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EA Institutions' Response to the FTX Collapse - Footnote 19

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Last checked: 4/3/2026

unsupported: The Alignment Research Center voluntarily returned its $1.25 million FTX Foundation grant, stating the money "morally (if not legally) belongs to FTX customers or creditors." unsupported: FTX paid the Center for AI Safety $6.5 million between May and September 2022; the FTX bankruptcy estate subsequently probed this payment. unsupported: Stanford's Center for Innovation in Global Health had received $1.5 million from the Future Fund for pandemic-prevention seed grants and removed public mention of the grant from its communications following the collapse; Stanford has not publicly explained this decision.

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contradicted70%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026
Found: The Alignment Research Center voluntarily returned its \$1.25 million FTX Foundation grant, stating the money "morally (if not legally) belongs to FTX customers or creditors." ProPublica returned the

Note: unsupported: The Alignment Research Center voluntarily returned its $1.25 million FTX Foundation grant, stating the money "morally (if not legally) belongs to FTX customers or creditors." unsupported: FTX paid the Center for AI Safety $6.5 million between May and September 2022; the FTX bankruptcy estate subsequently probed this payment. unsupported: Stanford's Center for Innovation in Global Health had received $1.5 million from the Future Fund for pandemic-prevention seed grants and removed public mention of the grant from its communications following the collapse; Stanford has not publicly explained this decision.

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