Trace

Vitalik Buterin

organization

Total granted
$551,336,808
Grants
4
Average size
$137,834,202
Coverage
100%
itemized by recipient
Years active
2018–25

Grants over time

$0$200M$400M$600M20182019202020212022202320242025

Biggest cause areas

AI safety$549,531,672100%1
AI safety meta$1,000,0000%1
Technical AI safety research$802,1360%1
Other$3,0000%1

Biggest recipients

Future of Life Institute$549,531,672100%1
Lightcone Infrastructure$1,000,0000%1
Machine Intelligence Research Institute$802,1360%1
Alex Toussaint$3,0000%1

Grants made

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 8, 2025Alex ToussaintManifund$3,000OthermanifundBuild anti-mosquito drones
2023Lightcone Infrastructure$1,000,000Epistemic infrastructureorg_reportedVitalik Buterin and Jed McCaleb who each contributed $1,000,000 in 2023
2021Future of Life Institute$549,531,672AI safetyfli_990Donation of SHIB tokens; FLI’s Form 990 reports $549,531,672 of revenue for the 2021 tax year — Form 990 (2021)
2018Machine Intelligence Research Institute$802,136Foundationsvipul_donations