Trace

University of Southern California

organization

Global health and developmentOther existential riskTechnical AI safety research

Received
$3,891,948
from 3 funders
Grants
8
Funders
3
Years active
2016–25

Grants over time

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0M2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$3,379,94887%6
Future of Life Institute$493,00013%1
Blake Borgeson$19,0000%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jul 2025Coefficient Giving$206,600Interpretabilitycoefficient_givingDetecting Hidden Knowledge in Language Models
Dec 2024Blake BorgesonSurvival and Flourishing Fund$19,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Dec 2024Future of Life InstituteSurvival and Flourishing Fund$493,000Other existential risksffGeneral support
Oct 2024Coefficient Giving$1,070,495Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingClinical Trial for Preterm Birth Supplements
Oct 2023Coefficient Giving$160,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingLinezolid Trial for Syphilis
Mar 2023Coefficient Giving$114,353Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingPreterm Births Research
Dec 2022Coefficient Giving$90,000Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingSyphilis Genome Sequencing
Apr 2016Coefficient Giving$1,738,500Global health and developmentcoefficient_givingGenomic Research Methods

Grants via 5 · $1,512,803 · $302,561 average

DateFunderRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 2026Coefficient GivingJohn HawthorneUniversity of Southern California$732,000Foundationscoefficient_givingMiscellaneous Research Projects (John Hawthorne)
Oct 2025Coefficient GivingJonathan MayUniversity of Southern California$257,803Controlcoefficient_givingResearch on Steganographic Encoding (Jonathan May)
2022Future of Life InstituteHollywood, Health & SocietyUniversity of Southern California$170,000Other existential riskfliHollywood, Health & Society program: entertainment-industry education on nuclear weapons risks and irresponsible uses of AI; BlueSky Screenwriting Competition. — 2022 Grants (Existential Risk Reduction / Institutional Grants)
Oct 2021Coefficient GivingJake NebelUniversity of Southern California$33,000Other existential riskcoefficient_givingCourse Development Support (Jake Nebel)
Aug 2021Coefficient GivingRobin JiaUniversity of Southern California$320,000Securitycoefficient_givingAdversarial Robustness Research (Robin Jia)