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Open Philanthropy: Global Catastrophic Risks
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Open Philanthropy is among the most influential funders in AI safety and existential risk; understanding their priorities and grantees provides useful context for the broader AI safety research ecosystem and funding landscape.
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This page describes Open Philanthropy's grantmaking focus on global catastrophic risks, including AI safety, biosecurity, and other threats capable of causing civilizational-scale harm. It outlines their strategic priorities, funding philosophy, and key grants in these areas. Open Philanthropy is one of the largest funders in the AI safety and existential risk space.
Key Points
- •Open Philanthropy directs significant philanthropic resources toward reducing risks from advanced AI, pandemics, and other global catastrophic threats.
- •The organization funds both technical AI safety research and governance/policy work aimed at reducing catastrophic outcomes.
- •Their longtermist framework prioritizes interventions with the potential to safeguard humanity's long-term future.
- •Open Philanthropy has been a primary funder for major AI safety organizations including OpenAI safety teams, Anthropic, and academic research groups.
- •The page serves as a hub for understanding which organizations and projects receive funding in the GCR space.
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# Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities
We support work on reducing global catastrophic risks that falls outside our dedicated AI and biosecurity funds.
- 250+
grants made
- $400+
million given
## Contents
- [About the Fund](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-catastrophic-risks-opportunities/#about-the-fund)
- [Funding Opportunities](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-catastrophic-risks-opportunities/#funding-opportunities)
- [Featured Grants](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/global-catastrophic-risks-opportunities/#featured-grants)
## About the Fund
### Team
- [](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/eli-rose/)
[Eli Rose](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/eli-rose/)
Program Director, Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
### Partners
- [**Good Ventures**](https://www.goodventures.org/)
Interested in providing funding within this space? Reach out to [partnerwithus@coefficientgiving.org](mailto:partnerwithus@coefficientgiving.org).
A global catastrophic risk (GCR) is one that could cause severe or even irreversible harm to humans on a global scale, like a pandemic that collapses the world economy. And as technology advances, new GCRs could emerge from fields like advanced AI or bioengineering; we primarily focus on these two areas.
Despite the stakes, relatively few people research GCRs or work full-time to prevent them, and the work receives relatively little philanthropic and institutional funding.
Coefficient’s work on global catastrophic risks largely falls under two other funds: [Navigating Transformative AI](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/navigating-transformative-ai/) and [Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/biosecurity-pandemic-preparedness/). This fund complements those efforts by supporting cross-cutting and foundational work, including projects that strengthen the broader ecosystem of people and organizations addressing global catastrophic risks.
Our grantmaking is focused on:
- **Academic research and research fellowships** to deepen understanding of these issues and of potential interventions.
- **Field-building, coordination, and community support,** including projects that strengthen the [effective altruism movement](https://effectivealtruism.org/) and other networks directing talent and resources toward mitigating GCRs.
- **Career development and transition support** for students and professionals seeking to work on reducing GCRs.
## Funding Opportunities
PrevNext
- Request for Proposals
### [Funding for Programs and Events](https://coefficientgiving.org/funding-for-programs-and-events-on-global-catastrophic-risk-effective-altruism-and-other-topics/)
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