Model Safety Fund
Nov 20, 2021Jaan TallinnAlliance to Feed the Earth in DisastersSurvival and Flourishing Fund$979,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support of Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters
Jul 2021Jaan TallinnAlliance to Feed the Earth in DisastersSurvival and Flourishing Fund$175,000Other existential risksffGeneral Support of Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters