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University of Chicago

uchicago.edu · organization

Global health and developmentEA infrastructureOther existential risk

Received
$5,717,568
from 4 funders
Grants
7
Funders
4
Years active
2022–26

Grants over time

$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M20222023202420252026
Coefficient GivingDustin MoskovitzLongview PhilanthropyJaan Tallinn

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$5,295,06893%4
Dustin Moskovitz$310,0005%1
Longview Philanthropy$93,5002%1
Jaan Tallinn$19,0000%1

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 2026Coefficient Giving$750,000EA infrastructurecoefficient_givingResearch and Community of Practice on Combating Organized Crime in Latin America
Sep 2026Jaan TallinnSurvival and Flourishing Fund$19,000Other existential risksffGeneral support of Existential Risk Laboratory
Sep 2026Dustin MoskovitzSurvival and Flourishing Fund$310,000Other existential risksffGeneral support of Existential Risk Laboratory
Mar 2026Coefficient Giving$2,500,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingEPIC Air Quality Fund
2025Longview Philanthropy$93,500Other existential riskirs_990For Setting Up A Student Nuclear Risk Fellowship And Mentorship Program
Aug 2023Coefficient Giving$73,125Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingAir Quality Monitoring Research
Jan 2022Coefficient Giving$1,971,943Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingResearch on Mobile Conditional Cash Transfers

Grants via 10 · ~$4,587,528 · $458,753 average

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstituteRisi KondorUniversity of Chicago~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiProbabilistic Agentic Foundations for Mesa-Optimization and Emergent Misalignment: formalising how hidden objectives emerge within agents and designing strategies to mitigate them — led by Risi Kondor. — Alignment Project
Feb 19, 2026UK AI Security InstituteAri HoltzmanUniversity of Chicago~$589,500*Technical AI safety researchuk_aisiHyperstition in LLMs: Mapping how narratives become model policies, probing their persistence after removal, and building tamper-evident tripwires against self-fulfilling AI behaviour — led by Ari Holtzman. — Alignment Project
May 2025Coefficient GivingExistential Risk LaboratoryUniversity of Chicago$244,728Training pipelinescoefficient_givingExistential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program
Jun 2024Coefficient GivingEnergy Policy Institute at the University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago$1,490,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingEPIC Air Quality Fund
Apr 2024Coefficient GivingExistential Risk LaboratoryUniversity of Chicago$301,800Other existential riskcoefficient_givingExistential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program
May 2023Coefficient GivingChenhao TanUniversity of Chicago$250,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingResearch on Complementary AI (Chenhao Tan)
May 2023Coefficient GivingExistential Risk LaboratoryUniversity of Chicago$285,000Training pipelinescoefficient_givingExistential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program
2023Future of Life InstituteExistential Risk LaboratoryUniversity of Chicago$380,000Other existential riskfliSupport for Existential Risk Laboratory fellowship and coursework initiatives. — 2023 Grants (Existential Risk Reduction / Institutional Grants)
Jun 2022Coefficient GivingChicago School of Existential RiskUniversity of Chicago$207,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingChicago School of Existential Risk
2022FTX Future FundChenhao TanUniversity of Chicago$250,000Training pipelinesftx_future_fundThis regrant will support the hiring of a PhD student or postdoc to help orient their lab toward AI safety. — Artificial Intelligence

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

As fiscal sponsor 1 · $380,000 · $380,000 average

Date ↓FunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Apr 28, 2023Jaan TallinnExistential Risk LaboratorySurvival and Flourishing Fund$380,000FoundationssffGeneral Support of University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory