Trace

Survival and Flourishing Projects

organization

Total routed
$1,237,076
Grants
27
Average size
$45,818
Years active
2020–24

Grants over time

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K20202021202220232024

Biggest funders

Jaan Tallinn$1,237,076100%27

Biggest recipients

Global Shield$200,00016%1
Effective Altruism Foundation, Inc.$200,00016%1
Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters$180,00015%1
Haydn Belfield$119,46210%1
Rumtin Sepasspour$66,0005%1
Fırat Akova$55,5094%2
David Janku$41,3533%1
Nathaniel Sebastian Cooke$35,7003%1

Grants made 2 · $78,333 · $39,167 average

Date ↓RecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jul 2021AI Safety Camp$35,000Training pipelinesvipul_donationsGrant for "facilitating two editions where selected applicants prioritise and test their fit for AI x-safety research."
Nov 2020Effective Thesis$43,333EA infrastructurevipul_donationsContinuing the development of https://effectivethesis.org/

Grants via

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 23, 2024Jaan TallinnSafe AI ConsultingSurvival and Flourishing Projects$4,500AI safety fieldbuildingjaan_onlineContractor payment for AI Safety Camp
Jan 12, 2024Jaan TallinnAlliance to Feed the Earth in DisastersSurvival and Flourishing Projects$180,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Dec 1, 2023Jaan TallinnGlobal ShieldSurvival and Flourishing Projects$200,000Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support
Aug 11, 2023Jaan TallinnRemmelt EllenSurvival and Flourishing Projects$30,333Otherjaan_onlineFacilitating two editions where selected applicants prioritise and test their fit for AI x-safety research
May 23, 2023Jaan TallinnCLRSurvival and Flourishing Projects$29,627Otherjaan_onlineGeneral support for Center on Long-Term Risk
Nov 18, 2022Jaan TallinnCooperation for Humanity RetreatSurvival and Flourishing Projects$31,388Otherjaan_onlineCosts associated with the Cooperation for Humanity Retreat 10/23-10/30/2022
Mar 1, 2022Jaan TallinnEffective Altruism Foundation, Inc.Survival and Flourishing Projects$200,000Otherjaan_onlineRegranted to CLR when Paul Knott returned the money
Jan 24, 2022Jaan TallinnJosh JacobsonSurvival and Flourishing Projects$15,750Otherjaan_onlineThoroughly researching the taxability of grants to individuals and sharing those findings
Sep 16, 2021Jaan TallinnNathaniel Sebastian CookeSurvival and Flourishing Projects$35,700Otherjaan_onlineResearching how knowledge of deep history could contribute to decision-making for robustly good longtermist outcomes
Jul 25, 2021Jaan TallinnLogan SmithSurvival and Flourishing Projects$10,000Otherjaan_onlineLearning mathematics for infra-bayesian research
Jul 1, 2021Jaan TallinnPhilip BlagoveschenskySurvival and Flourishing Projects$19,380Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineSelf-studying and trying to extend Vanessa Kosoy’s Learning-Theoretic AI Alignment research
Jul 1, 2021Jaan TallinnFırat AkovaSurvival and Flourishing Projects$38,009Otherjaan_onlineUnderstanding the implications of artificial sentience for the long-term future
Jun 22, 2021Jaan TallinnHaydn BelfieldSurvival and Flourishing Projects$119,462Otherjaan_onlineEarning a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University focussed on arms control
Jun 18, 2021Jaan TallinnLaura VaughanSurvival and Flourishing Projects$22,000Otherjaan_onlineSystematizing a biomechanical framework around micronutrition and chronic illness
Feb 9, 2021Jaan TallinnToby McMasterSurvival and Flourishing Projects$2,159Otherjaan_onlineFurthering skills in R and Python, with a view toward epidemiological and bioinformatic datasets
Jan 4, 2021Jaan TallinnAndrew JillionsSurvival and Flourishing Projects$30,000Otherjaan_onlineWriting and event planning on the topic of frontier technologies
Jan 4, 2021Jaan TallinnAlexander Gietelink OldenzielSurvival and Flourishing Projects$30,000Otherjaan_onlineFormalizing notions of debate/dialogue integrate probabilistic and logical reasoning using linear logic
Dec 15, 2020Jaan TallinnDavid JankuSurvival and Flourishing Projects$41,353Otherjaan_onlineContinuing the development of https://effectivethesis.org/
Dec 14, 2020Jaan TallinnPatrick ButlinSurvival and Flourishing Projects$19,200Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineResearching the philosophy of human values and AI alignment
Dec 10, 2020Jaan TallinnFırat AkovaSurvival and Flourishing Projects$17,500Otherjaan_onlineExploring effective institution designs and considering representation of future generations in present-day institutions
Dec 9, 2020Jaan TallinnBenjamin David HarackSurvival and Flourishing Projects$6,240Other existential riskjaan_onlineDeveloping a rational actor bargaining model of technology races with existential risk
Dec 8, 2020Jaan TallinnPaul KnottSurvival and Flourishing Projects$4,873Technical AI safety researchjaan_onlineTransitioning from quantum physics into AI alignment research
Dec 8, 2020Jaan TallinnRumtin SepasspourSurvival and Flourishing Projects$66,000Other existential riskjaan_onlineImproving the capability of existential and global catastrophic risk researchers to engage and inform government policy
Dec 8, 2020Jaan TallinnNicolas MoesSurvival and Flourishing Projects$14,402AI governance, policy, and advocacy, Local groupsjaan_onlineGeneral supporting community-, skills- and field-building on European governance for AGI-related, global catastrophic and existential risks
Dec 2, 2020Jaan TallinnSteve PetersenSurvival and Flourishing Projects$35,000AI safetyjaan_onlineResearching the philosophical challenges of ensuring AGI systems can learn and improve their fundamental values
Nov 16, 2020Jaan TallinnAndrew JonesSurvival and Flourishing Projects$25,000Otherjaan_onlineTesting the viability of using scaling laws to model multiagent systems
Nov 16, 2020Jaan TallinnJonas MüllerSurvival and Flourishing Projects$9,200Otherjaan_onlineUsing Bayesian ML to find more interpretable solutions to AI race models