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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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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